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***************************************** Special Discussion for Harry Potter Fans "Chuck: I was discussing your reference to 'she-who-shall-not-be-named' (a certain former First Lady and U.S. Senator from New York) with my teenage daughter. After consulting together on this, we think that she is much more like a dementor than 'she-who-shall-not-be-named'. When she speaks, all happiness disappears and it seems like she sucks the life blood right out of a person." - News & Views and Harry Potter reader Steve Peek (Editor's Note: Seems to me you could make a case that ALL of the Democrat candidates running for president are dementors.) *********************************** How to Subscribe If you know someone who might like to receive News & Views, you can sign 'em up at: http://www.chuckmuth.com. ***************************************** Pot Calling Kettle Black "'It's time to tell the truth,' the Democratic National Committee urges in an Internet ad, complaining about something President Bush said about uranium. Yes, this is the same DNC headed by Clinton apologist Terry McAuliffe; you'd think the president proclaimed, 'I did not have sex with that yellowcake.'" - Wall Street Journal columnist Robert Bartley ***************************************** Dixie Twits Take Big Hit "The Dixie Chicks dubbed its tour 'Top of the World.' But it appears as if Natalie Maines' antics may be taking a toll on the country group, according to the Dallas Morning News. The CD 'Home' had reached 6 million in sales when, on foreign soil, Maines decided to slam the commander in chief. But in the short time since then, the group's gone from selling 124,000 copies a week to about 15,000." - James Hirsen, Left Coast Report, 7/13/03 ***************************************** 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 You can catch previous interviews on "Always Right" by visiting our archives at: http://www.theotherradionetwork.com/pgs/archives-fr.htm ***************************************** Why Big Biz Luvs Medicare Drug Bill "A good example of how businesses manipulate government for their own benefit is the prescription-drug subsidy bill now before Congress. Although marketed as a benefit for seniors, the true beneficiaries are big businesses that would be able to greatly reduce the cost of their retiree health programs. According to a July 2 report in the New York Times, Ford Motor Co. alone would save $50 million per year. "The New York Times notes that the biggest companies are mainly those that still offer drug benefits to their retired workers and would save the most. In the aggregate, they would save billions of dollars per year if the federal government takes over a big chunk of their retiree health expenses by paying for prescription drugs. That is why they are lobbying very heavily for passage of the legislation. . . . In short, to increase their profits, many of our nation's largest corporations are pushing a budget-busting government spending program that eventually will lead to higher taxes on all Americans." - Columnist Bruce Bartlett of the National Center for Policy Analysis ***************************************** Understanding Prescription vs. Generic "The physical ingredients of the medicine are its cheapest ingredients. The ingredient that costs millions of dollars -- sometimes hundreds of millions -- is the knowledge gained from years of research, and trial and error, which finally results in the creation of a new medicine. That is what the price of the pills has to cover, if we expect investors to continue to pour vast sums of money into drug companies that are trying to discover new cures for such diseases as cancer, AIDS and Alzheimer's. "Other companies, manufacturing generic equivalents, pay only the costs of the physical ingredients, having copied the enormously expensive formula free of charge -- legitimately after the patent has expired and not so legitimately in other countries, where patent laws are not taken as seriously as in the United States. The company that simply uses someone else's formula free of charge can sell the same pill for 35 cents and still make a profit." - Columnist Thomas Sowell ***************************************** It's the Economy, Stupid "The liberal media and the Democratic presidential candidates jumped all over the latest jobs report, which showed a rise in unemployment to 6.4 percent. Screaming for President Bush's head, liberals are trying to make the case that failure in the economy will lead to the president's re-election defeat next year - the same fate suffered by his father. "But this group of harpies - the gang that can't shoot straight - is overlooking a number of market-oriented signs that point to a robust economic recovery. This resurgence is likely to begin in the second half of this year, and reach full bloom in 2004. "This crowd couldn't even get the jobs report straight. Outside of that higher unemployment figure, big gains were registered by temporary workers and the self-employed, both leading indicators of better jobs performance in the future. Significantly, 251,000 people re-entered the labor force in June, a confidence sign as hopes were raised by the new tax-cut package and its promise of new employment." - Columnist Larry Kudlow **************************************** 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 ***************************************** Ending Separate But Equal...Again "University of California Regent Ward Connerly will ask fellow regents next week to cut funding and sponsorship of nonacademic events held for groups of a specific race, ethnicity or sexual orientation -- the same proposal he unsuccessfully advanced five years ago. "Connerly, the architect of Proposition 209, which in 1996 banned the use of racial preferences in university admissions, said events such as black student orientations and Latino graduation ceremonies held at all nine campuses of the university system are divisive and exclude the public." - San Francisco Chronicle, 7/12/03 ***************************************** Equal Treatment = Racism; Now We Get It "In a hastily arranged news conference Tuesday, black California businessman and chairman of the American Civil Rights Coalition Ward Connerly came to Michigan to try and seize back the initiative from a Supreme Court that only three weeks ago made racial preferences the law of the land. "Connerly struggled to make himself heard as members of the pro-preference group Equality By All Means Necessary (BAMN) tried to shout him down. In a surreal scene, students held placards in Connerly's face that read 'Boycott segregationist Ward Connerly' and 'Don't come here and spew your racism' as they yelled 'You suck!' and 'Bullsh**!' Inevitably, and absurdly, a white student screamed at Connerly: 'You're a racist!' 'That's just plain silly,' the black businessman replied." - Henry Payne, National Review Online, 7/10/03 ***************************************** 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. **************************************** Classified Bloopers The following actual classified ads were compiled and reprinted in my neighborhood paper, The Mariner, this week. 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