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A bumper sticker menace? The day after Christmas, the Federal Elections Commission announced that it was sending Shelmerdine a "letter of admonishment" for his actions during the 2004 presidential campaign - namely, putting a "Bush/Cheney '04" decal on a panel of his car for a total of four races…. How on earth did America get to a point where a federal agency is putting an innocent citizen through the legal wringer over an over-sized bumper sticker?  http://www.nypost.com/seven/01032007/postopinion/opedcolumnists/a_bumper_sticker_menace__opedcolumnists_ryan_sager.htm?page=0

What Congress Can Do For America – by President George W. Bush I believe that when America is willing to use her influence abroad, the American people are safer and the world is more secure. I believe that wealth does not come from government. It comes from the hard work of America's workers, entrepreneurs and small businesses. I believe government closest to the people is more responsive and accountable. I believe government plays an important role in helping those who can't help themselves. Yet we must always remember that when people are hurting, they need a caring person, not a government bureaucracy. http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110009473

HEALTH CARE IS NOT A RIGHT
"So long as people believe that socialized medicine is a noble plan,
there is no way to fight it. You cannot stop a noble plan -- not if
it really is noble. The only way you can defeat it is to unmask it --
to show that it is the very opposite of noble. Then at least you have
a fighting chance."
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CALIFORNIA HEALTH CARE: WHAT'S NEXT?
California and other states must resist the illusion that more
government regulation, more government bureaucracy, and more
government spending will help us pay our insurance and medical bills.
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Kathy Stein thinks women should be free to choose abortion, but she wants to require them to be immunized against a virus. What happened to freedom to control our own bodies?  House Bill 143 (Mandate some immunizations):

Introduced by Rep. Kathy W Stein on January 2, 2007, to require immunization against the human papillomavirus for all middle school female students.

Details and Comments: http://www.kentuckyvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=48391

Make state expenditures available on-line? Sounds like a good idea.  House Bill 159 (Make state spending more transparent): Introduced by Rep. Joseph M Fischer on January 2, 2007, to require the development of a Web site to provide public access to most state expenditures. The bill would authorize the Department of Revenue to provide necessary information.

Details and Comments: http://www.kentuckyvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=48419

Restricting write-in candidates – Are our elected officials afraid of competition? House Bill 131 (Restrict write-in candidacies):

Introduced by Rep. Brent Yonts on January 2, 2007, to make ineligible any candidate who is defeated in a partisan or nonpartisan primary election from being a write-in candidate for the same office in the regular election.

Details and Comments: http://www.kentuckyvotes.org/Legislation.aspx?ID=48375

Weather channel propaganda on global warming The chief martyr for the new "emotional" approach to broadcasting at The Weather Channel is Dr. Heidi Cullen, who serves as the network's cheerleader for global warming hysteria. Cullen's supposed expertise on climatology includes, among other things, earning a bachelor's degree in Near Eastern religions and history from Juniata College. One must indeed have to believe in the mystical to accept anything Ms. Cullen has to say about climatology… Global warming scaremongers jumped on the devastation of Hurricane Katrina and the busy 2005 Atlantic hurricane season and went on to predict that 2006 would be a potentially devastating year of tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Ocean. As it was, not one single hurricane made landfall in the U.S.  If forecasters can't reliably tell us what will happen in two to three months from now, why would anyone trust that they know what will happen with the weather in 50 or 100 years from now and let them tell us how to live our lives accordingly? http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=53636

The rise and fall of a dictator (Saddam Hussein) - Saddam Hussein grew up barefoot in a mud hut in the town of Takrit, north of Baghdad on the Tigris River. He never met his father. His mother, Subha Tulfah, was deeply disturbed—suicidal and homicidal. …The Bush administration’s daunting long-term task in Iraq outlives him, far from completed, and dangerously unstable. Yet, the danger posed by Saddam Hussein is finally over—that’s a big, big deal, one worth celebrating. http://gcc.savvior.com/The_Rise_and_Fall_of_a_Dictator.php

The real issue at Duke – Thomas Sowell District Attorney Nifong's actions are perfectly consistent and logical from start to finish, once you see that this case is about Nifong's own career. http://townhall.com/columnists/ThomasSowell/2007/01/02/the_real_issue_at_duke

It’s time for the Supreme Court to say “No” The Flast precedent has caused a lot of mischief. It has empowered every disgruntled atheist to make a federal case out of any hint of religion in a government action. We are glad the Supreme Court is now taking another look at whether taxpayer suits under the Establishment Clause make sense under our constitutional framework. We are convinced that these taxpayer suits should no longer be permitted. Enough is enough, and it’s time for the Supreme Court to say so. http://townhall.com/columnists/JaySekulow/2007/01/02/it%E2%80%99s_time_for_the_supreme_court_to_say_%E2%80%9Cno%E2%80%9D

Castro’s true legacy is a trail of blood – Jeff Jacoby Freedom House gives Cuba its lowest possible rating for civil liberties and political rights, placing it with Burma, North Korea, and Sudan as one of the world's most repressive regimes. …According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, Cuba is one of the world’s leading jailers of journalists, second only to China in the number of reporters behind bars. http://townhall.com/columnists/JeffJacoby/2007/01/02/castros_true_legacy_is_a_trail_of_blood

A dangerous obsession Part V – Thomas Sowell Are individual decisions made by people deciding what is best for themselves to be over-ruled by ignorant busybodies, obsessed by things they do not understand?  Is the whole economic system of supply and demand, on which the nation's prosperity is based, to be disrupted whenever moral exhibitionists have a need to feel puffed up about themselves? http://townhall.com/Columnists/ThomasSowell/2007/01/01/a_dangerous_obsession_part_v

Was President Ford ever right about anything?  Joseph Farah http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=53588

Loving homosexuals to death Homosexuality is not a civil right. It is a death sentence. Unfortunately, we love homosexuality more than we love Truth. Our children will pay the price.  http://www.newswithviews.com/Daubenmire/dave54.htm

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