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********************************** McCigarettes "A Federal judge threw out the lawsuit against McDonalds, saying that (although there was never a written warning on the package), the plaintiffs had to know they were doing something that would be unhealthy. Hmm, why didn't somebody utilize the same common sense against the tobacco companies, which DID have warning labels? Go figure." - News & Views reader Alan Huber ********************************* 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. ********************************** Born-Again Peaceniks "To hear Democratic senators carping about President Bush's Iraq policy, you'd almost think space aliens from had taken over their brains. . . . It's no surprise that some Democrats are peaceniks; when the Senate voted last to declare war on Iraq, after all, 21 Democrats cast 'no' votes. But wait a second. Among the 29 Democrats voting 'yes' were Biden, Daschle, Feinstein and Kerry. They are now in the position of opposing a war that they voted for." - James Taranto, Best of the Web, 1/23/03 ********************************** Yankee Imperialism "It is so easy for the America-bashers to slander this nation. But I ask you to consider when this country - the world's only superpower, no less - has used its superior forces to steal other nations' resources. "Are we talking about the nation that spent $13 billion ($73 billion in 1990 dollars) through the Marshall Plan following World War II to help rebuild war-torn Europe, including our vanquished enemies? Are we talking about the nation that militarily skunked Saddam Hussein and let him and his oil off the hook in 1991? Are we talking about the nation that sent CARE packages to Afghanistan while stripping its rogue Taliban regime from power? Are we talking about the nation that always pays its own way and generously assists other peoples throughout the world?" - Columnist David Limbaugh ********************************** Chrysler Boycott Gaining Steam "Complaints about DaimlerChrysler continued to grow Wednesday as the company again refused to retract a top executive's comment that some conservatives had a 'myopic view of the world.' . . . Several consumers contacted by CNSNews.com said they were expressing their dismay with the company by boycotting DaimlerChrysler vehicles, calling the incident enough of an incentive to stop buying the company's products." - CNSNews.com, 1/23/03 ********************************** Hey, Big Spenders "Senate Republicans are responding to Democrats' repeated attempts to add billions of dollars in additional spending to the omnibus 2003 appropriations bill by asking how Democrats, who say the government can't afford to cut taxes, believe it can afford so much new spending. . . . Senate Republicans, who at the beginning of January thought they would be long finished by now with passing 11 of 13 federal spending bills left over from last year, grew increasingly frustrated with the Democrats' amendments - which numbered 245 yesterday." - Washington Times, 1/23/03 ********************************** But Who Will Write His Speeches This Time? "There are already enough Democrats jockeying for their party's 2004 presidential nomination to make 1988's selection of the 'seven dwarves' look like a small, tight field. But the current group of eight or nine could get even wilder with the addition of Sen. Joseph Biden of Delaware. . . . . (Chicago) Sun-Times columnist Michael Sneed reports that the senator met privately with former President Bill Clinton in New York recently to discuss the possibility of entering the race." - Columnist Jim Geraghty, National Review Online ********************************** Bush Right, Left Wrong "Democrats have been pillorying President Bush for opposing racial preferences in college admittance, but two major new polls show the public is on Mr. Bush's side. . . . (A) Time magazine poll of 1,010 adults conducted Jan. 15-16 shows 54 percent disapproved of programs that give racial preferences to minority applicants at colleges and universities, while 39 percent approved. And in a Jan. 16-17 Newsweek poll, more than two-thirds of Americans opposed racial preferences in college admissions." - Ralph Hallow, Washington Times, 1/23/03 ********************************** Bush Will Sign Barbarism Ban "President Bush yesterday vowed to sign legislation banning partial-birth abortion...as Senate Republicans declared they would bring up the issue as early as next month. . . . The House has passed a ban on partial-birth abortion four times - in 1995, 1997, 2000 and 2002. The Senate also approved the legislation twice, but President Clinton vetoed it each time. In both cases, the House voted to override the veto, but the Senate did not." - Washington Times, 1/23/03 ********************************** Sucking Up to Al "Al Sharpton and Washington, D.C., gave the Democratic Party real headaches this week. Mr. Sharpton, the demagogic New York minister, filed his papers as a presidential candidate and then shared equal billing at a dinner celebrating the 30th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. The other five Democratic candidates tiptoed around him in their remarks as if they were navigating a minefield. No one wants to be accused of giving Mr. Sharpton an excuse to say he was 'dissed.'" - John Fund's Political Diary, 1/23/03 ********************************** What's Up Doc? "Some (Mississippi) Gulf Coast surgeons will begin monthlong leaves of absence next week to protest the high cost of malpractice insurance. Surgeons say reforms lawmakers passed last fall haven't helped. The walkouts will virtually shut down surgery at Memorial and Garden Park hospitals and Hancock and Gulf Coast medical centers." - "American Scene," Washington Times, 1/23/03 ********************************** Med-Mal Crisis "Since July, the (medical malpractice lawsuit) crisis has, among other things, threatened the financial existence of emergency trauma centers in Nevada, forced hospitals in northern West Virginia to rush emergency patients out of state for treatment and jeopardized the ability of pregnant women in rural Mississippi to find obstetricians. . . . (W)ith the powerful trial-lawyer lobbying groups adamantly opposed to any limits on the seven-figure awards (and more)...the problem is sure to grow worse before it gets any better. "...In July, the Senate defeated by a 57-42 vote a watered-down tort-reform amendment introduced by Sen. Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican. Six Republican senators (Richard Shelby of Alabama, Mike Crapo of Idaho, Gordon Smith of Oregon, Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, Fred Thompson of Tennessee and George Allen of Virginia) voted against the McConnell amendment." - Washington Times editorial, 1/23/03 *********************************** CPAC & LI Team Up for 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. The Leadership Institute has teamed up with CPAC to provide the Grassroots Preparation Workshop! Attend this powerful workshop and learn: - How to successfully lobby politicians. - How to help conservative candidates of your choice win campaigns at all levels. - How to become an effective Internet Activist. - How to rai$e money for your conservative organization. The workshop will be held at the Crystal Gateway Marriott in Arlington, VA immediately preceding the Conservative Political Action Conference. The cost is just $25 and includes lunch. Register on line at www.LeadershipInstitute.org, or call Matt Lewis at (800) 827-5323, ext. 504. ********************************* ********************************* 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] # # #
