, ITH HILTO VIEWS/OPINIONS Both m j or parties have m nipul ted the "Communist Men ce" to defect critici m or crutiny from their by records at home. Thi i e peel 11 y true for co IV tiv like Quayle dB h. So instead of talkin bout real i ues, the Republicans re no forced to ttack ne pOlitical "villain" to repl ce the Communi ts. Th t' hy the Republi are ttacking "political correctne ", "multicultural education", "af rmative action", abortion right ,and nything undermining o-called "family values". IN THIS new po t-Cold War environment, Bush m1 Quayle are solidifying their bale among the cultural conservativea, and .. abortion rights extremists, and big corporations. , Cinton IDd Gore are trying to take back the South from the Republican Party, and are makina eidEr Roo two US. Plft'.Sidl· mtial C8IXIianieBstayssa1iiy within the tradition of the official I..EFf - tallcing 10\11, but mt making any real dlanp." So the . aitic&m fLDaniels ps. Ron Daniew 00UDIe1S bysaying that Lemra's party, tle New AI­ lim::e Party B rot "really a B1aclc led puty," but ratta' a "multi-mil­ lim ooUar cult" nul by white man living in b Bronx with a "very checkered bift>ry." Dr. FuIaoirdem mtlllt man, Dr. � Newman, • b fuumtrz of aodal buy. Roo Danids . leged to have said that soda! 1laapy � \Bed ..., t=Uit peq)ie iJ*>tbelOOYaDell"mlfbribat a900 "bcxdm on �,uncdi­ cal. " HI H DUe 0 n BmlNNINGTOSOUNDa Utile bit like aaba in a band? PaDIpI. but it _ always been my padtIm m kx* fix- paIi1ive naaaeal1ltbrz 1Ia11mp le and 111: aDa,S of 1hc broad prograave rmvtmeIU nnat neassariIy beil¥xxplndedink> the Blade AF* pIaIbm." Or did I..erDa say 1Dat? In recent ee ,I ttIe Danny Q ayle h een roamin the country, t t "cultural ellt ." Tele ion pro I Bro erode public mo ty, Vice P ident olemnly d Q yle prai e th Lo police dep l1ment and COnGellD.DS "riote" ho too to th a ' t police b 'ty. Why re Qu yle and Bush deliberately pol rizin the electorate? The provocative vior 0 the Republican candida , their overt ppeal to the Far Right, can b explained part 0 the general breakdown of our political tem. The udden emergence ofRo Perot an independent candidate, and even Bill Clinton's election of another Southern centrist Democrat, Tennessee Senator AI Gore, . running mate, are also p of the collap e of traditional politics. Since the late 1960' , Democra nd Republic n have h d a marriage of convenience. Conservatives usually controlled the federal executive and court ystem, and Democrats usu lly ran the Congress and tate legislatures. The external ·threat" of orId Communism and a commitment to THE END 0 the superpower truggle ith the Soviet Union revealed the ive d tructiven created by four dec de of militarism. Much been written about the d�feat of Communism, but in truth, both the Americans and R i "1 ttl the Cold War. The real winner ere Japan nd Germany. Trillions of doll which ere pent on capo hould have been allocated tow rd ho pital , basement, but the old folb did not mind. . Sometimea I noticed that my bed w. better made-up then it when I left it and tbat my chairs and closet were better arranged. But the big idea wu that my brothers and I leamed clClnJineu, obedience anel responsibility. The "leady for b�t" idea w. exteDded to "ready for luncll." "ready for supper" and "ready for bed." We boys hid to do chorea, cleanse ourselves before each meal and t batever femalea were plQeDt by teaq tbem before we sat "If you please- and "Tbant you" ere required. In those days, "Yes, ma'am" and "Yes, ir" were signs of . refinement and gentili ty. WHEN BEDTIME neared e heard the warning, "Don't get be een those clean beets with your dirty body." That meant taking a o en ppeal 0 middlecl 0 ganin the' Both Republi and Demoaa re crambling fter Perot' disill ioned, embit vol But no one ee be tal African-Americans, Latino , unemployed, the home m union membe • Ultima ly, Blac and other pro re i e develop a stron independent political organization hich can . rully chall the poli of both parties, African-Americans' inte will conUnue be ignored. The coll p e of the American electoral system today forces to reexamine everything we tno bout polidc::a. Dr. Mann;1Ig Marable b Professor of Political Science tI1Id History, University of Colorado. "Along 1M Color Line" appetII'S be over 250 pUblications and u broadcast by more dum 50 radJD stlltions inIenuJtioMlly. ., chil' • 81 • 1 'l$���. ARE WE STILL'SUFFERING FROM A NEGATIVE. SELF IMAGE? By -lAMe ALS8ROOK Why do I feel uncomfortable if I go downstain in the morning without making up my bed? Why do I make up my bed even in a botel with maid service? Why must some people try to set.things "j\8t so" before going 10 another task? In my case, the answer 1iea in respomea made many years ago to a three-word phrlse my paren used. The words in this pregnant phrase ere, "Ready For Breakfast" Computer users ould call my r,esponse to this phrase "programmed." P ychologists would ay my response sho ed "acculturation," and sociologi Is would call it "socialization." I call it, "learned behavior" or habit-formation. The old folks ould say the value of thi respoase is that, "if you bend a tree into a certain shape when it is YOUDg and flexible, that tIee will retain that shape throughout its life." lov n AT OUR BOUSE, my mother or grandmother ould open the doors to the bedrooms in which we three brothers slept and let the delicious aroma of ham, eggs, cereal and fruit float into our bedrooms and tease our nostrils for a few minutes. Then she would c&l1 aloud with a cherry "Good morning, boys· and ask whether we were "READY FOR BREAKFAST." Knowing that we adive, growing ·and hunlry boys were always food-hippy, they already kDew the answer. They knew that hem we smelled the food would speedily eliminate aU barriers between us and the breakfast table. ' The barriers bad been discussed ever since we were old enough to understaDd tbem. They were posted iiteacb bedroom: - Get out of bed, throw the COval back and let the bed have air. - UDl the cather' too bad, open � windo IDd "air out" your room. - Take your turn and go to the bathroom to "take care of your needs." This 1nc1uded bing your bands, face� neck and em, brushing your teeth, combing and brushing your hair and making yourself "generally presentable." - Leave the bathroom soon possible to let your brothelS use it - Return to your room, baD& pajamas in clo�t and put house shoes beneath them, mate up your "aired· bed, get dressed, straightcD up room quictly IDd hen rudy for' inspection, call, "I'm readyl" Then mother or grandmother ould enter, look around the room and either tell you to mate cbanges or say, "You're ready." • 1 BEFORE LONG WE three boys were dept t mating our bedrooms "ready" and e ould go from bed to breakfast table in I than 15 minutes. Sometimes we "cheated" by usinl the half-bath in the bath. And when eadl boy left bathroom, Mom or Grandmo would am that "riDp" around tub were not peDDi1led. When the adults accepted 0 behavior, e would get a call for lee cream or some other "goodie" belole bed. I am thankful today for parenti' clever buf fltm disdpllne IDd babit-romaaaoa. Times have Cblaaed. today's poore.t Black child, I believe, could be JUde a more proctiiCU dtIzeD If ... _ used ftrm, but IDd au .. child-tr.iniDI methods, W." themael dby nampI , radiated warmth and loft CODI to their growing. ti But puents m t "bend the while the trees are you flexible. I hould be better, but � BLACKS have succeeded �xQCUCllt1yll "