Press Dispatch from Victorville, California • 12

'r. 'V'vl Vrv. H' Get injouch To getyour letter in thepapen rl 1 JWrite: 1389, Victorville, .92393 'v -V- -C PAGEB4 sirtiDWMARCH.ZOM-V 0 I TS I FA I IN ON in publication from the Heartland Jnbtitutte Chicago; LaWsuit Abuse Fprthightly.fbeuscs on it calls "how predatory triallawycrs prof-L it by- depriving victims Of under-; kminingthcRlulc of Law in the-Uni ted 'ITio latcst.issuc contains somc serious fiaod for thought for Caijfdrnians. Secihs the Artertpahjfort Reform Association, wblch ohviouslJt seeks (bbhange the titles, so' that. thcse.prudatoiry trial: lawyers cari'tplythcir trade.as:casK h' as they hpvir.

do. todk.a poll recentfjr which listed thc ll counties in the country, which aretnost biased in' favor of plaintiffs, Qftheil, three arc in California; -v jf'yop'fo a of coiirje, ypu want yourcarttbbe: decided by a jury.ttpm one of these counties, because. hoy -re 'going to Jean; over backwards; iif. yqur favor. It you're business or foroulragcousawards through higher pmes, less choice, "iind-highe? premiums' (thfit about everybodyi 'yby ayoidfhcM jurisdictions like the.

attorncys call these. juridictipns 'I'hoUiree Califorhia -counties listed thlaTtswhy. we smiicmsfood 'for thoiighfhcrc--- are fhjle those being attacked would -call, for air support cOfifact with. the enemy first made; thc could' still be hit hard aiid sustain losses bc ance 'appeared in 16 bf the peace demonstration In' Wrtgh't- wood. 'li theme rally Was opposition the: imminent war in each pf the.

two photos which acdompa-nied and. dominated (he' articlc' featured Alameda County (just east of San Francisco), Los Ahge: Ics'Ccfuhiy and San' Fr'bncisco Cotinty. Why. is that Jpod for Think elected. Grdy pavis g'ovemqr, the Democrat legislators (Senate bind Assembly) conte froth, and Who-.

elected Iiiiinhe Feliisteih and Barbara Boxctf The majority of their voteseame frorp the three counties list-. 1 'And why is that Because thc.rcsidcnts of those nuinties primarily Democrats and Airliberals business and busihcss pcbple, rescnt the. free mar-ket-systemi resent capitalism, and thus are predisposed- to ruje. in favor of the "little gUy," Who mere often than not turns out in be lookiiig.fpr a free ride. fort the.

fighter bbmbcrS-amve. nda, it dUficuit tb effectiyely'uibelQsp aiV 'support-'when the enemy danger-' clost to Nose I' rdalUe that we can-neve? take 1 allrrisks but but our. military' planners' andleader should fry to Avoid instances' where atir' military have much ih. I am' very disappbinted With the public and its unsupportive actions towards diirprasidanfikl leadership' Tb- the'icrv-' person who e-maileo a. while back I to iay that hc whs sd gratefift to-access-.

this1 paper Vlafne Internet While Jie waS; serving his country, -f say this Not everyoncinAmericaWdcgradmgYinir acrificei' I was up next to my hus-band when-1 realized you wouldn't; be-doing that with your loved ope tonight. AM I thought of L-J my. -four little an And thought of the joy I had buhsig nd'itissing troops arc expbtcd to the. enemy pn anything like an equal basis. We ha In Addition.

to the between the the event aiid the photo selection, mprc linear space devoted to (he comments-bf the War group than' to' thqsc of -the opponents. Paraphrasing Gcarge Orwell, onc can It's also more than obvious that the mindset of.the left em. it1 that no matter what happens' to them, its someone sweet little face goodnight ana knew spent billions' pf dollars, to pay for the overwhelming warfighting advantages foFCcs have. We Ought to use tlmsc advantages tb thc utmost aiid not -give the bad buys ah even break. Even Joscpi Ctbsr USHC conclude only, (hat "In times, of war preparation, objective and balanced re is fault, and.

thus someone 'else must take the blame. They do not believe in taking mspoiuibility. for their ac-. lions; Thu-trial lawyers, of course, have -po political leanings whatever, flliey dern't- give a hoot about thcir clichts es-' ccptasa sourcc of income, and Ihcy'rc more thah' in fact they seek out' v- ways to game the system porting by a Treedoib' Nawspapcr' it the first fakMXfiitmt yqu he doing that -either. .1 thought of the monotony tomorrow and how you-probably wish wm-wory al 'home doing mbiiotonous.

household chores in 'a safe environment; But mV stcad. you chopse tb fipht for mc and my husband's right to raise our children in a fcAr-freC' society, in a land far away AARP; should be 't he Tort Reform, folks, pf coursci represent tlid moral 'side df-the legal. think. its hot only un for senior citizens A a stay-at-home mom, you And. i me tore a lot.

hi -common. There isnt ajot Beccmjy I-attcndcd a local senior cit fair. it the system, to 'allpw. trial attorneys to pL-iy 'that game. suwwiiiwk Supporting our troops aiid supporting a War of aggression arc not the samA thingkf riiipport bur militSTy- 'I have a son and daughter becoming officers in the US.

Army. 1 am of heir commitment to our country and 'to' our leadership in the world. My taxes help, keep oiir military the strongest in the world. I am proud of izen center for purpose of bavin live- assist an AARP representative, assist With L. ing out-my tax form.

To hiy surprise, there were at-least four young people' there for assistance with their taxes Private schools on our military, its history, tradition and its Strength; That doesn't mean it is Am I wrong in thinking that AARP services should be limited lo seniors? bf pay the Work is -demanding-(and -So are thc Most of what-ybu do is thankless arent always of whaj you are trying to accomplish because. tncy don't see the PICTURE. Bui I do! This mom supports you' IOC percent) Thank you for protecting my lovcd pncs.and mcl I don't always, like my job either, but my long-teym perspective keeps me go-Ing toa I'm raising honorable citizens of the USA. You, my friend. Are protecting them for me.

You. ami-war protestors need to lea hi to'back (ip your coun-ryl I don't want a war. However, I support my president, my country and initely the principle of freedom 1 do not. realize tMs country, nins. smoothly as it does because of people doing their jobs.

Which is an-' other thing our presidential leadership and service people have in common with-stay-at-home -moms. Mb MR! The AARP stands just for that r'AUb' observed -that jilder people she turned away due to the fact that they had a limit bh the number of people they could serve in one day. I feel that-it; is very unfair for -younger people (o take advantage of senior serv-- I db. realize that being -an AARP member is not a requirement to get (his assistance. However, it should be limited to seniors only.

Betty lower Apple Viy Eaves reinstatement Sary or. right 'to use pur military to invade another country. often 'travel 6n my-observations, I firmly believe that. America is-the greatest country in the worid. I atn'a proud, loyal and patriotic American.

That does hot mean that I support (he current administration's war-mongcring posture. The currcht policy is 'not necessary to maintain peace and American, leadership in the worid. We haven't, been given verifiable facts and evidence that an invasion pf Iraq is necessary. We haven't been givcn vcrifi-ablc facts that 'there will be more death And destruction if we doh't invade Iraq than if we do and there will be death and dcstfuctibh.if we uaAVe have been hurts county government In a war, there's no such given only second-hand reports and unclear pieces nf information nicani ip limit debate and understanding, rather thing as a 'fair fight' Get; ready for the next round of the. affirmative action Jcbatc in tialifornia.

There's a Widespread impression in tlaitfornia dut affirmative, action has alndy been abol-ished. here, so that the pending U.S. Suprcme' Cpurt case on admissions tit thq University of Michigan is only of ac-' lidemic interest to us. Not so. Proposition 2iJR the 199tS'iiiitiativc bSrring afiir-'.

mafive action in California, only applies to' government agencies and public universities such us the University of -California and California Statc 'University systems. If the -Supreme Court rules that afTirmativc-action programs at (lie University of. Michigan a public institution arc unconstitutional it will nirely have a spillover effcct at Stanford University and other private schools. because private universities, as' at public ones, are covered by title VI. of the Civil Rights Act; which barst discrimination bli the basis of race to any college whose students receive Rill grariti or any other form of federal financial aid.

It's possible that the Supreme Court may rule narrowly that the specific mechanisms the University of Michigan uses in its admissions programs are unconstitutional, but that colleges can still use race As a way to achieve diversity. that happen, the ruling will have a more limited on private universities. Hut if the court rules that using race in Itself is uncon- -stitutiohal effectively overturning Justice Lewis Pow-i-ll's decision in the 19)8 Bakke vs. University of Califor- nia case private colleges in California and elsewhere will be more directly affected. Stanford officials are waiting to see how the U.S.

Supreme Court-will rule, aiid wont speculate on what it might mean for them. But former UCtRegem. Ward Con-: nerly, who led against-affirmative ae-tibn in public institutions in California, has no such hesi-' taiidn. -i fully expect the decision Will be applicable to the. Stanfords of this.

World." They face-the. prospect, that the Supreme Court wlll complete-thp campaign. than furthering understanding. It would be a shame to confuse the administrations speeches, whether in Congress or at the U.N., with, verifiable facts. If the facts were verifiable, thcii'lhc U.N.

and Congress -would be'convinccd. They aren'b America-is the world's leaden But, we ought to lead the world in peace, prosperity and progress; not death, destruction and deception. For America's sake, I support our troops: and I strongly oppose war with Iraq. MNdia Re: "Rewarding Corruption" (Feb, 14), we certainly agree. We have been applauding seem to be real efforts to clean up Corruption in 'the county government -and improve ta reputation.

Reinstating county supervisor Jerry Eaves 'is a serious stop off-course. It is really shocking to see that the San Bernardino County' Board of Supervisors would put Supervisor Eaves back on 18 county commissions. His record of being fined for misconduct and Other highly questionable actions hurts the reputation of our county government. I want tn commend First District Su- pervisor RUI Postmus and Paul Biane of the Second -District for voting against reinstatement of Mr. Eaves, and thus fosreontinucd clpan-up of the reputation our county.

live', work, and run a. business in Ihc Firsl District. We are Very proud of our supervisor for his positum on' the Eaves issue and for the many other Way he responsibly serves, in'tSr-ests and ilioK of the cqtirc county. fffli st Gtefritl limiii' Despite those Army recruiting ads touting rAn Anhy. of One," in real life the' tactics of our military forces (involve the application of btir- vast technological superiority, mobility and firepower to overwhelm and- defeat our adversaries.

In fact, there is a military aphorism which holds that if you' find yourself in a fair fight then you must be 'doing something wrong. Tb the dxtciit that this is the case, It is difficult to understand recent news reports from Afghanistan which describe our guys engaged small aims Shoot-outs with Taliban- supporters. This sounds too much like that (fair fight that we try to avoid whenever possible. Scnding 15 or 20 lightly armed soldiers i mounted in: four'or five-HtimVites up harrow" mountain tracks is hn ambush waiting to.happcn. The Afghans perfected thk ah)buih skills for 1 ars against the Russians, and they yhi Wrlghtwqpd protest riot balanced Like many other small-town newspapers, the'.

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