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************************************ Ba-Da-Boom "I'll never forget that horrible evening I took my grandmother to the emergency room. After an hour of pacing, the doctor said, 'Sir, your grandmother is on an artificial life support system. Although her brain is dead, her heart is still beating.' I said, 'Oh, NO! We've never had a Democrat in the family before." - Forwarded by a News & Views reader *********************************** Go Forth and e-Multiply If you know someone who might like to receive News & Views, you can sign 'em up at: http://www.chuckmuth.com. ************************************ State of the Union OK, I just got in after watching the President's State-of-the-Union speech at a private screening at the White House (pretty cool!) with a couple dozen other conservative leaders - including Paul Weyrich, Jim Martin, Victor Schwartz and Kay Daly - so I haven't had the benefit of hearing what the insta-pundits are saying about the address. But here are a few of my personal observations: 1.) The lingering stench of Bill Clinton is finally beginning to fade as America is once again reminded by this president exactly what an American president is supposed to be. If I had to sum up President Bush's SOTU in one word it would be this: "sincerity." He was dripping with it. He said everything he meant, and you went away KNOWING that he meant everything he said. Either that, or he's a better actor than my two-year-old...and I doubt that VERY much. What a sea change from his predecessor - who recited his lines very well but was obviously just mouthing what his pollsters, Dick Morris, James Carville and Paul Begala told him to say. What a difference and election makes. 2.) While there were a lot of great lines in the speech for conservatives - and all Americans, for that matter - to cheer about, I think my favorite was, "No one has ever been healed by a frivolous lawsuit." And that look on the face of ambulance-chaser Sen. John Edwards as the president delivered this line was worth its weight in gold. Nice camera-work Fox News! 3.) The sand in the hour-glass for Saddam Hussein's reign of terror is almost gone. This guy has just about enough time to pack his bags and vamoose before a Made-In-the-USA rocket blows his keister from here to kingdom come. The day of Iraqi liberation is at hand. Maybe the guy can move in with Sen. Patty Murray. 4.) And lastly, the President's personal message to the troops put a lump in my throat: "Many of you are assembling in and near the Middle East, and some crucial hours may lie ahead. In those hours, the success of our cause will depend on you. Your training has prepared you. Your honor will guide you. You believe in America, and America believes in you." Amen. But on the drive home, a crazy thought hit me. Many of those same men and women about to go into battle in defense of this nation, its people and our liberties...can't even drink a friggin' cold Budweiser legally. If these men and women are responsible enough that the fate of the entire free world hangs in their hands, shouldn't we trust them to enjoy Miller Time once the shooting's over without having to worry about being busted by the local cops for underage drinking? Isn't that the least a grateful nation can do? I know. Crazy, right? - Chuck Muth, Editor ************************************ The Definition of "Evil" "Know this: Saddam Hussein is as dangerous a man as exists on this planet at this time, and if there is one who is more evil, it is hard to see how. "A New York Times story this past Sunday tells how he has personally murdered those who oppose him, how he has killed as many as 200,000 in his gulag, how he has started wars killing more hundreds of thousands, how he has ordered inmates slaughtered because of overcrowding in prisons, how he has organized a supposedly religious campaign in which women are beheaded by sword in public settings." - Columnist Jay Ambrose *********************************** Iraqi Version of Fish-Wrapped-in-Newspaper "Saddam Hussein has ordered official death certificates sent to Iraqi scientists' families as a chilling warning against aiding U.N. inspectors, The Post has learned. Word of the death certificates containing prominent scientists' names has reached Iraqi exile groups. 'The message is, they will die a terrible death if they cooperate - and the death will be legally listed as an accident or result of an illness,' said one exile." - New York Post, 1/28/03 ************************************ Maybe Even 99-1 "Mr. Bush is sending 150,000 troops to the (Persian Gulf) region. It's unlikely he'll let them sit there through the Middle East summer or, having sent them, bring them home. The chances of war this winter seem to be 70-30 or perhaps 80-20." - Columnist Morton Kondracke ************************************ Bush's War on Women? "For the first time, the White House and both Senate and House majorities are aligned in anti-choice lockstep. If the president's anti-choice judicial nominees are confirmed, the scales of justice are sure to tip. Make no mistake. This country is already at war. And it's a war on women. A right-wing judiciary is all that is necessary to deliver the final blow to women's most basic human rights." - Susanne Martinez, vice president of public policy at the Planned Parenthood Federation of America ************************************ Inquiring Minds Wanna Know "Why is making money only a crime when the wealth creator is a Republican?" - Stephen Moore, president, Club for Growth ************************************ Here's a "Radical" Idea " This month, (Rep. Ron) Paul (R-Texas) introduced to Congress the Identity Theft Protection Act of 2003, based on the radical notion that getting the government out of the privacy invasion business is the best way to keep identity thieves at bay. "...The ID Theft Act would, among other things, require the Social Security Administration to issue all Americans new SSN's within five years and forbid the release of the new number for any purpose not directly related to the administration of Social Security benefits. In effect this would be a return to the original intent of the number.' - Jon Caldara, president of the Independence Institute ************************************ Entitlement Mentality The city of Key West, Florida, is clamping down on the beggars and bums of their "homeless" population. Naturally, defenders of the "right" to not work, not bathe and not pay rent are outraged. "It's not against the law to be homeless," Velez Coleman, a formerly homeless stripper tells the Associated Press. "They should give us a place to sleep if they don't want people to see us." Note for the record that "they" means people who work for a living and pay taxes, as well as pay rent and mortgages. And "us" means people who don't work, don't pay taxes and don't pay rent. It still amazes me that such people somehow feel the rest of us "owe" them something. Where do they get this entitlement mentality? *********************************** The Goldwater Doctrine "I have little interest in streamlining government or in making it more efficient, for I mean to reduce its size. I do not undertake to promote welfare, for I propose to extend freedom. My aim is not to pass laws, but to repeal them. It is not to inaugurate new programs, but to cancel old ones that do violence to the Constitution, or that have failed in their purpose, or that impose on the people an unwarranted financial burden. I will not attempt to discover whether legislation is 'needed' before I have first determined whether it is constitutionally permissible. And if I should later be attacked for neglecting my constituents' interests, I shall reply that I was informed their main interest is liberty and that in that cause I am doing the very best I can." - Barry Goldwater, "The Conscience of a Conservative" To help promote the "Goldwater Doctrine" in public policy and government, join the Goldwater Club by going to: http://chuckmuth.com/goldwater.htm ********************************* ********************************* Published by The Goldwater Club Chuck Muth Editor/Publisher P.O. Box 15307 Middle River, MD 21220 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The opinions and views expressed in Chuck Muth's News & Views reflect those of the writers, editors and columnists therein and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the sponsors, advertisers ... heck, even some of our readers. To be REMOVED, go to: http://www.chuckmuth.com/newsletter/ and complete the removal request instructions you'll find there. Or send your request to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # #
