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Posted: 1:00 a.m. Friday, May 23, 2003
Today's Nuze: Today's Nuze: May 23, 2003
By Neal Boortz
| Today's Nuze: May 23, 2003 | ||
Once again The Talkmaster is ignored as colleges and universities around the country decide on commencement speakers. Perhaps these administrators know what would be in store for them if they were to turn me loose on a brand spanking new set of graduates. Well, I will not be denied. Today I delivered my commencement speech during the first hour of my show. Unfortunately, the first hour of my show was only heard in Orlando, Jacksonville, Dayton and Atlanta (Cox talkers). So, if you're into suffering, you can read it for yourself. Here's your link to Neal's Commencement Speech! GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS AT WORK  Atlanta city schools spend $13,000 per year per student. DON'T GET TOO EXCITED .. IT'S ONLY FOR TWO YEARS Most of the news stories you've read about the tax cut don't seem to cover this, but if you're in the upper income brackets those cuts in your tax rates are only good for two years. Yup - your rate may come down from 38.6% to 34% .. but that's only for 2003 and 2004. In 2005 your tax rate goes right back up again. AND HERE'S SOMETHING ELSE YOU DON'T HEAR ON THE NEWS You will hear throughout the day about the checks that are going to be sent to parents. Every parent of a dependent child will be sent a $400 check. That check is part of the increase in the tax credit for children ... from $600 to $1000. What these talking heads aren't telling you is that many of the parents who receive these checks pay no income tax. None. So, in their cases, it's not a tax cut, nor is it a tax rebate. It's someone else's money. Let me know if you hear any newscaster cover this little fact. Wait ... there's more. This morning some CNN analyst said "unfortunately lower income people aren't going to get a big break." These lower income people already have their big break. They don't pay any federal income taxes. They're getting a totally free ride ... and some cash to boot! McAULIFFE NONSENSE The Democrats head dog washer, Terry McAuliffe, was bloviating on Fox News Channel last night ... talking about jobs. He said that Clinton had created 22 million jobs during his 8 years in the White House, while Bush had destroyed over 2 million jobs in his first three years. OK .. you expect this Clinton apologist to try to float this nonsense. The depressing thing is that so many people will hear it and accept it as the absolute truth. Clinton didn't create those jobs, and Bush didn't lose them. Those jobs came from the dot-com, technology and telecommunication revolution ... and those jobs went away when those revolutions fizzled. Who was sitting in the Oval Office had nothing to do with it ... Unless, of course, you sign on to the idea that Clinton triggered the technology bust with his anti-trust lawsuit against Microsoft. WAR FOR OIL? Ask one of your "war for oil" friends this. If Bush and Cheney waged war on Iraq for the oil, how come they talked the United Nations into a resolution that requires all revenues from Iraqi oil be put into a Development Fund with the Iraq Central Bank? Just wondering. COMPLAINING ABOUT FOX NEWS Liberals just can't stand hearing conservative or libertarian positions presented on major television newscasts. For decades the left had a virtual monopoly with the big three networks. When cable came along it brought CNN ... but CNN was the brainchild of an avowed socialist who was unlikely to tolerate anything but a leftist slant to CNN's coverage. CNN soon became known as the Clinton News Network. Now we have Fox News Channel. Fox News certainly can't be described as leaning to the left. But can it be described as conservative? Democrats and their leftist fellow travelers are apoplectic about Fox News ... they can barely contain their rage. The very idea of conservative ideas getting a hearing on a major news broadcast! It just shouldn't be! My question to you is this: Just what is the problem with Fox News? Does Fox News Channel actually lean to the right? Do they present a predominantly conservative view of the day's news? Or is Fox News merely standing out because they present both sides, not just the liberal side, of the important stories? Come on, folks. Give me some specific examples of a conservative bias in the news coverage on Fox. STATE SPENDING Virtually every state in the union is running a budget deficit. Most of these states, from California to Maine, are considering various tax increases to take care of the problem. As much as I read every day preparing for my radio show, I have yet to come across one story of any state government cutting a major spending program as a response to these deficits. In almost all states the state government and the budget are increasing faster than that state's population and faster than the rate of inflation. Is anyone out there giving any thought as to just where this is going to lead? Are there no limits in this country to the growth of government? The limits have to be placed by voters ... but voters just love it when some politician spends money on them. If we don't get a grip on the growth of government in this country we're going to face a disaster. THE ANTI-ACHIEVEMENT MENTALITY Yesterday you heard me give a list of some of the things that I'm passionate about. My family tops the list .. then comes freedom, both economic and social. Number three would be education. I truly believe that an uneducated populace is not capable of preserving freedom. Ignorant people are easily led and dominated. There is no doubt in the world that our system of government education is an unqualified disaster. Is it at all possible that this is by design rather than by happenstance? Our education system is controlled by Democrats. Teacher's unions overwhelmingly vote Democrat and about 90% of their political contributions go to Democrat candidates. Now --- another fact. The dumber you are; or, if you prefer, the more ignorant you are, the more likely it is you are going to vote Democrat. Can you see, then, that Democrats have a vested interest in making sure that our schools don't do the job? There is one group of Americans that Democrats know they can absolutely count on year after year after year for their votes. Black Americans. These same black Americans are being poorly served by our government schools. Again .. is this by design? Today I'm going to discuss an article that explores why black children from rich families perform so poorly in the upscale suburban schools of Shaker Heights, Ohio. You may want to read the article when you hear the discussion. So ... here's your link. http://www.eastbayexpress.com/issues/2003-05-21/feature.html/1/index.html RANDOM THOUGHTS
READING ASSIGNMENTS Bruce Bartlett doesn't exactly seem to think much about this tax cut. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/brucebartlett/bb20030523.shtml This columnist thinks that the war on terror makes George Bush unbeatable in 2004. It's all very simple ... Americans have more confidence that Republicans will do what needs to be done to protect us against terrorist attack. http://www.sunspot.net/news/opinion/oped/bal-op.election22may22,0,501579.story?coll=bal%2Doped%2Dheadlines Just what or who are these "neo-cons" the left keeps whining about? Jonah Goldberg explodes some of the myths. http://www.nationalreview.com/goldberg/goldberg052103.asp The fabulous world of fact, factoid and SARS. http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/dhenninger/?id=110003534 Now here's a good question: Nobody ever asks the auto worker's unions about federal transportation policy. Why, then, do we really care about what teacher's unions have to say about education policy? They simply aren't impartial on the issue .. so their opinions are worth little. http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/142/oped/The_bottom_line_for_teachers_unions+.shtml I wonder if those of you who think that the so-called "Palestinians" actually had a flourishing homeland before those evil Jews arrived will have the guts to read this column. http://www.washtimes.com/commentary/20030521-094809-5098r.htm Dickie Gephardt has been reminiscing about unions. How special. How fullabull he is. http://www.investors.com/editorial/issues.asp?v=5/22 A $145 billion award against the tobacco industry? One of the ways you do this is to eliminate everyone from the jury who thinks that people are responsible for their own actions ... and to play the race card. http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110003535 |
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