Give The Gift Of "Common Sense"

Principles Unto Death

"I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death."

Thomas Paine

Reassert Your Liberty, North Carolina

For More Information Contact: Brian Irving, Press Secretary, (919) 538-4548

Mike Beitler Makes His New Year's Resolution.

GREENSBORO (Dec. 28) -- Mike Beitler didn't have much trouble coming up with his New Year's Resolutions. Ever since he announced he was seeking the Libertarian nomination for U.S. Senate, he knew he'd be spending most of the new year earning the confidence and the vote of his fellow North Carolinians.

"In 2010, I'll be devoting my time and energy convincing the people of North Carolina that it is time for them to reassert their liberty and to send a libertarian to represent them in the U.S. Senate.," Beitler said.

"So these – my New Year's Resolutions – represent my pledge and my promise to the people of North Carolina:

"First, I always vote in favor of the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of North Carolina. Every issue. Every time. Every issue. No exceptions. No excuses.
"Second, I will continue to oppose any and all efforts by the federal government to act beyond its Constitutional authority.

"Third, I will introduce, sponsor, and support legislation to repeal laws and regulations that are outside the scope of the powers delegated by the people to the federal government.

"Fourth, I will only vote in favor of a bill that I have thoroughly read, considered and understood.

"Fifth, I will be accountable to voters. I will make public every vote I cast while in office."

"These may seem like radical concepts," Beitler said. "But the only seem radical because the Democrats and Republicans who've dominated our state's politics for so long have befuddled people into thinking that government was the solution to all their problems."

"It is not."

"The time has come to stop talking in terms of reducing the budgets of various government programs and agencies," Beitler said. "The time has come to abolish entire Federal programs and agencies. That's why I am running for U.S. Senate."

Dr. Mike Beitler (pronounced Bite-ler) is a keynote speaker and workshop leader sought after for his expertise in business, politics, and economics. His internet radio talk show "Free Markets"gives listeners insights from leading thinkers into today's business, economic and political issues. In a world of unrelenting free-market bashing by the media and outrageous government interventions, "Free Markets" offers a refreshing libertarian, free-market perspective.

Beitler he has been recognized as a leading business executive, business consultant, business professor and business author for 30 years. His book "Strategic Organizational Change" is required reading in MBA programs worldwide. "Rational Individualism: A Moral Argument for Limited Government and Capitalism" is widely acclaimed by libertarians and free-market advocates as the leading guide for today's political and economic issues.

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MIKE BEITLER FOR U.S. SENATE
P.O. Box 38353
Greensboro NC 27438 USA
Phone & Fax: (336) 334-4534

Neo Con Of The Decade

Please Keep Michael Badnarik In Your Thoughts And Prayers

[I just found this terrible news in my in box from Gary Franchi....]

Thomas,

I just received word that the President of the 2009 Continental Congress and 2004 Presidential candidate for the Libertarian Party, Michael Badnarik had a Heart Attack this morning and in an unconscious state. His condition is serious.

His Mother, Elaine, reported to me that Michael was in Madison, Wisconsin attending a hearing regarding a raw milk case. After the hearing he got in a car to go to lunch with friends, He then slumped over. His friends attempted CPR and contacted the paramedics. They attempted to revive him 3 times with no success. Upon the 4th attempt his heart was revived yet with erratic behavior.

He was taken by helicopter to Gunderson Lutheran Hospital CCU in Lacrosse, WI. Please do no call or visit the hospital, only family is allowed.

He has been fitted with a temporary pacemaker and a balloon pump to ease stress on his heart.

I have no further details at this time. Please watch your email box for an update.

Michael is a true asset and leader in our movement who works tirelessly and selflessly for freedom. Please pray for Michael at this time.

In Freedom,

Gary Franchi

Ron Reacts To Time's "Person Of The Year"

Ron Paul Versus The War Pigs...

Blind Partisan Obedience...

is the enemy of individual liberty...

"The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge, natural to party dissension, which in different ages and countries has perpetrated the most horrid enormities, is itself a frightful despotism. But this leads at length to a more formal and permanent despotism. The disorders and miseries which result gradually incline the minds of men to seek security and repose in the absolute power of an individual; and sooner or later the chief of some prevailing faction, more able or more fortunate than his competitors, turns this disposition to the purposes of his own elevation, on the ruins of public liberty."

George Washington

No Four Lettered Word...

"Anarchy is not a four letter word. It's a seven-letter word. So is freedom. So is liberty."
R. Lee Wrights

Economic Malpratice...

Run Ron, Run!

Operation Health Freedom...

Audit The Fed Update...

More Government, Less Liberty

"In terms of actual change, as a matter of fact, there hasn't been an election in the United States since its inception that has driven the country solidly onto a course toward less government and more liberty. Each, rather, has driven the country toward more government and less liberty."

Karl Hess

Red Alert!

The Power Of Peace...

A Great Soul...

"Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak, and that it is doing God's service when it is violating all His laws."
John Adams

More Choices Equal Economic Growth...

"An increase in the supply of consumer goods conveys a benefit to consumers. There is a greater variety of goods to choose from. Put another way, there has been an increase in choices with the same money supply. This is the best way to define economic growth: increased choices."

Gary North

For the whole article, click below...

http://www.lewrockwell.com/north/north770.html

War of the Worlds: London, 1898; Kabul, 2009

War of the Worlds: London, 1898; Kabul, 2009

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Government is really bad at protecting the little guy

Government is really bad at protecting the little guy

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Where Did It Go?

...governthyself.com that is. This blog's big brother is down for a little while. Someone stole my credit card number and went on a on-line spending spree. My credit card is canceled and I have to wait for my new one to arrive. The domain name expired a day after my card was canceled. The hosting company told me sorry, but we can't help you.

I will get the site up as soon as the new card arrives...

The State's War on Family Farms (continued)

The State's War on Family Farms (continued)

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The New Left Was Right

The New Left Was Right

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The GOP should acknowledge a domestic enemy, the State

The GOP should acknowledge a domestic enemy, the State

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Bernanke Lies...

Bernanke's Great Fib - The "Gold Standard" and the Great Depression

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Ron Paul Yells "Whoa!"...

From a Wall Street Journal article,

"In a letter they will send to Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd this afternoon, Reps. Ron Paul (R., Tex.) and Alan Grayson (D., Fla.) will ask that the Senate hold off on Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke’s confirmation hearing until the central bank releases more information about its rescues. ( Read the full letter.)"

Click the link below for the rest of the article...

http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2009/10/07/ron-paul-calls-for-delay-in-bernanke-confirmation/?mod=mktw

H/T to Young Americans For Liberty...

Orgins Of Natural Rights...

Dr. Abolish For U.S. Senate

Contact: Brian Irving, Press Secretary, 919.538.4548

*MIKE BEITLER SEEKS LIBERTARIAN U.S. SENATE NOMINATION*

GREENSBORO (Sept. 17) – Dr. Michael Beitler announced today he’s seeking the Libertarian Party’s nomination for U.S. Senate in 2010.

“I want you to know, I am committed to abolishing Federal programs and agencies, not to creating new ones,” Beitler told supporters and news media gathered for the announcement at the PTI Airport Marriott Hotel.

“Big government is causing more problems than it is claiming to fix,” he said. “Federal Government’s spending is out of control. Total reported – and unreported – Federal Government debt has taken us to the point of no-return.”

“It’s time to stop the madness,” Beitler said. He said the time has come to stop talking in terms of reducing the budgets of various government programs and agencies.

“The time has come to abolish entire Federal programs and agencies,” Beitler said. Noting that Rep. Ron Paul (R-Tex.) has become know as “Dr. No” in the U.S. House of Representatives, Beitler said he wants to be known as “Dr. Abolish” in the U.S. Senate.

Beitler is business practice professor in The Bryan School of Business and Economics at the University of North Carolina-Greensboro. He’s authored three business books used in MBA programs and hosts the Internet radio show “Free Markets With Dr. Mike Beitler” on the VoiceAmerica Business Network.

Beitler also wrote a book about his libertarian philosophy, “Rational Individualism: A Moral Argument for Limited Government & Capitalism.”

The Libertarian Party, the third largest party in the United States, has been active in North Carolina since 1978.It has been the largest and most active third party in modern North Carolina history.

Libertarians have run candidates for President in all but one of the presidential election years since then. This occurred despite the fact that the state has the second most restricted ballot access restrictions in the nation.

In 2008, Mike Munger earned nearly three percent of the vote for governor, enabling the Libertarian Party to retain its spot on the ballot through 2012.

Union County Tea Party...

As you can detect from the photo above, I am not a photographer. I am an activist that takes pictures, every now and then. For those without perfect vision, that's BJ Lawson speaking at the tea party today. Dr. Lawson has played a big part in the Ron Paul Revolution. I believe his best work is yet to come.




If you try really hard, you may recognize Dr. Michael Munger above. The 2008 LP candidate for governor didn't disappoint the crowd assembled on the grounds of the old Union County Courthouse. It was a pleasure, as always, to see Dr. Munger. North Carolina is very fortunate to have young liberty leaders such as Munger and Lawson.

We had a steady flow of folks stopping by the LP booth. We gathered some signatures for HR 1207/S 604 (audit the fed bills) as did the Campaign For Liberty folks set up beside us. Being a member of both the LP and Campaign For Liberty, I had the best of both worlds. I cherish the friendships and unity shared by the liberty movement at in the Charlotte region.

Libertarian Candidate For U.S. Senate

MIKE BEITLER
Libertarian for U.S. Senate

Contact: Brian Irving
919.438.4548
brian@libertypoint.org

DR. MIKE BEITLER ANNOUNCES FOR U.S. SENATE

GREENSBORO (Sept. 8) --Dr. Michael Beitler (pronounced Bite-ler) will
announce his candidacy for the Libertarian Party's nomination for the
U.S. Senate September 17 at a press conference in the Piedmont-Triad
International Airport Marriott Hotel at 7:30 p.m.

Dr. Michael Munger, 2008 Libertarian gubernatorial candidate and
Barbara Howe, North Carolina Libertarian Party chair will also speak
at the press conference.

As a U.S. Senator, Beitler promises to dramatically reduce the size of
the Federal government. "The big-spending, big-government advocates,
both Democrats and Republicans, must be stopped. We are beyond the
point of simply reducing government program budgets; now we must
abolish entire government programs and agencies"
he said.

Beitler is a business practice professor in The Bryan School of
Business and Economics at the University of North Carolina-Greensboro

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"I tell my young students, I am ashamed of what the baby-boom
generation is doing to the futures of young Americans. An inheritance
of tens of trillions of dollars in debt is a disgraceful legacy," he
said.

He is the host of "Free Markets With Dr. Mike Beitler," an
internet-radio show that airs on the VoiceAmerica Business Network.
Beitler is the author of three business books used in MBA programs and
"Rational Individualism: A Moral Argument for Limited Government &
Capitalism," a book about his libertarian political philosophy.

Beitler believes his experience as a chief financial officer in
banking and his current work as business consultant will allow him to
quickly see which government programs and agencies must be eliminated.
"I will have a contract with the citizens of North Carolina. If I
cannot accomplish the goal of abolishing government programs and
agencies, the citizens of North Carolina can fire me mid-term,"
Beitler promised.

Beitler has three adult children. He and his wife, Danielle, live in
northwest Guilford County.

The Birth Of The Campaign For Liberty...

Rose-Croix Contribution To Peace...

"I contribute to Peace when I strive to express the best of myself in my contacts with others.

I contribute to Peace when I use my intelligence and my abilities to serve the Good.

I contribute to Peace when I feel compassion toward all those who suffer.

I contribute to Peace when I look upon all as my brothers and sisters regardless of race, culture, or religion.

I contribute to Peace when I rejoice over the happiness of others and pray for their well-being.

I contribute to Peace when I listen with tolerance to opinions that differ from mine or even oppose them.

I contribute to Peace when I resort to dialogue rather than to force to settle any conflict.

I contribute to Peace when I respect Nature and preserve it for generations to come.

I contribute to Peace when I do not seek to impose my conception of God upon others.

I contribute to Peace when I make Peace the foundation of my ideals and philosophy."

In This Corner!

Get On With It, Already!

Kettle Black...

Check out the link below for a blog post from Doug Bandow concerning the irony of arresting private citizens for counterfeiting. What does the Treasury Department and Federal Reserve do on a daily basis?

When is the Secret Service going to investigate the Fed?

Another example of "Rules for me and rules for Thee"....

http://www.campaignforliberty.com/index.php#24435

Madame Speaker, Let's Vote on HR 1207...

Kinda Makes One Feel Small...

A Review Of The Past Month

Excuse me as I play catch up here. I have been pretty busy outside of my political life. I am working on my fraternity website; catching up on my reading and spending time with some of my non-political friends. All politics and no play makes Thomas a dull boy, don't you know!

Last month, I drove (all by my lonesome) out to St. Louis for the Libertarian National Committee meeting. I must confess, my main reason for such a long road trip was the opportunity to see Dr. Ruwart again (sorry Lee Wrights, you come in a distant 2nd, ;^P). She was kind enough to provide me and my good friend Sean Haugh a room to share. Dr. Ruwart is such a thoughtful and giving person! Of course, anybody who knows Dr. Ruwart will tell you the same thing.

It was great seeing so many good friends from all across this great land. Among those were Dr. Jim Lark from Virginia, Rachel Hawkridge from Washington state, Julie Fox from Illinois, Dr. George Phillies from Massachusetts, and St. Louis home boy, Thomas Knapp. It was good to see Wes Benedict again, especially as the new Executive Director of the LP. He is a perfect fit for the job. Hiring Wes was by far the best action taken by the LNC this term.

I also got to spend some time with Jake Porter. Jake is a fine young man. I expect great things from Jake. He is a rising star in the LP. I also met Donny Ferguson, Communications Director of the LP. Donny is also a rising star in the LP. I just wish he would broaden his communications beyond the right side of the political spectrum.

It was great hanging out with fellow North Carolinian, Chris Thrasher of Free & Equal. Chris is another young person with a bright future ahead of him. I especially enjoyed dinner on Saturday night with Chris, Sean Haugh, local LP'er Rob Cunningham and LP Vice-Chair, Michael Jingozian. Michael is fun to hang out with. He is very talented and I hope the LP will utilize his skills in the future.

The meeting itself was pretty much a waste of talent and time. A lot of time was spent in executive session. I hope the delegates at next year's LP convention choose new leadership. It would suit me if they completely picked a new slate. That includes replacing those I tend to agree with most of the time. The LP really needs to clean house.

The week after the St. Louis trip, I worked the LP booth at the Vans Warped Festival in Charlotte. Rick Smith from Mecklenburg County helped me out. Except for the storm that passed through near the end of the event, the weather was as good as could be expected for this time of year. It was plenty hot enough, but thankfully there was cool breeze blowing most of the time.

I have been doing these outreach events for almost ten years now and this event was one of my best experiences. Quite a few angry people came by the booth. They were glad we were there. My favorite moment happened when a young fellow, probably around 17 years old, approached our booth. I welcomed him with my usual line, "Are you familiar with the LP?". He grinned and answered, "I'm a anarcho-capitalist whom happens to support the LP." I was surprised and thrilled at the same time!

There may be hope for us yet!

Resignation As C4L Region 8 Coordinator

I have reluctantly turned in my resignation as Region 8 Coordinator. Campaign For Liberty President John Tate issued a memo concerning C4L coordinators seeking public office.

Since the C4L is an 501 (c)4 organization and prohibited from directly supporting or aiding candidates, it could create legal problems for C4L and individuals such as myself. Frankly, I don't give a damn about legal problems about myself. I am a dedicated enemy of the State. The Leviathan can lay down and rot in Hell as far as I'm concerned.

Sorry for the anti-government rant. I have a hard time following edicts from an illegitimate government that refuses to follow their own laws, and more importantly the Laws of Nature.

Although I am very angry about the situation, I hold no ill will towards the C4L. They have to do what they have to do.

I have been involved in the C4L since day one. I was honored to represent the 8th District at the Rally For The Republic last September. I would like to thank Gary Hardee for giving me the chance to serve as a leader in the C4L. I will continue to support the C4L as a regular member, working in my precinct, turning people on to Liberty, one neighbor at a time.

Monopoly Of Force...

"If the Government extends its powers beyond this "cop-on-the-corner" function, it in itself becomes the greatest tyrant and plunderer of them all. Since the Government has virtual monopoly of force, its potentialities for evil are far greater than that of any other institution. The people must constantly keep their Government small and local, and even then must watch it with great vigilance lest it run amok. That is the great Jeffersonian lesson, and it is one that all Americans must begin to learn again."

Murray Rothbard

Who Said This? Part One...

"The nation that adds province to province by fraud and violence, that encroaches on the weak and plunders it's wards, and violates it's treaties and the obligation of it's contracts, and for the law of honor and fair-dealing substitutes the exigencies of greed and the base precepts of policy and craft and the ignoble tenets of expediency, is predestined to destruction; for here, as with the individual, the consequences of wrong are inevitable and eternal."

Fuzzy Math & Economics...

"You cannot legislate the poor into prosperity by legislating the wealthy out of prosperity. What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving. The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else. When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to get what they work for, that my dear friend, is the beginning of the end of any nation. You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it."

Adrian Rogers (1931)

[H/T to Freedom Force's Unfiltered News]

The Ron Paul Rider...

Count Rising...

Listen To What The Man Said...

A Word From The Libertarian Anarchists Caucus...

We are the anarcho-libertarians. We fly the black and blue - black for anarchism, and blue for libertarianism. It's also a symbol of every bruise inflicted in a police beating, every bruise to our freedoms by statism, every bruise taken by every young mind from public schools, and the list goes on and on. Statism hurts, and statism kills. We can only end statism by ending the state!

Visit their Facebook page here.

Dr. Mary Ruwart And The Heartland Institute...

Dr. Mary Ruwart took part in the Heartland Institute's Heath Care Roundtable event in Dallas, Texas on July 8th.

To see Dr. Ruwart's Power Point presentation, follow the link below.

http://www.heartland.org/events/Roundtables/agenda_Dallas.html

The Radical Libertarian...

"To the radical libertarian, we must take any and every opportunity to chop away at the State, whether it’s to reduce or abolish a tax, a budget appropriation, or a regulatory power. And the radical libertarian is insatiable in this appetite until the State has been abolished, or – for minarchists – dwindled down to a tiny, laissez-faire role."

Murray N. Rothbard


http://www.lewrockwell.com/rothbard/rothbard75.html

Rothbard believed minarchists should be radical in their opposition to the State. He believed abolitionists and minarchists should walk in harmony on the path to Freedom.

Rothbard also considered the division in the liberty movement to be a rift between radicals and conservatives. I have seen evidence of this in the LP.

His remarks concerning this belief are below..

"Where are the Paines and Cobdens and Nocks of today? Why are almost all of our laissez-faire limited governmentalists plonky conservatives and patriots? If the opposite of "radical" is "conservative," where are our radical laissez-fairists? If our limited statists were truly radical, there would be virtually no splits between us. What divides the movement now, the true division, is not anarchist vs. minarchist, but radical vs. conservative. Lord, give us radicals, be they anarchists or no."

The moral of this story teaches us to unite in our shared contempt for the coercive State. The future of freedom requires nothing less.

Equal Ownership Of Life

"Libertarianism is the view that each man is the absolute owner of his life, to use and dispose of as he sees fit: that all man's social actions should be voluntary: and that respect for every other man's similar and equal ownership of life and, by extension, the property and fruits of that life, is the ethical basis of a humane and open society. In this view, the only — repeat, only — function of law or government is to provide the sort of self-defense against violence that an individual, if he were powerful enough, would provide for himself."

Karl Hess

Harrisburg July 4th Report

I really enjoyed the fellowship and fun the Harrisburg July 4th Festival afforded me. I saw some old friends and met some new ones. The weather was great, with a gentle breeze blowing much of the time. The humidity was bearable, which is unusual for this time of year.

The LP Cabarrus outreach efforts were well received. We also promoted the Campaign For Liberty and Young Americans For Liberty. We also gave out Republic Magazines and pocket Constitutions. The left-over Ron Paul 2008 DVD videos were popular as well. There were quite a few Ron Paul fans in attendance this weekend. There were also a lot of folks wanting information about the LP. There is r[evol]tion in the air, indeed.

The Cabarrus Democratic Party also had a booth. The GOP was nowhere to be found. I was thrilled with the number of disgusted Republicans that came by and picked up Libertarian literature. With the Ron Paul Republicans fighting on the inside and Libertarians chipping away on the outside, the neo-con GOP edifice of empire and corporatism is crumbling away.

May it's destruction be sure and swift!

Freemasonry And Progressive Metal Mix

Dream Theater tackles Freemasonry on their new single, "A Rite of Passage". The lyrics are below...

Since the new world order
Played upon our fears
Spreading accusations
Of radical ideas

The brotherhood of wisdom
Strength and dignity
Its rituals and secrets
Remain a mystery

Beneath an ever watchful eye
The angels of the temple fly

Turn the key
Walk through the gate
The great ascent
To reach a higher state
A rite of passage

The final stage
A sacred home
Unlock the door
And lay the cornerstone
A rite of passage

Men of wealth and power
Influence and fame
Philosophers and leaders
Are members of the trade

Bound by oath and honor
Like the rose and cross
An enigmatic union
Of esoteric thought

Beneath the ever watchful eye
The angels of the temple fly

Turn the key
Walk through the gate
The great ascent
To reach a higher state
A rite of passage

The final stage
A sacred home
Unlock the door
And lay the cornerstone
A rite of passage

Turn the key
Walk through the gate
The great ascent
To reach a higher state
A rite of passage

The seven stars
The rising sun
A perfect world
Where new life has begun
A rite of passage

Liberty Candidate For N.C.'s 8th District

LIBERTARIAN CANDIDATE ANNOUNCES BID FOR U.S. HOUSE


CONCORD (June 29th) Thomas Hill, chairman of the Libertarian Party of Cabarrus County, today announces his desire to be the Libertarian candidate for U.S. House, District 8. Mr. Hill is an at-large member of the Libertarian Party of North Carolina executive committee. He also serves as Region 8 Coordinator for the Campaign For Liberty.

Thomas Hill is a self employed electrician with 27 years experience, including 18 years working for his father’s electrical business. His experience in a small family business opened his eyes to the burdensome rules and regulations placed on small companies. Mr. Hill wants to bring small business common sense to Washington.

Issues at the fore front of Thomas Hill’s campaign include…

Dismantle the Empire, bring our troops home.

Abolish the Federal Reserve, allow competing currencies.

Repeal the Patriot Act, end the War on Civil Liberties.

Like Congressman Dr. Ron Paul, Thomas Hill believes in a policy of non-interventionism, sound money and an end to the War on Drugs. Thomas served as a precinct leader for Ron Paul’s 2008 Presidential Campaign. He would be honored to serve beside him in Congress.

Thomas Hill was born in Charlotte. He is 43 years old and single. He has lived in Cabarrus County since 1972. His past political experience include…

Aide De Camp, Mary Ruwart For President 2008; Precinct Leader, Ron Paul 2008; Past Chair, Libertarian Party of N.C.; Charter Member / Treasurer / Membership Secretary, Cabarrus LP; Candidate for Cabarrus County Commission 2002 & 2004; Candidate for Cabarrus County Board of Education 2006 & 2008; Candidate for N.C. Senate 36 2008 (GOP Primary)

For more information, visit http://thomasbhill2010.com.

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Thomas Hill For Congress
10896 Pioneer Mill Road
Concord, N.C. 28025
Cell: 704-621-8621
Office: 704-455-9200
E-mail: thomasbhill@msn.com

Kokesh For Congress Update...

A message from Adam Kokesh...

This past week, our team had a whirlwind week in Washington, DC watching the war funding bill pass, the support grow for HR 1207, and the enthusiasm for this upcoming campaign build. On our way to DC, we stopped by Norman, OK, and spoke with RJ Harris, then went on to the Campaign For Liberty Missouri state meeting. In Washington, we met with Congressman Ron Paul, Congressman Walter Jones, Ralph Nader, and Senator Mike Gravel. On our way back, we even got a chance to catch up with Rand Paul and get the latest on his potential Senate run to represent Kentucky. There's more info about that on the blog and some more great videos to come, so stay tuned!

We just had another great volunteers meeting here at campaign headquarters this evening and we've got quite a team coming together to support Celebrate American r3VOLution. Special thanks to our volunteer coordinator, Jared Fuller, and Chad Wright of East Main Trade Center in Farmington for hooking up our first batch of fliers. We've got an ambitious program and we need all the help we can get to ensure this event is a success. If you didn't make it to the meeting, don't worry, we've got another one coming up next Sunday. To see the kind of help we have coming for Independence Day weekend, get the graphics for the fliers, and html for a banner to help promote the event, check out the event page.

A few have criticized me for choosing "such a radical title" for this event. Let us not forget that this country was founded in revolution, and the founders that set out a vision of liberty for this country expected us to have a revolution with every generation. As someone who volunteered to serve in the United States military, I feel obligated to remind my fellow Americans that Independence Day is about much more than fireworks and hot dogs. I hope you'll join me in this effort.

Love, faith, respect,

Adam Kokesh
Kokesh for Congress
Exploratory Committee

Rule By Politics...

"Will men continue to submit to rule by politics, which has always meant the power of some men over other men, or are we ready to go it alone socially, in communities of voluntarism, in a world more economic and cultural than political"?

Karl Hess

MHD Visits The Campaign For Liberty...

The Great Liberator Of Man..

"Anarchism is the great liberator of man from the phantoms that have held him captive; it is the arbiter and pacifier of the two forces for individual and social harmony."

Emma Goldman

FR33 Agents...

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Dr. Mary Ruwart Joins Cannabis Science Inc....

CSI Appoints Former Upjohn Senior Research Scientist Mary J. Ruwart, Ph.D. to Vice President of Research & Development (VP R&D) Further Expanding Its Team of Drug Development Specialists

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cannabis Science Inc. (NASD OTCBB: CBIS), an emerging pharmaceutical cannabis company, is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Mary J. Ruwart as Vice President of Research & Development. Dr. Ruwarts previously held the position of Senior Research Scientist at Upjohn Inc., which ultimately merged with Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) to become a part of one of the largest Pharmaceutical Companies in the world.

“Dr. Ruwart is a pivotal addition to CSI,” COO Ray Carr announced today. “Her years of experience in R& D, coupled with her first-hand knowledge of the drug development process, give her the ability to guide CSI’s first product through the FDA approval process. Dr. Ruwart will be one of the most valuable members of the CSI Drug Development team; we are delighted to have her on board.”

CSI intends to follow the FDA’s regulatory pathway for drug development through early clinical testing. The company will then seek a Big Pharma partner for late stage human studies and subsequent filing of its New Drug Application (NDA) with the FDA.

About Mary J. Ruwart, Ph.D., Cannabis Science Inc., Vice President, Research & Development
Mary J. Ruwart, Ph.D., received her doctorate in Biophysics from Michigan State University. She did post-doctoral work in the Department of Surgery at St. Louis University Medical School. Subsequently, she was promoted to Instructor and then to Assistant Professor. Dr. Ruwart joined the Upjohn Company in 1976 as a senior research scientist, working with prostaglandins, liver disease, HIV protease inhibitors, and drug delivery systems. Dr. Ruwart spent two decades in the pharmaceutical industry; she has been awarded five patents, and has authored over 70 peer-reviewed publications.

Dr. Ruwart’s will shepherd CSI’s cannabis-based drugs through the regulatory process required to obtain FDA approval. She will also guide CSI in the patenting and licensing of its intellectual property.

“It’s invaluable to have our development team led by a scientist who is a top-notch researcher as well,” Chief Scientific Officer, Dr. Robert Melamede commented. “Since cannabis influences the body’s prostaglandin balance, her expertise in this area can guide us in developing more effective products.”

CEO Steve Kubby concurs. “Dr. Ruwart will be restructuring CSI’s development program to meet the highest industry standards. Dr. Ruwart will help us avoid the expensive mistakes that many pharmaceutical start-ups make. The recent addition of Ray Carr as our COO, followed by Dr. Ruwart as our Vice President of R&D gives CSI a dynamic ‘one-two’ punch in the areas of business and drug development.”

The global market for oral cannabis medications has been recently estimated at almost $6 billion annually. CSI’s proprietary delivery systems, which insure rapid absorption with prolonged blood levels of active drug, are expected to give the company’s products a competitive edge worldwide.

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Memorial Shouldn't Rest On Stolen Land...

H/T to Susan Hogarth and The Center For Libertarian Press Information...

Libertarians call on the on the U.S. Government to forgo the threatened seizure of hundreds of acres of privately owned land for a memorial in western Pennsylvania near Shanksville, where Flight 93 crashed in 2001. They further ask the Park Service to reconsider spending tens of millions of taxpayer dollars on an extensive memorial, and to instead finance any memorial completely through volunteer contributions.

“The Park Service has had nearly a decade to work with local landowners, and NOW they decide that it’s imperative to get the land within the next week,” said Rachel Hawkridge, representative to the Libertarian Party’s National Committee. “Besides the fact that there can be no ‘fair market value’ in a forced transaction, we have the underlying issue that ALL of the tax money spent on the memorial has been taken by force or the threat of force. If folks want a memorial, they will be happy to contribute to one - and it will be the exact size that people want it to be. The idea that the Park Service can propose commemorating the self-sacrifice of 40 individuals with the forced sacrifice of the efforts of other individuals indicates to me that the terrorists have, in some small way, won part of the battle already.”

Libertarians also decry the purchase of nearly 1,000 acres of land from a coal-mining company, with proceeds to be (according to the Park Service) “placed in a trust fund to operate and maintain in perpetuity the treatment of mine water from a sediment pond on a reclaimed surface mine.” To Lee Wrights, representative to the Libertarian Party’s National Committee, “this seems like a not-very-subtle way of getting the taxpayers to pay for post-mining remediation. A great deal for PBS Coals; a terrible deal for Americans who have more pressing personal financial needs than bailing out big businesses.”

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Anarchophobia...

"Government schools, like some churches, use authoritarian scare tactics based on fear and superstition. This conditioning causes people to doubt themselves and their beliefs. Freedom and fear are polar opposites. They are masters that must be served separately. They cannot exist in the same space. To truly govern yourself, you must overcome the fear."

Thomas Hill

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Libertarianism Rests On The Non-Agression Principle...

"In short: the libertarian principle remains univocal: no aggression against those not themselves guilty of any aggression. And therefore, no aggression against those with whom we disagree, including about the legitimacy of the libertarian principle. But, certainly, we may use force against those who compel others to go along. The touchstone remains the liberty of the individual."

Jan Narveson

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A Dash Of Bastiat...

"Each of us certainly gets from Nature, from God, the right to defend his person, his liberty, and his property, since they are the three elements constituting or sustaining life, elements which are mutually complementary and which cannot be understood without one another. For what are our faculties, if not an extension of our personality, and what is property, if not an extension of our faculties?"

"Hence, if anything is self-evident, it is this: Law is the organization of the natural right to legitimate self-defense; it is the substitution of collective force for individual forces, to act in the sphere in which they have the right to act, to do what they have the right to do: to guarantee security of person, liberty, and property rights, to cause justice to reign over all. "

"Now, labor being in itself painful, and man being naturally inclined to shun pain, it follows—history is there to prove it—that wherever plunder is less onerous than labor, it prevails; and neither religion nor morality can, in this case, prevent it from doing so."


"No greater change nor any greater evil could be introduced into society than this: to convert the law into an instrument of plunder."

Fredric Bastiat

Decentralize The Freedom Movement...

"More than two centuries of experience has provided more than enough evidence of the accuracy of the Anti-Federalist’s predictions, ‘Concentrated power and Central Planning never produce desired results.’ In almost no time at all the interests of the collective become more important than the reason for its creation. Decentralization of power, down to the individual, is the ’secret’ to effective opposition of tyranny."

Ernest Hancock

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Dangers Of Federal Litigation...

"Yesterday's Supreme Court decision in Caperton v. A.T. Massey Coal Co. should serve as a warning to "libertarian centralists" who promote federal litigation as a simple answer to state-level violations of individual rights. The case itself dealt with a state supreme court judge's refusal to recuse himself. A five-to-four majority of the federal Supreme Court, led by Anthony Kennedy, opted to micromanage the state court's affairs while simultaneously rejecting the notion that there would be any unforeseen consequences."

S.M. Oliva

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Obama Pays The Unions Back...

"The reason there is an interventionist-welfare state is that there are individuals and groups in the society who want "other people's money." The political process is the mechanism that these individuals and groups use to get that money via regulation, protections, and redistribution."

Richard Ebeling

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HR 1207 Has The Fed On The Defensive...

Dr. Mary Ruwart To Address Students At Brown University...

Libertarian author and activist, Dr. Mary J. Ruwart, will take part in a lecture at Brown University, in Providence, Rhode Island during the fall semester. The event is a part of the Janus Forum Lecture Series.

The Janus Forum is a campus initiative to encourage, facilitate, and develop active thought, debate, and discussion around political ideas at Brown. The Janus Forum seeks to actively promote critical thinking and discourse by exposing students to a variety of perspectives regarding relevant social and political issues.

The event is to take place on Thursday, October 8th, 2009. The lecture is titled, “Corporate Social Responsibility in the Pharmaceutical Industry”. Marcia Angell will also speak. She will be providing an opposite viewpoint to Dr. Ruwart’s presentation.

Dr. Mary J. Ruwart received her B.S. in biochemistry in 1970 and her Ph.D. in Biophysics in 1974 (both from Michigan State University). She then joined the Department of Surgery at St. Louis University where she became an Assistant Professor. Dr. Ruwart came to The Upjohn Company of Kalamazoo, Michigan in 1976 as a Senior Research Scientist involved in developing new therapies for a variety of diseases, including AIDS.

Dr. Ruwart left Upjohn in 1995 to devote her time to consulting and writing. With her husband, Raymond R. Carr, R.Ph., Dr. Ruwart designed and delivered a communications course for scientists, covering written, oral, and poster presentations. She also provides consulting services for nutraceutical companies, CROs, and IRBs.

Adam Kokesh Reviews Obama's Cairo Speech...

Adam Kokesh on Obama's speech in Cairo...

"He confronted the Palestinian violence head on. “Violence is a dead end. It is a sign of neither courage nor power to shoot rockets at sleeping children, or to blow up old women on a bus. That is not how moral authority is claimed; that is how it is surrendered.” He is so right here, but fails to point out the hypocrisy of our policy. Rockets at sleeping children? Drone strikes into Pakistan. Old women on a bus? “Acceptable collateral damage” in Iraq. Flip-flopping on the release of torture photos? Yes, Obama, your moral authority has been surrendered."

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Principled Opposition To Coercion..

"It's sad to me that such a basic thing as the principled opposition to coercion is considered to be extremist, unreasonable, unrealistic. Why do I have to believe in permanent peace to oppose war? How is it utopian to denounce force?"

bkMarcus

The Failure Of Force...

"If we cannot by reason, by influence, by example, by strenuous effort, and by personal sacrifice, mend the bad places of civilization, we certainly cannot do it by force."

Auberon Herbert

Farewell GM...

George Reisman writing at Mises.org...

"What has happened to General Motors is symbolic of what is happening to the United States. The United States is being destroyed economically and culturally by irrational theories and policies. The standard of living of its people is falling. Government officials are preparing to accelerate the fall by means of the imposition of insane policies designed to curtail energy consumption and roll back the production of wealth. The American people have elected a President who has expressed regret that the Supreme Court "never entered into the issues of redistribution of wealth" because it "didn't break free from the essential constraints that were placed by the Founding Fathers in the Constitution."

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Natural Law Versus Positive Law...

George F. Smith in his review of Judge Napolitano's lastest book, "Dred Scott's Revenge...

"Napolitano makes clear that there are two kinds of law: Natural law, which is given to us by virtue of our nature, and positive law, which is imposed on us by government. Natural law is enshrined in our Declaration of Independence, the “self-evident” truths – “that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty , and the pursuit of Happiness.” Positive law emerges from our legislators and, to be binding, must be consistent with natural law. Slavery is the most egregious example of natural law violation. "

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Libertarians And Foreign Policy...

"It is amazing how dangerously radical it has become to truly support the Constitution. Libertarians, in political parties and outside of parties, should be able to publicly and proudly envangelize the Constitution. But to truly understand the Constitution is to also understand the seeds of statism, and the document that libertarians should more loudly promote is the Declaration of Independence. Of course, to do this is to demand real change, likely secessions, and even war against the prevailing state – and the American government today has already identified those who take this stand as living threats."

Karen Kwiatkowski

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Better Living Through Panarchy...

"Panarchy is a condition of human relations in which each person is at liberty to choose his own social and political governance without being coerced. Panarchy means that persons may enter into and exit from social and political relations freely. It means that government exists only with the consent and by the consent of the governed."

Michael S. Rozeff

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Attractive Labels...

"Thus do the people tend to accept almost any idea — communism, socialism, imperialism, or whatever — if those ideas are advanced under attractive labels such as freedom from want, defense against aggression, welfare, equality, liberty, fellowship, and security."

Dean Russell

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Adam Kokesh Money Bomb On July 4th...

No Prayers Without Permission...

Pastor David Jones regarding Caesar's threats against his home Bible study...

"On Good Friday we had an employee from San Diego County come to our house, and inform us that the Bible study that we were having was a religious assembly, and in violation of the code in the county." David Jones told FOX News.

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The unholy sub-division of the Empire has since backed down; only after an international outcry about the incident.

Jack Booted Head Knockers...

From the statist lips of Dean Scoville, associate editor of Police Magazine...

"There was a time when post pursuit ass-kickings were obligatory," Scoville writes with the gleeful abandon of an adolescent eager to show off his mastery of newly learned vulgarisms. "Cops knew it, suspects knew it, and there are enough old times on both sides of the fence that will verify the assertion when I say that what this officer did was NOTHING compared to what would have happened in another place and time.... I'm nostalgic for the days when the pursued feared the judicial system if for nothing but the inevitable ass-kicking and street justice."

Read more here.

This should make any decent cop (one who respects natural rights and their oath to the Constitution) mad as hell.

Liberty's Only Real Hope...

J.H. Huebert on new activists introduced to libertarianism by Ron Paul..

But the bottom line is that most of the ever-growing number of people who are coming to libertarianism through the likes of Ron Paul and Tom Woods are sound on the essentials, including the fundamental issues of money, war, and the police state. They are embracing a real alternative to the status quo, not conservatism-lite or liberalism-lite, and for that reason they are liberty's only real hope.

Read more here.

Auto Tuning With Ron Paul...

H/T to lewrockwell.com

Ron Paul On Water Boarding And The Rule Of Law

Ron Paul on water boarding...

"Enhanced interrogation" as some prefer to call it, has been used throughout history, usually by despotic governments, to cruelly punish or to extract politically useful statements from prisoners. Governments that do these things invariably bring shame on themselves.

In addition, information obtained under duress is incredibly unreliable, which is why it is not admissible in a court of law. Legally valid information is freely given by someone of sound mind and body. Someone in excruciating pain, or brought close to death by some horrific procedure is not in any state of mind to give reliable information, and certainly no actions should be taken solely based upon it.

For these reasons, it is illegal in the United States and illegal under Geneva Conventions. Simulated drowning, or water boarding, was not considered an exception to these laws when it was used by the Japanese against US soldiers in World War II. In fact, we hanged Japanese officers for war crimes in 1945 for water boarding. Its status as torture has already been decided by our own courts under this precedent. To look the other way now, when Americans do it, is the very definition of hypocrisy.

Read the rest of his article here.

Magic Bubbles...

From Thomas Woods...

Sometimes I wish our overlords would get their stories straight. First, Alan Greenspan – whom the New York Times once described, in its typical toadying, totalitarian fashion, as "the infallible maestro of our financial system" – told us it was impossible to tell if a bubble existed at any given time. Now we have Barack Obama insisting that not only can we detect bubbles, but we can also deflate them with sufficient dispatch to prevent them from causing any serious economic disturbances.

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Ron Paul Endorses Adam Kokesh...

From the desk of Congressman Ron Paul...

Adam Kokesh has been a tremendous supporter - of both me AND you! As a leader of Iraqi Veterans Against the War, Adam has spent years traveling the country to spread our message of peace, a strong national defense and limited government. Adam has tremendous credibility because of his service in the United States Marine Corps and I have deep respect for his commitment to principle.

And now, Adam Kokesh needs our support.

Adam has formed an exploratory committee to run for Congress in his home state of New Mexico. Sending Adam Kokesh to Congress would be a tremendous victory for the Freedom Movement, and if we come together and stand behind him, he has a real chance to win.

This race will be difficult, but I know Adam has the energy and drive to be successful and pour every ounce of himself into this effort. I urge you to go to www.KokeshforCongress.com and support him in anyway you feel comfortable. Whether it is making a financial contribution, volunteering or getting more information share with your friends and family, Adam needs your support now so he can start down this long journey with momentum and a strong wind at his back.

We have a chance to help a real patriot and lover of liberty join me in Washington. Again, I hope you will help me support Adam Kokesh for Congress.

In Liberty,

Mark Sanford Defends Libertarianism...

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The Chaos Of Government...

Sheldon Richman of FEE writes..

"Thus Rep. Ron Paul wisely writes, “We need to rein in our overseas empire, as quickly as possible. We need to bring our troops home, and get our economy back into the business of production, not destruction. The smartest thing we could do is admit we don’t know all the answers to all the world’s problems. If the new administration can take a closer look at real free trade and no entangling alliances, we would be much better off for it…. But unfortunately, it is not likely to happen.”

So those who understand had better get to work."

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