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*************************************** This Bud's NOT for You Isn't there something terribly wrong and unfair with the fact that once 19-year-old Jessica Lynch - the American POW who was dramatically rescued in a daring special forces raid earlier this week - won't be allowed to legally walk into a neighborhood bar once she gets home and order an ice-cold beer because she's "underage"? And even if her dad is sitting down right next to her? Jessica wasn't too young to be whisked halfway across the world in order to be shot at, captured and tortured in defense of the United States, but isn't considered "mature" enough to handle tossing back a few Samuel Adams'. What 's wrong with this picture? Are there no legislators out there with even a modicum of nerve willing to take on the MADD lobby and champion the right of brave and heroic grunts back home from the battlefield to enjoy Miller Time? Anyone? *********************************** How to Subscribe 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. **************************************** Nothing Could Be Finer "There's no finer sight...than to see 12,000 United States Marines and corpsmen. Unless you happen to be a member of the Iraqi Republican Guard." - President Bush, 4/3/03 *************************************** A Distinction Without a Difference "We support the troops, but we don't support the president." - Rep. Charlie Rangel, New York Democrat *************************************** Bad Company "The United States Central Command of the Armed Forces has asked Geraldo Rivera to leave Iraq. It should also be noted that the only three other people that the U.S. military has asked to leave Iraq are Saddam Hussein and his two sons." - Comedian Jon Stewart *************************************** Illegitimate Weasels "The United Nations is the only international organization that can give legitimacy to this." - French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin demanding that the UN have a leading role in rebuilding Iraq despite sitting on sidelines during the war and doing everything in its power to try to prevent the U.S. from taking Saddam out **************************************** Actions Should Have Consequences ".(I)f somebody has made it particularly difficult for us to achieve a goal, or are standing in our way of achieving our goal, or costing us more money or more lives to achieve a goal, maybe we should not look as kindly upon them as we do people who help us." - House Speaker Dennis Hastert on congressional efforts to punish France, Germany and other nations who opposed the U.S. effort in Iraq *************************************** As If Blix Ever Had a Chance "Here's a short list of what we know now about Saddam, two weeks after the outbreak of war: that he runs a more horrifying police-state than some of us imagined; that he uses terroristic measures to maintain his rule; has close contact with other terrorist groups whom he has invited into his country in his defense; invokes Islamic justifications for his despotism far more often than any secular justifications; is capable of actions very few other human beings are capable of; and will not give up an ounce of real power, even at the point of an actually loaded gun. "In other words, the prudential justification for the war is now far stronger than it was only a couple of weeks ago: No one can plausibly now argue that this monstrous regime would have voluntarily disarmed itself at the polite and constantly negotiable behest of a mild-mannered Swede. Inspections would never have worked, if by 'worked,' we actually mean succeeded in disarming Saddam." - Columnist Andrew Sullivan *************************************** Pearl Slam Pearl Jam is the latest music group to stir up the anti-Bush hornet's nest after lead singer Eddie Vedder impaled a mask of President Bush on a microphone at a Denver concert on Tuesday. On Fox News, Tennessee law professor Glenn Reynolds said, "Of course, when I read this, my first reaction was 'Pearl Jam is still TOGETHER? Who knew?" *************************************** Liberal (Non)Talk Radio "An NPR radio host in Ypsilanti, Mich., was fired yesterday for expressing his support for the troops in Iraq and President Bush. Terry Hughes of WEMU-FM told his listeners, 'Bush has the guts to get up to do the right thing after 18 attempts to get everybody to help.' "He also said: 'We know if you want a current assessment of what's going on, you're sure not listening to us. You'll be over at Fox TV where they're not bending the news. It ain't happening on NPR.'" - Jennifer Harper, Inside Politics, 4/4/03 ************************************ NEW! 4.75 cents-per-minute Long Distance * All state-to-state calls in the continental U.S. * Residential or commercial * 6-second billing increments * 24 hours/day * 7 days/week * No access codes * No minimums * No activation fees * Calling Card Rate is 10 cents per minute * No monthly service charge unless your bill is less than $20.00 a month (then a $1.99 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. Just go to: <http://www.GOPLongDistance.com> today. *************************************** Consider the Source "The rapid advance of U.S. military forces to within a few miles of Baghdad after two weeks of fighting has undermined critics of the military battle plan, according to several former top commanders. Retired officers said recent criticism of the war plan - a plan chiefly developed by Army Gen. Tommy Franks, U.S. Central Command commander - is premature and often focused on advancing a service-related or personal agenda. "...Key critics of the war plan have been retired Gen. Barry McCaffrey, who held a political appointment in the Clinton administration as director of White House Office of National Drug Control Policy. Another outspoken critic of the Iraq war plan has been retired Army Gen. Wesley Clark, who has indicated he may run for president." - Bill Gertz, Washington Times, 4/4/03 *************************************** The Single Bullet Option Stunned by the number of enemy KIAs in the area outside of Baghdad, one U.S. soldier interviewed by the London Daily Telegraph said, "You could have sent two men in to kill Saddam Hussein. Why did we have to kill so many people?" In light of the successful special forces rescue of Jessica Lynch deep inside Iraqi-held territory, this question should receive MUCH more attention after the war. While we grant it was necessary to not only cut off the snake's head in Iraq, but slice up the entire regime's body in order to bring about the necessary changes, one still must question the wisdom of retaining that Executive Order originally signed by President Ford back in the 70s banning assassinations. If one bullet from a highly-trained special forces marksman could have gotten done the job now being undertaken by a quarter-million service personnel at the cost of billions of dollars and hundreds of American lives, isn't that at least an OPTION our nation should have at its disposal? ************************************* Misplaced Priorities "When the papers are full of the news that American forces are within a few miles of Baghdad, (Sen. John) Kerry (D-Mass.) went out and said, 'What we need now is not just a regime change in Saddam Hussein and Iraq, but we need a regime change in the United States.' . . . He capped this with an appeal to Democratic voters that he will be better at dealing with the United Nations than President Bush is. As if the United Nations is an American president's primary constituency. The more Mr. Kerry opens his mouth, the more I'm inclined to think Dick Gephardt's chances for the nomination have been seriously underestimated." - Columnist Andrew Sullivan *************************************** Regime Change Doing his best Tom Daschle imitation, Democrat presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry called for "regime change" in the United States, comparing the brutality of Saddam Hussein's military dictatorship to the democratically-elected Bush administration. The rhetoric was over-the-top and out-of-bounds, especially since American soldiers are still slugging it out in Baghdad. Nevertheless, Kerry refuses to back down or apologize for his slur. Indeed, Kerry's campaign press secretary Robert Gibbs - presumably with a straight face - responded, "Clearly, Sen. Kerry intended no disrespect or lack of support for our commander-in-chief during wartime." Clearly, Bobby Gibbs is full of flapdoodle. Of course, Kerry meant nothing BUT disdain and disrespect for President Bush. That this guy served his nation in Vietnam over 30 years ago is no excuse for undermining the troops and the nation at this perilous juncture in the war effort. Indeed, because of his military service, he should know better. That he doesn't says all that needs to be said about his fitness for the nation's highest office. ************************************* Another French Democrat Chimes In Rep. Dennis Kucinich, Ohio Democrat and candidate for his party's presidential nomination is already waving the white flag of surrender (or was that the French national flag; it's hard to tell the difference). "This war is killing our troops. It is killing innocent Iraqi civilians. This war must end now," Kucinich said as he offered an amendment on the floor of the House to cut off funding for our troops in the field. "It was unjust when it started two weeks ago, and it is unjust today." What a pathetic excuse for an American. The Democrats should be so proud. *************************************** There She Goes Again Hillary Clinton has been leading the charge in Democrat attacks against the Bush administration for not, it their opinion, funding homeland security sufficiently. Mo' money, mo' money, mo' money. So if we don't have enough money for something as critically important as homeland security, in Madame Hillary's opinion, then why is she sponsoring legislation to appropriate $1.2 million to fund a "history trail" of the women's rights movement in New York? How does this sop to radical feminism boost support for the first-responders she pretends to be so worried about? *************************************** Elite Democratic Guard "Since 1991 we have been treated to descriptions of the 'Elite Republican Guard' which is the centerpiece of the Saddam Hussein military operation. In 1991 the 'Elite Republican Guard' couldn't run away fast enough. In 2003 they have put up marginal resistance, but have not been as troublesome, from a military standpoint, as the paramilitary and secret police forces which have harassed coalition supply lines and continued to terrorize their countrymen. "The Democratic Party in the United States should be officially renamed 'The Elite Democratic Guard' for performing just as valiantly here as their namesakes have performed in Iraq." - Rich Galen, Mullings.com, 4/4/03 *************************************** How Low Can Anti-War Dregs Go? "With the news from Baghdad growing more auspicious every hour, the antiwar sad sacks here turn to mischief, abuse and worse. The mother of a trooper of the 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell, Ky., got a call from a vicious prankster who told her that her son, 22, had been captured. This was a lie, but it took military authorities several hours to dispel the hoax and relieve hours of agony for the trooper's family. "A family in Flagstaff, Ariz., was devastated when a caller told them that 'we need to let you know that your son, Wayne, was killed in Iraq two days ago.' An uncle, whose photograph had appeared on the front page of the local newspaper, spent 24 hours getting official confirmation that the trooper was alive and well." - Wes Pruden, Pruden On Politics, 4/4/03 *************************************** Airport Blob Grows As Predicted "Think back to November 2001, when Congress was caught up in a sometimes angry debate over the aviation security bill. At issue was whether the bill should make the nation's 28,000 airport baggage screeners federal employees - as the Senate wanted - or create a system of private contractors hired and supervised by the federal government, as House Republicans preferred. "House Aviation Subcommittee Chairman John Mica (R-Fla.) argued against federalization, saying it would create 'the biggest bureaucracy in the history of a generation.' Such bureaucracies, Republicans warned, tend to grow and grow and grow. Nonsense, said Democrats, who loved the idea of 28,000 new federal employees. . . . It turns out that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), created by the aviation security bill, now employs 54,000 screeners - nearly twice as many as originally envisioned." - Columnist Byron York *************************************** Delusions of Grandeur Transportation Security Administration administrator Adm. James M. Loy defended his new $3.3 billion airport insecurity organization currently terrorizing little old ladies and lollipop-sucking kids in a letter to the Washington Times on Thursday. Loy contends that the 56,000 screeners of the TSA ("Thousands Standing Around") are a "highly trained and motivated corps that has helped restore confidence of air travelers and earned their praise for delivering world-class service, as well as world-class security." Somebody get John Walters on the phone. This guy is obviously on drugs. I' ve BEEN in those lines created by the TSA. And I've heard, first-hand, the "praise" heaped upon them by inconvenienced air travelers. That praise is most-often delivered in four-letter epithets not reprintable in this publication. And the only accurate way to describe this monstrosity as "world-class service" would be to insert the word "third" in front of the word "world." ************************************ Hitting the Airwaves Here are scheduled talk show appearances where I'll be discussing the idea of pulling the U.S. out of the U.N. April 7, 2003 at 7:00 a.m. (ET) Shannon Burke Show WFLA in Tampa, Florida April 9, 2003 at 8:00 a.m. (ET) Clay Douglas Show Free American Network April 10, 2003 at 3:10 p.m. (ET) Brant Hansen Show Champaign, IL April 11, 2003 at 11:00 a.m. (ET) Northland Notebook with host Ted Elm WWJC in Duluth, MN Hope you'll "turn on and tune in." **************************************** Mother of All Entangling Alliances Tell Congress it's time to stop funding and appeasing the United Nations when it comes to American security interests. Sign this online petition telling asking your congressional representatives to get the US out of the UN. 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