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******************************************* Burning Issue "I am a veteran of the US Army, and I agree with Alan R. Huber of Sioux Falls, SD, on his comments on the flag amendment. Love and respect for our flag should be, must be, taught and learned, but never legislated!" - News & Views reader Gerald C Sloat, Johnstown, PA ****************************************** Skool Daze "If 12th-graders can't pass a 10th-grade-level exam after the sixth try, what does it say about their public school education?" - Columnist La Shawn Barber ****************************************** It's the Spending, Stupid "We don't have a revenue problem. The government gets plenty of revenue. What's wrong is that the government spends too much money." - Treasury Secretary John Snow *************************************** Campaign Hot Tips New to campaigns and grassroots activism? Seasoned veteran who recognizes there's always something new to learn? Either way, sign up for Mark Montini 's FREE "Campaign Hot Tips" e-newsletter at: http://www.campaignsecrets.com/hot_tips.asp ****************************************** High Stakes Gambler "(President Bush) does not back down easily from anything, tax cuts or war, and he has clearly impressed Arab leaders with his willingness to gamble his personal political capital on the outcome (of the Middle East peace process)." - Columnist Dan Thomasson ****************************************** Peace Through Strength "Americans today are grimly aware that the world remains a very dangerous place. We know that we face ruthless enemies whose stated goal is nothing less than the destruction of Western freedom. And while we acknowledge the value of diplomacy and negotiation, we also know that sometimes the way to deal with a deadly menace is not to pass another UN resolution but to send in the 82d Airborne." - Columnist Jeff Jacoby ******************************************* Wrong Then, Wrong Again Desperate to find something - anything - to criticize about President Bush's lightning-fast defeat of Saddam's military in Iraq, the media and their "amen corner" in Hollywood and the Democrat party had a cow over the looting of Iraq's national museum. Some reports claimed over 170,000 priceless antiquities were missing. Alas, the estimates were greatly exaggerated...as usual. The Associated Press reports that only about 3,000 artifacts remain unaccounted for and that these "are mostly not worthy of museum exhibition and include items such as small shards of pottery." In addition, the "world-famous treasures of Nimrud" were found last week "in good condition in Iraq's Central Bank in a secret vault-inside-a-vault submerged in sewage water." All told, coalition forces report that only "47 main exhibition items are missing." What will the Bush-whackers come up with next? ***************************************** Donkeys on Life Support "The Democratic Party is on life support. There is inner conflict about the firing of a number of black staff members (not to mention ideological clashes), and a Hispanic group is complaining the party is ignoring its issues. Polls indicate the soccer moms who voted for Bill Clinton are now primarily concerned about security. They are pledging their allegiance to President Bush, who in their view is better able to protect America than any Democratic presidential candidate. Some female pundits have even observed how 'hot' Mr. Bush looks in a flight suit. Who knew that sexiness could work for a Republican?" - Columnist Cal Thomas ***************************************** Big Trouble in Little Donkeyland "Ironically, peace seems possible in the Middle East - the most volatile cauldron of animosity and violence in the world - but elusive inside the Democrat Party where unified opposition to the majority party would seem a natural. But the president's success overseas and tax relief victory at home have contributed to his consistently high approval ratings and left the left in a state of disrepair. "With their predictions on Iraq proven wrong, liberal Hollywood critics have exited stage left. It's curtains for one of the Democrats' big money mavens, Martha Stewart. The chief disseminators of liberal propaganda - the New York Times and CNN have fallen on hard times. The likelihood of recapturing a majority in either the House or the Senate grows more distant each day and has left (Democrat National Committee Chairman) Terry McAuliffe's troops in a funk or in the unemployment line. "A bitter battle rages within the ranks of organized labor and the Democrat Leadership Council is criticizing challengers to President Bush as coming from the 'McGovern-Mondale wing' of the party which is 'defined principally by weakness abroad and elitist, interest-group liberalism at home.'" - Columnist Oliver North ************************************ 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. ****************************************** Debunking the Gun Control Myth "But isn't there something to be said for the gun banners' chronic plea that any restrictions reducing the numbers of guns Americans own makes society safer? In a word, no. "The 200 million-plus privately owned firearms in the United States grew by an estimated 37 million during the 1990s. If the simplistic notion that more guns equal more crime and more homicides had any validity, crime rates would have climbed during the decade. Instead, rates for serious and violent crime fell every year from 1991 through the end of the decade. Despite those 37 million more guns, murder rates in many major American cities fell to the lowest levels in 40 years. "Thirty-five states have enacted 'right-to-carry' legislation allowing law-abiding citizens a license to carry a concealed weapon. In most if not all of these 35 states, homicide rates declined after ordinary citizens were permitted the means of self-defense." - Robert J. Caldwell, San Diego Union Tribune, 6/1/03 ***************************************** The Sky Ain't Falling "Let this decision (by the FCC to relax media ownership rules) proceed unhampered, the critics say, and woe be the nation. A handful of corporations will come to own most news outlets, they tell us, and within some large cities and the nation at large they will determine what gets known and what doesn't. "...Excuse me while I roll on the floor laughing. In the recorded history of the human family, there has never, ever been a time and place with as many information outlets as are now to be found in the 21st century in the United States. "The Internet alone provides the possibility for virtually all of us to possess the equivalent of a printing press. Then there is cable TV, which provides hundreds of channels compared to just three broadcast channels I was able to tune in when I was a child. Of course, there are newspapers, and there are magazines and books and newsletters. "The chief absurdity in all the worrying about American journalism being in the hands of a relatively few corporations is that the proposed alternative is to leave much of it in the hands of the federal government." - Columnist Jay Ambrose ***************************************** Green Eggs & Spam "If we are to experience complete freedom in America, we must shed the notion that legislation or government is the panacea for society's maladies. The private sector, fueled by market demands, is perfectly willing and capable to handle spam, among other things. Introducing legislation merely introduces additional problems, and will ultimately fail to bring its intended consequence into fruition. We all have the choice to delete unwanted emails, implement filters, or install preventative software - just as we have the ability to ignore that annoying billboard on the way to work." - Sean of the National Center for Public Policy Research ****************************************** Affordable Campaign Websites! Now you can get professional-looking campaign web sites for as little as $10 a month. That's right...just ten smackeroos a month. Here's what's included in this fantastic new program from Campaign Secrets, Inc. (available ONLY to Republican candidates): * Free Hosting * Unique Domain Name * Personal Email Accounts * Credit Card Processing * Unlimited Edits * Event Calendar * Volunteer Sign-up Page * Built-in Bulk Emailer Campaign Site Builder can be used for political organizations and non-profits, as well. 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