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NA-NA-NA-NA, HEY-HEY-HEY...GOOOOD-BYE �In the volatile open CD-5 race,� reports Politics1 on yesterday�s GOP primary contest in North Carolina, �Winston-Salem City Councilman Vernon Robinson and State Senator Virginia Foxx surprised the pundits by placing first and second, respectively, in the GOP primary with 24% and 22%. Businessman Ed Broyhill -- son of former US Senator Jim Broyhill and the presumed frontrunner -- finished third with 21%.� And it appears our buddy, Li�l Nate Taylor, came in an embarrassing FIFTH place, despite spending a ton of the family fortune, lying his butt off and portraying himself as the most �Christian� goodie-two-shoes this side of the Atlantic. We take great satisfaction in the part we played exposing Nathan Taylor for the boob that he is. The voters got the truth about this yutz...and acted accordingly. IS KERRY A GIRLIE MAN, TOO? �What's amazing about the spat over whether Hillary would get a primetime convention speech was how quickly Kerry retreated. No sooner had his aides insulted Clinton by saying, first, she hadn't asked for a role and second, the convention was about the 'future' then they caved and asked her to speak. Begged would be more accurate. Kerry's the king all right, but Clinton's the unchallenged Queen of Democrats -- and the King better not forget it again." - New York Daily News columnist Michael Goodwin CLINTON CRIME SYNDICATE STRIKES AGAIN! �President Clinton's national security adviser, Samuel R. Berger, is the focus of a criminal investigation after removing highly classified documents and handwritten notes from a secure reading room while preparing for the September 11 commission hearings. . . . Some drafts of a sensitive after-action report on the Clinton administration's handling of al Qaeda terror threats during the December 1999 millennium celebration are still missing. �Mr. Berger and his attorney told the Associated Press last night that he knowingly removed handwritten notes that he had taken from classified anti-terror documents he reviewed at the National Archives by sticking them in his jacket and pants. . . . �In the course of reviewing over several days thousands of pages of documents on behalf of the Clinton administration in connection with requests by the Sept. 11 commission, I inadvertently took a few documents from the Archives,� Mr. Berger stated. �When I was informed by the Archives that there were documents missing, I immediately returned everything I had except for a few documents that I apparently had accidentally discarded,� he said.� - Associated Press, 7/20/04 ZIP IT �Leave it to a member of the Clinton administration to find the solution to his problems in his pants.� - Kerri Houston on reports that former Clinton security adviser Sandy Berger hid possibly incriminating documents in his trousers to sneak them out of the National Archives DOUBLE STANDARD �If [Condoleezza] Rice had been caught stuffing her blouse with highly classified handwritten notes from the days after 9/11, what would be going on in D.C. right now?" - Syndicated radio talk show host Hugh Hewitt THE REVIEWS ARE IN� �The incident (booing and walk-out on Linda Ronstadt at the Aladdin Resort last Saturday night) capped a generally lackluster, unenthusiastic performance by one of the top singers of the '70s and '80s. . . . Although she still has that powerful, distinctive voice, Ronstadt was merely going through the motions. . . . She stumbled over the lyrics (of �Blue Bayou), seemed to gasp for breath at one point and ended the song in Spanish, screaming the words rather than singing them. Her performance was uninspired and generally flat. She lacked stage presence, doing little more than sleepwalk from song to song. The fiasco at the end was the most exciting part of the show.� - Jerry Fink of the Las Vegas Sun MOORE-ON RESPONDS Michael Moore is a jackass. No...he�s the Jackass King. He wrote a letter yesterday to Aladdin Resort President Bill Timmins complaining about Timmins� decision to give Ronstadt the ol� heave-ho after she dedicated a song to Moore at Saturday�s appearance and urged audience members to go see Moore�s Bush-whacking crockumentary. �(I)n the United States, we have something called The First Amendment,� Moore wrote. �This constitutional right gives everyone here the right to say whatever they want to say.� Now, although Moore IS a jackass, he could also serve as a useful idiot. Let�s HOPE that parents and schools (well, the private ones anyway) across the nation will now explain to their kids why this blowhard�s claim is nothing but pure, uneducated, ignorant crap. The First Amendment, if Moore would actually take the time to read it, states that CONGRESS shall make no law inhibiting free speech. Congress did nothing to limit Ronstadt�s free speech. Therefore, there was no violation of her First Amendment rights. Duh. People DO have a right to free speech...but they do NOT have a �right� to a platform for that speech. Ronstadt is perfectly free to stand out on the sidewalk in front of the Aladdin and encourage everyone she sees to waste eight bucks on Moore�s movie. But she does NOT have the �right� to do it from the Aladdin�s stage. That Moore and other Hollywood elites don�t �get� this is indicative of the shallow understanding these pampered liberals have for the nature of freedom in this country and the principles of the Founding Fathers. That any American could be stupid enough to take these idiots seriously and actually believe anything they say about what is �American� is deeply troubling. Speaking of which... WACKOS-�R-US IN THE MAILBAG Boy, do we get some doozies from time to time. Some guy going by the Internet name of Ted Gifford (�but everyone knew him as Nancy�) sent us an email saying, �Ronstadt�s right. So is Moore.� To which I replied, �What's your point?�That you're an idiot, too?� Well, that really got this kook�s juices flowing...and he fired off the following rant� �You are one of the phony establishment pseudo-conservatives dedicated to shielding the globocrats from exposure, not unlike Limbaugh and Hannity in your phony globospeak. How much are they paying you Chuck?� Who exactly gives you your script?� Do you meet clandestinely with one of the scum bags while you're schmoozing with all your plutocrat buddies at one of your many beltway events?� Have they promised you a place at the global village table? � �You're nothing but one of their useful idiots.� They train all their useful idiots to bring out the black helicopters when someone gets a little too close to home. They will dispense of you like yesterday's garbage once they have gotten their usefulness out of you.� You're a lackey my friend, an expendable flunky.� You will lose in the end, and so will they.� Oh, my! One: Where do I sign up to get the money��cause I ain�t seen a dime of it yet? Two: �Mister X� gives me the daily script. We meet clandestinely at Union Station in Washington. (Oops. Note to self...change clandestine meeting location) Three: I�m starting to think my friend and conservative talk-show host Brian Wilson is correct: We ARE doomed...as long as wingnuts such as �Ted Gifford� (if that IS his real name) are allowed in voting booths. Speaking of being doomed, let�s check in with the Republican Senate leadership, shall we?... OF BLUNDERS AND TRAIN WRECKS �Majority Leader Bill Frist lost his customary smile last Tuesday in addressing the weekly meeting of Republican senators. . . . �Frist had an excuse for looking haggard. He was in the middle of two of the worst weeks for any Senate leader in memory. Republicans pulled defeat from the jaws of victory when Democrats killed a bill to curb trial lawyers. That was followed by last week's fiasco, when Republicans could not even win a simple majority to ban homosexual marriages. The 49-member Democratic minority was running the Senate. ��(I)n the tight little world of the Senate, Democrats are in the driver's seat. They have blocked President Bush's federal judicial nominees, and Republicans have been unable to pass a budget. . . . Republicans have been on a catastrophic course. Multiple parliamentary blunders transformed a solid Senate majority for the class action lawsuit bill into a failed attempt for 60 votes to impose cloture. Republican senators were even more baffled and dismayed by the tactical train wreck on gay marriage when Republicans could collect only 48 votes.� - Columnist Bob Novak WITH SUCH EXCEPTIONS & REGULATIONS... �(I)n all cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, and those in which a State shall be Party, the Supreme Court shall have original Jurisdiction.� In all the other Cases...the Supreme Court shall have appellate Jurisdiction, both as to Law and Fact, with such Exceptions, and under such Regulations as the Congress shall make." - Article 3, Section 2 or the United States Constitution PROTECTING STATES� RIGHTS ON MARRIAGE �The U.S. House will soon vote on legislation (H.R. 3313) to limit federal court jurisdiction over questions arising under the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act or DOMA.� DOMA allows the 50 states to determine for themselves whether or not to recognize same-sex marriage licenses issued by other states. . . . H.R. 3313, introduced by Liberty Caucus member Representative John Hostettler, would ensure that the 50 states continue to decide state marriage policy; not the federal courts.� - The Liberty Committee, 7/20/04 COURT STRIPPING NEITHER PARTISAN NOR RARE �Limiting federal court jurisdiction is neither a partisan issue nor a rare occurrence.� For example, Senate Minority Leader Daschle inserted language in legislation enacted during the last Congress that denied all federal courts jurisdiction over the procedures governing timber projects in order to expedite forest clearing. If limiting the jurisdiction of the federal courts is good enough to protect trees, shouldn't it be good enough to protect a state's marriage policy?" - Rep. Chairman F. James Sensenbrenner, chairman of the House Committee on the Judiciary, 7/14/04 IMMIGRATION NATION Part Two of the Washington Times� three-part series on illegal immigration came out on Tuesday, and the picture isn�t pretty. For instance, the Times reports that �more than 90 percent of all outstanding homicide warrants� in Los Angeles �are for illegal aliens.� And of more than 3,200 foreign nationals and permanent U.S. residents who the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency picked up as suspected child molesters over the past year, �About half of those arrested were illegal aliens.� Yet �sanctuary laws� across the country prevent local law enforcement personnel from even informing �federal immigration officials about illegal aliens they discover during the normal course of their duties.� And folks inside-the-beltway still wonder why average Americans are breaking out the pitchforks over the illegal immigration issue? Check out the full Part Two of this series by going to: http://washingtontimes.com/national/20040720-120953-3166r.htm GUNS VS. NO GUNS Criticism is mounting in Virginia against the state�s laws which allow folks to carry guns in public...and some Democrat state legislators are proposing new restrictions. Meanwhile, across the Potomac in Washington, DC - where some of the nation�s strictest gun laws are in effect - Police Chief Charles Ramsey just declared a �crime emergency.� The District �enjoys� FAR more murders, rapes and robberies than its gun-toting Fairfax County, Virginia, neighbor - despite having about half as many residents. Go figure. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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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