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************************************ Brain Surgery & Affirmative Action [NOTE: Due to a formatting problem, the following item appeared jumbled in yesterday's edition. Here's the correct blurb...with my apologies to Mr. Beckwith.] "Here is my response to those politicians who call opposition to affirmative action racism. Let's say they need a brain transplant. There are two doctors ready to do the operation. One got his credentials through affirmative action; the other one through guts, studying and effort. Which one will they choose? Ask any liberal this question and he will not be able to give you an answer." - News & Views reader Phil Beckwith ********************************** 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. ********************************** Reading & Rocket Science "The major, crucial, overriding problem with schools is that they fail to teach children to read in the first grade. . . . (A)ll Republican and Democratic politicians pontificating about school reform consistently say they want children to be able to read by the third grade. So what are they doing in kindergarten, first and second grades? Spending their time on sex education or playing with computers? "Teaching children to read is not rocket science and it doesn't require expensive equipment, materials or professionals; any parent can teach his child to read with a good $50 phonics system. "...For decades, schoolchildren have been taught to guess at words by looking at the pictures, a fraud called Whole Language. . . . . Of all the injustices that have been perpetrated on minorities, none is as devastating to their chance to live the American dream as keeping them in failing schools for 12 years without teaching them to be good readers." - Columnist Phyllis Schlafly ************************************ Start at the Very Beginning "A lack of elementary education equals a lack of higher education for America's poor black and Hispanic populations. . . . . Rather than focusing on the admission process for institutions of higher learning, we need to make sure the elementary education system offers solutions. "...(W)e need to consider the public education system in poor urban neighborhoods as something other than unalterable. That means embracing true change of the school voucher variety, rather than simply pushing a few students through college doors because of the color of their skin." - Columnist Armstrong Williams *********************************** 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 Between the People & the Press "Huge majorities of Americans oppose racial preferences, want immigration limited, resent benefits for illegal immigrants, support the death penalty, are morally troubled by cloning, oppose gay marriage, look favorably on the Boy Scouts, support parental-consent laws on abortion and want a ban on 'partial-birth' abortions. "In the newsroom, huge majorities hold the opposite opinions." - Columnist John Leo ************************************ More on the Bushmaster Lawsuit "Please join me in a Class Action Lawsuit For Anti-Gun Activists against GMC (for making a car that was used in the Washington D.C. area sniper shootings); Black and Decker (for making the drill used to drill the hole in the trunk of the GMC car that was used in the Washington D.C. area shootings); United Auto Workers Union (for their accomplice in the making of the GMC car that was used in the Washington D.C. area shootings); Allstate Battery Company (that made the battery that was used in the cordless drill that was used to drill the hole in the trunk of the car that was made by United Auto Workers Union who worked at GMC who made the car that was used in the Washington D.C. area shootings)... "Must I go on and on? Is there any stopping to this Anti-Gun crap?" - News & Views reader "Dan from Reno" *********************************** Litigation Nation Marcus Long, 61, has cancer in his brain, colon, lung and spine. He's a very sick man. . . . Marcus may be deathly ill, but like most people he likes to eat out once in a while, even though he obviously needs to be careful. He favors McDonald's, where nearly every morning (his wife) Elaine got him three sausage, egg and cheese breakfast burritos, plus two pints of milk to wash them down. "But one day, the burritos she brought home were 'filled' with black pepper, and when Marcus bit into one he choked and got a nosebleed. She took the burritos back to McDonald's, but found the manager 'wasn't apologetic or anything.' Worse, the manager didn't offer a refund or a free Happy Meal. "Elaine says Marcus has gone 'downhill' since the event, and has nosebleeds regularly. The Longs are thus suing McDonald's in Galveston County Court, alleging breach of implied warranty for offering food that's 'unfit for human consumption' as 'wholesome'." - Randy Cassingham, StellaAwards.com, 1/15/03 ************************************ 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. *********************************** The Coming War with Trial Lawyers "Yesterday, Mr. Bush resuscitated his plan to revamp medical-malpractice laws, which he pushed daily while on the campaign trail in 2002, drawing enthusiastic applause from Republicans at each stop. Under his proposal, damages for actual financial losses such as wages and medical expenses would not be capped. But it would limit noneconomic damages such as pain and suffering to $250,000, and punitive damages to twice actual losses, up to a cap of $250,000. Patients' ability to file lawsuits over old cases would also be restricted and lawyers' fees curtailed. "...The president said 'frivolous junk lawsuits' are driving up health care costs even when the cases never see the inside of a courtroom. 'It costs money to fight off a junk lawsuit. So even though there's no merit, in order just to get rid of the thing, they say, 'OK, let's just pay you,' he said. "Although a strong states' rights advocate, Mr. Bush said the medical-liability system is different. 'It is a national problem that needs a national solution,' he said. 'The direct cost of malpractice insurance and the indirect cost from defensive medicine raise the federal government's health care cost by at least $28 billion a year.' " - Washington Times, 1/17/03 *********************************** Pick-Pockets "Every time I hear this administration or any other talk about the need for a short-term stimulus for the economy (Short Term Stimulus is today's acceptable synonym for a quick fix) I reach for my wallet to make sure it's still there." - Columnist Paul Greenberg ********************************** The Granny Tax on Dividends "(A)fter taxing companies when they earn their profits, the Internal Revenue Service now taxes individual investors who receive the profits as dividends. This is double taxation on the same profits. Shareholders are in effect penalized for investing in our nation's economy and businesses. "...The dividend tax falls hardest on retirees. Abolishing taxes on corporate dividends is not a 'tax break for the wealthy,' as Sen. Tom Daschle would like voters to believe. It is tax break for the hard working Americans who built this great nation, defended us in time of war, and risked their lives in the fight for freedom. In fact, almost half of all tax savings under the dividend exclusion in 2003 will go to taxpayers 65 and older, our parents and grandparents." - Charlie Jarvis of the United Seniors Association *********************************** 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. 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