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Wishing Gov. Fletcher Success on Tax Plan, UK President Todd Speaks to Louisville Venture Club, and Are the Feds Eating Mad Cow?           By Theresa Fritz Camoriano             1.    Wishing Gov. Fletcher Success on his Tax Plan – The Kentucky Governor’s tax plan would reduce income tax rates on individuals and corporations, while broadening the tax base.  It also would eliminate taxes on the poorest Kentuckians.  By substantially reducing income tax rates, Fletcher’s plan will make Kentucky a much more attractive place for businesses, which will especially benefit low and middle income Kentuckians by providing them better job opportunities.            (click to read more)

Bypassing school choice a wrong turn for Kentucky          By: Dr. Jefferson G. Edgens           Kentucky’s education establishment is close to circumventing President Bush’s “No Child Left Behind" (NCLB) law, while closing off parental choice in the process.

Some Frankfort bureaucrats and school boards across the Commonwealth appear to be deliberately dragging their feet in order to avoid complying with NCLB, which requires states to ensure that each public school student is academically proficient by 2014. NCLB also requires schools to meet yearly goals that are stepping stones toward the goal of proficiency within a decade.          (click to read more)

Petitions are a Poll Tax for Minority Candidates: Unequal Ballot Access in American Politics           By Donna Walker Mancini           There appears to be tremendous concern for EQUAL access to the " ballot box", in America, but little or NO concern for EQUAL access to the BALLOT itself , except by a few of us who desire to run for office as  “minority” individuals not affiliated with the Republican or Democratic Party. The First Amendment guarantees the right of Every American to petition the government for a redress of grievances, as well as freedom of speech, the press, and religion. Is "religion" not the expression of a person’s beliefs or philosophy?          (click to read more)

Terry's Tidbits         by Terry Gray

Your “FAIR SHARE” of taxes?             by John William Kurowski,  Founder of  American Constitutional Research Service           Every time I hear a member of the Congress of the United States refer to “fair share” with reference to direct taxation, I brace myself for the recital of some legislation intentionally designed to disburse the costs of government by identifying a specific class of individuals, and either placing the burden of taxation directly upon them, or identifying them as a privileged class and allowing them to escape the burden of taxation which other citizens are forced to pay.           (click to read more)

MISSILE DEFENSE, HERE AT LAST          by Rod D. Martin                Last week -- March 23 -- marked the twenty-first anniversary of the announcement of Ronald Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) to defend America from a missile attack.

For everyone who sees missile defense as a moral and strategic imperative, it's been a happy anniversary indeed.  The reason?  Thanks to President Bush, this is the year we'll finally begin deploying it.          (click to read more)

As Usual, the Wrong Question Is Being Asked          by Harry Browne             Richard Clarke says the Bush administration was too focused on Iraq to see the 9-11 attack coming.

The Bush administration says Clarke is an opportunistic
S.O.B. who once praised President Bush, but now criticizes Bush in order to boost sales of Clarke's book.          (click to read more)

Liberals up in arms: McCain-Feingold not working out like they intended           by Jim Babka         Life is interesting, isn't it? Why, just a few months ago, liberal groups were joining hands and singing folk songs, hailing John McCain, Russ Feingold, and the other incumbents for "saving democracy from the clutches of special interests" with the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 (BCRA). MoveOn was one of those groups.           (click to read more)

The Governor is a Harsh Mistress          By Jonathan David Morris            So get this: I'm getting married in August. It's true. In fact, I've been planning the wedding for more than a year; I just never thought to write about it before. So why am I writing about it now? Well, because it's occurred to me I'm marrying not one but two -- yes, two -- people. The first is someone I've known and loved for almost six years. She's nice. I think you'd like her. The second, however, is someone I don't know, someone I don't love, and someone who won't even be at the wedding. His name is Jim McGreevey. He's my governor.           (click to read more)

"A young man whose father is a carpenter grows up working in his father's shop.  He has no formal education.  He owns no property of any kind.  One day he puts down his tools and walks out of his father's shop.  He starts preaching on street corners and in
the nearby countryside.  Walking from place to place preaching all the while even though he is in no way an ordained minister he never gets farther than an area perhaps 100 miles wide at the most.  He does this for three years.  Then he is arrested, tried and convicted.  There is no court of appeal so he is executed at age 33 along with two common thieves.  Those in charge of his execution roll dice to see who gets his clothing -- the only possessions he has.  His family cannot afford a burial place so he is interred in a borrowed tomb.  End of story?  No, this uneducated, propertyless young man who preached on street corners for only three years who left no written word has for 2000 years had a greater effect on the entire world than all the rulers, kings and emperors, all the conquerors, the generals and admirals, all the scholars, scientists and philosophers who ever lived -- all put together.  How do we explain that? ...Unless he really was what he said he was."  --Ronald Reagan

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