Official Blog of the AQ GOP

Regarding the 9-11 memorial suggested by our lovely secretary

2006-09-09T17:38:00.000-04:00

Hey everyone it's Jen from the AQ Republicans:

I just wanted to thank everyone who came to our first meeting, it was a wonderful turnout and I know we are all very excited to kick the year off!!

I also wanted to let everyone know something else. I always do something for September 11th because it deeply impacted me and in years previous to my holding the vigil AQ didn't really do a whole lot to remember that fateful day. However, this year the college is really stepping it up and are doing a few things to remember 9/11 (Monday). There is a prayer at 9pm in the chapel which I encourage you all to go to and they are showing Flight 93 in the Moose at 10:30pm. I don't want to discourage anyone from going to either of those two events because they are both doing what I do every year (a vigil and then watching a film to remember the day) so therefore I am not holding my own candlelight vigil. As long as the AQ campus has some way to remember 9/11 that is all that matters. I encourage you to go to the prayer and to the Moose for the film.

Hope everyone has a great weekend and I will keep you posted on upcoming events!

Jen

ABC will also be airing "The Road to 911" on the 10th (tomarrow) and the 11th. Should be factually more accurate than "Ferenheight 9-11." (Though the creator has specifically said he doesn't want his film regarded as just a conservative version of Moore's "film." (Quotes added by webmistress.))

So yeah, show up for what you can, and even if you can't make any events, please just take a moment to pray, reflect, meditate, what have you. =-)

New School Year

2006-09-07T16:08:00.000-04:00

Alright, the AQ GOP had its first meeting of the new academic term today. Discussed volunteer opprotunities and the like. And I swear I'll maintain the darn page this semester. =-P I might expand this into a full-out page in Google Pages, but this'll do for now.

For anyone interested in going to the Right to Life march this January, I'll have info on that as soon as I can.

Any ideas for the year, contact ye ol' presidente, Josh F.

Subscribing to the blog is open to all (there's also an atom feed, if your browser supports it,) but to contribute you need to be listed as a contributer. Let the webmistress know and she will add your Aquinas e-mail address. (Posting a comment on this entry will suffice.)

Take care, all!

Stop Planned Parenthood Tax Funding -- a project of American Life League

2006-01-27T15:14:00.000-05:00

Stop Planned Parenthood Tax Funding -- a project of American Life League

A Friendly Reminder

2005-09-06T14:33:00.000-04:00

Our meeting on Wednesday at 12:30 will be taking place upstairs in the Moose Cafe (in
between Regina and Jarecki for those who do not know). Show up with
ideas for events that we can host this year and an open mind. We are
looking forward to seeing everyone there!

(Cut-pasted and edited from a club e-mail, because the webmistress is lazy. =-P)

Volunteer Oppurtunities!

2005-08-29T17:36:00.000-04:00

First, sorry about the short notice on everything so far, but its the first week and things have been hectic. The Kent County Republicans are conducting a poll tommorrow and Wednesday and need volunteers! Contact Marla Kloosterhouse 560-6423 for more details. If anyone is interested in a Treasurer position or Assistant Secretary for the club, please email me. millemic@aquinas.edu

Hear ye hear ye!

2005-08-26T11:53:00.000-04:00

Our first meeting is officially going to be held UPSTAIRS in the Moose Cafe Sept. 7th (Wed) at 12:30 PM. I need all officers to contact me IMMEDIATELY and tell me who are etc... It seems I never got that somewhat important information. :-P We will have pizza and pop, but feel free to bring munchies to share with everyone too. ^_^-"Because sharing is good" We're going to discuss our plans for this year, set up a schedule, hand out T-shirts and discuss some events that are taking place in the immediate future. Oh yes, we'll be eating pizza too. ;-) All are welcome to join, but only registered members get T-shirts. Sorry.

If you want to make sure you get all the e-mails and T-shirts you MUST sign up! Either send me an email declaring your intention to join the club (millemic@aquians.edu) or be at our table on Clubs and Organizations day SEPTEMBER 1ST and sign up there.

Also, I recieved the following letter and wondered if anyone is interested:

Hello Michael My name is Linnea Vincent and I am with Jerry Zandstra for U.S.
Senate Committee. I am looking for volunteers to assist at the Mackinac
Bienial Republican Leadership Conference. The conference is on Mackinac
Island. We have motorcoaches which will be going up on Friday and on Saturday
and returning in the evenings. We are contacting young Republican clubs at
local colleges (Calvin, Hope, Grand Valley, Aquinas, Cornorstone etc.) to
muster a large group. Basically, we would need people to hand out
information, to know where things are and to be visible in a Zandstra T-shirt.
I have more information if you would like it, and please feel free to visit
our website www.jerryzandstra.com or call the office 616.726.6699 if you have
any other needs. Thank you in advance! Linnea
Vincent
Zandstra for U.S. Senate
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|Paid for by the Zandstra for U.S. Senate Committee |
|6670 Kalamazoo Ave SE. Suite E-160 Grand Rapids, MI 49508|
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I assume that most of you would love to take this oppurtunity to goto Mackinac so if anyone is seriously interested just let me know and I'll try to get as many tickets as possible for those interested. To make it fair it is 1st come 1st serve. So if you are checking the blog daily your chances of being the first responder are much better. ;-)

Finally, we're going to need at least 1 person to run the booth on Club and Orgs day from 1:15-3:00 because the rest of us have class and Heaven forbid I miss another exciting Humanities class. Anyone who has some time on their hands and wants to help the club grow this year can volunteer. Once again, just email me and give me a heads up. If you're not sure, feel free to drop in and relieve someone occassionally.

Our advisor for this year is once again, Woody Hoover, a very inspiring and well-rounded guy I must say. If anyone else is interested in becoming a moderator for the blog, email me.

For those of you who don't get along with modern technology, feel free to call me at ext 1786 or 616-632-1786 from off campus. Feel free to call or even stop by my room, Hruby Hall 225 (call ahead if you don't live here, this place is like the pentagon of Aquinas and has an extensive lock system).

UPDATE: Ok, I know Farmfest is tommorrow, but I finally got ahold of someone who can get us some free tickets (assuming you also would like to volunteer while you are there). I know at least one person still wants to go but if anyone else is interested they have to contact me ASAP!

More Events!

2005-08-23T11:34:00.000-04:00

7th Annual Hardiman Family Picnic
Senator Bill & Clova Hardiman invite you and your family to the 7th Annual Hardiman Family Picnic. The event will take place on Tuesday, August 30, 2005 from 6:00-9:00 pm at Craig’s Cruisers Family Fun Center. For advanced tickets & sponsorship opportunities, contact John Helmholdt at 616-235-9380 x14 or helmholdt@jonesgavan.com.

Pachyderm Statewide Candidate Forum
The Kent County Republican Pachyderms and their underwriters, with Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land as emcee, invite you to participate in their Statewide Candidate Forum. The event will take place Tuesday, September 13, 2005 from 5:30-7:30 pm at the Cascade Country Club (3725 Cascade Rd. SE, Grand Rapids). Tickets are $50 per person which includes hors d’oeuvres and drinks. Gubernatorial candidates Nancy Cassis, Dick DeVos and Jack Hoogendyk along with US Senate candidate Jerry Zandstra will be in attendance for discussion and questions. If you have any questions, or wish to RSVP please contact Marilew Helmers at 616-459-0141 or mhelmers@kentgop.org. Please RSVP by Friday, September 9, 2005 at 12:00pm.

KCRC Hall of Fame Fundraiser - Bo Schembechler and Tom Osborne
The Kent County Republican Committee will hold our annual Fall Fundraiser on Monday, September 19, 2005 at Heroes Bar & Grill (2510 Burton St. SE, Grand Rapids). The evening will feature former University of Michigan football coach Bo Schembechler and former University of Nebraska football coach Congressman Tom Osborne (R-NE). There will be a Private Reception from 5-6 p.m. Tickets are $250 per person and include a photo with both guests, an authentic NCAA autographed football, hors d'oeuvres, and drinks. The General Reception is from 6-8 p.m. Tickets are $50 per person. There will be hors d'oeuvres and a cash bar. Contact Brian Pierce at 459-0141 or bpierce@kentgop.org for questions or registration.

Yeah, unfortunately a few of these are obviously out of the price range of college students. I am trying to score some free tickets to Farm Fest and if anyone else is interested in the other events let me know and I'll see if I can get more tickets for those as well.

Also, everyone be sure to sign up for the club September 1st at Clubs and Organizations day! That way you can get all the emails and information you'll need. We are hoping to have our first meeting on Wednesday, September 7th somewhere from 12-1 upstairs at the Moose, but thats still pending approval. Pizza will be provided! ^_^ Suggestions for toppings and drink flavors is welcome.

For those of you looking for something political to do...

2005-08-20T23:46:00.000-04:00

New Office Open House: Please come and celebrate our new office (264 Leonard St. NW) with us on Tuesday, August 23, 2005 at 5:00 pm. We will be joined by Michigan Republican Chairman Saul Anuzis, Senators Wayne Kuipers and Ken Sikkema, and Representatives Dave Hildenbrand, Kevin Green, Jerry Kooiman, Tom Pearce, Glenn Steil Jr., and William Van Regenmorter. It will be a great opportunity to meet and talk with your Senators and Representatives, and enjoy the company of your fellow Republicans! Food and beverage will be provided. Please RSVP to Brian Pierce by Friday, August 19, 2005 at 616-459-0141 or bpierce@kentgop.org.

Precinct Delegate Picnic: Join Kent County’s Precinct Delegates and their families for great food, fun, and fellowship on Thursday, August 25, 2005 from 5:30 to 7:30 pm. It will be a great time to get to know the Precinct Delegates from your area, as well as their families. There will be a welcoming committee of Kent County Republican Committee members, including Co-Chairs Libby Child & Scott Greenlee, former KCRC Chairman and current Michigan Republican State Committee Secretary Hank Fuhs. The event will take place at Susan & Karl Hascall’s Stoney Creek Ranch (5300 Michigan Ave. NE) in Ada, Michigan. Please RSVP by Friday, August 19, 2005 to Brian Pierce at 616-459-0141 or bpierce@kentgop.org. We look forward to seeing you there!

4th Annual Michigan GOP Farm Fest: On Saturday, August 27 the 4th Annual Michigan GOP Farm Fest will be held at Karl and Susan Hascall's Stoney Creek Ranch (5300 Michigan St. NE) in Ada, Michigan. It will be a fun family event Co-Chaired by Dick DeVos and Dick Posthumus, with plenty of fun, food, and entertainment! The event will run from 1:00 - 4:00 pm. Tickets are $35/person, $50/couple, and kids under 18 are free. Sponsorships are also available for $500. Please contact Marla Kloosterhouse, Political Director at 616-459-0141 or politicaldirector@kentgop.org to buy your tickets now!!!

Annonymous Comments

2005-07-23T19:14:00.000-04:00

OK, the only time anyone seems to comment on here is annonymously. I, however, am a fan of taking ownership and responsibility for what you say. Accordingly, and to dissuade at least some bizzare comments with bunches of letters that don't even make sense, (I would hope you wouln't go through all the trouble of creating an account just to be a cheese-head in one single comment on one single blog,) I am disabling annonymous comments. You will have to register and be logged in in order to post comments here. I hope this will not cause any major problems, but I feel people have the right to know who they are talking to.

Take care and God bless!

Bomb Mecca? Now who's the extremist? Scolding within

2005-07-18T02:17:00.000-04:00

Taken from: http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_18-7-2005_pg1_8

Congressman says bomb Mecca if US attacked

WASHINGTON: A Republican congressman said in a radio interview aired by a Florida station that if a multiple-city attack happened in the United States in the next 90 days, as predicted by an Israeli expert, and was found to be the work of extremist Muslims, then “we should take out their holy sites.” Congressman Thomas G Tancredo, Republican from Colorado, was being interviewed by AM 540 WFLA radio host Pat Campbell, who asked him what the response of the United States should be were terrorist attacks on US cities to take place and were attributable to extremist Muslims. The Congressman replied, “ ... then we could take out their holy sites.” Asked if that meant Mecca, Tancredo answered, “Yes.” khalid hasan

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Tsk tsk. This guy sounds more like a Libertarian with that kind of talk. See, its the extremist additudes like that which started this whole mess. The whole aim of terrorists is to do exactly what this misguided Congressman would like to do: Fan the flames of war! No Mr. Tancredo, thats not the way to win this war. That is just STUPID. Now I have my opinions about how Islam is not a religion of peace and love per say, but there are plenty of Muslims in the world who are peaceful and loving enough. Bombing a terrorist camp is a lot different than bombing Mecca! Bombing Saudi Arabia would be less offensive than bombing Mecca! You would enrage all of the Muslims in the entire world doing that! I know if somebody bombed the Vatican, I'd be devastated and I'm not sure if I'd be able to keep my tempers from flaring. However, the Muslim faith has far less reservations about revenge and warfare in general than Christianity does, so you're just asking for trouble there.

Oh boy. How is this guy in elected office when he is so ignorant? I'm ashamed he's in my party to be honest, which is why I'm writing out against him. This isn't what the GOP or Americans or anybody should be representing! The only way to snub terrorism is to either kill the terrorists (since they don't seem to mind dying for their cause) or change their minds by sending a strong message that the real enemy is the hate within them. Mr. Tancredo, you are NOT sending that message. We already WERE attacked 4 years ago if you recall and we did not lash out against the innocent with nuclear warfare as many of us felt like doing at the time. President Bush kept a clear head (although he also was quoted as saying, "I wanna kick some @$$") and went after Bin Laden and his cronies with restrained force (although I still think frying Torra Borra would have solved a few problems...). And why, Mr. Congressman, are you in Florida bantering on about what the President should do like you're some sort of spokesman? Go back to Colorado, shut up, sit down, make laws that will help people and get to work!

There, now thats out of my system I'm going to do the laundry. ^_^ -Mike

If you oppose Granholm you are guilty of treason...so says Granholm, Emperor of Michigan

2005-07-14T19:04:00.000-04:00

Usually I try to critique people on a higher level, but our governor is just being stupid in this case.

Taken from: http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110006960

Of Taxes and 'Treason'
Michigan's governor explodes after reading The Wall Street Journal.

Thursday, July 14, 2005 12:01 a.m. EDT

Never say we aren't willing to help an editorial subject in distress, and Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm clearly needs some friendly advice.

Last month the state legislature buried the Democratic Governor's top legislative priority, a grandiose proposal to raise taxes on insurance companies, banks and thousands of small businesses that private studies said would have cost up to 20,000 jobs. Ms. Granholm's plan was widely criticized, including in these columns in March and in an op-ed article on the opposite page last Thursday by state legislator Rick Baxter, a Republican, and Hillsdale College Professor Gary Wolfram.

Ms. Granholm was not pleased, going so far as to denounce the op-ed as "treasonous for the state of Michigan." The authors' high crime? Exposing Michigan as a high tax state and criticizing Ms. Granholm for wanting to raise taxes. Her choice of words was no inadvertent slip of the tongue, by the way--a Howard Dean-like temporary loss of sanity. The Governor has used the "t" word repeatedly and has even suggested that Mr. Baxter "should be removed from office."

Well, we recall that the first time an American was accused of "treason" for opposing high taxes was when New Englanders dressed as Indians and dumped tea in Boston Harbor. And it was America's most famous tax protester, Patrick Henry, who declared: "If this be treason, make the most of it." Ms. Granholm was born in Canada so maybe she missed this American history.

Sorry to say, the facts laid out in Messrs. Baxter and Wolfram's column and in our previous editorial are well-established. When it comes to high taxes, the Wolverine State ranks fifth both in per-capita terms and as a share of personal income. Michigan also has the nation's highest unemployment rate. There is no shortage of studies that have linked these two phenomena.

More troubling about Ms. Granholm's recent combustion is that she seems to believe that the problem is that the rest of the world will find out about Michigan's high taxes, not the high taxes themselves. But Michigan's inhospitable tax climate is hardly a state secret, especially to the state residents and businesses who have to endure it.

Not so long ago, Ms. Granholm was regarded as the rising star of the Democratic Party--innovative, articulate, and attractive--and some even talked of changing the Constitution so she could run for President (perhaps against Austrian-born Arnold Schwarzenegger). But her latest public approval ratings have hit the skids while her legislative agenda lies in shambles. She's now off to Japan in a quest to "bring jobs and businesses to Michigan," and her latest complaint is that her task has been undermined by a global business newspaper--The Wall Street Journal--"bad-mouthing the state."

Let us be clear: No one would like to see a robust economic recovery in Michigan more than we would. If Governor Granholm were selling a message of cutting taxes, not raising them, her job would be a lot easier and she'd be in a lot less agitated state of mind.
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Yeah so watch out everybody. They're going to start hauling off Michigan's Republicans to Guantanamo pretty soon. :-P (You traitors!)

Seriously though, its dissapointing and worrisome to see so many people in leadership jump the gun and get all hysterical about common issues like this. (Yes, this is not just limited to the Democrats unfortunately. Arnie has his problems to a certain degree. Girly men? Sorry Governator, thats just too corny for politics.) Michigan's issues are no laughing matter, but they certainly don't warrant defining divided opinion as rebellion against the government. What they SHOULD warrant is genuine concern for those in disagreement, because obviously not everyone's voice is being taken into account.

Don't ignore your citizens Gov. Granholm! They are trying to tell you something!

On a side note, I still haven't gotten a reply to all those letters I keep sending her. Hmmm...

An important time of change!

2005-07-05T12:15:00.000-04:00

As you all may be aware, I'm a huge Star Wars nut. You know how Anakin was made a Jedi to bring balance to the force? Well, the Reagan administration had a similar experience. They appointed a judge who they believed was on strong moral ground and would restore the value of our Constitutional and Humane right to life. Sadly, that judge turned to the Dark Side and abandoned the cause. But now is a time for a New Hope!

Yes, no pussyfooting around it, the resignation of Sandra Day O'Connor leaves the almost evenly split Supreme Court open for someone who can tip the scales! The Republicans have lists of names and the Democrats have lists of rebuttles. There is sure to be a lot of arguing before anything even happens. However, for those of you who feel as strongly as I do that this issue goes deeper than politics I urge you to join me and other Pro-lifers in prayer for those who are really depending on a change of face during this time of transition. As the issue is re-open, we should use this as a time to show others our appreciation for life (and make them realize that they too already have a value for life that they just don't fully understand yet) rather than further divide ourselves on the issue. Sometimes in our world, having a life is mistaken for having life.

The unborn, unwed mothers, families living paycheck to paycheck, those who have been abused, and those who have been abandoned are the ones who must live with the consequences of Americans who struggle between putting value on life and value on their lifestyles. It is very important for us as active members of the Republican party to be aware and vocal of the political ramifications of possible nominations and be ready to defend Bush's choice, but we do not go forward to blindly praise the appointed. I think you'll agree, we can see it coming a mile away. We must be aware of the real reasons of our cause and why we will stand by Bush's choice. There are times when we must step back from partisanism and look at the core of our values. We will support President George W. Bush's nominee not just because he said so, but because we know that he shares our concern for the value of life. He has done so much more to support the value of life in America than any other President. John Kerry certainly wouldn't have put "rights for the unborn" at the top of his priorities if he was President right now and had to choose a new Justice. Thank God that is not the case.

Still, its important that we pray for the President, because there are still a lot of other important deciding factors to be made that will have a resounding affect on American laws possibly for decades to come. Illegalizing abortion alone will not stop the suffering completley. Bringing the truth to light in the public eye is the only way to improve the American culture. There are no garuntees except with God. So during this time I hope we can come together, pray because we are thankful for this time of hope, that God's will be done, and so that all may come to understand the value of life in all of its forms.

I will leave you with this final thought, passed onto me by my good friend and brother in Christ, Dominic M.

Take care and God Bless,

AQGOP Pres. Michael N. P. Miller

-----Original Message-----
From: Priests for Life
Sent: Fri, 1 Jul 2005 11:10:03 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Action Alert: Supreme Court Vacancy
July 1, 2005

Dear Friends:
As you may have heard, Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor has just
resigned her position. Justice O'Connor was frequently the deciding vote in 5-4 decisions. Please pray for Mrs. O'Connor and her family in this difficult time.

With her resignation, a Supreme Court vacancy has been created. We have every
confidence that President Bush will appoint a nominee who will exercise the
restraint necessary to judges to strictly apply the Constitution rather than
write new policies into it. Even so, we know that as you are reading this, the White House is being flooded with calls regarding the vacancy. Even if President Bush is predisposed to nominate a judge who recognizes the many levels on which Roe was wrongly decided, it is extremely difficult for politicians to withstand pressure that is heavily against their inclinations.

How important is this nomination? The Supreme Court is currently divided 6-3 in favor of Roe. This is an opportunity to gain an anti-Roe seat on the Supreme Court and replace Ms. O'Connor with a strict constructionist who will apply the Constitution rather than rewrite it.

That is why I am writing to you now. We need as many pro-lifers as possible to contact the White House about the vacancy. Please call the White House
Comment Line at (202) 456-1111 and tell President Bush that you strongly agree
with his view that Justices on the Court should not write law, but apply it.
You may also contact the President via e-mail at president@whitehouse.gov or by fax at 202-456-2461. Because time is of the essence, it is best to use one or more of these methods of communication, as mail will likely be too late to have a serious impact on the decision. Please also forward this to all of your pro-life friends and relatives. Any given call could mean the difference between protecting women and children in three years and not protecting them for decades to come.

Fr. Frank Pavone
National Director,
Priests for Life

Let's liven things up!

2005-07-03T22:18:00.000-04:00

Alrighty, it's summer, but that doesn't mean this blog has to go into hibernation until August.

So what is your take on the Supreme Court vacancy? Who do you think President Bush should nominate? Why? Anything else on the issue you would like to say?

***
Also, if you have any articles you would like to contribute, post, or whatever, let Mike (President) or I, (Janet, the webmistress) know and one of us can either post it ourselves or give you moderator access. You don't HAVE to have a Blogger account, I don't think, but it would probably make things easier if you do.

BillOReilly.com: Bill's Current Column

2005-06-20T01:32:00.000-04:00

BillOReilly.com: Bill's Current Column

This is in referance to the column from the week including 6/20/05. Because the URL is simply/currentarticle, if you are viewing this entry later, it will obviously be a different article. Do any of our reader(s) think Dean is going too far? What about the comparisons O'Reily makes with some of the idiots on our own side? (Yeah, I said idiots. Deal.)

Comments welcome.

2005-05-10T13:11:00.000-04:00

Hey,

If anyone is intersted, I will be aquiring 6-10 tickets for this event tomorrow night (wed). I will find out more details later today but, I would have access to the funds to get tickets depending on the responce to this e-mail....let me know asap....

thanks,

andy oetman

oetman1@hotmail.com

616-890-1976

Wed, May 11th, our Honorary Board Member and world reknown conservationist, Theodore Roosevelt IV is speaking at a West Michigan Environmental Coalition dinner at the Amway Grand. It's a dinner deal...$50.00 per person. You will have to contact WMEC by tomorrow if you'd like a reservation.

Messy Page

2005-05-04T20:21:00.000-04:00

I'm really sorry about how messy the page is right now. There's a lot of shoddy HTML that needs fixing, and this being finals week, I haven't had time to do it. I'll post a summary of our last meeting of the 2004-2005 school year by week's end, if not tonight.

God bless!

Onerock Online Forums -> Brain Damaged Man Wakes Up

2005-05-03T21:07:00.000-04:00

Onerock Online Forums -> Brain Damaged Man Wakes Up

Is there such a thing as a Pro-Life Democrat?

2005-04-26T00:56:00.000-04:00

Illinois Conservative Politics

I know this has to do with Illinois politics, but a) the webmistress is an Illinois voter, and b) I think it makes a good point no matter what. It just takes Illinois as the most obvious and public example, as many bishops did with John Kerry and pro-abortion politicians recieving the Eucharist.

05-17 Brief

2005-04-25T11:56:00.000-04:00

THE FEDERALIST PATRIOT

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THE
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"What is it that affectionate
parents require of their Children; for
all their care, anxiety, and toil on
their accounts? Only that they would
be wise and virtuous, Benevolent and
kind." --Abigail Adams

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"[T]here is another strong objection
which I, one of the laziest of all
the children of Adam, have against
the Leisure State. Those who think
it could be done argue that a vast
machinery using electricity, water-power,
petrol, and so on, might reduce the work
imposed on each of us to a minimum.
It might, but it would also reduce
our control to a minimum. We should
ourselves become parts of a machine,
even if the machine only used those
parts once a week. The machine would
be our master, for the machine would
produce our food, and most of us could
have no notion of how it was really
being produced." --G.K. Chesterton

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"Digging deeper, reporters will find
that (newly-elect Pope Joseph) Ratzinger
was involuntarily enrolled in the Hitler
youth in 1941 when it became mandatory
for all boys. He was 14-years-old at
the time and soon thereafter was able
to leave the organization to study
for the priesthood. Four years later,
as defeat closed in on the Nazi regime,
Young Ratzinger was drafted and forced
to assist with an anti-aircraft gun
and dig anti-tank trenches. But he
soon risked death by deserting. If
that tells us anything about the new
pope, it's that he will not fight for
a cause he does not believe in, but
will risk everything for one that he
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in marriages? It is amazing how
many people don't seem to know.
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I don't care whether it the sin of pride,
hard-hearted unwillingness to forgive or
to humble oneself or to admit mistakes,
selfishness, lust, or whatever other
sin of infidelity there might be, all
of these are simply sins. The Word of
God is the great cleansing water that
washes away our sin and wears down
the rough edges in our personalities,
which makes us livable for other
people." --Dr. D. James Kennedy

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"[T]he most effective weapon against
the disease has not been the AIDS lobby's
20-year promotion of condom culture in
Africa, but Uganda's campaign to change
behavior and to emphasize abstinence and
fidelity -- i.e., the Pope's position.
You don't have to be a Catholic or a
'homophobe' to think that the spread
of AIDS is telling us something basic
-- that nature is not sympathetic to
sexual promiscuity. If it weren't AIDS,
it would be something else, as it has
been for most of human history." --Mark
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understanding and appreciation of
the U.S. Constitution by every school
student. It is not enough to simply
praise the document as one of the
foundations of our nation. It is
essential that students learn why
and how the Constitution governs the
structure and function of government.
It is crucial that students learn that
government is empowered by the consent
of the governed, not the other way
around. They must learn that this power
is transmitted to the government through
the election process and that they,
individually, bear the responsibility
to choose candidates who reflect
their views. They must learn that
freedom in America is the reason why
the nation has prospered. Freedom is
neither granted nor guaranteed by the
government. Government can only limit
freedom. Freedom is granted by the
Creator and guaranteed by responsible
individuals who hold their government
accountable. A thorough knowledge and
appreciation of the U.S. Constitution
is the first step toward becoming
a responsible citizen. The next
step is to act continually on that
knowledge, to keep government within
the limits of power to which the people
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Did a generation steeled by hard war
and a harsh peace forsake honor at
the moment of great climactic struggle
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are to be found in the heritage left
by generations of Americans before us.
They stand in silent witness to what the
world will soon know and history someday
record: that in its third century, the
American Nation came of age, affirmed its
leadership of free men and women serving
selflessly a vision of man with God,
government for people, and humanity at
peace. ... For the West, for America,
the time has come to dare to show to
the world that our civilized ideas,
our traditions, our values, are not --
like the ideology and war machine of
totalitarian societies -- just a facade
of strength. It is time for the world
to know our intellectual and spiritual
values are rooted in the source of all
strength, a belief in a Supreme Being,
and a law higher than our own." --Ronald
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"Conservative elected officials
increasingly find themselves caught
between two impulses: the revolutionary
ideas that brought them into power
and the need to explain and defend the
institutions they inherited. And the
longer these good men and women stay
in office, the more likely they will
be to defend the very bureaucracies
and policies against which they once
campaigned. The goal to transform
government will be gradually overwhelmed
by contentment with merely presiding
over it." --Former House Speaker Newt
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"A day of decision is upon us.
Whether it was the legalization of
abortion, the banning of school prayer,
the expulsion of the 10 Commandments from
public spaces, or the starvation of Terri
Schiavo, decisions by the courts have not
only changed our nation's course, but
even led to the taking of human lives.
As the liberal, anti-Christian dogma
of the left has been repudiated in
almost every recent election, the courts
have become the last great bastion for
liberalism. For years activist courts,
aided by liberal interest groups like
the ACLU, have been quietly working
under the veil of the judiciary,
like thieves in the night, to rob
us of our Christian heritage and our
religious freedoms. Federal judges
have systematically grabbed power,
usurping the constitutional authority
that resides in the other two branches
of government and, ultimately, in the
American people." --Tony Perkins

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a day for the Left -- a celebration
of government's ability to deliver the
environmental goods and for threats about
the parade of horribles that will descend
upon us lest we rededicate ourselves
to federal regulators and public land
managers. This is unfortunate because
it's businessmen -- not bureaucrats or
environmental activists -- who deserve
most of the credit for the environmental
gains over the past century and who
represent the best hope for a Greener
tomorrow. Indeed, we wouldn't even have
environmentalists in our midst were
it not for capitalism. Environmental
amenities, after all, are luxury goods.
America -- like much of the Third World
today -- had no environmental movement
to speak of until living standards rose
sufficiently so that we could turn our
attention from simply providing for food,
shelter, and a reasonable education
to higher 'quality of life' issues.
The richer you are, the more likely
you are to be an environmentalist.
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ambassador nominee John] Bolton on
ideological grounds -- that he's too
pro-American and has 'disdain' for the
UN -- having failed, they turned to that
old standby, the politics of personal
destruction. Various bureaucrats alleged
that Bolton had hurt their feelings.
Most recently -- try not to laugh --
a woman who heads a group called Mothers
Opposing Bush claimed that Bolton 'chased
her through the halls of a Moscow hotel'
in 1994. The committee was supposed
to vote [last Tuesday] afternoon, but
Democrats urged a delay so they could
dredge up more silly stories." --James
Taranto

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have failed.... Look at Air America's
ratings: They're pitifully weak, even
in places where you would think they'd
be strong. WLIB, its flagship in New
York City, has sunk to 24th in the metro
area Arbitron ratings -- worse than the
all-Caribbean format it replaced, notes
the Radio Blogger." --Brian Anderson
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"'Eco-Theologists'? Excellent! I recall reading that moniker first
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outcome. Secular humanism puts mankind at the top of the food chain,
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22 April 2005
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Top of the fold -- The Earth Day
Before Yesterday

Today marks the 35th anniversary of the founding of "Earth Day" by
former Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson. It's also V.I. Lenin's birthday
-- which is no coincidence. Nelson modeled his anti-capitalist protests
after anti-Vietnam War demonstrations of that era. Today, the so-called
"environmental movement" he helped spawn has devolved from a gaggle of
unwashed adolescent peaceniks into a slick cadre of leftists, lobbyists
and lawyers. The result of this devolution has been an enormous hidden
tax on American products and services -- more than a trillion
dollars last year -- in the form of runaway environmental regulation.

The populist wing of the environmental movement now operates
under the aegis of the Left's cult of Latter Day Eco-theologists, or
earth-worshippers. Their current titular head is Albert Arnold Gore,
he of the unfortunately timed "global warming" speech delivered in
January, 2004, during the coldest day in New York City in decades.

The objective of the earth-worshippers is to create a central
authority over industrial production in the West through mechanisms
like the Orwellian Kyoto Treaty. Their method is to portray industrial
atmospheric emissions as a primary determinant of global climate. Their
goal, consistent with both Nelson and Lenin, is to crush or at least
bridle free-enterprise capitalism. The Kyoto Protocol, for example,
hamstrings Western industrialized nations but exempts socialist
states like India and China. (It should be noted that the U.S. Senate
resoundingly rejected Al Gore's beloved Kyoto Protocol in 1997 by way
of the Byrd-Hagel Resolution. The vote count? An eye-popping 95-0.)

Commenting on the misuse of science to support political agendas,
Harvard's Dr. Malcolm Ross concludes of such folly, "Freeze or fry,
the problem is always industrial capitalism, and the solution is always
international socialism." Colorado Environmental Studies Professor Roger
Pielke adds, "It is clear that there is an ample supply of people willing
to use concern over the politicization of science as a political bludgeon
to score points on the Bush Administration [but] where are the analysts
(including reporters) who care about the politicization of science?"

Of course, most reporters are not journalists, but Leftmedia lemmings
leading the charge to politicize science, particularly environmental
science.

As with other Leftist cadres, Eco-theologists have learned well the
value of co-opting media outlets to influence public opinion. Their most
recent big-screen entry, "The Day After Tomorrow," was strategically
released just prior to last year's presidential election. The movie,
a ridiculously overblown fantasy about global warming, suggests that
the consequences of such warming might be the rapid development of an
Ice Age, and that all the Chicken Littles should take note.

The movie was marketed as "fact-based fiction," but it played so
loose with the facts that it could have passed for a Michael Moore
crockumentary. National Geographic asked Tom Prugh, senior editor at
the Worldwatch Institute, for comment, and he noted, "Like some other
Hollywood movies that claim to be based on true stories, there's a
kernel of truth that is then pumped full of steroids and given cosmetic
surgery. ... It has been 'Hollywoodized'."

Daniel Schrag, Professor of Geochemistry at Harvard University,
agrees: "It's really science fiction." But Dr. Schrag adds, "Global
warming is definitely a real thing."

Indeed, most climate scientists agree that there has been roughly
a one-degree rise in the earth's surface temperature in the last
century. (Detractors argue that the rise is because many sensing stations
are in urban areas (which tend to be hotter) or from geothermal or
solar changes.)

If one accepts that the earth is warming, the question them becomes,
why? Many scientists believe that the burning of fossil fuels (coal,
oil and gas) may be a contributing factor, although that opinion is far
from unanimous. Of the 930 major papers and studies on global warming in
the last ten years, approximately 75 percent conclude that the so-called
"greenhouse emissions" from those fuels act like a thermal blanket
trapping heat in the atmosphere and warming the planet.

Significantly, of course, 25 percent of those papers did not
draw any such conclusion. To that end, the Oregon Institute of Science
and Medicine obtained more than 17,100 signatures from basic and applied
American scientists on a petition noting, "There is no convincing
scientific evidence that human release of carbon dioxide, methane or
other greenhouse gasses is causing or will, in the foreseeable future,
cause catastrophic heating of the Earth's atmosphere and disruption of
the Earth's climate."

For real insights into ice ages and global warming, one should
disregard "The Day After Tomorrow" and consider the earth, day before
yesterday, a far better predictor of future meteorological trends.

There is evidence of dramatic climate changes in the last 13,000
years, with severe cooling occurring 8,200 and 12,700 years ago, followed
by re-warming. Some scientists suggest that these changes are related to
the changing distance and position between Earth and the sun. To wit,
even a 2001 National Academy of Sciences report on global warming
suggests that increased radiation from the sun may be responsible
for much of the climate change in the last century. In other words,
our planet's sole source of heat -- an enormous thermonuclear fireball
around which our earth orbits -- may actually have something to do with
modest temperature variation. Imagine that!

Regarding human impact on global temperature, William Ruddiman,
professor emeritus of environmental sciences at the University of
Virginia, notes in the March edition of Scientific American that the
earliest humans may have influenced the global climate: "New evidence
suggests that concentrations of CO2 started rising about 8,000 years
ago, [and] some 3,000 years later the same thing happened to methane,
another heat-trapping gas. ... Without them, current temperatures in
northern parts of North America and Europe would be cooler by three
to four degrees Celsius -- enough to make agriculture difficult. In
addition, an incipient ice age -- marked by the appearance of small
ice caps -- would probably have begun several thousand years ago in
parts of northeastern Canada. Instead the earth's climate has remained
relatively warm and stable in recent millennia."

According to Ruddiman's theory, early human cultivation may be why
we are not in the midst of an ice age.

This weekend, eco-wackos will be saturating the media outlets with
apocalyptic warnings about global warming, mostly rolling out Hollywonk
elitists like Daryl Hannah, whose press release claims she "uses solar
power, adopts animals, drives a clean burning vehicle that runs on
biodiesel, and lives a sustainable lifestyle." Isn't that special!

Indeed, global temperature has been a hot topic since
the first Earth Day, but earth-worshipers forgot what they
said the day before yesterday. The warning then concerned
global cooling. (Check out this Earth Day article from 1975 -- href="http://FederalistPatriot.US/news/EarthDay1975.pdf">http://FederalistPatriot.US/news/EarthDay1975.pdf)

Complex environmental concerns are serious -- and, accordingly,
should be taken seriously, but mindless Eco-theological rhetoric serves
only to keep us from getting at the truth. As environmental analyst
Rich Trzupek notes, "The golden rule among environmental groups is
'never, ever admit that progress has been achieved -- especially when
Republicans are in power.' It's awfully tough for those organizations
to raise money if donors aren't kept in a constant state of panic."

This Earth Day, we encourage Patriots to plant a seed of truth that
it may bear fruit in the coming debate.

Quote of the week...

"Too often environmental-policy discussions assume that the only way
to advance environmental values is to create a government program or
adopt new regulations. The potential for private initiative to conserve
environmental treasures is overlooked. Yet where private action is
viable, it is often superior to government efforts." --Case Western
Law Professor Jonathan H. Adler

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On cross-examination...

"Environmental groups have spent the last 40 years defining themselves
against conservative values like cost-benefit accounting, smaller
government, fewer regulations and free trade without ever articulating
a coherent morality we can call our own. Most of the intellectuals
who staff environmental groups are so repelled by the right's values
that we have assiduously avoided examining our own in a serious
way..." --Environmentalists Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus

The BIG lie...

"We are all members of one human family that has inherited a planet
rich in resources. We each have an equal claim to its land, minerals
and raw materials. ... To assure equitable benefits every individual
and institution should seek to balance rights and responsibilities. The
long-term goal must be to restructure social institutions so that there
is equitable return for services, efficient balance of supply and demand,
and fair benefits from our mutual claims to Earth's natural bounty. One
possible way to equitable benefits is for those who own land, oil, gold
or other minerals to pay a 2 percent royalty each year on their income
from these resources to a fund that will then provide the homeless their
inheritance or stake in their planet. All will then join in responsible
care of Earth." --Earth Magna Charta by John McConnell, founder of the
equinox version of Earth Day

News from the Swamp...

In the Executive Branch, President Bush signed the bankruptcy reform
bill into law this week, adding another victory for the Republican
agenda. This act makes it more difficult for individuals to file for
bankruptcy and duck out of paying their creditors. Bush also continued
his tour of states on behalf of Social Security reform, taking his appeal
for personal accounts to South Carolina, the home state of Senator
Lindsey Graham. Graham has asked the President to be more specific on
benefit cuts and possible tax increases which may arise to meet the
transition costs.

In the Senate, it has now come down to who's going to blink first
over the status of President Bush's judicial nominees. The Senate
Judiciary Committee approved by party-line vote Texas judge Priscilla
Owen and California judge Janice Rogers Brown, passing them on to the
full Senate for a confirmation vote. Both nominees for the Appeals
Court, Brown and Owen were filibustered during Bush's first term,
but he re-nominated them in November after his re-election.

Demos have threatened to filibuster both nominees, calling them
too extreme (read: too respectful of the Constitution). If they do,
Majority Leader Frist is prepared to exercise the constitutional
option and change parliamentary rules to bar filibustering of judicial
confirmations. Frist stated this week that he would not attempt to
extend the ban to include filibusters on legislation. But judgeship
nominees deserve an up-or-down vote rather than the stalling tactics
that the Demos have resorted to of late, and a change in parliamentary
procedure would assure just that.

Minority Leader Harry Reid has threatened to bring Senate business
to a screeching halt if the ban on filibusters goes through. It's hard
to know what purpose such a childish move would serve, other than to
prove further how obstructionist the Democrats really are and how they
have no real agenda to lead the country.

In other Senate news, a provision to give amnesty to nearly a
million illegal aliens working in agricultural jobs, debated Tuesday,
failed to pass. The provision was attached to an $81-billion emergency
supplemental-appropriations bill to pay for fighting the wars in Iraq
and Afghanistan, which later passed in the Senate sans the immigration
provision. Debates over unlawful immigration will surely continue as
the two chambers begin the work of reconciling their respective versions
of the bill.

In the House, Democrats refuse to allow Tom DeLay to have his day
before the House Ethics Committee. Republicans instituted rule changes
recently, among them the automatic dismissal of an ethics complaint if
no action is taken within 45 days. Rep. Doc Hastings, chairman of the
committee, offered to extend that period to 90 days, but the Demos just
aren't buying. Clearly they fear that if DeLay actually gets a hearing,
he'll be exonerated. Regardless of party affiliation, it is patently
unfair to accuse someone of violating rules and then not allow him to
defend himself in the proper forum.

Of considerable note, Illinois Rep. Henry Hyde, chair of the House
International Relations Committee and longtime Reagan Republican,
announced his retirement this week. First sworn into the House of
Representatives in 1975, Hyde will complete his current congressional
term, which expires in 2006.

New and notable legislation: The House voted this week to approve
oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (HR 6) -- a measure
the Senate recently approved. An Online Freedom of Speech bill was
proposed simultaneously in the House (HR 1605 and HR 1606) and Senate
(S 678) that aims to prevent federal regulation of political speech
over the Internet. The United Nations Voting Accountability Act, which
was proposed in the House, would prohibit foreign aid to countries that
act in opposition to the United States in the UN.

This week's "Braying Jackass" awards:

"I am sick and tired of a bunch of people trying to tell me that God
wants a bunch of conservative judges on the court. I am sick and tired
of [Republicans] saying they somehow have a better understanding of
Christianity, of the Judeo-Christian ethic, of values." --John Kerry,
who is clearly sick and tired

"I cannot imagine that God -- with everything he has or she has to
worry about -- is going to take the time to debate the filibuster in
heaven." --Senator Richard Durbin **Not likely you'll ever find out,
Dick.

From the Left...

Vermont Senator Jumpin' Jim Jeffords, the Republican turncoat
who fancies himself an Independent, announced that he will not be
seeking re-election next year. Jeffords will be stepping down after
three terms as an annoying RINO. Few were surprised in 2001 when Tom
Daschle convinced him to leave the Republican Party, ending the GOP's
razor-thin majority status.

Vermont's only representative in the House, Bernie Sanders, a
Socialist who disingenuously calls himself an Independent, will run
for Jeffords's seat, but there is a strong alternative.

Readers may recall that last fall The Patriot endorsed
Republican candidate, retired USAF officer and Friend of The
Patriot Greg Parke for the seat occupied by Jeffords. With the
announcement of Jeffords' retirement, Parke is gearing up to campaign
for the seat again, but his first battle will be to convince Republican
leaders that the contest is worth the money it will take to win. The
addition of just one conservative Republican in the Senate would be a
major step toward assuring constitutional treatment of the President's
judicial nominees, and the next three months of his campaign are
crucial. Parke is the man. We reiterate our support for Parke, and
we encourage our readers to do the same by contacting RNC Chairman Ken
Mehlman at < Chairman@gop.com >.

On the National Security front...

John Negroponte gained Senate approval Thursday to become the first
Director of National Intelligence, winning an overwhelming 98-2 vote
for final confirmation. Mr. Negroponte was sworn in at the White House
within 45 minutes of the Senate vote and is a welcome addition to the
intelligence community.

Meanwhile, President Bush's other high-level nominee, John Bolton,
has been tarred by a partisan political brush. Democrats -- true to form
-- are borking Bolton, i.e., making all manner of ugly and irrelevant
charges regarding his qualifications to be Ambassador to the UN. Assorted
former co-workers and subordinates have alleged abusive behavior,
intimidation and the like. Unfortunately, this "oldest political trick
in the book" appears to have suckered at least one Republican senator,
Ohio's George Voinovich, into withholding his "yea" vote. Blindsided
by Voinovich's mutiny, Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Richard
Lugar had little choice but to delay Bolton's committee vote, fearing
a less than positive outcome. In doing so, Lugar has unwittingly given
weight to the allegations and ensured that more will follow. Even former
Secretary of State Powell is alleged to have warned Senators Chaffee and
Hagel that Bolton may be too volatile for the job -- which, in our view,
constitutes a strong endorsement.

From the warfront with Jihadistan...

According to CIA and DIA intelligence reports, Saudi terrorist Osama
bin Laden and Jordanian al-Qa'ida terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi have
obtained, or will soon be in possession of, a fissile weapon. That is
the cautious conclusion by analysts assigned to Zarqawi earlier this
month. Reiterating what both the President and Vice President have said
previously, CIA Director Porter Goss says a nuclear terrorist strike
"may be only a matter of time," emphasizing that there is no absolute
assurance that importation of a fissile weapon can be prevented. In
other words, the best defense is a strong offense -- AKA, the Bush
Doctrine of Pre-Emption.

As The Patriot noted in October, 2002, our well-placed
sources in the Middle East and intelligence sources with the NSA and NRO
estimated that the UN Security Council's foot-dragging provided an ample
window for Saddam to export some or all of his deadliest WMD materials
and components, including one or more crude nuclear devices.

At that time we reported that Allied Forces would be unlikely
to discover Iraq's WMD stores, noting, "Our sources estimate that Iraq
has shipped some or all of its biological stockpiles and nuclear WMD
components through Syria to southern Lebanon's heavily fortified Bekaa
Valley." In December of 2002, our senior-level intelligence sources
re-confirmed estimates that some of Iraq's biological and nuclear
WMD material and components had, in fact, been moved into Syria and
Iran. That movement continued until President Bush finally pulled the
plug on the UN's ruse.

It is not likely that these weapons have moved since, but if Zarqawi
has a nuke, it came out of Iran or Syria, and, according to our sources,
bin Laden has instructed Zarqawi to select a target inside the U.S.

On the Homeland Security front...

There is still plenty of evidence concerning al-Qa'ida sleeper cells
and support clusters in the U.S. waiting for the nation to drop its
guard. Al-Qa'ida sympathizers abound. Case in point: In early April,
FBI agents raided the Memphis home of Rafat Jamal Mawlawi, a Syrian
with dual citizenship, who is suspected of setting up marriages
between Islamists and local women in order to get the men into the
country. The FBI found a large cache of weapons, ammunition, cash,
Moroccan and Bosnian passports, and other items such as pictures of
Mawlawi shouldering a rocket launcher.

This wasn't the first time an Islamist-organized fraud scheme has
been uncovered in Memphis. Back in 2002, five Islamists from New York
were arrested in Memphis when attempting to obtain fake driver's licenses
from a state DoT examiner.

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For the second time in three years, U.S. District Judge Leonie
Brinkema has considered a guilty plea from Zacarias Moussaoui, the
only person in the U.S. charged in connection with the September 11
terrorist attacks, and this time the plea may stick. Moussaoui recently
wrote a letter to Judge Brinkema and the U.S. government stating that
he wanted to plead guilty, and according to a courthouse spokesman on
Wednesday afternoon the judge has decided to accept Moussaoui's plea.
Additional details were unavailable, but Judge Brinkema has scheduled
a hearing for Friday in U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Virginia.
Moussaoui could face the death penalty, although his sentence would be
determined at a trial after his plea was accepted.

Moussaoui, indicted on six counts related to 9/11, had tried in 2002
to plead guilty to the four charges carrying the death penalty, saying
at the time that he was a member of al-Qa'ida and had pledged allegiance
to alleged 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden. However, Moussaoui changed
his mind after Brinkema gave him a week to think about it. It's been
a difficult road for the U.S. government to get Moussaoui to trial.
In addition to his originally withdrawn guilty plea, Moussaoui's attempts
to represent himself, conflicts with his court-appointed lawyers, and
repeated appeals over his access to confidential government sources and
al-Qa'ida detainees have further delayed his trial. The Patriot
hopes that this time justice will be served.

From the "Non Compos Mentis" Files...

Two weeks ago, The Patriot noted that the L.A. Times
issued not one, but four corrections to a news story. In a
further correction item this week, the paper said, "At the same time
[as the previous corrections], editors began a full review of the
story.... Based on that inquiry...the paper has concluded that the
article fell far short of Times standards." No kidding! Four new
corrections were issued and the writer was dismissed. Eric Slater, the
"journalist" in question, told the Times, "Myself and my attorney
are looking over the request [for my resignation] and will get back
to the L.A. Times by morning." Friend of The Patriot,
James Taranto, responds: "With his command of grammar, ourselves wonder
how he got hired in the first place."

From the "Village Academic Curriculum" File...

In California, parent Larry Caldwell of Roseville is making a
federal case out of forcing state government schools to follow existing
state laws and policies on science education, as in the "California
State Board of Education Policy on the Teaching of Natural Sciences."
Caldwell proposes a "Quality Science Education Policy" requiring that
scientific theories (including evolution) not be taught dogmatically
and that students be acquainted with debate and rational inquiry over
questions of science. Amazing that school administrators have refused
such a reasonable -- nay, well-needed -- request, eh? The Pacific
Justice Institute will join the case as co-counsel.

Around the nation...

From the states, despite dire threats from Education Secretary
Margaret Spellings, Utah legislators this week voted overwhelmingly in
favor of a bill that would give state-education policy precedent over
President Bush's No Child Left Behind Act. Mrs. Spellings tried to stop
passage of the bill, threatening to withdraw Utah's federal funding for
education. Utah was unimpressed. "I'd just as soon they take the stinking
money and go back to Washington with it," said Rep. Steve Mascaro,
R-West Jordan. "Let us resolve our education problems by ourselves. I
will not be threatened by Washington over $76 million."

The rest of the country would do well to recognize this as a proper
example of federalism at work. Such extra-constitutional federal
mandates have power only insofar as the states choose to depend upon
federal money. When the federal government oversteps its bounds, all
the states need to do is tell Washington to "take the stinking money"
and leave. For the sake of the Constitution, and for the sake of our
children, let's hope other states follow Utah's bold lead.

In business/economic news...

In another setback for the struggling airline industry, US Airways
sold over 1,000 round-trip tickets at a hefty discount over the
weekend. Online customers were quite thrilled to fly in and out of
Asheville, N.C., Jamestown, N.Y. and Hilton Head, S.C. for only $1.86!
Even Travelocity and Orbitz couldn't match that! US Airways has
also had problems such as sending flights off without any baggage from
Philadelphia over Christmas. In August, the company filed for bankruptcy
a second time since 2001. Selling tickets for $1.86 (probably not even
enough to pay for those peanuts!) is a sure way to end up in bankruptcy
a third time.

On the culture front...

Connecticut entered the redefinition-of-marriage fight -- with the
so-called "Constitution State" weighing in on the pro-homosexuality
side. Gov. M. Jodi Rell signed into law creation of "civil unions"
with the mild disclaimer that marriage is retained as a husband-wife
relationship only. This, of course, is yet another erosion -- along
the way to complete erosion -- of the natural-law-based definition of
marriage as the foundation of natural-family formation. As the Left
presses for the normalization of homosexual "marriage," there's no
reason to think the battle will stop here.

Family and faith matters...

While we doubt that Pope Benedict XVI is a country-music fan, we
are fairly confident that his virtual iPod would include Aaron Tippin's
"You've got to stand for something or you'll fall for anything." That
simple sentiment from a country song epitomizes the core message of
Cardinal Ratzinger's eulogy of Pope John Paul II, along with his first
homilies as the pope. At 78 years of age, Pope Benedict XVI has seen
the carnage wrought by relativism. His experience within Nazi Germany
taught him that institutions devoid of the intellectual commitment of
active souls are a drain on the life of the Church. While he welcomes
home wayward parishioners who can find the Church only on Easter and
Christmas, he champions a dynamic Catholicism that promotes faith with
forethought rather than afterthought.

The Church is at a crossroads, and the mainstream media here and
in Europe would direct the Church down a path of relativism and an
embracing of the diversity and equality of all religions. To be sure,
the new Pope is committed to an "openness to the whole" of history
and of the human race. He seeks a growing vibrant church, but it will
remain a church that stands for serious ideas, one faithful to Scripture,
even if Scripture is unpopular within enlightened circles.

The media of Europe and the United States have been brutally open
in their contempt for the new Pope -- dubbing him "God's Rottweiler"
for his conservative stance and incessantly revisiting his forced
association with the Hitler Youth -- and have consistently misrepresented
both his positions and his likely leadership style. Of course, it's a
good bet that no matter who the College of Cardinals elected via the
intercession of the Almighty, the choice would not make the reporters
happy. Unless, of course, you can imagine a Hugh Hefner papacy.

This week's "Alpha Jackass" award:

"The selection of Cardinal Ratzinger as pope has many Catholics in
the U.S. wondering whether a divider can become a uniter." --David Von
Drehle, The Washington Post

On the frontiers of science...

Michael Fumento, author of the groundbreaking work The Myth of
Heterosexual AIDS, recently wrote about some interesting developments
out of Africa. A trio of research scientists has worked for years
to dispel the World Health Organization's claim that 99 percent of
AIDS cases in Africa are the result of normal heterosexual relations.
On the contrary, these researchers assert that no more than one-third
of all AIDS cases are contracted through heterosexual intercourse -- and
that believing otherwise is jeopardizing the lives of millions. In the
U.S., only 12 percent of AIDS cases are "attributed to" heterosexual
transmission, meaning the victims claimed to have gotten it that way,
and even those figures (based on other research) seem to be exaggerated.

Contrary to mounting evidence, the WHO asserts that homosexuality is
quite rare in Africa. Unfortunately, it is difficult to challenge the
currently rooted paradigm of heterosexual AIDS spread -- particularly
when the paradigm is sex. "Sex is sexy," says one of the scientists,
who also notes that very few scientists are even looking to other
possibilities. Another of the trio seems to nail the problem on the
head, pointing out that for scientists to concede they're wrong would be
"to admit they're complicit in mass death. That's hard to admit that
to yourself, much less to other people."

On the frontiers of junk science...

The New York Times reports, "[P]eople who are overweight
but not obese have a lower risk of death than those of normal
weight...." implying that fat folks' risk of death is below 100
percent. That error notwithstanding, there is a story here.

According to the latest reports from the CDC, the "obesity
epidemic" isn't. The CDC now ranks obesity No. 7 instead of No. 2
among the nation's leading causes of preventable death. Last year,
the National Center for Health Statistics reported to the CDC that
their mortality figures for obesity were overstated by at least 200
percent. CDC researchers now say that obesity deaths are 14 times lower
than previously estimated. 14 times! In fact, the new CDC report
suggests that being modestly overweight may extend life expectancy.

Who's to say which reports are correct? There's only one sensible
conclusion: The physique-worshipers' play-book is about as accurate as
the one used by the earth worshipers -- and other idolaters.

Oh, and that business about whether red wine is good for your
heart. That one got debunked as well -- researchers now say the
relationship between wine consumption and health is incidental.

And last...

Just in time for Earth Day festivities, California's Supreme Court
told People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals to give it a rest.
The Golden State high court declined to review the now-dismissed 2002
lawsuit PETA brought against the California Milk Advisory Board's
ad series revolving around the tag line, "Great cheese comes from
happy cows. Happy cows come from California." A state appeals court
ruled in January that the board, like all state agencies, is immune to
false-advertising suits. Talk about PETA milking a claim....

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A Letter From Sen. Mitch McConnell To Sen. Harry Reid Dear Janet, I thought you would be interested in reading the letter below from Sen. McConnell of Kentucky to Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada. The vote on ending the filibuster of judicial nominees who are not liberal activist judges will be held next week. This will be, without doubt, one of the most important votes in our history. We are governed by three separate but equal branches of government. If only liberal activist judges are allowed to serve, then the judiciary will become the ruling body of our government and the legislative and executive branches will operate beneath the judiciary. I share this letter not because I do or do not support a particular party, but because it is important that the judiciary not become the most powerful branch of our government. I hope you have made plans to call your Senators next week. It could well be the most important two phone calls you have ever made to those Senators. You can reach both of your Senators at 202-224-3121. It will only cost you about 50 cents. No one asked me to send you this letter. I did it on my own initiative because I felt it contained information you needed. Sincerely, Don Donald E. Wildmon, Founder and Chairman American Family Association April 18, 2005 The Honorable Harry Reid S-221, The Capitol Washington, D.C. 20510 Dear Harry: I have reviewed your March 15, 2005 letter to Majority Leader Frist. While I certainly agree with your call to work together on the judicial nominations process, I am greatly concerned about your statement regarding shutting down Senate business and, by extension, the federal government. A government shut down would be rash and unwise, and the American people deserve better from us than such an act, which is surely inconsistent with "working together." I urge you to reconsider taking this action. We can all agree there is much important work to be done in the Senate. While our economy is strong, gas prices are way too high; people feel these costs every time they fill up at the pump. This Senate needs to enact a long-term energy policy to reduce our dependence on foreign oil. In addition, our transportation infrastructure needs improving. Millions of Americans take the roads and rails everyday to get to work and keep this country moving. It is thus critical that the Senate pass a highway bill. We also must reform America’s tax code so that it is fairer for all Americans and leads to a robust economy. We need to continue our efforts to reform Social Security so it is strong and secure for future generations. Rather than work with us in a spirit of bipartisan cooperation, the Democratic Caucus has indicated it will continue its blockade of circuit court nominees. Democrats’ continued insistence on obstructing judicial nominees threatens our Constitution’s careful separation of powers among the three branches of government. Never before in the history of the country has a minority of senators filibustered—on a systematic, repeated, and partisan basis—well-qualified judicial nominees. But in the last Congress, it occurred on ten different circuit court nominations within only sixteen months. Majority Leader Frist has repeatedly sought to afford your caucus generous time in which to debate these nominations. But he has been consistently rebuffed, including being told on one occasion that "there is not a number [of hours] in the universe that would be sufficient" to discuss a nominee. Nevertheless, Senator Frist continues his efforts to reach an accommodation. He has invited Democrats to come to the table and work with us to restore the 200-year-old norms and traditions of the Senate. Instead of shutting down the government, I urge you to work with the Majority Leader to repair our broken judicial confirmation process. Sincerely, Mitch McConnell
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THE FEDERALIST PATRIOT

18 April 2005
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CONTENTS:

THE FOUNDATION

INSIGHT

IChThUS IMPRIMIS

PATRIOTS DAY 2005

FAMILY

CULTURE

LIBERTY

THE GIPPER

OPINION IN BRIEF

GOVERNMENT

RE: THE LEFT

POLITICAL FUTURES

FOR THE RECORD

SELECT READER COMMENTS

THE LAST WORD

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THE
FOUNDATION

"Contemplate the mangled bodies
of your countrymen, and then say,
'What should be the reward of such
sacrifices?' Bid us and our posterity
bow the knee, supplicate the friendship,
and plough, and sow, and reap, to glut
the avarice of the men who have let
loose on us the dogs of war to riot in
our blood and hunt us from the face of
the earth? If ye love wealth better than
liberty, the tranquility of servitude
than the animating contest of freedom,
go from us in peace. We ask not your
counsels or arms. Crouch down and
lick the hands which feed you. May
your chains sit lightly upon you, and
may posterity forget that ye were our
countrymen!" --Samuel Adams

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"Today, we need a nation of Minutemen,
citizens who are not only prepared to
take arms, but citizens who regard the
preservation of freedom as the basic
purpose of their daily life and who
are willing to consciously work and
sacrifice for that freedom." --John
F. Kennedy

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IChThUS
IMPRIMIS

"We have grasped the mystery of
the atom and rejected the Sermon on
the Mount....The world has achieved
brilliance without conscience. Ours is
a world of nuclear giants and ethical
infants." --General Omar Bradley

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PATRIOTS
DAY 2005

In honor of those brave Patriots
who, on 19 April 1775, at Lexington and
Concord, fired the opening volley for
American liberty -- and those Patriots
who continue in that tradition today,
shouldering the burden of American
liberty, particularly those on the
warfront with Jihadistan. (We invite
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for additional resources on America's
founding.)

Concord HymnRalph Waldo Emerson

By the rude bridge that arched the flood,
Their flag to
April's breeze unfurled,
Here once the embattled farmers stood

And fired the shot heard round the world.

The foe long since in silence slept;
Alike the conqueror
silent sleeps;
And Time the ruined bridge has swept
Down
the dark stream which seaward creeps.

On this green bank, by this soft stream,
We set to-day a
votive stone;
That memory may their deed redeem,
When,
like our sires, are sons are gone.

Spirit, that made those heroes dare
To die and leave their
children free,
Bid Time and Nature gently spare
The shaft
we raise to them and thee.

Patriots Day Quotes

"These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier
and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the
service of his country; but he that stands it NOW deserves the love
and thanks of man and woman." --Thomas Paine ++ "Patriotism
itself is a necessary link in the golden chains of our affections and
virtue." --Stephen Decatur ++ "Is life so dear or peace so
sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it,
Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me,
give me liberty or give me death!" --Patrick Henry ++ "The tree
of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots
and tyrants. It is its natural manure." --Thomas Jefferson

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"[M]arriage is threatened not by
divorce, but by people not marrying in
the first place -- as is increasingly
the case in the two European societies
that have redefined marriage to include
couples of the same sex. Our present
high divorce rate is not stopping the
vast majority of Americans from wanting
to marry. Nor should it. Nothing
provides the antidote to narcissism,
or the environment for the healthy
raising of children, or the way for
people to take care of one another, as
does the marriage of a man and a woman.
And while most divorces are terribly
sad, divorce itself no more undermines
the institution of marriage than car
crashes undermine the institution of
driving. In fact, the vast majority of
people who do divorce deeply wish to
marry again; painful divorce has not
undermined marriage even among those
who have divorced. There may be honest
reasons to support the redefinition of
marriage to include same-sex couples. The
argument that heterosexuals divorce a
lot is not one of them. It is, in fact,
demagoguery." --Dennis Prager

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"[E]ssentially modern post-Christian
Europe, and Canada, and large parts of
the United States...have replaced the
traditional impulses of civilization,
which is to breed, and to prosper, and
to expand and survive with a culture
of narcissism. You know, I'd like to
have...meaningless, promiscuous sex, and
just think about myself all day long,
and all week long, and all year long.
But in the end, when you prioritize that,
you actually destroy the culture that
enables it. It's a completely absurd
culture and brazen. And that's what
we've done. ... Because the fact of the
matter is...most societies have built
into their DNA the need to survive,
the need to prosper, and the need to
reproduce. And we have managed to lose
that in an extraordinary short period of
time, and quite remarkably. ... And so
it's a simple, foolish, self-defeating
sort of selfishness to carry on like
that." --Mark Steyn

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class="FedFeatures">LIBERTY

"In recent weeks there have been
stories about automobile companies
installing 'black boxes' in their cars
without informing car buyers. These
will record all kinds of information
that could be made available to the
government, including speed, miles
traveled, miles per gallon and so
forth. Worse, they could be rigged to
record conversations, and there goes
your privacy. Some cars already have
these black boxes. There's nothing like
having a government spy riding around in
your car with you, which is what this
amounts to. Today, more than ever,
Big Brother is intent on watching us,
listening to us, gathering personal
information about us. Anything to
keep us in line. We zipped past l984
24 years ago but more and more it's
looking as if somewhere down the road
we made a U-turn." --Lyn Nofziger

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THE
GIPPER

"You and I know and do not believe
that life is so dear and peace so sweet
as to be purchased at the price of chains
and slavery. If nothing is worth dying
for, when did this begin...? Should
Moses have told the children of Israel
to live in slavery under the pharaohs?
Should Christ have refused the cross?
Should the patriots of Concord Bridge
have thrown down their guns and refused
to fire the shot heard round the world?
The martyrs of history were not fools,
and our honored dead who gave their lives
to stop the advance of the Nazis didn't
die in vain!" --Ronald Reagan

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OPINION
IN BRIEF

"The outraged-at-Bolton caucus has a
problem, which is that anything Bolton
has said about the UN appears mild given
recent UN malfeasance. He never said that
UN peacekeepers would rape children in
the Congo. He never said the UN would
engage in insider dealing to rip off
its own Oil-for-Food program in Iraq.
He never said the UN would institute
what appears to be a cover-up of its
Oil-for-Food wrongdoing. But this all
happened, which is why even Kofi Annan
says the UN needs a thorough overhaul.
Democrats who oppose Bolton are in effect
more deliriously pro-UN than even the
secretary general." --Rich Lowry

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class="FedFeatures">GOVERNMENT

"When he refused to bow and grovel
before the federal judiciary, [Judge
Roy] Moore was suspended as Alabama's
chief justice. In November 2003,
he was tried before a judicial ethics
panel. Moore's position was elegant
in its simplicity: I took an oath to
defend the Alabama Constitution, which
acknowledges God as the foundation of
our laws. Therefore, as the state's
chief judicial officer, I am bound to
affirm that truth, which I have done
with my Ten Commandments statue. And,
by the way, I'm not required to go along
with the federal judiciary's convenient
misinterpretations of the Constitution.
Based on his intransigence here, Moore
was removed from office. ...[W]e are in a
constitutional crisis created by activist
judges intent on mandating homosexual
marriage (thereby deconstructing the
American family), taking God out of
the Pledge of Allegiance, abetting
pornographers in flooding the country
with filth, enshrining abortion-on-demand
as the penultimate right, making
Americans subject to foreign laws,
and rewriting our history to transform
America into one (secular) nation, under
their heel. To save the Constitution
and representative government will take
a thousand Roy Moores, all echoing the
words of Thomas Jefferson (author of our
nation's founding document) 'To consider
the judges as the ultimate arbiters of
all constitutional questions (is) a very
dangerous doctrine indeed, and one which
would place us under the despotism of an
oligarchy.' It has." --Don Feder

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RE: THE
LEFT

"Liberals enjoy claiming that they
are intellectuals, thrilled to engage in
a battle of wits. This, they believe,
distinguishes them from conservatives,
who are religious fanatics who react with
impotent rage to opposing ideas. As one
liberal, Jonathan Chait, put the cliche
in the New Republic: Bush is an
'instinctive anti-intellectual' and his
administration hostile to 'fact-driven
debate.' In a favorable contrast,
Clinton is 'the former Rhodes scholar
who relished academic debates.' Showing
his usual reverence for fact-checking,
The New York Times' Paul Krugman
says the Republican Party is 'dominated
by people who believe truth should be
determined by revelation, not research.'
I'm not sure how these descriptions
square with the fact that liberals keep
responding to conservative ideas by
throwing food. ... Last October, two
liberals responded to my speech at the
University of Arizona -- during question
and answer, no less -- by charging the
stage and throwing two pies at me from
a few yards away. Fortunately for me,
liberals not only argue like liberals,
they also throw like girls. ...[W]hen
conservative speakers are physically
attacked on college campuses, university
administrators ignore the attacks,
Democrat prosecutors somehow manage to
get the charges dismissed, and Democrat
flacks like Chait and Krugman pretend
they missed the news that day. ... But
these Rhodes scholar geniuses with a
taste for 'fact-driven debate' can't even
achieve the level of argument practiced
by the average juvenile delinquent.
They're still stuck at the intellectual
level of 2-year-olds in high chairs
throwing food." --Ann Coulter

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POLITICAL
FUTURES

"I have been a card-carrying
Republican since 1963, when my candidate
Barry Goldwater suggested cutting off
the northeast and letting it float out
to sea. It was a good idea back then,
and it still has some merit. Too many
Republicans up there are born without
backbones -- which in the Republican
Party is a communicable disease.
Any other Republicans currently
feeling their knee muscles turning to
jelly should wrap their knees tightly,
stick a ramrod up their dorsal side and
get back in the fight. They should
remember the political maxim that
while the law will take care of the
guilty, when a politician is innocent
of the charges being thrown at him,
he can only be brought down by his own
side. ... Human sacrifice had been almost
completely extinguished with the passing
of the Aztecs -- until the Republican
Party came along. ... If a party can be
stampeded -- by phony charges and a run
of shoddy stories in whorish newspapers
-- into dumping their most effective
congressional leader, I wouldn't give
two cents for their near term future.
A party that would voluntarily cut off
its own [manhood] and FedEx them to
their opponent as a trophy is not likely
to manifest any regenerative powers.
That's the thing about losing those
organs." --Tony Blankley

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FOR THE
RECORD

"Phase One of the road map was
supposed to be completed in May, 2003.
It called for 'ending terror and
violence, normalizing Palestinian life
and building Palestinian institutions.'
Since not one of these objectives has
been realized, even in the 'pre-road
map' period, how could anyone other
than a cockeyed optimist believe that
the Palestinians are serious about
co-existing with Israel? Sharon has
repeatedly said that moving forward
depends on these steps. Yet he
acknowledges the problem of continuing
terror, although at different levels
of intensity. So, if it is a condition
for 'moving forward' that the terror
completely stop, but yet the terror
continues, why is Israel moving forward
anyway? Doesn't he make the case against
the very policy he is implementing, which
includes the uprooting of thousands of
Jews in Gaza (along with the evacuation
of their cemeteries and synagogues)?
It was none other than Sharon who urged
these Jews to live in Gaza in the first
place. The flaw from the beginning has
been the belief that what Israel does
or doesn't do affects the conduct of
her enemies, whose policy remains the
elimination of Israel -- by hook, by
crook or by road map." --Cal Thomas

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SELECT
READER COMMENTS

"Tuesday 19 April is Patriots Day. Remember to fly your flag. It
commemorates the battles of Lexington and Concord (the Shot Heard Round
the World). And for those who forgot their American History and Civics,
the cause was the Massachusetts governor's attempt to disarm the citizens
of Boston." --Boston, Massachusetts

"The IRS -- I find it interesting that when you combine the words in
the above subject line it becomes 'THEIRS'!" --Baton Rouge, Louisiana

"I keep reading that there are no WMD's in Iraq -- but that claim
is patently false. My unit has found many WMD's -- silk-worm missiles
with sarin gas, for example. Soldiers have been killed trying to disarm
these weapons. We find the weapons in small numbers -- 2 or 3 at a time,
here and there, which does not constitute 'stockpiles,' but WMD ARE
here." --USA, Iraq

"I have a question regarding 'Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of
Happiness.' My son is being hounded by the establishment for child
support in excess of $19,000. This is for a child (one night stand)
that he never wanted in the first place. He has never seen the child
nor wants to, the woman made the choice to keep and raise this child,
he had no choice in the matter. Now our government is trying to extort
money from him to pay or go to jail. Roe v Wade gave women the right
to choose, and this country is based on equality and men should be
granted the same right to choose. I realize this is an emotional issue
and that many feel 'the best interest of the child syndrome.' Women
fought for equality and won, however they still want men to pay for
their mistakes. Very wrong I say! I would appreciate your take on this
subject." --(Somewhere on Venus)
Editor's Reply: Your
son "had no choice in the matter." Where was he on the night HIS child
(YOUR grandchild) was conceived? "Men should be granted the same right to
choose"? He exercised that right when he chose to have sex. "The best
interest of the child syndrome"? You obviously have no symptoms of that
unfortunate malady. "Women want men to pay for their mistakes"? I assume
you are suggesting the "mistake" was the mother of your grandchild?
No wonder there are so many angry feminists! Conservatives, if they
stand for anything, stand for personal responsibility as the bedrock
of liberty. Perhaps you should have addressed this letter, "Dear
Hillary"? What planet are you from? That's our "take on this subject."

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THE LAST
WORD

"The United Nations won't achieve the
reform it needs without strong, engaged
American leadership. That's where a
rock-solid guy like John Bolton comes in.
The United States is the UN's biggest
donor, paying more than 20 percent of
the budget. We need to start getting
a decent 'return' on the $2 billion a
year that U.S. taxpayers send to the
United Nations and its affiliates.
We also need an ambassador in New York
who can tangle with the increasingly
powerful (and confident) Chinese,
the ornery Russians and the (always)
cranky French on the Security Council.
It's not a moment too soon for strong,
effective -- bold -- American leadership
at the United Nations. The world's
largest international institution is in
serious need of some 'tough love' --
and the smart money says John Bolton
is the right man to give it." --Peter
Brookes

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