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CHUCK MUTH'S NEWS & VIEWS
February 2, 2004
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SGT. FURY
"(Wesley) Clark, who friends say would be a Republican had Karl Rove only
returned his phone calls, called the Bush administration 'the most closed,
imperialistic, nastiest administration in living history' - which just shows
that hell hath no fury like a washed-up general scorned."
- Columnist Oliver North
SEN. FLIP-FLOP
"For the moment, Mr. Kerry is in the lead, and in the hot seat. But he is
going to get old fast as people start trying to piece him together a war
hero and then hero of the antiwar movement, a senator who opposed the first
war against Iraq but voted for the second, only to then vote against funding
it . He's just not all of a piece."
- Columnist Paul Greenberg
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NOT QUITE THE JOBS PROGRAM CONSERVATIVES HAD IN MIND
"Big government is back. Since President Bush took office, the federal
government's domestic civilian work force has increased by more than 79,000
jobs, nearly a 5 percent increase. And the number of government workers paid
at least $130,000 annually has tripled."
- Scripps Howard News Service, 1/25/04
HEY, BIG SPENDERS
"Republicans claim to be fiscal conservatives who believe in smaller
government. But the latest spending binge has occurred under a Republican
President and a Republican Congress. Only under Lyndon Johnson did the
budget grow faster than under President Bush."
- Richard Rahn of the Cato Institute
VOTE BUYING
"Congressional Republicans and the Bush administration apparently believe
they can buy the votes of a number of groups - including the elderly
(prescription drug benefits) and Hispanics (amnesty for illegal aliens) -
but once a federal law or policy is in place it is more difficult to kill
than a vampire."
- Columnist Cal Thomas
HITTIN' 'EM WHERE THEY LIVE
"Dear Chuck: I've been a financial supporter of the Republican National
Committee for some time. I regularly receive postage-paid envelopes in fund
raising solicitations. I use those postage paid envelopes to send a very
poignant message BACK to the RNC, precisely where it hurts...in the
pocketbook.
"I tell them in no uncertain terms that I WILL NOT SEND THEM ANOTHER THIN
DIME as long as Bush supports amnesty for illegals. Further, I received a
fund raising phone call the other day, and after listening carefully to the
prepared speech, I told the operator in no uncertain terms that I would not
send them another dime until Bush backed away from amnesty for illegals.
E-mails are great......but I think the message will be more clearly
understood if their funds dry up.
- News & Views reader Betty Male of Export, PA
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TUESDAY NIGHT ON "ALWAYS RIGHT"
Tune in Tuesday night at 8:00 p.m. EST (or catch the re-run at 11:00 p.m.
EST) for "Always Right with Chuck Muth." Our scheduled guest this week is
Mark Krikorian of the Center for Immigration Studies. Hmm. Wonder what we'
ll chat about...
The link to listen in is:
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For the full re-broadcast schedule during the rest of the week, click on the
"Always Right" link at
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CREDIBILITY GAP
"President Bush says his 2005 budget will balance national security, social
needs and fiscal responsibility," reported the Associated Press on Sunday.
At a gathering of congressional Republicans in Philadelphia this weekend,
the President said, "One clear signal we need to send to the American people
and the markets is we're going to be wise when it comes to the expenditure
of the people's money." We assume the President said this with a straight
face.
What "social need" does the National Endowment for the Arts provide which
necessitates an $18 million increase in funding? Or does the NEA provide
for a "national security" need we all didn't know about? And how does
ringing up the largest budget deficits in history equate to "fiscal
responsibility"? And how does one maintain they've been "wise" with the
taxpayers' money when in less than a few months, the cost of the
prescription drug entitlement has already sky-rocketed $140 billion before
it even takes effect? Does the President really take us for such fools?
Inquiring minds wanna know.
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NEW ON THE DISCUSSION BOARD
The president is proposing an $18 million increase in funding for the
National Endowment for the Arts. In wartime. And had the First Lady
announce it instead of doing it himself. What do you think?
Weigh in. Share your opinion. Comment. Inter-activate. Just go to:
http://blog.chuckmuth.com/blog/
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GOP SPENDORAMA
"While the eyes of the world saw Massachusetts Senator John Kerry defeat his
Democratic rivals in the New Hampshire primary, President Bush also tasted
victory Tuesday night. He beat 13 obscure GOP rivals by securing 85 percent
of the vote. Nonetheless, Team Bush should heed Granite State
conservatives. They warn that GOP voters here, like concerned Republicans
across America, are tired of runaway spending and ever-expanding government
in Washington, all under Republican rule.
".'I feel like I didn't get the guy I voted for,' says Niel Young, a
right-wing Republican. The Laconia talk-radio host and former state
representative skipped the primary to protest Bush's open-checkbook policy,
his open-border immigration initiative and open embrace of Senator Ted
Kennedy, D - Mass., on education funding. 'I don't want a 'new tone,' ' he
says he would tell Bush. 'I want you to be a Republican.'
" 'Where is the fiscal restraint?' asks Merrimack Republican Bob Bevill,
chairman of New Hampshire Eagle Forum, who also boycotted the primary. 'The
president needs to get back on board with the GOP platform.' Bevill expects
to vote for Bush in November, but won't phone voters or knock on doors for
Bush-Cheney 2004. 'I hope the President enjoys all the money that he's
raised. That's probably what's going to help his campaign, because I'll be
staying home.' "
- Columnist Deroy Murdock
PONDERING A KERRY NATION
"The way I see it, the federal government grew less under Bill Clinton with
a Republican Congress then it has under George W. Bush with a Republican
Congress. Thanks to redistricting, the Republican majority in the House is
safe, as is its majority in the Senate. Under the circumstances, many of us
are beginning to think that four years of a Kerry Administration may not be
the worst thing that could happen to the country or the Republican Party."
- News & Views reader Don Bruckner
THE CURE FOR SPENDAHOLICS
"Voters should lobby their elected officials and candidates to demand budget
rules that require supermajority voting for all spending, or perhaps even a
simple two-line constitutional amendment that would call for either
two-thirds or three-fifths majority vote for all spending bills. Such
measures would make it more difficult for any specific spending proposal to
be approved, but would not prevent spending on any program that a clear
majority of the American people truly desired."
- Richard Rahn of the Cato Institute
REVOLUTION LOST
"A decade ago, when I first ran for Congress, Republicans dreamed of
eliminating the federal Department of Education and returning control of our
schools to parents, communities and states. Ten years later [we get] the 'No
Child Left Behind Act'... our Reaganite beliefs that education was a local
function were labeled 'far right' by Republicans and the president signed
the bill into law with Ted Kennedy at his side."
- Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.) at this year's CPAC
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POSTCARD FROM THE FRINGE
Over the weekend, an op/ed I penned on the dangers posed by unwed motherhood
and divorce on the family - plus an argument in favor of allowing the states
to control their own marriage laws rather than the feds or activist judges -
appeared in the Toledo Blade. The following letter-to-the-editor by "willi
qwinti" (typos, etc., in the original) came my way in response. You might
not want to let the kids - or your mom - read it.
*** QUOTE ***
Dear jk, chuck, editors:
...It'll be interesting to see how long it takes for America to wake up to
the truth in this and the Queer manipulators and liars pushing for Queer
acceptance. The Queer deal is about legitimizing licking, lapping, sucking,
blowing, buggery, pederasty, pedophilia and sh*t eating which is their big
desire, not equal rights. Get to the nitty gritty, not the smoke screen you
present. the blade has become ( THE QUEER- FAG RAG ).
*** UNQUOTE ***
Umm...yeah. What he said. Does anyone really believe this federal marriage
amendment is "pro-family" and not "anti-gay"?
SEND IN THE CLOWNS
When the trial lawyers began to see some success in their jihad against
tobacco, some folks suggested - only half-jokingly - that the next target
would be Big Macs. And lo and behold.
What the ambulance chasers did first in order to crush tobacco was "soften
up the jury pool." They were able to get out all kinds of anti-tobacco
stories, studies and newspaper columns which portrayed tobacco as Satan on
Earth. After a few years of this message being hammered home, it was only a
matter of time before some gullible jury actually bought the notion that it
was the product's fault, not the user's fault, when it came to the dangers
of smoking.
A similar effort is underway to demonize "junk food." And one of the
leading crusaders is a goofball named Gary Ruskin who heads up an
organization called Commercial Alert. Ruskin is on a rant about how "junk
food" and commercials touting such products is responsible for the growing
obesity "epidemic" in the world. Not surprisingly, Ruskin accuses the Bush
administration of collusion with "junk food" purveyors in exchange for fat
political contributions. My, how original.
Let's make sure everyone understands what's going on here: According to
bozos such as Ruskin, it's the Twinkie manufacturer, along with the
commercials for Twinkies, which are responsible for the fattening of
America - NOT the folks who eat 'em by the truckload while sitting on the
sofa all day watching Oprah. Despite that fact that no one is putting a gun
to anyone's head and FORCING them to eat Whoppers and super-sized Cokes,
Ruskin and the trial lawyers are attempting to soften up the jury pool for
lawsuits against "junk food" manufacturers and marketers down the road.
The problem is, if tobacco is any guide, they just might get away with it.
And if they do, don't be surprised when you no longer get change back when
you put a $5 bill in the Pepsi machine.
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