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___________________________________ EXTRA! EXTRA! READ ALL ABOUT IT... One of the thorniest issues facing Congress today is the matter of prescription drug �re-importation.� What makes this so difficult an issue is that normally competing forces from the left and the right have joined together in an unholy alliance to advance a piece of �camel�s nose� legislation which clearly is not in the nation�s long-term interest...for short-term political/electoral gain. A major debate, especially since so many on the right have bought into the left�s �evil drug company� rhetoric. Read today�s edition of �Muth�s Truths� on our News & Views EXTRA page at: http://www.chuckmuth.com/newsandviews/nv.cfm _____________________________________ THE WORLD ACCORDING TO REAGAN * Recession is when your neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours. And recovery is when Jimmy Carter loses his. * The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help. * Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it. * Government is like a baby: An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other. * Actually, a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we'll ever see on this earth! * A friend of mine was asked to a costume ball a short time ago. He slapped some egg on his face and went as a liberal economist. * The taxpayer - that's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination. * Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards; if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book. * Before I refuse to take your questions, I have an opening statement. * Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first. * When you see all that rhetorical smoke billowing up from the Democrats, well, ladies and gentlemen, I'd follow the example of their nominee (Bill Clinton): don't inhale. * I have wondered at times what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through the U.S. Congress." * I've noticed that everybody who is for abortion has already been born. * How do you tell a communist? Well, it's someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-communist? It's someone who understands Marx and Lenin. * The other day someone told me the difference between a democracy and a people's democracy. It's the same difference between a jacket and a straitjacket. * History teaches that war begins when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap. * I hope that when you're my age you'll be able to say, as I have been able to say: we lived in freedom; we lived lives that were a statement, not an apology. - Ronald Reagan SURVEY SAYS! Should Ronald Reagan�s likeness be added to Mt. Rushmore? * Yes * No * Not Sure Cast your vote by clicking the �Survey Says!� tab at www.citizenoutreach.com REAGAN SUMMED UP IN ONE WORD �Reagan's appeal can be summed up in one word: freedom. Freedom for enslaved peoples, freedom of the marketplace from government regulation, freedom from judicial tyranny and judges telling us how to live, freedom from oppressive taxes, and freedom from the intellectual imprisonment of government telling people that they cannot achieve anything without government help. I miss Reagan already, and I feel like a part of me, and a part of the soul of the Republican Party, has passed away." - Columnist Andrew Sullivan THIS WAS NO ACT �But the feature that truly distinguished Ronald Reagan was that he meant what he said. He communicated this to the Soviets early on, when in one of the first challenges of his Administration he fired all the country's air-traffic controllers who had defied him by going on strike. As the crabbed old men in the Kremlin realized, there was a difference between this politician and all the others. This one wasn't acting.� - Wall Street Journal, 6/7/04 RETURNING THE SALUTE �We will talk the next 10 days about who (Ronald Regan) was and what he did. It's not hard to imagine him now in a place where his powers have been returned to him and he's himself again--sweet-hearted, tough, funny, optimistic and very brave. You imagine him snapping one of those little salutes as he turns to say goodbye. Today I imagine saluting right back. Do you? We should do it the day he's buried, or when he lies in state in the Capitol Rotunda.� - Columnist and former Reagan speech-writer Peggy Noonan TODAY ON THE DISCUSSION BOARD Join the Discussion Board and post your thought/memories of Ronald Reagan by surfing over to: http://blog.chuckmuth.com/blog/ �FOLKS OF YOUR APPARENT POLITICAL STRIPE� I heard from Tony Rose, president of the Little Rock school board, yesterday on our Brushfire Alert regarding the new �fat� report cards being sent home to Arkansas parents and kids this week. He really got his nose bent out of shape over all your calls and emails on the matter. �(I)t's astonishing to me that folks of your apparent political stripe, who are usually the first to hoist the flag of states' rights and the importance of the federal system, are so damned quick to pitch in an opinion about what's being done in Arkansas with Arkansas tax dollars,� Mr. Rose wrote.� �Local control of schools means that we get to decide what we're going to do without interference from afar.� Yikes! What�s REALLY �astonishing� is that the president of a school board doesn�t know what �states� rights� means; that it means states are free to decide matters which were not specifically reserved in the Constitution for the federal government. It�s right there in the 10th Amendment. Mr. Rose could look it up. What states� right does NOT mean is that boneheaded decisions made in one state are above ridicule from Americans residing in the rest of the states. We�re not unconstitutionally �interfering from afar.� Folks of our �apparent political stripe� are simply exercising our right to free speech. That right is right there in the 1st Amendment. Again, Mr. Rose could look it up. That someone so clearly confused about the nature of our Constitution is in charge of a government school system says all that really needs to be said for why kids today have no appreciation for, or understanding of, the concept of limited government. Mr. Rose suggested that I apologize. �Fat� chance. No, it�s Mr. Rose ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) who owes an apology...to every student and parent in a Little Rock government school. But don�t hold your breath waiting. RANTING OF A MINI-MENGELE �Yes, Chuck,�you are the Neanderthal. Apparently you believe blacks and whites should have the civil rights to�date, marry, and produce offspring together, but not that men and women should be entitled to the same discounts in beer joints. . . . You are a walking, talking, belching, farting Neanderthal, Chuck. . . . African Blacks are 30 points less intelligent than American Whites.� That means they are, on average, morons or imbeciles.� . . . (D)on't let black/white teenagers date, marry, or procreate.�. . . Thanks for publishing my comments in your News and Views newsletter.� � - News & Views reader Bob Hurt of Clearwater, FL. IN PRAISE OF NEANDERTHALS �Chuck: What do you call a group of people who dealt with an Ice Age for a couple hundred thousand years, hunted year 'round, and generally lived to be grandfathers and grandmothers without modern medical care but could care for those with serious injuries until they could get back into the hunt? Neanderthals, mankind's oldest success story.� Now, what do you call someone who is part black, part European,� part American Indian, and part Thai?� Master's Open Winner (Tiger Woods). And, that's only the start of a very long list of truly successful people.� - News & Views reader Jerome Borden of Layton, UT * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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. Published by: Citizen Outreach Chuck Muth Editor/Publisher 611 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE, #439 Washington, DC 20003-4303 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To SUBSCRIBE, just go to: http://www.chuckmuth.com/newsletter/ To be REMOVED, go to: http://www.chuckmuth.com/remove/default.cfm Or send your request to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To make a secure online contribution to Citizen Outreach, go to the �Donate� page at www.citizenoutreach.com.
