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EDITORIAL
Nuke reduction plan
best Bush idea yet
Oik.i! you sift through the frequently garbled syntax
und Hit; hyperbolic rhetoric, some of the Slutc* of the
Union address actually makes sense
Sure, the quick-fix economic plans are still up for
debate;, and no one is quite sure what Bush rvnllv
wants to do about health care, but his proposal for
deep slashes in nuclear arms was clear.
It Bush has his way and Boris Yeltsin agrees, the
nuclear stockpiles of both countries will shrink to a
size not seen sinr e the early days of the Cold War Yelt
sin's plan is a little more ambitious — 2.(KM) to 2.SIM)
long range missiles apiece — but it is heartening to see
even a little change on the part of the White House
gunslinger.
Bush's plan halts production of the B-2 bomber at
20 planes, or 55 less than originally planned. In addi
tion. the MX multiple-warhead ballistic missile would
be no more No more orders for nuclear-tipped cruise
missiles minor, rartmi dis
mantlement of submarine
bused ICHMs Anil so on.
Quite a laundry list,
and one almost too good
to believe
The past year has been
one of the most eventful
in world history. The dis
mantling of the Soviet
Union has effectively end
ed the Cold War. Bush, in
his speech, proclaimed
the Americans victors of
that wildly expensive. 45
year simmering pressure
cooker
Victors perhaps. If
George Bush
economic devastation through bloated defense spend
ing is a symptom of victory, then yes. the United States
did come out on top The United States is still the same
country, and we do have an economy (something the
former Soviet Union cannot claim), so in that regards,
we did win.
A hollow victory, that is.
The runaway arms race crippled both countries.
With the economy the way it is. and the Soviet Union
no longer the "evil empire." the only logical course is
to cut defense spending and slash nuclear stockpiles.
Bush's plan isn't a radical one. The United States
and U S S R, still retain arsenals large enough to waste
the planet. The strategic triad of missiles, bombers and
subs remains the same. The B-52s and B-ls may not
stand on 24-hour alert, but they are still there.
It is wishful thinking to expect all nuclear weapons
to be beaten into plowshares. So much power in such a
small bomb makes for an attractive package — one that
will alwuys be around. But if the reforms go through,
the doomsday clock will slip back another minute and
we can all breathe a little bit easier.
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OPINION
Yeah, but how many for a Manson?
I THE FINE
PRINT
8V PAT MALACH
( ( I I's offensive It's obst true
I ll's oulrugisius And It'll
I he m finer ret,ill stores in
Mas
No, tins isn't ,m .id slogan (or
ii new S Live Crew album
Ibis is what Marlene A
Young, executive director of
the Washington. DC based Na
tional Organization for Victim
Assistance, bad to sav about a
California publishing compa
ny s plan to market "True
Crime trading cards
lit I ipse enterprises Ini plans
to print trading turds embla
zoned with artist renderings of
famous criminals and even a
lew law enforcement types In
all, tit) different cards will be
printed Half the turds will tie
pu t organized t rime figures
Lifts four of the cards will por
tras serial killers and mass
murderers
All of ibis |tist when you
thought sot lets bad gotten as
sit k as it possibly could
When Desert Storm I’ro Set
t ards surlai ed. I thought (or
hoped) perhaps the apocalypse
was |us! around the i timer but
alas it didn't come, and 1 actu
ally broke down and bought a
pat k Now I in the proud owner
of Syrian I’tesuienl Hafez Al
Assud's card describing the pis
otul role our alls ” played in
the battle
L'unnv. but 1 swear that just a
couple of se.irs ago be was one
of those i osvardls teriorists " 1
guess this answers the question
ul what it lakes to turn a terror
ist into an American hero
one good w ar
I should have realized that If
Hafez could gel a trailing turd,
the opportunits was open to
just about anyone
But Charles Munson. Ted
Builds, Kit hard Spet k and the
latest addition, Jeffrey Daiimer'
A little hint lor those of sou
not up to dule on sour serial
k 11 lets Stas aw.is from the gum
that collies with the Uahmer
t art! )
There were several questions
whirling around in ms head,
hut the main one ssas ssas sun
ply wliv'
I (.ailed the lias area and
talked to 1‘eggs Collier, one til
two people vs Iso authored the
lev! on the I it ks ol tile t ards,
,ind she provided 'iimi' un
We mainly got the idea from
the f.ict tli.it during the HOs n
was vers tmv\ decade lor serial
killers, Peggy •'Hid "It, was
wry timely. espei tally with thu
movie Si In nr ol thr Lambs
coming out lieing based on hd
Gein
Well, Ols I’eople have be
come fascinated with socio
paths and have created a mar
ket lor creepiness But how did
the authors decide just what
qualified a person7 Did they set
a killing quota?
Well, no
I'hey h.ui been in tho nows
.1 lot So llmt was one of the
qualifications, she said "An
other one of tin- qualifications
w as |nst that the t iiso itself was
interesting Kamon Salcido w ill
he in there He killed his fami
l\ Me went in there just simply
I reran se he's ilespir able You
get the creeps i raw lies
And each case had to have
something a little hit different
in it. she said "I guess variety
would he (a consideration)."
So creativity is just as impor
tant as quantity That will he
good news to those aspiring
killers who don't have the pa
tience to extend their careers
over many years like led Dun
dy or John Wayne (lacy Jr
Yes. the whole concept of
i runinul trading cards is abhor
rent But I’eggv tells us It's also
popular
We've been getting a lot of
orders," she said "With the
controversy that just sprung up
the last week it's been crazy
I he editor will l>e on Sally Jes
sv Nil fuel on the lith of Febru
ary and Maury I’ovii h is doing
a show probably (today) witii
one of the owners "
He.ivy orders from whom?
It's been the experience of
the company that most of these
specialtv items are (bought by)
adult collectors," 1‘eggv said.
Ihev're (purchased for) their
collectors value."
Collectors value7 Well, what
is going to make the individual
cards valuable7 Charles Man
sons got to lx- up there, right?
I don't know what the hot
Has Eclipse ever
considered rookie
cards? You know,
like mug shots
from the first time
the creeps were
arrested for petty
crimes.
cards are going to bo." Peggy
said. "If I woro guessing, cer
tuinly Zodiac is fascinating
Phut's almost i ik.i! u movie
script.
"Till! Oroon Kivor Killer is
fascinating jusi bocauso be
hasn't been caught yot." she
said He's suspoclod of killing
three people in one day."
Which, in the sporting world,
would he considered either a
trey or a hat tru k
"He's gotta have some sort of
value whoever lie is," Peggy
said
Has Eclipse ever considered
rookie curds? You know, like
mug shots from the first time
the creeps were arrested for
petty i rimes
We discussed lh.it,'' Peggy
said
I w as just kidding!
"So far it's really kind of
hanging." she said.
No pun intended
"You'd have to handle it
right, and we haven't really fig
ured out a way to handle it
that's not nsilly offensive." she
said
Not offensive?!!
"We could have said he
boiled their flesh and he had
sen with the dead bodies and
he kept the heads in the fniez
er." Peggy said "We just
skimmed over all that."
And don't think it's not ap
preciated
So what's next for Eclipse’
How alxnit a set of Nazi War
Criminal curds?
"That's a thought," Peggy
said "I hadn't thought of that
before "
Sorry I brought it up.
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