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************************************** Assassinating Yogi Bear "Opponents liken bear baiting - which involves leaving anything from doughnuts to pizza out while hunters lie in wait - to assassination. . . . 'Going out there and putting jelly doughnuts down, and Yogi comes up and sits there and thinks he's found the mother lode five days in a row - and then you back-shoot him from a tree?' (Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura) said in a recent interview. 'That ain't sport. That's an assassination.' " - Associated Press, 1/2/03 ********************************** Go Forth and e-Multiply If you know someone who might like to receive News & Views, you can sign 'em up at: http://www.chuckmuth.com. ************************************** All Whistle-Blowers Not Created Equal "I found it very interesting that all of a sudden we're looking at the 'Persons of the Year' and there are three female whistleblowers. I guess that if you blow the whistle against somebody that Time magazine doesn't like, it's OK to be a whistleblower. [Time magazine] really, really trashed me. Their writers were just brutal to me and about me." - Kathleen Willey, whistleblower and victim of serial groper Bill Clinton, on WABC radio's "Batchelor & Alexander Show" ************************************ Big Brother Is Watching "If a proposal by an Oregon State task force becomes law, the government would be able to use satellite equipment to keep track of each driver's mileage, then tax that driver accordingly to pay for road repairs." - CNSNews.com, 1/2/03 ************************************ Charity Craps Out "The Salvation Army will not accept a $100,000 donation from a Florida Lotto winner because its local leader didn't want to take money associated with gambling. . . . Maj. Cleo Damon, head of the Salvation Army office in Naples,...returned the check, which another official had accepted." - Associated Press, 1/1/03 ************************************ Cigarette Nazis Target Outdoor Smoking "California, long at the cutting edge of anti-smoking legislation, took that role one step further on New Year's Day with a new law to ban smoking within 25 feet of a playground." - "American Scene," Washington Times, 1/2/03 ************************************ Ambulance Chasers Chasing Docs Out of Business "While millions of Americans were celebrating the New Year, many Pennsylvania doctors were dreading the turn of the calendar, knowing they would have to renew their medical malpractice policies. The policies are so expensive in Pennsylvania that many doctors are threatening to leave the state." - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "Concerns over the rising cost of malpractice insurance reached a boiling point Wednesday when surgeons at four West Virginia hospitals launched a strike in protest of the state legislature's inaction. The hospitals had to alter their trauma operations, diverting some patients to nearby hospitals or sending them to Ohio and Pennsylvania." - CNSNews.com, 1/2/03 ************************************* Jackpot Justice Should Go to Victims "Patients who are victims of medical malpractice should be compensated. But they, not their lawyers, should get the awards. That's why California now limits the lawyers' contingency fees, on a sliding scale, so that a plaintiff's lawyer who hits the medical malpractice 'jackpot' with a jury doesn't come away with, literally, millions of dollars that should go to compensate the injured party." - Maryland state Sen. Andy Harris *********************************** Goldwater & the Civil Rights Act In his own words, why Sen. Barry Goldwater voted against the 1964 civil rights bill. And get this, it was based on constitutional principles. What an extremist! Read all about it in the latest "Muth's Truths" column at: http://chuckmuth.com/muthstruths.htm ************************************ Ambulance Chaser to Chase Dubya "Democratic Sen. John Edwards (D-NC) said yesterday he would run for president in 2004... (Edwards) became a successful trial lawyer in Raleigh, winning personal injury cases against big companies and amassing a fortune of $14 million." - Associated Press, 1/2/03 ************************************ Frist Aid "I can't help but notice the contrast of the new Republican Majority Leader of the Senate, Bill Frist, at an automobile crash site to help the victims and get them into an ambulance, compared to the man who is trying to be the top Democrat, John Edwards, a trial lawyer, chasing behind ambulances looking for clients." - Political consultant Cheri Jacobus ************************************* Who's On Frist? "It is too early to say how (newly elected Senate Majority Leader Bill) Frist will perform in his new job, but the early assessments of the man are enough to freeze the blood of Democratic politicians with their eyes on 2008. "As the Senate's only doctor, and an active one at that [he has spent much of what spare time he has treating sick children in Africa], he is the walking embodiment of compassionate conservatism. If that proves to be combined with the steel will necessary to lead the Senate in enacting President Bush's agenda, plus a soft-spoken but firm support for basic conservative principles, Mr. Frist may well have a historic rendezvous with destiny." - Columnist William Rusher ************************************* Quiet Rumblings on the Frist Front "The relief felt by Republican senators on Dec. 23 at concluding the two-week-long Trent Lott nightmare immediately turned to quiet apprehension when they heard Sen. Bill Frist's impromptu acceptance speech as the new Senate Republican leader. Had they, some wondered, picked an admirable man for the wrong job? "Frist, moments after his election in an unprecedented telephone caucus, compared the prospect of becoming Senate majority leader with his past exploits as a heart transplant surgeon.Dr. Frist then suggested he was now embarking on an even 'heavier' responsibility, implying that the Grand Old Party needs radical surgery. "Frist's exaggeration of Republican malaise suggests a steep learning curve for him as a new party leader. Apart from mastering the backbreaking details of running the Senate, Frist may have to be disabused of the notion that he is taking on responsibilities of moral leadership." - Columnist Robert Novak ************************************ Sometimes It's Better to Switch Than Fight AT&T, MCI and Sprint are all raising or considering raising their already-too-high long distance rates. Isn't it time you made the switch to GOPLongDistance.com? Just 4.97 cents/minute (5.97 cents for some non-regional bell companies) * All state-to-state calls in the continental U.S. * Residential or commercial * 6-second billing increments after the first 18 seconds * 24 hours/day * 7 days/week * No access codes * No minimums * No activation fees * No monthly service charge unless your bill is less than $20.00 a month (then a $2.50 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. go to <http://www.GOPLongDistance.com> today. ************************************* Patty Murray's Great Humanitarian "(H)ere's a news flash for (Washington Democrat Sen. Patty) Murray, the blame-America-first liberal: (Osama) bin Laden is hardly the selfless humanitarian she portrayed. To the extent that he has built roads and other infrastructure, it has been to facilitate the terrorist training and related activities of his al Qaeda organization. He has built schools to indoctrinate young Arabs to hate Americans [and Israelis]. And he has built hospitals so his trained killers remain healthy enough to wage their unholy war against America and its allies. "As for bin Laden building day-care facilities, well he certainly hasn't built many, if any at all. For in Arab nations boasting fundamentalist governments - like Afghanistan under the Taliban - women aren't allowed in the workplace, so there's no need for daycare." - Columnist Joseph Perkins ************************************** Airport Insecurity For many of us, the stepped-up "security" measures at our nation's airports are nothing short of a bad joke at our expense. The latest example: A Comair pilot was busted after security screeners in Harrisburg, PA, discovered a knife Capt. Rickey L. Mayle said he had forgotten in his carry-on bag. So let me get this straight: Our now government-employed security screeners were afraid that the pilot was going to hold a knife to his OWN head and demand he fly himself into a building? Sounds like that scene in Mel Brooks' classic movie "Blazing Saddles," when Rock Ridge's new black sheriff held a gun to his own head to escape a mob of hostile, dim-witted white townspeople. The difference, of course, is that Blazing Saddles was an hysterically funny fiction, while today's ridiculous airport security is decidedly neither. - Chuck Muth, Editor *********************************** The Goldwater Doctrine "I have little interest in streamlining government or in making it more efficient, for I mean to reduce its size. I do not undertake to promote welfare, for I propose to extend freedom. My aim is not to pass laws, but to repeal them. It is not to inaugurate new programs, but to cancel old ones that do violence to the Constitution, or that have failed in their purpose, or that impose on the people an unwarranted financial burden. I will not attempt to discover whether legislation is 'needed' before I have first determined whether it is constitutionally permissible. And if I should later be attacked for neglecting my constituents' interests, I shall reply that I was informed their main interest is liberty and that in that cause I am doing the very best I can." - Barry Goldwater, "The Conscience of a Conservative" [ To help promote the "Goldwater Doctrine" in public policy and government, join the Goldwater Club by going to: http://chuckmuth.com/goldwater.htm ] ********************************* ********************************* Published by The Goldwater Club Chuck Muth Editor/Publisher P.O. 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