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____________________________________ CHUCK MUTH’S NEWS & VIEWS March 8, 2004 To view the HTML version of today’s News & Views, just go to: http://www.chuckmuth.com/newsandviews/nv.cfm To subscribe, just go to: http://www.chuckmuth.com/newsletter/ To reach our 7-day News & Views archive, go to www.citizenoutreach.com _____________________________________ LAWYERS WIN, YOU LOSE...AGAIN “The millions of horizontally challenged Americans who frequent McDonald's restaurants will soon have to change their orders. Instead of asking for one ‘Supersize’ fries, they'll need to request four regular-sized orders. . . . (W)hile McDonald's retreat from big won't slim America, it does hand a victory to the forces of regulation and litigation -- and the mistruths they peddle. “McDonald's says its move is a matter of menu simplification. But what the Supersize dump is really about is the mau-mauing that the hamburger chain has received from the nation's food nannies for selling what increasingly overweight Americans love to eat. This public shaming has led to a crush of trial lawyers, who've already started a tobacco-like assault on the food industry. McDonald's has seemingly thrown in the wrapper and moved to damage control.” - Review & Outlook, Wall Street Journal, 3/8/04 WHAT’S A DAY IN A LIFE? “Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano Friday vetoed a bill requiring a 24-hour waiting period for abortions less than a half-hour after it hit her desk. Miss Napolitano, a Democrat who supports abortion rights, issued the veto Thursday in spite of more than 2,000 calls, emails and faxes to her office urging her to sign the legislation and make it law.” - Washington Times, 3/7/04 EDUCATION FAILURE “In business, poor performance leads to bankruptcy or, at a minimum, a restructuring of the company. In American education, failure entitles the bankrupt system to even more taxpayer dollars.” - Columnist Cal Thomas LET THE MARKET WORK “The opening of Wal-Mart's first ‘supercenter’ in California, in the desert city of La Quinta near Palm Springs, has sparked a debate that is difficult for us to understand. Many Californians are now arguing about whether the massive retailer's expansion into the grocery business in California is a good trend or a bad one. Let the shoppers decide. . . . That's how the market should work. The customers rule and they will decide if such a concept is a good one.” - Orange County Register, 3/7/04 __________________________________________ WINNING “HOW TO” CAMPAIGN REPORTS Quick, down-and-dirty "how to" reports on specific aspects of political campaigns and grassroots organizations. Written primarily for beginners with little or no experience, but certainly chocked full of tidbits and hot tips to benefit even the most seasoned political pro. Generally 8-16 pages of A-Z, step-by-step instructions to gain more votes, more money and more volunteers for your political activities and/or campaign. Don't expect fancy packaging with a lot of bells and whistles. Just solid, up-to-date how-to information you can put to use IMMEDIATELY. Go to http://chuckmuth.com/specialreports.htm to check out our ever-growing library of winning publications! __________________________________________ WHY VOTERS DON’T TRUST ANYTHING POLITICIANS SAY “Here is what retired Gen. Wesley Clark had to say about (John) Kerry on Feb. 5: ‘The American people don't want another Washington insider who never plays it straight. They don't want a follower who makes decisions by licking his finger and sticking it up in the wind.’ “This is what Mr. Clark had to say about Mr. Kerry eight days later, after abandoning his own quest for the presidency: ‘I believe John Kerry has the right experience, the right values and the right leadership and character to beat George W. Bush.’ " - Associated Press, 3/7/04 SMOKE-EATERS FOR BUSH “(W)hat about the attack on Bush (over the president’s use of 9/11 in campaign commercials) from the International Association of Fire Fighters? Guess what: That union just happens to be endorsing Kerry. But the firefighters themselves back Bush. Hero New York City firefighter Mike Moran, whose words of defiance against Osama bin Laden helped rally the nation in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, said Friday that he finds President Bush's campaign ads invoking the attacks ‘inspirational.’ " - NewsMax.com, 3/8/04 BIG HEAD “(John Kerry’s) the only president that if he gets on Mount Rushmore, the face will be actual size." - Tonight Show host Jay Leno LOOKING FOR #2 “It's easy to overstate the importance of a vice-presidential nominee. . . . But the veep choice can matter on the margins, which is why I'll make two guesses as to what John Kerry will do. If he thinks in conventional political terms, the safe bet is Rep. Dick Gephardt of Missouri. If he wants to make a bold choice, he will offer the job to retiring NBC anchorman Tom Brokaw. One prominent Republican says the idea of Mr. Brokaw on the Democratic ticket ‘worries me a lot.’ " - John Fund on the Trail, 3/8/04 ________________________________________ SURVEY SAYS! Congratulations to Rep. Ron “Dr. No” Paul, Texas Republican, who stomped former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani 67% - 33% in our head-to-head 2008 GOP Presidential Survivor Series championship finale. Seems News & Views readers have had it with compassionate conservatism and want to see a return to constitutional conservatism. Thanks to everyone who played along with the Survivor Series. It was a fun distraction while the donkeys were settling on their nominee for THIS year. OK. Back to the present-day. Who do you think John “F-ing” Kerry will tap to be his running mate? SC Sen. John Edwards MO Rep. Dick Gephardt LA Sen. John Breaux NM Gov. Bill Richardson VA Gov. Mark Warner FL Sen. Bob Graham Somebody else (including She-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named) Cast your vote by going to the Survey Says! page at www.citizenoutreach.com __________________________________________ SHOW US THE RECORDS “Considering the unrelenting, weeks-long demands for one candidate's National Guard attendance records, I too would like to see proof of John Kerry's medals. As a Vietnam vet myself, his medal count for the brief time he spent in country seems extremely high, particularly for a junior-grade officer.” - News & Views reader Dave Skocik “I, too, have been trying for weeks to learn how to access the records underlying the award of 3 Purple Hearts within a 4 month period to John Kerry. I am trying to find out if any other service person has ever been awarded 3 PHs in a 4 month period - in the entire history of our military. Who wrote up the papers required to be submitted for each PH award? Who signed each of them? Who approved them? All of these are legitimate questions that require answers. How can we obtain those answers? And why does it seem so difficult to obtain them?” - News & Views reader Dan Calabria GOIN’ POSTAL “A Broadway (North Carolina) mail carrier suspected of stealing mail has been charged with 91 counts of misdemeanor larceny. Garland Dwayne Avery was first arrested Aug. 15 last year. A coincidence led deputies to stop his vehicle, which matched the description of a vehicle used in a recent breaking and entering. Inside, the deputies found 108 pieces of mail Mr. Avery had failed to deliver, some of which dated back to April 2003. Sheriff Rollins said he understood Mr. Avery had been dismissed from the post office, but that union arbitrators helped get his job back. “What happened next surprised the sheriff, not to mention those living on Mr. Avery’s route. ‘The postal service then had him back on the same route delivering mail,’ said the sheriff. ‘We have now charged him with 91 counts of larceny from these individuals, because they had him right back out there delivering mail to the same people he’d stole mail from.’ Teresa McMillan, Broadway’s postmaster, would not confirm if Mr. Avery was still employed there.” - North Carolina Daily Record, 2/26/04 BLOWING THEIR OPPORTUNITY...AGAIN “The majority of Americans consistently tell pollsters they prefer lower taxes and less government spending. More Republicans than Democrats consistently say they believe in smaller government and lower taxes. Given these statements of belief, the Republican Party should be the permanent majority party, but it is not. “Republicans pride themselves on being better stewards of the public purse and providing more honest government than their Democrat competitors. In general, this is true, but Republicans have a tendency to commit political suicide, like lemmings jumping off a cliff, by taxing and spending like Democrats once they obtain majority status.” - Richard Rahn of the Cato Institute __________________________________________ Chuck Muth’s News & Views is published by Citizen Outreach, a non-partisan, 501(c)3 non-profit corporation. The opinions and views expressed in Chuck Muth's News & Views reflect those of the writers, editors and columnists therein and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Citizen Outreach, its officers, directors or employees. 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