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GOPUSA Eagle - January 14, 2002
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Inside this issue...

  * GOPUSA Latest News
  * A Look at the Headlines
  * State News Briefs
  * Bush Update
  * Alan Keyes... Preserving Freedom, Beating Terror
  * Carol Devine-Molin... Lurking Threat Of National ID Card: Can Big
    Brother Be Stopped?
  * SARTRE... Have Gun, Will Travel
  * Dorothy Anne Seese... Final Attack on America: The Assault on Her
    Christian Heritage and Values
  * Kevin Tuma Cartoon... Shoes

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GOPUSA Latest News

** New State Editors

GOPUSA is proud to welcome our newest state editors to the team. Charles
Barksdale is coming on board as the State Editor for Maryland, and
Warren Noll is the new editor for Missouri.

Charles B. Barksdale is an attorney who lives in Silver Spring,
Maryland, with his wife and two children. Charles serves as an Assistant
Corporation Counsel for the Office of the Corporation Counsel in the
District of Columbia. Charles serves as First Vice-Chair of the
Montgomery County Republican Central Committee.

Read more about Charles at http://gopusa.com/maryland/editor.shtml

Warren Noll resides in St. Joseph, Missouri with his wife of 5 years and
two children. He has lived in this community since 1987 and has lived in
Missouri his entire life. Warren is employed by Continental Research
Corporation as a factory representative. Warren is currently the
Chairman of the Buchanan County Republican Central Committee.

Read more about Warren at http://gopusa.com/missouri/editor.shtml

** 2001: A Year in Review

GOPUSA would like to say thank you for all the great feedback on our
"year in review" animation.  This arrangement of music and pictures not
only reviews the major events of 2001, but also include a special
section focusing on the events of September 11.

2001: A Year in Review --> http://gopusa.com/yearinreview

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A Look at the Headlines

The front page of the GOPUSA web site is constantly being updated to
provide you with the latest news and information.

Here are your Monday headlines:

GOPUSA Top Story -- Democrats Try to Capitalize on Enron Collapse

The Washington Times
* Pakistan builds missile sites
* U.S. seeks al Qaeda link to Iraq
* Airport delays likely to increase

CNSNews.com
* Conservative Icon Weyrich Warns 'Moral Minority' Still Dwindling
* Arrests Provide More Evidence Of Anti-US Terror Plans
* South Dakota Bill Would Bar Running for Two Offices

NewsMax.com
* Firefighters Seek Accurate Depiction of Flag-Raising Heroes
* Rebuilding Vital to Stability, Afghan Leader Pleads
* Sharon Admits Some Razed Homes Not Empty

Fox News
* U.S. Planes Bomb Suspected Hide-Out
* India Welcomes Pakistani Crackdown on Militants
* Pilot Charged With Terroristic Threats After Making 'Inappropriate'
  Remark at Airport

USA Today
* Afghanistan hosts parade of U.S. lawmakers
* More detainees sent to Guantanamo Bay naval base
* U.S. sees Pakistan-India crisis at turning point

Human Events Online
* The Daschle Deception
* Justice Targets 'Absconders' From Al Qaeda Countries
* FBI Promoted Agents Who Botched Los Alamos Espionage Investigation

These headlines and more can be found at http://gopusa.com

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State News Briefs

In addition to national news, GOPUSA also brings you the latest news
from your state. Click on one of the links below to read the latest
state headlines. If your state is not listed, perhaps you'd like to help
GOPUSA by being a state editor. To find out more the role of a volunteer
state editor, please click here --> http://gopusa.com/editors.shtml

Alaska - Coming Soon to Juneau... Election Politics
http://gopusa.com/alaska

Arizona - State population growth continues at amazing pace
http://gopusa.com/arizona

California - Failed debt deal may add $780 million in loan costs
http://gopusa.com/california

Florida - Enron eased way into Fla. with cash
http://gopusa.com/florida

Georgia - Legislators in a hurry to politick
http://gopusa.com/georgia

Idaho - Speaker hopes to challenge term limits on House floor
http://gopusa.com/idaho

Illinois - TV ad will tout Wood's abortion-rights stance
http://gopusa.com/illinois

Missouri - Senator seeks two tax hikes to improve transportation
http://gopusa.com/missouri

New Jersey - The Hours of Power of an Acting Governor
http://gopusa.com/newjersey

New York - Badillo Tends Wounds, Tweaks Bloomberg
http://gopusa.com/newyork

Oklahoma - Oklahoman Editorial: Overfed, Overtaxing
http://gopusa.com/oklahoma

Tennessee - Remap accord seen as key to solving financial woes
http://gopusa.com/tennessee

Texas - Panel OKs requirement for student exercising
http://gopusa.com/texas

Washington - Fort Lewis honors 'ideal soldier'; Chapman given farewell
salute, medals of valor
http://gopusa.com/washington

Wisconsin - Leibham's state aid bill gets panel OK
http://gopusa.com/wisconsin

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Bush Update

Weekly Radio Address

THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. We have entered a busy season here in
Washington. Soon, Congress will be back in session. I will go to the
Capitol to report on the state of our union and I will present a budget
that sets the priorities of our government for fiscal year 2003.

Our highest priorities are clear to all. We must give our military every
tool and weapon it needs to prevail in the war against terror. We must
strengthen our country's defenses against further attack, with a
comprehensive program of homeland security. And we must get our
country's economy growing and creating jobs once again.

Read more at http://gopusa.com/bush/radio_0112.shtml

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Preserving Freedom, Beating Terror
By Alan Keyes

As we settle in for the long haul in the war against terrorism, we are
establishing the patterns that will determine whether that war secures
or loses our liberty.  Much depends on the kind of contribution average
American citizens make to this effort.  How can we help protect American
liberty, and strengthen it in the process?  Some history will help
answer this question.

After the Second World War, the governing concept of American military
policy shifted from mobilization to readiness, on the assumption that we
had to be ready for conflict, on a relatively large scale, at all times.
 The shift was reasonable, made necessary by the persistent military
challenge from the Soviet Union and the need to protect friends and
interests around the globe.

Read more at http://gopusa.com/alankeyes/ak_0114.shtml

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Lurking Threat Of National ID Card: Can Big Brother Be Stopped?
By Carol Devine-Molin

Unfortunately, it appears that we are inexorably moving toward a
National Identification Card system, an Orwellian nightmare that would
permit easy tracking and surveillance of individuals on a level once
considered unimaginable. It's not happening in a blatant power grab by
government, but in small, incremental steps that nonetheless will have
the same deleterious outcome. Our society is "slipping and sliding"
toward "Big Brother" snoopery with plans for embedding crucial
identification data into microchips on our drivers' licenses. And,
clearly, widespread encroachment upon our privacy is being significantly
abetted by advancing technologies. Understandably, civil libertarians
are sounding the clarion call to alert the general public to the
inherent dangers of a centralized identification system.

Read more at http://gopusa.com/caroldevinemolin/cdm_0114.shtml

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Have Gun, Will Travel
By SARTRE

Few topics cause more confusion and emotionalism than the subject of
guns. But before you speculate that this pacifist author is against the
second amendment, consider the nature of the real issue. Guns are simply
an instrument of function. The principle that is part of our heritage,
is the inalienable ability for self defense. This natural right, does
not exist because government has passed a law or grants some privilege.
Protecting your own life and safety is intrinsic to your very existence.
So why do so many people confuse gun ownership with self protection,
when the former is only a means, while the later is an immutable right?

Read more at http://gopusa.com/sartre/sartre_0114.shtml

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Final Attack on America: The Assault on Her Christian Heritage and
Values
By Dorothy Anne Seese

My greatest fear for the beloved America in which I was born is not from
Islamic terrorists, as brutal as they are in their fierce hatred. (The
media's labeling of them as "fundamentalists" is quite ironic, because
fundamentalism is adhering to the core of one's belief system, which
would be an indictment of the Islam of the Qur'an as advocating
terrorism.)

America will never be destroyed from without, whether a few planes are
taken down or not. The recent airport fiascos are a testimony to our
hysteria rather than to the common sense alternative of arming the pilot
and first officer with guns, and the flight attendants with stun guns.
While all the airport boondoggles are wasting time and enormous amounts
of money, the Islamic radicals could be out purchasing surface-to-air
missiles to bring down any flight they wish to target, as some believe
TWA Flight 800 was brought down.

Read more at http://gopusa.com/dorothyanneseese/das_0114.shtml

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Shoes
By Kevin Tuma

The latest Kevin Tuma cartoon can be found on the GOPUSA web site by
clicking on the following link:
http://gopusa.com/cartoons/tuma/tuma_0109.shtml

Archives of Kevin's cartoons can be found at http://gopusa.com/cartoons

We hope you enjoy the cartoon!  Look for more in future issues of the
GOPUSA Eagle.

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