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***************************************** Tonight on "Always Right" Our guest tonight on "Always Right with Chuck Muth" will be the incomparable (some would say incorrigible) Kerri Houston of Frontiers of Freedom. We'll discuss weenie Republicans, the "forgotten warriors" of the 82nd Airborne in Afghanistan, missile defense, judicial obstruction, lawsuit abuse, taxes, spending, "starving the beast" and whole lot more with this outside-the-Beltway insider. Tonight at 8:00 p.m. EST. The link to listen in is... http://www.theotherradionetwork.com/srv1.asx You can tune in to previous shows logged in our archives by going to: http://www.theotherradionetwork.com/pgs/archives-fr.htm ***************************************** Big Problem Is Even Worse "You know that 10th-grade exam that high school seniors can't pass, after six tries? Well, I work in a public 'school', and I can tell you that that test given for the first time in the 10th grade is probably an eighth-grade level test, at best." - News & Views reader Al Davis of Odessa, TX ***************************************** Realignment Begins in Free State During the dark days of the Clinton era, a huge but little reported silver lining swept much of the nation: Democrat elected officials switching parties and joining the GOP. In fact, the Republican National Committee, at one time, kept a running national total of elected representatives who decided to switch rather than fight the conservative tide sweeping the fruited plains. Well, it too the election of a Republican governor for the first time in three decades, but the phenomenon appears to have finally reached the Peoples Republic of Maryland, where Democrats currently outnumber Republicans by a 2-1 margin. Over the weekend, Republican Gov. Bob Ehrlich and Lt. Gov. Michael Steele welcomed two Eastern Shore mayors - Denton Mayor Victoria Goldsborough and Easton Mayor Robert Willey - to the elephant herd. Let the exodus begin. ***************************************** I Love a Parade Find out about one veteran's efforts to organize a parade for service men and women returning from Operation Iraqi Freedom by going to: http://www.defendamerica.mil/otf/photos/index.html ***************************************** Burning Issue "Let me add my voice to those other veterans regarding their opposition to any 'flag burning' legislation. I served as an army officer (armor branch) from 1973-76, and years later quit the American Legion when it announced that its overriding priority would be to help pass a 'flag desecration' amendment. "I remember the attention-seeking, retrograde kook (Gregory Lee Johnson) who, at the 1984 GOP convention in Dallas, burned a flag, thus 'igniting' the call for anti-'flag burning' laws. Unfortunately, few remember that once the media finished giving air time to the kook, a kind soul came forth from the crowd, picked up the ashes of the burnt flag and gave them a proper burial. "If we want to teach our kids about the freedoms, traditions and glories that our flag represents, rather than push for a grotesque law that's at best 'censorship' in a nation known for its freedom of expression (including, as Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes noted, expressions that we most detest), and at worst will expose us to the vagaries of bureaucratic interpretation that we all increasingly fear, why don't we instead hold up as a hero that nameless, forgotten person in Dallas who buried those ashes? "Frankly, I'm grateful when idiots occasionally burn the flag or the Nazis/KKK march or other buffoons attempt to insult our country and offend our sensitivities. It reminds me of how blessed we are to live in such a wonderfully free country that can tolerate those handful of imbeciles without compromising everyone else's freedoms." - News & Views reader Edward S. Hochman of New York City *************************************** Campaign Hot Tips New to campaigns and grassroots activism? Seasoned veteran who recognizes there's always something new to learn? Then sign up for Mark Montini's FREE "Campaign Hot Tips" e-newsletter at: http://www.campaignsecrets.com/hot_tips.asp ***************************************** Every Witch Way "I have heard that Hillary's book sales are right up with Harry Potter. How appropriate that both books are fiction and both are about witches." - News & Views reader Susan DeLeo ***************************************** Return of the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy "I would say that there is a very well-financed right-wing network of people that was after his (Bill Clinton's) presidency from the very beginning, really stopped at nothing, even to the point of perverting the Constitution, in order to undermine what he was trying to do for the country." - Hillary Clinton in her Sunday interview with Barbara Walters ***************************************** How I Hate Thee, Let Me Count the Ways "Years ago, comedian Buddy Hackett, speaking about Don Rickles, said: 'There are two points of view: Some people hate him like poison, and some people just hate him regular.' That's the way Republicans feel about Hillary (Clinton)... "The bookstore on the main drag here in the People's Republic of Old Town Alexandria, Virginia had a sign up over the weekend which proclaimed they would be open at 12:01 this morning to allow people to rush in so they could be the first one on their block to buy Hillary's book. "I suspect, in a couple of weeks, they will do the same thing when the new Harry Potter book comes out. Harry Potter has a better chance of becoming President of the United States than Hillary Rodham Clinton Rodham." - Rich Galen, "Mullings," 6/9/03 ***************************************** Your Worst Nightmare "So here's a frightening scenario for all you conservatives out there: It's January 20, 2005 and someone OTHER than George W. Bush is taking the oath of office. How wonderful will that 'Patriot Act' look then? How happy will you be that Attorney General John Ashcroft requested the expanded federal powers remain permanent? "That's right - imagine a Hillary Clinton taking the oath of office with all these measures still in affect. You saw what her husband did during his tenure, and word has it she's got more 'testosterone' than the former president. Tell me you'll never worry about these federal powers being turned on someone's 'political enemies', or maybe that 'vast right-wing conspiracy'." - J.J. Johnson, publisher, SierraTimes.com, 6/9/03 ************************************ 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.GOPLongDistance.com> today. *************************************** Not All She's Cracked Up to Be Presidential candidate and former senator Carol Mosely-Braun is really a joke. On NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday, Braun drew from her experiences in the "hood" to attack President Bush for attacking Saddam Hussein in Iraq, asking, "If there's a crack house down the street from you, and in it are the murderers who killed your brother and your sister-in-law, do you blow up the crack house, or do you go after the murderers?" Of course, the obvious answer is, "Why not do both?" Unless, of course, you LIKE crack houses in your neighborhood. *************************************** Wrong Then, Wrong Again "The red-hot Dow stock market index has run up to the 9,000 range, with no end in sight. Just two weeks since the passage of President Bush's tax cut - one that strengthens economic incentives by raising after-tax investment returns by over 40 percent - the bellwether Dow has gained more than 400 points. "Once again, liberal negativists are being proven wrong. They were wrong when the economy quickly lifted-off following the passage of the supply-side John F. Kennedy tax cut in the 1960s and the big Ronald Reagan tax-rate reductions in the 1980s. They were wrong again when a cut in the capital-gains tax rate powered technology investment in the second half of the 1990s. And they are doomed to repeat their failed liberal thinking once more today." - Columnist Lawrence Kudlow ****************************************** 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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