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- "Morality is often like beauty -- it's in the eye of the beholder. Allowing children to go without health care is immoral, too."
- We would add that the wage gap between women and men is immoral. After THIRTY-FIVE YEARS with a law on the books making wage discrimination illegal, it is still rampant.
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SCHADENFREUDE
"Let
the games begin."
Funny. We thought they already had. Now that the I.C.R. (Independent Counsel Report) is out in all its salacious glory, we found no surprises.
Sex references: 548, Whitewater references: 2
All of it had been leaked to us through to the media -- long before it ever formally hit Congress and the Internet.
Does anyone still believe that Grand Jury testimony is secret?
Puff after tired puff, the Kenny allowed the accumulated flatulence of his investigation to dribble out slowly so each day might renew the stink.
Why was this done? Were we supposed to get more and more disgusted with President Clinton so that when the I.C.R. finally came out we would be in a lynching mood?
And where, may we ask, is all the skinny on Whitewater, the F.B.I. files, the travel office, etc.? Is the I.C. planning to indict someone or is he just holding off so the media can play with the current report to its heart content?
We've got lots of questions but one thing we are sure of is the absolutely bubbling happiness displayed by those in the Republican Party, especially the sinless ones (the bible sez that those without sin may cast the first stone.)
The German language has one word for this: schadenfreude, meaning gloating over someone else's misfortune or the joy one feels at another's pain.
Well, at least we can be entertained by them talking so very seriously about the "terrible crimes" and "their sad duty," as they choke back their fierce desire to giggle and dance jigs.
More questions, this time for the legal eagles out there. When is it "abuse of power" to exercise one's constitutional rights? We already have seen Kennie fighting to dispose of attorney-client privileges.
Why are there so many accusations and statements that are "hearsay?" The report is replete with incidents described by "friends" that, "Monica said ..." or "Monica told me ..."
Why did the I.C. not ask Monica directly? Could it be that they did and she either denied saying it or could not remember those incidents or made them up?
Most of what we hear or read in the media is far from even-handedness. Why do they assume that every thing Monica says is true? Is this because the President refused to discuss the specific details of their trysts?
We have already been warned by the Republicans that the I.C.R., which is chock full of sex and sexual references IS NOT ABOUT SEX!
We agree. It is about POLITICS.
A person's sex life should be private but how could the I.C. resist using every salacious detail since each could influence the way women vote, or keep them from voting.
It could influence older people, who have benefited from the liberal policies of the Democrats, by making them turn away from the voting booth in disgust.
The great buzz word that the media has picked up from the House Majority spin is MORALITY. We'll be hearing it ad nauseum for days on end.
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"Morality"
and how many months the President refused to acknowledge his affair with
Monica.
Senator Dale Bumpers, D-Ark, has put it in context for us. |
We suggest you surf into: www.aflcio.org/women/equalpay.htm Enter your salary, age group and education level and see how the MORALITY of your employment shakes out.
Warning! The answer you get may be shocking, disgusting and -- after 35 years -- still illegal.
1998-038
Copyright 1998 Renee T. Louise and Ruth M. Sprague, Ph.D. These articles may be republished for noncommercial use only, provided that they are copied intact, and that this copyright notice is attached. Address all queries to: twanda@ConnRiver.net.
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