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Friday, October 15, 1982
Daily Nebraskan
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FOR GOVERNOR
Don McGinlry
for
Lieutenant Governor
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LT. GOVERNOR
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Don McGinley of Ogallala is a lawyer, cattle feeder,
and as a former State Senator and U.S. Congressman,
provides a balance of experience and geography
to Bob Kerrey's candidacy as Governor.
THE BALANCED TEAM.
Paid for by McGinley for
Lt. Governor. R.D. Makinster, Treasurer
Americans only looking out for No. 1
We live not in the midst of fighting, nor guerilla war
fare. A dictatorship government does not loom above
us. We have ample food. Our newspapers are not cen
sored. We know what is happening in our country and
abroad. We choose our occupations freely. We attend
schools of our choice and if we can not afford those
schools, we get government assistance. We choose our
Guest Opinion
own entertainment. Our society welcomes foreigners
and grants political asylum to those who wish it. We
can protest peacefully, with no repercussions. We read
accurate accounts of what our government is deciding.
Yet amidst this freedom, unique to the universe,
we hear bitter criticism that our country is failing. Ameri
cans are quick to point fingers at the culprit, trying to
blame someone besides themselves.
We are addicted to the idea of getting more and more.
We live better than any civilization, but that is not evi
dent by listening to the people. We are quick to point
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nut what the government is not giving us. "My God."
we quip, "the country is in shambles." As long as this
attitude prevails, Americans will never be satisfied. Run
ning the risk of being a typical American, I will attempt
to put my finger on the problem.
American leaders are dealing with a new breed of
society. Americans are greedy, they have number-one-itis.
They cannot understand why everything does not
go their way. Americans have lived relatively easy since
the Depression. The United States has shown great pro
gress through modern technology since that time. Thus,
the average citizen increased his income, had more child
ren and bought more luxury items.
Advertising and television told society to drive a
new car, wear designer clothing, drink imported wine
and own a 35mm camera. Soon there was no balance
between luxury and necessity. The simple life was sur
rendered to competing with the Joneses. America came
to believe through a social process that the good life was
something that they richly deserved. The thought of
living without the second car was appalling. The world
of personal glory and bigger paychecks was here to stay.
Then the economy tightened up again. Americans
turned to government and said, "Get us back on our
feet again: we want things back to normal. Accomplish
what the last president could not." Realistically, Ameri
cans are demanding the impossible. Citizens must accept
that the economy is in a lull of its cycle. Government can
attempt to bring back fragments of their dreams, but
society's expectations are just not plausible anymore.
The buck must stop with the American consumer. The
narcissistic lifestyle they demand is a Utopian dream. A
compromise is the only solution. It will take time to
reform the American value system and time is something
that this society doesn't seem to have much of.
I dare those whose live for bigger and better to step
back and look at the big picture. Things are not that
bad, folks. Ask the mother whose family was killed in
Lebanon or ask the starving boy in Africa - I am sure
they would love to live in this "shambled" country.
My outlook may not be fashionable in this hedonistic
society, but as candy-coated as this may sound, I feel
lucky to have the privileges of an American. In the fight
to get ahead, we often forget how good it really is.
Mary Sue Hergert
senior, journalism
Q Police Report
The following calls and complaints were received by
UNL police from 7 a.m. Wednesday to 7 a.m. Thursday.
1:30 p.m. - Hit-and-run accident reported on East
Campus. Victim didn't know where damage occurred.
1:51 pjn. - Two-car accident reported in Area 21
west of Memorial Stadium.
1:51 p.m. - Two-car accident reported in the Re
gents Hall parking lot. No injuries were reported.
2:50 pjn. -- Two-car accident reported at 733 N.
16th St.
3:51 p.m. - Two-car accident reported in the Col
lege of Dentistry parking lot.
9:12 p.m. - Wallet reported stolen from a backpack
in the Nebraska Union.
10:11 p.m. - Accident reported at 12th and R streets.
No injuries were reported.
10:30 p.m. - Loud stereo reported at 519 N. 16th
St., handled by officers.
11:59 p.m. - Disturbance reported at Harper Hall.
Officers arrested one person for minor in possession of
alcohol and another for procuring alcohol for a minor.
3:50 a.m. - Disturbance reported at Nebraska Hall,
handled by officers.
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