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********************************** Over-stimulated Democrat "The Democratic (economic) plan stimulates. The president's plan procrastinates. The president's plan is too little, too late, and much too irresponsible. The Democratic plan is significant, fast-acting, and it's fiscally responsible. We stimulate the job market. The president's plan stimulates the stock market." - Rep. Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Washington Times, 1/7/03 ********************************** Why the Chicken Crossed the Road "People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has launched an attack on KFC, the fast-food franchise made famous by its founder, the late Col. Harlan Saunders. PETA says that, in their natural surroundings (as opposed to factory farms), chickens 'form friendships and social hierarchies, recognize one another, love their young, and enjoy a full life, dust bathing, making nests, roosting in trees, and more.' Chickens raised for eventual sale at KFC restaurants do not get to enjoy any of those experiences, PETA claims." - Peter Roff, UPI's Capital Comment, 1/6/03 ********************************** 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. ********************************** About Those NFL Coaching Quotas "If we are going to have racial quotas in management (referring to Johnnie Cochran's complaint about the Dallas Cowboys hiring white coach Bill Parcells), then we had better have them on the field as well. And if you look at any NFL starting roster, the number of blacks on any given team is disproportionately high. "If we are going to do the quota thing, then why should it be the case that the Green Bay Packers' starting defense has only one white player and ten black players? That certainly doesn't match the ethnic profile of the city of Green Bay. Where are all the white cornerbacks? Why are there so few white players playing defense these days?" - News & Views reader Liz Michael "Why don't the teams in the NBA use affirmative action hiring practices and hire white men who can't jump? Certainly whites are in the minority and shouldn't be held to the same standards." - News & Views reader James Rizzo "Geez, I am furious. I'm usually not this irate, but this really, really hits a nerve with me. Especially when I drive past the local high school and see a notice about the African-American beauty pageant on the reader board. Where is the Asian-American beauty pageant? What about the European-American pageant? And why, pray tell, aren't Mr. Conyers and Mr. Cochran complaining about the absence of any Asians in the NFL or the NBA? . . . Enough. Or I'm going to have a heart attack." - News & Views reader Jennie Stephenson [NOTE: If you haven't signed the online petition urging President Bush to oppose race preferences and quotas in the upcoming Supreme Court case over University of Michigan admissions practices, please go to: www.libertypetitions.com] ********************************** Stopping Naked Aggression " 'A group of Marin County women plan to march naked through San Francisco on Jan. 18 to protest the possibility of war with Iraq,' the Associated Press reports from San Rafael, Calif., the county seat: 'One hundred thousand women and men will strip on Jan. 18 in Washington D.C. and San Francisco for the huge national peace march in protest of the stripping of constitutional rights by a government intent on war,' said Donna Sheehan, founder of Unreasonable Women Baring Witness in Point Reyes Station. 'Our message to women all over the world is be bold, be courageous, be vulnerable for peace.' "It would be easy to scoff at Donna Sheehan and her fellow bare-naked ladies, but it would be wrong. Not only do we applaud her courageous vulnerability, but from now on we won't take anyone seriously who expresses 'antiwar' sentiments without getting naked." - James Taranto, Best of the Web, 1/6/03 ********************************** OK, Let's Circle the Firing Squad "'Dr. Frist,' as his allies like to call him on Capitol Hill, emphasizing his stature, intelligence and winning charm, has a reputation for moderate politics that, on some hot-button issues like gun control and abortion, have offended some right-wingers as not being conservative enough. . . . Now that Republicans have gained control of the Senate again, they have to fight to keep it, if they can avoid fighting too much among themselves." - Columnist Clarence Page ************************************ Long Savings on Long Distance 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. ********************************** Celebrating a Small Tax Victory "January 1 marked the expiration of the federal luxury tax on cars, the last vestige of the destructive luxury tax package in the infamous 1990 budget deal. . . . The end of any federal tax is such a rarity that it's well worth celebrating. And the luxury-tax lesson of economic damage is worth keeping in mind as politicians begin to wail that President Bush's new tax proposals aren't punitive enough on the rich." - Wall Street Journal editorial ********************************** Beware of "Big Mother" Gov't "If you woke up on New Year's Day with a hangover, you must have missed the federal government's not-so-subtle effort to shame you into more moderate celebration. The feds hope to compel moderation in the future. "...Binge drinking isn't a healthy activity and can lead to tragic consequences. Scarier, though, are the power-drunk government lifestyle nannies who think nothing of using junk science to advance their temperance, if not prohibitionist, agenda." - Columnist Seven Milloy, JunkScience.com ********************************** A Lesson in Tax "Fairness" "The predictable rants that the president's tax proposals are unfair and benefit the rich have begun. . . . Many argue, 'it is only fair' that the rich pay a higher percentage of their income in taxes. However, assume there are identical twins brought up in the same home. They both become master plumbers who can earn $75 an hour. "One is lazy and likes to party and only works on average 20 hours per week. The other is a good family man trying his best to take care of his wife and kids and works 50 hours per week. As a result of the progressive state and federal tax system, the lazy brother only has to pay 25 percent on each extra dollar of income, while the hard-working brother has to pay 40 percent on each extra dollar of income. How is this fair?" - Columnist Richard Rahn ********************************** No Moderate Is He "Time magazine and [Fox News Channel] both described Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards as a 'moderate,' though he earned the same liberal vote rating as Senators Barbara Boxer, Chris Dodd, Barbara Mikulski, John Kerry and Hillary Clinton. . . . His career rating from the American Conservative Union through 2001: a measly 12 percent. On the left, the Americans for Democratic Action approved of his votes in 2001 an astounding 95 percent of the time." - Brent Baker of the Media Research Center *********************************** 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. Box 15307 Middle River, MD 21220 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The opinions and views expressed in Chuck Muth's News & Views reflect those of the writers, editors and columnists therein and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the sponsors, advertisers ... heck, even some of our readers. To be REMOVED, go to: http://www.chuckmuth.com/newsletter/ and complete the removal request instructions you'll find there. Or send your request to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # #
