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U.S. NATO MEMBERSHIP IS AN ENTANGLING ALLIANCE
The United States’ government is unwisely suggesting that
three more countries – Croatia, Albania, and Macedonia – be
added to NATO.
One problem with this idea is that the United States,
according to the NATO treaty, is obligated to go to war whenever
one of NATO’s member regimes is under attack.
"NATO is expected to issue membership invitations to as many
as three Balkan countries this spring in yet another round of
enlargement championed by the United States, alliance diplomats
said yesterday. …
"Noting NATO’s recent difficulty defining itself, [director
of the European program at the Center for Strategic and
International Studies (CSIS) Julianne] Smith … suggested that ‘until
the alliance determines its mission, perhaps we should hold off
on enlarging.’
" ‘Fundamentally, we have trouble answering the question,
"What is NATO for?" The alliance has some homework to do,’
she said." Source: From Berlin, Nicholas Kralev, The
Washington Times, 1/22/08, pp. 1, A12
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Abolish the Legal Services Corporation |
January 29, 2008
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LSC SHOULD BE ABOLISHED
"Federal money intended to provide free legal representation
for the poor was improperly used for alcohol, lobbying fees and
‘unusual’ contract arrangements, a government report said
yesterday.
"The federal review of the Legal Services Corp. and the legal
aid groups it funds also uncovered ‘poor fiscal practices and
improper and potentially improper expenditures.’
"The Legal Services Corp. receives more than $300 million in
federal funds to distribute to legal aid groups across the
nation to provide representation to the poor in civil cases. …
"The Washington Times reported in September that one
organization receiving funds also was under federal
investigation into whether it used funds to perform work for
illegal aliens." Source: Jim McElhatton, The Washington Times,
1/19/08, p. A3
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My 2008 Presidential Debate Questions |
January 28, 2008
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Here are questions I submitted to be asked of the Democrat
and Republican Presidential candidates at the January 30, 2008
Republican and January 31, 2008 Democrat debates sponsored by
CNN, Politico.com, the Reagan library and the Los Angeles Times:
- As President, would you withdraw the United States from
the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP)?
- As President, would you require the Department of
Transportation to cease all funding of the Trans-Texas
Corridor?
- As President, would you withdraw from consideration by
the U.S. Senate the proposed U.N. Law of the Sea Treaty?
- As President, would you work with the Government of
Panama to restore a U.S. military presence at the isthmus?
- As President, what cuts, if any, would you make in
foreign aid, whether via the United Nations or by other
means?
- As President, would you cut off further U.S. funding of
the United Nations?
- As President, would you work to terminate all taxes on
Social Security benefits?
- As President, would you work to end the Death Tax?
- As President, would you act to terminate all Federal
funding of education?
- As President, would you terminate all taxpayer subsidies
to Planned Parenthood and other pro-abortion organizations?
- As President, would you veto all funding for the Legal
Services Corporation?
- As President, would you enforce the laws against
homosexuals in the military?
- As President, would you block enforcement of the
agreement made by President George W. Bush and former
Mexican President Vicente Fox to provide Social Security
benefits to illegal aliens who have returned to Mexico?
- As President, would you work to restore the strength of
the U.S. Navy to a 600 ship level?
- As President, would you withdraw the United States from
the World Trade Organization and from NAFTA?
- As President, would you impose higher tariffs on imports
from Communist China?
View the questions and vote for your favorites at:
http://dyn.politico.com/debate/
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Reagan Backers-McCain |
January 24, 2008
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Heil, Heil The Gang’s All Here
Wouldn’t you know it? Key establishment figures from the
Reagan administration have signed on to the Presidential
campaign of Senator John McCain. A list published in The
Washington Times (1/11/08) discloses the following
endorsers:
" Lawrence Eagleburger,
George P. Shultz…Robert Mosbacher, Alexander M. Haig Jr.,
Margaret Tutwiler…Dan Coats — the list is weighty with stalwarts
from another political era. The Reagan era, that is.
"There are 93 self-proclaimed
‘Reagan alumni’ who worked for the former president and who now
insist that Sen. John McCain of Arizona has compelling
Gipper-esque qualities and is the sole candidate who could unite
a fractious Republican Party. …
"The Reagan touch may help
Republican visibility, though.
"Republican candidates are having
a recognition problem, according to a survey of 1,005 adults
released yesterday by the Pew Research Center. Two-thirds of the
respondents name a Democrat ‘as the candidate they have heard
the most about,’ the survey found. Just 19 percent named a
Republican.
"The support from Mr. Reagan's
loyalists has been mounting for months, said McCain spokesman
Brian Rogers.
" ‘John McCain was once a foot
soldier in the Reagan revolution,’ Mr. Rogers said. ‘And that
list is pretty impressive.’
"Mr. McCain, campaigning in South
Carolina yesterday, is pleased.
" ‘President Reagan stands out in
history as a leader who recognized America's potential and had a
vision for her future. I knew President Reagan well, and
respected and admired his unwavering leadership in the face of
grave challenges,’ he said. ‘I am grateful to have the support
of so many friends and colleagues who have all worked to build
and maintain President Reagan's legacy.’"
REAGAN ALUMNI
The following former members of the Reagan administration
have endorsed Sen. John McCain for president, saying the Arizona
Republican possesses some of the same qualities as the former
president.
Grant Aldonas, Stanton D.
Anderson, Richard V. Allen, Mary Jo Arndt, William L. Ball III,
Ralph Benko, Charles R. Black Jr., Judy A. Black, Dr. Otis R.
Bowen, Ellen Bradley, James H. Burnley IV, Gahl Hodges Burt,
Richard Burt, Mark Buse, Frank Cannon, David
Chew, Nancy Christy, James W. Cicconi, Former Sen. Daniel R.
Coats, Charles E. Cobb Jr., Carol Crawford, Ron Crawford, Tim
Crawford, Dan L. Crippen, Arthur B. Culvahouse Jr., Richard H.
Davis, Mimi Dawson, Rhett Dawson, Stephen I. Danzansky, Frank J.
Donatelli, R. Rebecca Donatelli, Lawrence S. Eagleburger, Marlin
Fitzwater, Melinda A. Fitzwater, Alison B. Fortier, H.P.
Goldfield, Mark Holman, Janet Mullins Grissom, Alexander M. Haig
Jr., Janet Hale, Bryce L. Harlow, Robert Heckman, Warren K.
Hendriks Jr., Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr., Former Gov. Frank
Keating, Retired Gen. P.X. Kelley, Nancy Kennedy, Bobbie Kilberg, William
J. Kilberg, Ann Korologos, Carole Kuhn, Jim Kuhn, Christian Josi, Chris
Lehman, John F. Lehman Jr., James Lake, Thomas G. Loeffler, Peter
Madigan, Fred Malek, Robert C. McFarlane, Robert A. Mosbacher
Sr., Timothy J. Muris, J. Bonnie Newman, Trevor Potter, Anthony
J. Principi, William Bradford Reynolds, James Roberts, Patricia
O'Connor Roberts, Peter Rodman, John Rogers, Sig Rogich, Nancy
Risque Rohrbach, Gen. Edward L. Rowny, Mark Salter, George
Sawyer, Craig Shirley, Zorine Shirley, George P. Shultz, Pamela
Stevens, William F. Sittman, Bernie Streeter, Orson G. Swindle
III, Lance Tarrance, Mike Thompson, Carol Townsend, Pamela J.
Turner, Margaret Tutwiler, Peter Wallison, John Whitehead, Lanny
Wiles, Joseph Wright, Chuck Yob, Al Zapanta,
Source: John McCain 2008
Carl Karcher Was an American Business
Hero
As reported in The New York Times (1/13/08) Carl
Karcher has died. Mr. Karcher was at one time a generous
contributor to the work of The Conservative Caucus.
"Carl N. Karcher, who parlayed a $325 investment in a hot dog
cart into one of the largest hamburger chains in the western
United States, died [January 11, 2008]. He was 90. …
"Mr. Karcher, a deeply religious father of 12, was famous in
the fast-food industry for his rags-to-riches story – a tale
that was tainted in later years by an insider trading scandal
and feud with his board that led to his eventual demise as chief
executive. …
"He opened the first Carl’s Jr. – named ‘Jr.’ to distinguish
it from his full-service eatery – in 1956.
" ‘With the help and support of my wife and children, my
faith in God, my good health, my belief in the free enterprise
system, and my willingness to work hard, there was no way I
could have failed,’ he wrote in his 1991 autobiography. ‘Never
Stop Dreaming.’ …
"In 1989, Mr. Karcher and his family agreed to a $664,000
settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission after the
agency accused Mr. Karcher of having told six family members to
sell stock ahead of an announcement that company profit would
plummet by 50 percent.
"In 1993, after increasingly bitter feuds with his board and
crippling personal financial losses, Mr. Karcher, then 76, was
ousted as the company’s chief executive. …
"Mr. Karcher is survived by 11 children, 51 grandchildren and
39 great-grandchildren."
Former TCCF Trustee Jesse Grier Dead at 85
One of the most faithful friends of the work performed by The
Conservative Caucus and The Conservative Caucus Foundation of
which he had served as a Trustee was Jesse Grier who died on
Christmas Day at the age of 85.
Jesse attended Haverford College and played football for the
college. He was a Naval officer in the Pacific theatre, a
chemical engineer widely regarded as a genius, worked for Total
in Calvert City, Kentucky.
Jesse was active with Take Back Kentucky, the Constitution
Party, and as a supporter of Hillsdale College.
He loved the game of golf and was a member of the Calvert
City Country Club. He was also a jazz aficionado.
Jesse was a dear and generous friend who will be much missed.
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Presidential Politics |
January 3, 2008
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The Internet Has Changed Presidential Politics
Congressman Ron Paul’s
success in receiving some $20 million for his Presidential
candidacy primarily via the internet offers future hope for
candidates not favored by the mainstream media.
Of course, Ron Paul benefited greatly from his presence in
Republican debates and the mean-spirited attack on him by Rudy
Giuliani and his response defending his opposition to the war in
Iraq.
What this means is that a candidate with strong
Constitutional views, if those views are exposed on the mass
media to millions of his fellow citizens, is in a position to
raise enough funding to mount a serious campaign.
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