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***************************************** Tune in to "Always Right" Our guest tonight on "Always Right with Chuck Muth" will be Mark Montini of CampaignSecrets.com. Our wide-ranging interview will cover the need for training in a political campaign, some excellent advice on hiring campaign consultants, the importance of money in a campaign, the biggest mistakes new candidates make, the Internet and how to use it in a campaign, the importance of "negative campaigning" and details on Mark's online campaign management service (the best thing since sliced bread for political campaigns). Catch all of Mark's pearls of wisdom 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 ***************************************** TSA: Thousands Standing Around Our friend Tim Ziegler of FreeRepublic.com gave us a shout from Seattle, Washington, yesterday morning. He was calling on his cell phone from the airport to let us know that the line at the security gate being operated by our new-and-improved, government-run Transportation Security Agency stretched out to the parking garage! Seems the TSA folks were in a staff meeting and couldn't be bothered to actually work at the security checkpoint while all those travelers were waiting to board planes. Priorities, you know. Yeah, federalizing these people was a GREAT idea. ****************************************** Glory Days for the McGoverniks "In Vietnam, America's loss (and that of the South Vietnamese people) was the left's triumph. And like an elderly ex-athlete boring everyone silly by going on endlessly about past glories, the left just won't get over Vietnam." - James Taranto, Best of the Web, 6/16/03 ****************************************** I Want My S-U-Veee "We see that Al Sharpton is just the latest left-wing hypocrite to be exposed for tooling around in a gas-guzzling SUV. But here's the fun new twist: His 2001 Ford Explorer is being repossessed, if anyone can even find it. Ford Motor Credit Co. has filed suit in Manhattan Supreme Court after Sharpton stopped paying $1,127.95 a month in November and bounced a check for $3,600 in February, the New York Post reports." - NewsMax.com, 6/13/03 ****************************************** Maybe Flag Burners Have a Point? "Chuck, I am a veteran of the US Navy. I have hated every instance of USA flag burning I have seen. But if our legislature keeps making unconstitutional laws, hiking their own pay and privilege while more deserving citizens struggle to get a job, allowing judges to deny juries the right to decide matters of law as well as matters of fact, allowing our nation to be overrun by illegal immigrants, and taxing us to death for entitlement programs, I might start burning the flag in public myself. So NO, I don't want a constitutional amendment that outlaws flag-burning." - News & Views reader Bob Hurt of Clearwater, FL ****************************************** 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. For more information, just go to: http://www.campaignsecrets.com/websites.asp ****************************************** Witch Hunters on the Run The bureaucrats in Massachusetts didn't have a very fun day yesterday, as those of you who contacted the Waltham Public School district and the Department of Social Services can attest! The folks on the other end of the line were NOT happy about being questioned on their harassment of the home-schooling Bryant family (see yesterday's News & Views). The ol' bureaucrat two-step shuffle was in full swing. Dodging, evading, passing the buck...it was beautiful to watch as the day unfolded. Here's just one report from a reader who called the DSS gal yesterday: "Just wanted to let you know I called Susan Etscovitz and got her voice mail. It was full, so I called back. When I called back the lady that answered admitted she knew it was full before connecting me to her voice mail, so I wonder why she connected me. She told me to call back tomorrow. "I asked for Susan Etscovitz's supervisor and was told she wasn't there. I asked if there was anyone else I could leave a message with and at this point the woman was getting really angry & nasty and said no I couldn't leave a message. She told me how busy the switchboard was. I asked if she knew why everyone was calling and she said of course she did. I said OK, I just wanted to make sure and she hung up!" Thanks to everyone who took time to call and email. Now, if you'd like to send a note or card of encouragement to the Bryant family and offer up a little moral support for their fight against the Empire, their address is: George & Kim Bryant 9 Gale Street Waltham, MA 02453 This is far from over. The court date to decide whether or not the government will physically remove the Bryants' children from their home was postponed indefinitely on Thursday. I'll keep you posted as I learn of developments. ***************************************** Publik Skool Kids Don't Make the Grade "This was the first year in which (Massachusetts) seniors statewide were denied diplomas if they failed the state's high school test, the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System exam, or MCAS. (Karl) Kearns was one of some 4,800 seniors who didn't make the cut. "...The city of Lawrence is graduating less than 60 percent of its 437 seniors, the lowest passage rate in the state. In Chelsea, 64 percent are passing. In Springfield, it's 69 percent, and in Fitchburg, 74 percent, not including handfuls of recently awarded waivers. . . . "Even before this year's tests, parents organized against MCAS, teachers were suspended for not administering the test, lawmakers held hearings and student boycotts were common." - Associated Press, 6/15/03 ************************************ 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. ***************************************** Time for a Parent Revolt "Parents who are angry that their children won't get into college or earn enough to support themselves because of the exams ought to stage a revolt, but not the kind being sponsored by anti-testing groups around the nation. Several organizations now advocate abandoning so-called high-stakes testing; and in some states, groups have organized to boycott the test. The Los Angeles Unified School Board voted unanimously in April to oppose implementation of the statewide test for graduation next year, but this is like shooting the messenger instead of facing the problem. "A far better solution would be for parents - and other taxpayers - to refuse to support schools that fail to teach. Funding for education has increased exponentially over the last 40 years, but the quality of education hasn't kept pace. Requiring students to pass graduation exams before receiving their diplomas was supposed to make schools more accountable. So far, the only ones being held responsible are the students. If we're willing to deny diplomas to seniors who can't demonstrate they've earned them, maybe we ought to deny paychecks to school administrators and teachers who aren't doing their jobs." - Columnist Linda Chavez ***************************************** One Plus One Equals Three "The Sacramento Bee reports that Lauren Hammond, a member of the City Council of California's capital, recently 'dissed' Jim Sweeney, the city's superintendent of schools. The paper quotes Hammond as follows: *** QUOTE *** "I don't doubt that Jim Sweeney loves children and had dedicated his life's career to improving education," she said. "The school district has done some wonderful things . . . but (on state tests) half the students are still below the 50th percentile. That's a problem." *** END QUOTE *** "It's not clear if Hammond is a product of the Sacramento schools, but her father was an elementary-school teacher in Compton, near Los Angeles. In any case, we suppose it is a problem if the public schools are producing adults who don't understand that half the kids are below the 50th percentile by definition." - James Taranto, Best of the Web, 6/13/03 *********************************** How to Subscribe If you know someone who might like to receive News & Views, you can sign 'em up at: http://www.chuckmuth.com. Also, occasionally, the automatic listserve we use will "bump" subscribers off the list if your mailbox is full or experiences some other technical glitch. If you suddenly stop receiving News & Views, the first thing you should do is try to re-subscribe using the link above. 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