FAIRTAX RALLY

By the way ... a listener in Florida emailed to say that she found a $1.00 bill with "FairTax" stamped on it in red.  Somebody out there has a great idea!  Now ... just brainstorming here ... I wonder if there is a company out there who could make "FairTax" stamps in bulk ... a LOT of them that could sell for just a few bucks ... and we could have those available at the FairTax rally!  If the word "FairTax" started showing up on currency across this country .... it could convey the popularity of this incredible plan!  Not a huge typeface, mind you ... Just maybe 1/4 inch by 1 inch. 

As I said, just thinking out loud!

TAXES .. OH YEAH, THAT'S THE SOLUTION TO HIGHER GAS PRICES

Vote Republican this year?  Can someone please tell me why?  Well, there is one awfully good reason .... to keep Democrats out of office.  But the choice between Republicans and Democrats is now similar to having to chose between zits and a fever blister to adorn your face.  Neither is pretty. 

The Washington Times is reporting this morning that Republicans on Capitol Hill are strongly divided about what to do about rising gas prices.  The reason they're worried about this is because politicians have spent generations convincing the American sheeple that the government is always there to smooth every bump in the road and straighten every tight curve.  These "freedom loving" Americans look to the government every time they get a runny nose.  The American sense of self-reliance is on the way out, and the politicians know it.  That's why they're so concerned about gas prices.

There are some Republicans who are considering raising taxes on the oil companies.  Yup .. you got it.  Raising taxes.  The government already takes five times as much out of the proceeds of the sale of a gallon of gas as do the gas stations that sell the stuff.  Five times!  Now they're talking about taking even more!  Every penny that these oil companies pay in taxes ends up reflected in the cost at the pump .. so these pandering Republicans come up with the brilliant idea of forcing gas prices even higher as a response to concern over high gas prices?  What kind of representation is that?

It's supply and demand, folks.  That simple.  Add that to the environmental whack-jobs who will most assuredly stand in the way of any further exploration in this country, or the construction of any new refineries ... and you have your problem.  If you want a government solution ... tell the government to stop paying so much attention to the anti-capitalist faction of the environmental movement.  Start drilling in ANWR.  Start exploring off the Atlantic and Florida Gulf coast.  Start constructing those nuclear plants.  Then get out of the way and let the free market solve this problem as only the free market can.

DISHONEST REPORTING --- AT BEST

Give me a break.  They break our laws coming here.  They break our laws staying here.  The break our laws working here.  Then they stage their rallies DEMANDING that we continue to allow them to violate our laws ..  even DEMANDING that we grant them amnesty for violating our laws, and they they start screaming "hatred" when we object. 

The reporter covering this story was Tony McNary.  At one point in the report McNary reported:

"The Hispanic Political Action Committee says that hatred is on the airways on radio programs like the Neal Boortz show."

McNary then plays an audio clip from my program on Monday.  You hear me saying:  "Sadly, most Americans, and that includes those out there right now that are fed up with the illegal aliens in this country and their arrogant 'we are America' attitude ...."  At this point a caller chimes in with "How 'bout we boycott all things Mexican on May 5th."  And that is where McNary stops the audio clip of my show.  He just dances right back in to the "hatred" thing. 

Now .. .if McNary had wished to present the entire clip from my show the Channel 46 viewers would have heard me respond to the caller by saying that I did not support such a boycott because many of the owners of these Mexican restaurants and other businesses are citizens of this country and most are here legally.  So why didn't McNary play the entire clip?  Because it didn't fit into his "hatred" and "hate radio" theme.  He approached this story with an agenda ... and to play my response to that caller's "boycott all things Mexican" comment wouldn't have promoted his agenda.

Gotta love it. 

WIDESPREAD TORTURE? 

The anti-American, leftist organization known as Amnesty International is on our case again today.  They've released a report today that says torture and inhumane treatment are widespread in our prisons abroad.  Places like Afghanistan, Iraq, Cuba and so on.  The report, 47 pages all, is filled with such bold statements as: "Evidence continues to emerge of widespread torture and other cruel, inhumane or degrading treatment of detainees held in U.S. custody."

Then there's this statement from Curt Goering, Amnesty's Senior Deputy Director-General: "The U.S. government is not only failing to take steps to eradicate torture, it is actually creating a climate in which torture and other ill-treatment can flourish."  My...what evil people we are!  The mainstream media is going to run with this big-time today...you'll see it as part of the cable network's top stories. 

First of all ... let's consider their definition of "torture."  All you really need to know is that these people have stated in the past that the act of force-feeding someone who is trying to kill themselves through a hunger strike is "torture."  'Nuff said.

So what's the problem?  Well, there isn't one.  For the sake of argument, let's just grant Amnesty their premise...which is that the United States is torturing people.  According to them, we are torturing these people at prisons located in foreign countries.  And just who are these people?  That's where Amnesty gets it wrong.

The people we are torturing are terrorists.  They are suspects in the War On Terror, enemies of the state.  They are not the soldiers of any organized army and therefore are afforded no protections under the Geneva Convention.  For all intents and purposes, they are spies.

What this all comes down to is the bedwetters at Amnesty not believing in the War on Terror.  They don't see Islamic terrorists as a threat, like we do.  To them, the United States is the enemy. So they issue these reporters to stir up the news and generate contributions for their organization.

But in the end, if we're torturing enemy combatants.....and that's a big if.....who cares?  We can do whatever we want to them, because we're allowed. If Amnesty International was true to their mission, they would be probing the real torture going on in the world...and that is the political persecution happening under communist regimes like North Korea and Castro's Cuba.

But all that matters is America is wrong.  Who cares what a bunch of Euro-weasels think anyway? Case closed.

YOUR GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS AT WORK

All over the United States property taxes are at record levels...and rising.  The #1 reason usually...school funding.  The fiscal demands of government schools always seem to grow.  Perhaps people should think about stopping and seeing just what they're getting for the money. Atlanta city schools spend about $13,000  per year per child and they're now talking about a tax increase.  Because according to a recent Roper poll for National Geographic, things don't look good.

All we've heard from the media for 9 months now is about Hurricane Katrina.  Endless news stories about the hurricane that slammed into New Orleans, Louisiana.  But according to this poll, almost one-third of kids polled couldn't find Louisiana on a map.  Almost half couldn't find Mississippi.

It gets worse.  Among people between the ages of 18 and 24.....6 in 10 couldn't find Iraq on a map of the world.  Almost half couldn't find India.  A full 75% couldn't find Israel on a map of the Middle East. Three-fourths said English was the most widely spoken language...it's not.  And here's another sad fact:  Some 60% didn't know the border between North Korea and South Korea is the most heavily fortified in the world.  The sad part?  Thirty percent thought the border between the U.S. and Mexico was the most fortified.

If you've been sending your children to be indoctrinated at government schools, you might want to reconsider your actions...particularly if they keep coming home stupid.

HERE COMES THE HOLLYWOOD LEFT

Once in awhile some Hollywood actors come out and start talking politics.  Eager to grab a headline, the media laps it up....shining the spotlight on them and giving them all the airtime they want.  Frequent offenders have included George Clooney and Alec Baldwin.  Well, today there are two more.

Richard Dreyfuss has come out and is complaining about the mainstream media.  Wait a minute...he just might be my kind of guy.  But wait...he's not complaining about the right thing. At first, his complaints that the media does not supply a context for what it reports seem valid.  But then..you get down just a few more layers of the onion and you find out just how much of a hardcore leftist Dreyfuss is.

"We've got to be aware of the power of technology and the speed at which it allows us to transmit information."  Fair enough.  But then, here comes the cheap shot at George W. Bush:  "You have to encourage prose, analysis and detail -- otherwise people will go to war in Iraq and Afghanistan without really knowing why."  Uh-huh.  Same old, same old. 

Next up, Tim Robbins.  Mr. Susan Sarandon is quite the Bush-hater.  He's also complaining about the media: "We have right now a media that is willfully ignoring the high crimes and misdemeanors of the president of the United States.  Clinton lied about a (Lewinsky,) and got impeached by the media and Congress."  Actually, Mr. Robbins...Clinton lied to a grand jury, the same thing Scooter Libby is accused of doing.  Isn't lying to a jury wrong?  Guess it depends which political party the liar belongs to.

At the end of the day, more of the same from the loony factory out on the left coast.  More nonsense...albeit interesting nonsense.

REDNECK SCRAP BOOK

You know you're in a redneck church if... More in the Redneck Scrap Book.

READING ASSIGNMENTS

This is interesting: former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright is publicly disagreeing with her former boss, President Bill Clinton.  Clinton says Bin Laden was offered to the United States, Albright says he was not.  Who's right?

What is the worst state to live in when it comes to taxes?  Nope, not Massachusetts....try New York. The best? Wyoming and South Dakota.  Click here to find out why.

Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean is running around saying there's no doubt Karl Rove is guilty in the Valerie Plame case.  And Dean even says he's guiltier than Bin Laden, whom we shouldn't judge until he's proven guilty.

So much for that...ABC has canceled the left-leaning 'Commander In Chief' about a woman president, played by Geena Davis.  Perhaps people aren't ready for President Hillary Clinton just yet.

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