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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Before Miami police quelled the recent riot involving more than 100 University of Miami and Florida International University football players in the Orange Bowl, fighting erupted among fans in the stands. In two masterpieces of misdirected anxiety, the commissioner of Miami's Atlantic Coast Conference said the rioting "has no place in college football" and the commissioner of FIU's Sun Belt Conference said "there is no place in higher education for the type of conduct exhibited." What do the words 'stay' and 'course' really mean? As recently as Aug. 31, President Bush was vowing to "stay the course" in Iraq. But, early last week, a White House aide and a general got quoted as saying we were giving Iraq's government a timetable for assuming responsibility for securing its own country, at which time the United States' military presence would be reduced. Waste of tax dollars deserves discussion By now, each candidate's stand on major issues is common knowledge. We know what they think about immigration, the war in Iraq and education. We have seen the campaign ads, read the opinions and scanned the propaganda. We have discussed political planks and platforms around the watercooler and dinner table. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR |
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