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Please note any areas of expertise in the "Message" box. And...thanks! *************************************** Not All Actors Are Jackasses "Bruce Willis recently staged a rock concert at a desert airfield to entertain the soldiers who were stationed near the Syrian border. Wearing a military hat and jacket, he belted out some rock 'n' roll and blues with his band, the Accelerator. 'We're here to support you,' he told America's finest. 'If you catch him, just give me four seconds with Saddam Hussein.' The star then offered $1 million to the soldier who captures the overthrown Iraqi dictator." - Left Coast Report, NewsMax.com, 9/30/03 *************************************** The Liberal Mouth That Roared "For the past two weeks, Mr. Kennedy, Massachusetts Democrat, has been leading his party's opposition to the war, calling it a 'fraud' cooked up for political reasons. On Friday, Mr. Kennedy went further, accusing the president, in effect, of killing American troops through poor planning. "...Some Democratic leaders have since embraced Mr. Kennedy, with presidential candidate the Rev. Al Sharpton doing so at a Congressional Black Caucus event Friday. 'This is the Kennedy tradition. We stand with you,' Mr. Sharpton said. 'You have nothing to apologize for.'" - Washington Times, 9/30/03 ************************************** The Ambassador's Spooky Wife "This is a set-up and the New York Times and Washington Post are only too glad to play. Ambassador Wilson's wife was not a CIA 'operative.' She is an ANALYST. They are a dime for two dozen out there in Langley. Thus, there was nothing to leak about her highly sensitive job. Analysts are perfectly free to tell the world what they do. Does anyone really think our foreign policy/national security apparatus would allow an Ambassador's wife to be a spy? "There is no evidence that anyone at the White House leaked this information; it wasn't even classified. I'm told that Ambassador Wilson (a Clinton appointee who has given money to Kerry and other Democrat candidates) is already backpedaling from his accusation that Karl Rove leaked classified information about his wife. Rove wouldn't even have known if she was an undercover operative and, anyhow, she wasn't." - David Luken ************************************** Um, Now About That DOMESTIC Spending... "We're all for Congress paying close attention to what it spends. But would that our honorable representatives were applying as much skepticism to the fine print of, say, the energy bill as they are to President Bush's $87 billion request for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan." - Wall Street Journal editorial, 9/30/03 ************************************** Democrats Belly Up to the Trough "Today, Reps. Peter A. DeFazio (D-Ore.) and Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill.) will unveil their 'American Parity Amendment' -- backed by organized labor -- that would add $20 billion in domestic spending to mirror the infrastructure, health care and education spending Bush wants for Iraq." - Washington Post, 9/30/03 ************************************** Howard's End "Vermont's former Gov. Howard Dean is a charismatic campaigner who knows how to rock the world of anti-Bush people. That's pretty much his only strong suit, as Gary Coleman could probably govern Vermont if he knew where it was. . . . Osama loves this guy as much as Tim Robbins does." - Columnist and Fox News host Bill O'Reilly ************************************** Wes Must Have Missed a Memo Somewhere "The only voters who will have something to say about who the (presidential primary) front-runner is will be the Democrats of New Hampshire, Iowa, South Carolina and after that, maybe, primary voters in other states. These are the voters unforgiving to anyone who says nice things about Republicans. The correct way to respond to Republicans, as we know, is to hate them. Activist Democrats never think happy thoughts about someone who, as Mr. (Wesley) Clark did in Little Rock only two years ago, endorses George W. Bush, Colin Powell, Condoleezza Rice and Don Rumsfeld, all in a single mouthful." - Wesley Pruden, "Pruden on Politics," 9/30/03 ************************************** Doo-Doo Economics "General Clark takes dead aim at small-business owners with his economic plan. Twenty-three million small-business owners directly benefit from the tax cuts signed into law by the president. Those are the same tax cuts that Wes Clark wants to repeal. . . . It is an open question whether General Clark was a brilliant military strategist. But there is no question he has flunked basic economics with his job-killing, tax-raising scheme." - House Speaker Denny Hastert (R-Illinois) ************************************** Putting a Bullet Between His Eyes "(Al Franken) is being run by some very powerful forces in this country. I was ambushed at a book convention. He got up in front of a national audience and called me a liar for 20 minutes. President Andrew Jackson would have put a bullet between his eyes. Franken's job is to do exactly what Donald Segretti did for Nixon - dig up dirt on people. He is not a satirist; he is not a comedian. He's someone who wants to injure people's reputations, and I think people have got to know that." - Fox News' Bill O'Reilly in this week's Time magazine ************************************** Another Conservative Swings Behind Arnold "State Sen. Ray Haynes, who has been described by the California media as 'one of the most outspoken conservatives in the Legislature,' announced his support on Monday for the candidacy of Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger over his political ally and friend, State Sen. Tom McClintock, in the California recall election taking place next Tuesday." - Talon News, 9/30/03 ****************************************** Unprecedented Endorsement "Arnold Schwarzenegger picked up an unprecedented endorsement in California's recall election from leaders of the state Republican Party on Monday as Gov. Gray Davis tried to regain momentum eight days before the Oct. 7 vote. Schwarzenegger was unanimously backed by the California Republican Party's Board of Directors despite the presence of a second GOP candidate, state Sen. Tom McClintock, on the ticket as a new poll showed the film star surging and Davis fading." - NewsMax.com, 9/30/03 ************************************** Just Don't Call It Marriage "Conservatives need to come to their senses regarding the issue of homosexuality. It is not wrong for these people to want the protection of a legal contract. They should have it by all means and right away. Just don't call it marriage. That is something reserved exclusively for a man and woman. Marriage is sacred and comes under the heading of religion; it should not be trifled with or altered." - Thor A. of Cardiff, CA, CNSNews.com, 9/29/03 ************************************** Stupidity Virus Hits Dallas High School "(Straight-A student) Raylee Montgomery, a ninth-grader at Duncanville High School, near Dallas, was hit with a suspension 'after an administrator noticed the 13-year-old girl's shirt had become untucked,' the Associated Press reports. 'The girl said she apologized, tucked in her shirt and asked if she could continue to class but was not allowed.' Duncanville's 'zero-tolerance dress code' has 'led to 700 student suspensions since August,' the AP notes." - James Taranto, Best of the Web, 9/30/03 ( Editor's Note: Duncanville's principal is Mike Chritzberg and his email address is: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ) ************************************** Club for Whiteys Still Stirring Melting Pot A California high school student's effort to establish a Caucasian Club on campus, where there are already black, Hispanic and Asian clubs, has got the NAACP's panty hose all up in a twist. 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