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daily nebraskan
monday, november 3, 1980
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Peace maintenance draws
endorsement for Carter
Even though as many as five presi
dential candidates' names will appear
on ballots in some states, either
Jimmy Carter or Ronald Reagan will
serve as president for the next four
years. Although John Anderson, Ed
Clark and Barry Commoner add
some interesting ideas, voters are
faced with a basic choice between
Republican and Democrat.
For reasons cited Friday and
earlier, the Daily Nebraskan does not
believe Ronald Reagan would be an
appropriate leader during the certain
crisis times of 1981-84.
Since Carter is the only other real
choice, we declare our preference for
the incumbent.
Jimmy Carter, on the basis of his
last four years' performance, will
not be remembered as one of
America's great presidents. The Re
publicans approiately have pointed
out that Carter's own creation -the
"misery index," combining inflation
rates and unemployment statistics
has doubled since 1976.
Carter probably is right in arguing
that the doubling of oil prices made
handling the economy a nearly
impossible job, but even considering
the OPEC price hikes, Carter has
been basically inept in that regard.
Carter has not been a total failure
as president, despite campaign
rhetoric to that effect. He
introduced the nation's first energy
plan, which was promptly carved
to bits by special-interest-backed
congressmen.
He has been a friend of education,
signing into law vastly more liberal
financial aid guidelines and support
ing a separate Department of Ed
ucation (a strike against him on the
Moral Majority scorecard).
Most importantly, Carter has tried
every means within Ii is power to
maintain peace for the United States
and troubled areas of the world.
With the exception of the ill-fated
hostage rescue mission, Carter has
shown remarkable restraint in
dealing with world crises.
Although Carter had trouble
developing a credible and knowledge
able foreign policy voice, he now has
Edmund Muskie, a capable states
man. We think Muskie is far better
suited to play the role as secretary
of state than is Henry Kissinger or
anyone else Reagan would pick.
Kissinger, in the view of many,
is responsible not only for near
genocide in Cambodia, but for the
image many countries have of the
United States as untrustworthy.
It is fairly obvious that Jimmy
Carter has become a better presi
dent during his term, and has
become more able to work with
Congress, which has been his biggest
weakness.
We believe, given the choice be
tween a man committed to viewing
the world through Norman
Rockwell's glasses and a man demon
strably commited to peace and calm
action, that Carter should be re
elected. We believe Carter's
experience in very difficult times will
render him better able to achieve
more success in foreign policy and
economic management.
(gfecs to the editor
In response to Douglas Novak's letter
condemning poor, black, pre-teenaged
women, other feminists, Beth Headrick,
etc., I have a few things to say.
First, 1 find it amusing that he and his
Christian ilk are so threatened by what is
essentially a liberal position on the part of
recent editorialists regarding abortion. As a
radical feminist committed to eradicating
the sexism, racism, ageism, classism and
heterosexism of the society we have Novak
and other men to thank for creating, 1 am
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offended by his concept for black, young
and poor women as revealed by his snide
use of die adjective "over-sexed." This
adjective has been used to stereotype
oppressed groups for centuries along with
other adjectives like "lazy," "stupid," etc.
Evidence of his sexism is further demon
strated when he 'vonders" if Beth Head
rick confers with Satan for "new ideas and
angles." How little you understand of
feminism, Novak, if you think a feminist
would consult with and take advice from a
male (malefic) symbol perpetuated within
a male-dominated and sexist ideology.
I am neither a humanist nor a liberal.
I want more for myself and other womyn
than the right to an abortion if some man
rapes us, abandons us, or whatever. 1 want
autonomy for womyn that includes
freedom from male domination and the
fathers' ideologies that cripple all of us and
keep some womyn espousing make ideas
out of self-hatred and the need for
approval.
Second, it is easy to lose oneself in
religion and imagine that one is part of
something larger than oneself, that every
thing has a reason, and that one is living a
good life. It is harder to refuse to be lost to
oneself, to struggle against the inequities of
life, to try to correct the oppressions creat
ed and maintained within that political
agenda of patriarchy called Christianity.
Third, 1, too, believe life is precious-the
lives of those womyn who have suffered
without choices, the lives of countless
blacks, Chicanos, Native Americans, etc.,
who have been systematically denied access
to, and excluded from mainstream society
(except to token positions designed to
obscure the "isms" of patriarchy).
C. McGowan
Department of English
Language Lab Director
More letters on Page 5
ITS TW) THIS TIME...
THIS BUNDFOLD IS
Bigwig bucks reported lost
It was a cold Thursday in Detroit. I was
doing my job, working the night shift at
22nd Prescinct Headquarters when this guy
walks in. I wonder what he's doing here,
you know; he looks pretty well off. He has
on a three-piece suit, gray, of course, and
he's hauling around this briefcase.
I look out the front window of the
precinct house and I see he's got his car
parked out front, one of those new "K
Cars" that all of the big actors are doing
the commercials about.
The guy comes up to my desk, but he's
real slow about it, tentative, like he doesn't
want anybody to know he's here.
dark
"I'd like to report a loss of some
money," he says.
Routine work, I think. I get out my
notepad to get the details. "Name," I ask
the guy.
"Lee lacocca."
"Spell that."
"It's spelled like it sounds," he says. Al
ready I don't like him.
"Occupation."
"I am President of Chrysler Corpora
tion." This throws me for a loop. I'm not used
to bigwigs just coming into my office. I
decided to try to be a little more polite.
"Do you have any idea approximately
how much money you lost?"
"Four hundred and ninety-million
dollars."
Wise guy, I think. He's trying to play a
little prank on me, coming in here and
doing all this. Maybe he's with "Candid
Camer," I don't know, but I do know that
nobody loses $490 million.
"Alright pal, where did you mislay the
money."
"Oh, it's not mislain," pipes up the guy,
"it's just plain lost. Mislaid makes it sound
like I could find it and get it back."
"OK." I say, getting a little impatient,
"where did you lose the money?"
"Various places." he says. "I had it all
three months ago, but you know how it is,
drop a few grand here, a hundred thou
there, and pretty soon it adds up."
"Of course." I'm wondering how much
of this I should put on the report. "Could
you be a little more specific?"
"No."
"Oh, great." I want to help the guy, you
know; it's my job. But if he's not going to
meet me halfway, forget it. "Maybe you
will want to offer a reward or something?"
"Oh no, I haven't got any money."
"A man who had $490 million dollars
three months ago can't offer a reward to
day?" "You don't seem to understand the
situation," says the guy. He's right, I don't.
"I borrowed this money from the federal
government, and now it's gone. I need
more."
I figured if I talked real slow, maybe
he'd understand me. "Mr. Iya . . . Mr.
Eyco. . . uh, let me call you Lee. Anyway
Lee. this is a police station, not a loan
office. I just don't know what I can do to
help you out."
"You could buy my car!" sys the guy
all of the sudden.
I hate to see a guy reduced to this. Here
he's been riding high on half a billion
dollars and now all of the sudden he's got
to sell his car. I try to humor him.
"Nice car." I say.
"It the new Chrysler K Car," he says,
suddenly getting real animated. I begin to
worry that maybe he's got a slide presenta
tion in his briefcase or something.
"What's the 4K' stand for?"
"Beats me. But if you'll buy this car,
you can spend as much time as you want
to finding out."
Enough is enough; I decided I have to
get rid of this guy.
"I'd like to help you out," I say, "but I
just bought a new Toyota a couple of
months ago. Say, maybe you could get a
good deal on a trade in."
The guy didn't say anything, just turned
around and left. Must have been something
1 said.