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NEW MEXICO LIBERTYLet Freedom Ring

The Official Newsletter of the Libertarian Party of New Mexico

Table of ContentsPage 1 Notes from the Editor

Page 2 Field Reports / Calendar

Page 3 Voice of the Chair

Page 4 LPNM 2008 State Convention

Page 5 The 2008 LPNM RoadToFreedom Motorcycle Raffle

Page 6

The LPNM's Candidates to Date

The Unanimous Consent Challenge

The Idiocy of Left vs. Right

Former U.S. Senator Mike Gravel joinsLibertarian Party ranks

Page 7

John Stossel Event!

Bob Barr Weighing Presidential Run

Page 8

A Ring of Truth

Richardson the Farmer?

Page 9 Administrivia

Page 10

Contacts / Internet Resources

Obama the Bridge-Builder?

Page 11 LPNM Enrollment /Renewal / Donations

Page 12 Authorization forAutomated Transfers

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Notes from the Editorby Mike Blessing [ [email protected] ]

2008 LPNM State Convention

The 2008 LPNM State Convention will be held on the second weekend of April (11-13 April 2at the Radisson Hotel Albuquerque (2500 Carlisle Boulevard NE, Albuquerque NM 87110). page 4 for more information. The Saturday banquet will be an Italian-style buffet, and the Sumorning Die Hard Breakfast will be a traditional-breakfast buffet.

Bernalillo County LP Convention

The BCLP convention will take place concurrent with the state convention on 12 April 2Contact myself [at email address [email protected], the one I've set up for the BCLP] orVandersloot to put items of business on the agenda.

MORE ACTIVISTS NEEDED!

The subtitle is self-explanatory, or at least it should be. The LPNM can never have enoactivists. And when I say activists, I mean people who can take some initiative in getting going

What I do NOT want to hear on the phone or see in my inbox

Mike, I'd really like to get going as an activist. Can you tell me what to do?

Mike, I want to start speaking out for the cause. Can you provide me a venue? What do

want me to say?

I'd like to get involved, but I don't have the time. Here's my idea for a project for you to do.

Been there, done that already see my article titled Getting Started, first published inDecember 2005 edition ofNew Mexico Liberty, and reposted elsewhere.

What I DO want to hear on the phone or see in my inbox

Hey, Mike, I wore my LP button when I went to the recent neighborhood association mee

Some of the people there asked me what it's all about and we're having a meeting next wWe might end up forming a precinct committee out of it!

I went to the range with some friends, they saw my LP bumpersticker, and one asked me

sticker. Next time I went shooting, I had some on hand and passed out a couple to pepassing by my car.

I made up some flyers for a meeting of those interested to be held at a local bar. The

time, no one showed, but the second time, there were three people, and the third, five shoup. Can you give us a little publicity in the newsletter?

MORE CANDIDATES NEEDED!

Hey, folks, it's that time again Election Season! The LPNM needs candidates for public officepolitical campaigns are one of the ways that we can get the libertarian message out to the publ

Specifically, I'm calling for everyone who can to run for State Representative or Senator. SLegislature races are the easiest for which to get your name listed on the ballot at most,would need to turn in 300 signatures for either a House or Senate candidacy, as comapred tofor county commissioner, 2500 for U.S. Congress, and 8000 for U.S. Senate.

Finally, it's getting kind of lonely (and depressing) for me to be the LPNM's ONLY candidate inelection cycle. It sure would be nice to have some company on the ballot.

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Field ReportsFrom County Contacts

Bernalillo The BCLP County Convention will take place concurrentwith the state convention, on 12 April 2008. More details to follow.

he BCLP is hosting two meetings per month. For more information,ee the BCLP website libertarian-party-nm.org/bernalillo. The

Weekly Sedition will resume on 2 April 2008, on AlbuquerqueComcast Channel 27, and New Mexico's Consumer Advocate willesume on 2 July 2008. See myspace.com/weeklysedition and

myspace.com/nmconsumers for more information.

ay Vandersloot continues to be active in staffing at table at blade and

un shows at the State Fairgrounds in Albuquerque and could useome help at the shows any assistance would be welcome, even if its only for a couple of hours. Anyone interested in helping at the tablet the gun show, providing literature to hand out, loaning us an LPanner, or a projection screen should contact Jay at [email protected] or call 505-362-1733.

Paul Gessing and the staff of the Rio Grande Foundation have beenetting columns and letters to the editor printed in the localewspapers, including the Albuquerque Journal. on a regular basis.

Some of those have been printed here in New Mexico Liberty. Othersre available at the RGF's website riograndefoundation.org.

Dona Ana The LPDAC Central Committee has been having monthlymeetings, as well as an information table at the Las Cruces Farmer's

Market. See the LPDAC website for details libertarian-party-m.org/dona-ana.

he Dona Ana County Convention took place on 16 February 2008, inhe Dresp Room of the Branigan Library.

Otero The Otero County LP was recently organized by Dr. GilbertoHeredia. Their first two meetings were attended by 13 people and

arnered coverage by the Alamogordo Daily News see page 6 formore information..

San Juan The San Juan County LP is sponsoring a new fundraisingrive for the LPNM in addition to the annual rifle raffle that they run.his new effort will raffle off a new, limited-edition Harley Davidson

motorcycle for 100 per ticket, with a maximum of 399 ticketsvailable. More information on the motorcycle raffle is available here

nyurl.com/2fu72e ortinyurl.com/22z3yp. See the events page on theSJCLP site for more information on the San Juan county LP'sctivities sjclp.org/events.htm.

Sandoval The LPSC is having its monthly meetings on the fourthuesday of each month.

Santa Fe Ed Nagel is working on organizing an LPNM countyffiliate for Santa Fe County. Contact him at [email protected] orall him at 505-471-6928. He'd appreciate any help he can get.

On 4 February, the SFCLP hosted its first meeting at the LaFargeibrary (between St. Michaels and Siringo). The feature presentation

was a documentary concerning the legality of the current federalncome tax.

Calendar

Special Events

LPNM 2008 State Convention

The 2008 LPNM State Convention will be in the greater Albuquearea on the weekend of 11-13 April 2008 at the Radisson HAlbuquerque (2500 Carlisle Boulevard NE, Albuquerque NM 87Planned Banquet Speaker is libertarian science-fiction writercolumnist L. Neil Smith. We are currently soliciting suggestionother speakers. We hope to have another presidential candiddebate, and maybe a debate between the vice-presidcandidates. The LPNM Central Committee has named Secretary

Blessing as the Convention Coordinator.

LP 2008 National Convention

The LP's 2008 National Convention will take place at the Adam's Hotel in Denver on Memorial Day weekend (23-26 May 2Speakers, business sessions and the presidential nomination arthe agenda. Contact Jay Vandersloot if you're interested in beidelegate from the LPNM.

See lpconvention.org and denverlpcon.com for details as develop.

Regular Events

Wednesday, 2 April Otero County LP meeting. Contact Dr. GilHeredia for more information 575-439-8234.

Thursday, 3 April and 17 April Bernalillo County Liberty Fmeets in Albuquerque, 6:00 to 7:00 PM at Fiesta's RestauraLounge (Carlisle & Montogomery NE). Contact Mike Blessingdetails [ [email protected] / 505-918-6567 ].

Wednesday, 9 April The Dona Ana County Libertarians will mThose interested are invited to attend and to contact Siebert [email protected] / 505-541-9079 ] for information on locationtime.

Saturday, 12 April The (official) monthly San Juan Countmeeting in Farmington will be cancelled in favor of the 2008 SConvention contact Gary Wood [ [email protected] ] to see SJCLP will cmeet while at the State Convention.

Tuesday, 29 April The Sandoval County Libertarian Party will mcontact Ron Bjornstad [ [email protected] / 505-288-4228 details

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Hemp TV Tuesdays at 7PMmyspace.com/nmhemptv

The One Party State Wednesdays at 11PMContact Lance Klafeta [ [email protected] ] for details

Reeferhead Saturdays at 6PM

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Voice of the ChairJay [email protected]

Buying Gas, School Lunches, and Flying

Now what possible connection can there be among these threeeemingly separate issues? Read further. There is!

A couple of months ago I read an article telling us how Shell gastations would be starting to allow customers, on a voluntary basis, toay for their gas by use of their fingerprint. Right away my cynical,ritical, skeptical, paranoid side kicked into high gear.

When I broached the subject with other Libertarians I was chided formy stance on the matter. I was told that as this is a voluntary

rogram, it is definitely in line with Libertarian views on issues. I stoodmy ground, saying that I foresee this as the beginning of an insidious,reeping incrementalism.

saw this as the beginning of a step by step move to get the citizenrysed to using their fingerprint for more and more aspects of their dailyfe. To paraphrase (and shorten), I referred to a quote that states theyame for the first group, the second group, the third group, etc, andach time no one spoke up. Then when they came for me there waso one left to speak up. Besides, I asked, who wants to have there bechance that their finger might be cut off by someone else to use as a

means to pay for something. Still, my stance was viewed with

kepticism by others.hen, on March 18th, I read another article. This time West Virginias

Wood County schools moved to institute a program whereby studentsay for their school lunch by pushing their thumbs against a touch pad

and with that small movement, theyve paid for their meal. It wasailed, saying the days of dealing with lost lunch cards or forgotten

dentification numbers are over. No more worry about forgetting lunchmoney. And the Wood County schools are not the only schools that

re implementing bio-identification systems. The article identifiesthers that are moving in that direction.

We also need to meet together at our LPNM Annual State Conventionn Albuquerque, on the second weekend in April to discuss and voten the direction we need to move with the Planks of the LP Platform.his is a critical time. We need to ensure we are prepared for what

will occur at the LP National Convention. To do so we need everyoneo attend the LPNM State Convention. You need your voice to beeard, and we need to hear your position on the issue. I see this as

he continuation of an insidious, creeping incrementalism.

Now, in an article dated March 25th, I read that the Homeland SecurityDepartment is on the verge of issuing a rule that would require airlineso take the fingerprints of most foreigners leaving the country via air.

Naturally, the airlines are fighting this. Im sure many will see thissolated issue as a means of controlling our borders, and therefore aecessary procedure. Of course, those who are in favor of openorders (most Libertarians) will have a different view on this. Me, I seehis as another continuation is the saga of an insidious, creepingncrementalism.

So, why am I making all this fuss? As one writer put it, once again,ur society inches just a little closer to the world that George Orwell

magined in his novel 1984 a world utterly without any privacy. Arehe pieces of the puzzle starting to fall into place? Do we want to lethem slowly anesthetize us by a step by step program of getting ussed to less and less privacy, and more and more control over ourves? Do we want to allow the continued movement of our countryoward becoming more and more a police state, a surveillancetate? Was that a resounding NO I just heard from you? If so,ood for you!

We need to be every vigilant against insidious, creepingncrementalism, in whatever form it tries to sneak by us. Dont forgethe tale of the frog placed in a pot of cold water. When the heat waslowly turned up, the water gradually became warmer and warmer,ntil the frog, not having noticed the change in its situation, becameooked.

Lets not let this bio-identification and other such programs scook us. Be on the watch, and speak up at every opportunity. have to watch carefully, but if you do, you will be able to ferretthese issues.

We have a number in the LPNM and in other State LP parties continually write letters to the editor and phone in to talk radio shto identify and take a stand against these invasions from within.

about you? What will you do?

Write letters to the editor, and letters and emails to you CongCritters, both at the national and the state level? Phone in and idethese issues on talk radio programsin spite of the tendency number of talk show hosts to cut you off and hang up on youtrying, anyway. Speak up to others you know to educate themthese issuesthey may not be as astute as you in identinsidious, creeping incrementalism when it occurs.

LPNM 2008 Annual State Convention

In a few days well be at our LPNM 2008 Annual State ConvenAlthough Roberts Rules of Order are only a guideline, and are nlaw by which we must comply, we have bound ourselves to conLPNM business meetings in accordance with those rules. There

lets review a few of the more commonly use rules. The followinbased on version 10, the most recent published (version 11 isbeing compiled).

First, the assembly rules they have the final say on everythalthough they might need to amend the bylaws to allow for whatwant to decide. And, silence means consent.

Obtain the floor (the right to speak) by being the first to s

when the person speaking has finished state Mr./Madam CWhile raising your hand normally means nothing, we recogthat some are unable to stand, and therefore recognize the rahand as a means of requesting recognition. Standing or rayour hand while another has the floor is out of order! With ofew of exceptions, such as a question of privilege, call fo

orders of the day, point of order, appeal from the decision ochair, parliamentary inquiry, point of (request for) informatioobjection to consideration of the question, you musrecognized before speaking.

Debate can not begin until the Chair has stated the motion, or

the secretary do so. If no one rises, the chair calls for the vot

Before the motion is stated by the Chair, members may sug

modification of the motion; the mover can modify as he orpleases, or even withdraw the motion without consent oseconder; if mover modifies, the seconder can withdrawsecond.

The member moving the immediately pending questio

entitled to preference to the floor!

No member can speak twice to the same issue until ever

else wishing to speak has spoken to it once.

All remarks must be directed to the Chair. Remarks mus

courteous in language and deportment avoid all personalnever allude to others by name or to motives!

A longer 5-page summary, taken from the LP Delegation CManual-2008, will be printed and available at the Convention.


"In matters of principle, stand like a rock; in matters of taste, swwith the current." Thomas Jefferson, third presidentMy comment, Know the difference. Jay Vandersloot, Chair, LPN
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Libertarian Party of New Mexico2008 State Convention

11 13 April 2007, Albuquerque, New MexicoRadisson Hotel Albuquerque radisson.com/albuquerquenm

2500 Carlisle Boulevard NE, Albuquerque NM 87110 See tinyurl.com/2fm6tj for directions

All events FREE except Banquet Program and Diehard Breakfast ProgramPUBLIC WELCOME but only members can participate in the Business Meeting

FRIDAY, APRIL 11

5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Registration / No-host cash bar, appetizers and short order from bar menu

7:00 PM - 9:30 PM Paul Gessing of the Rio Grande Foundation riograndefoundation.org

SATURDAY, APRIL 12

8:00 AM 9:00 AM Registration, County Conventions or Caucuses, as needed

9:00 AM 10:00 AM Bill Koehler, LPNM Press Secretary and Host, New Mexico's Consumer AdvocateSocialism is Perfect

0:30 AM 11:30 AM Candidates' and Activists' Panel

1:30 AM 1:00 PM No-host Lunch and movie showing (V For Vendetta)

:00 PM 2:30 PM State of the Party Address and LPNM Annual Business Meeting Jay Vandersloot, State Chair Presid

3:00 PM 4:00 PM Sala Chapman, New Mexicans for Ron Paul OrganizerNational Health Care

4:30 PM 5:30 PM Charles McLaughlin, from the Irish Freedom Committee irishfreedomcommittee.netThe USUK Extradition Treaty

5:30 PM 7:00 PM County Conventions or Caucuses, as needed

7:00 PM Banquet Program (see below), Key Note Address, Fundraiser Auction and Concert (?)L. Neil Smith, libertarian science fiction writer and columnist lneilsmith.org

SUNDAY, APRIL 13

8:00 AM 10:00 AM Die Hard Breakfast ProgramMike Blessing, LPNM Secretary, Bernalillo LP Chair and Host, The Weekly SeditionThe Best of Times, The Worst of Times (working title)

0:00 AM Convention ends, After-convention Central Committee meeting

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Libertarian Party of New Mexico

2008 RoadtoFreedom Motorcycle Raffle

2008 Harley-Davidson Softail Rocker 96 cubic inches! 6-speed! Lowest solo saddle on a production motorcycle! Fat 240mm rear tire! 5-spoke wheels! Stretched 5-gallon tank!

ONLY 399 CHANCES OFFEREDThe Libertarian Party of New Mexico encourages motorcyclists to consider the use of helmets and other saquipment. However, we believe those who ride should decide and we oppose mandatory helmet laws for motorcyclis

Odds depend on the actual number of chances sold, but no more than 399 chances will be available. Drawing will bpproximately 8:00 PM, on Bill of Rights Day, Monday December 15, 2008 at the Farmington Civic Center, in Farming

New Mexico. The Libertarian Party of New Mexico (LPNM) reserves the right to draw prior to this date in the evenhances are sold early. In the event of an early drawing, notice will be posted at www.lpnm.org at least two weeks p

o the drawing. LPNM will make every effort to notify the winner using the contact information provided. In the eventwinner cannot be contacted within 30 days of the drawing, the prize will be awarded to a backup winner. Winneesponsible for tax, title and license fees.

For Raffle Tickets, send $100 per ticket and your contact information, including name, mailing addresses, phnumbers and e-mail address to

LPNM c/o Ron Bjornstad918 Ivory Road SE

Rio Rancho, NM [email protected]

The official raffle page sjclp.org/Rocker_raffle.htm

For more details about the motorcycle, see tinyurl.com/2fu72e

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The LPNM's Candidates to Date

President of the United StatesFrom the Liberty Decides section at the LP's national site

[ lp.org/libertydecides ]

im Burns jimburnsforpresident.comohn Finan johnmfinan.com

Barry Hess [ No website MWB ]Mike Gravel gravel2008.usDave Hollist ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/constitutionDaniel Imperato imperato2008.comBob Jackson bobjackson.org

Michael Jingozian resetamerica.comSteve Kubby kubby2008.comAlden Link link-for-pres.orgGeorge Phillies phillies2008.orgWayne Allyn Root rootforamerica.comMary Ruwart votemary2008.comChristine Smith christinesmithforpresident.comDaniel Williams thenewlibertarian.org

Vice-President of the United States

Chris Bennett chrisbennett2008.blogspot.comKaren Kwiatkowski (?) tinyurl.com/27t38qGreg Raymer (?) tinyurl.com/2bb2hx

State Legislature

Mike Blessing State House District 16myspace.com/mikewbnmh16

THE UNANIMOUS CONSENT CHALLENGE

CASH 10,000 PRIZE

To the first person to write a logical and documented essay showingne of the following to be compatible with the Declaration of

ndependence:

Sherman Anti-Trust Act of 1890Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906

Federal Communications Act of 1934National Firearms Act of 1934

Banking Act of 1935

The Internal Revenue CodeControlled Substances Act of 1970RICO Act of 1970

Federal Elections Act of 1970Plumbing Products Efficiency Act of 1992

Anti-Money Laundering Act of 1992USA PATRIOT Act of 2001

Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002

To claim your prize, contactMike Blessing at 505-918-6567 or

send an email to [email protected]

The Idiocy of "Left vs. Right"by Mike Blessing [ [email protected] ]

tinyurl.com/35v3xlWe hear it all the time "___________ is a left-winger,"___________ is a right-winger," etc. While most people rely on thesestandards" as Gospel, in reality, it's just a pile of crap.

The whole "left vs. right" game isn't based upon any rational orbjective analysis of the respective philosophies, doctrines, platforms,

manifestos, etc., involved, but upon the seating arrangements of the791 French National Assembly.

After all, why should you think for yourself in examining the group orssue in question, when you can rely on some newspaper or TV pundito think for you, using a 200-year-old seating chart as the basis of thatnalysis?

Former U.S. Senator Mike Graveljoins Libertarian Party ranks

Believes Democrats are out of touch with American citizenslp.org/media/article_573.shtml

Washington, D.C. Mike Gravel, a former Alaskan SenatorDemocratic candidate for president, has joined the Libertarian Pa

"I'm joining the Libertarian Party because it is a party that combincommitment to freedom and peace that can't be found in themajor parties that control the government and politics of Amesays Gravel. "My libertarian views, as well as my strong sagainst war, the military industrial complex and American imperia

seem not to be tolerated by Democratic Party elites who are otouch with the average American; elites that reject the empowerof American citizens I offered to the Democratic Party at the beginof this presidential campaign with the National InitiativeDemocracy."

Gravel served in the United States Senate from 1969 to 1981. recently, Gravel was a Democratic presidential candidate, thforced out of national debates by Democratic Party leadership anmedia. Gravel officially became a member of the Libertarian today.

Gravel is the most recent former member of Congress to switch tLibertarian Party. In 2006, former Republican Congressman Bobjoined the Libertarian Party.

"It is a distinct honor to have another former member of Congwithin the Libertarian Party," says Barr. "Just as Senator Gbelieves Democrats have lost touch with the American public, concluded Republicans had lost their core principles, and coulonger associate myself with the GOP. While coming from oppsides of the aisle, Senator Gravel and I definitely agree onfundamental need for systemic change in our political system, andthe only way we have of effecting that change is by supportingworking in the Libertarian Party, which is the only political paAmerica that consistently works in word and deed to maxindividual liberty and minimize government power."

"We're honored to have a former member of the United States Sejoin our ranks," says Libertarian Party Executive Director Shane Senator Gravel has a sincere dedication to empowering the Amepeople and eliminating the corrupting influence of the two mparties. His switch from the Democratic Party, as well as foCongressman Barrs abandonment of the GOP, shows thaLibertarian Party is truly a big tent organization moving firmly idirection of Liberty.

The Libertarian Party is America's third largest political party, fouin 1971 as an alternative to the two main political parties. Youfind more information on the Libertarian Party by visiting www.lpThe Libertarian Party proudly stands for smaller government, ltaxes and more freedom.

For more information on this issue, or to arrange a media intervplease call Andrew Davis at (202) 333-0008 during normal busihours, or at (202) 731-0002 during any other time.

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John Stossel Event!John Stossel Coming to Albuquerque on 30 April 2008

By Paul J. Gessing [ [email protected] ]riograndefoundation.org/pg_jse.html

oin the Rio Grande Foundation and the New Mexico ProsperityProject for lunch with John Stossel, host of ABC's 20/20. Stossel, one

f the most prominent supporters of free markets and limitedovernment in the nation and perhaps their most prominent supporter

mong the media, is coming to New Mexico to discuss the importancef individual freedom and how government can be a force for liberty or hindrance to it, when it gets too big and powerful.

The event will be held on Wednesday, April 30th at noon at theMarriott Pyramid in Albuquerque located at 5151 San Francisco RoadNE. The price for "early bird" registration is $30 which includes lunch.This reduced price goes up to $40 after tax day, April 15. Credit cardegistrations are being accepted online now by clicking here. Or, if yourefer, checks can be mailed to the Rio Grande Foundation at P.O.

Box 40336, Albuquerque, NM 87196. Please note the names of eachf your guests (if any).

We are excited to bring Mr. Stossel to New Mexico as his uniqueournalism shows millions of Americans every week that governments,ot "greedy" corporations, are usually at the root of everydayroblems and rip-offs.

n addition in-depth reports for 20/20 on subjects ranging fromovernment waste to parenting, Stossel does shorter piecesebunking myths, like "record high" gas prices, the evils ofsweatshops" and price "gouging". In addition, his "Give Me a Break"ommentaries take a skeptical look at a wide array of issues, from populture controversies to censorship and government regulations.

ohn Stossel is one of America's leading lights of liberty. Seating ismited for this event, so be sure to reserve yours today! If you haveny questions, contact the Rio Grande Foundation at 505-264-6090.

n addition to his work on 20/20, Stossel has written two best sellers:Give Me a Break and Myths, Lies, and Downright Stupidity: WhyEverything You Know Is Wrong.

His most recent special, Stupid in America, suggested that theovernment's monopoly on education cheats kids. John Stossel Goeso Washington looked at how, under both Democrats and

Republicans, government keeps growing, while Tampering WithNature suggested that most tampering is a good thing.

Stossel's first special,Are We Scaring Ourselves to Death, examinedxaggerated fears of things like chemicals and crime. It was followedy The Blame Game, which looked at Americans' growing tendency tolame their misfortunes on others, and Boys and Girls Are Different.

For Is America Number 1?, Stossel's most popular program in school classrooms (StosselInTheClassroom.org), he traveledworld to compare American life with life elsewhere and ask, "makes a nation prosperous?"

In You Can't Say That!, he looked at the free speech battle and ascience of happiness in The Mystery of Happiness; destrulawsuits in The Trouble With Lawyers; and bogus scientific claimJunk Science: What You Know That May Not Be So.

Freeloaders focused on how getting "something for nothing" appto all of us, including rich people who use the power of governmehelp themselves. Greed challenged conventional wisdom on

Americans view business, while Sex, Drugs and Consenting Aquestioned why Americans are jailed for voluntary non-vactivities.

Stossel has received 19 Emmy Awards. He has been honoredtimes for excellence in consumer reporting by the National Press CAmong his other awards are the George Polk Award for OutstanLocal Reporting and the George Foster Peabody Award.

Register here riograndefoundation.org/pg_dis.html

Paul Gessing is President of the Rio Grande Foundatioriograndefoundation.org a non-partisan, tax-exempt researcheducational organization dedicated to promoting prosperity for Mexico based on principles of limited government, economic freeand individual responsibility.

Bob Barr Weighing Presidential Runtinyurl.com/2nb45z

Former Republican Georgia Rep. Bob Barr is considering a rupresident on the Libertarian Party ticket.

Barr told FOX News on Tuesday that he should know in the nexdays whether he is going to go for it.

If he does decide to make an announcement in the next few dBarr said it would not be in either Washington or Atlanta.

Another source todl FOX News that the announcement should hathis weekend, probably on April 5. That is the day Barr is schedulbe the keynote speaker at the Heartland Libertarian Conferenc

Kansas City, Mo.Barr, who joined the Libertarian Party after leaving Congress in 2is looking to attract conservatives who are unhappy with the choiJohn McCain as the expected Republican presidential nomMcCain and Barr are at odds primarily over the role of U.S troopIraq, although both agree that tough interrogation methods shouldbe permitted.

FITNews, who was first to report the possible presidential bid, wthat Barr will receive the endorsement of Texas Republican Rep.Paul, a GOP presidential candidate who is still technically in the but has not suggested he would throw his support to McCain. Mcand Paul, who ran on the Libertarian Party presidential ticket in 1also are at odds primarily over the role of U.S. troops in Iraq.

Barr, who represented Georgias 7th Congressional District in theHouse from 1995-2003 and served as a House manager dimpeachment proceedings against former President Bill Clintonthe Atlanta Journal-Constitution last week that he identifies clowith Pauls outlook.

Ron Paul tapped into a great deal of that dissatisfaction andawareness. Unfortunately, working through the Republican structure, it became impossible for him to really move forward witmovement. But we have to have . . . a rallying point out theharness that energy, that freedom in this election cycle, he said.

FOX News David M. Lewkowict contributed to this report.


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A Ring of Truthby L. Neil Smith [ [email protected] ]

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You may have heard, recently, of a woman, undergoing securityrocedures at one of this once-free nation's airport gulags, who was

orced by Transportation Safety Administration goons to remove a pairf decorative metal rings from her nipples with pliers, even though theewelry demonstrably posed no threat to anybody and she waseportedly willing to show them to appropriate female securityersonnal.

There was no reason for this treatment. It's the kind of routine violationnd harrassment members of America's Productive Class have been

ncreasingly subjected to by otherwise unemployable minimum wagehugs.

t is, of course, only the latest in what the Founding Fathers wouldave called "a long chain of abuses and usurpations, pursuing

nvariably the same object, evincing a design to reduce themmeaning us) under absolute despotism." Of course that's from the

Declaration of Independence, and if you're not the big fan of Thomasefferson's beautiful and elegant prose that I am, it means that TSA's

mission is not safety, but to grind us down and make compliant slavesf all of us.

say enough is enough.

Anyone with three gray cells floating in their skulls understandserfectly that armed citizens could have stopped the 9/11 hijackingsasily, that the crimes were enabled by unconstitutional gun laws, andhat we're living on dumb luck: it's now more dangerous to fly thanver. Forcing women to tear off their nipple rings with pliers only

makes the situation worse, betraying the unbelievable lunacy andower hungry depravity of those who falsely claim to be protectings.

efferson also made some remarks about altering or abolishing suchespotism, throwing it off, and providing "new guards" for our futureecurity.

Understand from the very beginning that, even if TSA were sincerebout protecting airline passengers from terrorist nipple rings and

imilar dire threats, they would still be an abject failure. The simple,nescapable fact is that self-defense is an individual bodily function ke eating, sleeping, making love, or going to the bathroom thatannot be delegated to anybody else. Every attempt to evade orverride that fact invariably winds up in tragedy. Sometimes the

ragedy is of monstrous proportions, as it was on September 11, 2001.

That's a very important concept, so I'm going to state it again: self-efense is an individual bodily function that cannot be delegated. Theery notion is absurd. Every attempt to do so ends in tragedy.

What's the alternative?", I pretend to hear you ask. Well to begin with,or the sake of preventing any further violations of the rights andignity of individuals and to avoid any more tragedies like 9/11 the

TSA must be abolished, and for some reasonable interval, its budgetiverted to compensate its many thousands of victims.

Before they are entirely released from service, each TSA employeemust be individually investigated, scrutinized, charged, and tried for

is or her crimes against the Constitution for which the excuse xactly as it was established at the Nuremberg Tribunals following

World War II that "I was just following orders" will not be acceptable.

Under the terms clearly mandated by the Fourteenth Amendment, noormer TSA employee will ever be employable at any level ofovernment again (no government pensions should be payable to anyf these people), nor will he or she be permitted to run for or to holdublic office. Moreover, because many of their crimes closelyesemble (or actually are) sexual offenses, the residences of former

TSA employees, in any neighborhood, will be a matter of publicecord, and whenever they move, their new addresses will be dulyeported to their new neighbors.

Furthermore, anyone who ever referred to the infamous "No-Fly to deprive Americans of their right to travel, or who helped to comthat list, will be subject to exactly the same sanctions as former employees. Substantial rewards will be offered to those willing tofellow government or corporate employees over to the law.

The ownership or use of weapons-detecting technology byagency or employee or government at any level, or bycorporation, or by its corporate personnel, will be treated aequivalent to felonious assault. Aside from the presencunobtrusive, totally transparent "bomb-sniffing" devices, no searof passengers or their belongings (including the use of X-multispectral cameras, or any similar mechanism) will be permitt

America's airports by anyone, ever again.

Only two kinds of security "measures" will be allowed:

(1) Armed professional peacekeepers (who will not be permitteenforce drug laws, or do anything but act in an onboard emergeand

(2) armed individuals who are willing to declare themselves toairline, and will receive generous discounts on the prices of tickets, provided they are willing to carry ammunition supplied bairline in several different calibers that will not damage the aircra

There may be points here that you disagree with, but if we quover details, the proposal will lose its force. We will go on btreated like slaves at the airport by subhuman scum whose ma

have expressed gleeful willingness to have a hijacked airliner down by fighters, rather than allow passengers to carry weapSome scholars believe that's what really happened to United AirFlight 93 on 9/11, after which the government lied about the herof its doomed passengers.

The alternative it to be treated with dignity and respect likeindividuals. If you like the general idea, talk it up, pass this aalong, make the enemies of freedom as uncomfortable as you canseems like too much work, remember those genuine heroespledged their lives, fortunes, and sacred honor to establish our rig

Can you do any less?

Richardson the Farmer?by John Trever of the Albuquerque Journal

25 March 2008

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At-Large Representative, Seat Aoseph Knight 505-330-7713 / [email protected]

At-Large Representative, Seat BAllen Cogbill 505-662-7833 / [email protected]

District 1 Representative, Seat Aohn Pfersich 505-301-2601 / [email protected]

District 1 Representative, Seat BMark Curtis 505-256-1993 / [email protected]

District 2 Representative, Seat AVACANT

District 2 Representative, Seat BVACANT

District 3 Representative, Seat ABob Ziesmer 505-327-6681 / [email protected]

District 3 Representative, Seat BMike Moss 505-564-4905 / [email protected]

Press SecretaryBill Koehler 505-264-0835 / [email protected]

Campus Contacts

University of New Mexicoohn Pfersich (Acting) 505-301-2601 / [email protected]

LPNM Vacancies

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Obama the Bridge-Builder?by John Trever of the Albuquerque Journal

21 March 2008

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