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********************************** Thank You, Munster! Just a note of thanks to Jim, Cy, Karen, "Flattop" and everyone else who joined us over the weekend for the Leadership Institute's Grassroots Activist School in Munster, Indiana. Your hospitality, courtesy and participation was truly appreciated. Now let's take your new-found knowledge and kick some butt! Houston, you're next on the schedule (see details below). I'll see you all this Saturday. Oh, yeah...and Happy St. Patrick's Day! *********************************** 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. ********************************** Sebelius Hits Nail on the Head "The campaign against (judicial nominee Miguel) Estrada has nothing whatever to do with his race. The Democrats hate him because they fear - probably with good reason - that Estrada is a conservative who will not allow 12-year-old girls to seek abortions without first telling their moms. That is the reason Democrats oppose him, and the only one. "We can argue about the merits of an ideologically driven process denying him his vote on the Senate floor, but we can't argue about whether the Democrats are racist. When Republicans do that, they undercut everything they've said for the past two decades on race - that a person's skin color shouldn't matter, i.e. University of Michigan. "By making race a reason to support Estrada - and a reason to vote for him and bash the Democrats for not doing so - Republicans demean themselves and abandon their principles on the issue. In short, they become just like the Democrats, who, if the situation were reversed, would probably do the exact same thing. But that doesn't make it right." - Columnist Steve Sebelius ********************************** Queen of Spades The Senate passed a ban on partial-birth abortions last week. OK, here's a shocker for you: Hillary Clinton voted against the ban, along with 28 of her Democrat colleagues, three liberal Republicans and that turncoat Jim Jeffords. Hillary lamented that it was an "inappropriate and unfortunate time for this debate to be occurring," what with that pesky war going on and the economy still struggling along. Um, then what was her excuse when there was no war and the economy was doing fine during her husband's occupation of the Oval Office? You'll recall that Bubba twice vetoed partial-birth abortion bans during his term. So exactly when, in your opinion Madame Hillary, WOULD it be "appropriate and fortunate" to end this barbaric procedure? Inquiring minds wanna know. ********************************** Terrorist Chicks "It is a cautionary tale during wartime: Tolerance for cheeky celebrities is getting low indeed. Just ask the Dixie Chicks, who quickly discovered their timing was off - and that country music fans want to keep the country in their music. "The lead singer of the popular girl group ruffled fans' feathers last Monday when she stopped wailing about menfolk in song long enough to deliver political commentary on President Bush. 'Just so you know, we're ashamed the president of the United States is from Texas,' Natalie Maines told a London audience - which roared its approval. "Yesterday, Miss Maines issued a public apology to Mr. Bush for being 'disrespectful.' And no wonder. When news of her criticism reached the United States, country music fans took down their shootin' irons and went to war. Some immediately called for a boycott of the Dixie Chicks. A few fans suggested the group change its name to 'Terrorist Chicks.'" - Washington Times, 3/16/03 ********************************** What War Solves " 'War never solves anything.' So say dozens of callers to C-SPAN and left-leaning radio programs (yes, there are some). The answer to this argument, if you can call it an argument, could almost fit on a bumper sticker: Apart from securing American independence, ending slavery, and defeating Nazism and communism, war has never solved anything. . . . War does solve things. But you have to win them." - Columnist Mona Charen ********************************** Coalition of Cowards "(I)f the United Nations will do nothing about a murderous monster like Saddam Hussein, the United States should look for other associations and other ways to create a coalition of nations that will help preserve our national security and the security of others that wish to pay the price and bear the burden of freedom. "...Following the certain liberation and rebuilding of Iraq while the coalition of cowards is trying to cover its posterior once weapons of mass destruction are found, the United States should either reduce its role and contributions to the United Nations or get out entirely." - Columnist Cal Thomas ************************************ Getting US Out of UN Is it time for the U.S. to say adios to the U.N. and serve 'em eviction papers? Find out in this week's edition of "Muth's Truths" at http://www.chuckmuth.com/muthstruths.htm ********************************* Whistlin' Dixie "Jews are overtaking Southern whites as the most inviting targets for scorn and calumny. Southerners are often evangelical Christians (a capital crime in the circles of the elites) who know all the words to 'Amazing Grace' and have to stifle the urge to stand up and holler when they hear the blood-stirring strains of 'Dixie.' A lot of them even root for the Confederates when they watch 'Gone With the Wind' in the wee hours of the night, with the shades drawn." - Wesley Pruden, "Pruden On Politics," 3/14/03 ********************************* Union Boss: Only Appeasers Need Apply Gerald McEntee, head pooh-bah of the government employees' union and chairman of the AFL-CIO's political committee, has warned Democrat candidates who support President Bush on the Iraq liberation and/or tax cuts shouldn't expect to see the welcome mat from Big Labor in 2004. "We didn't think it was appropriate what some of the Democratic leadership did in terms of not just voting for the original (Iraq) resolution (in Congress), but embracing Bush and his proposal in the Rose Garden after it was done." So let's be clear here: Big Mac is saying that Big Labor is against a strong American national defense and national security and will penalize any Democrat who isn't squishy enough on those issues. And they wonder why union membership is at its lowest level ever? McEntee also had particularly harsh words for Sen. Zell Miller, Georgia Democrat, who has sided with the President on other issues, as well, such as tax cuts. Miller "shouldn't even be in the Democratic caucus as far as I'm concerned," he says. Ah, the party of diversity and tolerance. ********************************** Cannon Fodder: Rewarding Illegals "Texas, California, New York and Utah have legislatively thumbed their noses at the federal law (Title 8, Chapter 14, Sec. 1623) by passing a state law that grants in-state tuition rates to people living in our country illegally. This gives a taxpayer benefit to illegal aliens that is denied to U.S. citizens in the 49 other states. . . . California universities now make a student from Arizona pay nearly 4 times as much as an illegal alien. "...Utah Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch and Rep. Chris Cannon are trying to repeal the federal law. Their bill is elegantly titled the DREAM Act (Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors). American taxpayers should wake up and see how they are being ripped off by the high costs of tolerating illegal aliens in our midst." - Phyllis Schlafly of the Eagle Forum ********************************** Uncontrolled Litigation "Our nation is facing a health care crisis driven by uncontrolled litigation. Doctors are being forced to abandon patients and practices. Women are being particularly hard hit, as are low income and rural neighborhoods." - Rep. James Sensenbrenner (R-WI), Associated Press, 3/14/03 **************************************** Please Sign Petition Against Junk Lawsuits Last week, Citizen Outreach launched an online petition urging members of Congress to support reform measures designed to rein in lawsuit abuse, particularly in the area of medical malpractice. You can sign the petition by going to: www.libertypetitions.com *********************************** Run Mitch, Run The Associated Press reports that 500 people, including office holders, party officials and business leaders have sent a letter to White House Budget Director Mitch Daniels encouraging him to run for governor in Indiana next year. The conservative Daniels is highly regarded and respected, although he ruffled a few Capitol Hill feathers and offended a few pooh-bah sensibilities a while back when he suggested the congressional motto should be something along the lines of: Don't just stand there, spend something. Daniels tells AP he will decide whether to enter the race soon. ********************************* Campaign Training Seminars You gotta win before you can serve. Learn how at a Leadership Institute Grassroots Activist School. * March 22-23 - Houston, TX * March 22-23 - Olympia, WA * March 29 - Communications Workshop, San Diego, CA * March 29-30 - Knoxville, TN * March 29-30 - Baton Rouge, LA * April 12-13 - Jackson, MS For additional information, contact Matt Lewis at the Leadership Institute: (800) 827-LEAD or go to www.leadershipinstitute.org. *********************************** 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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