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Penny Press All 10 “Chase” Drivers Scheduled To Test At LVMS See Story, Schedule Page 2 THE PENNY PRESS, JANUARY 13, 2005 PAGE 2 Important NASCAR Test Date By JEFF MOTLEY scheduled for the two-day Busch test. Special To The Penny Press The speedway’s grandstands will be open to the public free of charge all four days. The testing starts at 9 a.m. and will conclude at 5 p.m. each day. Just how important is Preseason Thunder Las Vegas? All 10 drivers in last year’s Chase for the Nextel Cup have indicated Following is a complete list of the drivers scheduled to test. they will visit LVMS Jan. 31 and Feb. 1 to prepare for the March 13 UAW- DaimlerChrysler 400. In 2004, eight of the 10 drivers who made the Chase Nextel Cup drivers (Jan. 31-Feb. 1): John , , , for the Championship tested in Las Vegas. , , , Jr., , Jeff The top-10 drivers from 2004 are part of a record list of 35 NASCAR Gordon, Jeff Green, , , , Kasey Nextel Cup Series drivers who will attend the two-day test on the 1.5- Kahne, , , , , Sterling mile superspeedway. The testing list includes Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Ryan Marlin, , , Jamie McMurray, , Joe Newman – two drivers who didn’t test in 2004 and struggled during the Nemechek, Ryan Newman, , , , Elliott race. Sadler, , , , , Rusty The Las Vegas test will mark the first full test for most of the teams with Wallace and . the shorter spoilers and new tire compounds instituted by NASCAR and Goodyear for the 2005 season. Busch Series drivers (Feb. 2-3): Johnny Borneman, , Shane In addition, 14 NASCAR Busch Series drivers are scheduled to test Hmiel, Michel Jourdain Jr., Justin Labonte, , Johnny Sauter, Feb. 2 and 3. Defending series champion Martin Truex Jr., former Champ , Reed Sorensen, Martin Truex Jr., Tyler Walker, Kenny Car star Michel Jourdain Jr. and , who won the Las Vegas Wallace, and J.J. Yeley. 350 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race in 2004, are among the drivers

www.pennypresslv.com The Penny Press is published weekly by Penny Credits: 5010 Productions, Inc. All Contents © Penny Press 2005 Publisher and Editor: Contributing Editors: Letters to the Editor are encouraged. They should be sent to our offices at 418 1/2 S. Maryland Parkway, Las Press Fred Weinberg George Harris Al Thomas Vegas 89101. They can also be emailed to: Logotype Sales: Doug French Bill Here [email protected] No unsigned or unverifiable Pointedlymad Vince Lupo Dolores Lonergan Pat Choate letters will be printed. licensed from: Rich Gast Joyce Meyer Connie Ross 702-740-5588 Fax: 702-920-8215 Penny Press LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 16 PAGES VOLUME 2 NUMBER 16 JANUARY 13, 2005 Don't Mess With Mother Nature By FRED WEINBERG But Mother Nature has been death. just to put a point on it, this is Penny Press Publisher the dominant story both locally and The news media points out that directed at those people in language world-wide and rightfully so. there hasn’t been an avalanche-relat- you will never see on local tv news- The big story of the last couple A tsunami which can kill 150,000 ed death in 40 years. casts. of weeks both in the Western United people kind of puts the actions of 19 Truth be told, the kids who Don’t be a moron. States and world-wide has not been suicidal idiots with boxcutters back were snowboarding and skiing there Don’t drive your economy car about terrorism, elections, liberals, in 2001 into perspective. didn’t know that—or care. Most of onto the mountain with its bald tires We’re fighting a war against them had never even seen an ava- wearing t-shirts and flip-flops in a people in Iraq who apparently don’t lanche. And most of the young TV snowstorm. want their fellow citizens to have reporters who breathlessly reported And then complain when the Commentary freedom. The destructive power of the “news” were only reading off of nice state trooper gives you a big all of the modern military technol- scripts, themselves. ticket when you get stuck. ogy we spend lots of time arguing Frankly, many people who live Don’t park blocking the road conservatives or even Scott Peterson over pales in comparison to an earth- in Las Vegas think that neon signs because you think it is your divine and Dan Rather. quake causing a wall of water. and LED message boards are natural right to enjoy our national forest. Oh, all of them made the news Maybe whatever higher author- resources just like Red Rock and Mt. Don’t make a snowman on top because modern technology has cre- ity you choose to believe in (or not) Charleston. of your car and then drive down the ated a 24-hour news monster which is trying to make a point. That’s why they bring two-wheel mountain blinding the driver behind has to be fed and even a tsunami in Or, maybe the point has always drive cars and short sleeve shirts up you. South Asia, snow in Las Vegas, an been there and we should all be pay- to the mountain when it’s snowing Don’t drive up into the residen- avalanche death in Lee Canyon, and ing attention. and ignore Mother Nature’s power tial areas, get stuck and then become flooding in Overton is not enough to Closer to home, a quick moving at their own peril. indignant when the people who live push the usual suspects off the stage wall of snow sweeps a 13-year-old Maybe the past few weeks have there tell you to call Triple A. completely. off a chair-lift in Lee Canyon to his taught these people something, but Continued on page 4

Welcome To Las Vegas’ PAT CHOATE PAGE 5 Newest Paper! FRED WEINBERG PAGE 6 DOUG FRENCH PAGE 7 Inside: Penny Wisdom BILL HERE PAGE 8 AL THOMAS PAGE 10 Memo To Self- Don’t knock the weather. If it JOE TARTARO PAGE 11 didn’t change once in a while, nine out of ten people couldn’t JOYCE MEYER PAGE 12 Righteous Jerks start a conversation. PET OF THE WEEK PAGE 15 —Kin Hubbard See Editorial Page 6 THE PENNY PRESS, JANUARY 13, 2005 PAGE 4 Don't Mess With Mother Nature Continued from page 3 In the summer, fire is a constant danger. In the winter, the danger usually comes from the stupidity of people who Don’t go hiking into the wilderness unequipped. have no understanding of weather. Again, don’t be a moron. And if flipping off Mother Nature only put you in danger, the rest of us We live up there 365 days a year and we’ve seen all of that and more. wouldn’t care. But you’re playing with our lives as well. Mount Charleston is not a casino where there is a clean-up crew waiting If you don’t have any respect for anybody else, at least have some for you to drop a cigarette so they can pick it up. Take your garbage with respect for what Mother Nature can do when she is upset. you and try not to do any permanent damage. www.choateweinbergreport.com www.pennypresslv.com Commentary: Diane Grassi President William J. Clinton before the world to “head up” a fundraising Through The Looking Glass program for relief for tsunami victims will not be enough distraction. It is nothing more than a dog and pony show again to create a preoccupation Now that the hustle and bustle of the holidays have passed, which from the real issues at hand such as our international relations with both our served as a reprieve from issues of importance amongst the powers-that- allies and our enemies. Why the president would stick his father and Bill be in Washington, we start 2005 with much pomp and circumstance with Clinton together in the first place, boggles the mind. But then again, nothing Washington trying to create the impression that all is well in the U.S. is ever done in Washington without a reason. After all, we were spared a tsunami. Tsunami relief will also create another means of “relief” from the real It is more than disconcerting that the tsunami disaster has turned into issues appearing on the front pages across the U.S. This comes none too a cleansing of mammoth proportions for the U.S., on trying to improve its soon for both houses of Congress and the president’s administration as they image throughout the world. Along with the efforts of the U.S. military begin their 109th session and 2nd term respectively. As the $60 million being under-appreciated by Iraq, the U.S. has had a problem being credited presidential inaugural approaches on January 20, 2005, this year to include for much good in the world since we defied the U.N. by invading Iraq. And no less than 9 balls, it too will temporarily get top billing in the press. as such, the U.S. is losing no time in rehabilitating its image through the Followed up by such important days as February 7, 2005, the day of amount of promised good will and aid to the Asian countries decimated by Super Bowl XXXIX, the people of America are expected to tune out as Mother Nature. they tune in to the most watched “television program” of the year. Halt the Historically, the U.S. can not be beaten in its generosity in donations and presses as the NFL takes top priority in spite of how the Iraqi voters make resources to impoverished countries or to those in crisis. In fact the U.S. has out on January 30th and the aftermath of such. never stopped giving and in being front and foremost in supplying military But Congress as well as the president cannot escape those issues which support for nations throughout the world and in using our troops to distrib- are not popular to discuss for too long, such as the state of our armed servic- ute food and medical supplies. There was no doubt amongst the people of es, securing our borders, keeping our jobs in the U.S. from being deported, the U.S. that we would step up and offer our resources in myriad ways for and making healthcare accessible for not only the poor and the rich but the the tsunami victims. middle class. Those issues are not fun or flashy, and take ingenuity and real Unfortunately however the tsunami relief effort seems to have turned thinkers to address. Washington is not real good at that. Spinning the issues into a diversion from the war in Iraq as their elections quickly approach. The is what Washington is good at, and creating illusions, such as through the unrest still continues and the U.S. forces are stretched too thin according to looking glass, as they have thus far and will be doing for the next several many military experts. An exit strategy still has not been discussed publicly weeks to come. by the administration, nor have re-enlistment shortages been addressed. Don’t we deserve more? But propping up former President George H.W. Bush and former DIANE GRASSI THE PENNY PRESS, JANUARY 13, 2005 PAGE 5 Commentary: Pat Choate 1964 election. The people never crisis in the Social Security System Americans” strategy. The Second forgave him. Clinton thought that he — so much so that it requires a But it will not work. Most could lie his way out of the Monica radical change that necessitates bor- people see through this one. Various Term Trap affair. He could not and the GOP rowing an additional $2 trillion dol- polls indicate that as much as 80 Congress ate him alive. So too with lars. Yet, even his Social Security percent of the President’s GOP base Few American Presidents have Ronald Reagan, who thought he Commissioners say that the current oppose amnesty for those who stole ever had a successful second term. could trade arms for hostages, but system will continue to make full into the U.S. illegally. Those of Lyndon Johnson, Bill could never persuade the American payments until the middle of this One reason that the President Clinton and Ronald Reagan imme- people it was right. century and that with a little tinker- is now so politically insensitive is diately leap to mind. Which, of course, brings us to ing it can continue to do until the that so many of his best people in The question, of course, is why? President George Bush and his sec- beginning of the next century. That the first term are resigning to cash- How is it that someone who can ond term. The President had an is not a crisis. Moreover, the pres- in as lobbyists. This second Bush negotiate a first-term sufficiently amazing ability to read the American ent administrative costs of Social Administration will be staffed with well to earn a second, then goes public during his first term, enough Security are about 1 percent. The the second-team, just as happened on to bumble the next four years in to do things such as lie us into a war President wants us to shift to a Wall with Reagan, Clinton and Johnson. office? and get by with it in the 2004 elec- Street dominated approach where There is one final reason why Arrogance is part of the answer. tions. But now, he seems to have the administrative costs are as high second-terms fail — the incumbents Johnson, knew that he intended to lost his political acumen. as 20 percent. I would not want to be have little power after the mid-term expand the war in Vietnam, but lied First, he is trying to convince the a GOP candidate that tries to explain elections. Thus, all the many peo- to the American people during the American people that there is a major that to the electorate in 2006. ple who think themselves worthy Second, the President has also of the Presidency batter the sit- announced that he wants to give ting President. It will interesting amnesty to illegal workers in the to see how George Bush reacts to U.S. Of course, it is not phrased being a punching bag, both for the that way. His PR people talk about Democrats and the GOP. finding jobs in the U.S. for foreign I don’t think it will be a pretty workers if Americans don’t want sight. the work. It is “a blame the lazy PAT CHOATE

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The folks at McCarran Airport who learned their lesson after the SEMA show last November and were ready when the Consumer Electronics Show ended last Sunday. Even though the weather was terrible both here and elsewhere in the nation, the exodus of attendees from one of our largest if not the largest conventions went very smoothly. We like quick learners. The Penny Press Sends A Bronx Cheer And A Bouquet of Weeds To:

Secretary of State Dean Heller and Attorney General Brian Sandoval who are both way to cute for their own—and the state's—good. They made a point Tuesday of telling the media how much they like each other and how their recent differences on the prosecution of Janet Moncrief won't affect their relationship. Surely this state can do better than these two political climbing hacks. THE PENNY PRESS, JANUARY 13, 2005 PAGE 6 OPINION From The Publisher... Memo To Self-Righteous Jerks... I got into a wreck last Friday, trying to stop a bigger one from The NHP Trooper asked me if I was hurt and when he was happening and the net result is that I’m more convinced than assured I wasn’t, he asked me not to destabilize the car. I ever of the efficacy of large SUVs. laughed to myself. It weighs about eight thousand pounds and it wasn’t going anywhere. I was entering US 95 from Rainbow (in front of the Best In The West Shopping Center) in the right hand lane of one of When the rescue crew arrived, they, too realized that was the those ill designed two lane entrance ramps. case and asked me to unlock the doors. They then opened the tail-gate and I stood up and walked out of the car with There was a car in front of me, and car beside me and sev - the driver’s side as the floor. eral cars behind me. There were also cars in front of the vehicle beside me and behind him. It’ll cost State Farm a few thousand dollars to restore the Excursion to its native state and I can’t wait to get it back As we started around the curve, the car beside me started to because when Ford talks about its trucks being “Built Ford drift into my lane and crowd me into the shoulder. (I doubt Tough”, trust me folks, they’re not kidding. it was intentional, but since he didn’t stop and I don’t have a license number we’ll never know.) Now for the mop up.

In the space of five seconds, I was faced with a choice. A.) A very nice young NHP Trooper cited me for not holding my Hold my ground and cause a five or six car pileup, or; B) lane. There appears to be an unwritten rule that single car move off the road and not cause an accident. (For NASCAR accidents must have tickets. Never mind that I wrecked my fans, it was like Dale Earnhardt Jr. being pushed below the own car to avoid hurting someone else. yellow line at Talledega.) I chose B which put me on the path to a third alternative. Needless to say, I’ll be sending my lawyer to the courthouse to argue common sense. I hope that young trooper won't It was raining on and off last Friday and I caught a patch of be offended something slick while I was steering slightly off the road and my rear wheels came loose, causing my car to fishtail, and And, I suppose that some of our readers who know of my do a 180 off the road and get into the soft dirt (soft, remem- association with the people who make Rollgard (How can you ber, because it had been raining) surrounding the entrance not? I star in their ad on page 13.) will wonder if we had the ramp. product on the Excursion. The answer is yes. And if I had stayed on the pavement or the dirt had not been soft the For the next five seconds or so, I tried every trick in the book SUV would have stayed upright. But Rollgard can’t stop my to bring the car to a stop on its wheels, but my last thought wheels from getting caught in the soft dirt and causing the as the vehicle started flipping over onto its side (I got it flip onto the side. It did everything it was supposed to do. pretty well slowed down) was something said in (Again, for NASCAR fans, it was like the wreck Days of Thunder as he crashed into the pit road wall. “Oh, at Talladega where his wheels got caught in the soft infield Oh. This is gonna hurt.” grass and started the flip.)

Well, the vehicle rolled slowly onto its side, I turned the But the big point to this long story is the Excursion itself. To engine off (once I realized it was still in gear and needed to all those self-righteous jerks who would presume to tell me be put in park) and help from the Nevada Highway Patrol was what I should not drive and that I don’t have the right to immediate since they had been working an accident close by protect myself and my family from precisely situations like and saw the commotion. this: Get bent.

It did hurt. My almost brand new 2004 Ford Excursion, that Try what I just did in a Mini Cooper. And, if you’re conscious is. while they’re using the jaws of life to cut the crumpled up tin can open, you can think about all of the good you’re doing There I was, sitting sideways without a scratch in a huge for the environment while they cart you off to the trauma vehicle which just allowed me to avoid starting a five or six center. car pileup and the worst of it was the broken window on the FRED WEINBERG driver’s side. THE PENNY PRESS, JANUARY 13, 2005 PAGE 7 Commentary: Doug French Despite being set more than two ex-rock and roll singer, the Black in the worst ways imaginable; the A Tale Of The decades from now, the government Arrow by day is a millionaire busi- reader roots for his violent demise. abuses sparking the revolution actu- nessman, who is smart, muscular, Weapons aficionados will enjoy Resistance ally happened during the past decade. handsome, and, of course, an expert the frequent discussions of Japanese Although fictionalized, most readers with a compound bow. By night he and European swords, as well as Nationally syndicated newspa- will recognize stories such as: a cer- turns into a killing machine, lead- various types of compound bows, per columnist, and frequent LRC tain doctor being arrested and losing ing a rag-tag group of highly skilled arrows and other armaments. The contributor, Vin Suprynowicz has his license for over-prescribing pain commandos who live in the city weapons are expertly used to brutally written tirelessly of the abuses of medication; an innocent wife, her sewer system in an assault on those kill various politicians, bureaucrats government. Alas, the stories of the son and family dog being gunned who deny us our freedom. Our hero and members of the police force ham-handed antics of petty bureau- down by federal agents; the free has no use for the “well-meaning, known as the Homeland Security crats and the goons representing the speech rights of an income tax pro- pasty-faced, overweight guys with Special Forces. various branches of this nation’s law tester being trampled upon; the false pocket protectors. I’m sure they’re Today, the government bad guys enforcement agencies are so fre- imprisonment of a young man who going to figure out a foolproof let- seemingly win all of the battles over quent he cannot cover all of them. made millions as a teenager selling ter-to-the-editor that’ll win us back freedom. The peoples’ rights lose But what has chronicling these drugs, who started when an elderly our freedoms any week now,” scoffs ground day by day, and we shrug our government-induced tragedies that neighbor asked him to acquire some the black arrow in one of the books shoulders and say; “you can’t fight destroy peoples lives really accom- marijuana for medicinal purposes; memorable passages. city hall.” plished? The government keeps get- an occupied family-owned building But don’t think that all Mr. Vin Suprynowicz lets us at least ting bigger and more powerful, run- being seized without due process Suprynowicz has on his mind are fanticize about fighting back with ning roughshod over the citizenry. through eminent domain; intrusive weapons, revenge and the evils of The Black Arrow. For anyone who Thousands of new laws are passed searches at the airport, a family man government. The black arrow char- has been inappropriately felt up by a each year by power-hungry nin- sent away to prison for unknowingly acter is what all men want to be and TSA agent at the airport, or had your compoops serving themselves in the selling horticulture supplies to sup- the guy all women want to be with. property stolen for supposedly a public offices of political subdivi- posed drug dealers, and so on. And the author has provided us with public purpose, or been arrested for sions throughout this country. None By 2031, the government has plenty of pleasing female characters engaging in a voluntary exchange of these new laws promote the cause become even more out of con- to fall in love with our hero. These of products or services that is none of freedom, just the opposite. But, trol. The TSA-airport searches girls are not just beautiful, but smart, of the government’s business; and the people gladly obey, enduring are expanded onto America’s city athletic and courageous. wished you could whip out a sword countless humiliations like sheep. streets. Roadblocks are everywhere. So, while the resistance drives and lop the head off the dimwitted Finally, Suprynowicz is at the Not having your children implanted this tale, there is more than one love government clown who is flexing end of his rope. He has had it with with ID chips is a crime. Unlicensed story to be sorted out – in R-rated his power at your expense – this government and the time for try- daycare centers are raided. Those fashion. book is for you. ing to educate the public or writing who get out of line are gunned down Suprynowicz is especially adept And for once, at least in this fan- your congressman is past. The year in the street. at making the story’s government tasy, the good guys win. is 2031 and a few heroes decide it But a hero emerges to take the villains as despicable as possible. The Black Arrow can be pre- is time to fight back with force in country back: the Black Arrow. And The “chunky, balding little” Mayor ordered at LibertyBookShop.us . Suprynowicz’s first novel The Black Suprynowicz makes his hero bigger Daniel Brackley is especially loath- DOUG FRENCH Arrow, a tale of the resistance. than life – a Randian superman. An some. A man who uses his power THE PENNY PRESS, JANUARY 13, 2005 PAGE 8 The Best Vegas Calendar BAR NONE! 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When You Need To Know THE PENNY PRESS, JANUARY 13, 2005 PAGE 10 Commentary: Albert Thomas When I was a floor trader there were a thousand an existing program, but you can take a basic Copy Cat guys trading and I know there were a thousand trading vehicle and modify it your own plan. Turn different guide lines. No one had the same buy or that cat into your own tiger. How many books have you read about suc- sell signal. If they all followed a pat program they AL THOMAS cessful traders? How they did this or that and would all be buying and selling at the same time F*R*E*E investment letter www.mutualfundmag- made a fortune and are still doing it. You say to so it could not work. ic.com Author of best seller “IF IT DOESN’T GO yourself, “I’m going to follow his method and I have stood in the pit and watched the same UP, DON’T BUY IT!” Never lose money in the get rich”. person offer to buy and when there was no seller market. Copyright 2004 Albert W. Thomas All So you subscribe to his newsletter (they all he would then offer to sell usually at the same rights reserved. have one, $250) and buy his course on CD($495) price. Yes, he was scalping for one or 2 ticks, and next time he is anywhere near you attend his but he knew what he was doing even if it looked seminar with a $500 discount for only $2495. You strange. A friend of mine could arbitrage by do understand you must do exactly as he does and standing in the middle of the gold pit and hit buys you try your best to follow the directions, but for and sells that were off by one or two ticks because some reason you still are not making money. At they could not hear each other due to the noise of least you are not losing as much as you did before other traders who were shouting their offers. (I hope). You can look at the basic trading style of one Go look in the mirror. You are not Richard of the “greats”, but you must adapt it to your Russell, Richard Wyckoff, Bill O’Neil or any one method. I have not seen anyone able to success- of the great gurus of the market place. Each one fully copy a trading program exactly. You will of them has devoted every minute of his life to improvise and find a slightly new approach that understanding the market. Each one is very suc- becomes “yours”. It then becomes part of your cessful and each one has a completely different cellular being. It works for you and probably way of approaching trading. Can you copy any won’t work for anyone else. one of them? It is very doubtful. If the programs the hype masters are selling These great teachers can help you, but you work so well why aren’t there more rich traders? have to develop your own method and style of And if the programs are so darn good why are investment. Whether it is long term or short term they telling you? it must be something with which you resonate. To be a successful trader you can’t copy cat THE PENNY PRESS, JANUARY 13, 2005 PAGE 11 Intelligence Reform Spawns National ID Card Debate By JOSEPH P. TARTARO, can go here. One is to reduce the Organizations ranging from the will not “pause for thought,” as sug- Executive Editor, Gun Week likelihood of fraud and counterfeit- American Civil Liberties Union to gested again by Charles Kennedy, the Special To The Penny Press ing of driver’s licenses, which we all the American Conservative Union to Liberal Democrat leader. But while would applaud. Or they could link the Gun Owners of America oppose Clarke may face objections from up Some voices were heard before this all together in a new national the measure, saying it would give too to 30 Labour Party MPs, Howard the so-called Intelligence Reform bill database, which is what they should much power to federal bureaucrats to faces the biggest revolt of his leader- was passed. Others have taken up not do.” decide who could get a valid license. ship. Several Shadow Cabinet mem- the cause since the measure passed Rotenberg called the measure Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, has bers are unhappy about his decision and was signed into law by President “not quite half a step towards a concerns about where this could all to back the bill in principle and Bush in late December. national identification card” because lead. many front-benchers and backbench The 9/11 Commission recom- its full impact has not yet been deter- “History shows governments Members of Parliament (MPs) plan mended the changes, and many mined. inevitably use such power in harmful to stay away rather than vote for it. people including many relatives of The bill, which Congress adopted ways,” Paul said. “It is just a mat- Baroness Margaret Thatcher was people killed in the terrorist attacks late last year after stripping out con- ter of time until those who refuse to also reported to be strongly against of 2001 have pushed for passage of troversial immigration provisions, carry the new licenses will be denied ID cards. She told a private meeting all the commission’s recommended carries out key recommendations the ability to drive or board an air- that they were a “Germanic concept of the 9/11 Commission, including plane.” completely alien to this country.” establishing standards for birth cer- The debate over national ID cards Apparently, Thatcher remembers the tificates and driver’s licenses. is not restricted to the . Nazis demanding identity papers from But James Plummer of the The British are in the same pickle. everyone. The Liberal Democrats in Commentary Privacy Rights Clearinghouse noted The London Times reported on Britain oppose the Bill. that all but one of the 19 hijackers on Dec. 20 that Charles Clarke, Great Clarke wrote in The Times that changes. 9/11 had valid American identifica- Britain’s new Home Secretary, had ID cards have significant security and Now the debate is growing espe- tion—including driver’s licenses— accused critics of identity cards of practical benefits as well as saving cially on Internet blog sites and chat and that the changes Congress has “liberal woolly thinking” and spread- millions by tackling fraud. A secure rooms, and in letters to the editor and ordered wouldn’t prevent terrorists ing false fears as he pledged not to system would help to prevent terror- talk radio. Some people would accept from obtaining the new and more waver from his predecessor’s contro- ist activity and tackle the “vile traf- a full national ID card if they thought secure documents. versial plans. ficking in vulnerable human beings.” it would make them safer. Others “This is a bunch of troubling lan- As both Clarke and Michael It would be profoundly civil liber- totally reject the idea. guage,” said Plummer. “I don’t think Howard, the Tory leader in Parliament, tarian because it promotes the most However, privacy advocates con- this solves the issue at all.” face backbench rebellions in the fundamental civil liberty, the right to tinue to worry that provisions buried Plummer said he’s concerned that House of Commons, Clarke said in live free from crime and fear. in the intelligence bill will lead to a the measure, for the first time, sets The Times that ID cards will “help He says critics are “woolly” and national identification card. federal standards on documents like make everyone a bit safer” at no real spreading fears when they claim that Little-noted measures included in birth certificates and driver’s licenses cost to civil liberties. cards will erode liberties and usher the legislation that reshuffles intel- that traditionally have been matters A spokesman for the civil rights in the Big Brother society or a police ligence agencies order states to begin for states to decide. group Liberty said: “If opponents state. issuing new fraud-proof birth certifi- The legislation states that within of identity cards are woolly liber- “Those kinds of nightmares will cates, and new driver’s licenses with two years, US government employ- als, what does that make George W be no more true of ID cards than they standardized data encoded on them ees won’t accept any driver’s licens- Bush? He has ruled out ID cards in have been for the spread of cash and are set for 2006. es or birth certificates issued by the the US on the grounds that they will credit cards, (drivers) licenses, work The legislation also orders states states that don’t comply with the have not one iota of effect on ter- security passes and other forms of ID to stop putting Social Security num- new fraud-proof requirements. That rorism and will seriously undermine which most of us carry.” bers on licenses. means drivers from states that don’t civil liberties.” It was reported before Christmas What data will be included on comply with the new requirements In an attempt to placate oppo- that a document prepared by Lord licenses and how it will be used in will be unable to use their state nents Clarke says that the British Goldsmith, the British attorney gen- federal databanks is not yet clear. licenses as identification to get past legislation will not make it compul- eral, on whether ID cards would The legislation only requires the data federal airport screeners and board sory to carry a card, and will not give invade people’s privacy or infringe to be “machine readable,” leaving an aircraft. powers to the police to stop individu- their human rights was being kept the issue of what data to collect “It’s definitely crossing over into als and demand to see their card. The secret from MPs before they voted to the Department of Transportation a national ID system, something this database accompanying the system on the British measure. and the Department of Homeland country hasn’t seen before and some- will not hold information on medical The report is understood to con- Security. Regulations concerning thing that was more a feature of records, religion or political beliefs. tain legal arguments on the powers of fraud-proofing birth certificates are Eastern European systems during the Among other safeguards against the security services, police and other to be drafted by the Department Cold War,” he said. misuse, officials in Britain who gain bodies to access information on the of Heath and Human Services. Plummer said it raises privacy unauthorized access to information cards. No wonder they were keep- “There’s a problem,” said Marc concerns because driver’s licenses gathered under the system will face ing the report under wraps. That is Rotenberg, a Georgetown University are used today in determining eligi- up to two years in prison, and there what many liberals and conservatives law professor who serves as execu- bility to conduct many routine activi- will be moves to make the cards in Britain and the US are worried tive director of the Electronic Privacy ties. It is a basic document used cheaper for pensioners and the poor. about—not the ID cards themselves, Information Center, a Washington by Americans to vote, buy guns, Clarke, facing his first big par- but how authorities will use them. think tank. open bank accounts, cash checks and liamentary test since taking over “There are two directions they check into hotels. recently, will make plain that he THE PENNY PRESS, JANUARY 13, 2005 PAGE 12 Commentary: Joyce Meyer state of feeling that you just can’t go His plan, you are here on planet press into the fullness of His will, Start Over on—that life is just too hard. Hear earth for such a time as this, and don’t you? me as I assure you that you can do fulfilling your destiny is extremely So don’t let the devil win—allow with God’s Plan whatever you need to do because important. God to wipe the slate clean and do a God is on your side. Remember: If The apostle Paul said he was new thing in your life. This can be God is for us, who [can be] against determined to press on to take hold the best year you’ve ever had! Do you ever feel that your life us? [Who can be our foe, if God is of that for which Christ Jesus died, JOYCE MEYER is just a mixed-up mess? Have you on our side?] (Romans 8:31). forgetting the past and straining for- ever wished that you could start over God developed a plan for you ward to win the prize (see Philippians For more on this topic, you may with a clean state? Well, I believe before He laid the foundation of 3:12-14). I have always loved these order Joyce’s five-tape series, Make that 2005 can be an exciting year the earth. Satan may have damaged verses and been challenged by them. a Fresh Start, which is available by because God has great things planned that plan, but he has not destroyed Just think—Jesus died for you and calling 1-800-727-9673 or online at for you. He is leaning toward you it—you can still become the person me for a specific purpose! I believe www.joycemeyer.org. with favor—He’s ready to help you God wants you to be! You fit into we should discover what it is and start over. A good way to start is by taking an inventory of your life and prun- ing off the things that are not bear- ing good fruit. It is easy to become entangled in things that simply take your time and produce nothing of value—but God wants to help you make a fresh start! He says to you: Do not [earnestly] remember the former things; neither consider the things of old. Behold, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs forth; do you not perceive and know it and will you not give heed to it? I will even make a way in the wilder- ness and rivers in the desert (Isaiah 43:18,19). The beginning of a new year is a good time to get your house in order, reorganize your life, and prepare for promotion. God is progressive, and it is His plan that you grow continu- ally in all things. He desires to multi- ply His blessings in your life, so you can be a greater blessing to others. If you’ve had a season of trials in your life, and you are in great need of blessings, encouragement, and a fresh start, I encourage you to over- come discouragement. If you have been disappointed, shake it off and get reappointed—God has a fresh new plan. Perhaps you have been hurt or rejected by someone, and your mind has been poisoned with bitterness. Forgiving others is the fresh start you need. When we forgive those who have hurt us, we are doing our- selves a much bigger favor than we are doing for them. Why spend your life being miserable while the one who hurt you may be having a good time, not even caring that you are hurting? Shake it off and go on! You may have slipped into a THE PENNY PRESS, JANUARY 13, 2005 PAGE 13 Challenge: Take the biggest, heaviest production passenger vehicle made and make it handle like a sports car. Answer: Rollgard™. Like a lot of people, my life precludes the Porsche 911 Turbo or the Saleen Mustang I might buy if practicality wasn’t a consideration. In my case, kids, mountainous terrain, and a lot of stuff to schlep around pretty much rule out sports cars as an option.

And so, in the last five years, I’ve driven a Four Wheel Drive Ford F-150 and two Four Wheel Drive Ford Excursions. All of them, including the brand new Power Stroke Diesel Excursion, are big, tough trucks with a lot of torque, a lot of power and a lot of space.

The downside is that they all have a fairly high center of gravity and are susceptible to rolling into a turn at highway speeds.

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Simply put, Rollgard is a set of counter springs which keeps the rear wheels firmly planted on the road. It was designed by a race car engineer to give any vehicle with leaf springs (that’s most pickup trucks, Here’s the F-150. We put about vans and many SUV’s) 50,000 miles on it with Rollgard the same kind of han- dling control which a race car can get from the various adjustments you see them make in the pits on race day.

What it does is to allow you to steer the vehicle without constant corrections. In other words, point the vehicle where you want to go and it goes there. Last summer, we tested an Excursion with Yes, the Excursion is big. With Rollgard, it is very well behaved! Rollgard under full safety conditions on closed off pieces of Nevada highways in connection with open road racing events.

We discovered that you could blast this 8,000 pound vehicle down a winding highway at speeds in excess of 95 miles an hour with complete control only using a very light touch on the steering wheel. The professionals behind the wheel were extremely impressed.

Now you’ll probably never have to drive a big, heavy truck like that, but it’s sure nice to know that you could. Because if it handles that well at those speeds, imagine how well it works at regular interstate highway speeds.

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