PUBLIC FORUM : CLINTON'S CHINA VISIT BETRAYS DEMOCRACY.The bloodstained blood·stained adj. Responsible for killing or slaughter: a bloodstained government. bloodstained Adjective discoloured with blood Adj. 1. , almighty dollars made in the ``emerging'' Asian markets by American stockholders, American companies and American politicians, including those laundered into Clinton's campaign funds, have proved once again to be more important than the human rights and freedom of the Chinese people The following is a '''list of famous Chinese-speaking/writing people. Note in Chinese names, the family name is typically placed first (for example, the family name of "Xu Feng" is "Xu"). . President Clinton's refusal to boycott Tiananmen Square Tiananmen Square, large public square in Beijing, China, on the southern edge of the Inner or Tatar City. The square, named for its Gate of Heavenly Peace (Tiananmen), contains the monument to the heroes of the revolution, the Great Hall of the People, the museum of displays his blatant disapproval of the democracy that he is supposed to believe in and represent. Such a visit will send a message to the people of China that we don't care
"Don't Care" is a 1994 (see 1994 in music) single by American death metal band Obituary. about their human rights, freedoms or liberties as long as there is a dollar to be made. Is there anything that can't be bought in this country? - Lucille Dodge Palmdale I strongly object to President Clinton going to China. I object because Clinton will not tell to the American people An American people may be:
He is evidently going to China to make an agreement with the Chinese government Ever since Republic of China founded in January 1st, 1912, China has had several regional and national governments. List
The debate about civil rights and Tiananmen Square is nothing more than a smoke screen, probably put down by the White House to direct attention away from the true purpose of the visit. The president's talk of bringing China into the mainstream of the world's nations is pure political gobbledygook gob·ble·dy·gook also gob·ble·de·gook n. Unclear, wordy jargon. [Imitative of the gobbling of a turkey.] Noun 1. . - Donald R. Ulbrich Woodland Hills Foreign policy intruder Somewhere there has to be a law that foreign policy is in the domain of the president and the State Department. Nowhere is the first lady constitutionally given that responsibility. Advocating the creation of a Palestinian state The Palestinian state (Arabic (دولة فلسطين) is a proposed country. The proposed location includes the Gaza Strip and the autonomously controlled areas of the West Bank, currently controlled by the Palestinian National is none of her business. My advice to her, if I may paraphrase Benjamin Franklin, is, ``Better to keep your mouth shut and have people think you're not dealing with a full deck than to open it and remove all doubt.'' - R.L. Waters Van Nuys Mission College contract Unfortunately, ``College owes $28,000 to child-care providers,'' Daily News, June 10, was filled with misinformation mis·in·form tr.v. mis·in·formed, mis·in·form·ing, mis·in·forms To provide with incorrect information. mis . The contract with the state Department of Education for the first six months of operation clearly states, ``This contract is effective from Jan. 1, 1998, through June 30, 1998.'' The Los Angeles Community College District The Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) is the community college district serving Los Angeles, California and some of its neighboring cities. In addition to typical college aged students, the LACCD also serves adults of all ages. board of trustees board of trustees Politics The posse of thugs who oversee an institution's administration. See Board of directors. officially approved the budget for the Los Angeles Mission College Los Angeles Mission College is a two-year community college located in Sylmar, California neighborhood of Los Angeles in the San Fernando Valley, United States. It is part of the Los Angeles Community College District. Family Child Care Homes Network on Feb. 25. All of the providers were informed May 28 by the network staff that the district will be issuing their first checks during the month of June. They were also assured that the network staff and college administrators are working closely with the district to issue those checks during the early part of June. Commendably, most of the providers have been patient and understanding in this regard. Due to the fact that the Department of Education's Child Development Division operates on a reimbursement basis, the Family Child Care Homes Network program is expected to begin operation before any funds are received. The district is aware of this and has already set aside the funds that will cover the providers' fees. Of the 62 children being served by the network, fewer than 10 of these families are required to pay parent fees. The others do not have to pay fees due to their lower-income status. The article unfairly and unjustifiably portrayed Mission College's handling of the state family child-care funds. If you were to take a look at the payment of child-care providers statewide, you would find similar scenarios due to the sudden surge of increased child-care funding for working parents. The reality is that Mission College's administrators and staff have provided expertise, time and space to assist in the establishment of the network. - Julie Ruelas Associate professor of child development Mission College Sylmar Need for morality The Daily News (``Uncivil unrest,'' Editorials, June 15) is right to call for a restoration of America's moral compass, particularly in light of a number of high-profile, senseless tragedies in cities across our nation. It's just the prescription you offer that leaves room to be desired. In order to become more moral and more just, America and its people must turn to themselves, and not count on schemes like school vouchers school vouchers, government grants aimed at improving education for the children of low-income families by providing school tuition that can be used at public or private schools. or government-mandated television. Americans must become more involved in their children's lives and schooling, get to know their neighbors and once again embrace the treasured value of community service. They must shrug off the ``me-ism'' of the 1960s while at the same time stop counting on government to solve all their problems. Only then will we have safe, livable neighborhoods, centered around the local neighborhood school, with active community service organizations and strong places of worship for those who choose that way of life. I had to laugh, however, when the Daily News lamented voters sticking with the status quo [Latin, The existing state of things at any given date.] Status quo ante bellum means the state of things before the war. The status quo to be preserved by a preliminary injunction is the last actual, peaceable, uncontested status which preceded the pending controversy. in our most recent California primary. With little exception, the Daily News endorsed entrenched en·trench also in·trench v. en·trenched, en·trench·ing, en·trench·es v.tr. 1. To provide with a trench, especially for the purpose of fortifying or defending. 2. incumbents, completely ignoring a handful of fresh-faced, innovative and attractive challenger candidates. Go figure. - Michael E. Higby North Hollywood Passing the buck I feel free. I no longer worry what the results of my actions are. I now see how mother and father politician will remove anything that is deemed to be bad or politically incorrect politically incorrect adj. Disregarding or unconcerned with political correctness. political incorrectness n. Adj. 1. . Now we really will enjoy life. We are free of all faults because, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. mother and father politician, it is the fault of manufacturers, no matter how you elected to abuse whatever it is you use. You are not responsible for anything. If you eat lots of food and get a little large, it is not your fault. Sue and tax the people who make the food products. Smoking? It is bad not politically correct politically correct Politically sensitive adjective Referring to language reflecting awareness and sensitivity to another person's physical, mental, cultural, or other disadvantages or deviations from a norm; a person is not mentally retarded, but : Sue and tax. It is not the fault of the shooters for being the way they are. The gun made the person do bad deeds. Sue and tax. If you use a cell phone while driving, have an accident, sue both the phone company and car manufacturer. After all, you are not responsible. The politicians want only the best for you. Look at the way the medical field was told to rethink the way it does business. Of course you as an individual had to forgo some freedom. But now we have health maintenance organizations, and how could anyone not like this idea? How about LMOs? That stands for lawyer maintenance organizations. I cannot afford to use the legal system. If I can get a lawyer and only have to make a $10 co-payment, that would be a big help. With all this suing and taxing going on, it may be time for this idea. - Gary Lemon Sunland Post-Prop. 13 fees In Alex Sheppard's comment in Public Forum on June 10, he indicates ``taxpayers should resist strongly the trend of making charges for the use of public ambulances, firetrucks, rescue units, etc.,'' a view I strongly share. Unfortunately, I have to point out that this trend is already out of control. Since Proposition 13, the politicians have found all kinds of schemes to effectively defeat its intent. Let's look at a few items from the Nov. 22, 1991, ordinance, which the city sent me by request in 1997: Advanced life support for one patient, $173; mileage one way, $6.83 per mile. For a night call, tack on an additional $19.84. There were a host of other items too numerous to cover here. Is this enough to shatter one's hope in the way things are trending? Proposition 13 created a vendetta vendetta (vĕndĕt`ə) [Ital.,=vengeance], feud between members of two kinship groups to avenge a wrong done to a relative. Although the term originated in Corsica, the custom has also been practiced in other parts of Italy, in other mentality on the part of our shameless politicians. - John M. Todd West Hills Wal-Mart dispute I really feel for those poor folks in Porter Ranch: a Wal-Mart in their own neighborhood (``Wal-Mart sparks call to join Valley secession,'' Daily News, June 15)? What is this world coming to when the affluent have to accept such indignities as this? Imagine: common folk swarming into Porter Ranch, driving their cheap little compact cars, looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. bargains, wandering about the food courts eating hamburgers and nachos. It's simply too awful to contemplate We must all do everything within our power to see that this offense to humanity is stopped before it's too late. Perhaps there's still time. Perhaps the developers can still be brought to their senses. Perhaps they may yet see the light and build something more ``upscale'' - like a new prison. Minimum-security, of course. We don't want to attract the wrong class of felon An individual who commits a crime of a serious nature, such as Burglary or murder. A person who commits a felony. felon n. a person who has been convicted of a felony, which is a crime punishable by death or a term in state or federal prison. . - Mark Jones Sun Valley I have to applaud the women of Porter Ranch for giving me a good chuckle. I'd like to thank them for taking the time to fight Wal-Mart instead of working to get more funding for schools in the area, more police officers to patrol the area and more firefighters during the fall fire season. During the next natural disaster I believe we can leave them on their own. They can buy bottled water from Pavilions to use on the fires that plague the area, buy the tents they'll need during the next earthquake at Nordstrom and outfit the police at Neiman Marcus Neiman Marcus U.S. department-store chain. It was founded in Dallas, Texas, in 1907 by Herbert Marcus, his sister Carrie Marcus Neiman, and her husband, A.L. Neiman. . - Richard Mena Pacoima Silver dollars Perhaps Ron Honthaner (Public Forum, June 14) would be interested to know that our government already mints a dollar coin The dollar coin may refer to coins of currencies that are named dollar. Note that some of these currencies may have banknotes (bills) for 1 dollar instead. See also
It is a thing of beauty and has been minted annually since 1986. It is available through collector outlets. - John Pierson Thousand Oaks |
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