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PRIDAYKENTUCKY

March 28, 2003

Celebrating 31 years of independence

With honors
Lexington author
nominated for
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Dorm security measures relaxed

Cormomlse: Administrators agree to RSC proposal:
non-UK students now allowed In dorms, ID still required

ByBenFaln

STAFF WRITER

Starting Friday morning.
UK dorm residents will follow
a relaxed version of the new
security policies put in place
Wednesday.

Residents will be allowed
to check anyone into dorms
~ not just other UK and LCC
students or family. as had
been part of the new policy

and visitors to display a photo
ID before entering the dorm
and extra desk staff. will stay
in place.

The revised policy was
approved at a Resident Stu-
dent Council meeting Thurs—
day night. RSC president
Michelle Mendelsberg and
vice-president Noah Friend
drew up the proposal after a
forum held Wednesday night.
where students discussed the

Other security measures.

. . . policy with administrators.
such as requ1r1ng reSIdents

Thursday morning.

Mendelsberg met with Jim
Wims. the director of Resi-
dence Life. and Pat Terrell,
the vice president of Student
Affairs. and presented the
proposal to them.

“They were prepared to
change (the policy) by the
time we gave them the propose
al.“ said Mendelsberg. a polit-
ical science junior.

The forum. which evoked
several emotional responses
from students. caused the pol-
icy makers to change their
minds.

“We heard some reason-

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We went
back and
said, ‘Let’s
rethink
this.”’

- Jim Vlims,
director of
Residence Life

 

Estill's inside presence
propels Cats over Badgers

Survival: Cats advance to Elite Eight for the first time
since 1998 despite Keith Bogans' sprained left ankle.

By Tern Ramsdale
ASSISTANT SPORTSDAILY EDITOR

UK was able to pull out its 26th straight victory last night
despite losing senior all- American Keith Bogans with 3:25 re-
maining in the first half.

Wisconsin' 3 Kirk Penney tripped over the UK guard when
he turned around after a made basket late in the half. and Bo-
gans left the game for good with a high ankle sprain.

“(Bogans) brings leadership just his presence alone." ju-
nior. Gerald Fitch said “With Keith out we had a lot of guys
step up."

The Cats play at 4:40 pm. (EST) Saturday against Mar-
quette, who beat Pittsburgh 77-74.

Coach Tubby Smith used nine players of his 15deep bench
against the Badgers Senior center Marquis Estill stepped up
his performance with a career- high 28 points to lead the Cats to
their 63-57 victory.

Wisconsin did little to stop Estill inside. He scored the Cats’
first six points and had 15 of UK's 32 first-half points. With lit-
tle defensive changes made by Wisconsin in the second half.
Estill continued to dominate in the paint.

“We tried to make (Estill's) touches different." Wisconsin's
Devin Harris said. "But he is so tall and has such great hands
that it is almost an automatic two points."

With Bogans vocally leading the Cats from the bench and
Estill controlling the inside, Chuck Hayes was called upon to
step up and stop Wisconsin's Penney: Penney hit four 3-pointers
in the first half and led the Badgers in scoring with 17 points.

At halftime. Smith challenged the team to stop Penney:
Hayes stepped up and held Penney to only one of three shots.

UK did not show its dominating demeanor in the second
half. The Cats went down 40-38 with 15:35 to go. But a UK 6—0
run sparked by Cliff Hawkins put the Cats back up for good.

The Badgers remained in the game. forcing four UK fouls
in only 30 seconds. Wisconsin was able to score two points off
of UK‘s fouls. With 1:33 remaining. Wisconsin's Mike Wilkin-
son drove for a layup to cut the Cats‘ lead to one. UK's Erik
Daniels answered with a tipin. to pull the Cats ahead by three.

Wisconsin was held without a basket until 6.9 seconds re-
maining. By then the Cats had extended their lead to five and
had captured yet another victory

“We were very patient in trying to work the ball around.“
Smith said.
movement.“

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Statue of UK’s first president to be relocated

History: Statue of James Patterson to be moved
for construction on damaged Administration Building

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STAFF WRITER

The good doctor will be
moving soon.

The 69-yearold statue of
UK's first president. James
Kennedy Patterson which
has been a hub for the cam-
pus landscape since 1934 u
will soon be relocated. said
Jack Blanton. the senior
vice president of adminis-
tration.

“Dr. Patterson will be
moved south of the (Patter-
son Office) tower." Blanton
said. This change is one part
of the construction being
done to the Administration
Building. which was severe
ly damaged by fire in May
2001.

The statue has a storied

history.

The bronze statue was
sculpted by Henry Augustus
Lukeman and dedicated on
June 1, 1934. commemorat-
ing the 100th anniversary of
Patterson's birth. It depicts
the bearded UK president
holding a stack of papers in
one hand and a cane in the
other. The Patterson statue
was created for an estimated
320.000.

The landmark has en-
dured much over the years
and has been subject to stu-
dent pranks and urban leg-
ends.

Blanton described one
legend. “11‘ a virgin passes.
Dr. Patterson will stand up."
he said. According to a 1967

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Allies fly 1,500 missions after sandstorms abate;
Bush, Blair refuse to set timetable for war's end

ASSOCIATED PRESS

American- led forces bombed Iraqi targets and battled
Iraqi troops the length and breadth of Saddam Hussein's
slowly shrinking domain on Thursday, and British forces
claimed the destruction of 14 tanks in their biggest battle

since World War II

But American officials reported 25 Marines wounded
or missing after fighting, apparently around An Nasiriyah
and the Iraqi regime breathed defiance. “The enemy must
come inside Baghdad, and that will be its grave‘ 'said De
fense Minister Sultan Mashem Ahmed

Eight days alter the launching of Operation Iraqi
Freedom, President Bush met with British Prime Minister
Tony Blair and declined to set a timetable for the war. It
will last “however long it takes” to win, he said, thumping

the lectern for emphasis.

Both men said the United Nations could help rebuild
postwar Iraq, but sidestepped questions of who would cre-
ate and run a new government once Saddam was toppled.

In the war zone, sandstorms abated and the Ameri-

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Online class registration
available this semester

WebllK: Changes include new registration windows;
registrar says process will be convenient, easy to use

ByCaseyClIasteen

CONTRIBUTING WRITER

The days of waking up at
7 am. to register during an ap
pointed window are over.

A new online registration
program for students will be-
gin Monday

Administrators of the
project think the graphics and
how-to steps will make the
new program easy to use.
“The new system is very stu-
dent friendly." said Michelle
Nordin, associate director of
undergraduate admissions
and associate registrar.

Registration windows
have also changed. They are
no longer divided up by credit
hours and the last digit of the
student‘s social security num-
ber. Now. only the student's
class status will determine the
registration window .

This can be frustrating for
students who are far ahead in
their credit hours. such as inte
grated strategic communica-
tions sophomore Melanie
Eaton. “I worked hand before
college to get ahead on credits.
and that was a major factor in
getting the classes I needed.“
Eaton said. “Not anymore."

Another concern is the
rush of college students with
in a class trying to access the
web at the same time.

Miranda Hill. a nursing
sophomore. said she worries
about computer availability.

"What about students

 

who don‘t own computers?"
Hill asked. “How will they
find this system useful?"
Students can still call the
VIP registration hotline and
register there. said Nordin.
“Students who are more at
ease with the phone system
will still be able to use that.”
In the past. students had a
short window to register for
classes. usually from 7 am. to
7 pm. on their appointed day.
Now. once their window
opens. they can continue to
change their schedules at any
time until all windows close.
Online registration is the
second stage of expanding the
role of the Web for the regis-
trar‘s office. The first stage
was to make students grades
available online. The third
stage. which hasn't occurred
yet. will be to give faculty and
staff access to their class holes
and the ability to post their
own grades on the Internet.
The registrar‘s office an-
ticipates no problems with the
new system. which goes into
effect starting 12:01 am. Mon-
day morning. Nordin said.
“Students should be able to
pick it up fairly quickly.“

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UK, downtown Lex

to meet at job fair

Connecting: Downtown Lexington Corporation
hopes to attract UK students to city's businesses

By Joanna Chetcuti-Mclean
LM'RIBUHNG NRITER

Students from 1.3 edit
catioiial institutions will
be united to preview the
different opportunities
that are available to them
ill and around their coin
niunities in a job fair r‘ri
day.

All 17K students are
encouraged to attend the
fair. This event is avail-
able to anyone who is in
terested. said Rose Lucas.
executive director of the
Downtown Lexington Cor-

poration. the organizer of

the tub fair.
“The job fair is a great
way for students to recog-

nize the opportunities
they have right where
they live and attend

school." Lucas said “This
is a great networking op-
portunity for students.“

Businesses that will
be represented at the job
fair include law firms.
hanks and public relations
firms. Many businesses
are looking to hire stu~
dents. Lucas said.

"Employers are look-
ing for dependable. hard
working and knowledge-
able employees.“ Lucas
said. "It is important for
downtown Lexington to re-
cruit students because
Lexington has a strong
economic base in the state
of Kentucky.“

Lucas expects a large
turnout.

“People want to be in-
volved in a growing envi-
ronment. and the Down—
town Lexington Corpora-
tion really wants to pro»
mote that aspect of the job
fair,“ she said.

Students said the job
fair offers a unique
chance to view employers.

"The job fair creates

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take .idyantige of what's
being offered to ihetii "

The goal ol the [town
town l.e\ington t‘orpora
tion is to strengthen and
develop downtown l.e\'ing
loll.

"By holding the job
fair it will help downtown
Lexington achiete our
mission.” Lucas said.

Many doors
will be
opened if
students take
advantage
of what’s
being offered
to them.”

- Melissa Hinshaw,
journalism sophomore

Opportunities

Thejob fair will be
held Friday, March 28
from 10:30 am. to.l:30
pm. at 140 East Main St.
in the lower level of the
building. For more infor-
matron, call 231-7335.

 

DORM

Continued from page I

able leedliack tat the forum
Wednesday i." Wims said. “We
went back and said. Let's re-
think this.”

Wims and Terrell dis
cussed the policy with the UK
Police Department and the
.loiiit 'l‘errorisin "l‘askforce. a
coalition between state and lo-
cal police and the FBI. They
ended up favoring the relaxed
ri-ciininiendation. Wims said.

The only difference be
tween the visitation policy iii
place before the war and the
one now is that residents will
have to escort their visitors to
the front desk to pick up their
photo IDs when their visit is
over. Wims said.

The reversal pleased
many students and gave them

faith in what intervening with
administrators can do.

“I think it's a great idea,"
said Jessica Gibbs. a vocal per-
formance freshman. who at-
tended the meeting Thursday
“lt‘s a huge part of the (RSC)
board .__ students and faculty
working together."

Since the United States
began war with Iraq. UK offi-
cials began implementing
tighter security restrictions.
Closing the circle drive in
front of the WT. Young Li-
brary and increased security
in medical research labs and
new dorm policies have been
on the agenda. The FBI has
identified universities as a
“sofi target" for terrorism.

Despite relaxing the poli-
cy. administrators remained
concerned about safety.

Wims said. “We met with
students and students are go-
ing to be a part of us policing
our own community."

 

STATUE

Continued from page 1

Kernel. the statue has never
stood up.

In 1996. a picture of a
snowmans head covering Pat-
terson‘s. complete with a car-
rot nose. appeared in the Ker<
nel.

Also. if you‘re looking for
some good luck during finals
week. the statue's your best
bet. said Rebecca Craft. the
visitor center director.

“Supposedly you'll ace
your finals if you rub his
right foot." Craft said. The
statue is part of the visitor
center‘s campus tour.

Patterson himself was
the subject of student practi-
cal jokes when he was presi-

 

dent in the late 18003. she
said.

“Students kidnapped his
horse, painted it with green
stripes and put it in the
chapel," Craft said.

This isn’t the first time
the statue has been moved. It
was originally placed east of
the Administration Building.
In 1967, it was placed in stor-
age for two years during con-
struction on the Patterson Of-
fice 'Ilower. which bears the fa-
mous president‘s name.

Patterson was known as
the “Grand Old Man“ of UK
and served as president from
1869-1910. He was active in
lobbying the state legislature
for money for UK and admit-
ted the first women students.
As the plaque on the front of
the statue reads, “He saved
the seed for the next genera-
tion."

If a virgin passes, Dr.
Patterson will stand up.”

- JACK BLANTON.

SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF ADMINISTRATION

 

 

WAR

Continued from page 1

cans and British reported
flying 1.500 missions during
the day as they exploited
their air superiority.

Warplanes bombed posi-
tions in northern Iraq near
Kurdish-held areas and hit
Republican Guard forces
menacing American ground
forces 50 miles south of
Baghdad. Thunderous ex-
plosions rocked the capital
after nightfall in one of the
strongest blasts in days.

Combat aircraft
dropped bombs “just about
as fast as we can load them."
said Capt. Thomas A. Park—
er. aboard the USS Kitty
Hawk in the Persian Gulf.

Cargo planes flew mili-
tary supplies into northern
Iraq after 1,000 American
airborne troops parachuted
in to secure an airfield. In-
vading forces took control of
southern Iraqi oil fields in
the early hours of the
ground war.

US. forces had pounded
the northern hills around
Chamchamal over the past
several days. and the Iraqis
abandoned their checkpoint
and bunkers and retreated
to the west.

In central Iraq. the first
resupply plane landed on a
restored runway at Tallil
Airfield — hastily renamed
”Bush International Air-
port" by American forces
who had secured it.

Still, Iraqi resistance
continued to slow the drive
on the capital and kept
American and British forces
out of key cities such as
Basra and An Nasiriyah. Its

    
 

mines kept ships with hu-
manitarian assistance from
unloading their cargo at the
southern port city of Umm
Qasr.

After eight days of fight
ing. Pentagon officials said
close to 90.000 US. troops
were in Iraq. and that an ad-
ditional 100.000 to 120.000
were on the way All were
part of a militaiy blueprint
made tip long ago. officials
said. sensitive to criticism
that commanders had un-
derestimated the need for
troops to quell stronger-
than-expected resistance or
protect long supply lines.

Protests flared anew in
the United States. In New
York. hundreds of demon-
strators lined Fifth Avenue
and dozens more lay down
in the street in a "die-in." At
the United Nations. the US.
ambassador walked out of a
war debate after Iraq's am-
bassador accused the United
States of trying to extermi-
nate the Iraqi people.

More than 25 Marines
were wounded in fighting
near An Nasiriyah, one of
the southern Iraq cities
where irregular forces have
put up far more resistance
than American military
planners expected.

To the south. British
forces continued efforts to
gain control over Basra. but
die-hard defenders of Sad-
dam's regime have held posi-
tions inside the city amid re-
ports of clashes with the 10-
cal population. Adm.
Michael Boyce. chief of the
British defense staff, told re-
porters that British forces
destroyed 14 Iraqi tanks that
tried to leave the city during
the morning. Historians said
it was Britain's biggest such
battle since World War II.

 

Correction

A story in Thursday's Kernel gave an incorrect date
for Spike Lee's lecture. He will speak Friday. April 4, at
8 pm. in the Singletary Center.

To report an error call The Kentucky Kernel at 257—1915.

 

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KENTUCKY KERNEL I FRIDAYKMARCH 28,2003 I 3

Local author nominated .

for international award

Novelist’s

eye

Crystal Wilkinson
was selected, with
19 other women
authors, as a
potential winner
tor the Orange
Prize for Fiction
for her book
Water Street. The
author is from
Indian Creek, Ky.,
and Is a writer-in-
residence at East-
ern Kentucky Uni-
versity.

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Keep your eye on the prize: Crystal Wilkinson was chosen as a finalist
for the Orange Prize for Fiction, a woman's literary honor given annually

.1 Robbie Clark
ASSISTANT scat: EDITOR

A Lexington writer has been nomi-
nated for a prominent British literary
award for her accomplishments in the
field of fiction writing.

Crystal Wilkinson was selected for
her book Water Street as a potential
winner for the 2003 Orange Prize for
Fiction last week at the London Book
Fair.

The Orange Prize for Fiction is an
international competition that chooses
20 novels from more than 100 submis-
sions by women writers each year. A
committee of five women then picks a
winner.

“I'm still in shock.” Wilkinson said.
“I keep looking at the names on the list
— it is very impressive. Not that many
people have heard of my book. this is
giving me a little national attention.“

Wilkinson, 40. is a native of Indian
Creek, Ky, and is the writer-in-resi-
dence at Eastern Kentucky University.

She describes the model of Water
Street as “a collection of short fiction
that ties together."

Water Street is a series of intertwin-
ing stories about friends and family
that live on Water Street in a small Ken-
tucky town. As the citizens‘ stories un-
fold, many characters resurface in the
separate narratives.

“In the sense of the characters. the
stories are all connected." Wilkinson
said.

Utne magazine. a literary publica-
tion that has chosen Wilkinson‘s book
for their July book-of-the-month. refers
to the book as a “sharp African-Ameri-
can updating of Sherwood Anderson‘s
Winesburg. Ohio."

Other nominees for the Orange
Prize for Fiction include best-selling au-
thors Bella Bathrust for Special and Al-
ice Sebold for The Lovely Bones.

Toward the end of April the com-
mittee for the Orange Prize for Fiction
will narrow the list of 20 authors to six.
The winner is scheduled to be an-
nounced June 3.

When comparing her chances with
the other authors on the list. Wilkinson
has doubts about bringing the prize
back home to Kentucky.

“There is no possible way I'm going
to win it." she said. “They have our
names listed like horse racing odds. but
I've won just making it on the list.“

Picking the winner is based on the
aims of the Orange Prize for Fiction.
which includes promoting “accessibili-
ty. originality and excellence in writing
by women," said Kate Mousse, the hon-
orary directory of the Orange Prize for
Fiction.

The honor was first awarded in 1996
and was established to help advance the
role of women in the field of literature
that is often overshadowed by male
writers, Mousse said.

“In the beginning we were con-
cerned at the idea that many of the
biggest literary prizes often appeared to

 

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Water Street by Crystal Wilkinson was
released in 2002 by the Toby Press. It is a
collection of intertwining short fiction.

over look the wonderful writing of
women." she said.

The recipient of the Orange Prize
for Fiction receives 30.000 British
pounds. which converts to roughly
347.000 in the United States. and a
bronze figurine called the Bessie m a
seven inch woman statue that is recast
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Protests uring war
should remain peaceful

The war with Iraq is well underway. And
while our troops are off fighting in the mid-
dle east. another conflict is going on here in
the United States.

There were countless protests leading up
to the war, and they continue now. Despite
the general support by our nation’s citizens
of this war. a group of protesters has spoken
out against it.

Yet for all the arguments that have been
made that protesting this war is unpatriotic
or un-American, one of the fundamental
principles on which this country was built is
that everyone should have the right to free
speech and free assembly. If people feel
strongly in their hearts that this war is
wrong, they have the right to voice their dis-
sent, just as supporters of the war have a
right to voice their opinions. However, those
rights become null and void when public safe-
ty is threatened.

This past Saturday, 90 people were arrest-
ed in an anti-war protest in New York that
drew more than 100,000 people and stretched
for more than 30 city blocks. Sixteen police of-

ficers received medical treatment after being
sprayed with an unknown substance. In Seat-
tle, 14 people were arrested in a protest that
ended up tying up traffic. In both cases, most
arrests were for obstruction of traffic, but
some were for weapons violations. Weapons
violations at a peace rally. Now that’s irony.

The last time there were truly large anti-
war protests at UK in the early ‘703, the Air
Force ROTC building was burned to the
ground. This time around the anti-war pro-
testers and their pro-war counterparts have
remained remarkably peaceful. Most of the
dissent against the war has taken form in
discussions or walks across campus, with a
few organized group protests. Those protests
have remained relatively calm, with those on
both sides of the issue acting with general
respect for those — and that’s the way it
should be.

It’s every person’s constitutional right to
speak freely about the war; after all, this free-
dom is what our soldiers are fighting for in
the first place. But it’s also their duty to make
sure they do so peacefully.

 

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supporters from voting
their conscience. with
many instead voting for

who they believe to be the
"lesser of two evils." of:
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candidates of much needed
support and credibility.

It‘s time to put an end
to the myth of a wasted
vote once and for all. While
it is true that only one
third party presidential
candidate. Abraham Lin—
coln. has actually won a
presidential election. even
when a third party candir
date does not win a race
they still have an indirect
effect on the political
process.

When a third party
garners enough support to
draw votes away from the
major party with whom
they are most ideologically
compatible. particularly in
cases where they draw so
much support away so as
to throw the election to the
major party with which
they are least ideologically
compatible. the third party
vote has an effect that is

campaigns.

In future elections, the
major party that was de-
prived of votes by a third
party will try to regain
those votes by reposition-
ing itself to attract the in—
terest of would be third
party voters. For example.
when Green Party candi-
date Ralph Nader drew a
substantial amount of sup-
port away from Democratic
candidate Al Gore. it con-
tributed to George W.
Bush‘s victory.

In subsequent elec-
tions. the Democratic party
will have to determine how
it can reposition itself to
lure Green Party voters
into the Democratic party.

80, as you can see. vot-
ing for a third party candi
date. even one that does not
have a chance of winning
an election. does indeed
have an effect on our politi-

of third party influence is
more overt. Currently the
Green Party has 177 elected
officials serving. and the
Libertarian party has at
least 37.

The only way you can
truly waste your vote is by
voting for a major party
candidate when there is a
minor party candidate run-
ning with whom you
identify.

The next time you step
into the voting booth. don‘t
cast your vote for the lesser
of two evils, vote your con-
science and send a message
to the major parties that
they need to change their
positions or they won‘t be
receiving your vote.

Robert Brammer is a political

science sophomore. ills views

do not necessarily represent
those of the Kernel.

the myth of the wasted third party vote
has deprived many candidates of much

needed support and credibility...”

  

 

 
    

Will Messer, Dialogue editor

Josh Sullivan, asst. Dialogue editor
iracy Kershaw. Editor in chief
Steve Jones, senior staff writer

Daniel Thomas, cartoonist
John Wampler. photographer
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War protesters
blind to facts

The war with Iraq is but one week old, and unfortu-
nately for socialists like Michael Moore and mindless lib-
eral marionettes like Tom Daschle “ and certain UK pro-
fessors ,__ it's becoming more and more
evident that our bloodthirsty, baby—
killing. oil-worshipping Satan-spawned
demon of a president was right all
along. What's surely even more discon-
certing to the flower picking legions of
Clinton peons is the fact that we're
winning (that is, unless you read the
New York Times.)

In just seven days the Iraqi regime
has legitimized nearly every argument
U.S. leaders presented to the world to
justify our decision to attack. It’s com-
mitted atrocities against the Iraqi citi-
zenry and used banned weapons in combat. New evidence
of chemical weapons is being discovered almost daily. Yet
celebrities and protesters who aren’t worthy of their own
national identity take to the streets in support of Saddam
Hussein, shouting the same baseless rhetoric we hear
every time a republican is in office, while American sons
and daughters are being shot at.

But hey, it‘s no surprise. These people are notorious
for refusing to allow fact and logic to get in the way of
their ignorant catch phrases.

Enemy soldiers have been holding Iraqi women and
children in front of themselves while firing at our troops.
They've dressed as US. soldiers and mowed down divi-
sions of surrendering Iraqi conscripts with machine gun
fire. Iraqi counter-attacks have been staged from hospi-
tals. Missiles that the Iraqi army was not supposed to pos-
sess according to the cease-fire agreement of 1991 and
multiple resolutions from that pathetic entity we like to
call the United Nations, have been fired at US. positions
(but like any good piece of French or Russian-made
weaponry. they’ve missed.)

Antidotes for anthrax and nerve gas have been found
on captured Iraqi soldiers and chemical resistant military
suits were discovered hidden in one of the hospitals from
which they fought.

Call me crazy. Call me a brainwashed conservative
conspiracy theorist, but the thought has crossed this
warped mind of mine that perhaps these antidotes and
suits were meant to be used by the soldiers that hid them
for some strange purpose.

These self-righteous people aren’t “war protesters."
They are either anti-republican, anti-American or witless
puppets dancing to the drum-beat of organizations that
exist for the purpose of undermining American democra-
cy and the institution of capitalism. This conclusion is
not some far-fetched tid-bit of conservative rhetoric. Most
major protests in Washington, New York and other popu-
lous US. cities were organized and funded by the Worker’s
World Party, the hip new title for the World Communist
Party. In many cases, additional funding was provided by
organizations that have been linked to the ruling commu-
nist regime in North Korea. This is documented fact my
friends, no new Red Scare here.

These large-scale demonstrations were notoriously
absent in 1998 when Bill Clinton attacked Iraq. Am I to be-
lieve that tens of thousands of Americans discovered the
wonders of The Grateful Dead and the inherent truth of
the ancient adage “make love not war” within a five-year
span, or are there perhap