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**Media Advisory** Date: May 16, 2003 Contact: Daniel Borchers Founder and President Citizens for Principled Conservatism (240) 476-9690 PrincipledConservative@yahoo.com www.PrincipledConservative.org Jason Blair & Ann Coulter: Switched at Birth? Ann Coulter’s latest (weekly) screed against the New York Times reaches two conclusions about the Jayson Blair debacle. The first is that Blair was hired and promoted – despite his profound professional faults – simply because he is black. Coulter’s second conclusion is that the New York Times was "cruel" for enabling his dysfunctional behavior. If so, then we can also conclude that Human Events hired and promoted Ann Coulter – despite...

Taking an unusual stand, BB&T Corp. said Wednesday that it will not lend money for commercial projects on land seized by the government through eminent domain. The company, based in Winston-Salem, said it wanted to publicize its opposition to a June Supreme Court ruling that such seizures are legal. Traditionally, eminent domain seizures had been restricted to land needed for public purposes. "The idea that a citizen's property can be taken by the government solely for private use is extremely misguided, in fact it's just plain wrong," Chief Executive John Allison said in a statement. BB&T, the nation's ninth-largest bank,...

By the time you read this, chances are that Terri Schiavo will be dead. In a land of plenty, where her parents are more than willing to feed her, where millions of thoughtful and concerned citizens have campaigned for her continued provision of sustenance, she is nonetheless condemned to wither away, literally, by a method that would be considered cruel and unusual punishment when applied to the worst of serial rapist-murderers: starvation. Private money and time has been volunteered to support her; Bob and Mary Schindler, Ms. Schiavo’s parents, have, in a blatant display of statist intrusion, been denied the...

WASHINGTON -- For a low-key guy, Scott Garrett has made a lot of noise during his first year in Congress. Usually, freshmen House members lack the clout or the chutzpah to stand their ground against party elders. But from his vote in January not to extend unemployment benefits to his vote last month against a Medicare prescription-drug plan, the Sussex County Republican has quietly but firmly held to his conservative ideals. Unlike some members, Garrett said he's not in Washington to snare as much federal aid as he can for his northern New Jersey district, which includes all of Warren...

Principled Conservatives, Not Clever Strategery by Rush Limbaugh One of the conspiracy theories evolving out there has George W. Bush and Tom DeLay working together, while appearing to be at odds, to kill certain legislation conservatives don't like. The prescription drug bill would be a prime example. Bush gets the opportunity to say publicly that he's for it, and gets the credit from Democrats for trying, but ultimately it doesn't happen. The close vote in the House of Representatives on their version of the prescription drug bill had no wiggle room in there, but there's all kinds of wiggle room...