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**************************************** Sick & Tired of All the Bush-Whacking? We're planning to launch a new national newspaper advertising campaign answering (OK, ridiculing might be a better word for it) the Bush-haters who continue this drumbeat about the yet unfound weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, along with accusations that the President "lied" about them. The ad is headlined "Just Because We Haven't Found Saddam Hussein - Does That Mean HE Didn't Exist?" and includes a letter to President Bush affirming our support for his actions. Folks reading the ad will be asked to mail-in a coupon or go to our website to have their names added to the list of folks signing the letter, which reads. ***QUOTE*** Dear President Bush, We're pretty sick of listening to all this flapdoodle from tofu-chewing Hollywood celebrities and "cheese-eating surrender monkeys" over the not-yet-found weapons of mass destruction. What we HAVE found are massive graves filled with hundreds of thousands of corpses of victims tortured, raped and murdered by the Hussein regime. Saddam Hussein WAS a weapon of mass destruction! And thanks to your leadership, he's now gone. The facts are clear, simple and indisputable: 1.) Saddam Hussein DID have weapons of mass destruction. 2.) He used them on his own people. 3.) He used them on his neighbors. 4.) He would have, if given the opportunity, used them on us. Those of us signing this letter are not blame-America-first limousine liberals, head-in-the-sand peaceniks or big-headed has-been actors. We're just ordinary, average, hard-working Americans who are extremely grateful that Saddam Hussein is no longer terrorizing the people of Iraq or posing an open threat to our families and fellow citizens here in the United States. Whether or not Saddam's weapons of mass destruction are ever found, you did the right thing. And our nation and the world is a better and safer place for it. We "regular Americans" believe you. We trust you. We support you. And we thank you. God bless America! ***UNQUOTE*** We plan to launch the ad and letter-signing campaign on Friday. In the meantime, we need to raise the money to actually run the ad to make sure the message reaches folks in the hinterlands other than News & Views readers. So again we've posted a sample of the new ad on our website for News & Views readers to take a look at. If you can help us financially by kicking in $10, $25, $50 or whatever...thanks! Folks contributing toward the ad will AUTOMATICALLY HAVE THEIR NAMES INCLUDED on the list of letter signers, which will be hand-deliver - hopefully with thousands of signatures - to the White House in time for Independence Day. You can take a look at the ad by going to www.CitizenOutreach.com . . . and if you can help us with a contribution to run it, just click on the "Donate" button in the upper right-hand corner. And by-the-way, there is also a "Download" button in the lower left so you can print out a hard copy to distribute at meetings or to run in your local organization newsletter. Thanks, as always, for your continued support as Citizen Outreach no longer allows the left to have a free ride on important issues of the day such as this. - Chuck Muth, President, Citizen Outreach ****************************************** Political Arson "It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds." - Founding Father Samuel Adams ***************************************** Weapon of Mass OBstruction: Round Three "Democrats strenuously oppose the nomination of California Judge Carolyn B. Kuhl, suggesting she may become the third Bush nominee filibustered in the Senate. . . . Judge Kuhl, nominated by President Bush to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals two years ago, has been poised for a final vote by the full Senate since May 8, when she was reported out of the Judiciary Committee on a straight party-line vote." - Washington Times, 6/23/03 **************************************** Supreme Injustice "Student body diversity is a compelling state interest that can justify the use of race in university admissions." - Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor writing for the majority in a 5-4 decision upholding racial discrimination in college admissions under the guise of "diversity" **************************************** Green Light for Hating Whitey "This is a major decision which gives a green light to discrimination in colleges and universities against whites and Asians." - Nelson Lund, George Mason law professor, Washington Times, 6/24/03 **************************************** Driving Miss Sandi "Sandra Day O'Conner (is) a nice white lady who wanted to do something nice for the colored folks." - Wesley Pruden, "Pruden on Politics, 6/24/03 **************************************** What the Supremes Hath Wrought "Anyone looking for legal, much less moral, clarity from yesterday's Supreme Court rulings on race-based admissions at the University of Michigan was surely disappointed. What we got instead was another look at Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's split-the-baby jurisprudence, and another generation of polarizing race-based public policy." - Wall Street Journal editorial, 6/24/03 **************************************** Supreme Wrong Doesn't Make a Right "(E)ven if the way out of racism were more racism - and it's clearly not - the (Supreme Court) simply does not have the constitutionally granted authority to substitute its own social and political understandings for a law that says race may not be used as a basis of discrimination and a constitutional principle that assures equality under the law." - Columnist Jay Ambrose **************************************** Loudmouth Race Hustler "California Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) says the Bush administration is pursuing 'white supremacist' policies in America. 'This administration and allies in Congress are rolling back advances in racial equality, economic opportunity and gender equity,' Lee said in a speech at the Rainbow/PUSH organization's 32nd annual convention on Monday." - CNSNews.com, 6/24/03 **************************************** Glover Calls for Full Racial Discrimination "If we are ever going to create the kind of world, the kind of America that [the Founders] envisioned, then we are going to have to have affirmative action in the full sense of the word." - Actor Danny Glover at the Rainbow/PUSH convention ***************************************** A Real Cut Up "(President Bush's governing philosophy is) cut taxes, cut jobs, cut public education, cut social services, cut environmental protection, cut teacher pay and leave no rich person behind." - Jesse Jackson at his Rainbow/PUSH shakedown convention *********************************** 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" **************************************** Pushin' the Envelope When someone uses the phrase "all the efficiency of the post office," it's not meant to flatter. Living up to - or, more appropriately, down to - its reputation for slow service, a letter dated June 11, 1968 mailed from San Francisco, California finally arrived in Council Bluffs, Iowa last week. Postal workers there were unsure why it took 35 YEARS to deliver the letter. **************************************** Terminator vs. Meathead Should Californians successfully gather enough signatures to force a recall vote on Democrat Gov. Gray Davis, some are salivating at the possibility of a mammoth all-Hollywood head-to-head election to replace him featuring goofball left-wing filmmaker (and "Meathead" from "All in the Family") Rob Reiner for the Democrats vs. Arnold "The Terminator" Schwarzenegger for the Republicans. "Meathead" says such talk is premature, but the Kindergarten Cop is seriously contemplating a run. **************************************** Tax Cuts, Tax Cuts, Tax Cuts "The biggest issue was whether lower-income Americans, who often pay little or no income taxes, ought to get a child tax credit. This is a legitimate question when we consider some have zero tax liability because they do not work at all. If an individual truly pays no federal taxes, then any payment he receives from the government is not really a 'tax credit,' but rather a welfare payment. "An overwhelming majority of the poor do work, however. The working poor certainly do pay federal taxes in the form of payroll taxes, also known as FICA. Even a minimum wage worker clocking 40 hours per week would pay hundreds of dollars annually in payroll taxes. So if Congress really wants to help the working poor, payroll taxes must be lowered. "...I'm for lowering EVERYBODY'S federal tax bill, because I believe every dollar left in the private economy benefits all Americans much more than a dollar sent to Washington. Therefore, I believe tax credits should be refundable against both income and payroll taxes." - Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas), 6/19/03 **************************************** But...I...Don't...Like...Spam! "Like almost everyone who uses e-mail, I receive a ton of spam every day. Much of it offers to help me get out of debt or get rich quick. It would be funny if it weren't so irritating." - Microsoft founder Bill Gates, Wall Street Journal, 6/23/03 **************************************** Hey, Isn't That a Camel's Nose? "Call it the law of unintended consequences. When the government creates an entitlement, that entitlement has a way of quickly growing out of control. Then, it's almost impossible to fix the problems that arise. Consider Social Security. A similar thing is happening with another popular entitlement: Medicare. Instead of fixing the problems the program already has, lawmakers are about to make the situation worse by adding an expensive prescription drug benefit." - Columnist Rich Tucker ***************************************** Ambulance Chasers Running Loose "More than 100 lawyers and consumer advocates yesterday pledged a broad series of lawsuits against fast-food chains, food manufacturers and even school boards that sell high-calorie soft drinks without offering healthier choices." - Washington Times, 6/23/03 ***************************************** Dean Pushes for Gay Marriage Recognition "(If elected president) I would insist that every state find a way to recognize the same legal rights for gay couples as they do for everybody else. If a couple goes to Canada and gets married, when they come back they should have exactly the same legal rights as every other American." - Democrat presidential candidate Howard Dean *********************************** 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. 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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