-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a prelude to war! ******************************************************** Will Media Do Right Thing? Fat Chance. “This week provided further evidence the Democrats will shamelessly race bait to smear Republicans as bigots in order to boost black turnout in next year’s elections. DNC Chairman Andrew made an outrageous, unsubstantiated claim that efforts were made to suppress minority voting in this month’s elections and Al Gore is running dishonest ads on black radio stations accusing Republicans of blocking black nominees to the bench. Will the media let Democrats get away with calling for racial healing while inciting racial hatred?” - Kate O’Beirne’s “Outrage of the Week,” CNN’s “Capital Gang,” 11/20/99 ******************************************************** NOW Stoops to Absurd Level The state of Florida this week gave final approval for a specialty license plate with a crayon drawing of two kids and the message “Choose Life.” Floridians can voluntarily pay an extra $22 for the plates - and the proceeds will go to organizations who help pregnant women who want to put their babies up for adoption. Voluntary. No government coercion. No taxpayer money involved. Free speech. Heck, it might even help reduce the number of abortions in the Sunshine State. Who could possibly object, right? Umm...the National Organization for Women, that’s who. NOW is going to court to block the tag’s release. What a bunch of (you fill in the blank). *********************************************************** Term Limits Could Cost GOP House If Republicans lose control of the House next year, add term limits to the list of reasons why (in addition to having no message, caving in to the president at the drop of a hat, spending money like drunken Democrats, etc.). Caught up in the term limit-mania of 1994, a number of solid GOP congress-critters took a self-imposed pledge to only serve three terms in office. That means their time is up next November. Most Democrats, usually the smarter of the political animals in matters such as these, opted not to take themselves out of the game prematurely. So what we face, boys and girls, is a situation where more Republicans are not running for re-election to Congress next year than Democrats. That means in those districts, Republicans have voluntarily given up the advantages of incumbency while Democrats have retained them. We’re not called the “Stupid Party” for nothin’. ********************************************************** Idaho Seeking to Repeal Term Limits “Idaho, arguably the most conservative state in the nation, could become the first to take the revolutionary step of repealing term limits. The Idaho legislature is poised to scale back the state’s sweeping 1994 term-limits law when it convenes in January. A key problem, say critics, is that the state of 1.2 million simply isn’t big enough to field a steady stream of qualified candidates for its local offices. ‘I served on the school board for six years, and sometimes you have to dig to find people to run,’ said Idaho House Majority Leader Frank Bruneel of Lewiston, who favors an outright repeal. ‘I don’t think serious consideration was given to how this would effect local entities, especially in rural, sparsely populated areas.’ ... ‘In some of these counties, you have more cattle than people,’ (said Mark Snider, spokesman for Republican Gov. Dirk Kempthorne). ‘Sometimes the local coroner is also the area’s only mortician and funeral director. He’s the only one in town qualified to fill the position, so it’s not practical to force him out of office.’” - Washington Times Weekly, 10/31/99 ******************************************************** Nevada Students Stink Up Math Test According to the Las Vegas Sun, “Fifty-one percent of high school juniors failed the math portion of the High School Proficiency Exam given in October.” What makes these dismal results even more distressing is the fact that the kids only needed to get 64 percent of the answers correct in order to pass the test. Nevada State Superintendent of Public Education Mary Petersen - standing right smack in the middle of a disaster declaring, “Nothing to see here; please move along” - told the Sun that the figures don’t represent any drastic change over last year. Whew! Our kids are only as dumbed-down as they were last year. What a relief. Would someone please explain to us: (1) Why Ms. Petersen still has a job, (2) Why anyone still listens to anything the teachers union says, and (3) Why government schools are good and vouchers are bad. Inquiring minds wanna know. ************************************************* The Bilingual Boondoggle “Here’s more evidence of the bilingual boondoggle: Roughly half of all Clark County (Nev.) seniors who flunked the state high school proficiency exam were Hispanic. This is worth noting in light of the cheerleading for bilingual education. ... From all appearances, we’re helping students learn to be illiterate in two languages.” - Columnist Ken Ward, Las Vegas Review Journal, 11/25/99 ******************************************** Help Spread the Word If you know someone who does not receive our FREE GOP News & Views briefings, send their e-mail address to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Published by: Nevada Republican Liberty Caucus “The Conscience of the Republican Party” Chuck Muth, Chairman **COPYRIGHT NOTICE** In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for nonprofit research and educational purposes only.[Ref. http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ] DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. 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