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************************************ Not All Actors Are Meatheads "I was not against the war in Bosnia. I was against it taking so long. I was not against the war in Somalia. Again, it took too long, and we didn't finish the job. We should've stayed and finished the job. About this pending war (in Iraq), I just think we should've finished that war the first time," - Actor James Earl Jones (the voice of Darth Vader), Washington Times, 2/21/03 *********************************** 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. Also, occasionally, the automatic listserve we use will "bump" subscribers off the list if your mailbox is full or experiences some other technical glitch. If you suddenly stop receiving News & Views, the first thing you should do is try to re-subscribe using the link above. *********************************** PETA-Poopers Ingrid Newkirk, top dog at the wacky People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), had a cow recently when a donkey strapped with explosives in Jerusalem was used as an unwilling suicide bomber in an attack on an Israeli bus loaded with soldiers. In a letter to Yasser Arafat, Newkirk pleaded with the Palestinians' top terrorist to "leave the animals out of this conflict." But according to John McCaslin's "Inside the Beltway" column, when the Washington Post asked the PETA prez "if she'd ever considered requesting that Mr. Arafat stop blowing up people as well," Newkirk "reportedly replied that it was not her 'business' to inject herself in human wars." For the record, since September 2000 over 700 Israelis have been blown to bits by terrorist attacks. Only one known donkey. *********************************** What "W" Stands For At last week's annual gathering of Democrat pooh-bahs in Washington, Sen. John Edwards, ambulance chaser and presidential aspirant, stole Ronald Reagan's famous line used to such devastating effect against Jimmy Carter by asking "are you better off than you were two years ago?" Of course, if the comparison is with the state of the country two years ago when George W took over and, say, four years ago when Bill Clinton was still president, the answer is a resounding "yes." Nevertheless, Edwards then tried to get cute by saying, "In two short years, George W. Bush has taught us what the W stands for: 'wrong.' Wrong for our children (of course), wrong for our families, wrong for our values, wrong for America." How "high school," John. Is that the best you've got? If so, let us just give you an alternative for what the W stands for: Winner. Which you'll never be in 2004. *********************************** Still Can't Get Over Florida "Tossing off sound bites, (Al) Sharpton chided President Bush for his stance against the University of Michigan's affirmative action admissions policy and called him the most preferential president in history. 'He was the ultimate beneficiary of a set-aside program,' Mr. Sharpton said. 'The Supreme Court set aside a whole election.'" - Washington Times, 2/23/03 *********************************** Depends on Your Definition of "Leadership" "Yesterday, Rep. Richard Gephardt announced that he will run for president. We're glad the suspense is over. What cheers us less is the economic agenda the Missouri Democrat outlined, the pillar of which would repeal the tax cuts Congress passed in 2001. ".(I)f he feels so passionately about the 2001 tax cuts, why didn't Mr. Gephardt sponsor legislation to roll them back? Certainly, as leader of the House Democrats he had every opportunity to do so. Now, the inescapable conclusion is that when Mr. Gephardt had a chance, he didn't do anything. And now that he doesn't have a chance, he says he wants to do something. Wow. That's some leadership." - Washington Times editorial, 2/20/03 *********************************** Give the Man a Vote "I submitted his nomination in May of 2001, and Miguel Estrada has been waiting ever since. That's almost two years, and that's a disgrace. . . . It is the Senate's responsibility to conduct prompt hearings and an up-or-down floor vote on all judicial nominees, yet a handful of Democratic senators, for partisan reasons, are attempting to prevent any vote at all on highly qualified nominees. "These delays endanger American justice. Vacant federal benches lead to crowded court dockets, overworked judges and longer waits for Americans who want their cases heard," Mr. Bush said. "I call on the Senate Democratic leadership to stop playing politics and permit a vote on Miguel Estrada's nomination. Let each senator vote as he or she thinks best, but give the man a vote." - President Bush's weekly radio address, 2/22/03 ************************************ 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. *********************************** Too Much of a Bad Thing "The ABA (American Bar Association) is comprised of 400,000 lawyers. When those attorneys meet to develop proposals to present to Congress or state legislatures, they are dealing with governing bodies that have a heavy concentration of lawyers. Lawyers are making the laws, which is why we are overburdened with both." - Columnist Dick Boland *********************************** Spoken Like a True Reagan Democrat "Georgia Sen. Zell Miller, . . . who has irked Democratic colleagues with his steadfast support of tax cuts, said the federal government wouldn't have to keep cutting taxes if it would 'not take money from the hard-earned taxpayer in the first place.'" - Washington Times, 2/21/03 *********************************** Your Tax Dollars At Work "Congress is spending more than its citizens are paying to government. And it isn't all for defense, either. Why is the federal government spending $750,000 on the Baseball Hall of Fame, $350,000 on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and $90,000 for the Cowgirl Hall of Fame? Where is the constitutional provision that the federal government should be paying $210,000 for swine hoop research in Iowa or $200,000 for the Maxine Waters Employment Preparation Center (want to guess who put that one in the spending bill?). . . . How about $725,000 for something called the Please Touch Museum in Philadelphia? Sounds like one of those interactive screens at the airport, or perhaps an encounter group. . . . How about $150,000 for Charleston Bump Billfish Tagging?" - Columnist Cal Thomas *********************************** Like Husband, Like Wife? "Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton says she will not run for president in 2004. . . . Well, during his 1990 campaign for governor, Bill Clinton told the voters of Arkansas that he would complete his full term if re-elected and not run for president in 1992. Two years later he was being sworn in on the U.S. Capitol steps. So much for commitments." - David Bossie, executive director of Citizens United *********************************** Moved: No Forwarding Address "We could return California to Mexico, except that Mexico is moving in with California, and soon there won't be anybody left in Mexico to return it to." - Wesley Pruden, "Pruden On Politics, 2/21/03 *********************************** Reaping What They've Sown "In the world of political theater, there's nothing more entertaining than the spectacle of Congress fretting about the details of something it just passed. So let's all enjoy the tales of woe from members now discovering the un-fine print in the new McCain-Feingold campaign finance bill. "...What really scares the members is that they might violate some obscure new provision without even realizing it. Some prosecutor-on-the-make will then decide it's a crime; the same newspapers that promoted the bill will make them look guilty; and faster than you can say Bob Torricelli their career has gone poof. "...If the members are lucky, the courts will save them from themselves and find McCain-Feingold unconstitutional. If not, maybe next time they'll read what they're voting for." - Wall Street Journal editorial *********************************** 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 Project by going to: http://chuckmuth.com/goldwater.htm ********************************* ********************************* Published by Citizen Outreach Chuck Muth Editor/Publisher 611 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE, #439 Washington, DC 20003-4303 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Citizen Outreach is a 501(c)(3) non-profit public policy organization and does not endorse candidates or lobby for specific legislation. 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