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Politics : Bill Clinton Scandal - SANITY CHECK -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Machaon who wrote (8702)	10/10/1998 12:43:00 AM
From: Les H	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 67261

re: federal budgeting process www1.whitehouse.gov There are always changes to the budget later in the year after the president's submitted the budget as is the case this year. He, or a member of his party, will introduce proposals for programs. And is often the case, the different factions fight it out --- the President may demagogue and threaten to veto because of silly items he might want such as the phony classroom size bill, or opposition congressmen may stick anti-abortion or pro-abortion bills into an appropriation bill to try to force a veto. Tony Blair, Clinton's British protoge', is now proposing Britain reduce class sizes to 30. Meanwhile, in Japan, average class sizes are over 40. Clinton's idiotic proposal is for 18.

To: Machaon who wrote (8702)	10/10/1998 12:46:00 AM
From: Les H	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 67261

Parents Detained for Forcing Their Children to do Their Homework MONROVIA, CA - Administrators at Clifton Middle School are defending their actions in a case involving potential child abuse. Earlier this week the school called Child Social Services to report that they had reason to suspect that two students, the McAllister twins, were being abused by their parents. Apparently the school learned that the Twins were being forced to do their homework and that their parents were not allowing them to watch T.V. on school nights. Said one administrator, "Until yesterday, I had only heard of abuse of this type. I didn't think that I would ever encounter it first-hand." Said Mrs. Crabapple, the McAllister twin's English teacher, "I knew that there was something wrong when I discovered that the twins had turned in every assignment on-time and that they had the highest grades in the class." When Mrs. Crabapple confronted the twins she learned that their parents wanted them to do well in school so that they could go to college and eventually into a high paying career. Because of these misguided hopes their parents had implemented strict study rules. They insisted that all homework would be done on-time and that it would be done right. They curbed T.V. watching and encouraged the twins to read books if they were done with their homework. Said Mrs. Crabapple, "What is happening to our society? What kind of parents would deny their children the right to watch five hours of T.V. a night. Those parents should be ashamed of themselves! They are monsters!" When Child Social Services received the call from Clifton Middle School they immediately detained the McAllister twin's parents. Said one Social Worker, "Since the twins had no physical signs of abuse on their bodies we were not able to have them taken from the home. However, we are certain that a more thorough investigation will be able to prove that the twins have been abused." Child Social Services claims that this type of abuse has been growing at an alarming rate. They encourage you to pay close attention to the children in your life to see if they are showing signs of abuse. Said one CSS spokeswoman, "The signs to look for include... 1. The child displays a love for learning. 2. The child can read at or above grade level. 3. The child's vocabulary skills exceed 1st grade standards. 4. The child does not have the entire prime time schedule for all the major networks memorized. 5. The child knows the difference between a subject and a predicate. 6. The child has a GPA of 3.0 or above." 7. The child regularly surfs the Bill Clinton Scandal - Sanity Check thread on the Silicon Investor web site. If you know a child who displays two or more of these warning signs please call the Child Abuse Hot Line immediately at (800) STOP-ABUSE.