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********************************** Dirtbags Bite the Dust "A Far North Dallas man who shot and killed two would-be burglars Thursday morning probably will not face charges, according to Dallas police and legal experts. "About 9 a.m. Thursday, the 29-year-old man was at home with his wife and three young children when a man knocked on the side door and asked for someone the resident did not know, police said. "One or both suspects then forced their way into the apartment, shooting the resident once in the arm, police said. The resident retreated to his bedroom, retrieved a gun, and a shootout ensued in the living room on Knoll Trail Drive near the Dallas North Tollway, police said." - Dallas Morning News, 1/24/03 ********************************* 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. *********************************** Franco-German Obstruction "The Germans, with French connivance, are determined to buy time for Saddam Hussein. . . . All the Anglo-American allies actually need from France and Germany is for them to get out of the way. . . . The president can blame his State Department for this fine mess. Colin Powell persuaded him to put the nation's interests in the hands of the United Nations Security Council, and the secretary of state and the president should have known, as the rest of the world could have told them, that the cooks at the U.N. can't produce a decent meal because they can't stand the heat of the kitchen. They only know how to spit in someone else's soup." - Wesley Pruden, Pruden On Politics, 1/24/03 *********************************** RINO Alert "Indications late Thursday afternoon that Sen. Lincoln Chafee, R-R.I., would assume the chairmanship of the Senate subcommittee on Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs set off a flurry of activity on Capitol Hill. According to at least one source familiar with events as they unfolded, Chafee offered to take the gavel after Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., passed it up. "Both men, however, voted against the resolution giving President George W. Bush the authority to use all necessary means to disarm Iraq. Some administration allies are reportedly quite concerned that either man could use the post as a platform to subtly or openly undermine the administration's Gulf War effort -- even after the shooting starts, if ever." - Peter Roff, UPI's Capital Comment, 1/24/03 ********************************** Wheel of Conservative Fortune "Fox News Channel...announced Wednesday that it has hired 'Wheel of Fortune' host Pat Sajak to host a new Sunday talk show in the spring. . . . The benign, Emmy Award-winning Mr. Sajak...has publicly scolded talk-show host Rosie O'Donnell for sharing her sexual preferences with the public ('Who cares?'), rebuked actor Alec Baldwin for criticizing President Bush and chided celebrities for nervy intrusions on politics." - Washington Times, 1/24/03 ********************************** Next on Springer. "Jerry Springer, the onetime Cincinnati mayor turned trashy daytime talk-show host, says he's mulling a return to politics, possibly a run for Republican George Voinovich's Senate seat in 2004. 'In his speech, Springer castigated President Bush for squandering America's goodwill around the world,' the Columbus Dispatch reports. Can anyone imagine a more effective goodwill ambassador than Jerry Springer?" - James Taranto, Best of the Web, 1/24/03 ********************************** Fiscal Facts The Tax Foundation is distributing a report on the President's economic package which points out that the number of tax filers who will pay ZERO in taxes jumps to almost 40 million people. The foundation concludes with what should be obvious to anyone not drinking water from the Potomac River: "It is impossible to give income tax relief to people who do not pay income taxes." And thanks to the president, the number of such people will grow by an additional 3 million families. So, Madame Hillary, why are the "rich" getting a tax cut? Because the "rich" are the ones paying the taxes. Duh. ************************************ 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. ********************************** If Only More GOPers Spoke Like This "We now have the biggest, most expensive federal government in history. Federal employees are thicker than maggots on a rotting carcass. So, why not start by abolishing vacant positions in every department except Defense and Homeland Security. Congress could set the example by cutting our own staff to show that we are willing to stop feeding the hungry beast. ".(W)e need that tax-cutting Texan to also become a budget-cutting president. We need more members of Congress to decide that now is the time to cut taxes and at the same time tighten our belt. It's simple: Collect fewer dollars; spend fewer dollars." - Sen. Zell Miller, Georgia DEMOCRAT, in a Wall Street Journal op/ed this week ********************************** Stopping Junk Lawsuits Victor Schwartz of the American Tort Reform Association says that GOP control of both houses of Congress, plus having a Republican in the White House, means the "right climate" exists to pass some meaningful tort reform measures this year, but that "it is hard to climb hills sprayed with plaintiff lawyer Teflon." ********************************** Just Regular Folks Author Walter Olson points out the chutzpah of some class-action lawyers by quoting in his new book one such lawyer who says, "Other than airplanes and helicopters, I don't have a flamboyant lifestyle at all." Sort of like saying, "Other than that Mrs. Lincoln, how did you like the play?" Geez. Anyway, to get your copy of "The Rule of Lawyers," go to: http://www.conservativebookservice.com/BookPage.asp?prod_cd=c6084&sour_cd=CM E00101 ********************************** Good Grace, Reaganism Is Alive & Well! "Our budget is a mess. There is a disconnection between the promises of government and our ability to pay for those promises. I propose beginning to close that gap by not offering the normal state of the state speech - typically a laundry list of new programs regardless of the budget capacity to support them. . . . Therefore let me make this, my first state of the state, one that focuses not on more money for programs but on the root causes. "...I'd say first and fundamentally, we are going to have to do what small business does every day -tighten our belts and look closely at priorities. If every agency and department finds just one function they can do without, we can go a long way toward closing the budget divide before us. "...Ronald Reagan is a man many of us in this room admire, and I would like to steal an idea of his that was an effective tool in the fight against waste and duplication in government - the Grace Commission. Some of the brightest minds in the business world took an exhaustive look at the workings of government and did indeed find things that could be done better. We need to do this in South Carolina and I will ask for this commission to begin its work immediately after Memorial Day." - South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford in his first state-of-the-state address, 1/22/03. There are a LOT of other great ideas for running a smaller, more-responsive government in Gov. Sanford's address. To read the full text, go to: http://www.commonvoice.com/features/article.asp?id=3441 *********************************** 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. *********************************** 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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