FREEDOM WATCH      





Bill Clinton Discovers Pornography





                        By BOB WARD


                Editor of the Texas Journal





   Congress has passed, and the President signed, a bill that 


bans the use of the Internet for pornographic, obscene, 


indecent and immoral communications.  A lot of people 


concerned about morality and family issues are celebrating 


this, but a few caveats are in order.


    One of the first things this Administration did after taking 


office was to reverse its position on a child pornography 


case.  A convicted child pornographer appealed his case and 


the Justice Department was on the side of the prosecution.  


Janet Reno, Clinton's new Attorney-General, ordered the 


department attorneys to change sides and seek a reversal of 


the conviction.  Reno had redefined child pornography and 


under the new, lower standards, the defendant was not 


guilty.  This outraged  Congress so, by a near unanimous 


vote, they restored the old, stricter standards for child porn.


   Clinton gave us Surgeon-General Joycelyn Elders who 


wanted every child, beginning in the early grades, to be 


exposed to graphic sex education classes, every teenage 


girl to have a condom handy just in case, and school to 


teach children that masturbation is just one more way to 


enjoy sex.  





Homosexuality for Kids





   And will we ever forget Kristine Gebbie, Clinton's first AIDS 


czarina, who admonished us to be less concerned with 


morality and self-discipline and start enjoying sex more.  


She was annoyed that we're not more accepting of homo-


sexuality, especially for kids.


   Given this record, what accounts for the President's 


sudden interest in the innocence of our kids.  Let's recall 


something else from the early days of the administration -- 


the Clipper Chip.  This was a device, eagerly sought by the 


FBI, to be installed in every computer so the Feds could 


monitor what Americans say to each other by modem.  The 


invasion of privacy was so blatant and the stench of Big 


Brother so unmistakable the idea didn't go anywhere. But 


that doesn't mean they gave up.  Now that a law establishes 


Federal jurisdiction over content on the Internet will 


regulations written to enforce this law include installation of 


a Clipper Chip? Watch for it.


   Your home computer is not the only place pornography 


can crop up.  There is hard-core, triple X porno in the 


downtown theaters and in the video shops and arcades.  But 


these public venues draw very little attention from the 


Clinton's.  As indicated earlier, the administration tried very 


hard to make life a little easier for the downtown porno 


peddlers.  Obviously, it's your computer they want to 


monitor, not the Triple XXX Bijou downtown where a little 


control might do some real good.


   Your own computer, located in your own home, is easier 


for you to control than the grind house downtown -- and a lot 


easier to control than the Federal government.