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********************************** I'm Leavin', On a Jet Plane Am on my way out the door for another dose of painful aggravation known these days as "air travel." Will spend the next 72 hours in our nation's capital on a top priority, top secret mission to straighten out this entire federal government thing. Should be home by lunchtime Thursday. Anyway, if you miss a couple days of GOP News & Views this week, it's due to this trip to DC. ********************************* Dear Chuck: "Have not written before, but it's time I did! I appreciate so much, your honest and forthright comments. No, I do not always agree, either (Is that the nature of 'conservatives'?), but I do agree with your argument to critics who believe one should never criticize fellow Republicans. I am very happy that Bush is president (Heaven help us if Gore had won!!), but I am frustrated when he caves in on what are to me, important conservative principles. "I stopped contributing to the RNC, and have written to them about why I no longer contritube (namely, the case of Jim Jeffords, whom the leaders helped elect just because he had an 'R' after his name, but was, in fact a RINO). So far, no one has answered me. They just keep sending the same mass-printed letters, questionnaires, etc, asking for money, which I reply the same way I did before. Keep up the good work!" - Janell Hope (grandma), Lake Stevens, Wa ********************************** Back Ashcroft, 2nd Amendment Please go to LibertyPetitions.com to learn how gun-ban extremists are trying to coerce Attorney General John Ashcroft into changing his correct interpretation that individual Americans have the constitutional right to keep and bear arms and sign the petition there showing your support. Here's the address: http://www.libertypetitions.com/petition.html?name=stick_to_your_guns *********************************** Profiling Like There Was No Tomorrow OK, I admit it. I'm guilty. Guilty of profiling. Yep, I profiled the heck out of a guy over the weekend. No question about it. Better call the PC police. Giving Mama Gia the evening off for some personal time, I headed down to the local poor-man's version of Chucky Cheese with my two daughters on Saturday night. I was waiting in line to order behind a young Hispanic girl trying to place a take-out order. She didn't speak English and nobody behind the counter spoke Spanish. The two sides fumbled around trying to get the order straight but reached an impossible impasse over the critical question of thick or thin crust. The situation obviously called for an interpreter...and fast. (I was really, really hungry) So I looked around the dining room hoping to find someone who spoke both languages. Noticed a white guy sitting at a table nearby . . . but he didn' t look like he could even speak English, let alone Spanish. How about that black fellow over there? Maybe, but not necessarily the best odds. Then I noticed a guy with his family who - gasp! - "looked" Hispanic. So I went over and asked him if he spoke Spanish...and what do you know? He DID! Well I'll be. He stepped up to the counter, translated the full and correct order to both parties (she went with the thin crust) and returned to his table. And he didn't even seem to notice I had "profiled" him...or at least, it didn't seem to bother him. Whew. I was actually pretty worried there. I ordered my pizza, dumped a ton of tokens in some mechanical lion/seesaw machine for my two-year old, drank a beer...and everyone went home happy. Lesson of the Day: When the situation warrants it, a little bit of profiling never hurt anyone. Now, about those airport screeners who "scannered" by two-year a couple weeks ago. - Chuck Muth, Editor ************************************ Stupid Is As Stupid Does "The article concerning the Libertarian assault on 'targeted' congressmen was one more nail in the Libertarian coffin as far as my vote is concerned. Using the single issue on marijuana to defeat good conservatives like Bob Barr is about as politically foolish as you can get." - GOPN&V reader Dr. John Glassman ************************************ Great Idea "Dear Chuck: You should know that I REALLY enjoy and look forward to your daily updates! Thanks. Also, I have been thinking lately that we don't need more laws...we need to enforce the ones we already have OR even better, I would like to see our Congress be required to spend maybe every fifth year ONLY deleting obsolete, stupid laws and passing NO new ones." - GOPN&V reader Loren McQueen *********************************** "Choose Life" Plates Selling Like Hotcakes Choose Life, Inc. announces its Million Dollar Day is May 23, 2002. According to the Tallahassee DMV records, the sales of the Choose Life license plate in Florida will go over $1,000,000.00 then. The Choose Life tag now adorns over 30,000 vehicles in Florida. Every sale and/or renewal raises $20.00 to assist adoption efforts in Crisis Pregnancy Centers, Maternity Homes and certain non-profit adoption agencies in the county where the tag was purchased. ************************************ Adoption Option's Long Wait "I saw that one of your readers thought that it was atrocious that it takes 6 months and up to $20,000 to adopt a child. I would like to know where this is happening. My wife and I have been on an adoption waiting list for over 18 months and are now looking to adopt from Russia or elsewhere. We are looking at $25-$30,000 best case, not including incidentals. The last couple who adopted overseas said to expect the total (including air fare, food, board, and bribes) to exceed $50,000. Please tell me where the waiting list for an American baby is only 6 months long. I know many couples who have been waiting for over 2 years." - GOPN&V reader Ernie Cull *********************************** Black Kids Get Short End of Adoption Option Stick "Reading the letters to you from parents that tried to adopt high-risk children in this country bring back memories for me that made me sad and also mad. In 1988, our 3-day-old daughter died, as she was born prematurely. After being told that we probably could not have any more children, I pursued possibly adopting a child that was either African-American or biracial. "I called the organization in Dallas, TX, that handled children in foster care, thinking that would be a good place to start. After talking quite a while with a representative from that organization, I began to understand that she was telling me that my husband and I would not be good candidates to adopt a minority child, specifically an African-American child, because I was not that race, and would probably not be able to teach that child about his/her ethnicity or heritage. "So we leave them in foster care, to be bounced around from house to house, with no roots, and no permanent parents . . . and they are better off?" - GOPN&V reader Christine D. Lutz ********************************* >From the Other Side of the Adoption Option "As someone who was adopted, I feel qualified to speak on the subject also. I was born in 1948. I was adopted by my parents and given to them about nine months later after going through the screening process. That included surprise visits to their home and all the questions the agency had for them. Much like the process is today. The difference is that the total cost of my adoption was $1.50! And that was for the cost of the agencythe paperwork. My how times have changed...for the worse. Yet the politicians say, 'We care for the children.' Bull !!!" - GOPN&V reader David Smith (formerly: Thomas Higgins) ************************************ Ann Coulter's Summer Blockbuster! Prominent liberals -- desperate to gain even more political power in America -- pull no punches in their effort to defame and discredit conservatives. No lie, no false accusation, no misquotation is too outlandish. And their pals in the media are forever letting them get away with it. But finally someone is calling their bluff. In "Slander: Liberal Lies About the American Right", Ann Coulter -- with her trademark wit and shrewd insights -- exposes those carrying out this campaign, reveals their brutal techniques, and refutes their vicious slanders and outright lies. Be one of the first to own this summer's conservative blockbuster. Through this special pre-publication offer, you can purchase "Slander" for just $18.17 - a 30% savings off the retail price. Publication date: June 2002. Go to: http://www.conservativebookservice.com/BookPage.asp?prod_cd=C5985&sour_cd=CM E002701 ******************************* Dear Chuck: "I don't recall now how I became aware of your newsletter, but I enjoy it immensely. Your newsletter has crystallized so many issues for me and has made me more aware of the absurdity of the liberal agenda, from ceramic penises to punishments for children using their fingers as 'guns' on the playground. Bottom line: Keep telling it like it isyour 'troops' will always rally around you." - Stephen Hunton, Waleska, GA. If you know someone who might like to join conservatives and libertarians such as Stephen who receive our FREE GOP News & Views briefings, just go to http://www.chuckmuth.com/newsletter/ for quick, easy subscription processing. ********************************* Long Savings on Long Distance! Just 4.97 cents per minute * All state-to-state calls in the continental U.S. * Residential or commercial * 6-second billing increments after the first 18 seconds * 24 hours/day * 7 days/week * No access codes * No minimums * No activation fees * No monthly service charge unless your bill is less than $30.00 a month (then a $2.50 service charge will apply) * No need to change your local phone company * No hassles * Easy sign-up. *And a small portion of each bill goes to help continue publishing our FREE GOP News & Views e-newsletter. go to://www.GOPLongDistance.com today. ********************************* Leadership Institute Training Schools To be the best, learn from the best. Get additional information on LI training schools at: www.leadershipinstitute.org or call (800) 827-5323. JUNE 1-2 Grassroots Activist School 6 Grassroots Fundraising Workshop-Dallas, TX 8 Grassroots GOTV Workshop-Frederick, MD ********************************** COMING EVENTS *********************************** * The Third Annual Western Conservative Conference is being held in Ontario, CA - June 21-June 22. For additional info, go to: http://www.WesternConservativeConference.org * 2002 Southern Republican Leadership Conference in Charlotte, NC, June 27-30. For just $165.00 (the early bird rate) you get 5 meals, 2 receptions, and the opportunity to hang out with Republican "super stars" all weekend. Go to www.SRLC.org to register and find answers to any questions you may have about this conference. * RNC's Summer Meeting in San Francisco. July 18-20 * ALEC 2002 Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida. August 7-11. For more information, go to: http://www.alec.org/ * ACU's "Public Policy Boot Camp" at the Marriott Residence Inn in Arlington, Virginia August 18-20. For further information contact ACU's Kerri Houston, 214.357.1504 or [EMAIL PROTECTED] * 17th Annual Gun Rights Policy Conference. September 27,28 and 29, 2002 at the. Sheraton Crescent Hotel in Phoenix, Arizona sponsored by the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms and the Second Amendment Foundation. Registration is free. You can register by email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or by phone at 425.454.4911. For more information go to: http://www.saf.org/ * 30th Annual CPAC conference at the Gateway Marriot in Arlington, VA from January 30 - February 1, 2003. Details to follow. **************************** GOP News & Views is made possible by the generous contributions from readers like you. 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