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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

The last time I broached the topic of politics in this space was back in CREEM's April 86 issue, when I put in my two cents worth of dissenting opinion on the subject of Sun City.

April 1, 1987
Billy Altman

The last time I broached the topic of politics in this space was back in CREEM�s April �86 issue, when I put in my two cents� worth of dissenting opinion on the subject of �Sun City.� As I write this month�s column, however, my television set—the same one that I watch all the videos on— is showing broadcasts from the Congressional hearings into the Iran-Contra connection secret arms deals conducted by members of the U.S. National Security Council in direct violation of laws passed by our own government. Perhaps the scariest thing about this whole mess is how calmly most people are taking it. It�s as if we�ve seen so much deception and corruption in our country�s political leadership since the 1960�s that we�ve become desensitized to it. There is curiously little moral or humanitarian outrage being voiced from most quarters about ransoms paid to terrorists or illegal warfare being conducted against foreign governments. Rather, the talk centers around a bizarre kind of Watergatestyled excitement that mainly involves trying to guess whose neck (if anybody�s) from the current administration is going to wind up on the chopping block.

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