Chuck Muth-Tucson's Op-Ed APPEARS To Be Pleasantly Conservative!
Working in a law office, there are times it becomes prudent to have somewhat of a subscription to the daily rag, in this case the Tucson Citizen. In choosing which email alerts to subscribe to, I chose "Citizen Outreach", otherwise known as Chuck Muth's News and Views. I've been pleasantly surprised by the daily roundup I'm getting and this is the sampling for today:
IS IT SAFE?
I’m on my way to Washington, DC, for a few days to visit all of our tax dollars and stare in awe of everything great the Democrats are doing on our behalf.
But first I have apologize for all the rotten things I’ve ever said about the Transportation Safety (or is it Security) Administration, aka, the TSA. Those are the folks who operate the security checkpoints at airports and create those agonizingly long lines to board a commercial flight. But I have to admit they caught me red-handed yesterday trying to smuggle a can of deadly Arid Extra Dry onto my plane.
Doesn’t everyone feel a lot safer now?
NOBEL HYPOCRITE AWARD
“Next month, the world will get a chance to enjoy some brazen hypocrisy. Former Vice President Al Gore will speak in Oslo as he accepts his Nobel Peace Prize. . . . But how will Gore get to Norway? Maybe he’ll take a wind-powered Clipper ship and then climb aboard a dogsled to go the rest of the way. But if that’s the case, he’d better leave immediately. No, it’s far more likely he’ll fly in, bringing a sizable entourage of family, friends, security officers and so forth. Gore, you see, leaves a large “carbon footprint” wherever he goes, even when he stays home.” [Emphasis mine]
- Columnist Rick Tucker
DEMS GO AWOL ON MUKASEY
“So in the end, the Senate voted to confirm Michael Mukasey as Attorney General on Thursday night, 53-40. What happened to the grave threats he posed to the republic? Yes, Majority Leader Harry Reid took to the floor to explain that the judge was unfit to serve because he wouldn't declaim on the legality of ‘waterboarding,’ an interrogation technique that Congress itself hasn't banned. But notably missing in action were the Democrats running for President. Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Joe Biden and Chris Dodd had all declared their opposition but never showed for the vote. Their absence suggests that the entire Mukasey ‘fight’ was a political charade.” [Emphasis mine]
- Wall Street Journal, 11/10/07
WHAT DEMOCRATS WILL DO
“The choices for America have never been clearer. On almost every issue, Democrats and the left are promoting more government ownership and control, pushing America closer to a welfare state. All of the Democratic Presidential hopefuls are running on a decidedly collectivist and socialistic leaning platform.
“The Democrats want socialized medicine and more federal control of our schools. They are committed to raising taxes and expanding federal government programs. They will increase the burden of regulations and taxes on the American people, cost American jobs, and reduce America's competitiveness around the world.
“Democrats will once again weaken our nation's defenses and intelligence systems, while continuing to hold Americans hostage to foreign oil. They will seek citizenship, government benefits, and voting rights for illegal aliens. And Democrats will appoint liberal judges who will replace America's traditional values with government's directionless secular views.” [Emphasis mine]
- Rep. John Shadegg (R-Ariz.), 11/6/07
THOMPSON’S PRO-LIFE RECORD
“Fresh from a Sunday interview during which he said he would support overturning Roe v. Wade but not a human life amendment, Fred Thompson defended his pro-life views. In New Hampshire, Thompson said he is adamantly pro-life even though he won't go further than letting the states pass their own abortion laws.
“Thompson said he is ‘100 percent pro-life’ despite comments he made Sunday on the NBC ‘Meet the Press’ program. ‘My record is clear. One hundred percent pro-life voting record over eight years at the national level. The proof is in the pudding there,’ he said. ‘Go back and look at all that record. My whole career I have said Roe versus Wade was wrongfully decided. I've been pro-life all my career and always will be,’ Thompson added.”
- LifeNews.com, 11/10/07
JURASSIC POST
“The United States Postal Service is an anachronism. Yale's law and economics scholar George Priest has characterized it as ‘the most significant example of socialism in the United States...[embracing] almost all the aspects of socialism rejected in Eastern Europe and in the privatized Western economies.’
“It employs 30 percent of the nonmilitary federal workforce; pays wages and benefits 30 percent above competitive levels; and operates more than 60 percent of its offices at a loss. The Postal Service has survived -- despite high costs, bland offerings, and comparatively middling service -- by exploiting its two statutory monopolies: the carriage of First Class mail; and exclusive access to customer-owned mail boxes.”
- Columnist James Montanye
STUCK ON STUPID
“In Cincinnati, the nannies who run the Little League have decided to ban chatter on the diamond. The league president explained: ‘If you're saying, 'Swing, batter,' and this poor little kid is swinging at everything, he feels bad and maybe he turns to the catcher and gets mad. Honest to gosh, I didn't have any trouble doing this.’
“A Colorado Springs elementary school is one of the latest to ban tag on its playground. Running will still be allowed as long as there is no chasing. . . . Other schools have already banned swings, merry-go-rounds, teeter-totters, crawl tubes, sandboxes and even hugs.
“At Mascoutah Middle School in Illinois, 13-year-old Megan Coulter was recently given detention for hugging two friends goodbye before the weekend -- a violation of the school's ban on ‘public displays of affection.’”
- Columnist Charles Sykes
I'm beginning to think there may be hope for the conservatives marooned in this far left fringe town! Chuck even wrote a beautiful tribute to our Veterans--that deserves a post all its own. Look for more of Chuck Muth's News and Views--I think I like this guy!
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