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.