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***************************************** This Week on "Always Right" Join us for a 60-minute interview with someone who REALLY knows the ins-and-outs of this prescription drug debate, especially the area of "re-importation." My guest this week is Grace-Marie Turner of the Galen Institute and I'll ask her many of the questions that you all have forwarded me over the past week. Tune in Tuesday at 8:00 p.m. EST (or catch the re-run at 11:00 p.m. EST) for "Always Right with Chuck Muth." The link to listen in is... http://www.theotherradionetwork.com/srv1.asx ***************************************** Taking PC to the Next Level of Stupidity "In Northern California's Marin County, home of jihadi jailbird John Walker Lindh, some folks are demanding to change the name of the Dixie School District, reports the Marin Independent Journal: 'The name Dixie, opponents say, harkens to a dark period of the nation's history, conjures up images of slavery and memorializes the battle cry of the Confederacy during the Civil War.' Will they ban the Dixie Chicks next?" - James Taranto, Best of the Web, 7/10/03 ***************************************** The Whole Gang Californians are poised to make history by recalling its sitting governor, Gray Davis. However, the Democrat chief executive responsible for "rolling blackouts" and a massive state debt won't pass quietly into the night. His supporters are mounting a scorched earth campaign of personal destruction against anyone involved in the recall attempt. Bob Mulholland, a Democrat operative in the Golden State, declared in the Washington Times, "This campaign will be Gray Davis with the entire support of the Democratic Party - from the Gores to the Clintons to the union leaders." Oops. Bobby M let slip one of the worst kept dirty little secrets on the planet: that Big Labor is nothing more than a hand puppet of the Democrat Party. At least now we finally have 'em on record. ***************************************** Choking on Regulations "This week, the libertarian Cato Institute released a study chronicling the number and cost of Washington-mandated regulations. . . . For example, the 2002 Federal Register is the largest in history, with more than 4,000 rules covering 75,606 pages. The number is growing rapidly by the year. Back in 1990, there were less than 50,000 pages; in 1970, less than 21,000; and 1950 less than 10,000. The Supreme Court may say whatever it wants about privacy in the bedroom, but the mind-boggling number of federal rules make clear that there is very little in our lives that isn't regulated by the government somehow." - Washington Times editorial 7/12/03 **************************************** NEW Bumper Snicker! Get the HOTTEST bumper sticker in the country today: "Conservatives Are >From Mars, Liberals Are From Uranus!" $2.95 each. Buy 3...Get 1 FREE. No charge for shipping. Limited supply. Go to: http://chuckmuth.com/merchandise.htm ***************************************** Freedom's Floor "Where does the Constitution say Americans can eat barbecued ribs despite their high fat content? Where does the Bill of Rights allow Americans to stargaze rather than sleep sufficiently? On which parchment did the Founding Father's let Americans waste their brain cells watching so-called 'reality' TV shows rather than reading poetry? Social conservatives often demand to know where the Constitution enshrines freedoms they oppose. . . . (They) complain that jurists 'discover' liberties. "...The Constitution is no ceiling of liberties. It is a floor of freedoms. If citizens enjoyed only the rights the Founding Fathers specifically cited, Americans would be even more at politicians' mercy. ('Hmmm. Nothing here about barbecue. Ribs, no. Bran muffins, yes!') "The Ninth Amendment reads: 'The enumeration in the Constitution of certain rights shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.' Rather than catalog the millions or billions of freedoms Americans enjoy (the right to fly kites, pick berries, play mandolins...), the Founding Fathers left it at that." - Columnist Deroy Murdock ***************************************** Reefer Madness Not satisfied with all it has to do exterminating terrorist cockroaches around the world, the Bush administration is still obsessed with the war on medical marijuana users in California. In its latest move, the White House has asked the Supreme Court to punish California doctors who recommend the wacky weed to seriously ill and dying patients. This flies in the face of what the people of California have said they want. In 1996, voters approved Proposition 215 which allows doctors to prescribe the use of marijuana for serious illnesses. But Uncle Sam is still suffering from reefer madness, and ridiculously classifies marijuana in the same category as heroin. Now he's enlisted his Big Brother over at the Supreme Court to weigh in with a sledgehammer of a ruling to slap doctors down who dare to defy the Great and Powerful Oz. If the U.S. is in a quagmire anywhere, it's right here on our home turf in the feds' War on Drugs. They've been losing it...well, forever...and just keep pumping more and more money into it while simultaneously eroding liberty after liberty. All in the best interest of the kids, of course. Let's see the Democrats get serious about THIS war and begin holding hearings on THIS quagmire. ***************************************** Guns, Not Butter The 18th annual Gun Rights Policy Conference (GRPC), which will be taking place September 26, 27 and 28, 2003 at the Houston Airport Marriott in Houston, Texas. This year GRPC will have over 50 speakers hand-picked from the leadership of the Gun Rights Movement. Scheduled speakers this year include: myself, Congressman Ron Paul, Joe Tartaro, Wayne LaPierre, Massad Ayoob, David Kopel, John Snyder, Joe Waldron and staff from the Second Amendment Foundation, Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, National Rifle Association, National Shooting Sports Foundation, and Gun Owners of America. President George Bush has been invited as well. Because of limited seating, GRPC asks that you register as soon as possible. Registration is available online, at http://www.saf.org/GRPCinfo.htm, or you can register over the phone at (425) 454-7012. ************************************ 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. ***************************************** Aping Democrats "Republicans should stop aping Democrats. They should pitch seniors on freedom, choice and, when poverty persists, the public resources to fund these things (prescription drugs). Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, M.D. - - who, unlike Ted Kennedy, actually has performed open-heart surgery - - should be able to sell this. President Bush, who recently dislodged an entrenched dictator in three weeks, also should be able to trounce Cape Cod's 71-year-old socialist war horse with a message of patient power. If only they tried." - Columnist Deroy Murdock ***************************************** Prescription for Catastrophe "As a practicing physician I see any prescription drug proposal on the table as a total catastrophe. . . . I write numerous prescriptions for glasses every day. Patients with 'vision coverage' always insist on a new pair of glasses even if their prescription hasn't changed. Patients without 'vision coverage' are more than willing to get another year or two out of their old glasses. This has been tremendous for profits from our optical shop, but it has raised the cost of 'vision insurance' for everyone, even though it is hidden as a benefit of employment - and thereby reduces the ability of employers to give salary increases." - News & Views reader Richard Whitten, MD of Fresno, CA ***************************************** Long Live Long-Life Miracle Drugs "We nearly doubled our life expectancy in the 20th Century, and a large part of that is due to pharmaceutical innovation. As the mother of a one-year old son, I simply do not fear that he will die of the maladies that commonly killed children 100 years ago. We've got an arsenal of vaccinations and treatments that keep our children healthy. Price controls will be disastrous to life. The US is the last bastion of pharmaceutical innovation - let's not destroy it." - News & Views reader Kristie Coneys Kuhl of Fairfield, CT ***************************************** Insurance for Hang Nails "Chuck: You do not expect your homeowners insurance to pay to fix you garbage disposal when it gets clogged. Why do you expect health insurance to pay for Viagra (or any other medicine)? When did pay-all health insurance become an entitlement? Insurance is intended to pool resources to protect any one individual from a catastrophic event (your house burns down, or you get cancer). Every day fixes should be paid for out of pocket in the competitive free market, not distorted by third-party payers." - News & Vies reader Jerry McHugh ****************************************** 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. 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