-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! * Veritas Vos Liberabit * THE FEDERALIST(r) BRIEF The Conservative e-Journal of Record 26 June 2001 Federalist #01-26.brf To retrieve today's Brief as HTML printer-friendly text, link to -- http://www.Federalist.com/current2001.asp To purchase a book from the Patriot's Library, link to -- http://www.federalist.com/books.asp To support or sponsor The Federalist, link to -- http://www.Federalist.com/support.asp ______--------********O********--------______ THIS WEEK'S FEATURED SITE You asked for it. You waited patiently for it. It has arrived! The Federalist's recommended reading list, "THE PATRIOT'S LIBRARY," is now up and all titles are available for purchase through our vendors. Our editors have spent months compiling a thoughtful list of titles every patriot should have on hand. Visit the Patriot's Library, select a category, select the titles you want to purchase, and support The Federalist by making your purchases through our vendor. (For multiple purchases, after making your first selection, back page in your browser to our book page and select another title. It will then be added to your shopping cart.) Visit -- http://www.federalist.com/books.asp CONTENTS: The Founders Insight Good News ICTUS Imprimis Family Culture Liberty Worth Repeating Editorial Exegesis The Gipper Government Political Futures For the Record Policy Pages Reader Comments The Last Word ______--------********O********--------______ THE FOUNDERS "No people can be bound to acknowledge and adore the invisible hand which conducts the invisible affairs of men more than the people of the United States. Every step by which they have advanced to the character of an independent nation seems to have been distinguished by some token of providential agency.... We ought to be no less persuaded that the propitious smiles of heaven cannot be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right, which heaven itself has ordained." --George Washington ______--------********O********--------______ INSIGHT "History is to the nation ... as memory is to the individual. An individual deprived of memory becomes disoriented and lost, not knowing where he has been or where he is going, so a nation denied a conception of its past will be disabled in dealing with its present and future." --Arthur M. Schlesinger ______--------********O********--------______ GOOD NEWS "In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion." (Romans 1:27) ++ "Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed; for in the image of God has God made man." (Genesis 9:6) ++ "Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance." (James 1:2-3) ++ "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight." (Proverbs 3:5-6) ______--------********O********--------______ ICTUS IMPRIMIS "America turned to God when we went to war in the Middle East. The God of the Bible gave the United States and its Coalition allies a stunning victory in the Gulf War of 1991. He answered our prayers. But the spiritual uptick did not last; we turned away from Him when the war was over. America's moral decline, well underway before the onset of that war, has accelerated since then. We are in jeopardy of suffering God's judgment, falling in the way that nations have fallen in the past -- moral decay from within, making them vulnerable to attack from without. The Gulf War and its aftermath bring a message of warning and hope which ... is crucial to America's future." --Colonel Richard E. Geyer (USA) From "When America Turned To God" ______--------********O********--------______ FAMILY "Rights and privileges that were only available to traditional married couples are now available [under 'domestic partnerships'] to any combination of two people who register with the town clerk. But why stop at two? Why not three or six? If you explicitly reject the idea that marriage is the union of one man and one woman, why balk at polygamy? If you believe that the family can take on any form that meets the participants' needs, why exclude a family arrangement form that is as old as recorded history? And if the courts say marriage is any combination of people, say a man and a man, by what logic can they say it can't be a man and two women? They can't! Objections are foreclosed when we abandon traditional understandings of marriage. While Utah has many reasons to crack down on polygamy, it has little reason to feel embarrassed. Given their current attitudes towards marriage, Western societies -- and many in the United States -- are in no position to pass judgment on Utah's pioneer past. In the end, you see, it's our present -- and not Utah's past -- that really threatens marriage." --Charles Colson ______--------********O********--------______ CULTURE "The Greatest Generation survived the Depression and won World War II. They also rebuilt Europe and began a successful Cold War versus the Soviet Union. All of this was possible because these brave American men and women thought of themselves 'last.' They were like all Americans before them: humble, religious and thankful for what they had. Too many people today are rude, arrogant, anti-religious and greedy for what they don't have. To these members of the Selfish Generation, everything is seen through their own life, their own wants and desires. No one else matters. 'I am first' is their mantra. If our nation is to again serve as a 'Shining City on a Hill' for the entire world to emulate, this Cult of Self must change. We all need to dedicate ourselves to thinking of our country and others first -- and ourselves last." --John LeBoutillier ______--------********O********--------______ LIBERTY "If we're ignorant of the historical sacrifices that made our liberties possible, we will be less likely to make the sacrifices again so that those liberties are preserved for future generations. And, if we're ignorant, we won't even know when government infringes on our liberties. Moreover, we'll happily cast our votes for those who'd destroy our liberties." --Walter Williams ______--------********O********--------______ WORTH REPEATING Worth Repeating... Then again.... A 70-year-old grandfather was asked by his young grandson how things have changed since he was a kid. His reply is worth reading. "Well, let me think a minute. I was born before television, penicillin, polio shots, frozen foods, Xerox, contact lenses, Frisbees and the pill. There weren't things like radar, credit cards, laser beams or ball-point pens. Man had not invented pantyhose, dishwashers, clothes dryers, electric blankets, air conditioners, and he hadn't walked on the moon. Your grandma and I got married first -- then lived together. Every family had a father and a mother, and every boy over 14 had a rifle that his dad taught him how to use and respect. Until I was 25, I called every man older than I, 'Sir' -- and after I turned 25, I still called policemen and every man with a title, 'Sir.' Sundays were set aside for going to church as a family, helping those in need, and just visiting with family or neighbors. We were before gay-rights, computer-dating, dual careers, daycare centers, and group therapy. Our lives were governed by the Ten Commandments, good judgment, and common sense. We were taught to know the difference between right and wrong and to stand up and take responsibility for our actions. Serving your country was a privilege; living here was a bigger privilege. We thought fast food was what people ate during Lent. Having a meaningful relationship meant getting along with your cousins. Draft dodgers were people who closed their front doors when the evening breeze started. Time-sharing meant time the family spent together in the evenings and weekends -- not condominiums. We never heard of FM radios, tape decks, CDs, electric typewriters, yogurt, or guys wearing earrings. We listened to the Big Bands, Jack Benny, and the President's speeches on radio. I don't ever remember any kid blowing his brains out listening to Tommy Dorsey. If you saw anything with 'Made in Japan' on it, it was junk. The term 'making out' referred to how you did on your school exam. Burger King, Pizza Hut, McDonald's, and instant coffee were unheard of. We had 5 & 10-cent stores where you could actually buy things for 5 and 10 cents. Ice cream cones, phone calls, rides on a streetcar, and a Pepsi were all a nickel. And if you didn't want to splurge, you could spend your nickel on enough stamps to mail 1 letter and 2 postcards. You could buy a new Chevy Coupe for $600, but who could afford one? Too bad, because gas was 11 cents a gallon. In my day, 'grass' was mowed, 'coke' was a cold drink, 'pot' was something your mother cooked in, and 'rock music' was grandma's lullaby. 'Aids' were helpers in the Principal's office, 'chip' meant a piece of wood, 'hardware' was found in a hardware store, and 'software' wasn't even a word. And we were the last generation that was so dumb as to think a lady needed a husband to have a baby. No wonder people call us old and confused and say there is such a generation gap." (We received this item unattributed.) ______--------********O********--------______ EDITORIAL EXEGESIS "...[T]he pro-life position will certainly not prevail if its supporters surrender its premises. Pro-lifers oppose the [embryonic stem cell] research because it involves the destruction of fertilized eggs. Pro-lifers recognize that fertilized eggs are human beings: genetically distinct from their parents, unique, embarked on the continuous process of development and decline that is life. The alternative view is that human beings' lives begin at some point after conception. But this view amounts to a superstition: It supposes that a mere clump of matter that is not a living human being, a person, develops for a while and then at some point becomes one. If the pro-life premise is correct, to allow the research in question is to allow scientists to experiment on and then destroy a human being. ..[H]uman beings ought to be neither 'used' nor deliberately destroyed. Research on embryos should not be funded by the federal government. It should be banned." --National Review Online ______--------********O********--------______ THE GIPPER "Live each day to the fullest. Live each day with enthusiasm, optimism and hope. If you do, I am convinced that your contribution to this wonderful experiment we call America will be profound." --Ronald Reagan ______--------********O********--------______ GOVERNMENT "The secularization of sacred symbols proceeds apace, all in the name of respecting them. It was bound to happen. Government, always in need of validation, can't resist the temptation to bolster its image with the symbols of faith. It just can't keep its hands off the holy. Only later may some wonder why the old words and images no longer seem to have the same power, or even meaning, now that the state has expropriated them for its own purposes. ...Let the state start borrowing symbols from religion, and soon enough they will indeed become 'mere' symbols. They will have been hollowed out. The state will have manipulated them for the greater glory of ... the state. God will have been enlisted as a kind of ultimate social worker in the fight against crime, crack, crying children, urban sprawl or whatever social ill leads the list at the moment. No, government would not be practicing religion -- goodness, that would be unconstitutional -- but just using it. Which is worse." --Paul Greenberg ______--------********O********--------______ POLITICAL FUTURES "Across New Jersey, every conservative group with a postage meter, a fax machine or an e-mail account is abuzz at the prospect that one of their own is suddenly the favorite in a statewide race. For the first time in years, the major segments of that movement the 'gun nuts, baby nuts and tax nuts,' ... are united behind a single candidate. That is no small accomplishment. Republican primaries in New Jersey have rarely featured so clear a choice between a single hard-line rightist like (Bret) Schundler, the mayor of Jersey City, and a lone centrist like Bob Franks, whom he faces in Tuesday's election." --New York Times, on "hard-line rightist gun nuts, baby nuts and tax nuts" supporting Bret Schundler in N.J.'s gubernatorial primary election. **Sounds like a strong endorsement of Schundler to us! If you anywhere near a New Jersey poll, vote early and often! ______--------********O********--------______ FOR THE RECORD Sen. Fred Thompson's list of the 10 most egregious examples of the central government's fraudulent and wasteful use of your confiscated income. "For some time now, our government has been mismanaged to an extent that the average American would find shocking. The federal government's core management problems have persisted for years, and, in fact, have grown worse." -- Sen. Thompson 1. THE BIG DIG -- Boston's Central Artery -- is the most expensive federal infrastructure project in the nation's history. Its cost continues to rise and now is estimated at $13.6 billion, an almost 525 percent increase from the original $2.6 billion. 2. ABUSING THE TRUST OF AMERICAN INDIANS -- The Department of the Interior does not know what happened to more than $3 billion it holds in trust for American Indians. A judge overseeing this case called it "fiscal and governmental irresponsibility in its purest form." 3. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT -- There is widespread agreement that the Department of Defense finances are a shambles. It wastes billions of dollars each year, and cannot account for much of what it spends. 4. NASA MISMANAGEMENT CAUSES MISSION FAILURES -- In spectacular example after example, NASA lost billions because of mismanagement of some of its biggest programs. The cause of the Mars Polar Lander failure, for example, was that one team used English measurements (inches, feet, and pounds) to design and program the vehicle, while another used metric measurements. 5. MEDICARE WASTE, FRAUD, AND ABUSE -- Medicare wastes almost $12 billion EVERY YEAR on improper payments. It misspent that $12 billion last year from the fee-for-service part of Medicare alone, which was about 7 percent of the total fee-for-service budget. The amounts wasted on improper Medicare payments would go a long way toward funding a prescription drug benefit or other program enhancements. 6. SECURITY VIOLATIONS AT THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY -- The department does not adequately safeguard America's nuclear secrets. In just one case, an employee was dead for 11 months before department officials noticed that he still had four secret documents signed out. 7. IRS FINANCIAL MISMANAGEMENT -- The IRS manages its finances worse than most Americans. The agency does not even know how much it collects in Social Security and Medicare taxes. GAO found significant delays -- sometimes up to 12 years -- in recording payments made by taxpayers. 8. VETERANS AFFAIRS PUTS PATIENT HEALTH AT RISK -- The Department of Veterans Affairs' inspector general found that "[a hospital's food service] shares the loading dock with the Environmental Management Service's hazardous waste containers. Dirty Environmental Management Service and red biohazard carts were located next to the area where food is transported to the kitchen." 9. BILKING TAXPAYERS OUT OF STUDENT FINANCIAL AID -- Federal student aid programs are rife with fraud and abuse. A cottage industry of criminals advise people on how to cheat to get federal loans and grants. In one case, scam artists passed off senior citizens taking crafts classes as "college students" who qualified for federal Pell grants. 10. UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE FRAUD -- A Las Vegas, Nev., man illegally collected at least $230,500 in fraudulent unemployment insurance benefits from four different states between September 1996 and November 1999. He set up 13 fake companies and submitted bogus claims based on false reported wages for 36 nonexistent claimants using the names and Social Security numbers of dead people, and then collected the claims by mail from California, Massachusetts, Texas and Nevada. ______--------********O********--------______ POLICY PAGES & POINTS OF INTEREST (NOTE: For our subscribers with WWW access, if the URL line breaks, please select, copy and paste the entire link address into your browser's target address field.) Truth WILLIAM J. BENNETT http://www.heritage.org/heritage25/lectures/nov98/bennett.html Homosexuals: A Christian Perspective FRC http://www.frc.org/papers/podium/index.cfm?get=PD00I1&arc=yes ______--------********O********--------______ SELECT READER COMMENTS (To submit an editorial comment or read other comments, link to: http://www.Federalist.com/postededs.asp) "Correction: Romans 1:27 says, 'In the same way the men also abandoned NATURAL (not unnatural) relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion'." Editor's Reply: Dr. Freud must be having a good laugh at this bit of parapraxis! "With the California Lottery approaching umpteen-bazillion dollars and considering it's 'all for Education,' why is it the cashier at my local stop-and-rob can't correctly count back my change?" "No individual or group -- and certainly no government -- can bestow a 'right.' If they can create and give us 'rights,' they can also take them away. In his 1961 inaugural address, President John F. Kennedy said: 'The rights of man come from the hand of God, not the state'." Editor's Reply: Somebody call Teddy and Sen. Ms. Hillary (Mrs. Bill Clinton) Rodham-Clinton! "I was wrong about the Beret. I got mine last week. This week when they made me take it from the truck of my car I donned the new headgear. I am hooked. It made all the difference for me. I will now abandon my plans to leave this faltering institution in retirement and remain as long as the law will allow. I will now seek support to change the rules which require we remove this empowering headgear indoors." "From the Great Liberal Dictionary -- 'Intolerance: Early third millennium buzzword describing the lack of acceptance of everything the liberals tell us we should accept'." "The Federalist" writes: 'Congressional auditors announced that the Department of Defense could not account for 92% of its $1.1 billion appropriation for military spare parts in 1999.' If these are the same merry band of accounting nincompoops that, as a Major Acquisition Program Manager for the Navy, I dealt with on a daily basis, I recommend you discount 92% of all data they release in order to balance the ledger. Those pumpkinheads couldn't organize a two stick fire much less account for where the sticks came from (to say nothing of where they go after entering the 'fire appropriation')." ______--------********O********--------______ THE LAST WORD "The question is: What can the rest of us do to help our fellow countrypersons in California? The answer is that we can send them our spare electricity. Just imagine what would happen if all the households in this great and generous nation got out their extension cords and connected them together, forming a giant electrical 'chain of helping' across the fruited plain to the Golden State? Millions of people would be turned into generous smoking lumps of carbon, that's what. So maybe we should go with Plan B. This involves building a really, really, really big kite." -- Dave Barry This Week's Leftoons: http://www.washtimes.com/op-ed/garner.htm http://www.cnsnews.com/cartoon/welcome.asp -- PUBLIUS -- *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 ] Want to be on our lists? 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