-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! * Veritas Vos Liberabit * THE FEDERALIST(r) DIGEST The Conservative e-Journal of Record 22 June 2001 Federalist #01-25.dgst Retrieve today's Digest as HTML printer-friendly text or PDF -- it's much easier reading than e-mail text! Link to: http://www.Federalist.com/current2001.asp Support and sponsor The Federalist! Link to: http://www.Federalist.com/support.asp CONTENTS: The Founders Federalist Perspective Insight Upright Editorial Exegesis Second Opinion Dezinformatsia Leftovers Village Idiots Short Cuts ______--------********O********--------______ THE FOUNDERS "Good principles, wisely and honestly administered cannot fail to attach our fellow citizens to the order of things which we espoused." --Thomas Jefferson ______--------********O********--------______ FEDERALIST PERSPECTIVE In the news this week, the Public Broadcasting "Service" aired its latest opinion-shaping propaganda in support of homosexuality -- this time a hit piece on the Boy Scouts of America -- as part of its celebration of "Gay Pride Month." "Scout's Honor," a "documentary" produced by homosexual activist Tom Shepard and underwritten by a consortium of homosexual advocacy groups, featured the exploits of an adolescent Scout and his "gay" mentors (including a "spiritual" advisor) -- all members of a radical front called "Scouting for All" -- in a crusade against the BSA for its policy of declining requests from homosexuals to serve as mentors for young Scouts. Tom Epstein, vice president of communications for PBS, claimed, "Scout's Honor presents a very sympathetic look at the Boy Scouts, generally." The largest veterans group in the nation, the American Legion, saw it differently, and is calling on all Americans to "take a stand against those who seek to destroy the Boy Scouts." National Commander Ray Smith says PBS is "driving another nail into the coffin of the moral and cultural values of our society. ... Attacking one of America's greatest traditions simply because they exercise their right to set their own membership and leadership standards is outrageous." Should you wish to express your "sympathetic" opinion about the program, PBS President Pat Mitchell can be reached at <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. (You may recall, your IRS overpayment funds a large portion of the PBS budget -- $43.7 million to be exact.) In addition to the PBS puffery advancing the "gay agenda," the District of Columbia's so-called "Commission on Human Rights" set a precedent for similar panels across the nation this week when it ordered the BSA to reinstate two homosexual Scout leaders, saying the BSA must "cease and desist from revoking memberships of individuals solely because of their status as homosexuals." The panel ordered the BSA to pay $50,000 in compensatory damages in addition to the plaintiffs' attorneys' fees and legal costs. For more on the Left's latest campaign to undo God's design for marriage and family, see today's Second Opinion, "God and the BSA v. The Sodomites." Quote of the week... "The Bush White House was told early on by Teddy Kennedy that any education bill containing vouchers would be DOA -- Dead On Arrival. So, instead of taking umbrage at Kennedy's arrogance, Bush did exactly what he used to do in Austin: just join a bill currently being passed by the Democratic Senate and, when you sign it into law, take credit for it! That makes great headlines -- and lousy policy. The Kennedy-Bush Education Bill has no vouchers -- and more federal spending on education than ever before! Thus a supposedly conservative Republican now believes that more federal spending is the way to help students learn. What Bush should have done -- and he could still do it -- is put the same energy into school choice as he put into the tax cuts. He should go everywhere in the nation to teach and educate the people on the absolute value of students and parents having choices made possible for them with their own money! Short of that, G.W. Bush has knuckled under to the Left. He has caved. From now on when he claims he wants to be the Education President we should all just shake our heads. His words are as empty as Hillary's and Teddy's." --John LeBoutillier Open query... "Why is it barbaric to require that one who violently steals the life of an innocent (or 168 innocents) not be allowed to keep his own? Where is the moral tradition that prescribes life for mass-murderers? How can it be civilizing to tell the world's worst people that no matter how many victims they butcher, no matter what cruelty they inflict on others, the worst that will happen to them is that they will go to prison? Those are questions that abolitionists never answer." --Columnist Jeff Jacoby News from the swamp... In the Executive Branch, having taken much fire from the European Union and the American Leftmedia about his decision not to sign the Kyoto treaty on global warming, President George Bush clarified his administration's position on the issue, saying: "No one can say with any certainty what constitutes a dangerous level of warming, and therefore what level must be avoided. The policy challenge is to act in a serious and sensible way, given the limits of our knowledge." Memo to the Leftmedia: It's the first day of summer. Summer is hot. Time to unpack all those retread stories of how American consumers and flatulent bovine (not to mention "couch potatoes") are ruining the climate. Speaking of "serious and sensible" in the Executive Branch, The Federalist took some hits from our counterparts in the Leftmedia for not supporting John McCain in last year's presidential primary. But as Tony Blankley writes: "Two years ago (John McCain) was a solid conservative except for his then-quixotic support of campaign-finance reform restrictions. But since then he has opposed oil drilling in Alaska, sponsored a version of HMO changes that Mr. Bush and most Republicans oppose, co-sponsored a gun show loophole with Sen. Joe Lieberman, supported the Democratic Party/trial lawyer attacks on the tobacco industry and, most flamboyantly, he was one of only two Republicans who voted against Mr. Bush's tax cut." More to the point, Ed Ranger, the Demo Senate candidate who opposed McCain in 1998, said this week: "If he had only let me know he was going to be a centrist Democrat in his third U.S. Senate term, I would never have become the Democratic nominee against him in 1998. Sure, for a Democrat, McCain leaves something to be desired, but for a Republican, I say well done and welcome to the progressive cause." Perhaps The Federalist's strong criticism of McCain last year now makes a bit more sense to those who viewed him as the "right" candidate. In the House of Lords, New Jersey Demo Sen. Robert Torricelli may well be forced to leave office in the wake of the current criminal investigations against him. In that case, we assume New Jersey's Republican governor would appoint a Republican to fill his seat, but if you think that would remand control of the Senate to Republicans -- think again. Rhode Island Sen. Lincoln Chafee, who, like McCain and Jeffords, voted against Mr. Bush's tax cut, is on record saying that he will abandon the GOP if Torricelli is replaced by a Republican -- effectively keeping the Senate in the hands of the Sociocrats. Senate Plurality Leader Tom Daschle says he will keep the Senate in session right through the Independence Day break if the Kennedy-McCain-Edwards so-called "Patients' Bill of Rights" legislation doesn't come to a final vote (not that many Demos celebrate tax revolutions). The Demos' bill has less to do with patients' rights than with trial lawyers' graft. Should the bill pass with the legal lotto cash cow in tact, President Bush has assured us he will veto the legislation. Regarding "health care," Sen. Ms. Hillary (Mrs. Bill Clinton) Rodham-Clinton has joined Joe Gore-Lieberman's effort to give the Federal Trade Commission more authority to regulate movies, music and video-game advertising to protect "the children." (Unfortunately it is too late to apply the FTC's regulatory authority on the example President Bill set for American youth.) In other Senate news, given the lingering questions about Waco and Ruby Ridge, some legislators are calling for better policing of the FBI. They could start by giving state attorneys general the authority to approve gun permits for any federal agents in their jurisdictions. Over in the people's legislature, a group of Republicans who identify themselves as "pro-life" sent a letter to President Bush urging him to lift his ban on embryonic stem cell research. (Apparently, you can be "just a little pregnant" after all!) Republicans picked up another seat after Virginia's fourth district special election to fill the House seat of Democrat Norman Sisisky, who died in March. Republican Randy Forbes defeated Democrat Louise Lucas. Amid all the convictions of foreign terrorists in the last month, Rep. Bob Barr, has introduced H.R. 19, the "Terrorist Elimination Act of 2001," which overrides executive orders prohibiting the assassination of foreign terrorists by the U.S. government or its surrogates. We suspect this bill is no longer necessary now that Ariel Sharon is on the case in Israel! Judicial Benchmarks... >From the Supremes, in a 6-3 decision, the High Court ruled that a Christian youth group could use a New York public school for after-class prayer and Bible study meetings. "When Milford denied the Good News Club access to the school's limited public forum on the ground that the club was religious in nature, it discriminated against the club because of its religious viewpoint in violation of the free speech clause of the First Amendment," wrote Justice Clarence Thomas, who was joined by Justices William Rehnquist, Sandra Day O´Connor, Antonin Scalia, Anthony Kennedy and Stephen Breyer. In a setback for Sen. John McCain's proposed legislation to curtail First Amendment rights (AKA campaign finance reform), a federal district court ruled that banning contributions by corporations and unions to political parties' "soft money" campaigns is a violation of the Constitution. The Commissars... >From the "Bolshoi Bureaucracy" Files, commenting on Russia's inability to track the whereabouts of some of its scientists, Secretary of State Colin Powell noted, "[They] don't exactly have a Social Security system that captures every Russian scientist...." One might conclude from his comments that our Social Security numbers can be used by the central government to determine our whereabouts. Regarding your IRS overpayment... The Department of Agriculture has an opening for a "Gay and Lesbian Program Specialist" to manage its Gay and Lesbian Employment Program. The position will pay almost $100,000 annually and notes "promotion potential." (Note: In all fairness to those who have been in a state of deep unconsciousness for the last six months, the IRS is sending letters to all American taxpayers -- at a cost of $21 million -- letting us know we are going to get a miniscule tax break.) >From the department of military readiness... The Pentagon, in its Quadrennial Defense Review, has decided to end its two-war front readiness requirement that has shaped strategic policy since the fall of the Evil Empire. No problem -- if the Red Chinese jump across the Taiwan Strait, surely Saddam would not march back into Kuwait! Speaking of invasions, inquiring minds want to know will there be a "Free Al Sharpton" campaign now that the Vieques bombing range has been traded for Puerto Rican votes? Of course, a third of the aircraft that might otherwise be utilizing that bombing range are grounded due to lack of spare parts. Coincidentally, congressional auditors announced that the Department of Defense could not account for 92% of its $1.1 billion appropriation for military spare parts in 1999. >From the states... In the People's Republic of California, after explicitly rejecting "government price controls" as a partial solution to that state's energy fiasco because "price controls do not increase supply, nor reduce demand," Mr. Bush has endorsed an electricity-price-cap plan ordered by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. "They're not talking about firm price controls...," he said. "They're talking about a mechanism to mitigate any severe price spike that may occur, which is completely different from price controls." Memo to W: We checked, and a rose by any other name...! Speaking of energy problems, Sociocrat energy czar Barbra Streisand has issued "a call to conserve," suggesting that thermostats be turned up to 78 degrees and that everyone use "warm or cold water to wash clothes and try to line dry as much as possible." In response, the New York Post observed, "We can't picture Barbra Streisand, clothespins clenched in her teeth, leaning out a window of her Central Park West triplex to hang hubby James Brolin's boxer shorts on a line to dry. We can't picture her hanging out the wash in her Malibu backyard either." In other Left Coast news, RINOs are attempting to draft for a gubernatorial run against Gray Davis outgoing LA Mayor Richard Riordan. Riordan not only endorsed ultra-Leftist Demo Antonio Villaraigosa (that's former ACLU leader Villaraigosa and Aztlan secessionist Villaraigosa), as his successor, but he also gave $20,000 to Gray Davis for his last gubernatorial outing and campaigned for Bill Clinton. When running for mayor in 1993, Riordan said he favored a "citywide police sweep [although that] gets very complicated but if that's the only answer we could come up with, yes, I would be in favor of that, and I would be in favor of much stronger control of gun dealers even to the point of shutting them down." The Sociocrats... >From the "Clinton Presidue" Files, Bill has launched another fund-raising mechanism. The new Web site, ClintonStaff.com, is a nostalgic photo tribute to the Clinton years -- but you can't see it without ponying up $30, which, as noted by American Spectator, "at least is less than the ex-president's usual $125,000 fee." And a final note on the Bush-Gore Debate-gate: Ms. Yvette Lozano, a Demo mole serving as an aide to Mr. Bush's media consultant, pleaded guilty to mail fraud and perjury for sending Mr. Bush's debate prep materials to a Gore political hack and telling a grand jury she didn't. (We are shocked -- SHOCKED -- to report that a Clintonista will be held accountable for lying to a grand jury.) The "Dumb and Dumber" Department... >From the "Not Quite Ready for Prime Time" files, Hernando Lakes High School, one of Florida's 20 celebrated "New Millennium Schools," awarded fine diploma cases to its 262 graduating seniors with the words "New Millenium School" (one "n") embossed on the front. Court Jesters... (Warning -- parental discretion please!) From the "Department of Injustice," a few years ago in the People's Republic of Massachusetts, Mrs. Nancy Surprise stepped into her small town post office for a moment, then returned to her car to find 280-pound Nathaniel Bar-Jonah sitting on top of her 7 -year-old son. In lieu of jail time, state prosecutors cut a deal with Bar-Jonah (who previously had been arrested in Massachusetts for attempting to kill three other children), convincing him to move to Montana, where his mother lived. Montana authorities were never provided the complete details of Bar-Jonah's criminal record. In December, Bar-Jonah was arrested in Great Falls for the murder of at least one child (the remains of whom he cooked into casseroles and served to his neighbors) and the sexual molestation of three others. On a search of his house, the FBI found lists with the names of missing boys in both Massachusetts and Montana. In business news... The Human (read "homosexual") Rights Campaign is calling for a boycott of Exxon/Mobil because the company won't add the words "sexual orientation" to its non-discrimination policy. Culture comment... >From the "Commissars of Correctness" Files, the National Coalition Against Censorship, a group of 35 sex-ed organizations, is protesting the use of millions of dollars for teaching abstinence programs in government schools, claiming "abstinence-only" fails to inform teens about the realities of sex. Faith Matters... In news from the "Village Church" bulletin, delegates to the Presbyterian Church (USA) General Assembly passed a resolution at Friday's 213th General Assembly, to delete a section in the denomination's constitution that stipulates people seeking to become ministers, elders or deacons "live either in fidelity within the covenant of marriage between a man and a woman, or chastity in singleness." The removal of that clause was designed to open church leadership positions to practicing homosexuals. On the frontiers of junk science... Last week, the American Medical Association passed a resolution condemning the Boy Scouts' policy against homosexual scout leaders. This week, the AMA targeted a perennial favorite -- guns. "There is an epidemic and it's an American epidemic of handgun violence," claimed the incoming AMA chairman, Dr. Richard Corlin, at the AMA's annual meeting Wednesday. Corlin added, "[The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] must have the budget and the authority to gather the detailed data we need." NRA research coordinator Paul Blackman says Corlin's "epidemic" classification is a "smoke screen" for the AMA's gun control agenda. AMA member Dr. Robert Woolley (who, like many physicians, is also a member of the NRA) agrees with Blackman. "Nobody disputes that people dying and being injured from gunshot wounds is a terrible problem," Woolley said. "The dilemma is that groups such as the AMA ... are making very simplistic assumptions that the solution is more gun control." Memo to Dick and his Leftist cadre: Come off your gated community's golf course long enough for a dose of reality. There is an epidemic -- of cultural violence -- not "handgun violence." By the way, Doc, about that Chardonnay you like to drink -- the number of annual alcohol-related deaths exceeds that for gun-related deaths by 500%. And the number of "iatrogenic" (physician error related) deaths exceed the number of gun-related deaths by 2,200% annually -- ranking third in the leading causes of death behind cancer and heart disease. Around the world... As you have undoubtedly heard by now, a man brandishing a knife stabbed two dozen children in a Japanese elementary school, killing 8 and leaving 13 kids in serious condition. Japan and the UK have the world's most restrictive gun control laws on their books, yet both nations have recorded two of the world's worst school massacres in history. And last, the Sierra Club's Rocky Mountain chapter launched a campaign urging energy consumers nationwide to protest the Bush administration's energy policies by burning candles instead of electricity Thursday. Ironically, the EPA fired back a warning to the Sierra Club noting that burning multiple candles creates indoor pollution levels that violate the agency's standards for air quality. 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