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To: LindyBill who wrote (47837)	9/29/2002 2:37:18 AM
From: SirRealist	Respond to of 281500

Hawaii Congresswoman Mink dies at 74 From the National Desk Published 9/28/2002 10:27 PM HONOLULU, Sept. 28 (UPI) -- Veteran Congresswoman Patsy Mink, 74, died of pneumonia Saturday, a week after winning the Democratic nomination for a 13th term representing Hawaii's 2nd Congressional District. Mink had been hospitalized in intensive care at Honolulu's Straub Clinic since August 30 after contracting varicella-zoster, also known as chicken pox, which can lead to viral pneumonia in elderly patients, causing grave complications and fatal infections. Sen. Daniel Akaka, who represents Hawaii, said Saturday night, "Patsy was a petite woman with a powerful voice and a peerless reputation as a champion for equal opportunity, civil rights and education." Akaka said that in the course of her life, "Patsy was a pioneer, a trailblazer for women, workers, minorities, the poor and the powerless. She is one of the giants whose vision of hope and passion for justice led Hawaii to statehood." Hawaii law allows Mink's name to remain on the ballot in the Nov. 5 election against Republican state lawmaker Bob McDermott. If she wins, a special election will be held to select a replacement. Although Mink was in failing health, state Democrats had vowed this week to continue campaigning for Mink. "If she's not re-elected, a Republican who stands for everything she's opposed to will be elected," Andrew Winer, director of the Democratic Party Coordinated Campaign, told the Honolulu Advertiser. Mink was born Dec. 6, 1927 in the Maui seaside town of Paia and was seeking her 13th term in Congress. The Asian-American woman became, in 1975, the first non-Caucasian to be elected to Congress and served until 1977 when she lost a campaign for the Senate. After practicing law and serving on the Honolulu City Council, the 1944 valedictorian from Maui High School was elected to the House again in 1990 to represent the district covering rural Oahu and the state's outer islands. Mink served on the Government Reform and Education Committees in the House and was a longtime member of the Asian-Pacific Caucus. "Representative Mink has been a tireless champion for Hawaii's people," Gov. Ben Cayetano had said in a statement Friday after it was reported that Mink's condition was deteriorating. "She is an incredible woman who has never backed down from what she believed to be right, no matter how controversial the issue. Her devotion and insight has improved the lives of not only Hawaii residents, but people across our nation." Mink's husband, John, and daughter, Gwendolyn, a professor at Smith College, were at her side at the time of her death; funeral arrangements were pending. (Reported by Hil Anderson in Los Angeles) ___________________________________ Partisanship aside, it is always sad to see a good person go.

To: LindyBill who wrote (47837)	9/29/2002 11:29:40 AM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 281500

911 showed that it was even worse than we thought. I think Congress really needs to think long and hard about who the enemy is here. It seems to me that many members of Congress over the years felt more threatened by our own intelligence community than by foreign enemies. Parenthetically, the reaction by the Left to Campus Watch reminds me of the same reflexive paranoia. The San Francisco Chronicle calls Campus Watch a "blacklist." What is it about public accountability that is making them so crazy? It has to be that they don't trust the public. They think public scrutiny is dangerous. As long as their beliefs are only communicated to small groups of mostly sympathizers, they don't feel threatened. I might add, that they have the power to punish students who vocally disagree with them. Bad grades, bad recommendations, no career. But they have no power over the public at large. We can see on our own thread that many (not all) of those who share similar views deeply distrust the CIA and the FBI, and do not trust the administration in the least. We seem to live in parallel universes. Ms. McKinney is the most vocal but she's not alone. She is an ardent supporter of Palestine, and deeply distrustful of the CIA, the FBI, and Bush. What Pipes calls "the paranoid style" in Mideast politics. Rating the widely held paranoias about politics, my guess is that paranoia about the intelligence community is #1, even before paranoia about bankers and the Federal Reserve, even before paranoia about Jews.