More evidence that a flat tax should be the central issue of the conservative movement.
QUOTE FOR THE DAY: “This newspaper is second to none in its pro-American sentiments; in the early Bush years it devoted much ink to defending the President against the often malevolent and ignorant attacks of a congenitally anti-American European media. But we know a lost cause when we see one: the longer President Bush occupies the White House the more it becomes clear that his big-government domestic policies, his preference for Republican and business cronies over talented administrators, his lack of a clear intellectual compass and his superficial and often wrong-headed grasp of international affairs – all have done more to destroy the legacy of Ronald Reagan, a President who halted then reversed America’s post-Vietnam decline, than any left-liberal Democrat or European America-hater could ever have dreamt of. As one astute American conservative commentator has already observed, President Bush has morphed in the Manchurian Candidate, behaving as if placed among Americans by their enemies to do them damage.” – editorial in the conservative British newspaper, The Business.
EMAIL OF THE DAY: “Good Show on Bill Maher last night. It was nice hearing conversation from three individuals who I knew had different political beliefs than my own but were able to convey enough pieces of thought that resulted in a consensus.
For myself, as someone who views himself as “eclectic in thought”, you reminded me last night of days gone by when I enjoyed watching William F. Buckley on “Firing Line”. I would listen, agree or disagree, but actually understand someone and their personal position without throwing up. Too often today, the chasm of ideologies has forced those who earn their living from the “political entertainment field” to seek outrageous positions, void of rational thought, just simply to provide more kindling for the cultural war fire. Why do they do that? So they can perpetuate their employment?”
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