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Tossed Salad & Scrambled Eggs
"When Kelsey Grammer ("Frasier") guest-hosted the Letterman show, he let the
cat out of the bag about the way conservatives are treated in left-leaning
Hollywood. In his monologue, he shared with the audience: 'Some of you may
or may not know this. I've recently come out of the closet, actually, in
Hollywood. I'm a Republican, you see. It's a dangerous thing to do in
Hollywood because it means you are very isolated and lonely.'
"The actor went on to describe what a small group of Hollywood Republicans
that he hangs out with did recently for kicks. He quipped, 'Last weekend,
just for fun, we kidnapped Michael Moore and gave him a decent haircut and
some clothing.'"
- James Hirsen's "Left Coast Report," 6/24/03
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Goin' Postal
"The (Post Office) started sponsoring cycling in 1996, figuring it was an
easy, uncrowded sport to break into," reports Business Week in its June 30
edition. "The company signed (cyclist Lance) Armstrong for a base salary of
$215,000 plus bonuses based on performance, he writes in his autobiography,
It's Not About the Bike. His salary is now $4 million, according to Outside
magazine."
And you wonder why the cost of stamps continues to go through the roof?
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The Unhappy Hooker
"Our lovely, kind streetwalkers have been replaced by girls from the East,
Nigerians, travelers, transsexuals, drag queens, bearers of AIDS, and other
friendly gifts. . . . Having a risk-free go is becoming a real exploit."
- Actress Brigitte Bardot lamenting the declining quality of French
prostitutes in her new book, "A Scream in the Silence"
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Getting Gov't Out of Bedrooms
"The state cannot demean their (homosexuals) existence or control their
destiny by making their private sexual conduct a crime. Their right to
liberty under the Due Process Clause gives them the full right to engage in
their conduct without intervention of the government. It is a promise of
the Constitution that there is a realm of personal liberty which the
government may not enter."
- Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy in this week's ruling striking down
a Texas sodomy law that jailed gays for having homosexual sex in the privacy
of their own homes
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Big Victory for Leave-Us-Alone Conservatives
"Yesterday's sweeping Supreme Court ruling striking down laws that
criminalize private consensual adult sex, is a big victory for those
conservatives who believe in limited government, privacy and equality under
the law."
- Columnist Andrew Sullivan
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Rocks for Brains
"As a longtime supporter of the right to choose, I've never believed that
Congress or the federal government should interfere with the deeply personal
and private decisions that women sometimes face regarding unintended or
crisis pregnancies. Many Republicans agree with me -- and many don't. You
have to have rocks for brains if you think we're going to solve that
horrible conflict any time soon."
- Former GOP Wyoming Sen. Alan Simpson
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No More Hurt Feelings
When did we stop relying on that old parental wisdom "sticks and stones will
break your bones, but names will never hurt you" and instead rely on the
strong arm of government to enforce speech codes designed to spare hurt
feelings?
This week the Maryland State Board of Education passed new rules that could
result in kids being suspended from school if they make a joke about someone
's sexuality or call someone a name.
And you wonder why a growing population of citizens is turning more and more
to government to solve every trivial matter that arises between human
beings? This is exactly the lesson being taught to kids with stupid
busy-body laws such as this.
Now, I'm not advocating such taunting behavior, but why is this something a
limited government should be sticking its nose into? Isn't this something
best addressed by PARENTS? No wonder so many people are fleeing the
government schools and opting for home education.
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Education's Edsel
Sharon Wise is the Republican National Committeewoman for Michigan who
recently completed an eight-year stint on the Michigan State Board of
Education. She sent the following analysis regarding the monopoly powers
the government has over education. I think you'll agree that Sharon Wise is
WAY too wise for government work!
***QUOTE***
It occurred to me at as I looked at running for the Board that parents want
and need to provide five basic things for their children: 1) they need to
feed them, 2) they need to clothe them, 3) they need to have a job or
business to provide for them, 4) they need to put a roof over their heads,
and 5) they need to educate them.
Of these five areas the only one we allow to be controlled by the state is
education. And if the model we use to deliver traditional public education
services is a good model, I reasoned that we should be able to use that same
model for any of the other four areas. Hence, if we decided to feed our
children the way we educate them, then...
1.) All grocery stores/markets, as we know them, would cease to exist and
"Food Districts" would be formed with the same boundaries as local School
Districts.
2.) Everyone would be assigned to a public store at which to shop based on
the piece of property upon which they live--the same way our children are
assigned schools to attend.
3.) The public stores would be governed by local "Food Boards" and elected
the same way School Boards are elected. Their responsibility would be to
oversee the stocking of the shelves, store hours, etc.
4.) Local control will be the mantra for the Food Boards similarly to the
mantra for School Boards, thereby allowing the Food Boards to determine the
appropriateness of food items such as chocolate which reportedly causes
hyperactivity, acne, etc.
It was obvious that if we employed this model to feed our children, there
would be a revolt in this country. Very likely an armed revolt! People
would never tolerate the intrusion of the government into their lives in
such a way. Which begged the question then and now: Why do we have to
accept the premise that the way we deliver public education services is the
best, let alone the only, way to do so?
***UNQUOTE***
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Some Are More Equal Than Others
In our nation's capital, the local mass transit system - Metro - is
increasing fees on commuters for parking, buses and the subway in order to
close a $48 million budget gap. Alas, one pampered group of commuters will
remain immune from the rate hikes: government employees who work for Metro.
More than 10,000 workers get to use mass transit facilities for FREE, while
you and I - who are only taxpayers, after all - get to pay more for the
privilege.
Metro General Manager Richard White insists on maintaining the perk for the
government employees, even though making them pay just like the rest of us
would generate an additional $17.5 million a year.
White says employees who use the system are able to spot problems and make
suggestions on how to improve the service, thus making the freebie a
worthwhile investment. What a load of flapdoodle. Like the rest of us can'
t recognize when and where the system is screwed up? Gimme a break. Just
post a number we can call and you'll have live cell phone reports coming out
of your ears on a daily basis. This is just another example of how
government employees have moved from being public servants to public elites.
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