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********************************** Goodbye & Good Riddance "The terrorism alert is at Code Orange, a new infestation of bedbugs has swallowed Manhattan and is believed headed south, Paris Hilton is still employed, and Howard Dean is about to be the Democratic nominee for president. Begone, wicked and malevolent 2003, and good riddance." - Wesley Pruden, "Pruden On Politics," 12/30/03 *********************************** 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/ . And if you want to read past issues of News & Views, you can do so by going to: http://www.mail-archive.com/newsandviews%40chuckmuth.com/ *********************************** War Powers "The key fact is not that Jose Padilla is a U.S. citizen. It is that Mr. Padilla, a.k.a. Abdullah al-Muhajir, was an al Qaeda agent who worked directly with terrorist mastermind Abu Zubaydah to plan a dirty bomb attack on a major American city. He was captured in Chicago-O'Hare airport on his way back from Pakistan to scout potential targets. He was, in short, an active enemy fighter making war on the U.S. and its citizens, just as the 19 hijackers who attacked New York, Washington, and Pennsylvania were. "A person making war on the U.S. who seeks to slaughter thousands of our citizens in the streets of our cities must face our military, not our judges. Such a person, U.S. citizen or not, is not a common criminal. He is an avowed enemy of our system of laws and government and a mortal threat to our way of life. The powers implicated are not the president's law enforcement powers but his war powers. " - "Rule of Law," Wall Street Journal, 12/29/03 *********************************** Backsliding Dean "After building a campaign on the anger of the Democratic electorate, the former Vermont governor can now be called 'Backsliding Dean.' He leaps forward with a bold statement aimed at pleasing his core supporters, but ultimately is forced to slide back because of the ludicrousness of his position." - Wall Street Journal columnist Brendan Miniter *********************************** Wahhhh! They're Being Mean to Me! "Howard Dean has enjoyed being his party's front-runner with the national exposure that comes with it, but now he is crying foul after being attacked by his Democrat rivals and wants his party to step in and make the other campaigns stop. While campaigning in Iowa on Sunday, Dean (D-VT) suggested that he has a lock on his party's nomination and that Democrat National Committee Chairman Terry McAuliffe should step in and stop the attacks he is receiving from his rivals before young voters turn away from politics in discouragement." - Talon News, 12/30/03 *********************************** Lost Their Minds "Has the left lost its mind to vote for this waffler and crybaby?" - Bob Kunst, president of a "draft Hillary" website, on the prospect of Howard Dean being the Democrat presidential nominee in 2004 *********************************** Can You Smell What the Rove...Is...Cooking? "Throughout this year, Howard Dean has repeatedly attacked other Democratic candidates. But when recently challenged on his own policies, misstatements and retractions, Dean responded by complaining to the party chairman that we're being mean to him. I've got news for Howard Dean: the primaries are a warm up compared to what George Bush and Karl Rove have waiting for the Democratic nominee. If Howard Dean can't stand the heat in the Democratic kitchen, he's going to melt in a minute once the Republicans start going after him.' " - Democrat presidential candidate Joe Lieberman *************************************** Long Savings on 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 * No need to change your local phone company * No hassles * Easy sign-up. Just go to: http://www.newsandviewslongdistance.com *********************************** TSA Keeping Skies Safe for Terrorists "The Homeland Security Department announced yesterday that it will require armed air marshals on selected foreign flights entering U.S. airspace. It's a welcome move. But all the 'chatter' indicating al Qaeda's continued interest in aviation targets suggests the government still hasn't done enough to protect our airspace. "Start with the domestic air marshal program, which covers only a tiny fraction of flights. Meanwhile, Homeland Security's misnamed Transportation Security Administration has only grudgingly been executing the obvious alternative of having all willing pilots protect their aircraft with firearms. . . . Unfortunately, Congress left the TSA with way too much discretion in implementing the program, and the bureaucrats have done everything within their power to discourage pilots from signing up." - "Review & Outlook," Wall Street Journal, 12/30/03 *********************************** Bite Me "So much for once bitten, twice shy. The Bush White House floated an amnesty proposal for illegal immigrants in the summer of 2001, roiling its political base among conservatives and getting nowhere before the September 11, 2001, attacks buried the idea. Now the White House is back, considering another amnesty proposal likely only to produce the same results. . . . May Mr. Bush be twice bitten, and the harder the better." - Columnist Rich Lowry *********************************** States Going in Right Direction, Feds Wrong "Cash-strapped state governments have slashed funding for theaters, museums and performance groups by nearly one quarter, while federal spending on the arts has edged up slightly. Congress increased funding for the National Endowment for the Arts to $122.5 million, up from $115.7 million, for the fiscal year that began Oct. 1. At the same time, however, state arts spending plummeted from $354.5 million to $272.4 million, a drop of 23 percent." - Associated Press, 12/29/03 *************************************** Affordable Campaign Websites! Now you can get professional-looking campaign web sites for as little as $10 a month. * Free Hosting * Unique Domain Name * Personal Email Accounts * Credit Card Processing * Unlimited Edits * Event Calendar * Volunteer Sign-up Page * Built-in Bulk Emailer * For more information, just go to: http://www.campaignsecrets.com/websites.asp *********************************** Rumblings on the Right Grow "President Bush is beginning to anger certain hard-line conservatives, particularly over fiscal issues, the way his father did in the year before he lost to Bill Clinton in 1992. . . . 'I'm hearing a lot of anger,' says Richard Viguerie, the guru of conservative political direct mail. 'I'm beginning, for the first time, [to hear] people talk about 'it would not be the worst thing in the world if Howard Dean were president,' because the size of government would stay still rather than increase 50 percent under a second Bush administration.' " - Washington Times, 12/30/03 *********************************** Hey, Big Spender "President Bush is an active war leader, which gives him a measure of immunity from conservative defections. But his spending is making his father look like Barry Goldwater, and my view is that domestic social spending is exploding. He's not vetoed a single bill." - Former presidential candidate Pat Buchanan, Washington Times, 12/30/03 *********************************** Tax Cuts Not Enough "My best gauge maybe is the position of Bush the younger at this stage is better than Bush the elder, but not by much. He has done the right thing on taxes, but on so much else, he has not." - John Berthoud, president of the National Taxpayers Union, Washington Times, 12/30/03 *********************************** Something to Chew On "No one claims smokeless tobacco is completely safe, but it is indisputably safer than cigarettes - by a very wide margin. Obscuring this fact, as the public health establishment routinely does, leaves smokers with the impression that they have nothing to gain by switching to snuff, when the truth is they can dramatically reduce their risks, as University of Alabama oral pathologist Brad Rodu has been pointing out for years. . . . Nicotine does not cause lung cancer or other respiratory illnesses. . . . Like chewing nicotine gum or wearing a nicotine patch, using smokeless tobacco does not involve inhaling combustion products, the main source of smoking-related hazards." - Columnist Jacob Sullum *********************************** Put Your Two Cents In Today on the Discussion Board... * Gay Marriage * Kwanzaa * Big Bucks for Big Education * Illegal Immigration * The Patriot Act Weigh in. Share your opinion. Comment. Inter-activate. Just go to: http://blog.chuckmuth.com/blog/ *************************************** About Us Chuck Muth's News & Views is published by Citizen Outreach, a member-supported 501(c)3 non-profit corp. 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