1983_02 Insight February 1983

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The new federalist papers
No. i. "WHY us and why now?"   r**a»ienhip why we feel that "supply,  concern to an
aide economics" is our beat bet in   This shall constitute the subject of our
-tablishing a dynamic and healthy   next paper.
F*or almost Myr*rs, the economic
polides of tbe United States govem-
tioo and excessive federal rtagtilsttfln,
The "bOm," (raging inflation, rising
unemployment, and oppressive
taxes) however, had to be paid. When
the federal government attempted to
treat these problems with tbe same
policies that had brought these difficulties upon us, the majority of
Americans revdted - first with the
rjassage d Proposition 13 in 1978, then
a full scale rebellion at the polls in
Now, two years later, we have
been motivated by the writings d
Hamilton, Jay, and Madison to start a
new aeries of essays: "The New
Federalist Papers." These great men
prefer  not  to  use  the  terms
"Reaganomics" or "supply-side
imprecise  and will  instead
phrase  "Neo-Right
that was not repressive and domineer-
ing aa tha former government they
had gained Irwltprwlrtv** from had
It should also be emphaslxed that
it is of great Importance that we maintain the economic policies d the current Administration for two reasons.
First, the polides d past administrations are tbe reasons that we are in
the mess we are In right now. If we
return to those polides, we are inviting total ruin. Second, to turn back
now, Just when Neo-Right Economics
is getting started, would be worse
than if we had stayed with Keyne-
tianism because this would cause
disruption in the economic policies d
tbe government, resulting in total
chaos. It will be useful, therefore, to
begin by examining the advantages ot
reforming Social Security, a topic d
P. S. Despite a consensus on
political matter*, our columnltti arm
two very different people. Stan,
although bom In Indiana, tt a longtime California retldentfrom Merced
who Is a frod itudent in history
(minor: Geography). He's tail, broad,
thort-halred, wears cowboy boots,
and professes to be an agnottic who
despises rock n' roll. Scott is an Atr
Force brat studying music. He't not
to tall, or broad, or short-haired. In
/act, he looks like a hippie tn his sandals. Ha claims to be a "born-amain
Christian." but owns several Elvis
Coetello records.
t government
ertingbackto
since 1933 had been reverting h
the latter situation when the majority
of tbe 1980 electorate decided to embark on a different course:  "New
Hospice — facing the end with help
The "bills" (raging
inflation, rising
unemployment and
oppressive taxes)
however,
had to be paid.
It is our goal to show you readers
JODIE HEAD
Benjsmin Franklin's sdsge
"rjothing is cetaln but death and
taxes" is as true today as it was in
17BB.
Perhaps if one is Caaaa_a)J enough,
taxes might be avdded for a while,
e-    In 1978, the task force conduded imk them with their own dergyman. they tell us,  not impose our own
that Fresno had a special need for And finally, the backbone d any views.''
such an organization, and Hospice d group  are  the  volunteers,   whom although a majority d the pa-
Fresno was born. Quistenson calls the "gap-fillers." tients have cancer, hospice also has
Joan Christenson, former direc-          "They do all the things that the patients with heart disease, multiple
defined hospice as an attitude family and friends used to have time sderosis, Lou Gehrig's disease, and
take them right where they are and let
them do tbe talking.''
and support for the family after the
patient has died. The team members
promises to get America out d the
rt'raya'nic dddrums. We propose, in a
series d papers to address these and
related sodetal and ethical Issues that
have a bearing on our country's fiscal
and cultural survival. Some d these
Security, balancing the budget, quo-
systems in hiring, among others.
but everybody must face tbe certainty toward dying. "Our goal," she said, to do," she sakL_
d his own death. "is to work with and take cared the Because listening is such a vital         Hospice patients are those with no
Though we wouldrather not think patient and the family to Improve the ingredient for the success d hospice, hope for full restoration to health,
about it, death is a reality that comes quality of life."                   ~ the team attempts to put themselves usually with only weeks or months ldt
sooner to some than to others. This "In the old days, bdore hospice," m the patient's shoes. In order to do to live. Patients are accepted only
group, cdlectivdy known as tbe ter- Christenson said, "tbe dying patient this, each member must really fed with a doctor's referral.
rninally ill, must face tbe fart that *** shunted into a back ward, with.sjnadabout tbemsdves and know who        Qjristamson says that some peo-
tbdr life span has been shortened by the medical profession saying that ^^jjpare, and come to grips with mar- pie don't cmUrt hosdce r^ecause they
an incurable disease. nothing could be done. But within the tality and tbe idea d their own death, are afraid that hospice tiiinks and
Tbe medical profession, trained bnsplce philosophy, there is plenty to Christenson  explained  that talks about death. Ddending a basic
to cure, has trouble dealing with these bedone. hospice is here for the family as well principle d hospice, she said: "We do
people because they are living prod "We are here to beta tbe patient „ the patient. "They direct and we art do that. We take the faniily xxhere   tinues to provide an alternative to tbe
that evenmedidneisndperfect and hta fstnity keep co living. The listen,- she said. "We don't put any they are, and listen to and talk with   wayti_temiiu_ymmmtdie,giving
But what d tbe person who has quality d Life until death is what we expectations on them, and accept them on thdr terms."           »*           them support and dignity up to tha
Just been told he has no more than a try to maintain," she said. them where they are. Our mission is         She says that some patients never   last moment d hfe.
year to Live? What does he do? In the Hospice   Is   made   up   of   a to meet with them and listen to what talk about dying, "and that is fine. We
past, there was nothing. But today mulUdisciplinary team d nurses, doc-
there   is  Hospice,  a   program   to
enhance tbe lives d tbe twrninally ill
on a regular basis until they can a
firm that they are ready to leave.
"A family is not dropped after
n a tiffie when dying has become
_.   and volunteers.  These people are
Tbe term "hospice" goes back to  "****& ta a™ causer to hdp the pa-
the days of tbe Crusaders, offering   tient live until bd must die.
By now, it is obvious to tbe
readers that the writers are
: days c
weary travelers s place to stay and
Tireading the line line of myth
edeach patient is a
Tbe authors who write books as   are so well written that, I
•interpreUtions'  d  the  Bible,   the   SIGHT, i
'  "ostradamus   "
GEOFF FULLER
rest But rnodern day BCapka, Itnown ««t.  Team support is available There are many people tiiese days
_, as   St.   Christopher's,   began   in fWours a day, seven days a wees:. ^^ ,_, tauaing about tbe end d tbe    _
v*tt** "*__£-?£-._—_      *, E_«i_u-to 19t7, under the direction d ^J"*^"*** to ***** ■ ** world. These individuals think they   writings  d  Nostradamus,  Blake,   C0a*w*kWa\\mWmmiss*Ut1u*+
meenmeo^Ve^syocrstsoTbMye rjr. Qcery Saunders. *«*>al need and Utere k no fee^a „.,-, inMe t-^*-, to tfaelxnwledged   CayceTnd other allegorical works are   ty prophesies*SbSaaaSS
°_!l___?JL_£!^£'!5S£_         H-J***FnmoatS*iat**** **" * ?? *"* 5__ "-^f, w*^ and how the 'end' willlorne.    missing thepdtttdKt^ture. I   Zwb7_e7coty^xinetrta^hH
^"^L^P^^^!^?, Medacal t>nt« tagan to 1978, dter devastated by tbe long-term medical j^  ideM  „,„-,,,,  „,„,.. from   beh^tiieaeTtoriesareiadJod          J^^^™wim«i*ia-
very concenwrlabtyUgeptxy-arti s-te-m.I_phad,C.D.C.,cuirenttya exPen_*":1               _.             . ataibcrsdpopula\rbod_suchas'*Tbe   d events in the physical sense, but
**_!*!!? ***      JS T-ri-Tw^S "wnbef ot the Saint Agnes Board d The hospice nurses take care d j^te,   Gntt pUnet  p^-a,..   4-4   ,_,_»- ^ the psycbdogical sense.         --,_       „_ eA_ ___,,,
port "Reapmomhk" and Would_not TruiteM    volunteered   at   St. the patient's physical needs, such as ..q^ to Survival," which 'explain'   Th-*, -~ *_***_^aay*»»»-_ •>     ..™w ■""■V.'™ "^V1**
be writing essays concerned with chratopher's to learn about modern monitoring d medication and pain    — ■ ~
these topics. However, we shall try to ,     hospice  She was so impressed control. Tbe soda] workers deal with
give satisfattory answers to^Jec- with ti>a care given tiiese peopte that s
tions  which ' shail
t organized and Saint that come with being
Nostradamus." These people speak d
nuclear battles on tbe Plain d Ar-
ii_gadrion, worldwide epidemics and
_:., ,_       ■ ■     •—■*—*   __— "»■■■■■■"■ ■   '      '        '    , ,     .3      . ..      ., aaa—a>~a*uuaa, wwNwajv mssmmasssmsm auau
5»J"   AgrjeaunrJerw*_4abax>yesrstii^      ^ J°n';era!!d_with   5" ^""Vt/TantaBss. and fantastic collisions bet-
tothe   the hospice concept "pWtual well baasf, and attempU ttT   ^^en^arth and other r_tnetsv
Words to the world at small
MICHAEL TODD          » J
Belated thanks are offered to the I do not advocate these moves. I although ambiguously so. If I'm going in society's best interest to outlaw any
wise legislators d the state d Calif or- merely suggest them Tin a spirit d to indulge in drug usage, I don't want intoxicant? Mankind was cast out d
ma. The reason is of course the recent helpfulness. / any trappings d respectability hang- the Garden, so the story goes, on the
law that prohibits tbe sale d drug- Alas, tbe destruction d parapber- ing as millstones on my neck. heels d an irresponsible art. We
oriented paraphenalia. A real threat nalia leads inevitably to the fall d No, I want the sleazy reality, tbe haven't changed for tbe better since.
to the security d this state's negligi- that peculiar institution, the bead sense d ddying the powers that be. Tbe Koran mandates as harsh a
ble moral underpinnings has been shop. (Slavery was the last century's Tbe drug movement floundered when punishment for public drunkeness as
eliminated. Already the streets are peculiar institution.) The bead shop cocaine became popular. Coke is cor- for other crimes with a definite tic-
safer to walk in and the SAT scores did not sell heads, as its name would porate. In fact, people on cocaine are Urn, as tbe drunken individual poses
have risen astronomically. imply. No, the bead shop existed sole- the sort that would probably want to tbe same threat to society as tbe
Ah, but I exaggerate too much, ly to dispense items for use in enjoy- shop at a lifestyleboutique Even if tbe criminal individual.
Somehow, Just making paraphernalia ing drugs. I'd say illicit drugs, but paraphernalia laws are repealed, it's America was granted a valuable
more difficult to obtain does not seem since I know d no way to get high on too late for these chameleon shops. No lesson on tbe perils d prohibition
to be tbe answer to any question on aspirin, I'll assume tbe illicit to be more  will   haggard  radicals   push earlier this century. Realistically, it's
decreasing drug usage I'm not aware understood. water pipes. Now it'll be smart look- a   shame   Prohibition   failed.   The
danyone smoking marijuana merely Head   shops   always   were ing salespeople in thin ties singing the ephemeral pleasures d alcohol don't
to show df their 140 imported whale misunderstood by most people. The praises of pipes with "Carbuetion by outweigh the carnage traceable to the
bom bong. naive usually thought d them as only Calvin Klein." intoxicated. That horror has spawned
Still, most classic drug users have tobacconists' shops with sitar music.          Through all this, I can see one one d the up-and-coming social com-
a favorite bit d now illegal parapber- To tbe pushily religious they were overwhelmingly  good  reason  to bines, Mothers Against Drunk Driv-
nalia that occupies a spd close to dens   d   moral   decay,   spawning outlaw pararjhernalia. Regardless d ing. Funny bow MADD, like MAD,
their hearts. These items collect a grounds d the diabolic plot to create a your personal position on the relative details self destruction.
They  are  stories  which  serve  as of tbe way that UU»_ toterpn^Utions
parables,   calling   attention   to of U_Twri^^ to^pSelh.
psychological'truths.' i^v\\%^^et^mTm^
The original creators   of   these ^^ avTwaTthat tbe letter dthe
r^L^L,*"S^^i^T 'Si? aboiat^e-ffta^EdttaSt
open-ended and syn_olic in tiieir ne  Ute^      d  ^    -3
language. They are formulas without fSLSlm \tmOs\J3Splm
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ble. One can see this many places in        *n- .uiJulBj iLLtiut ritit mat — -
%ii5£rmaAu*iam7*mia i-t^pTwrito^^
<^_^j.f_v»_»  t. --nh-Mtr th. a 8"*"od example d tbe modern sym-
mosto^usuode^^ ^"^ « -*■ l<~?» to *
J * -T u.iTZc£n/ ii^™tTw^.,i7r  about government authoritarianism,
nature. Hal "^^^P?^ and it ii. But it is also about the tyran-
the 'have to s' d day-to-day life It is
about tbe tyranny d any rules when
tion' goes mtmes ins-ting aWte they « token too far.
beart(e96)_aL*un_n,andcaJculates Some d yew wiU disagree with S,
the chances d s n>eteor tsJHag to w^t rve said. You will insist that the- 0>
earth arad pot^cning the water supply, doom te uteral _„, physical, and that
Writers outside the Bible have "Revelations," Nostradamus, Blake
been similarly mismterpreted. The and Cayce were all talking about tbe
Wt>rkdr*V»t-adaniua,aW_«s*hir^ «atne event Tbe end d the world. If
Christian visionary, is s good exam- you think this is so, then brace
P**-  yourself. You've only got 333 days to
movie dealing with '<
ddtfae world'
Michael   Nostradamus   wrote
go to 1904.
bis tower in France. These prophesies
mythology about them that often Red America. And to local politicians,
rivals thatd the Greeks and Romans: head shops were something to be
"You wouldn't have believed it. This regulated with a megalomaniacal
Utile pipe and I ...." Maybe it has glee, a la "Look at me, I can push
something to do with seeing God. these ex-hippies around."
Perhaps slashing at tbe source d Head shops did provide a valuable
material enhancment is desirable. community service in their heyday.
If this new Law succeeds, I do They provided Jobs for people no one
have some variations on the theme, in their right mind would employ.
Tbe first thing that must go is tbe They rented space in parts d town no
everyday use d drug argot. How can businessman would frequent. And
we convince oursdves d the evils d they named tbemsdves after images
drug use when words like 'Ugh,' in your cousin's lousy haikus, proving
  and 'coke' are that even she might contribute to a
harmfulness d intoxicants, anything If alcohol is legal, why not marl-
that leads to open flouting of law hurts   Juana and some d tbe lesser cohorts
the society in which it takes place.
on the narcotic hall d fame roster?
Why not, indeed. I have no answer for
this, as I promised.
In this same vein is tbe movement
to create a national drinking aged21.
r, a lot d states allow t
Mood shift. Gifted, th* new laws
that restrict paraphernalia are rather
silly, but any shop that openly sells
something to ski in an illegal set youth to imbibe up to three years
engenders a modicum d disrespect bdore exalted California permits its
for law in general. Maybe marijuana youth. If I'm old enough to register
should be legalized. Maybe not But with the Selective Service System, tbe
ban grass and its contituent materials question goes, am I also old enough to
should Join it in exile. drink legally? On the surface, I'm
A few larger o^testions are at tempted to answer this with tbe hoary
'rig sag* should be stricken So it seems tragic abandoning ttake here. What Is the individuals' old story about cashing a persona 1
ydctionary. such a non-integral part d the role in the structure d law-abiding cheque in Las Vegas. You've got to be
Furthermore, anyone caught American scene. True, more than one society? Should the iridividual forego 65 and accompanied by both parenU.
ctjJebretiiaJTlJi-wtt^ bead shop has changed its face, or at certain pleasures for the homogeni-a- The crux d the c-jestion, lyos-ever
should be summarily executed. Final- least its facade, adapting to changing Uon d his environment? lies in statistics. When the age is
ly, the magazine High Timet should social mores. A bead shop changed. Rather than attempt to answer lower, tbe death rate rises, and vice
betaken care d. Its whole tone should however, is a bead shop no more, these questions, I'd rather raise some versa. No answer makes even a ma-
be aminended, and lis title, which Take the case d a local shop that has tangentialty related Inquiries and Jority happy,
would contain a f(>rbldden word, could mystically transformed into a , (__ unanswered, eafiecialty I think I liked things better when a
be (hanged to Straight Tim... This is 'lifestyle boutique.' (I'll take a since they are inarguably bead shop was the place to while away
re, altivxigh it might dfend hedonistic decadatxe with a 18 raeck uttsiatwerable. a few bours reading old High T(m«
d tha htmsoaexual com- and copy d Morality Journal.) The largest question concerns the and talking 60s rock groups. Wdcome
rmmity or life term convicts.                lifestyle boutique sounds respectable,   use dany drug in any sodety.Is it nd to the real world.
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