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The Pentagon wants to suspend Northrop from Defense contracting for faking tests on nuclear cruise missiles, saying they endangered the American public. But the Air Force is arguing against the suspension, saying that cruise missiles that don’t work are no more dangerous than those that do. The Air Force has been hit by allegations that it failed to move against Northrop for its overcharging on the B-2 Stealth bomber account. The Air Force counters that Stealth fraud is difficult to detect.
Poster child Neil Bush continues to suffer persecution for his alleged role in the Silverado Savings and Loan mishap, which is costing taxpayers something in the low ten figures. Bush had loaned developer Kenneth Good $30 million that was never repaid, and Bush himself received a $100,000 loan on condition that he not repay it. Bush admits that mistakes were made, but insists that creative financing is essential to high-performance banking.
Early installation of the first phase of Star Wars is threatened by the incorporation of “Brilliant Pebbles” technology, which was formerly thought to have been made up by me. Continued development of the program is said to be necessary in order to defend our forces in Guantanamo against Cuban aggression and to defend our Mideast Oil against solar researchers.
The national debate continues to rage over Roseanne Barr’s rendition of the national anthem at the San Diego Padres game on Thursday. Padres pitcher Eric Show said “There are people who died for that song,” and now, many have almost died from hearing it. There may soon be more: Congress is considering a constitutional amendment mandating the death penalty for citizens who don’t sing the anthem right.
The new nominee for the Supreme Court, New Hampshire judge David Souter, is described as having a narrow view on civil rights—that is, not.
In northern California, long-haired, naive Earth First? terrorists continue to harass traditional American families trying to make a living. Contacts have increased throughout the summer between the self-styled environmentalists and the local loggers, and there is now talk of building a coalition based on common “interests” and common perceived threats from alleged corporations engaged in so-called logging. Congress is considering a constitutional amendment against such coalitions, or at least, against the perceptions that lead to them.
Education President Bush has stepped aside and allowed International Trade President Bush to lead an investigation of California’s “Big Green” initiative, which would phase out pesticides, pesticide companies and table settings of pretty fruit.
The last bastion of Stalinism in Europe, tiny Albania, continues to reel from recent convulsions. One refugee summed up the drive for human rights there: “We want discotheques, not Communism.”
Controversy is brewing over alleged racial stereotyping in advertising. Recent ads feature veiled references to the small stature of the Japanese, along with photogra