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Posted: 1:00 a.m. Monday, July 14, 2003
Today's Nuze: Today's Nuze: July 14, 2003
By Neal Boortz
| Today's Nuze: July 14, 2003 | ||
CLINTON'S RECORD BROKEN George Bush has broken a Clinton record, though not one to be proud of. The Federal Register - the publication that lists all proposed and enacted federal regulations - increased to 75,606 pages in 2002. That breaks the previous record set by Bill Clinton in 2000. You need to know that these federal regulations cost businesses (and, ultimately, the consumers) in America more than all business income taxes combined. During 2002 Congress passed 269 new laws. During the same year regulatory agencies passed 4,167 final rules. Not one of these rules was then subjected to congressional oversight. Some more things to think about when considering Bush's record in the White House. Federal government spending under Bush has increased at a rate faster than of any year during the Clintonista era. George Bush has yet to veto one single spending bill. George Bush has teamed up with congressional Democrats to pass massive spending increases in education, agriculture and other areas. George Bush has been in office for almost three years, and has yet to recommend the elimination of one single government-spending program. And you wonder why I vote libertarian?  Boy, does this one hit the nail on the head. THE NAACP IS THROWING A SNIT The NAACP has it's boxers in a bunch. It seems that several Democratic presidential candidates have elected not to show up at the NAACP's candidate's forum on Monday. Oh come on now. These candidates know that no matter what they do, about 95% of blacks are going to vote Democratic in the 2004 presidential election. Why should they waste their time campaigning to a captive audience? BUSH'S "LIE" By far the biggest story over the weekend was Bush's supposed "lie" in the State of the Union Speech. The Democrats obviously feel that they finally have an issue that they can use against Bush in 2004, even if it means undermining America's victory in Iraq. Here, for those of you who were out camping over the weekend, are Bush's controversial 16 words. "The British Government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa." Democrats and their fellow travelers in the media are saying that this was a lie. Not so. The statement was true when Bush made it, and is true today. Consider these words from Tony Blair to the British Parliament just last week: "In the 1980's Iraq purchased somewhere in the region of 200 or more tons of uranium from Niger. The evidence that we had that the Iraqi government had gone back to try to purchase further amounts of uranium from Niger did not come from so-called 'forged' documents, they came from separate intelligence." Blair is standing by the findings of his governments intelligence forces. This would mean that Bush's statement which begins with the words "The British government has learned ..." is correct. The problem is that you didn't hear about Blair's statement from one single major news outlet last week. Not one. CNN only started reporting it this morning. I guess we shouldn't be surprised. Why would the mainstream media, which votes overwhelmingly Democrat, get in the way of a perfectly good opportunity to nail George Bush? THE FORBIDDEN TOPIC No, I'm not going to open up the show for a discussion on abortion. I will, however, exercise my privileges as the owner, writer and editor of this "blog" to drop in this comment. I learned from the Townhall.com C-Log this morning the reason why the media always uses the term "anti-abortion" instead of "prolife." It all comes from the Associated Press Stylebook. This guideline for journalists says "Use anti-abortion instead of prolife, and abortion rights instead of pro-abortion or pro-choice." Some people think that this is a bit biased. The AP reasons that all people who support a woman's right to an abortion are not necessarily "pro-abortion." They just believe that the choice belongs to the woman. Perhaps a fairer way to address the two factions would be to simply use the terms "pro-choice" and "anti-choice." Works for me. MORE OF YOUR GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS AT WORK The State of Georgia decided it might be a nifty idea to have a Spanish-language translation of the visitor's guide to the Capitol. The Spanish brochure has now been recalled. It seems there were misspellings, poor grammar, bad translations and many typos. The Associated Press tells us that one sentence in the Spanish brochure translates as "The bathrooms is located on the first floor." Other sentences involve improperly conjugated verbs, missing or incorrect accents and many simple grammatical mistakes. The purpose was to have a direct translation of the English language version. It sure didn't work out that way. And just who did the translating? Glad you asked. The translation was handled by Spanish teachers from the Fulton County government schools. Que estupidos! READING ASSIGNMENTS All of this controversy over Bush's 16 words? Very simple. The Democrats are trying to discredit America's victory in Iraq ... for political reasons, of course. http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/rbartley/?id=110003743 Is the Republican Party still conservative? Before you utter an automatic "of course!" you may want to read the following column. http://www.nationalreview.com/28jul03/editors072803a.asp From John Leo: Here's a useful rule of thumb about international conventions, U.N. documents and the findings of foreign courts: Any time an American judge cites one in an American court, something alarming is probably about to happen. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/johnleo/jl20030713.shtml Are you wondering, as I am, whether or not the U.S. should intervene in Liberia? If so, this might be a good read for you. http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110003740 Do you carry one of those grocery store discount cards? Perhaps you might want to read this article. Remember, Publix is the only major chain in these here parts who don't collect this personal information on you in exchange for discounts. http://www.wired.com/news/business/0%2C1367%2C59589%2C00.html Julian Bond says that the Republican Party appeals to the "dark underside" of American culture. Really? I had no idea the Hip Hop generation thought so highly of the GOP. http://www.washtimes.com/national/20030714-121535-2713r.htm Evidently the old adage about killing the messenger is worldwide. A Palestinian mob some pollsters who found that few Palestinians want their old homes back. http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=424237 Last Friday's Best of the Web. http://www.opinionjournal.com/best/?id=110003737 Are Islamic terrorists getting aid and assistance from America's trial lawyers? http://www.opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=110003742 Interesting: Why certain Californians are sinking big bucks into the effort to prevent a successful recall of Grey Davis. http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/07/11/ED85428.DTL Belgium is getting rid of that absurd Belgian law which purports to give them jurisdiction over war crimes no matter where they're committed or by whom. Now if we could just get rid of a few ridiculous laws we have as easily. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48786-2003Jul12.html The Washington Times exposes the dishonesty of Peter Jennings leftist assault on the recent tax cuts. http://www.washtimes.com/op-ed/20030712-104230-4339r.htm Iraq: The thugs are fighting, our troops are tired, and some doubt our determination --- but, we're winning. http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/002/882ynpvo.asp |
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