Hi Charlie.....
Couldn't agree more. However, it does little good to exchange feelings and
opinions among ourselves. Each of us need to write directly to Sen. Helms
and our own Senators relating the ire we contain for this individual's
actions. At the very least, the Senate Rules need to be revised to remove
the authoritarian power the chairman now has. The recent example of the
refusal by Helms to schedule a fair and democratic hearing for Weld's
nomination, in spite of his own committee's majority request for the
hearing, is a prime example of the anarchistic attitude of Sen. Helms and
serves as an example of the most undemocratic display of arrogance that I
can remember. To bring about change we must communicate with those who
have the power to bring about change.
Larry T.
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> Subject: Re: Rebutting Senator Helms' Protest
> Date: Friday, October 10, 1997 11:37 AM
>
> Hi, Ken!
>
> I think most Americans agree with you that Jesse Helms is an un-American
> embarrassment to this country and all it stands for. Rarely has a more
> disgusting individual occupied a seat in the United States Senate. One
> hundred years from now, History will hardly remember him as a joke to be
> forgotten.
>
>
> -- Charlie Reid
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> "Salus populi suprema est lex" (Cicero)
> The welfare of the people is the highest law.
> ----------
> "Genuine goodness is threatening to those
> at the opposite end of the moral spectrum." (Charles Spencer)
> ---------------------------------------------
>
> On Fri, 10 Oct 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > To the United Nations:
> >
> > As an American, a former NATO base commander, and a former United
Nations
> > military advisor, I would like to go on record as strongly opposed to
the
> > comments of Senator Jesse Helms with regard to the presence of U.N.
human
> > rights investigators in the United States.
> >
> > Many Americans are routinely embarrassed by the conduct of Senator
Helms. We
> > do not feel he represents the average citizen of the United States, nor
do I
> > believe his radical views and actions are consistent with the U.S.
> > Constitution.
> >
> > Though the United States government is on record as strongly supporting
human
> > rights abroad, we are not without fault in our own country. The
presence of
> > an objective, third party observer should be welcomed and appreciated.
> >
> > With sincere respect,
> > Kenneth R. Armstrong
> > ---------------------
> > Forwarded message:
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (MichaelP)
> > Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Date: 97-10-10 00:22:20 EDT
> >
> > @@
> > London Times October 10 1997=20
> >
> > Senator furious at inquiry on executions
> > FROM JAMES BONE IN NEW YORK
> >
> > A UNITED NATIONS investigation into the death penalty in the United
> > States has provoked a furious reaction from a Republican senator who
> > controls the purse strings for paying off Washington's debt to the
> > organisation.
> > Jesse Helms, the powerful chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations
> > Committee, denounced as "an absurd charade" and an "intentional insult"
a
> > visit to the United States by a Senegalese investigator for the UN
Human
> > Rights Commission.
> > Waly Ndiaye, a former Amnesty International official now serving as
the
> > UN special rapporteur on extra-judicial, summary or arbitrary
executions,
> > spent two weeks interviewing death row inmates and meeting state
officials
> > as part of an inquiry into capital punishment and deaths in police
> > custody.
> > He is only the second UN human rights investigator to visit the
United
> > States, a country which routinely pushes for vigorous human rights
> > investigations elsewhere in the world.
> > Mr Ndiaye's visit did not sit well with Senator Helms, who holds the
> > key to any compromise on paying off Washington's $1.5 billion debt to
the
> > UN. In an irate letter to the American Ambassador
> > at UN headquarters, he described Mr Ndiaye's inquiry as "a perfect
> > example of why the United Nations is looked upon with such disdain by
> > the American people".
> > Mr Ndiaye expressed surprise at his frosty reception in America,
> > particularly because he was part of an earlier American-backed UN team
> > that sought to uncover human rights abuses in the former Zaire.
> > Mr Ndiaye's investigation was prompted by the rise in the number of
> > executions in America, reports of racism in use of the death penalty
and
> > the execution of mentally retarded prisoners and those convicted as
> > minors.
> >
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