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\\ h ',�' I I C:1Cl I.. I I'h t n 't: an idcnutv en <;i .....
t 'on !II.' .... '10 u.l J k:'lOLrut" Inl..k H unifying v isi n
or I g ivlativ n eridn. I'he White Hou 'c ha: lost
t} e poli ical initiau e. Republican .. on the oth r
hand. Me cl ar on their ag nda. If there was any
d ubt bout where th new Republican majority
plans to take th country the new peeker of th
Hou made it rv tal clear the dav after the
election Although \11' iingrich aid it might take
it decad . he promi d to bury any remnants of
what he di dainfullv call the "Great ocietv,
countercultur . Me 'o\' rni k" legacy and return
Arne ric to more bla .k-and-w hite view of right
und v r ng.
He said. "There tire profound thing th t
\\,'1 v rong e.;hllln' 'v ith the -reat S ciety Emu
r.1..' I.. ur terc ulture ,1n<1 i.: u 1\\ e H dre ........ tI, 1 head­
(\'1. -v c II: gl in 'to h.iv c these pi o le ms.
Thr c hundred Re pu lican candida es r it
on the Contract l .. iih .1mcri (I. Within the first
100 cJll.\.� of 'onure . it calls for the pnssag of
legislation in the 1/011 e that. among other things.
in .lud <;: a new crime ill which focu es on
sentencing. h de th pe nalty. increasing law
entorcernen . .utting th previou crime bill's so iel
. spending to fund pri on con truction: prohibition
f welfare to minor mother. cuts in Aid to Families
v. ith D pendent hildr n. uts in w lfare pending
end work r quire m nts for welfare: an in rea' in
dctens . sp nding: a ut In the apital gain taxfor
h isine s es: n li mit n punitiv damages and reform
II product I ia i I it." I� \ '>: nd support for term
iii its.
In I.:.. e nute he pi PO';\! :( c t H
I'll nc crl � \1;\'" ;1 ncul n L' • '(l the 'onsiuu i n:
'l� I I' ". II (I \\(Iil' : :'( 0, I rll'l� 1\. • ..,.. rl'')or -
pr )1)1 . H�, 11'\ cr'i' 0: tick nvc � .1: and lhl:
I)I\. \ I. ... ")J1 01 'I� IIC IK'<;
Rc ad carctullv th words otXewt iingrich
spoken on n: Morning :'\e\\ on Wcdne dav
m rning: "I tl ink tha \\ c hnv n bligation to
lis: ncr fullv t vhnt w as clearlv a v ic for
!O\\CI .,p�ndin·g.. to! Ie')') �o\'ernm' nt, for lower
t es. tor mllLh tougher pr vi. ions on criminals. I
hink it' plCtt.' hal d to look at govcrn r hips.
stale legi')llltur s. to I k at the cnllt and Hou •
am) n t conclude som thing fairly big wa
happ ning in Am ·ricflIH. t night."
fwd m 'v list n and he r a differ nt
ITH::ssng.e thnn . 'c�vt dngrich. but Rainbow
')UPPOI L·re.; sh uld no 'lInderc' i mnt the program
or'hc.;\\t1lol he. l.'no\\ inp '.crtotUrtl fld' he
Ip f' () 1..1' III I hr ..... \ tin rig.ht'i. \\ )rker<.; right<;.
'. omer 's : ier ',. th .. : .. 1\ il onml.'n find ht: oth ':-
IW!1 i� til 1m ) I d mns made since the 19G s.
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From the' Boo , Proverb ,
com prov rb;
"Be ter i dinner of h
her love i , than a taIled 0
and hatred th rewith."
- Prov rb 15:17
Even th Quiran mak men­
tion of h
5. "The sun and the moon fol-
low oou (exactly) computed.
6. "And the herb nd th
tree both (alike) bow in adora­
tion."
- A1 Rahman 1:5-6 (Sur. 55) (Yuluf
Ali edition)
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Bible;
uit t re of hall
I fth r of
-E . 147:12
The gov rnment, through ita
regulatory po e , i on th
verge of int rf1 ring with pee­
ple' natural and god-giv n
rights to t t them I u ing
something that com directly
(rom the C tor.
If you ant to do something
about this ungodly interference,
contact th Holi tic He lth Care
Profes ional , at (215) 222-
5830, to find out how you can
help.
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Many ancient fol ,Amerindi­
ans and Africans, developed ef­
fective herbal sy tem that
eased suffering, and much of
this herbal folklore lies at the
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C N'NEtT WITH US
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What doe the Bible ay
about h rbs?
A good deal, actually, from
th first pa of Gen is to th
last chapter ofRe lations, with
quite bit in bet en;
"And God id, Behold, I have
given you every herb Bring
s ,which i upon the face of'.
all the earth, and v ry t
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IIiANK. GoD .... MY &NJ< BRDm£ICS
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Med · a emphasis on ghetto ill
end unfair, hatef message
Unfair, h t ful m ages of
dis sped for Bla k peopl are
being sent by the media on em­
phasis on ghetto ills.
A 73-y ar- ld white man who
spent 36 y aI'S behind bars in
Kentucky chos jail inst d of
fr edorn and wa lock d up'
gain.
He said h rej cted f dom
b cause "I ju t don't fi in." Hi
daughter told reporters, "He
can't cope wi h th outside
world and d pt to soo ty's way
of thinking." H [i Is "at h me"
behind ba .
An 18-y ar-old BI ck college
f shman hoping for success in
Dl instre m America says, he
wll1 k p and sp ad his ghetto
s h, rap music and oth r v l­
ues r j ct d by most mploye
nd most educated persons.
By -James E. Alsbrook
Both m n a prison . Th
old man return d to his pri. n,
but the young man is not a war
of his mental confin ment and
carri s his invisible pri on
wherever he goes ..
Th . old man's time i lmo t
gon - his Ii fe a w teo The
young m n's lif i about to b
wa t d also, unles h fr
him If from th m nt 1 trap"
into which h has fallen.
ns lity as good as qr b tter
t han any other. Nevertheless,
h ha vi ions of upward mobil­
ity and he hopes to get a man­
a mentjob "in bigbu iness."
Just as the 73-year-old white
m n has b n condition d by his
lif in pri on, so the 18-year-old
,81 ck m n has been conditioned .
.' hi life in the gh tto. Each
p iv as norm I nd d sir-
bI that which reason ble p 0-
pI b Ii to b abnormal and
und sirable
The young man h seen
ghetto violence rep . t( ly pro­
j ed cross movie crce'1� and
t I vision tub S. H Po nd
h ars profane Itr pit lUll "I( • t
"rock" CO�lC rts and in nnu�ic
tore .. The media gl moriz tion
of this tr . h conspicuonsly im­
pli s p tblic appruval, wIth,
and th n[l rral of high �t tlli�
u nth vulgarpprform .1�.11l
t h ira n i-socia 1 m , a" .
Th young rna 1 S � \�( ll!'i( -
tion of his ghetto standards in
this foul but glamorized medioc­
rity and any tendency to change
and to "mainstream It himself is
firmly stymied.
SOMETIME HEjoin mid­
dle-class people of allra . and
gets sugar-coated insul when
pe ees dope dealing! prostitu­
tion and d gradation of Black
people in "The Em ror .Jones,"
"Porgy and Bes ," " howboat,"
nd similar t otyp d mon­
strosities. Th injuriously licit
pseudo-elitist smirk of patron­
age with confirmed If- upe­
riority.
The dan � of th
offensive drama
t ](7)ngt h by r Ii f- ki ng ex-
p rts such Harv rd' Dr.
Alvin Poussaint and th famed
Dr. Kenneth V1 rk, r tionale
creator of the 1954 Brown v.
Topeka decision, ina n w book
edited by Dr. Vamil1 Vo by,
Bill's wife.
The old m n kn w h wa
choosing prison, but h young
man is misled by t h 'upport hi .
repul ive v Iu in h ill-
dia and is totally un w fhi
in ellectual nd p ychological
�onfinement. He i ready-made
for failur and viol nc .
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