YOUR TAX MONEY AT WORK

Before I rant about this waste of tax money, let me once again remind you of the Taxpayer's Addendum.  OK .. so I used to call it the Boortz Addendum, that's just because I thought it up.  It's not about Boortz .. it's about the taxpayers.  Very simply .. I just thought it would be a good idea if lawmakers who sponsor any legislation calling for the expenditure of taxpayer dollars would sign an addendum to that legislation stating:

"The undersigned sponsors of the foregoing legislation do hereby state and affirm their belief that it is more important for the federal government to spend the funds necessary for the implementation of this legislation than it would be for the taxpayer who actually worked for and earned these funds to retain them for use in caring for and investing in the future of their own families."

Wouldn't that be great?  Wouldn't you like to see a politician have to sign a statement saying that he believes it is more important for him to spend money for, let's say, a paper industry hall of fame (true!) than it would be for the person who earned it to pay medical bills, college expenses, save for a down payment on a house, or just a family vacation!  You know, of course, that this idea has no chance in hell.  Politicians would never sign their names to such a pledge.  When a politician spends money his thoughts are on the votes to be bought, not on the taxpayer who's money he's wasting.

OK .. that brings us to this past Wednesday's scrubbed shuttle launch.  Forty-four members of our esteemed and honorable United States Congress flew from Washington DC to Cape Canaveral last Wednesday to see the launch .. the launch that wasn't.  The taxpayers paid for the trip.  Two Boeing 737s and and one Gulfstream.  The cost?  Let's try $73,000.  Just split that among ten tax-paying families.  $7,300 per family. Again .. that's money that could have paid for a child's private school for one year.  How about health insurance?  That would cover it for a young family.  College expenses?  Sure!  But instead it was spent to fly politicians to Cape Canaveral for a shuttle launch .. not to help, but to gawk.

Thanks.

HERE COMES JOE WILSON

So there it was.  Yesterday, New York Senator Chuck Schumer held a press conference with his fellow partisan leftist Joe Wilson, husband of Valerie Plame.  First off, it's important to understand the politics of former Ambassador Joseph Wilson.  Wilson is not a principled husband upset that his wife's cover as a CIA agent was blown.  Joe Wilson is a Bush-bashing partisan Democrat who is determined to sell as many copies of his book as possible and try and embarrass the Bush administration.  Now that we have that out of the way, let's examine what this slug said yesterday when he slithered out from underneath his rock.

Wilson says that since George Bush said last year he would fire anyone who leaked Plame's name, he thinks that means Rove should be fired.  Well .. there's a bit of a problem here.  Bush said that he would "handle" anyone who "broke the law."  Rove broke no law.  He's not even the target of any criminal investigation.  And just in case Wilson or his cronies want to claim that Rove lied a year ago when he said that he wasn't the source of any leak; what Rove said was that he did not name Valerie Plame.  He's right, he didn't.

This all comes back to the war in Iraq.  After his wife sent him to Africa to investigate the Saddam uranium claims, Wilson lied about who sent him, Wilson wrote a hit piece on the administration in the New York Times.  This is all about Wilson's politics. 

We still don't know where any of this leads.  Keep an eye on that New York Times reporter who is protecting her source.  A source we probably don't know.  The special prosecutor says Rove isn't the target.  Who is?  We don't know, and neither does the media.

FAIRTAX BOOK UPDATE

The FairTax Book hits the shelves one week from Tuesday.  You're right .. I haven't been hammering it on the air or on Nealz Nuze for a few weeks.  We're trying to time the posting of a link to purchase the book on Amazon.com to maximize the first week sales figures for the book.  So .... keep your eye on this spot.  When I throw up the picture of the book and the link to Amazon.com it's your time to act, if you haven't already.  Besides ... you save a few bucks getting The FairTax Book from Amazon.com anyway.

In the meantime, mentions of The FairTax Book continue to show up in reviews and columns.  Townhall.com features a column today by Matt Towery entitled "America the Strong."  In that column Towery writes:

"As I have noted, the GOP is lacking in new and creative programs, and given the fact that it is the party in control, the burden is on Republicans to give Americans a reason to feel the nation is moving ahead.
"Yes, as I often mention, the upcoming book by talk radio star Neal Boortz and congressman John Linder might provide just what is needed to push a new and creative conservative agenda. I'll spare readers another of my long essays on the subject of simpler, fairer federal taxes -- at least until this book is published."

Nice words ... and much appreciated.

THE OLD MAN FLIPS 'EM OFF

Ever since Chief Justice William Rehnquist was hospitalized for what is believed to be thyroid cancer, interest groups have been running a countdown to when he will step down from the bench.  Some thought he would be gone last year.  Nope, there he was on the platform in January swearing in George W. Bush for a second term, cane, tracheotomy and all. 

With the announced retirement of Sandra Day O'Connor, the speculation has only intensified.  Surely Rehnquist would quit any day now, the media told us. The left got their TV ads ready to go, ready to bash any nominee George Bush put out.  The abortocentrist crowd on the far right fired up their publicity machine, ready to fight any nominee who had not expressly proclaimed the desire to reverse the Roe. Vs. Wade decision.  The retirement was imminent, we were told! Columnist Robert Novak declared the retirement would come any day.

Except it isn't.  Much to the consternation of the Democrats, the media and Moveon.org, Rehnquist announced yesterday he isn't going anywhere.  The 80-year-old Chief Justice put out a statement that read: "I'm not about to announce my retirement.  I want to put to rest the speculation and unfounded rumors of my imminent retirement.  I will continue to perform my duties as chief justice as long as my health permits."

So much for that.  Looks like George Soros will have to find something else to spend his money on.

GRAND THEFT AUTO

With her re-election to the Senate next year far from a lock and her #1 goal being to become president of the United States, Hillary Clinton has made a series of calculated shifts to the right.  In order to get the votes she needs and be victorious, she will need to convince people that she is not the ultra-leftist that she is.

So now she's pretending to be a law and order Hildabeast.  Everything from being against terrorists, pro-Military, to opposing illegal aliens, Hillary has been right there.  She's reliving her husbands triangulation scheme that Dick Morris used in 1996 to re-elect Bill.  So what's Hillary's latest ruse?

Now she wants a federal investigation into 'Grand Theft Auto,' the popular video game.  In this video game, people who play get to beat up hookers, steal cars, run over people and take their money, all in the privacy of their own home.  Fun! Hillary does not approve.

The wolf-in-sheep's clothing act continues.  By the time 2008 gets here, she'll have everyone convinced she's actually a conservative.  Hillary Clinton will do whatever it takes ... and when the female voters of this country put her over the top in 2008 she'll revert to her basic socialist, big-government, anti-capitalist ways.

Do you have your escape plan ready?

REDNECK SCRAP BOOK

Hey, this golf cart might come in handy if you've gotta go off path. I'm sure the groundskeepers would love you. More in the Redneck Scrap Book.

BOORTZ ON VACATION NEXT WEEK

... but I'll have the 'puter with me ... and you'll see updates to the Nuze.  So keep checking back.

READING ASSIGNMENTS

How about a nice little nuclear threat against our country to start the day off  right?  Now, would this be a good time to remind you where China got the missile technology they would need to deliver a nuclear weapon to the United States?  Why, it was Bill Clinton, wasn't it?  Probably best not to bring that up.

I've described intelligence as knowing what you don't know.  Here's Byron York to tells us what we don't know about this absurd Valerie Plame affair.

Grand jury testimony has been leaked in the Plame probe, and the latest is Robert Novak told Karl Rove about Valerie Plame.  Rove says he found out about her from the media.  The question remains...who is the source?

David Limbaugh says the left is obsessed with destroying Karl Rove because they're operating under the mistaken fantasy that Rove actually controls the administration.

Your tax dollars at work...Congress is spending $73,000 of your hard-earned money to go see the shuttle launch.  Can't they watch it on TV like the rest of us?

The Poodle is calling for Karl Rove to be fired.  Did you know that John Kerry outed an actual, genuine CIA agent just this spring?  You won't hear that from the mainstream media.

A Chinese general made a speech saying that China was ready to use nuclear weapons against the United States.  But if they did that, we would use ours too.  Think of all the lost sales of cheap electronics and shower curtain rings!

A village in Myanmar (formerly known as Burma) has reported that her breasts disappeared overnight and she grew a trouser snake.  Hillary Clinton can't get on a plane fast enough to look into this one.

The New York Times continues to pay tribute to its political hero, Hillary Clinton.  This time, they're altering her quotes to make them more politically correct.

Senator Orrin Hatch says that if you win the White House, you get the make the judicial nominations.  Something that seems to have been forgotten by the Democrats.

The media is in bed with Joe Wilson, and NBC is at the head of the class.  The Media Research Center reports yet another case of blatant media bias.

Speaking of Robert Novak, in his latest column, he points out that the media has missed a big triumph Bush got at the G8: the world backed off their demand for crippling environmental controls.

Kitty Litter Cake recipe.

Heather's reading assignments

Everyone wants my "morning sickness." So here is the link to the story "The boy who cried dog!"

You can spray on paint. You can spray on a tan. Now you can even spray on mud !

One listener thinks that the increased wolf population in France (my reading assignments on July 13 ^th) is directly related to the decline in human population . I found it disturbing but oddly possible.

Drugs and plastic surgery do not mix. That is the only thing I can assume was going on... unless 'he' really was a 'he' pretending to be a 'she' until 'she' had a miraculous growth appear.

Hillary says it takes a village to raise a child; in fact, she is trying to make a law allowing parents not to have to parent.

I'd like to buy a vowel and a vote . This is my all-time favorite article.

We have airbags for cars. We have airbags for packing material. And now we have airbags for dams, too.

You can not patent and trademark vulgarity. I don't have anything else to add to this.

Claim bankruptcy. Lose other people's money. Good job! Give yourself a raise!

Yup, read 'the other side.' Nope, still don't care for them.

Thanks for the book, Justin. (I think.) Here is another good one. Someone should really send me this shirt " No German, No French, No Moore!" Just kidding. Anything anti-Moore will do.

Kids doing drugs in the woods ? In a fort that's roof is held up by tequila bottles, no less. NO WAY! Doh!">

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