new mexico liberty, october 2006

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page 1 Support the Paul Trujillo Campaign Notes from the Editor

Page 2 Field Reports LPNM's 2006 Candidates Calendar Patsy Madrid

Page 3 Voice of the Chair Page 4 New Mexico Government among Worst in

North America Police Disarmament Planned Sir Spend-A-Lot

Page 5 Richard Winger on the LPNM's Case Letter to the Farmington Daily Times

Page 6 Wondermark #225 Some suffer, while

Others profit The LP's Presidential Candidates Richardson For President A/S/L? U want 2 cyber? We Are Outraged!

Page 7 The Unanimous Consent Challenge Remember Border Wall The Simon Jester Project

Page 8 Contacts / Internet Resources

Page 9 Debit / Credit Donations

Page 10 Administrivia

Page 11 America's migration madness Then and Now Lucha Politica

Page 12 LPNM Enrollment / Renewal

Support the Paul Trujillo CampaignBy Joseph Knight [ [email protected] ]

Paul Trujillo is running for REELECTION to the Valencia County (NM) Commission.

He put his political career on the line by switching to the LP while in office and is nowin a three-way race for his seat. HE IS THE ONLY LP MEMBER IN A PARTISANPUBLIC OFFICE IN NEW MEXICO.

Please don't forget him. A hundred bucks or whatever you can afford to send him -would work for liberty in a meaningful way.

You can contact Paul about his campaign, and where to send money, at "Paul Trujillo"

[ [email protected] ] or 505-550-2854.NOTES FROM THE EDITOR

by Mike Blessing [ [email protected] ]

On the ongoing fight between the purist and pragmatic factions:

Every organization has these sorts of internal fights. The Nazis had them an example is the Night of the Long Knives, where

Himmler's SS wiped out Rohm's SA, with Hitler's support. The Soviet Russians had them the purges of the 1930's under Stalin, followed by

the De-Stalinization program after Big Joe croaked in 1953. The Chinese Communists had them the Cultural Revolution pushed by Mao was

his reaction to others in the CCP trying to lessen his power. Here in New Mexico, John Dendahl, past LPNM convention speaker, was ousted

from his spot at the head of the GOPNM after he spoke up in favor of some form of marijuana law reform.

Also here in New Mexico, the Green Party goes through this every time one of their candidates causes a Democrat to lose a race. Their infighting makes Libertarianslook like pikers.

As for purity, here's a quote from Falling Stars, the last book in the Firestar series byMichael Flynn:

The Goal can eat you up if you let it, and turn you against yourself. Purity isnot to be found in this world; but there is a line in the sand, which, if you crossit, you lose yourself. . . . You must learn where you have drawn your ownline.

On that note, I can't recommend the four books of the Firestar series enough. It'slibertarian / extropian / panarchic science fiction at its best. The Probability Broach byL. Neil Smith takes you to a better world through an interdimensional hole in the wall.

Flynn shows us a way to make this world a better one when you don't have a broachto escape through.

On supporting coalitions and non-LPNM candidates, I don't have a problem with that per se , but there are two candidates that I won't vote for under any circumstances Patsy Madrid (running for U.S. House, 1st District) and Jim Bozo, er, I mean Baca(running for State Land Commissioner). The reasons for naming Patsy here areobvious she's not even close to libertarian in the policies she advocates, AND whileshe was warming the executive chair at the Attorney General's Office, she went out of her way to use the powers of that office to KILL the LPNM.

As for Bozo Baca, well, ask any Albuquerque Libertarian who remembers his term asMayor of Albuquerque about what a great job he did he was actively bigoted againstgun owners, he gave Bernalillo Township five SunTran busses each bus costAlbuquerque 292,000, yet Bozo let them go for 1,800 apiece . . . . If the LPNM'scandidates end up not being included on the ballot, I'll cast a blank in these two races.

October 2006 The Official Newsletter of the Libertarian Party of New Mexico www.lpnm.orgwww.lpnm.org/newsletter / groups.yahoo.com/group/nmliberty

NEW MEXICO LIBERTY Let Freedom Ring

Editor / Publisher Mike Blessing [ [email protected] ]Print Distribution Ron Bjornstad / Bill Koehler

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las CALENDARSee groups.myspace.com/lpnm for details, updates, etc.

SPECIAL EVENTS

Central Committee Meeting 10 December at Roper's FamilyRestaurant (Wyoming and Central SE) in Albuquerque. Lunch at12:00 PM, meeting at 1:00 PM. Contact Jay Vanersloot (505-362-1733) or Mike Blessing (505-710-5197) for directions or details.

State Convention 13 / 14 / 15 April 2007 in San Juan County.All Libertarian presidential candidates are invited. The keynotespeaker will be Prometheus Award-winning science-fiction writer L. Neil Smith [ www.lneilsmith.org ]

REGULAR EVENTS

Thursday, 5 October and 19 October Bernalillo County LibertyForum meets in Albuquerque, 6:00 to 7:00 PM at Fiesta'sRestaurant & Lounge (Carlisle & Montogomery NE). ContactMike Blessing, 505-710-5197, for details.

Wednesday, 11 October Interested Dona Ana CountyLibertarians are invited to attend and to contact Siebert Ickler,505-541-9079, for information on location and time.

Saturday, 14 October San Juan County LP meets at 6PM

contact Bob Ziesmer, 505-327-6681, for details. The San JuanCounty LP's Central Committee will meet at 5PM.

Wednesday, 25 October Sandoval County LP meets at JBsrestaurant on 528 near Intel. Contact Ron Bjornstad, 505-288-4228, for details.

Saturday, 28 October The LPDAC will host an informationtable at the Farmer's Market in downtown Las Cruces from 8:30AM to 12:30 PM. Contact Siebert Ickler, 505-541-9079, for details.

TV Shows Channel 27 in Albuquerque(not necessarily endorsed by LPNM)

The Weekly SeditionWednesdays at 8PM

www.myspace.com/kcufmediaHemp TV Tuesdays at 7PMwww.myspace.com/nmhemptv

Patsy Madridby Mike Blessing [ [email protected] ]

New Mexico Liberty October 2006 Page 2

FIELD REPORTSFrom County / Campus Chairs

Bernalillo The BCLP is hosting two meetings per month, aswell as a weekly hour-long TV show ( New Mexico's Consumer

Advocate ) on Albuquerque Comcast Ch.27. Show times areWednesdays at 8PM. For more information, see the BCLPwebsite www.lpnm.org/bernalillo . The Weekly Seditionresumes in January, 2007.

The Weekly Sedition and New Mexico's Consumer Advocate arenow available in webcast format. For the viewing links, seeChannel 27 [ www.quote-unquote.org ] or the KCUF Mediawebsite [ www.myspace.com/kcufmedia ].

The Bernalillo County LP is currently seeking one or morepersons to represent the BCLP in front of the Albuquerque CityCouncil and / or Bernalillo County Commission in the public-comment sections of those bodies' meeting agendas.

Jay Vandersloot has been active in staffing tables at gun shows,the latest being on 19 August at the State Fairgrounds inAlbuquerque, as well as doing radio interviews on KUNM-FM(89.1) and KAGM-FM (106.3), most recently concerning theVasquez decision against the LPNM's candidates having ballotaccess for the November 2006 election.

Paul Gessing and the staff of the Rio Grande Foundation, has

been getting columns and letters to the editor printed in the Albuquerque Journal on a regular basis. Some of those havebeen printed here in New Mexico Liberty . Others are available athe RGF's website www.riograndefoundation.org

Dona Ana The LPDAC Central Committee has been havingmonthly meetings, as well as an information table at the LasCruces Farmer's Market. See the LPDAC website www.lpnm.org/dona-ana for details.

San Juan The SJCLP continues to sell tickets for their rifleand pistol raffle, the drawing for which will be held on Bill of Rights Day, 15 December 2006, as well as regularly gettingletters to the editor printed in the Farmington Daily Times , thelatest of which, by Derrill Gleim, is reprinted on page .

Sandoval The LPSC is having its monthly meetings at theJ.B.'s on 528, north of Intel.Valencia Paul Trujillo is currently serving as the LPNM'sofficeholder, as a Commissioner on the County Commission for Distrcit 3.

LPNM'S 2006 CANDIDATES Siebert Ickler for U.S. Senate. John Pfersich for Commissioner of Public Lands. Stan Raczynski for State Treasurer. Bill Koehler for U.S. House or Representatives,

District 1 Paul Trujillo for Valencia County Commission,

District 3 Mike Blessing for Bernalillo County Sheriff Jay Vandersloot for Bernalillo County Commission,

District 5

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"Most of the trouble in this world has been caused by folks whocan't mind their own business, because they have no businessof their own to mind, any more than a smallpox virus has."

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Voice of the Chair Jay Vandersloot

[email protected]

Court Case Decided Against the LPNM

As some of you already know, the recent court case filed on our behalf by the ACLU, concerning the New Mexico ballot accesslaw, was decided against us. Naturally, we are disappointed inthe decision and we respectfully disagree with that decision.

We were not allowed an opportunity to present our evidence or have anyone testify. Rather, the judge issued a decision basedon the briefs that had been filed. It is unusual for a judge todecide before discovery has begun, and we feel it was apremature decision.

The ACLU is currently reviewing our options with. Hopefully, wewould like to see this appealed. An appeal would probably go tothe 10th Circuit Court for decision. If this is appealed, thereshould be a good chance we could win an appeal in the firstround, on the question of, should the judge have given anopportunity to present evidence? But, thats not guaranteed.

Richard Winger notes that this year New Mexico is the only statein which more than a single petition would be needed if a newparty set out to qualify a slate of nominees for all statewideoffices. He double checked this.

He found that if one calculates how many signatures would beneeded for a new party to run a full slate of candidates for allstatewide offices up for election this year, the number of validated signatures in New Mexico would be 60,512, higher than the number of signatures needed in any other state exceptCalifornia (that would require about 120,000 signatures toensure the count of 60,512 validated signatures).

Loss of a Media Access Friend

Up until the end of September, KAGM Talk Radio, 106.3 FM hasbeen very friendly towards the Libertarian Party of New Mexico.However, they decided to change their format at the end of September. Now, instead of talk radio, they first switched to a

Hispanic music format, then to country-western music.In the past, every time an issue has arisen warranting any newscoverage at all, Larry Ahrens, Lee Logan, Diane Anderson, andtheir production director, Peter St. Cyr, have all been verycooperative with us. Each time, they have afforded us with anin-studio, live interview session, lasting a full half hour. We wereallowed to state our position, without being cut off or shouteddown.

Other interviews we have had, with KUNM, the local NPR radiostation and with Associated Press, have only been telephonicinterviews. In those cases, they cut the interviews down tosound bites, and while they may sometimes get the gist of our position, that is not always the case.

Well miss the cooperative spirit and the easy access to themedia that we have previously enjoyed with KAGM Talk Radio.


LP Platform Undergoes Major Change

There were major changes to the LP National Platform passedat the Convention in July. Mainly, it eliminated the majority of the planks. I envision a flurry of efforts between now and thenext LP Convention in 2008 to reinstitute as many of the planksas possible.Lets take a look at the second of the remaining planks fromour LP National Platform.

I.3 Freedom of Religion

Issue Government routinely invades personal privacy rightsbased solely on individuals religious beliefs. Arbitrary taxstructures are designed to give aid to certain religions, and denyit to others.

Principle We defend the rights of individuals to engage in (or abstain from) any religious activities that do not violate the rightsof others.

Solution In order to defend freedom, we advocate a strictseparation of church and State. We oppose government actionsthat either aid or attack any religion. We oppose taxation of church property for the same reason that we oppose all taxation.We condemn the attempts by parents or any others viakidnappings or conservatorships to force children to conformto any religious views. Government harassment or obstruction of religious groups for their beliefs or non-violent activities mustend.

Transitional Action We call for an end to the harassment of churches by the Internal Revenue Service through threats todeny tax-exempt status to churches that refuse to disclosemassive amounts of information about themselves.

[ Editor's note (10-05-06) At tonight's Liberty Forum, Jay, Billand I discussed the potential for getting some sort of libertarian

oriented radio show to replace (and possibly do better than) theradio interviews that Jay has been doing on KAGM-FM. We

discussed approaching 1350-FM, the local Air America affiliate,with such a program. Anyway, we thank Peter St. Cyr and LeeHogan of Wake up New Mexico for the interviews we did get in,and we'll keep you posted on future developments. MWB ]

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"The FBI accused the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearmsof incompetence. The ATF's law enforcement mission isambiguous at best. After all, the Founding Fathers consideredalcohol, tobacco and firearms three of the four basic foodgroups.

Argus Hamilton

Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, whiledefeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.

Sun-Tzu, military strategist

According to the FTC, in the last five years 27.3million people have been victims of identity theft. Thenumber in 2002 alone was 9.9 million. What if ithappens to you? The Identity Theft Shield can helplessen your exposure. To learn how, contact JayVandersloot, Independent Associate, at 505-362-1733

You have many rights as an Americancitizen toady. Pre-Paid Legal can show youhow to protect your legal rights at a lowcost. With Pre-Paid Legal you can prepayyour most common legal needs, much likeyou prepay your medical needs. It isimportant to know and exercise your legalrights as an American citizen.

Call Jay Vandersloot, IndependentAssociate, at 505-362-1733


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New Study Finds New Mexico Government among Worst inNorth America at Promoting Economic Growth

West Virginia is the Only State Worse than New Mexicowww.tinyurl.com/zmbxs

by Paul Gessing [ [email protected] ]27 September 2006

(Albuquerque, New Mexico) In a just-released study by the U.S.-based National Center for Policy Analysis [ www.ncpa.org ] andCanada-based Fraser Institute [ www.fraserinstitute.ca ], NewMexico government is taken to task for burdening its citizenswith some of the highest taxes and regulatory burdens of anystate or provincial government in all of North America.

With an overall ranking of 50th out of 50 states and 10 Canadianprovinces, only West Virginias abysmal scores prevents NewMexico from being the least economically-free state in thenation. The Canadian provinces of Alberta and Ontario alsooutscore New Mexico despite more burdensome taxes andregulations imposed by that nations government.

Categories, along with information on New Mexicos overallstanding are listed below: Size of government: New Mexico was ranked 56th in this

measure as its state and local tax burden of at 10.1% is wellabove average;

Takings and taxation: New Mexico was 48th (This score hasbeen in a free fall since the state scored 13th in the previousversion of this study three years earlier);

Labor market freedom: New Mexico was ranked 41st;

Commenting on New Mexicos poor showing, Paul Gessing of New Mexicos Rio Grande Foundation, noted, These poor results are no surprise, as New Mexico has relied ongovernment largesse for far too long. New Mexico has morestate and local employees per capita than all but two states andfederal taxpayers spend $2 in New Mexico for every $1 NewMexicans send to Washington.

Gessing went on to argue that, New Mexico is a clear exampleof the reality that government growth hinders economic growth.Low taxes, strong property rights, and limited labor marketrestrictions, on the other hand, allow individuals and businessesto create wealth and raise living standards. New Mexico haslong been considered a poor state, and according to federaldata, New Mexicans have the fifth-lowest personal incomes inthe nation.

The full text of Economic Freedom in North America 2006 canbe found at the National Center for Policy Analysis website [www.ncpa.org/pub/special/pdf/EFNA2006.pdf ]. Additional dataon New Mexicos economic woes can be found on the RioGrande Foundations website: www.riograndefoundation.org .

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Ayn Rand

Police Disarmament PlannedBy Alan Korwin [ [email protected] ]

www.tinyurl.com/gk4sb

The lamestream media told you:

The nation's newest light-rail system, scheduled to debut in2008, will use unarmed police to deter crime. "Transit officialssay light rail is safe," according to reporter Sean Holstege onSep. 25, 2006, even though the system is not operating yet.

"Metro [the system operator] will have a visible, well-trained

transit-security force," according to spokeswoman Marty McNeil."Metro is also going to invest in the latest and best securitydevices," she says, which will not include any firearms for policeofficers.

"Light-rail foes cite federal crime statistics that suggest light railhas more crime than any other form of mass transit," the ArizonaRepublic article continues, but this will be combated with clear "sight lines, emergency phones, intercoms, alarms, lots of lights,and surveillance systems," plus a large number of officers andfare checkers in uniforms.

The Uninvited Ombudsman notes however that:

Commuters were shocked to learn today that public officialshave decided to disarm police responsible for safety on crime-plagued light rail, scheduled to start running in the nation's fifthlargest city in 2008."They have no legitimate authority to disarm anyone, butsomehow figure it's OK to disarm police stationed to protect thepublic. It's just unmitigated gall, and plain stupid," says oneobserver familiar with the plans. In the first six months of theyear, Phoenix police statistics show 1,349 crimes per 100,000people, with 866 of these along the light-rail route. (With morethan 3 million people, the Phoenix stats should be multiplied by30.)

In an ironic twist, a new law in Arizona requires governmentagencies to allow people to keep possession of their personalfirearms, unless safe and secure storage is provided near entryand exit points. Unless Metro plans to require riders to checktheir guns in and out of the train cars, people will be better

prepared to protect police officers than the other way around.Libertarian commentators say this is actually quite a refreshingstate of affairs for a change.

Sir Spend-A-Lotby Mike Blessing [ [email protected] ]

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(3) As a result of today's decision, New Mexico is the only statein the west with a Dem-Rep monopoly in all statewide races.Libertarian candidates for statewide office are on the Nov. 2006ballot this year in all the western states except New Mexico.

(4) The judge seems to have made a mistake on the law. Shesaid a major party is one that got 5% (of the gub. or pres. vote,whichever was later) in the last election for ANY of itscandidates. But in March 2000, Judge Pfeffer, a state court

judge, in our ballot case, said a major party is one that got 5%for president or governor.

Letter to the Farmington Daily Times1 October 2006

Survey readies county residents for tax,government increase

Editor:

The world is full of people who do things for others out of thegoodness of their hearts with no expectations of gain.

Unfortunately, none of these people have been elected or appointed to any public office.

I received a survey from San Juan County along with one of mylocal utility bills. Actually, it wasn't a survey, rather a notice to getready for a tax increase and expansion of local government. The

questions were designed so that any answer you gave meantthat you were in favor of increased taxes and governmentcontrol. Nowhere on the survey did they suggest they mightwant to cut spending and reduce government's power.

To make it easier, the County Clerk has graciously agreed tocontribute to your hanging by paying the return postage withyour money. It may be my imagination, but several of the surveyquestions make me think private business interests that stand toprofit are pulling a few strings.

Question No. 10. "More growth should be directed to occur inside cities and less growth directed to outside cities." What?Are we in competition with some Communist countrysomewhere? My question No. 1 to government. Why are you sostinking worried about where I live or what my place looks like?You got some buddies you need to help out, or what?

Question No. 12. "There is a need for middle and upper-scalehomes in unincorporated S.J.C." Real meaning. Get ready, poor people, here they come again. By the way, is it all right for alower-class family to live in a middle or upper-scale home? Isthere a government form that we lower class unincorporated-scale people can fill out that says we want you uppity-scalepeople to just leave us alone?

Now why did you ask the city folk what they think of myunincorporated place? You didn't ask me what I thought aboutpeople packed like sardines.

The world is full of people who will rob and steal from you in thedead of night or broad daylight. Unfortunately, most of thesepeople have been elected or appointed to public office.

Derrill GleimAztec

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This is the price of freedom: Your every drop of courage,ounce of pain, pint of blood. Paid in advance.

Sebastian Lee, "The Rising Tide", AFC 271Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda, episode "Bunker Hill"

www.andromedatv.com

Richard Winger on the LPNM's Caseby Richard Winger [ r [email protected] ]

On pages 4-5, the Vasquez decision says a major party in NewMexico is a group that polled 5% (of the vote for Governor or President) for ANY of its nominees. This is what the lawappears to say. However, a state court ruled in March 2000 thata major party is a group that polled 5% for president or governor. The state court decision of March 2000 is the law inNew Mexico, so clearly Judge Vazquez was uninformed.

If the definition of "major party" were as Judge Vazquez says,then the Libertarian Party would have been recognized as amajor party after the 1998 election. It ran Maurice McDonald for Land Commissioner. There was no Republican in the race, so itis not surprising that McDonald polled 35,878 votes, or 8.54% of the vote in his race. That also worked out to be 7.19% of thegubernatorial vote that year. The Libertarian Party also gots itsregistration up to one-third of 1%.

But, even though an Attorney General's Opinion had alsoagreed that a major party was one that got 5% (of thegubernatorial or presidential vote) for ANY of its candidates, astate court in March 2000 ruled that the law really requires amajor party to be one that got 5% for president or governor.This had the effect of costing the Greens their major partystatus.

The judge also made a factual error when she said the LP of New Mexico filed its party petition in April 2006. It filed thesignatures in October 2005. It took the state all that time tovalidate the signatures.

The most irritating part of the decision is on page 13, when shecites the crowded ballot for president in 1992, without seemingto understand that presidential candidates have never needed anominee petition. In fact, that is one of our strongestarguments...if the state can get along without a nominee petitionfor president, why does it need them for other office? I don'tthink the judge understands that no nominee petitions areneeded for president. She didn't mention that fact.

She also didn't mention Workers World Party v Vigil-Giron, nor the Minnesota Independence Party case.

As for the Maryland Green Party case, she distinguishedMaryland from New Mexico by saying that the Maryland nomineepetition was fewer signatures than the Maryland new partypetition. So, actually, she is acknowledging that Maryland'ssignature burden was EASIER than New Mexico! You may havegot a wrong impression on your first reading. Is is peculiar thatan easier burden in Maryland is unconstitutional, whereas amore difficult burden in New Mexico is OK, but that is what sheis saying.

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I assume one of you will be contacted by New Mexico reporters,to comment on the decision. The simplest criticism we shouldmake is that the judge refused to allow any evidence to bepresented in the case. She had scheduled a hearing for Sep.18, but then had cancelled it. If she had not cancelled it, I wouldhave testified that:

(1) New Mexico always has a majority of its state legislativeraces as one-candidate elections.

(2) No state has had fewer minor party and independentcandidates on its ballot for US Senate and Governor (in theperiod 1980-2006) than New Mexico. New Mexico has had 4:Greens for Governor in 1994 and 2002, a Green for US Senatein 1996, and a Libertarian for US Senate in 1996. No state hashad fewer (though there are two states that also had just 4, butthose two states are Arkansas and Maryland and both haverecently liberalized their laws).
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Wondermark #225 Some suffer, while Others profitby David Malki [ www.wondermark.com ]

THE LP'S PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATESby Mike Blessing [ [email protected] ]

As for the national LP, there are quite a few declaredpresidential candidates at press time Lance Brown www.freedom2008.com Jim Burns www.jimburnsforpresident.us Dave Hollist i.am/trading Steve Kubby www.kubby.com George Phillies www.phillies2008.org Mike Ross mike-for-prez-2008.tripod.com Christine Smith www.christinesmithforpresident.com Doug Stanhope www.stanhope2008.com

At press time, three of the above-named candidates (Kubby,Phillies and Smith) have stated that they planned to show up for our State Convention in April, 2007.

Richardson For Presidentby John Trever of the Albuquerque

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"It is a paradox that every dictator has climbed to power on theladder of free speech. Immediately on attaining power eachdictator has suppressed all free speech except his own."- Herbert Hoover

A/S/L? U want 2 cyber?By John Bergstrom [ www.attackcartoons.com ]

We Are Outraged!By John Bergstrom [ www.attackcartoons.com ]



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THE UNANIMOUS CONSENT CHALLENGE

CASH 10,000 PRIZE

To the first person to write a logical and documented essayshowing one of the following to be compatible with theDeclaration of Independence:

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

Federal Communications Act of 1934National Firearms Act of 1934

Banking Act of 1935The Internal Revenue CodeControlled Substances Act of 1970

RICO Act of 1970Federal Elections Act of 1970

Plumbing Products Efficiency Act of 1992Anti-Money Laundering Act of 1992

USA PATRIOT Act of 2001Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002

To claim your prize, contactMike Blessing at 505-710-5197or [email protected] .

The Unanimous Consent Challenge is available online at theKCUF Media site www.tinyurl.com/hn982

REMEMBER by Mike Blessing [ [email protected] ]

As a juror, you have the right and duty to vote your consciencenot only on the facts of the case did the accused do what s/heis accused of but also on the law itself Is it a good law? Is the law being properly applied? Does the punishment asked for fit the crime?

Using jury nullification, just one percent of the population thatdisagrees with a bad law (victim disarmament, Drug Prohibition,the tax code, etc., etc.) can start getting these bad laws knockedoff the books.

See www.fija.org for more information.See also You & The Police, by Boston T. Party, available atJavelin Press [ www.javelinpress.com ].

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Border Wallby John Trever of the Albuquerque Journal

The Simon Jester Projectwww.simonjester.org

What is the Simon Jester Project?

If you haven't read the classic SF novel, The Moon is a HarshMistress, by Robert A. Heinlein, the whole Simon Jester thingmay be confusing you. Simon Jester was the "imaginary"creation of a group of Loonies fomenting rebellion. He was alittle devil who tormented the Lunar government with catchy little

jokes, ditties, poems, slogans, and cartoons. Later, Simonexpanded into the poltergeist business by playing practical jokeson gov-goons and bureaucrats. He always signed his work witha little cartoon image of a grinning devil.

"Simon" was a game everyone could play, anyone who wantedto bug the ruling authoritarians, that is. Any pissed-off miner could scribble a bit of seditious graffiti on a wall and attribute itto "Simon" with the easily scrawled logo. To the Authority, itseemed that Simon Jester was everywhere, all the time.

We need Simon Jester now.

A "meme" is an idea, a thought; hopefully a seed that willgerminate in the recipient's mind and grow into a whole gardenof worthwhile ideas. In theory, one exposes people to short,memorable phrases or images which stick with them; rather likethe tune you can't get out of your head. In this case, the "tune" isakin to Yankee Doodle Dandy and is meant to generatethoughts on liberty.

Planting those mental seeds is what the Simon Jester Project isall about. To get you started, we've provided a few basic files.

Surely this is enough to get us started.

Enough plotting; let's get out and do something!

What to Do With This Stuff

Okay. We've told you who Simon Jester is. We've given you abunch of files for posters, stickers, flyers, et cetera.

So what the devil (pun intended ) are you supposed to dowith this stuff?

Assuming you read The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, you shouldalready have a pretty good idea. But here some specifics youmight try: Flyers can go on bulletin boards, car windshields in parking

lots, or simply be handed out. The same goes for folded pamphlets, or you might put some

in the form slots on bank tables and the counters at the postoffice.

Stickers can go anywhere: Service counters at DMV, the postoffice, post drop boxes, windows and doors. But if you'reconsidering putting them on private property, also consider whether the owner might not appreciate it.

Business cards can be handed out, left on magazine piles inwaiting rooms, set on counters, stuck under windshieldwipers, or even flung out high windows. Try including one inall your bill payment envelopes.

The Cthulhu election posters can go up anywhere you seeother campaign signs posted. Try putting them up in your car windows, too. If you stake out a polling station like the other campaign aides, come election time, the Cthulhu posters gogreat with the Democracy Explained flyers to get voters'attention.

Stickers can also go on packages and envelopes. Kinda likeEaster Seals, but a lot more fun.

http://www.fija.org/http://www.fija.org/


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LPNM VACANCIES

Central Committee (3)

At-Large Representative, Seat BDistrict 1 Representative, Seat ADistrict 2 Representative, Seat B

County Contacts (21)

Catron / Chaves / Cibola / CurryDe Baca / Eddy / Grant / Guadalupe

Harding / Hidalgo / McKinley / MoraLuna / Quay / Rio ArribaSan Miguel / Sierra / Socorro / Taos

Torrance / Union

College Contacts (3)

Eastern New Mexico University(Portales)

New Mexico State University(Las Cruces)

Western New Mexico University(Silver City)

Contact the state chair if you're

interested in filling a slot.If you don't, who will?

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It's amazing what one has to believe tobelieve in gun control

by Michael Z. Williamsonwww.tinyurl.com/88mu3

That a mugger will kill you in the half-second it takes to draw from the holster,but won't harm you while you dial 911on your cell phone, talk to thedispatcher and wait half an hour for thecops to arrive.

COUNTY CHAIRS

BernalilloMike Blessing, [email protected]/bernalillo

Dona AnaSiebert Ickler, [email protected]/dona-ana

San JuanBob Ziesmer, [email protected]

SandovalRon Bjornstad, [email protected]

ValenciaAbran Gabaldon, [email protected]

COUNTY CONTACTS(Unorganized Counties)

Colfax

Richard Moore, [email protected]

LeaChristina Groth, 505-397-9366

LincolnRichard Obergfell, [email protected]

Los AlamosAllen Cogbill, [email protected]

OteroKathleen [email protected] Ken Sanders, 505-749-2085

Santa FeSusan Ruch, [email protected]

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"A man is none the less a slavebecause he is allowed to choose anew master once in a term of years.Neither are a people any the lessslaves because they are permitted

periodically to choose new masters.What makes them slaves is the factthat they are now, and are alwayshereafter to be, in the hands of menwhose power over them is, andalways is to be, absolute andirresponsible."

Lysander Spooner, No Treason

LPNM CENTRAL COMMITTEE

Chair Jay Vandersloot, 505-362-1733

[email protected]

Vice Chair Bruce Bush, [email protected]

SecretaryMike Blessing, 505-710-5197

[email protected] Richard Obergfell, [email protected]

At-Large Representative, Seat ARon Bjornstad, [email protected]

At-Large Representative, Seat BVACANT

District 1 Representative, Seat AVACANT

District 1 Representative, Seat B

John Pfersich,505-301-2601 / [email protected]

District 2 Representative, Seat APaul Trujillo, [email protected]

District 2 Representative, Seat BVACANT

District 3 Representative, Seat ABob Ziesmer, [email protected]

District 3 Representative, Seat BJoseph Knight, [email protected]

Press SecretaryBill Koehler, [email protected]

CAMPUS GROUPS

New Mexico TechLucas Uecker 505-301-7980 / [email protected]

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

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Thomas Sowell


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America's migration madnessPosted on 09.21.06 by Mike Renzulli

www.rationalreview.com/content/18088

During July of this year, the Arizona Republic reported that aScottsdale woman was indicted for trying to evade federalbanking deposit rules. After Lucy Lu took over $300,000 fromher massage business, she hid over half of the money in a safein her house and then made small deposits with the rest into her mother's bank account. Aside from the obvious question of:"who cares what this woman does with her money?" there's a

bigger issue here: When (not if) the economy here goes downthe tubes, it may give Americans an incentive to look for jobselsewhere.

A number of government actions have accelerated this process:new passport requirements enacted by the State Department(for Americans traveling to Mexico, some Caribbean islands andCanada); the legalized monitoring and tracking of citizensresulting from the USA PATRIOT Act; and National Guardtroops stationed at the U.S.-Mexico border and in our nation'sairports. As these things continue, the ability to leave the U.S.will be made even harder, and I'd dare to argue the stage is setfor the time when the U.S. government can forcibly keepAmericans in the United States.

If people here decide to up and leave either for moreprosperous parts of the world, or simply because their dollarswould do better in countries like Mexico or Canada -- the U.S.government will have ample time and resources to legally stopthem. If you withdraw money from your account, as Lucy Lu did,the feds can then flag your profile on their terrorist watch lists,and hold you up at your point of departure. Younger peoplecould also be prevented from leaving as well, since fewer youngpeople means not only fewer potential long-time taxpayers, butthe loss of someone who could produce future taxpayers.

Unfortunately, the threat of this happening is real. According toAuthor Jim Peron, who recently moved to Germany, a newfederal law now targets non-U.S. banks. Essentially, the lawstates that if the U.S. government claims an American holder of an account in a foreign bank has done anything that the fedsdeem illegal, the bank itself has violated the law even if the act

committed (or allegedly committed) by the U.S. citizen tookplace well after the account was open. Simply on the U.S.government's say-so, the bank is now considered a co-conspirator with that U.S. citizen, and all assets owned by thebank and held in the U.S. may be confiscated. The net result, of course, is that foreign banks are now refusing to open accountsfor Americans. Even the Swiss, who once took anyone's money,won't open accounts for U.S. citizens anymore.

At the beginning of August, The New York Times reported that aU.S. Senate Committee had held a hearing and adopted areport submitted by Democrats, in which Carl Levin of Michigangave a long speech about people and corporations who cheaton their income taxes with investments that just happen to belocated offshore. In their lust for more of people's hard-earnedmoney, politicians continue to look for ways to "close theloopholes" on people or organizations seeking to avoid the U.S.income tax system, by locating in countries with either minimaltax and regulatory enforcement or existence outside the I.R.S.'s

jurisdiction.

With economic hardships coming down the line due to theenormous amounts of money created by the Federal Reserve'sprinting presses as well as the ballooning federal debt anddeficits it's no surprise that this kind of hearing is held,especially since the Chairman of the committee is a Republicanaccepting a Democrat-backed report. Rather than close the U.S.directly for migration out of the country, it seems clear thatpoliticians and bureaucrats will now look for ways to extractmore of your income, making it harder for people andcompanies to leave. Instead of admitting their own policies are afailure, they will instead demonize people and entities located

outside the United States, label them as "tax cheats," and thenre-write the tax laws to crack down on them further.

Those who advocate "securing our borders" would do well tokeep these points in mind. If North Korea is any example, thepowers granted to government can be used not only to keeppeople out, but also to keep you in.

Then and NowPosted to attackcartoons.com

Lucha Politicaby John Trever of the Albuquerque Journal



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