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********************************** Why Do People Think the Pope is Catholic? In a brutal Thanksgiving Day, post-election assessment of the Democrat Party by Al From and Bruce Reed, the leaders of the so-called moderate "new Democrats," an unnamed candidate is quoted as saying, "Why do most Americans think Democrats want to spend and spend? Because they do." Kinda like asking why people think bears poop in the woods. Duh. Look for a full review of this "confidential" memo this weekend in a new "Muth's Truths." www.chuckmuth.com/muthstruths.htm. *********************************** Apology As several readers pointed out, it is unfair to compare Democrats to drunken sailors: At least the sailors are spending their OWN money. ************************************ If You Outlaw Bowling Balls, Only. "An Arkansas man has been charged with murder for reportedly bludgeoning his wife to death with a bowling ball, police said Wednesday. . . . (The man) admitted to police that he hit his wife over the head with his bowling ball after an argument." - "American Scene," 12/6/02 *********************************** Ninth Dumps on Second "A federal appeals court ruling in defense of California's ban on assault weapons has rejected a new Justice Department policy asserting that the Second Amendment affords individuals, not just state militias, broad rights to own guns. In a 72-page opinion, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit said today that Attorney General John D. Ashcroft's policy change, announced last year, has no legal standing." - Washington Post, 12/6/02 *********************************** Shooting Down the Right to Self Defense "The [Second] amendment was not adopted in order to afford rights to individuals with respect to private gun ownership or possession." - 9th Circuit Court Judge Stephen Reinhardt *********************************** Ho, Ho, Ho-liday Gift-Giving If you haven't yet added a "voluntary subscription" to News & Views to your holiday gift-giving basket, please take a minute to visit http://chuckmuth.com/voluntarysubscription.htm. And thank you for your support! *********************************** Help Wanted: Two Tax Cutters "Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill and White House economic adviser Lawrence Lindsey, architect of the president's tax cuts, resigned Friday morning. "Economist Steve Moore, who heads the Club for Growth, a pro-supply-side political organization, sees the openings as a chance for the Bush administration to really move ahead on the economic front. "...Moore says that what the economy needs right now more than anything else are policy-makers who are 'passionate advocates of supply-side economic policies including free trade, supply-side tax cuts and tax reform.' "For the Treasury job, Moore recommends former Texas Republican Sen. Phil Gramm, magazine publisher Steve Forbes or former Delaware GOP Gov. Pete du Pont, all of whom are leaders of the supply side movement." - Peter Roff, UPI, 12/6/02 *********************************** "Mandate" At Stake in Bayou Brawl "At stake in (Saturday's Louisiana U.S. Senate) election are the president's newly minted mandate and a 52-47 Republican edge in the Senate. If (Republican candidate Suzanne Haik) Terrell doesn't win, Democrats will certainly use that to argue that the president's policies don't have as much backing as Republicans claimed after recapturing the Senate and padding its House majority in the Nov. 5 midterm election. But if Mrs. Terrell does prevail, that should go a long way toward silencing that argument." - Washington Times, 12/6/02 ************************************ Vote Buying on the Cheap "Democratic Sen. Mary L. Landrieu sent $10 gift certificates for food to 108 service members in Louisiana just before Thanksgiving, leading some critics to accuse her of trying to buy military votes. . . . 'We did an investigation and found that she had given 20 gift certificates, worth $10 each, that were good at Wal-Mart,' Sgt. Barbara Lavigne, a spokeswoman at Barksdale (Air Force Base), said in an interview." - Washington Times, 12/6/02 ********************************* Hot Books for Your Christmas List! Guaranteed conservative selections for the entire family -- click here and save: <http://www.conservativebookservice.com?sour_cd=CME007302> ************************************ Slam-Bam, Goodbye Saddam "While U.N. inspectors play Sneak & Seek with Saddam Hussein's cheaters and retreaters, our Air Force and Navy Top Guns are picking away at Iraq's defense systems, and our grunts are quietly encircling Saddam like a hangman 's noose. " 'Will we win?' is the question I'm asked most often these days. My reply: 'If push comes to shove and the military solution's employed, it'll be slam-bam, goodbye Saddam.' Figure on a match similar to Mike Tyson vs. Mini-Me." - Columnist David Hackworth ************************************ Sour Grapes "We all know how the London Bridge wound up as an Arizona tourist lour. But who moved the Wailing Wall into Washington's Democratic cloakrooms? Al Gore and Tom Daschle, the Democrats' most visible leaders, chose to follow their party's flaming Election Day defeat by wailing that their problem is the messengers in the media. Well, not all the messengers, just the right-wing ones. . . . Some things improve with age, but Al Gore's vintage whine is not one of them. Neither is Tom Daschle's freshly pressed gripe." - Columnist Martin Schram ********************************** More Lawsuit Abuse "On the Fourth of July, Tanya Whitaker rented a Chevy Blazer from Enterprise Rent-A-Car in Des Moines, Iowa. With her fianc� Tyson Wells, his brother and sister Teondra and Doug Wells, and friends O'Keitha Nelson and Shunntae Averette, Whitaker drove to a neighborhood known for its Independence Day 'fireworks wars' -- where people shoot fireworks at each other. "As Whitaker drove, Tyson and Doug shot bottle rockets out the vehicle's windows at people. At one point Tyson tried to shoot a rocket out the window, but it exploded inside the car and set off the cache of fireworks in the passenger compartment, including Roman candles. Doug suffered burns over 23 percent of his body; Teondra 60 percent. Averette, just 15 years old, died. "Who should be to blame for the tragedy? While Averette's estate accepted a settlement from Whitaker's auto insurance carrier, Teondra and Doug decided to sue Whitaker; they also sued Enterprise Rent-A-Car, under the theory that Iowa law holds a vehicle's owner liable for damages caused by the driver. Enterprise argued that the law is meant to assign blame for injuries caused by the vehicle itself, not the actions of its driver or passengers. An Iowa jury agreed..." - Randy Cassingham, "Stella Awards," 12/4/02 ************************************ Long Savings on Long Distance! 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