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*********************************** What Do the Democrats Have Now? "The economy grew at a 7.2% annual rate in the third quarter, fueled by greater consumer and business spending. The gain in gross domestic product, exceeding forecasts by a full percentage point, was the sharpest advance since 1984." - Wall Street Journal, 10/30/03 ************************************ Subscribe FREE to News & Views If you or someone you know would like to receive our FREE daily News & Views e-briefing, just go to: http://www.chuckmuth.com/newsletter/ *********************************** You Gotta Have Heart "Ronald Reagan, about to be portrayed as an unfeeling, forgetful conservative, had the biggest heart of any President in America's history - so big that CBS had no trouble finding it when they decided to plunge a dagger into it." - Michael Reagan, the Gipper's son and talk show host *********************************** Cowardly & Cruel "Here is a man (Ronald Reagan) who is on his deathbed. He's in the last stages of Alzheimer's, and a woman who has been sitting by the bedside there holding his hand for nine years. They can't fight back. . . . From what I've read -- I have not seen the film, I have not read the script - but I have certainly seen enough excerpts from it in the promos. I mean it's, I think it's cowardly. I think it's the most cowardly thing I've ever heard ... How can it be so cruel? That's not, from what I've read in the scenes, that's not Nancy and the president at all." - TV producer Merv Griffin in an MSNBC interview with Keith Olberman *********************************** Mommie Dearest Meets Forrest Gump Since it was at a private, off-the-record briefing, I can't tell you all how or where I saw it; however, I did view an eight-minute "highlight" reel of the upcoming CBS mini-series on Ronald and Nancy Reagan yesterday. And I can tell you, it's FAR worse than anything I expected. In fact, I've read that some people are urging CBS and the producers to simply edit out the more egregious and factually incorrect scenes. I can tell you from my first-hand look at this crap that a little selective editing won't be nearly enough. This whole movie stinks like yesterday's diapers and would be appropriately shown only on the Sci-Fi channel...if there. The clips I saw were nothing short of revolting. The portrayals of Ron and Nancy Reagan are worse than fictional, they're criminal. You get the impression that the Gipper couldn't tie his shoelaces without falling into his oatmeal. And Nancy Reagan is depicted as a power-hungry, maniacal shrew far worse than First Lady Hillary actually was (is). I was going to recommend that everyone visit a particular website and sign up for updates on who the sponsors are going to be for this trash-umentary; however, it appears the CBS attorneys may have gotten involved because the site was up yesterday but has since been taken down. So I'm looking at how we might be able to set up our own petition site hosted by folks who won't be intimidated by the network's legal beagles. Stay tuned. This mini-series is a strike at the very heart of our movement, folks. Please consider that all those kids in college today really have no recollection of President Reagan. Their impression of this great man will be influenced by this grotesque mini-series. The movie isn't just a character assassination of the Reagans, it's a declaration of war on all the Gipper and we in the movement stand for as free and proud Americans. This is a fight we can't duck and MUST win. It reminds me of a quote from another great conservative Hollywood actor, Clint Eastwood, in "The Outlaw Josie Wales" movie. "Now remember, when things look bad and it looks like you're not gonna make it, then you gotta get mean. I mean plumb, mad-dog mean. 'Cause if you lose your head and you give up then you neither live nor win. That's just the way it is." So it is. Lock and load, folks. We ride at dawn. *********************************** Speaking of CBS Hatchet Jobs. Do you remember that other hatchet job CBS News with Dan Rather did on home-schoolers a couple weeks ago? Well, Neal McCluskey of the Cato Institute has drafted an excellent response to the biased report which you can read at: http://www.cato.org/dailys/10-29-03.html ************************************* The "Right" Place for Christmas Shopping FreeedomHQ.com: Your headquarters for conservative and patriotic shirts, caps, flags and more. "Bush 2004" gear, as well. http://store.yahoo.com/cgi-bin/clink?freedomhq+b4bnzq+index.html+ ************************************ Stupidity Virus Hits New Jersey "A 'patriotic' stick-figure drawing of a U.S. Marine blowing away a Taliban fighter earned a 14-year-old schoolboy a five-day suspension. Scott Switzer, of Colts Neck, N.J., whose father and stepfather serve in the military, was sent home last week from Tinton Falls Middle School after a teacher saw the image on a computer and described it to the principal, the New York Post reported. 'He's been punished for the drawing,' said Tinton Falls school superintendent Leonard Kelpsh, according to the Post." - WorldNetDaily.com, 10/3/0/03 *********************************** Coincidence? "It might just be a coincidence, but it seems that the terror attacks in Iraq are increasing at about the same rate as that of the Democrat contenders for the nomination who are criticizing the peace initiative there and want us to get out or let the UN handle it." - News & Views reader Ernie Smith ************************************** Remember...Because Our Enemies Do ".(T)he terrorists and others still doubt America's staying power. They remember Vietnam, where we lost the will to fight. They remember Beirut in 1983, where we turned tail and ran after they killed our Marines in their barracks. They remember the first World Trade Center bombing in February 1993, when we turned to our lawyers instead of our soldiers. They remember Mogadishu in October 1993, where we left our dead and skedaddled out of country. They remember the attack on the USS Cole in 2000, where we ordered our ships to sea rather than our Marines to shore. "So now, in 2003 in Iraq and Afghanistan, our soldiers and Marines are paying the price in their blood for the boundless tolerance and rationalized inaction of their superiors when faced with danger and assault over the last 30 years." - Columnist Tony Blankley ************************************** Is This War...Or Patty-Cake? "'The Army has filed a criminal assault charge against an American officer who coerced an Iraqi into providing information that foiled a planned attack on U.S. soldiers,' the Washington Times reports: *** QUOTE *** Lt. Col. Allen B. West says he did not physically abuse the detainee, but used psychological pressure by twice firing his service weapon away from the Iraqi. After the shots were fired, the detainee, an Iraqi police officer, gave up the information on a planned attack around the northern Iraqi town of Saba al Boor. But the Army is taking a dim view of the interrogation tactic. An Army official at the Pentagon confirmed to The Washington Times yesterday that Col. West has been charged with one count of aggravated assault. A military source said an Article 32 hearing has been scheduled in Iraq that could lead to the Army court-martialing Col. West and sending him to prison for a maximum term of eight years. *** END QUOTE *** "The Times adds that 'some soldiers are privately questioning the Army's drive to punish the officer for an interrogation technique that likely is used regularly to get information from terrorists.' "It's hard to know what to think of this. The paper gives only Col. West's side of the story; the Army presumably is saving its side for the court-martial. Under the circumstances, though, the actions West describes do not sound all that outrageous, especially if it saved the lives of American servicemen." - James Taranto, Best of the Web, 10/29/03 (Editors Note: This should be VERY troubling to all of us who are concerned with tying our soldiers' hands behind their backs the way we did in Vietnam. You can and SHOULD read the full Times story by going to: http://washingtontimes.com/national/20031028-113335-6042r.htm ************************************ Now This Is More Like It! "Honestly, (the situation in Iraq) a little tougher than I thought it was going to be. If we have to, we just mow the whole place down, see what happens. You're dealing with insane suicide bombers who are killing our people, and we need to be very aggressive in taking them out." - Sen. Trent Lott (R-Miss.), The Hill, 10/29/03 (Editor's Note: You might want to contact Sen. Lott and ask him to look into the plight of Lt. Col. Allen West. Phone: (202) 224-6253. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ) *************************************** 4.75 cents-per-minute Long Distance * All state-to-state calls in the continental U.S. * Residential or commercial * 6-second billing increments * 24 hours/day * 7 days/week * No access codes * No minimums * No activation fees * Calling Card Rate is 10 cents per minute * No monthly service charge unless your bill is less than $20.00 a month (then a $1.99 service charge will apply) * No need to change your local phone company * No hassles * Easy sign-up. * And a small portion of each bill goes to help continue publishing our FREE Chuck Muth's News & Views e-newsletter. Just go to: http://www.NewsandViewsLongDistance.com *********************************** Only Democrats Can Prevent Forest Fires To give you an idea of the magnitude of the forest fires burning out of control in California, winds blowing eastward sent enough smoke to blanket LAS VEGAS yesterday. And who's to blame? Democrats. That's because the Democrat Party is in bed with the radical tree-huggers and have been sitting on President Bush's Healthy Forest initiative in the Senate for the last five months. But the environmentalists have been fighting common sense forest management for years now...and the Democrats have been right there by their side all along. It's time, as Rep. Richard Pombo says, for Democrats to "wake up and smell the smoke." ************************************* Weapons of Mass Obstruction "How many homes must burn, how many people must lose their valuables, how many lives must be threatened before a couple [of] obstructionists in the Senate will relent and let a bipartisan wildfire legislation be debated and considered?" - Rep. Scott McInnis, R-Colo., NewsMax.com, 10/29/03 ************************************ Hatching a Raw Deal "This is outrageous. If your article 'Hatch offers Democrats deal on stalled judges' is correct, this is a good way for Sen. Orrin G. Hatch to anger Republicans. What a traitorous thing to do. . . . Every single time the Republicans can take charge because they are in charge, they retreat and allow the minority party to dictate the rules or make brand-new ones to accommodate their agenda." - Washington Times letter writer Beverly Alfonso on Sen. Hatch's (R-Utah) proposal to create two new judicial seats for Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) in order to get Levin to stop blocking the President's judicial nominees from Michigan *********************************** Hatching a Backroom Deal "(Sen. Hatch's deal with Sen. Levin on Michigan court nominees) is tantamount to paying blackmail. The report that Chairman Hatch would even consider rewarding Sen. Levin's detestable tactics by handing the Michigan Democrat two new judgeships on the Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is unconscionable. The filibustering of Bush judges, unprecedented in the history of the Senate, has reached the level of constitutional crisis. This is not the time for Chairman Hatch to be hatching backroom political deals." - Richard Lessner, executive director, American Conservative Union, The Hill, 10/29/03 *********************************** Holding Up the Internet Tax Ban The Senate has until November 1st to make a temporary ban on taxing Internet access permanent. That's just two days away. But the issue can't come to the floor because two REPUBLICAN senators are rumored to have placed a "hold" on the legislation. Those two senators are Lamar Alexander of Tennessee and George Voinovich of Ohio. You might want to contact their offices and see if the rumors are true and, if so, urge them to let this bill move forward NOW. Alexander, Lamar - (R - TN) (202) 224-4944 Web Form: alexander.senate.gov/contact.cfm Voinovich, George - (R - OH) (202) 224-3353 Web Form: voinovich.senate.gov/ ************************************ Unhappy Campers "Thank you for the photo of President Bush. I regret that I will not be able to send any money to the RNC this year. . . . After three years of a Republican presidency and one year of the Republicans controlling both houses we have a bigger federal government, more unionized federal workers, more spending on failed social programs, Clinton-era executive orders and political appointees and no conservative judges on the federal bench. Not only can I not send you any money, but I am honestly wondering if we wouldn't have been better off with Al Gore as president. Clearly I cannot financially back the party responsible for this sorry state of affairs." - News & Views reader David W. Peters in a letter to the Republican National Committee in response to a direct mail fundraising request. I suspect Mr. Peters isn't alone in his sentiments. *************************************** Affordable Campaign Websites! Now you can get professional-looking campaign web sites for as little as $10 a month. That's right...just ten smackeroos a month. Here's what's included in this fantastic new program from Campaign Secrets, Inc. (available ONLY to Republican candidates): * Free Hosting * Unique Domain Name * Personal Email Accounts * Credit Card Processing * Unlimited Edits * Event Calendar * Volunteer Sign-up Page * Built-in Bulk Emailer Campaign Site Builder can be used for political organizations and non-profits, as well. 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