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********************************** Weapons of Mass Obstruction "If there is one thing that Senate Democrats are good at, it's obstructing." - Columnist Donald Lambro *********************************** 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. ********************************** An Army of One "Carol Moseley-Braun's presidential campaign is taking off. The defeated one-term Illinois senator who later became ambassador to New Zealand held a rally in Iowa Saturday, and her audience was Tom Hanson. No, that's not a typo. Hanson, a law-school classmate of Moseley-Braun, was the only person to show up, the Des Moines Register reports." - James Taranto, Best of the Web, 2/18/03 ************************************ With Friends Like These "In 'The Prince,' Nicolo Machiavelli observed that in a conflict, a man's true friend will take up a club and come to his aid, while his enemy will urge neutrality. In France, where neutrality is revered as a profile in courage, Jacques Chirac has elevated appeasement to the level of saintly virtue." - Columnist Oliver North *********************************** U.S. to Target Manila Guerillas "U.S. Marines and Special Forces are once again headed to the Philippines to aid in the fight against terrorism, although the size of the force and its exact role are still unclear. But if President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo gives the proper go-ahead, joint U.S.-Philippine combat missions could serve as a model for other governments working together to wipe out local terrorist groups. "The situation in the southern Philippines certainly justifies a renewed combat role for U.S. forces. The Abu Sayyaf terror organization has been disrupting life in that country for years, but evidence has been accumulating since the September 11, 2001, attacks that it also has links to global terrorism, including Iraq and al Qaeda." - Wall Street Journal, 2/25/03 ********************************** Lesson Learned "If we learn nothing else from this episode, it should be that we cannot allow the defense of American lives to be held hostage by the United Nations - which has already given Saddam Hussein a final warning, and now wants to give him another final warning. And, if he doesn't heed that, they will threaten him with yet another warning." - Columnist Thomas Sowell ********************************** Son of Patriot Act "Attorney General John Ashcroft, with support from President Bush, has increasingly forgotten that the Constitution is ours - not just his. The Center for Public Integrity has now exposed Ashcroft's sequel to the Patriot Act for what's in it: an assault on the Bill of Rights drafted without consultation with Congress. "In the New York Sun, a largely conservative newspaper, Errol Louis wrote on the February 10 editorial page that 'the 80-page document is a catalog of authoritarianism that runs counter to the basic tenets of modern democracy.' You can download that document at www.publicintegrity.org." - Columnist Nat Hentoff ********************************** Deficit Schmeficit "In a seminal article in the summer 1978 issue of Policy Review, (economist Milton) Friedman argued forcefully for cutting government any way possible, even if it led to budget deficits. . . . (Conservatives) also discovered that, if deficits became large enough, liberals would finally be forced to cut spending. "What conservatives learned is there really is no downside to deficits so long as they result from lower taxes rather than higher spending. No Republican candidate was ever defeated for supporting tax cuts, even if they led to larger deficits. . . . Now the Republican Party has completely adopted the Friedman mantra...Cut taxes any time, anywhere and don't worry about deficits." - Bruce Bartlett of the National Center for Policy Analysis ************************************ 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. ********************************** Have Car, Will Listen "To be sure, conservative radio talk show hosts have a built-in audience unavailable to liberals: People driving cars to some sort of job. So liberals keep serving up their own dreary radio hosts, and the public keeps turning the dial back to Rush Limbaugh. . . . It's difficult to imagine a world in which people voluntarily choose to listen to liberals. There is no evidence that it has ever happened." - Columnist Ann Coulter ********************************** Listening to Liberals "Listening to liberals do talk radio can be a weird, out-of-culture experience, like seeing Pat Boone going through his heavy-metal phase or a helmet-clad Michael Dukakis cruising by in a tank." - Wall Street Journal editorial ********************************** Immigration Nation "The latest national poll by the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations found 60 percent of the American public regard the present level of immigration to be a 'critical threat to the vital interests of the United States.' In contrast, only 14 percent of elites - members of Congress, the administration, leaders of church groups, business executives, union leaders, journalists, academics, and heads of major interests groups - share the public's concern. "...Both Rep. Richard Gephardt, Missouri Democrat, and President George Bush, support amnesties for illegal aliens. Rep. Barney Frank, Massachusetts Democrat, pushed a bill through the House Judiciary Committee that permits non-citizen criminals to remain in the U.S. Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch and Rep. Chris Cannon support in-state tuition for illegals." - Columnist Paul Craig Roberts ********************************** Misplaced Outrage "For the life of me, setting vested interests aside, I cannot fathom the current outrage among many in the black community over the University of Michigan affirmative action case and the deafening silence about the day-to-day sabotage of black academic excellence by the public schools that most black students attend. With the deplorable academic outcomes at the high-school level, how can anybody reasonably expect for black students to ever be admitted to college on academic merit?" - Columnist Walter Williams ********************************** Inquiring Minds Wanna Know Arizona Congressman Jeff Flake (R) is scratching his head after finding out the Grammy Foundation, a non-profit arm of the Recording Academy, received $800,000 in the Omnibus Appropriations Bill for 2003, which was recently signed into law. "The mission of the Grammy Foundation is certainly noble," said Flake, "but why is an organization affiliated with thousands of multi-millionaire musicians and record executives receiving taxpayer money?" Good question. ********************************** Upcoming Grassroots Training Seminars Anything worth doing is worth learning how to do right... * March 15-16 - GRAS - Montgomery, AL * March 22-23 - GRAS - Houston, TX * March 22-23 - GRAS - Olympia, WA * March 29-30 - GRAS - Knoxville, TN * March 29-30 - GRAS - Baton Rouge, LA Yours truly will be one of the instructors at the Houston seminar. Hope to see some of you there. For additional information, contact Matt Lewis at the Leadership Institute: (800) 827-LEAD *********************************** 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. 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 Citizen Outreach, its officers, directors or employees. 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