WE'LL GIVE THE VOICE A TRYOUT TODAY

As you know ... got hit by a bit of laryngitis on Tuesday ... and by Wednesday I couldn't say a word.  Things are better today, so we'll give a try and see how long the voice lasts!  Sorry 'bout yesterday.  It's strange feeling great and bailing out of the show just because you can't talk.  My wife loved it!

Dr. Jerry Falwell with Neal in Lynchburg Tuesday

INTERESTING BATHROOM

During the book tour for The FairTax Book we ran into some rather interesting decorating ideas at the radio stations we visited. WFIR in Roanoke has that Italian village themed break area, and several stations had unisex bathrooms. Here's an interesting example!

BLAMING BUSH FOR WILMA

Florida Governor Jeb Bush is taking responsibility for relief delays that people are complaining about in the wake of Hurricane Wilma.  Bush says "We (meaning the government) did not perform to where we want to be.  This is our responsibility."  Local officials complained that the state wasn't doing enough.  Michael Chertoff, the Homeland Security Secretary, toured the area and asked the public for its patience.

All of this asks the question: what is the proper role of government following a natural disaster?  Is it simply to restore law and order and essential services?  Or is the government supposed to hold people's hand, paying for their every need and waiting on them hand and foot?  This is a lesson from Katrina.  More and more with each passing day Americans are being taught, and they're learning quite well we must say, to depend on government for just about everything.  People who stocked up on necessities such as water, non-perishable food, batteries and other basics weren't the ones complaining.  The more we depend on government the more politicians love it, and the less freedom we have.  Self-sufficiency is no longer the goal for far too many Americans.  Now the goal is to see how much responsibility they can turn over to the government while continuing to live the easy life.

America cannot survive this new attitude of government dependency.

Unfortunately, if the government would get out of the way after a disaster, things would go much smoother.  With businesses and entrepreneurs worried about allegations of price gouging, scarce supplies and gasoline run out much sooner than they otherwise should.  Immediately following a disaster, vote-hungry politicians start their warnings about price gouging.  The result: artificially low prices result in shortages.  Too bad.

President Bush plans to tour the damage today in Florida.  Expect him to be blamed for it too. 

IRAN STATES THEIR GOAL

For what seems like years now the international community has tolerated and tried to negotiate with the mullahs in Iran over their nuclear program.  Since the Islamic terrorist state has called for the destruction of The United States and Israel, we haven't been negotiating with them directly...the Europeans have been doing it.  And they have been failing. Today brings news of a great example of why this rogue state has to be reined in. 

The president of Iran said yesterday that Israel should be "wiped off the map" and he warned other Arab countries against developing ties with the country, saying "Anybody who recognizes Israel will burn in the fire of the Islamic nation's fury."  That's nice.

A number of countries have condemned the remarks.  But watch closely...will we see the UN taking action?  Will they expel Iran from the the United Nations?  Will there be more sanctions?  Nope.  The reason is that the United Nations is also an anti-Israel organization.

Not to mention you could easily replace "Israel" with "America."  Iran has stated their goal is the destruction of the United States and Israel.  Why on Earth we are allowing a country that vows to kill us all develop nuclear weapons and harbor terrorists is beyond me.

I guess that's what they call diplomacy these days.

Here we have a country that is developing nuclear weapons.  The leader of the country says that Israel must be wiped off the face of the map.  What does it take to connect the dots here people?

THE WAL-MART MEMO

Wal-Mart is making a little news.....no, not over some scheme to pay off a local politician to steal land in the name of eminent domain.  This has to do with a memo written by a vice-president of the company addressing health care spending. 

Speaking of the issue, it said "the least healthy, least productive associates are more satisfied with their benefits than other segments and are interested in longer careers with Wal-Mart."  Translation: the fat and lazy employees like their benefits and want to hang around longer, and this costs more money.

The memo proposes ways to hold down benefit costs with Health Savings Accounts...which are a great idea...and here's the controversial one: add more physical activity to the jobs at Wal-Mart to attract a more healthier and productive workforce.

Expect somebody in Congress to propose that Wal-Mart not be allowed to do this.  How dare a private company actually try to hold down health care costs.  They'll be getting criticism for this instead of what they really should be criticized for, such as the eminent domain abuse they have been a party to.

What is the story behind this picture? It's all about scamming Nigerian scammers. Don't you just love that? (site will say certificate is expired, I entered anyway without a problem. --ww) Oh, and here's the daddy of all scambaiting sites.

LISTENING TO AIR AMERICA

As you know, I contributed $100 of my hard-earned cash to help keep Air America on the air.  I think that the survival of Air (Hate) America radio is important to the survival of the rest of talk radio.  If Air America fails the left will start clamoring for controls on talk radio because all that will really be left, except for NPR, will be conservatives and libertarians.  Anyway ... when I contributed my $100 I was promised an Air America tote bag.  Do you think it ever arrived?  Of course not!  Those people are too busy stealing money from Boys and Girls Clubs to send me my tote bag ... but what the heck.  I really didn't expect to see it anyway. LATE BREAKING: the tote bag has arrived! Overnight, no less.

Now ... here's a fun bit.  It comes from the Ace of Spades HQ on the Internet.  Ladies and Gentlemen ... The Top  Ten Things People Are More Likely to Say Than "Did You Hear What Al Franken Said Yesterday?"

10. "You know, in terms of pure aesthetics, I actually prefer the spork."

9. "Yo, Playah-- that Victorian ascot is the shizznat, Dog!"

8. "I know you're on the pill, but can't I wear a condom just this once? Why must it always be about your dirty needs?"

7. "It's this simple: if I can't put the vision I want on the screen, I'm not making this movie. And the vision I want is David Hasselhof."

6. "My scent? It's Nadler, the only perfume endorsed by 300-pound liberal Congressman Jerry Nadler-- a delicate yet sultry blend of cinnamon, pheremones and pork-chops."

5. "Topless dancers?!! The sign outside specifically promised me Stopless dancers. Now you instruct your staff to get off their break and put on some proper clothing or there are going to be consequences, my good man."

4. "When I move, I slice like a freaking hammer."

3. "There's something magical about riding the bus."

2. "Would I like to take a few minutes to discuss switching over to AT&T's new Friends and Family service? Would I! Would I ever!!!"

...and the Number One Thing People Are More Likely to Say Than "Did you Hear What Al Franken Said Yesterday?"...

1. "Who the hell is Al Franken?"       

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REDNECK SCRAP BOOK

Who says rednecks have no appreciation for fine art? More in the Redneck Scrap Book.

READING ASSIGNMENTS

A final decision is expected Friday on indictments in the Valerie Plame (non) affair.  So I guess everyone will just have to wait to know whether or not Karl Rove and Scooter Libby get canned.

Ann Coulter offers a blistering review of the Harriet Miers' nomination...and in the process compares George Bush to Richard Nixon and says the president is no conservative.  Entertaining as always.

Hillary Clinton has an idea on how to address the problem of high gas prices:  massive new taxes on oil and gasoline.  That should play well in 2008....not.

Two of Bill Clinton's accusers, Kathleen Willey and Juanita Broddrick, have toured the Clinton library in Arkansas. Apparently they weren't showed the lying and cheating exhibit.

USA Today got caught red-handed demonizing Condoleeza Rice....by altering a picture of her.  Michelle Malkin details their actions. The paper eventually made excuses and a "correction."

Remember Ashley Smith, the woman who kept courthouse shooter Brian Nichols in her apartment, then called police, has been hailed as a hero and has written a book about the experience?  The allegation is being made that she knew the shooter beforehand, and took a little poetic license with her book. 

The author of the law that Karl Rove and others are alleged to have broken says the special prosecutor in the Leakgate case may be getting creative with the law.

The Poodle says George W. Bush should bring home 20,000 troops from Iraq over the Christmas holidays.  Why not more? Why not less?  Perhaps the military knows best how many troops they need and not some failed presidential candidate.

Are you sitting down?  President Bush is actually proposing a budget cut!  This time he wants to cut spending across the board to pay for hurricane relief.  There may still be hope.

Everybody knows the story of Rosa Parks' refusal to give up her seat on the bus in Alabama, sparking the civil rights movement.  But Thomas Sowell tells us why there was racially segregated seating on buses in the first place, and he says it's not why you think.

An interesting review of The FairTax Book from the Frontiers of Freedom website.

How about giving your hand-eye coordination a little workout today!

The World Series is over.   I didn't even know it had started!

Comic jokes at talk radio's expense. Hey, if you can't laugh at yourself... (warning, there's a pop-up at that site)

Today's history lesson...the real first president of the United States?

Read Frederick Bastiat's The Law online.

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