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***************************************** Chump Champ Lennox Lewis was getting his clocked cleaned Saturday night against Vitali Klitschko. He was lucky the ref stopped the fight because of a cut over Klitschko's eye. Vitali was ahead in the fight and having Lewis for lunch. The belt was his for the taking...but the unfortunate cut gave Lewis an undeserved TKO. Despite having the snot unexpectedly beat out of him over six furious rounds, Lewis didn't even have the grace to acknowledge his opponent's showing and heart. Rematch? Only if the "money" is right, said the heavyweight champ. Chump is more like it. (See, and you all thought all I did was politics!) ***************************************** Testing...1...2...3 About those tests. Many of you have written (surprisingly) siding with the government and not the Founding Fathers over whether or not the Bryant family's home schooled children should be forced to take the standardized public school proficiency test. Seems a lot of you have bought into Hillary 's "it takes a village to raise a child" philosophy. Nevertheless, yes, I will relay your questions and concerns over the tests in my interview with Kim Bryant. Tomorrow evening at 8:00 p.m. (EST) on "Always Right with Chuck Muth." Be there or be square. The link to listen in is... http://www.theotherradionetwork.com/srv1.asx ***************************************** Yes, Yes, Yes...I Have It Right Here Per many of your requests: With regard to the Annapolis, Maryland (home to the United States Naval Academy) alderman, Democrat (big surprise, huh?) Cynthia Carter, who wishes to ban toy guns and fine parents whose kids are caught playing with them outdoors. Carter believes she has the five votes necessary to pass this stupid ban, including that of the mayor (another Democrat, go figure). Some actually think this ridiculous, left-wing, feel-good idea might pass unanimously - which would include the votes of the two Republican members on the city council. I hope that's not true (and have already emailed them to that effect). If you, too, would like to contact Carter, Mayor Moyer, the two GOP council members or any of the other aldermen, the place to go for their contact info is: http://www.annapolis.gov/citizens/council/contact.html ***************************************** Flip-Floppin' to the Left "Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry is suddenly lurching further to the left in what is being called a politically calculated move to keep antiwar candidate Howard Dean from passing him in the pivotal New Hampshire presidential primary race. "The senator gambled on the about-face strategy last week as Mr. Dean closed in on the polls in New Hampshire, propelled by antiwar activists who are angry about Mr. Kerry's support of the Iraq war. "...Three days after Mr. Kerry refused to answer a question on ABC's 'This Week' about whether President Bush misled the country on the existence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq - saying, 'It would be irresponsible of me' to do so - the senator told an antiwar crowd in New Hampshire that Mr. Bush 'misled every one of us.' " - Donald Lambro, Washington Times, 6/22/03 ***************************************** Ambulance Chasers Conspire to Attack Big Macs "Trial lawyers, public health officials and consumer advocates chewed the fat yesterday about how to successfully sue and regulate the fast-food industry for serving unhealthy foods. "At an obesity litigation conference in Boston, about 120 attendees discussed planned lawsuit methods similar to ones used to sue tobacco companies. Those methods included using guerrilla lawsuits - several types of unexpected filings - against food companies, fast-food chains and restaurants, and pushing the envelope with cases that appear 'frivolous' to get bigger results and larger settlements." - Washington Times, 6/22/03 ***************************************** Freedom-Loving White Males to the Rescue "California lawyer Stephen Joseph said the largest opponent lawyers could face (in the war against fast foods) would be 'the conservative, right-wing public.' (Hey, that's us!) Mr. Joseph said he received thousands of angry e-mails from men when he sued Nabisco last month for not disclosing the trans fats in its Oreo cookies. . . . 'It's white males who love freedom versus moms who care about what their kids eat,' Mr. Joseph told the crowded room yesterday afternoon." - Washington Times, 6/22/03 ***************************************** Costly Fix "The Senate wants to pile a costly prescription drug subsidy on top of the tumbling Medicare edifice. This is called a benefit rather than a tax, but there is no such thing as a benefit without a cost. The plan is to tax and spend some $400 billion over 10 years to subsidize even the wealthiest old folks at the expense of even the poorest young workers." - Columnist Alan Reynolds *********************************** 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" ***************************************** Break Out the Cots "Senate Democrats have taken advantage of every parliamentary maneuver available, including the filibuster, to obstruct President Bush's judicial nominations. . . . If Democrats were forced to stage a real filibuster, they would have to follow the fairly stringent rules for carrying on a filibuster and Republicans would be required to maintain a quorum to force the filibuster to continue indefinitely, lest the Democrats end debate and go home for a good night's rest. "...Following a few days of a real forced filibuster, most Democrats would peel away from their irresponsible obstructionism one-by-one, and the public would see on the nightly news exactly who is really obstructing the business of the people. "Therefore, Senate Republicans should forget procedural shenanigans, break out the cots and arrest a few senators, if necessary. There's no better way to show support for the president's nominees than to actually fight for them rather than staging an ersatz fight and letting them languish for years in political purgatory." - Lawrence Hunter and Shaun Small of Empower America ***************************************** Fix Social Security NOW "In the last presidential election, Social Security loomed large as an issue. This time around, no one is talking about it - and that's too bad. The future of elderly entitlements is the most serious domestic policy issue this nation faces. "...The time to act is now, well before the Baby Boomers start retiring. The longer we delay reform, the worse the problem will get, and the more difficult it will be to do anything about it." - Harry Alford of the National Black Chamber of Commerce and John C. Goodman of the National Center for Policy Analysis ***************************************** Gay Marriage a Conservative Victory? "Conservatives want to preserve traditional marriage as the foundation of our society. Homosexuals want the legal recognition, rights and duties that go with matrimony. They can't both get their way, can they? "Actually, they can - which is why the rabid opposition has always been a bit puzzling. This is a case where one group can be accommodated without any sacrifice from the other. Letting gays marry doesn't damage what heterosexuals have, any more than giving blacks the vote meant taking it away from whites. "...If the women on 'Sex and the City' marched to the altar, traditionalists would rejoice at their decision to abandon casual affairs in favor of permanent commitments. But when gays want to embrace old-fashioned monogamy, traditionalists are horrified. They shouldn't be. Gay marriage would encourage gays to accept a more - what's the word? - conservative lifestyle. "...Gay marriage isn't a repudiation of the values conservatives prize. 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