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************************************ Welcome to the Georgia Twilight Zone "Two days after being sworn in as Georgia's first Republican governor since Reconstruction, Gov. Sonny Perdue proposed one of the biggest tax increases in state history. . . . Democrats, still stinging from Republican victories in the Nov. 5 election, called for more spending cuts to avoid increasing taxes." - Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 1/16/03 ********************************** 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. ************************************ Litigation Nation "'The problem of those unnecessary (medical) costs don't start in the waiting room or the operating room. They're in the courtroom. Everybody's suing, it seems like. There are too many lawsuits in America, and there are too many lawsuits filed against doctors and hospitals without merit.'' - President George W. Bush, 1/16/03 ************************************ Prez Gets It Right Yet Again "President Bush on Thursday called for Congress to pass a law limiting non-economic, punitive damages in medical malpractice suits to $250,000. 'Our medical liability system is broken,' the president told a Scranton, Pa. audience. 'A broken system like that first and foremost hurts the patients and the people of America,' said Bush, because 'junk lawsuits' drive up malpractice insurance premiums and drive innocent doctors out of town, according to the president." - CNSNews.com, 1/16/03 ************************************ Academic Racial Profiling "The Bush Administration will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Michigan's race-driven practice of giving every black, Hispanic and American Indian undergraduate-school applicant 20 points, out of a maximum 150-point scale, just for having the correct complexion. . . . The university's admissions officers do not practice the nasty, snarling bigotry born of hatred, but instead the polite, smiling bigotry born of pity. Yet it is bigotry nonetheless. "...This is academic racial profiling. If - as civil rights activists scream until they swoon - it is wrong for cops to see a black man and assume he is a criminal, why is it right for Michigan to see someone and assume he needs special help simply for applying while black? Those 20 extra points that Michigan gives minority contenders resemble wheelchair ramps." - Columnist Deroy Murdock *********************************** Bin Laden Groupie Forced to Cancel Event "A fund-raiser planned this week for Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., by the mayor of Phoenix (Arizona) was canceled at the last minute amid protests from local Republicans, veterans and college students angered by the senator's recent praise of Osama bin Laden's nation-building tactics. "...Several lawmakers had called on Republican Mayor Skip Rimsza to cancel the event, and local talk radio station KFYI had planned a live-remote broadcast at the site of the reception, which was scheduled for tomorrow afternoon at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Phoenix. "One of the leading voices of opposition was outgoing Republican state Sen. Scott Bundgaard, who counted Murray's cancellation as a victory. . . . Bundgaard said it was a win for 'the little guy,' noting that little coverage from the major media, the story gained life through conservative talk radio and the Internet." - WorldNetDaily.com, 1/16/03 *********************************** Crowing About War "Reuters reports that songstress(Crow) donned a T-shirt saying 'War is not the answer' at last night's American Music Awards. 'I think war is based in greed and there are huge karmic retributions that will follow,' Sheryl crowed. 'I think war is never the answer to solving any problems. The best way to solve problems is to not have enemies.' "OK, that 'karmic retribution' stuff is pretty daffy, and war often is the answer (much of Europe may be run by weenies, but that sure beats Nazis). Still, Crow has a point about the desirability of not having enemies. So let's kill them." - James Taranto, "Best of the Web," 1/14/03 *********************************** CPAC 2003 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. ************************************ War Clouds Gathering "In what some suggest is a sure sign that war with Iraq will come sooner rather than later, the United States government placed orders Monday for $130 million worth of MRE's -- meals ready to eat, a staple for U.S. troops in the field." - Peter Roff, UPI's Capital Comment, 1/15/03 ************************************ Union Sues to Weaken Anti-Terror Security "A government employee union is taking the Bush administration to court to allow 56,000 newly federalized airport screeners to organize. The suit was filed by the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) against the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The suit filed Friday was in response to the administration's order Thursday that 'mandatory collective bargaining is not compatible with the flexibility required to wage the war against terrorism.' " - Washington Times, 1/14/03 ************************************ Senator Shape-Shifter "(Democrat presidential candidate Sen. Joe) Lieberman reminds many in his home state of the creature on 'Star Trek' called the shape-shifter, which was able to instantly adapt to any new environment. 'Many politicians look a bit oily, a bit uncomfortable moving across and around the political spectrum, but our Joe looks as comfortable as if he's mainly changing clothes,' said Laurence Cohen in the Hartford Courant last year. Look for Mr. Lieberman to duck into a lot of ideological dressing rooms during his quest for the Democratic nomination." - John Fund's Political Diary, 1/16/03 ************************************ Rev. Jackson Speaks CNSNews.com reports that "Jesse Jackson, in a speech on Wednesday, declared..." Never mind. Who cares? ************************************ 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. ************************************ It's Not the Message; It's Some of the Messengers "...(T)he black rank-and-file isn't offended by conservative ideas per se; they're offended by some of the conservatives who hold them." - Jason Riley, Wall Street Journal, 1/16/03 ************************************ Prosecutorial Neglect "Baltimore County, in 20 years, has had fewer homicides than Baltimore City has had in the past two. [The two are separate geographical/political entities.] The overwhelming majority of Baltimore City homicide victims are black. . . . With an African-American annual body count that should stagger the imagination, Baltimore's state's attorneys . . . routinely refuse to seek the death penalty. Adolf Eichmann couldn't get the death penalty here." - Baltimore Sun columnist Greg Kane ************************************ Inquiring Minds Wanna Know "Before this year, [New York] residents paid $3,400 annually to attend [SUNY.] If you were from out of state, no matter if your ancestor rowed the Mayflower over here or if your father was a Congressional Medal of Honor winner, you paid double: $6,800 annually. Illegal aliens living in New York also paid double. This year the Mayflower rower's great-great-great-grandson and Medal of Honor [winner's] son will pay $6,800, but the illegal alien? The same as a state resident - $3,400. Why should [New York] taxpayers be forced to underwrite the college education of illegal aliens?" - New York State Assemblyman Thomas Kirwan (R-Newburgh), Poughkeepsie Journal, 1/14/03 ************************************ Watermelon Liberals "(Columnist) Arianna Huffington has become a spokeswoman for the watermelon movement. Like a watermelon that is green on the outside and red on the inside, Mrs. Huffington's recent attack on the manufacture and use of large SUVs has adopted the 'green' rhetoric of environmentalism along with the philosophy of coercive utopianism that is the hallmark of 'red' socialism." - Michael Farris, president of the Patrick Henry College *********************************** 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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