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********************************* Don't Call Us, We'll Call You "House Democrats yesterday criticized the way the White House has handled the economy and promised to come up with a better economic plan of their own," reported the Washington Times on Tuesday. In related news, the Keystone Kops criticized the way the Secret Service was handling security for the President and promised to come up with a better protection plan of their own. And in still other related news, Bozo the Clown criticized the way Rush Limbaugh has handled his radio program and promised to come up with a better format of his own. ************************************ Hot Books for Your Christmas List! Guaranteed conservative selections for the entire family -- click here and save: <http://www.conservativebookservice.com?sour_cd=CME007302> ************************************ New Economic Dynamic Duo "(S)tephen Moore, who heads the Club for Growth, said, 'I have no problem with (just-appointed Treasury Secretary John) Snow. He's OK on tax cuts, though everything we know about (expected new head of the National Economic Council Stephen) Friedman tells us he is a Council on Foreign Relations, Concord Coalition deficit-phobic who believes that reducing the national debt is more important than reducing tax rates. "But Grover Norquist, who heads Americans for Tax Reform, said he was comfortable with the two appointments. 'I have been assured by the White House that Friedman is on board on the president's tax cuts. The job comes with a sign on the door: Cut taxes or die. You don't sign up with the Bush administration if you are not for tax cuts, because that's where the train is headed.' " - Washington Times, 12/10/02 ************************************ Dancin' the Happy Dance "Democrats are so energized by Sen. Mary Landrieu's re-election Saturday in Louisiana that they are predicting big Senate gains in 2004. 'Two years ago, the Republicans had 50 senators. Today they have 51. Two years ago, we picked up five seats, and we'll do so again in this cycle,' Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, South Dakota Democrat, said yesterday, telling reporters the results from Louisiana have put 'a bounce in our step.' " - Washington Times, 12/10/02 ************************************ >From the Land of Perpetual Outrage "The Rev. Al Sharpton, a likely Democratic presidential candidate, has asked for a meeting with Republican National Committee Chairman Marc Racicot and has announced he will begin a national campaign calling for the removal of incoming Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott. Mr. Sharpton objects to Mr. Lott 's comment, made at a 100th birthday party for retiring Sen. Strom Thurmond, that 'the country would have been better off had Strom Thurmond won his 1948 presidential campaign.' " - Greg Pierce's "Inside Politics," 12/10/02 ************************************ Why Judges Matter - I Get this. On Monday a federal judge ruled that Vice President Dick Cheney did not have to reveal to the congressional General Accounting Office the names of persons who served on an energy policy task force. But get this: The judge actually relied on the Constitution and the doctrine of separation of powers to arrive at his decision! U.S. District Judge John D. Bates dismissed a lawsuit pushed by Democrats in Congress because "Such an excursion (into the dispute between Congress and the White House) by the judiciary would be unprecedented and would fly in the face of the restricted role of the federal courts under the Constitution." Obviously, this guy is one of those radical right-wing extremists who listens to Rush Limbaugh, watches Fox News and reads the Washington Times. Al Gore, call your office. *********************************** Why Judges Matter - II "Not surprisingly, the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco upheld the ban on semiautomatic weapons in California. Not surprisingly, Judge Stephen Reinhardt wrote the opinion. So why even bother to comment on it? Because every time Judge Reinhardt puts pen to paper, he aims to dismantle the very Constitution that gives him the power to put pen to paper." - Columnist Balint Vazsonyi ********************************* Muth's Truths What's in the Democrat Leadership Council's double-super-secret Thanksgiving Day memorandum of doom and gloom? Read all about it in the latest "Muth's Truths" column. Just go to: www.chuckmuth.com/muthstruths.htm. *********************************** Immigration Nation "Before September 11, 2002, the Bush administration favored amnesty for millions of illegals in America, numbering about 9 million, largely as a cynical political maneuver to get the elusive if extant 'Hispanic vote.' "...Meanwhile, Democratic House Minority Leader Richard Gephardt of Missouri recently went even further than the Republicans in putting through a House bill that would have granted immediate green cards not only to most of the millions of illegal aliens in the U.S., but also to their spouses and minor children outside America. "To round it off, they would become immediately eligible for all federal and state welfare benefits hitherto available only to legal immigrants. This would mean that when all the eligible relatives of the millions of illegal aliens already in the U.S. were accounted for, the final total for the amnesty could be as many as 22 million people." - Columnist Georgie Anne Geyer *********************************** Bush & Islam: Point/Counter-Point "I was glad to read about President Bush's visit to a mosque (for Ramadan). He reiterated that his war is against extremists, not Muslims in general. . . . As a Republican Muslim, I find Mr. Bush's comments alleviate the fear I feel when others of my party make less responsible and less educated statements. His understanding that just as those who bomb abortion clinics do not represent Christianity, al Qaeda does not represent Islam will make it easier for me to vote for him in 2004." - Ismail Kenessy, letter-to-the-editor, Washington Times, 12/10/02 "(U)sing adjectives like 'honesty, integrity, and morality' to describe Islam is akin to describing communism during the Cold War as compassionate, just and peaceful. Such theoretical concepts, quite literally, are blown away by the facts. "Mr. Bush needs to ask just two questions to see the light. First, what religion has motivated the perpetrators of terrorism in Bali, the Philippines, India, Pakistan, Indonesia, Russia, Israel, Kenya, France and the U.S. - in fact, of nearly every act of terror occurring weekly around the globe? Second, why haven't we heard a single American Muslim leader condemn all of this bloodletting, in the name of Allah, unconditionally?" - Samuel R. Lewis, letter-to-the-editor, Washington Times, 12/10/02 ************************************ Holy Smoke! "Residents of California's agricultural heartland for years have blamed smog on vehicle exhaust from the San Francisco Bay area. But air regulators are proposing a solution that targets a problem closer to home - a ban on traditional woodburning fireplaces. "...Under proposed rules that would take effect next year, most wood-burning fireplaces and stoves would be banned in new homes. Masonry fireplaces would have to be permanently disabled, converted to natural gas or upgraded to expensive soot-containing models before homes could be sold. . . . The district may set up a phone line to report any illegal burnings, and violators could be fined." - Associated Press *********************************** The More the Merrier If you know someone who might like to receive News & Views, you can sign 'em up at: http://www.chuckmuth.com. 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