Opinion
Never trust a communist
An eternal fact of life is that there is no dealing with
Communists.
President Carter s severe gullibility and naivete is as
much to blame for the current situation as anything.
Remember . . .Cuba . . .
In 1977, Carter announced suspension of SR-71 (spy
plane) overflights and the categorization of Cuba as a low
priority target for intelligence operations.
Well the Soviet Union has deployed high perofrmance
MIG-23 fighter-bombers in Cuba; constructed a second pier
which is capable of servicing two or more Soviet submarines
at the naval port of Cienfuegos; had two Foxtrot-class sub
marines visit Cuban ports; introduced the SA-3 Goa air
defense missile into Cuba; increased early warning radar
sites in Cuba; and finally deployed a Soviet combat brigade.
Such as the benefits of dealing with communists. The
Soviets haven’t changed their tactics in 40 years but we’ve
been gullible enough to believe that they might have
changed.
Today we reap the spoils of the Woodstock generation and
there is not a thing we can do about it because American
power has become so weakened that the Soviets can do just
whatever they please.
Think they WANT Afghanistan?
Hardly . . .but next door is Iran — oil pool of the world,
lifeblood of the West, sufficiently destablized by Soviet-
sponsored “students” and next on the Kremlin’s hit list.
There may be a lot of big brains in Washington but there
sure isn’t much sense.
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The Battalion
Texas A&M University
Friday
January 25, 1980
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mouth is reaps rewards
By DICK WEST
United Press International
Never until a couple of weeks ago did I
dare even dream that one day my jaw
would be my fortune.
My jaw — reality compels me to admit it
— is too fragile for the boxing ring, insuffi
ciently jutting for a movie career and lack
ing the dimples needed for television suc
cess.
It is not the sort of jaw that would gener
ate high expectations. Yet it now holds
promise of sudden riches or at least finan
cial security in my old age. I mean they
don’t call me “The Man with the Golden
Jaw” for nothing.
What my jaw has going for it is: on one
side a gold crown covering the remains of a
molar that came out second best in a test of
rigidity with an olive pit; on the other side a
gold bridge spanning a gap created by a
Texas dentist who loved wide open spaces.
Both prostheses were installed back in
the days when gold was selling for $35 an
ounce or less. Today bonanza!
But the value of one’s jaw does not multi
ply several hundredfold almost overnight
without necessitating some psychological
readjustments.
For me it has created a fear that my jaw
will be stolen.
I can see the headlines: “Jaw Bandits
Strike Again; Heist Local Men’s Priceless
Dental Work.”
Along with that phobia occurs an under
mining of self-confidence. One meets an
attractive member of the opposite sex at a
party. Big romance develops. The come
the nagging doubts. Does she love you for
yourself or just for your jaw?
Additionally there are dietary consequ
ences. Once the price of gold topped $700
an ounce I stopped eating solid food lest it
erode my crown and bridge.
I calculated for example that masticating
a raw carrot would cost me $7.89. So now
it’s three mush meals a day.
One can of course have one’s jaw insured
by Lloyds of London. But jaw insurance is
frightfully expensive particuarly a compre
hensive policy that provides coverage for
fire and wind damage as well as theft and
erosion.
When the valuation of the jaw undergoes
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Some secretions I understand have
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that your particular oral chemistrya keep
gold to oxidize more rapidly than norm the r
so you will want to acquire a moiitln nant
that neutralizes saliva.
This brings us to the most ii
question: how to invest one s jaw
imum returns?
At present experience and henceer;
tise in this field is lamentably limW
the price of gold continues toclimbhoi
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consultants to appear — jaw broken
Meanwhile just be thankful yoinb differ
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Letters
Greek cartoon draws
response, questions
Editor:
Aggies have been the butt of innumer
able jokes, cuts, and other demeaning mis
conceptions. The number of jokes are only
exceeded by the Aggies’ ability to laugh
them off. The Greek organizations inability
to “laugh off” a meaningless cartoon, in my
opinion, does not reflect the true character
of the Aggie. Their resentment of the car
toon hints the organization’s reputation
among the student body more than the
cartoon itself.
Bill Brann
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The Battalion
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Editor:
In regard to your cartoon Goof-offs about
sororities, I would like to know why this
university is constantly putting down
Greeks? We have never put down the Uni
versity in any aspect. We are all Aggies first
and we love this university. Dumb care
toons like this will only widen the gap.
Greeks do many worthwhile things for this
community and no matter how many blows
Greeks must take we will prevail.
Jan Miller
Editor:
I am a senior and have almost made it
through my term here without writing a
letter to the Battalion. But John Winches
ter’s cartoon Monday (“Goof-offs” Greeks
are Geeks) made me break down and grab a
pen. I don’t like him calling me a “geek ”. At
least John had the integrity to start the title
of any cartoon he stars in with “goof. ” I am
surprised Roy Bragg allowed Winchester
to use his position as a soapbox to voice his
personal prejudice about organizations he
knows nothing about. If that is the way you
guys work, then the “Batt Staff is a Laugh. ”
Nice Cheapshot John. What make you so
damn high and mighty? How many com
munity service projects have you worked
on this year? How many of your friends, in
all honesty, would go to bat for you when
the chips are down?
Is this the end, or do you plan to sling
mud elsewhere? How about the Student Y,
the Corps of Cadets, the band. Campus
Crusade, the BSU, Extramural Sports
Clubs or pick any of these organizations in
216 MSG. These are all fine organizations
but I’m sure someone as super-cool as you
are could find something with them. Why
don’t you use your ink pen for something
more constructive like drawing tattoos on
your own rear end.
In the meantime if you want to express
your animosity toward the Greeks, why
don’t you get in the ring with a couple
during fight night; no cartoon you could
draw would be as funny as watching you get
your face rearranged.
You guys can dish it out, but can you take
it? Do you have the guts to print this letter?
Eddie Burris
(This letter was accompanied by 14 other
signatures)
Aggies to be exploited
Editor:
We are writing this in response to the ads
in the Batt concerning the solicitation of
Aggie women for possible appearance in
Playboy magazine. This concerns us be
cause we don’t want to see our fellow
Aggies exploited in such a degrading man
ner. When a woman is presented nudf I
such a magazine she is viewed as on! f
physical object. Men see her as athinji I
physical pleasure and nothing more. Hii*
evident in the front page article ofWedr*
day’s Batt where photographer to
Chan is reported as claiming Texas ii
“breeding” spot for beautiful women.lt i
women of A&M are not mere objectsl 1 '
physical pleasure; they have thoughts,
ings, personality that make them hm
individuals.
Morally speaking poronograpliy
wrong. Jesus said “ . . .anyone whole
on a woman lustfully has already com!
ted adultery with her in his heart 3!
who only see woman as things to ben*
will find it difficult as best to find theli
time intimacy of a marriage relations^
Our courts of law say that pornograpk!
have the right to carry out their activit*
but having the right doesn’t makeitrli
Alanf
Ray Thurtf
Lee A. Ph®
Mike Tall 1
THOTZ
By Doug Grah0
“AFTER ALL, r CANT DECIDE..
Sans diaper or not?
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