24 September 2004 Federalist Patriot No. 04-38 Friday Digest For a government of the people! Support The Federalist -- http://FederalistPatriot.US/support.asp
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"I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents...." --James Madison Nineteenth-century historian Alexis de Tocqueville once observed, "Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word: equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude." Tocqueville was commenting on liberty and free enterprise, American style, versus socialism as envisioned by emerging protagonists of centralized state governments. And he saw on the horizon a looming threat -- a threat that would challenge the freedoms writ in the blood and toil of our nation's Founders. Indeed, a century after Tocqueville penned those words, elitist Democrat Franklin Delano Roosevelt tossed aside much of our nation's Constitution. Though its author, James Madison, noted in Federalist Paper No. 45 that "The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined [and] will be exercised principally on external objects, as war, peace, negotiation and foreign commerce," FDR summarily redefined the role of the central government by way of myriad extra-constitutional decrees, and greatly expanded the central government far beyond the strict limits set by our Constitution. FDR, perhaps unwittingly, used the Great Depression to establish a solid foundation for socialism in America, as best evidenced in this dubious proclamation: "Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle." If Roosevelt's "American principle" sounds somewhat familiar, then you're likely a student of history (or The Patriot). Not to be confused with the Biblical principle in the Gospel according to Luke, "From everyone who has been given much, much will be required...", which the Left often cites as justification for socialist policies, Roosevelt was essentially paraphrasing the gospel according to Karl Marx, whose maxim declared, "From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs." Notably, the Bible places the burden of responsibility for stewardship on the individual, while Marx and FDR placed the burden of responsibility for stewardship on the state. In failing to discern this distinction, FDR set the stage for the entrapment of future generations by the welfare state and the incremental shift from self-reliance to dependence upon the state -- ultimately the state of tyranny. English writer, sociologist and historian H.G. Wells, whose last work, The Holy Terror, profiled the psychological development of a modern dictator based on the careers of Stalin, Mussolini and Hitler, said of Roosevelt's reign, "The great trouble with you Americans is that you are still under the influence of that second-rate -- shall I say third-rate? -- mind, Karl Marx." More to the point, Soviet dictator Nikita Khrushchev said of Roosevelt's "New Deal" paradigm shift, "We can't expect the American people to jump from capitalism to communism, but we can assist their elected leaders in giving them small doses of socialism, until they awaken one day to find that they have communism." Clearly, Khrushchev was onto something. FDR never embraced self-reliance as the essential ingredient of a free society, nor have his Demo-successors Ted Kennedy and John Kerry. Why? Perhaps it's because these men inherited their wealth, their privilege and their political office. Indeed, while Kerry's handlers might try to cast their candidate as a man of the people, he is anything but. Remember, this is a man who has twice married multimillionaire heiresses; a man who has multiple mansions on multiple continents; a man who windsurfs (poorly) off tony Nantucket; a man who rides a bicycle that costs more than some new cars; a man who spends, oh, maybe $15,000 to jet his hairdresser cross country for a trim. Yes, John Kerry is the latest in a line of "inheritance-welfare liberals" -- those who were raised dependent on inheritance rather than self-reliance. Is it any wonder, then, that the character and values of these inheritance-welfare liberals are all but indistinguishable from the character and values of those who depend on state welfare? Today, more than 70 years after FDR seeded American socialism, the Soviet Union is but a memory. In addition, China and most other states with centralized economies (Cuba notwithstanding) are undergoing a dramatic shift toward free-enterprise -- as well as the political challenges that accompany such a shift. Yet despite the collapse of socialism around the world, inheritance-welfare liberals, chief among them John Kerry, still dominate the Democrat Party and continue to advocate all manner of dependence upon the state (the poor man's trust fund). V.I. Lenin knew precisely what he was talking about when he famously dubbed Western Leftists "useful idiots." As this Election Day approaches, we're left to wonder whether America has learned its lessons, or whether our great nation is still under the spell of its useful idiots. Here in our humble shop, we hope that an American majority will reject the candy of the inheritance-welfare liberals, will restore our Constitution as the central authority of the land, and will reclaim self-reliance as the central character of our people. _________________________________________________ There are only FIVE weeks left before the election, but there is still time to get your high-quality "Flush the Johns!" and "I'm not FONDA Kerry" stickers at cost with free shipping. You can buy enough to post them all over, or give them away to friends and associates. There are other great items at our Patriot Shop as well. Link to -- http://patriotshop.us/catalog/index.php _________________________________________________ Quote of the week... "And one of the responsibilities as President is understanding the strength of the country lies in the hearts and souls of the citizens. It's really not in the halls of our government. See, that's not where the strength of the country is. It's in the souls of the people. And if you understand that, then you're able to utilize the great power of the presidency to rally that strength, to call people to a higher calling." --President George W. Bush >From the Bush campaign journal... Making tax cuts permanent, a cornerstone of the President's fiscal policy, will reduce government revenue by $1 trillion over the next ten years, which is to say that it will leave more money in the hands of those who earn it. That's good policy. Ronald Reagan's legacy is, in part, that the U.S. economy accounted for one fifth of the global economy in 1980, but one THIRD of global economy today. This was due in great measure to the tax-cuts he enacted because lower rates resulted in greater economic activity which resulted in much larger tax revenues. However, upon accepting his re-nomination at the Republican National Convention, President Bush laid out a laundry list of costly social spending measures for the next four years. Fiscal conservatives are reeling at the $3-trillion price tag of the President's ambitious agenda. The Bush campaign team has said little about how the President plans to pay for it all, but government agencies have been put on notice to expect budget cuts for 2006, pending the President's re-election. From where the funding for his initiatives will come, however, remains a mystery. As we noted two years ago, the enormous government restructuring after 9/11 exposed the extent of useless overlap between agencies -- perhaps this will be prime for cutting. Meanwhile, the federal deficit continues to grow, reaching $422 billion this year alone. Memo to President Bush: We note above a reference to the Constitutional limitations on the role of the central government as made plain by its author James Madison in Federalist Paper No. 45. Neither The Federalist Patriot, nor our loyal Patriot readers, intend to become oxymoronic "big-government conservatives." In other campaign news, President Bush's handlers settled on three debates with John Kerry. The first, on 30 September, will focus on foreign policy and homeland security. The second, on 8 October, will be a town-hall-style forum open to any topics, but all questions will be screened by the moderator. The final debate, on 13 October, will concentrate on the economy. The Patriot will bring you our analysis of each debate, and unless President Bush trips over his Texas strut, which he tends to do in unscripted events, he will likely gain support as a result of the first debate, which is always the most-watched of the debates. If he stays on topic in the second and third, he will do well. Perhaps President Bush will use the third debate to clear up questions about how he plans to fund his slate social spending. >From the JFK DEMO-lition derby... No matter how hard John Kerry tried to change the subject this week, he couldn't compete with CBS talkinghead Dan Rather's "Memogate" fiasco. Indeed, last week saw Dan Ratherbiased officially unmasked as the "Democrat National Committee's Commissar of Propaganda." And this week, we're learning that the now-debunked documents that Rather paraded before the nation two weeks ago are not only linked to vindictive Demo-operatives in Texas, but also to CBS producer Mary Mapes. She packaged the story for Rather and put the unnamed source of the documents (a loopy Bush-hater named Bill Burkett) in touch with former Clinton mouthpiece Joe Lockhart, now a top Kerry advisor. It appears that Mapes' and Burkett's objective was to ensure the Kerry camp was ready to promote the scandal as soon as CBS broke the story. But the law of unintended consequences prevailed because the story itself was broke -- making CBS and its links to the Kerry campaign the real scandal. While it's unlikely that a legal case will ever be made, it appears that Rather and Mapes were bent on advancing this lie, come hell or high water. They disregarded vehement objections from both the widow and the son of the supposed author, Lt. Col. Jerry Killian, both of whom disputed the memos' authenticity. They disregarded denials from Killian's former secretary, said to have typed the memos. They disregarded their own "document experts" who warned that the memos were likely "forgeries." Of course, calling these documents "forgeries" implies they were facsimiles of something that actually exists. These documents were fabrications -- BIG difference. When challenged about the documents' authenticity last week, Rather told CNN: "I know that this story is true. I believe that the witnesses and the documents are authentic. ... There isn't going to be... there's no... what you're saying apology? [No apology] was even discussed, nor should it be. I want to make clear to you, I want to make clear to you if I have not made clear to you, that this story is true, and that more important questions than how we got the story, which is where those who don't like the story like to put the emphasis, the more important question is what are the answers to the questions raised in the story, which I just gave you earlier." Spoken like a Rather biased news reader! (To see Dan's last stand, link here -- http://kerry-04.org/photos/view.php?photo=baghdad_dan.jpg ) This week, however, Gunga Dan changed his tune: "If I knew then what I know now, I would not have gone ahead with the story...and I certainly would not have used the documents in question. But we did use the documents. We made a mistake in judgment, and for that I am sorry. ... Please know that nothing is more important to us (cue laugh track) than people's trust in our ability and our commitment to report fairly and truthfully." We know it's hard to believe, fellow Patriots, but Dan Rather really uttered that last sentence -- and with a straight face, no less! Rather continued: "I have confidence that those people who don't have a specific partisan political or ideological agenda will understand what happened, how it happened, and I think they have confidence in CBS's credibility and my own. I do have a lifetime of reporting." Once again with a straight face! Switching gears, it seems Dan Rather pulled his foot out of Kerry's mouth just in time for Michael Moore to insert his. In a diatribe salute to Kerry's Hollywonk cadre this week, Moore writes: "Look at us -- what a bunch of crybabies. Bush gets a bounce after his convention and you would have thought the Germans had run through Poland again. The Bushies are coming, the Bushies are coming! ... If I hear one more person tell me how lousy a candidate Kerry is and how he can't win... Dammit, of COURSE he's a lousy candidate -- he's a Democrat, for heavens sake! The Party is so pathetic, they even lose the elections they win! What were you expecting, Bruce Springsteen heading up the ticket? Bruce would make a helluva president, but guys like him don't run -- and neither do you or I. People like Kerry run. Yes, OF COURSE any of us would have run a better, smarter, kick-ass campaign. Of course we would have smacked each and every one of those phony swifty boaty bastards down. But WE are not running for president -- Kerry is." Moore continued: "My friends, it is time for a reality check. ... Kerry has brought in the Clinton A-team. Instead of shunning Clinton (as Gore did), Kerry has decided to not make that mistake. ... So, do not despair. All is not over. Far from it. ... Just for me, please? Buck up. The country is almost back in our hands. Not another negative word until Nov. 3rd! Then you can b**** all you want about how you wish Kerry was still that long-haired kid who once had the courage to stand up for something. Personally, I think that kid is still inside him. Instead of the wailing and gnashing of your teeth, why not hold out a hand to him and help the inner soldier/protester come out and defeat the forces of evil we now so desperately face. Do we have any other choice?" At risk of alienating a few readers, we have to agree with Moore on this one. Indeed, that "long-haired kid"...is still inside Kerry. You can find everything you need to know about John Kerry at -- http://kerry-04.org/ Our readers tell us our site is the Internet's most comprehensive resource on THE REAL JFK. Kerry-04.org is updated constantly, and it features dozens of great photos of "The Johns." We have only a few short weeks in which to ensure the defeat of John Kerry, so please visit http://kerry-04.org/ and send the link to all your friends. On cross-examination... "At the root of what is today treated as an embarrassing blunder by duped CBS journalists may turn out to be a felony by its faithless sources. ...[That person] then helped cause the fraudulent file to be transmitted by means of television communication to millions of voters for the purpose of influencing a federal election -- [which is] no mere 'dirty trick,' but a potential violation of federal law." --William Safire The BIG lie... "Saddam Hussein was a brutal dictator who deserves his own special place in hell. But that was not, in itself, a reason to go to war." --John Kerry Oh really? A few short months ago, Kerry professed: "Saddam Hussein took us to war once before. In that war, young Americans were killed. He went to war in order to take over the oil fields. It wasn't just an invasion of Kuwait. He was heading for the oil fields of Saudi Arabia. And that would have had a profound effect on the security of the United States. This is a man who has used weapons of mass destruction, unlike other people on this Earth today, not only against other people but against his own people. This is a man who tried to assassinate a former president of the United States, a man who lobbed 36 missiles into Israel in order to destabilize the Middle East, a man who is so capable of miscalculation that he even brought this war on himself. This is a man who, if he was left uncaptured, would have continued to be able to organize the Ba'athists. He would have continued to terrorize the people, just in their minds, because of 30 years of terror in Iraq." More to the point, Kerry said, "Those who doubted whether Iraq or the world would be better off without Saddam Hussein and those who believe today that we are not safer with his capture don't have the judgment to be president." We second that motion! And the runner up... "If George Bush were to be re-elected -- given the way that he has gone about this war, and given the avoidance of responsibility in North Korea, Iran and other places -- it is possible [that he would re-instate the draft]." --John Kerry, shamelessly scaring grandparents and parents that their kids would soon be marching off to a quagmire. He followed up with a real shocker: "I will tell you this: I will not reinstate the draft." To boot, Kerry's "Bush-might-reinstate-the-draft" rhetoric is already the talk on university campuses across the nation. Finally, an adept campaign maneuver from the Kerry team? Almost, but not quite. The truth is, there really is legislation currently pending in both chambers of Congress to reinstate the draft in the spring of 2005. SS-89 and HR-163 are sponsored by Sen. Ernest Hollings and Rep. Charles Rangel, respectively -- BOTH lefty Democrats and BOTH supporters of our very own John F. Kerry. Only one week left to take action... On 30 September, our petition calling for John Kerry's prosecution and disqualification from public office for "giving aid and comfort to the enemy" in time of war will be delivered to Senate President Richard Cheney, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist and Attorney General John Ashcroft. Regardless of the outcome of the election, since John Kerry made his war record the centerpiece of his presidential campaign, we intend to make it the centerpiece of this call for his prosecution. Please join 160,000 fellow Patriots who have already signed the petition, demanding John Kerry's prosecution. Link to -- http://www.PatriotPetitions.US/Kerry (If you don't have Web access, please send a blank e-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Each e-mail sent to this address will be counted as one signature for the petition -- no duplicates are counted.) Open query... "The Democrats purposely chose a candidate with a 22-year history in elective office entirely barren of any distinction. Can you name a single significant bill that bears John Kerry's mark? A single important speech? A single legislative achievement? A single idea of any kind associated with Kerry's name?" --Charles Krauthammer This week's "Alpha Jackass" award: "If he lies about his military record, he's going to lie about his health-care plan, his education 'leave no child behind,' he's going to lie about job creation." --DNC Head-mouth Terry McAuliffe Occasionally, we find ourselves in total agreement with Tmac: If John Kerry would lie about his military record, he'd lie about anything. This week's "Braying Jackass" award: "Here's what would be good for the American economy -- to outsource George W. Bush." --Demo VP candidate John Edwards campaigning in his birth state of South Carolina DEMO-gogue campaign quotes... "I think it is interesting as the only senator from the class of 1984, [John is] the only one who has not run for president, which, of course, is not a reason to run for president." -- Maria Teresa Thiersten Simoes-Ferreira Heinz Kerry ...Huh? Sometimes they get it right... "I smell the same New England genius that I smelled in the Dukakis campaign in 1988. Kerry wants to run as a man of the people, and where do they put him for photo opportunities? Snowboarding in Sun Valley, shooting skeet in the Ohio valley, and windsurfing off that great working-class vacation paradise, Nantucket." --Gerald Austin, Ohio Demo campaign consultant In other news from the Political Front... The media focus on Bush v. Kerry has dwarfed coverage of congressional campaigns -- but there are some significant campaigns to watch. You'll recall that in 2002, against all odds, there were gains for Republicans in the House and Senate, a midterm-election first for the majority party. This year, not only do we expect Republicans to retain majorities in the House and Senate, but we also expect net gains in both. In 2002, there were more Republican Senate seats in play, yet Republicans retained their majority. This year, there are 19 Demo Senate seats and only 15 Republican Senate seats in play. Two important races involving good friends of The Federalist Patriot are neck and neck and need your help. House candidate Lt. Colonel Greg Parke, USAF (Ret.) is endeavoring to defeat Rep. Bernie Sanders, the only self-avowed Socialist in the House. Greg, the son of a WWII veteran Marine, grew up in Vermont. After college, he joined the USAF and flew F-16s as a NATO nuclear-strike pilot, ending his tour as Wing Chief of Training. He was reassigned to the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, International Affairs, and had various assignments around the world until his retirement in 2000, when he moved his family back to Rutland. Vermont Governor Jim Douglas recently endorsed Greg's candidacy, saying, "We need Greg Parke in Congress fighting for Vermonters. I know Greg is committed to helping support small businesses that make Vermont work. I know that Greg will honorably represent Vermonters on the issues that make this state special, such as supporting our sportsmen, protecting our environment, and taking care of our veterans who have sacrificed so much so that we can enjoy our freedoms." For more information on Greg's campaign, link to -- http://voteparke.com/ or call 802-775-5730. Another great Patriot, Bill Federer, is vying for Missouri's 3rd Congressional Seat (the one being vacated by Richard Gephardt). Bill has been associated with The Patriot for years. He is the author of "America's God and Country Encyclopedia of Quotations" -- quotes from our Founders and other great American Patriots, which often appear in The Patriot. When Bill ran against Gephardt in 2000, he received more votes than any other Gephardt opponent ever had, even though Gephardt spent a record $6 million dollars, more than in all previous elections combined! Most Congressional seats change hands only when they are open. This is the first time in 28 years that this seat is open. Missouri is trending Republican, currently enjoying its first Republican House and Senate in 50 years. Bill's Democrat opponent, Russ Carnahan (son of former Governor Mel, and former Senator Jean), is a consummate Leftist, having placed himself far left of moderate Democrats. For more information on Bill's campaign, link to -- http://federer04.com or call 314-487-2004 News from the Swamp... In the Executive Branch, President Bush spoke before the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, reminding the world body once again of its responsibilities in forwarding and defending freedom against the forces of terror and tyranny. "For decades the circle of liberty and security and development has been expanding in our world," Bush told the assembled leaders. "Now we have the historic chance to widen the circle even further, to fight radicalism and terror with justice and dignity, to achieve a true peace, founded on human freedom." Bush noted that "we are determined to destroy terror networks wherever they operate." He also gave thanks to the many nations that have assisted in the fight up to this point. "Freedom is finding a way in Iraq and Afghanistan -- and we must continue to show our commitment to democracies in those nations." "The security of our world is found in the advancing rights of mankind," Bush said, adding that commitment to democratic reforms in the Middle East is essential to resolving conflict. "The advance of liberty is the path to both a safer and better world." Naturally, John Kerry had nothing but bile for Bush's speech and cited what he called the President's complete lack of leadership in Iraq. Believing that no international effort is ever truly international unless France and Germany are on board, Kerry lashed out at Bush for isolating America and having no credibility to lead the world. Kerry's own lack of credibility for embracing virtually every stand possible on Iraq must seem quite normal to him. Case in point: Iraq came to the Swamp this week, with Iraq's current Prime Minister Iyad Allawi's address to a joint session of Congress Thursday. Much of the Prime Minister's speech was a thank-you to the American people for liberating his beleaguered country from the clutches of Saddam Hussein. Merely a day earlier, Texas Republican Rep. Joe L. Barton, Chairman of House Energy and Commerce Committee, had announced his intention to continue probing the UN's "Oil for Food" financial scandal, in which $10 billion disappeared from the fund for feeding the Iraqi people. Stay tuned on this one -- congressional investigations, using the Iraqi-held paper trail, may go where the UN-sponsored "in-house" review may fear to tread. On the Hill, when it comes to managing Washington's federal bureaucracy, who would you think is best suited to the task -- a President with an MBA who stresses the importance of accountability through performance or a Northeastern liberal whose scant reform proposals revolve around what kind of breaks he can deliver to federal unions? (That's what we thought, too.) John Kerry doesn't have much of a plan for managing the federal government, but he does know that he wants to dismantle President Bush's management agenda, which has introduced competitive sourcing to the federal job marketplace and forced the government to become results-oriented. Concepts like competing for jobs and worker accountability are common in the private sector but relatively rare in government circles, that is until Bush brought some real-world business sense to the scene. True to that Demo instinct to break what's already been fixed, candidate Kerry has made promises to federal union-leaders to bring an end to all the reforms. He seeks to put a stop to contractor bidding for federal work and also vows to halt any attempts to privatize government operations. And he's not alone. This week, the House voted for a 3.5% pay raise for federal employees and also moved to roll back the rules on federal contracting. The measures enjoyed wide support on both sides of the aisle, with many representatives reluctant to upset the federal-jobs apple cart in an election year. There's also talk in the Senate of legislation to curb the unlimited fundraising and spending power of the 527 groups. But don't expect anything to change in time for the November election. Not a moment too soon, late Thursday night the House passed extension of a package of $146 billion over 10 years in middle class tax cuts, including the child tax credit, and reducing the marriage penalty. The measurer passed overwhelmingly with a 339-65 vote in the House, quickly followed by a 92-3 vote in the Senate. Once signed, this will mark President Bush's fourth tax cut in as many years. The Patriot reminds our elected representatives once again: while we continue to support additional tax cuts, these cuts must be matched or exceeded by reductions in federal spending. As noted above, a touch of fiscal restraint in a second Bush term would be a welcome reprieve from non-security related federal expansion. In addition, the upper chamber approved Rep. Porter J. Goss to become the next Director of the CIA, on a 77-17 vote. Goss, a former CIA analyst and Army intelligence officer, should provide some necessary redirection for U.S. intelligence services. Finally, in these waning days of the 108th Session, Congress has found time to pass spending bills to keep the government running through to the new fiscal year, which begins October 1. Discretionary spending this year is expected to be well above the $821 billion ceiling set by the White House...even without the pay raise that Congress voted for itself. >From the warfront with Jihadistan... As expected, the International Atomic Energy Agency gave Iran only a mild rebuke last Friday following its meeting in Vienna. Rejecting the harder line desired by the United States, the IAEA's resolution "expressed concern" over Iran's many discrepancies and called on Iran to explain itself before the 25 November IAEA meeting. The IAEA resolution's only concrete demand was that Iran cease all uranium-enrichment activity as a sign of good faith, pending the November meeting. Iran's reply was immediate and unmistakable: "The Islamic Republic will never accept limitations on our right to enrich uranium." Iran backed that statement with the announcement that it was resuming work to convert some 40 tons of uranium yellowcake (a slightly processed form of uranium ore) into uranium-hexaflouride gas, a direct precursor to the highly-enriched uranium needed for nuclear weapons. Iran's leaders continue to insist that the Non Proliferation Treaty allows them to enrich uranium (it does, for peaceful uses), but rejects the NPT's corresponding requirement of full transparency, i.e., full access for IAEA monitors (to ensure only peaceful use). Nuclear experts on all sides agree that 40 tons of yellowcake could provide sufficient highly-enriched uranium for several nuclear weapons. And by coincidence, Wednesday marked the start of Iran's annual Holy Defense Week, with parades and other displays of Iran's military might. Prominent in the parade were Iranian ballistic missiles, including the new SHAHAB missile that can reach any part of Israel. The best argument for preventing Iran from achieving nuclear-weapons capability was spelled out plainly by the Iranians themselves. Draped over the missiles were banners declaring "Crush America under our feet" and "Israel must be wiped off the map." Here, we at The Patriot repeat our stated position on Iran: This problem must be resolved by whatever means are required BEFORE Iran achieves nuclear capability. Stay tuned... >From the "Non Compos Mentis" Files... The Reuters "news" service has taken exception to CanWest, a Canadian news agency, adding the word "terrorist" to an article distributed by Reuters. Most commonly, the words "insurgent" or "militant" are employed by the Leftmedia in stories about car or "suicide" bombing attacks. However, in this instance, no such word was used at all. The original Reuters line stated: "...the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, which has been involved in a four-year-old revolt against Israeli occupation in Gaza and the West Bank." We detect a little bias there -- no use of "terrorists," and the use of "revolt" and "occupation" for starters. The National Post changed it to: "...the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, a terrorist group that has been involved in a four-year-old campaign of violence against Israel." That is objective news. David Schlesinger, global managing editor for Reuters, however, cried foul: "Our editorial policy is that we don't use emotive words when labeling someone." Hmmm. A "terrorist" is someone who uses the modus operandi of "terrorism" -- i.e., the deliberate targeting of civilians to achieve a political or religious goal. That doesn't sound "emotive" to us -- but it does sound as if someone is "Non Compos Mentis." >From the "Village Academic Curriculum" File... The Muskegon Area Intermediate School District in Michigan will soon be staging a terrorism drill involving school buses. More than 60 students will be directly involved while hundreds look on. The idea, of course, is to prepare students, administration officials, teachers and bus drivers for a potential terrorist attack; a noble cause. The scenario plays out as the terrorists place a bomb inside a school bus that, when detonated, flips the bus on its side. The only catch, however, is that the fake attack will not be perpetrated by the likely candidates -- Islamist terrorists -- but by "Wackos Against Schools and Education who believe that everyone should be homeschooled." Yes, that's right. Taxpayer funds are being used to support anti-homeschooling sentiment among public-school students. A simple question: Just how many terrorist attacks have homeschoolers committed lately? Around the nation... >From the states, Californians will find Proposition 71 on the ballot this November asking them to fork over $3 billion in the next ten years for stem cell research even though they are already the most debt-ridden state in the nation. The initiative emphasizes embryonic stem-cell research, though it provides some funding for adult stem cell research. Adult stem cells are far more promising for development and possible cures because they are already fully developed and can be taken from the patient's own body, saving thousands of dollars and the innocent lives of any embryos. Then again, when has the Left ever let the facts stand in the way? And consider this point: Proponents of the legislation, including not a few Hollywonks, have already raised over $15 million in support of the measure. That's $15 million in CAMPAIGN funds to force taxpayers to bear the burden. That's $15 million in CAMPAIGN funds that could have been used to privately fund the research. Imagine that -- science without government funding. How hypocritical can these folks get? Louisiana voters this week overwhelmingly approved a constitutional amendment unambiguously defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman, demonstrating their determination to defend this sacred institution from those who would pervert, debase and ultimately destroy it. This determination was previously exhibited in the enactment of a Covenant Marriage law in 1997. These legislative actions constitute tactical advances intended to fortify traditional marriage and to roll back the culture of divorce, placing Louisiana on the front line of the battle to preserve an essential bulwark of our liberty and a precious legacy of our cultural inheritance. Around the world... Offering nothing more than endless bureaucracy, the UN Security Council passed a resolution Saturday threatening Sudan with economic sanctions (the horror!) for the genocide occurring in Darfur. The resolution also calls upon Secretary General Kofi Annan to create a commission to decide whether the genocide in Darfur is in fact genocide. Arab militias known as Janjaweed have killed tens of thousands, raped women and girls, destroyed crops, polluted water and forced over one million people from their lands. We didn't need a commission to figure that out. The U.S. State Department did not officially recognize the genocide until last week. And last... Ever wonder what some retired folks do with all that spare time? Well, we recently received this comment from one of our elder-Patriots explaining what they do for fun. "I drove to a coffee shop on Broadway last Wednesday. I was only there for a few minutes, but when I came out, there was a foot-patrol officer issuing a parking ticket. I walked right up to him and complained, 'Come on, copper, how about giving a senior citizen a break?' He glared at me over his ticket book and continued writing. So I called a name, and it was not his surname. He glared at me again and then said he was adding a citation for 'worn tires.' So I upped the ante and by telling him, 'I am going to sign a complaint against you for harassment. You targeted my car for a ticket just because it has a Kerry-Edwards sticker on it.' He replied by giving me his badge number, then called his dispatcher to see if the car had outstanding tickets -- which of course it did. With a big grin, he said to me, 'Granny (I really hate it when people I don't know call me "granny"), you will have to find another ride home because I am having this vehicle towed.' So I just snarled at him and walked around the corner and down the block to where my car -- the one with the 'Flush the Johns!' sticker on it -- was parked." Publisher's Note: Five weeks until Election Day and we only have a few thousand high-quality "Flush the Johns" and "I'm not FONDA Kerry" stickers left. If you are in a position to distribute a large number of these stickers at your place of business, on campus, etc., contact us and we will make you an offer you can't refuse! Send your request with a shipping address and phone number to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and we will overnight them to you! Lex et Libertas -- Semper Vigilo, Paratus, et Fidelis! 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