from BostonTea.us:
Kansas candidate for statehouse William Stewart-Starks was endorsed earlier this year by our state affiliate there. He recently wrote:
"It has started. The dangerous elements in our police forces are beginning to attack the innocent of our country. The martial law that has been thrown around by our politicians in Washington is beginning to rear its ugly head.
After the events at the DNC and the RNC that some of you were able to witness first hand, we have a further incident from police on the ground in NYC. Many friends of mine wanted to make it a point to bring the issues of our occupation in foreign countries to the forefront of the debate last night. In the process of several individuals speaking out, free speech zones were set up to limit the effectiveness of protest outside of the event. Several prominent members of the organization were detained but not before one soldier in uniform was trampled by mounted police. Some on the ground are now reporting that the horses were used as weapons and the soldiers and civilians that were trampled had been presumed killed in the confrontation. When our uniformed soldiers coming home are no longer safe from the police brutality and violence, what hope is there for the rest of us. Don't let this pass, take action! What will we do when confronted in these situations. Video and digital camera's will now be required at all our events to protect our members from any future illegal action such as this."
Images:
http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-115455
Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-OMTvCa_Oo&NR=1
Note that there are a series of 15 videos on Youtube, so check the listings next to the above video for the other parts.
Check at IVAW.org for updates
I urge you to get involved in the anti-war movement in your country. People who care about freedom should be against militarism and against war. People who speak out against the war are being brutally beaten and deliberately injured by the police.
There can be no peace without justice, no justice without freedom, and no freedom without private property.
Saturday, October 18, 2008
Monday, October 13, 2008
Indiana’s Hope
Andy Horning is Indiana’s best hope for a bright future. If you do not know who he is, you should. Andy is the Libertarian Party of Indiana’s candidate for Governor. Andy is a principled libertarian and a deep believer in freedom. He is not running for Governor because he wants to run your life or tell you how to spend your money, but because he wants you to live free.
If you have not seen him debate the other candidates for governor, republican incumbent Mitch Daniels and Democratic challenger Jill Long Thomas, then you can see highlights here and here. If you did see the last two Governor debates then you saw Andy was the only candidate of substance. Jill Long simply blames everything wrong on Mitch Daniels and Mitch Daniels says that there is nothing wrong at all. We all know both statements are false. Republicans and Democrats share equal blame for the problems we have today and they will do nothing to fix anything. They have been in power for the past 100 years and what have they done? Nothing but increase government control over your life and your money.
Let’s bring a candidate of substance who will bring real change to our statehouse. Let’s bring Andy Horning to Indianapolis.
This Wednesday, October 15th, Andy Horning and his running mate Lisa Kelly, a former Ron Paul campaign activist, is having a "Contract with Indiana Moneybomb" as a final fundraiser to air radio ads across the state. The video promoting this Moneybomb is here. The Horning-Kelly challenge is for you to give $10 for each principle you agree with of their campaign:
1. We promise to end corporate handouts.
2. We promise to obey the constitution, which was written to protect you.
3. We promise to reduce government spending.
4. We promise to cut property taxes by 50%, and replace that property tax with nothing.
5. We promise the freedom to choose your own lifestyle.
Please donate to the Horning-Kelly campaign this Wednesday and help them spread the message of liberty all over Indiana. And on November 4th, when you go to vote, make the principled choice and vote Andy Horning for Governor.
To find out more about the campaign or to make a donation visit the campaign website at horningforgovernor.com. Thank you!
If you have not seen him debate the other candidates for governor, republican incumbent Mitch Daniels and Democratic challenger Jill Long Thomas, then you can see highlights here and here. If you did see the last two Governor debates then you saw Andy was the only candidate of substance. Jill Long simply blames everything wrong on Mitch Daniels and Mitch Daniels says that there is nothing wrong at all. We all know both statements are false. Republicans and Democrats share equal blame for the problems we have today and they will do nothing to fix anything. They have been in power for the past 100 years and what have they done? Nothing but increase government control over your life and your money.
Let’s bring a candidate of substance who will bring real change to our statehouse. Let’s bring Andy Horning to Indianapolis.
This Wednesday, October 15th, Andy Horning and his running mate Lisa Kelly, a former Ron Paul campaign activist, is having a "Contract with Indiana Moneybomb" as a final fundraiser to air radio ads across the state. The video promoting this Moneybomb is here. The Horning-Kelly challenge is for you to give $10 for each principle you agree with of their campaign:
1. We promise to end corporate handouts.
2. We promise to obey the constitution, which was written to protect you.
3. We promise to reduce government spending.
4. We promise to cut property taxes by 50%, and replace that property tax with nothing.
5. We promise the freedom to choose your own lifestyle.
Please donate to the Horning-Kelly campaign this Wednesday and help them spread the message of liberty all over Indiana. And on November 4th, when you go to vote, make the principled choice and vote Andy Horning for Governor.
To find out more about the campaign or to make a donation visit the campaign website at horningforgovernor.com. Thank you!
Friday, October 10, 2008
Election 2008 Predictions
The following is my prediction of the 2008 Election. I plan to expand on this later on, before the election.
Barack Obama will win the election in a landslide, winning 350 electoral votes and the swing states of Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico, Missouri, Ohio, New Hampshire, Florida, North Carolina and Virginia. The Democrats will win about 6 new senate, making them have 56 in total, seat and several new House of Representative seats also.
The Libertarian Party’s Bob Barr will come in third place, receiving almost 1,000,000 votes, beating Ed Clark’s 1980 vote total but not his percentage of the total vote (1.1%). Independent Ralph Nader will come in fourth place with around 750,000 votes beating his 2004 run but not his run in 2000. Cynthia McKinney will come in fifth place receiving 200,000 votes, an improvement for the Green Party from David Cobb’s 120,000 in 2004. Chuck Baldwin will come in a close sixth place with 185,000 votes beating all past vote totals for the Constitution Party.
As for the minor third party’s I expect Alan Keys to bet them all out with about 40,000 votes. I think Gloria La Riva and her new Party for Socialism and Liberation will have the highest vote total out of all the socialist parties. I think Socialist Party USA’s Brian Moore and Social Worker Party’s will both get around 10,000 votes. The Boston Tea Party’s Charles Jay will get about 5,000 votes, most of them write-ins. Prohibition Party Gene Amondson and Objectivist Party Tom Stevens will tie, both winning about 500 votes.
Barack Obama will win the election in a landslide, winning 350 electoral votes and the swing states of Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico, Missouri, Ohio, New Hampshire, Florida, North Carolina and Virginia. The Democrats will win about 6 new senate, making them have 56 in total, seat and several new House of Representative seats also.
The Libertarian Party’s Bob Barr will come in third place, receiving almost 1,000,000 votes, beating Ed Clark’s 1980 vote total but not his percentage of the total vote (1.1%). Independent Ralph Nader will come in fourth place with around 750,000 votes beating his 2004 run but not his run in 2000. Cynthia McKinney will come in fifth place receiving 200,000 votes, an improvement for the Green Party from David Cobb’s 120,000 in 2004. Chuck Baldwin will come in a close sixth place with 185,000 votes beating all past vote totals for the Constitution Party.
As for the minor third party’s I expect Alan Keys to bet them all out with about 40,000 votes. I think Gloria La Riva and her new Party for Socialism and Liberation will have the highest vote total out of all the socialist parties. I think Socialist Party USA’s Brian Moore and Social Worker Party’s will both get around 10,000 votes. The Boston Tea Party’s Charles Jay will get about 5,000 votes, most of them write-ins. Prohibition Party Gene Amondson and Objectivist Party Tom Stevens will tie, both winning about 500 votes.
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
A Plan for Growing Our Party and libertarianism in General
In order to grow our party and libertarian ideas in general I believe we must do outreach. With the election coming to an end we must turn ourselves into an educational organization. This will be as or more effect as running in elections. Let’s not lay down the Boston Tea Party after November 4th, let’s continue to grow and the spread the message of freedom.
What we must do is something the Libertarian Party never could do correctly: outreach. All the Libertarian Party has done is pander for votes of disaffect conservatives, most being white males. We must reach out to every political ideology, ethnic group, gender, sexuality, religious belief, social-economic status and all other indefinable self-identities. We must tell people that freedom works, but in a way they can understand it. We are all different, that’s what individualism is, so we all must be reached in own way.
The only libertarian organization to do this to any degree of efficiency is Outright Libertarians, a gay, bisexual, lesbian and transgender internal party lobbying and outreach organization. We must organize ourselves from the bottom to the top. Who knows best about your type of people in your own neighborhood than yourself?
Don’t get me wrong I still think we need a national organization to set long term goal and to provide an example of an effective libertarian example. But the national organization needs not to be the place activist look to get there “orders” from. The national should help to create outreach martial and guides on how to approach different people.
This idea is still in development but this is what I plan on doing after the election so I should have more to add soon. I do not know if this is something where the national committee or some other “official” organization would help to organize, like an “Outreach Department” or be a part of or if this would be an autonomous organization, much like Outright Libertarians. I also do not know if this organization would be best as one organization or several like having separate leftist outreach and conservative outreach groups.
What we must remember is that every single American is a possible libertarian. We have all came from different pasts and backgrounds but it has lead us all to this one place. Freedom is a wonderful thing, it has the ability to bring people together and that’s what the goal of the outreach organization(s) should be: to talk to people in their own special way to bring them together with other liberty loving Americans.
If you have any questions, ideas or comments please leave them below or email meat eternaverse@yahoo.com. If you would like to help organize an organization such as the one described above also don’t hesitate to contact me. Thank you.
What we must do is something the Libertarian Party never could do correctly: outreach. All the Libertarian Party has done is pander for votes of disaffect conservatives, most being white males. We must reach out to every political ideology, ethnic group, gender, sexuality, religious belief, social-economic status and all other indefinable self-identities. We must tell people that freedom works, but in a way they can understand it. We are all different, that’s what individualism is, so we all must be reached in own way.
The only libertarian organization to do this to any degree of efficiency is Outright Libertarians, a gay, bisexual, lesbian and transgender internal party lobbying and outreach organization. We must organize ourselves from the bottom to the top. Who knows best about your type of people in your own neighborhood than yourself?
Don’t get me wrong I still think we need a national organization to set long term goal and to provide an example of an effective libertarian example. But the national organization needs not to be the place activist look to get there “orders” from. The national should help to create outreach martial and guides on how to approach different people.
This idea is still in development but this is what I plan on doing after the election so I should have more to add soon. I do not know if this is something where the national committee or some other “official” organization would help to organize, like an “Outreach Department” or be a part of or if this would be an autonomous organization, much like Outright Libertarians. I also do not know if this organization would be best as one organization or several like having separate leftist outreach and conservative outreach groups.
What we must remember is that every single American is a possible libertarian. We have all came from different pasts and backgrounds but it has lead us all to this one place. Freedom is a wonderful thing, it has the ability to bring people together and that’s what the goal of the outreach organization(s) should be: to talk to people in their own special way to bring them together with other liberty loving Americans.
If you have any questions, ideas or comments please leave them below or email meat eternaverse@yahoo.com. If you would like to help organize an organization such as the one described above also don’t hesitate to contact me. Thank you.
Bob Barr and the Supreme Court
Today, I received an email from the Bob Barr campaign entitled “Who will be on the Supreme Court one year from today?”. Russell Verney, the Barr Campaign Manager, showed how much of a neo-conservative both him and Bob Barr. In the e-mail he said:
"Barack Obama has made it clear that his Supreme Court nominees would be of the variety to make laws without regard for the Constitution. He has publicly stated his disdain for justices Clarence Thomas, Antonin Scalia, Samuel Alito and Chief Justice John Roberts."
I agree with Barack Obama on this, and I think most libertarians would agree with me. Clarence Thomas, Antonin Scalia, Samuel Alito and Chief Justice John Roberts have helped George Bush on his war against our civil liberties.
I think this really shows how little Bob Barr and his neo-con gang who have taken over the national Libertarian Party understand about the Constution. This is just the most recent un-libertarian action taken by the Barr Campaign. Time after time Barr has shown himself to be un-libertarian but yet I see good libertarians supporting his campaign.
I say enough is enough. We must not show this parasite, who has taken our party and America’s last, best hope, any support what so ever. We must stand together in opposition to this neo-con and the other neo-cons in office on the National Committee.
Anyone who votes for Bob Barr is showing disrespect to the Constution and to the rule of law and not loyalty to the Libertarian Party or the ideas it once stud for. In fact, a vote for Bob Barr is a vote against the Libertarian Party. If you vote for Barr or donate to his campaign you will encourage him or these who share his destructive and anti-libertarian ideas.
In places where you can vote for Charles Jay or George Phillies and still support the real libertarians down the ticket. If you live in a place where you cannot vote for a real libertarian presidential candidate then I suggest not voting. If you must vote for a presidential candidate then I’d suggest doing so for Ralph Nader or Chuck Baldwin so you will not be harming the Libertarian Party any further.
"Barack Obama has made it clear that his Supreme Court nominees would be of the variety to make laws without regard for the Constitution. He has publicly stated his disdain for justices Clarence Thomas, Antonin Scalia, Samuel Alito and Chief Justice John Roberts."
I agree with Barack Obama on this, and I think most libertarians would agree with me. Clarence Thomas, Antonin Scalia, Samuel Alito and Chief Justice John Roberts have helped George Bush on his war against our civil liberties.
I think this really shows how little Bob Barr and his neo-con gang who have taken over the national Libertarian Party understand about the Constution. This is just the most recent un-libertarian action taken by the Barr Campaign. Time after time Barr has shown himself to be un-libertarian but yet I see good libertarians supporting his campaign.
I say enough is enough. We must not show this parasite, who has taken our party and America’s last, best hope, any support what so ever. We must stand together in opposition to this neo-con and the other neo-cons in office on the National Committee.
Anyone who votes for Bob Barr is showing disrespect to the Constution and to the rule of law and not loyalty to the Libertarian Party or the ideas it once stud for. In fact, a vote for Bob Barr is a vote against the Libertarian Party. If you vote for Barr or donate to his campaign you will encourage him or these who share his destructive and anti-libertarian ideas.
In places where you can vote for Charles Jay or George Phillies and still support the real libertarians down the ticket. If you live in a place where you cannot vote for a real libertarian presidential candidate then I suggest not voting. If you must vote for a presidential candidate then I’d suggest doing so for Ralph Nader or Chuck Baldwin so you will not be harming the Libertarian Party any further.
Friday, October 3, 2008
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