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It does not occur to us as just how much harm
so-call- ed
the gangster rap can do until we come
gafigcr
into a first-han- d experience with it. Being a
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public school teacher is as close as one needs to
lEaBW ajl come to see the negative effect that it has had
and is having on our youngsters today. Ask any
Black school boy, any age, who can speak a phrase or a sentence,
about Tupac, (not the African warrior) the young rapper
who was gunned down a little while ago and you start a loud
conversation and speculations which you never envisioned and
utterances from children you never heard say anything before.
According to these youngsters, Tupac is not dead. They just
made it seem that way, they say, because he was in danger. He
is still making records and videos etc. When the time is right,
we will see him again and hear from him. That sounds a lot like
the 'Elvis Presley is not dead' thing and here lately, the
President Kennedy is not dead' thing. For many years, there
was the 'Jesse James is not dead and sang at his own funeral'
thing. It is strange fhpw all of these 'nqdead people are never
really seen by any creditable sources after they are dead.
IN CINQUE
by Renetta W. Howard
Because youngsters believe that Tupac is not dead, it is a keen
indication that they need something positive or someone positive
in their lives to have faith in and believe in other than worshipping
a rap star. The gangster rap, noise with a beat, needs to
removed from the lives of young Black boys and girls. It not
only interferes with their morals, it interferes with.4iieir ability
to learn the basic skills of survival for the world of work. The
average young school-age- d rapper knows every line that Tupac
rapped, by heart, but barely knows the "Pledge of Allegiance to
the U.S. Flag" or a simple prayer. This is moral and cultural
deprivation. Something not only needs to be done, but something
MUST BE DONE if we are to salvage our younger generation
for a positive future. It is time that we get 'in Cinque' and
start the ball to rolling. Those of us who feel that we are not
affected only need to live a little longer and feel the sting of the
gangster rap. Some of the wannabe gangsters already have the
earring in their ears and they are still in diapers. Undiscerning
parents and grandparents ate fotenjng jhegangj&er c,uJiuag,.:
Believe me, these young gangstergan teaah the Al Caponeofv.
the world something.
Appreciate men, women of U.S. armed forces
REE MAX3N1 WATERS REACTS
TO HEARINGS ON CIJL
CONTRA, DRUG ISSUE
Former Contra Wltatww OmU Ficfr, Lam Mmy
Queatkm Uiiftmwtred
Pep. Maxim Waters
(D-C- A)
today renewed her call for intMHive
hearings 4nto die matter of the Nicaraguan Contra, drugs, aid C.I.A.
connections.
The Senate Intelligence Committee held its second hearing on matters
relating to charges stemming from a series of newspaper acrticles
in the cih Jose Mercury News in August. Those nicies have provoked
a flurry of interest, and muc'i publicity, as to the activities of
U.S. intelligence activities during the Contra War in Nicaragua.
Several major media outlets have reported on the controversy, and several
investigations into the allegations ire ongoing. Today's hearing
witnessed the testimony of Adolfb Calero, the former President of the
primary Contra organization, the Nlcafajtmn DemocraHc Front
(FDN), and Eden Pastors, the commander of the second front, the
Costa Rican-basa- d
so-call-
ARDS, the
ed
Democratic Revolutionary
Alliance.
Both Calero and Pastom have long and detailed histories of working
with Ui. intelligence officials. AS perhaps the twd most prominent
leaders of the Contra movement, both inert Worked closely with the
C.I.A. implementing their coordinated effort to overthrow the
Nicaraguan Sandinista government.
There have also been serious accusations made about each of their
involvements in the drug trade. Arecaht Washington Post' article
detailed the purported drug-relat- ed activities of Eden Pastors, including
determinations made by former C.T.A;employees that Pastors and
his organization were heavily involved in mdving drugs.
Calero. on the other hand, has a long history of involvement in
Nicaraguan politics. He is known to have associated with Norwin
Meneses, one of the prominent players in the drug ring whose activities
were highlighted in the San Jose Mercury News account, as the
attached, 1984 photograph of them together attests. Meneses is currently
serving a prison term in Nicaragua for a cocaine-relate- d drug
conviction.
"It is certainly important that Congressional committees exercise
their oversight and investigatory otyigajjons by conducting hearings
into the serious charges of C.I.A. involvement in drug activities," said
Waters. "However, given the uncertainty of Senator Specter's continued
service as committee chairman, I must wonder about the precise
purpose of today's hearing. We need investigation - we need hearings
- but we need continuity of purpose, position, and personnel, as well.
Without this type of continuity, it will be exceedingly difficult to
methodically uncover the facts of this case."
Rep. Waters has pushed for investigations into the C.I.A., Contra,
Crack cocaine connection. However, she has warned that, without the
proper tools, a complete investigation will be impossible. Given the
sketchy, often contradictory, testimony that is available from many of
the sources in this case, only a tenacious , organized, and exhaustive
investigative team will be able to obtain, decipher, and interpret all the
relevant information. Waters has also called for a Records Act, which
would essentially release all dQUjjents
w national security, to be reviewed by an apBQint9ftoUzenTeview'panel.
" "At the last hearing by "tKislSenaie clhftfffitee','ve were'W to
believe an interim report from both the C.I.A. and Justice Department
Inspectors General would be forthcoming. Unfortunately, the status of
those reports remains unclear," said Waters.
r SOUTHWEST DIGEST
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Television can display the essence of
"war" in all its hypnotic fascination:
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Troops blitz behind enemy lines. Defenses
intercept incoming bombs. Opposing
troops are engaged in the trenches. One
ide launches an offensive. Then the other
side launches a counter offensive.
Participants sometimes are carried off the
battlefield. Each faction fires its cannon to
signal the scoring of a major strike against
the "enemy."
This is war. Televised war. War on a
battlefield in historic Philadelphia. 'War
between highly disciplined foes who
Someday may find themselves fighting
together against a common foe.
' This is the annual Army vs. Navy football
game. It's a contest wiiich at once
tokes up American patriotism,
alma-mat- er
: allegiences and national pride in a select
group of young Americans. The players
are a few of the kids who take an oath, don
uniform and stand tall freedom's gate-'keepe- rs.
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Among television viewers are men and
women of the armed forces assigned overseas,
keeping the peace in a world of
reflashing hostilities. The players-a- s well
as the eyewitness midshipmen and cadets-somed- ay
will become leaders,in
far-flu- ng
a
outpost where now reside thousands Of
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troops watching them on television. All of
these uniformed Americans deserve our
support.
God bless our men and women of the
armed forces. Before you and your family
partake of the holiday meal, pause and
reflect on our nation's guardians of peace
and freedom, most of whom are young. If
you know members of our armed forces or
military veterans, give them a special holiday
gift: a simple; "thank you," on behalf
of a grateful "nation. Pray for those who
either were carftured hi combat or died
while serving our great nation-an- d pray for
their families.
Many U.S. troops in Bosnia will return
to, their families this holiday ueason.
Others either will guard the backs of
departing troops or will take their place in
the multinational peacekeeping mission.
The nearly 3 million members of the
American Legion can't bring the tfoops
home. But Legionnaires can-an- do-bri- ng
d
a sliver of home to the troops.
Legionnaires at American Legion Post
334 !n Tampa, Pla., "adopted" the Army's
205th Military Intelligence Brigade. The
post sends care packages which include
games, reading material and snacks.
Thanks to Americna Legion Post 123 in
Santa Monica, Calif., our forces in Bos Ma
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received 342 shoe boxes stuffed with
goodies as well as audio cassette tapes and
batteries, so the troops can send the sounds
of their voices to their loved ones.
American Legion posts nation-wid- e are
offering free, one-ye- memberships to our
ar
troops in Bosnia. Benefits of the organization-including
periodic contact from
hometown-base- d Legionnaires as well as
receipt of entertaining and informative
American Legion Publications-ca- n comfort
a servicesmember during the miseries
of precarious isolation.
The American Legion Family Support
Network assists the families of deployed
troops in countless ways, including bridging
communication gaps between separated
loved ones and providing someone to
talk to when the burden of loneliness
becomes heavy.
We can sleep, plan fpr uur futures and
send our children to school weekday
mornings nvore easily because of the
efforts of our men and women of the
armed forces.
God bless them all, as well as you and
yours, during ihis holiday season-Josep- h
J. Frank is national commander
of The American Legion, the nation's
largest veterans organization.
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