Where Do You Stand On Impeachment Proceedings?
Do you think Congress should forge ahead with impeachment proceedings against President Clinton?
Or do you think the representatives should take their lead from public opinion polls and turn their attention to other matters?
More important, how did you settle on the approach you favor, regardless of which it is? In other words, how do you gather the information you need to make this or other political choices. Whom do you trust? Who is a credible source of information, and what’s a reliable process for accessing it?
Bagpipes is taking a breather but the column will return on Dec. 3 to share whatever advice you have to pass along in the meantime.
Keep the leash on students
Giving college students a little latitude for revelry, just so long as they don’t go to riotous extremes, would be a mistake, at least two Bagpipes readers believe.
A Colorado police officer had indicated at a conference in Pullman last Friday that too rigid a crackdown on carousing could backfire in the kind of violence that occurred at Washington State University last spring.
“I hope they hold tight on the tough stance,” said Marie Yates of Spokane. “Kids, a lot of them, are not taught respect for law enforcement. I don’t think anything is accomplished by allowing these parties. You’ve got to do everything you can to hold the line.”
She has an ally in James A. Nelson of Spokane.
“Surely if these young adults cannot accept responsibility for their own actions then a get-tough policy should be enforced,” he said.
“Just because they are no longer at home doesn’t mean they don’t have to follow social rules.”
Nests to be feathered
Just because you’re cynical about politicians’ scruples doesn’t always mean you’ll be an advocate for term limits. For Jim Meyer of Spokane, it leads to just the opposite conclusion.
“Term limits might be a good deal, but do you know how many unemployed politicians we’ll have around?” he asked.
Knowing their time in office is limited, Meyer says, political figures would get busy and concoct a way to beef up pension programs at taxpayers’ expense. Soon, he fears, the political process would be cranking out a steady stream of new pensioners.