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********************************** Demonizing the Scouts "As urged by the bar associations of San Francisco, Los Angeles and Santa Clara, the state of California may become the first state in the nation to force all its 1600 judges to resign from the Boy Scouts (due to their ban on gay scoutmasters). The California Supreme Court is seriously considering issuing this edict. "...Individual California judges clearly have the right to resign from the Boy Scouts on principle, but to compel the entire judiciary to make pariahs of the Boy Scouts mocks the Constitution." - Columnist Nat Hentoff ********************************** 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. Also, please help us continue to bring you the best in conservative news and views briefs with a voluntary contribution today. It's fast, simple and secure. Just go to: http://chuckmuth.com/voluntarysubscription.htm *********************************** Ryan's Cuddly Little Victims of the System "Back in 1995, Jacqueline Williams, an Illinois mother of three, decided she wanted another baby. So she, boyfriend Fedell Caffey and cousin Levern Ward went to visit Ward's ex-girlfriend Debra Evans, who was nearly nine months pregnant. A contemporaneous Associated Press dispatch describes what happened: " 'Caffey fatally shot and stabbed the pregnant woman, then he and Ward killed her 10-year-old daughter, Samantha. . . . Caffey then cut open Evans' body with scissors, and Williams extracted and resuscitated the baby, authorities said. Relatives said Williams has some training in nursing. "...'The three abducted the newborn and Evans' 8-year-old son, Joshua, police said. Hours later, they allegedly slashed the older boy's throat and dumped his body in an alley. The Chicago Tribune quoted unidentified authorities as saying the group also tried to kill Joshua by poisoning him with iodine and strangling him.' "...The three murderers were convicted, and Caffey and Williams were sentenced to death. On Saturday Illinois's Gov. George Ryan commuted their sentence, along with those of Illinois's other 165 prisoners on death row..." - James Taranto, Best of the Web, 1/13/03 ********************************** Some Victims More Equal Than Others "(Former Clinton Secretary of State) Warren Christopher wrote last week in the New York Times of terrorist attacks 'wreaking havoc in far-flung places such as Indonesia, Kenya, Jordan and Yemen.' Maybe I am being myopic, but why didn't he mention Israel in that list, the state that suffers most from this savagery?" - New Republic columnist Martin Peretz ********************************** Useful Idiots "V.I. Lenin, the founding dictator of the Soviet Union, had a pithy phrase for the Western liberals who took the side of the Soviets in political debates. He called them 'useful idiots.' "Today we have a new and improved version of useful idiots; we call them 'human shields.' These are citizens of the United States and Europe who deliberately put themselves between the U.S. military and Saddam Hussein...in order to stop America from its 'war of aggression.'" - Columnist Jonah Goldberg *********************************** CPAC The 30th annual Conservative Political Action conference will be held in Crystal City, Virginia from January 30 through February 1. For more information, go to www.cpac.org. ********************************** Picking Up Right Where He Left Off "So much for the theory that Democrats lost the Senate in November because they had obstructed President Bush's agenda. Judging by Tom Daschle's behavior so far this year, the new Senate minority leader has concluded that the lesson of their drubbing is that Democrats weren't obstructionist enough. "Only a week into the new Congress, the Daschle Democrats are already in full-throated opposition, assailing every White House idea and starting up the 2004 election campaign. Mr. Daschle's response to the President's tax cut hasn't been merely that it's wrong or helps 'the rich,' but that it's 'obscene.' (Tom, what are you going to say when you really don't like something?)" - Wall Street Journal editorial, 1/13/03 ************************************ The War Against Old White Guys "Anytime a Southern Republican over age 50 is nominated for a position, the Democrats make vague innuendos of racism." - Columnist Armstrong Williams ************************************ 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. ************************************ Nope, Not Even a Shred "On Wednesday, Sen. Charles Schumer showed a news conference audience - and thus the nation - just how low he is willing to go to smear a political enemy. "It is sad but no longer shocking. To the dogmatic left, debate does not suffice. Increasingly, rather than deign to engage those who disagree honestly and civilly, they spare themselves the intellectual challenge by demonizing opponents as unworthy if not evil. "Am I exaggerating? Not when Schumer can stand there and say - not suggest, actually say - that the Bush administration seeks to use judicial nominations to take America back to the days of colored water fountains and blacks in the backs of buses. . . . Is there a shred of human decency to this man?" - Columnist Mark Davis, Fort Worth Star-Telegram *********************************** Will White House Break with Past Actions? "If President Bush decides not to participate in the Supreme Court case over whether public universities should favor racial or ethnic groups in their admissions, it would run counter to his administration's record of involvement in cases before the high court. "In the 20 months that Solicitor General Theodore B. Olson has been in office, the Justice Department has joined Supreme Court cases at the highest rate of any recent administration. The government has been on the winning side extraordinarily often. "Mr. Bush must decide by Thursday whether to oppose the use of affirmative action at tax-supported universities or to follow advice that he stay out of the University of Michigan case." - Washington Times, 1/13/03 [There's still time to lobby the White House and urge President Bush to take a firm stand against race-based discrimination. Join over 8,000 of your fellow Americans by signing our petition at www.libertypetitions.com.] ********************************** GOP Still Trying to Get It Right on Race "Top Republicans including national party Chairman Mark Racicot and Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist today will host a meeting with Armstrong Williams and other conservative black leaders from the business, government and policy-research communities. "...Black conservatives such as Mr. Williams will argue at today's meeting against changing the Republican Party's conservative message in the search for short-term political gains. . . . Mr. Williams would also like to ban the word 'outreach,' which he calls 'demeaning' when used by fellow Republicans in talking about appeals to minorities." - Ralph Hallow, Washington Times, 1/13/03 ********************************** Typical Democrat "Gov. Parris N. Glendening (Maryland Democrat) struck an 11th-hour deal yesterday with Republican leaders that places 13 of his friends and political allies in high-paying, influential state jobs just days before his term expires. "Among the 13 appointees is Maureen Quinn, the live-in girlfriend of Delegate Kumar P. Barve, Montgomery County Democrat and recently elected House majority leader. Miss Quinn is likely to be appointed to a 15-year term as a workers' compensation examiner, earning more than $100,000 a year." - Washington Times, 1/13/03 *********************************** 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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