Thursday -- June 23, 2005
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THE FAIRTAX BOOK
 We're trying to push The FairTax Book hard on
Amazon.com. Two weeks ago we were doing spectacularly on Barnes &
Noble.com. We even went to first place on their bestseller's list
for a short while. Amazon.com has now brought their price down in
line with that of Barnes & Noble. The truth of the matter is that
the publishing and bookselling folks pay more attention to what happens on
Amazon.com than to other on-line book sellers. Our rating on
Amazon.com will have a direct affect on the number of books ordered by
various booksellers. So ... if you're planning to order a copy of
The FairTax Book, NOW would be a good time. We started out yesterday
unranked on Amazon.com. Last night we were number 11. Let's see
how much further we can move up the "bestsellers" list.
Here's your link. You know what to do! Let's get this book into the Top 10! And thanks.
No ... really! Thanks. We mean it!
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 FLAG BURNING AMENDMENT? NO.
 The House of Representatives has passed a Constitutional
amendment that would
bar desecration of the U.S. Flag. As in the past,
this amendment probably doesn't have the votes to get through the Senate.
That's good.
My position? My position on this is my default
position on most issues. Freedom. Remember, when it comes to
Constitutional amendments I'm the one that states that neither the
federal government, nor any state or local government can make any action a
crime unless that action serves or conspires to deny to some individual their
right to life, liberty or property through force or fraud. If someone goes
out there and obtains an American flag through legal means, the act of burning
that flag in and of itself does not violate anyone's right to life, liberty or
property and, therefore, should be legal. Now if you steal a flag and
burn it you are destroying someone else's property. That should be
actionable. Ditto if you were to burn that flag in such a way as to
present a threat to person or property. If so, you should be charged with
creating a public hazard, not for the sole act of burning a flag.
Any law or Constitutional amendment barring burning of the
U.S. Flag is an attack on political speech. I have never seen an instance
of a flag burning where the person burning the flag was not making a political
statement. Those political statements, whether we agree with them or not,
deserve the full protection of our Constitution. Once you have singled out
one particular form of political speech as a crime, how difficult is it to move
down that road just a bit further ... first banning this and then that form of
political speech?
DEMOCRATS DEAD SET AGAINST PERSONAL ACCOUNTS
The Republicans have come up with another idea for Social
Security reform. Every year the government takes in more in Social
Security taxes than it pays in Social Security benefits. The difference
between what comes in and what must be paid out would be called a surplus.
So .. what has been done with that money all these years? It's been spent,
that's what. Every penny of it. This all started when the Democrats
had control of the Congress. They saw all of this money and knew that it
could be used to buy quite a few votes. So .. the Democrats developed this
simple plan of replacing this money with IOUs and spending it on their various
favorite spending schemes. Well .. now
the Republicans have a better idea.
Take this surplus every year and invest it. Invest it in the private
sector. Don't spend it ... invest it so that it can earn money and delay
the inevitable crisis when there isn't enough money coming in to pay the
benefits going out.
Democrats? They don't like the idea at all.
They smell a rat. They know that once the American people see that there
are, in fact, Social Security funds that can be invested and that can grow in
those investment accounts, then those American people will start to wonder why
those accounts can't be held in their names! After all, it is their money,
isn't it?
Democrats are opposed to any plan or scheme that might
eventually lead to Americans having any more control over their own retirement
funds. Remember, the Democrats are, in the words of Ted Kennedy, fighting
a war against individualism. What can be more individualistic than
controlling one's own retirement? This just cannot be allowed to happen?
A voter in control of their own retirement picture is a voter who cannot be
frightened at election time with wild charges that the "Republicans want to take
away your Social Security."
The true sad story here is that the American people have
so lost their love of freedom that they can't even get behind an idea as simple
as Social Security privatization. Think about this: These people
earn the money, and they can't support the idea of having that money invested in
an account that they own and that they can pass off to their heirs when tango
uniform time arrives. They would rather just turn it over to the
government and forfeit it all when they die. Freedom loving
Americans? Give me a break!
SO .. IT WASN'T AN APOLOGY AFTER ALL
A little late here .. but I've finally seen a transcript
of the so-called "apology" offered by Senator Dick Durbin on the floor of the
senate. (Watch video at
cspan.org) Durbin said that "Some may believe that my remarks crossed the
line. To them I extend my heartfelt apologies." So, there you go
Durbin only offered his apologies to those people who felt that his remark
crossed the line. As for our men and women in uniform serving in
Afghanistan and Iraq, and guarding murderous terrorists in Guantanamo ... no
apology offered. So ... we're back to calling him Dick. In the
meantime .. this whole affair has somehow because nothing less than a vicious
plot by evil right-wingers. The mainstream media would have you believe
that what Durbin said --- comparing American soldiers to Nazis -- is not nearly
so bad as the right wing reaction to those words.
FREAK NUTCASE TO RUN FOR STATE SENATE IN FLORIDA
 Randall Terry has decided that he is going to
run for a
state Senate seat in Florida. You remember Randall Terry, don't you?
He was the principal spokesman for the Schindler family during the Terri Schiavo
debacle a few months ago. He is perhaps better known as a rabid opponent
of a woman's right to chose. The man wants to execute doctors who perform
abortions. That's right ... execute. Do you want an idea of what
Randall Terry would be like with a little government power? Well .. how
about this quote in a speech to the U.S. Taxpayers Alliance in May of 2000:
"When I or people like me are running the country, you'd better flee because we
will find you, we will try you and we'll execute you. I mean every word of it. I
will make it part of my mission to see to it that you are tried and executed."
Who was he talking to? Doctors who perform abortions. Now
isn't this just the type of man we want serving in political office?
Randall Terry has openly called for a theocracy in
the United States; a Christian Theocracy. You want a quote? Sure!
I have one. Here's Randall Terry addressing some of his followers:
"I want you to just let a wave of intolerance wash over you. I want you to
let a wave of hatred wash over you. Yes, hate is good ... if a Christian
voted for Clinton, he sinned against God. It's that simple. Our goal
is a Christian nation. We have a biblical duty, we are called by god to conquer
this country. We don't want equal time. We don't want pluralism.
Theocracy means God rules. I've got a hot flash. God rules."
Frederick Clarkson wrote a book entitled "Eternal
Hostility: The Struggle Between Theocracy and Democracy." In that
book Clarkson says "If Randall
Terry's vision of Christian theocracy gains traction, we will see increasing
vigilante interference in the private lives of private citizens, not unlike the
religious police in Saudi Arabia. We will see rising religious bigotry against
people of other faiths, conflict with those whose idea of Christianity differs
from Randall Terry and his theocratic allies, and relentless efforts to damage
the constitutional protections of equal rights under the law gained by women and
gays and lesbians, among others."
Terry will run for the seat of
Senator Jim King. King voted against a bill that would have prevented the
removal of Terri Schiavo's feeding tube. The district runs from
Jacksonville to northern Volusia County. Terry lives in Ponte Vedra.
Looks like we're going to see what kind of neighbors he has.
THIS IS AN ISSUE?
Yesterday there was much fuss in the media over
some story
about Oprah Winfrey being turned away from some Paris boutique. I wondered
what this was all about. Did the Hermes store deny Oprah her shopping
spree because she was black? Was it because she's an American?
What's the deal here? Why is Oprah so upset? Well, as it turns
out Oprah got her thong in a bunch because she showed up at the Hermes store 15
minutes after they had closed, and they wouldn't let her in. Oh, excuuuuuuussssseeeee us, Ms. Winfrey? We're so sorry we didn't
understand that the rules are different for celebrities. Those closing
times only count for the great Parisian unwashed. If a big fancy American
celebrity comes along then our employees should just drop all post-closing plans
they have to make sure the big fancy American celebrity is properly coddled.
This time I'm siding with the French.
HEATHER'S CORNER
Heather Jackson is our intern from the
University of Central Florida. She calls herself an Amplitude Modulation
Enthusiast. That's good. The rest of us are a bit kinky too. I
told Heather that if she wrote something for the Nuze, we would post it.
So .. this is her, not me.
Hillary.
What hasn't
been said? Who knows what is true or what is not. The only thing we know is what
media is telling us. Either way, I almost feel sorry for her. Almost. She knew
what would become of her if she became a public figure. She knew that if any of
these rumors were true, they would eventually come out. She
should have been prepared for the propaganda. Is she? We don't know.
Let's
assume for a second it is true that she has never been in a loving and faithful
relationship. She could very well be suffering from SGS (stupid girl syndrome-
my personal coin). That is when a girl does something self-depreciating for a
relationship. Normally a girl out grows this by the time she is out of college.
But, let's assume she doesn't grow out it; she gets stuck in something she keeps
hoping is going to help prove her personal worth. The sad thing ladies, SGS will
never help you come into being.
Hillary has
a following of women that think she is somehow she going to give them a
platform. But it was the 14th amendment that gave us ALL the right to
life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Not Hillary. It is a matter of
making ourselves valuable. Any woman in office still needs to stick to American
values. We want freedom and self value. Well, we have people fighting for our
freedom, what about the self value?
If we are
to believe what the media has said about Hillary, then she is willing to let a
man cheat on her? If she doesn't feel like she is worth a faithful man, what
would be her worth if a country depends on her?
Considering
just this one issue, a fundamental element of her life, does Hillary actually
have the values and ethics that we should support? Are people supporting a woman
who is worthy or a woman they have been convinced is going to win? Even if she
were to be the first and only woman running for the highest office in our land,
is she the one we want representing her gender in this manner? Are we really
willing to sacrifice what should be a great moment for women in order to at
least get one in office? I'd rather a man with values and morals than Hillary
any day.
REDNECK SCRAP BOOK
This ingenious shop owner has in place an inexpensive, yet probably quite
effective, security system.
The Redneck Scrap Book is just
bursting at the seams. Check it out.
READING ASSIGNMENTS
 LATE ADDITION: Supreme Court rules
local government may seize your home or business for private economic
development. Neal suggested 2 websites you should check out:
Institute For Justice & the
Castle Coalition.
Ann Coulter says that the sure-fire way to keep America
safe is to
always
do exactly the opposite of what Jimmy Carter says we should do ... and to go
in that opposite direction as soon as possible.
An incredible read .. Karl Zinmeister, back from his third
trip to Iraq, says that the war is over, and we won.
Peggy Noonan says
we need
a serious book about Hillary Clinton. She doesn't feel that Ed Klein's
book fits the bill.
OK .. so here's
another plan from the Republicans to shore up Social Security. Mark my
words, the Democrats will say no, no, no. Why? Because it means that
the Democrats can't get their hands on surplus Social Security taxes every year.
Oops.
There goes another myth about Guantanamo. This one shot down by
Michelle Malkin.
Larry Elder takes a look at
Bush's
and Kerry's grades at Yale, and remembers all of those people who were so
sure that Kerry was the smarter of the two.
Do any of you want a primer on crude oil prices?
Look, if you're going to bitch about the price of gasoline --
then
at least read this.
Just for fun. Are you a R/C enthusiast? If you
don't know what R/C is, then you're not.
Here's a little R/C
gadget you'll just have to have. Don't even try to click on this link
if you don't have a fast broadband connection. Thanks for
Fark.com for this one.
Morning Sickness: Man horribly mutilated by a sexual predator as a child
dies in motorcycle accident.
.... and some reading assignments
carefully selected by Heather!
Men, eat
dinner with your wives...
especially when they make it for you!
To
burn or not to burn the First
Amendment. Tell us what you think about this
She must
have
REALLY needed this car.
A caller
Wednesday said there was only 2 real parties for the United States... well, Sir,
that is because the smaller parties don't get the support they need. How about
supporting what you believe in? Not sure what that is?
Maybe this will help.
Florida Democrats "forgot" to
pay their tax bill. They were probably expecting the evil rich to pay it for
them.
Dr. Adams reminds us yet again how
all victims are created equal,
but some victims are more equal than others.
Well the
Couric interview doesn't seem
to have helped. Jennifer Wilbanks'
crime was being found alive.
Will the
Boy Scout be charged and made to pay back the searchers as
well ?
More potty
humor: Embarrassing the dumb... think it will help? Chicago
flushes
the john, now!
Don't
understand some of the big words Boortz uses?
Look it up.
Still can't find it? Don't worry, he gets his own dictionary. See the
Boortztionary.
On a little
heavier of a note... Susan Torres is only 26. She is married, and has a 2 year old
son. She is 20-some-odd weeks pregnant... and brain dead.
Being kept alive
for the sake a baby that both her and her family very much wanted.
PETA is
always fun. Did you know
they kill 85% of their animals ? Their
response is just as good.
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