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PAGk FOUK-A — Sapulpa (Okla.) Herald, Saturday/Sunday, Feb. 24/25, 2(KM
hat others
are saying...
On school safety:
A week ago Wednesday, three students at Smithside High School sensed a
student in trouble They didn't know how troubled he was, but they didn't
wail to find out
Instead, they sought help lor Jeremy Getinan, the student who police say
had smuggled enough bombs and weapons into school to injure or kill untold
numbers ol students and stall As it turned out, the students' act ot alerting
Southsidc authorities averted what could have been a major tragedy.
I he students have not been identified by authorities, although students in
school and the stall know who they arc. Publicizing then names is not nearly
as important now as publicizing their sensitivity and quick action. What those
students did during that tense time at Southsidc last Wednesday can never be
overstated.
Rather than ignore Gel man or tear being perceived as tattletales, the stu-
dents went lor help It was an act that not only defused a potentially danger-
ous situation but one that also showed compassion lor a disturbed teen. Their
quick thinking was the latest in a series ol similar situations around the United
States recently
In February alone, two other Southside-like incidents one in Fort
( ollins. I olo., and another in Palm Harbor, Fla occurred when students
tipped oil authorities to plots by other students to attack or bomb their
schools
- The Elmira Star-Gazette (Elmira, NY)
On Dale Earnhardt’s death:
It s easy to be swayed by the mythic nature of Dale Earnhardt's life and
death...
Polishing the myth eases the pain ol losing the man It distracts from the
realization that racing is always has been — a blood sport, Earnhardt was
the lourth driver to die in less than nine months, but his death will make the
greatest impact.
Maybe better safety equipment a head restraint, softer walls, more con-
trollable aerodynamics would have saved Earnhardt...
Some including Earnhardt have said that tragedy is just part ol the
game...
On the track, Earnhardt was one ol the boldest and seemingly least vul-
nerable He was one ol the last drivers to wear an old-fashioned open-face
helmet He visibly chaled at new safety regulations, saying they were a dis-
service to Ians who wanted to see races the way he wanted to run them —
fearless, tight and just a little dirty.
Hut it Earnhardt could have seen the reaction to his death — the broken
sobbing ol an anonymous Ian in a parking lot. or the hollow-eyed grief on his
own son's face as he walked out of Halifax Medical Center — maybe he
would have rethought what fans really want.
In Sunday's aftermath, one thing is clear. They didn't want this.
- The News-Journal of Daytona Beach
On music swapping on Internet
Napster may be on its wav out. but America's music industry still has to
contend with the unregulated swapping of copyrighted songs on the Internet.
As officials with the Freedom Forum noted, the First Amendment guaran-
tees freedom of music, not free music.
Napster had, in effect, appealed on the basis that sharing music over the
Internet was no different from taping a TV show to watch later or giving a
friend a tape ol favorite tunes. Hie court, however, determined that taping a
IV show on a VCR or recording a compact disc on a tape to play in the car is
limited in scope, largely for personal use and not used for profit.
Numerous other sites exist on the Internet to exchange music
Enforcing any ban on music swapping will he difficult, especially il com-
panies outside the United States lake over the enterprise.
The music industry must adapt and learn to use the new technology to its
advantage That means coming up with a way to distribute music online so
that customers are less likely to copy it illegally.
- The (Bock Hill, S.C.) Herald
To contact your legislators
■ Citizens can contact U.S. Rep
Brad Carson at his Claremore office,
341 -9336; at the Muskogee office. 918-
687-2533; in Washington, D.C., 202-
225-2701
■ U.S. Sen. Don Nickles can be
contacted at the U.S Senate, 713 Harl
Building. Washington, D C. 202-224-
5754; at his home office at Suite 3310,
409 S. Boston, Tulsa, 581-7651, or on-
line at: Senator ©nickles senate gov
■ U.S. Sen Jim Inhofe can be con-
tacted in Tulsa at 748-5111. or at 453
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Russell, Senate Office Building,
Washington, DC., 202-224-4721.
■ State Sen. Ted Fisher can be
contacted at 405-521-5706; at his office
in Sapulpa, 918-224-1245; or on-line at:
Wheeler@lsb. state, ok.us.
■ State Rep. Mike Tyler can be
reached at 405-557-7414 or at Sapulpa
at 918-224-6258
■ State Rep. Todd Hiett can be
reached at 405-521-2711 (Ext. 353) or
557-7353 or at home at 918-247-3697.
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By
John Mark
Young
Teens offer en-‘sue’-ing comments
I overheard an interesting conversa-
tion as I entered a public building the
other day.
Two young teens ... adolescents ...
well, they were somewhere between 12
and 1.5 ... were walking and talking. It
was raining, and we all trudged through
a lew puddles and up some stairs to en-
ter the facility.
Here’s how the conversation went:
“With all this water and stuff, I
might just slip down," said Teen No. I.
"Yeah, you might just slide down
and bust your butt and throw out your
back or bust up your knee," Teen No. 2
said.
"Well, if I fall. I’m gonna sue."
Isn’t that just the way of things?
Teen-agers know how to sue someone
before they can even drive. In many
cases they can't read at grade level, but
they know how to spell and read the
word LAWYER
What a sue-happy nation we have
become!
Linda Tripp sues the President be-
cause she illegally taped a co-worker
talking about him and got caught.
We've got Macauley Calkin and
Ix’eAnn Rimes suing their parents, and
neither has reached 21
From Where 1 Sit
By
Lorrle J.
Quinnelly
Herald
Managing Editor
A woman sues a fast food chain s
because her coffee was too hot.
And someone's always suing The
National Enquirer, regardless of the va-
lidity of the story.
My favorite is the guy hack East
somewhere, who sued a city and police
department because they did not write
the guy a ticket for driving under the in-
fluence.
The man contended that if the police
had written him a ticket when they first
stopped him, rather than showing him a
little courtesy and taking him home, he
wouldn’t have hit another motorist be
cause he would have been in pul on the
first DUI stop. It they'd written him a
Office politicking isn’t worth it
Ever heard the term “office poll
ties?"
When most people think of office
politics, they think about trying to get
ahead, Dilbert cartoons and stepping
on everyone else to rise up the corpo-
rate ladder.
Then there's the HcraUI newsroom,
where office polities consists of de-
bates across the room about politicians
and current issues.
The rest of the time, we're all close
triendx who talk about anything, front
eating baby squid in Little Italy to
nightmares about gall bladder surgery.
Many times we'll gel calls from
people who want to talk to such and
such a person, then, when they don’t
like w hat they hear, they call back to
tell another person (usually Lorrie,
since she’s the editor) the same story
with a slight twisi to compensate for
what they had been told earlier.
Most of the time we can tell these
people exactly what they said to the
first "newsroom mn" and offer them
the exact same solution to whatever
their problem is.
I guess these people think we don’t
talk to each other" is one of Ihe phras-
Fresh Perspective
By
Sarah
Taylor-
Blomfield
Herald Staff
Writer
ex we use when we gel those calls
And it s prohahly validated, because
I’m sure in other companies, where ol
lice politics is a problem, people hide
things Iront their superiors anil each
other so they can "gel ahead."
Some places even have "don’t"
policies to try to manage office poli
ties: don’t do this, don’t do that, don’t,
don’t, don’t...
It must be stressful to work in that
environment.
1 would hate to have to hide things
from my friends so eventually I could
have their job, with their corner office.
Of course, this also probably is the rea-
son people in big corporations try not
to gel too close to other employees.
It’s a vicious cycle.
Ideally. I think the "me syndrome
Will pass and people will he able lo
make Iricnds across corporate bound
aries. That'd be neat
The open communication would he
amazing. You'll have people who not
only would send memos to each other,
hut would actually get up and lalk to
each other about issues dial dog die
company i>11 a dails basis.
Hundreds and hundreds ol iinnoi
anil majoi problems would be solved.
Promotion wouldn’t be a hassle, be
cause managers no longer would have
jealous co-workers to worry about
Much ol this is wishful dunking. I
realize, hoi sitting! here m my naive In
tie space, talking to my co workers, I
think it could work.
We have very few problems within
the room, simply because we’re all
friends.
Lack of office polities may be like
world peace, and may never happen.
But for the time being
Hey, guys, wanna come over for
dinner?
Consider this axiom for the modern
age: The longer nothing much new hap-
pens, the more likely something big and
good is happening.
In this light, look at the state of play
with Iraq. Isn’t this the same old, same
°ld? Are Americans named Bush,
Cheney, Powell and Rice still fighting
Saddam Hussein? When will it ever
end? How many more fingers in how
many more dikes in how many more
places? Is there reason to persevere?
It s an important line of questioning,
and sometimes disheartening
The role of sole-surviving super
power — No. I economically, militari-
ly, geopolitieally, linguistically and cul
turally — has its drawbacks. It costs
money, manpower, time and attention
and yields danger As time goes on. the
glory quotient of a day-to-day omni-
power erodes. The crows snipe.
Indeed, it is likely that Ihe greatest
threat to the well-being of the global
community is American fatigue. Yet the
stakes are so very high
Fortunately, the first actions of the
new American president tell us that he
understands the lay of the land.
National Security Council chief Con-
dolecza Rice said the raids on the en-
hanced Iraqi radar stations near Bagh-
dad were "routine,” designed only to
ensure the safety of pilots who patrol
the "no-fly" zones over Saddam's ban-
dit nation. Strictly speaking, she is cor-
rect. Such strikes had occurred before,
the last one two years ago.
But two years is a long time. Was
History repeating itself
Will’s Words
By
Ben
Wattenburg
Newspaper
Enterprise
Association
President Clinton growing weary of
keeping the pressure on Iraq'.’ Many of
our erstwhile coalition allies were cut-
ting deals with Saddam, making il easi-
er for the terrorist entrepreneur to up-
grade Iraq Ine. into a global purveyor
of weapons of mass destruction.
And nothing is routine with a new
president. Bush had campaigned on
caution in foreign policy. He could have
said "no" to the Pentagon request,
asked for further study, or delayed so
that he wouldn't step on his photo-op
summit with the Mexican president. He
could have consulted with foreign allies
and the Congress. What he did do was
say "yes" to the strike.
Previously, with little fanfare, the
Bush State Department had also set in
motion the process to fund the Iraqi op
position.
By doing what he did in the way that
he did it. Bush sent a purposeful signal
to all the world — which is "Bad guys,
watch out. We shall continue, and
mayhc a little more than just dug "
Bush understands that the proper
remedy for geopolitical fatigue is. in-
deed, the same as for personal fatigue:
an understanding that the goal is in
sight. The tired runner knows the tape
is just ahead.
But il had. Better limes were ahead.
We may he in such a moment.
During most of the paradoxical 20th
century, the human condition advanced
in almost unbelievable bounds. But the
toll of slaughter soared, and the lash of
statism affronted human dignity w ith a
magnitude never seen before.
When the Cold War ended a decade
ago. we may well have entered a new
era, Political scientist Francis Fukuya-
ma’s hook The End of History and the
List Man made a compelling ease that
the long ideological struggle was over
and that market democracy, promoted
mostly by America, had won out.
Through the lens of evolutionary biolo-
gy, Robert Wright has made a some-
what similar case. Indeed, each year
shows gains for democracy emerging
and economic progress through free
markets. Mexico is a ease in point.
I suspect that Dubya sees il some-
what more through the prism of
American nationalism, tempered by a
deep religious feeling.
Bush concluded his speech thusly:
"This work continues. This story goes
on. And an angel still rides in Ihe whirl
wind and directs this storm."
It’s heading our way. As long as we
don’t lose, we win.
ticket and jailed him he wouldn’t have
been on the streets to hit someone.
Therefore, it was the fault of dial lo-
cal police department and its officers,
and they should have to pay for the
mental anguish he suffered as a result
ol the accident he caused.
I ligure it’s only a matter ol time be
lore "holy immunity" loses its savor
anil someone sues the Pope for emu
tional distress incurred Irom the
church’s stance on birth control.
Fven Gooil Samaritans think twice
about performing anv "Sainuritanly
deeds" lor fear that someone might sue
thorn. You have to consider all Ihe an
glex.
Perhaps iluit individuals who could
use a hand is happy in Iheii misery and
a Good Samaritan inighi damage their
bliss by being helpful
Perhaps a (rood Samaritan might
leave Ihe jack he/she used lo change
that flat tire lying beside him/her and
Ihe person in need of help tripped over
il while trying to stand ovet Good
Samaritan s shoulder telling him/her
how lo change said lire
Makes you wonder whs a Good
Samaritan would even hollici . except
they might get sued lor that. too.
Guest
Columnist
Originally built in New York as a
sporting yacht, she was lu lor rnvallv
She immediately caught Ihe eye ol
Charles l.amar, a wealthy Georgian
aristocrat, h was just what lie had been
looking for.
He seal his agent William ( orrv lo
negotiate with the owner to purchase il
I .amar was elated when the sale was li
nalizcil and he wax ihe new ownet ol
the craft.
He named her Ihe Wanderer, which
seemed to lit what lie hoped the ship
would do.
I lie ship would sail the broad ex
pause ol the Atlantic Ocean from con
tinenl to continent. Most people would
have given anything lo book passage
lot an ocean cruise til) file Wanderer.
But although hundreds would make
the cruise, lew would pax to do u.
Alter file ship was purchased Corn
arranged lor it to he secretly relit led. It s
original design as a yacht just wouldn’t
do I'm what he and l.ainar had m muni
lor file ship.
Corn embarked Ins lirxi passengers
on ihe Wanderer in .September ol ISSN
Ward Lee, I in ker Henderson. Kalu
Noble, U.vtei Williams, and loin
Johnson were just a lew ol ihe 5 WH)
passengers who made I hat lirsi voyage
But only about 401) ol ihcm sm
vivi'il to reach their destination ,q
Jekyll Island. (ieorgiu that November.
Ihe rest ol llicin. mosilx icon age
hoys, didn't make il I bex had been
crammed below deck, poorlx led and
almost all became deafifix sick and lo
make mailers even worse ibex wcie
chained down.
Importing slaves nu< the new
I niicil Slates ol America hail been mil
lawed m 1X58
Bill that hadn't stopped t on x anil
I amar. I he Wtiiuteier had suited then
purposes, all right.
Still, I heir purpose hadn't been to
make ocean bound pleasure cruises
They had sailed the Wanderer in ihe
mouth ol the Congo River m Alrica lo
pick up a load ol kidnapped African
youth.
I hey had to evade British naval
ships which were living to stop file
slave trade, bill that wasn't loo haul
Alter all. ihe \ilanlie was a lug ocean
and the Hiiiuleiei duln i look like a
slave ship
I hi' Uaiitlt rn wax one o| ihe Iasi
documented slave shqn in ivai li tin
American coast
hi a way file live passengers namcil
above, w ho were also known bv tlieii
African names ol Ciluiangv. Pucka
Gcals. Manehuella. Mahiala. and /.ow
Uncola, and the others who also xui
viveil. were lucks.
Slavery ol fil ially ended in the
'United Stales m IX(>5 altei the C ivil
War, and the Wanderer's “cargo" only
had to endure slavery lor seven years
before they were freed.
Many ol them lived long lives well
into the 20th Century.
All had fond memories ol their
childhoods In their African homes.
T he final voyage ol the Wandem
was the final chapter ol a shameful era
in American history.
The arrival o! the Wanderer's pas-
sengers on American soil would
change their lives and destinies forever.
But eventually life would he heller for
them and their offspring
Lor them it was the end ol the he
ginning.
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