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THE LIBERATOR ONLINE

January 4, 2006

Vol. 11, No. 1

Circulation: 65,532 subscribers in over 100 countries

Published by the Advocates for Self-Government

Edited by James W. Harris, mailto:james@TheAdvocates.org Created by Paul Schmidt and James W. Harris ___________________________________________

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CONTENTS

PRESIDENT'S CORNER

* Harry Browne's New Year's resolutions for liberty

WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE ADVOCATES

* January 7: David Bergland on radio and web

* January 28: Sharon Harris speaks at San Diego LP state convention

GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS, UNBELIEVABLE NEWS

* "Libertarian Democrat": Terry Michael

* "King George: A Recipe for Tyranny"

* Kick Your Uncle Out Or Move, City Says

* "The plain truth" about zoning...

PERSUASION POWER POINT #193

* The Path of Greatest Resistance: Typical New Year's Resolutions AND an outrageously better way to make the changes you want!

ASK DR. RUWART

* What about harmful monopolies in a libertarian society?

* Should people be forced to be witnesses in court?

HARRY BROWNE'S SOUNDBITES FOR LIBERTY

* Who are you working for?

* Tax reform

* Personal responsibility

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PRESIDENT'S CORNER

Dear friends,

Happy New Year!

Did you make any New Year's Resolutions? A few years ago, Harry Browne -- 1996/2000 Libertarian Party presidential candidate and world-renowned libertarian speaker and writer -- did. The result was a compact how-to of effective libertarian communication, by one of the most persuasive advocates of

the ideas of liberty.

I thought I'd share it with you. I hope you find it as informative and inspiring as I do.

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A Libertarian's New Year's Resolutions

by Harry Browne

1. I resolve to *sell* liberty by appealing to the self-interest of each prospect, rather than *preaching* to people and expecting them to suddenly adopt my ideas of right and wrong.

2. I resolve to keep from being drawn into arguments or debates. My purpose is to inspire people to want liberty -- not to prove that they're wrong.

3. I resolve to *listen* when people tell me of their wants and needs, so I can help them see how a free society will satisfy those needs.

4. I resolve to identify myself, when appropriate, with the social goals someone may seek -- a cleaner environment, more help for the poor, a less divisive society -- and try to show him that those goals can never be achieved by government, but will be well served in a free society.

5. I resolve to be compassionate and respectful of the beliefs and needs that lead people to seek government help. I don't have to approve of their subsidies or policies -- but if I don't acknowledge their needs, I have no hope of helping them find a better way to solve their problems.

6. No matter what the issue, I resolve to keep returning to the central point: how much better off the individual will be in a free society.

7. I resolve to acknowledge my good fortune in having been born an American. Any plan for improvement must begin with a recognition of the good things we have. To speak only of America's defects will make me a tiresome crank.

8. I resolve to focus on the ways America could be so much better with a very small government -- not to dwell on all the wrongs that exist today.

9. I resolve to cleanse myself of hate, resentment, and bitterness. Such things steal time and attention from the work that must be done.

10. I resolve to speak, dress, and act in a respectable manner. I may be the first Libertarian someone has encountered, and it's important that he get a good first impression. No one will hear the message if the messenger is unattractive.

11. I resolve to remind myself that someone's "stupid" opinion may be an opinion I once held. If *I* can grow, why can't I help *him* grow?

12. I resolve not to raise my voice in any discussion. In a shouting match, no one wins, no one changes his mind, and no one will be inspired to join our quest for a free society.

13. I resolve not to adopt the tactics of Republicans and Democrats. They use character assassination, evasions, and intimidation because they have no real benefits to offer Americans. We, on the other hand, are offering to set people free -- and so we can win simply by focusing on the better life our proposals will bring.

14. I resolve to be civil to my opponents and treat them with respect. However anyone chooses to treat me, it's important that I be a better person than my enemies.

-- Harry Browne

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Thanks, Harry!

If enough of us follow Harry's advice, we can make 2006 the best year yet for the libertarian movement -- and that's something to aspire to.

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WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE ADVOCATES

* Saturday, January 7, 2006: DAVID BERGLAND INTERVIEWED ON RADIO AND WEB. Mark your calendar! David Bergland, 1984 Libertarian Party presidential candidate and author of the classic book "Libertarianism In One Lesson" (recently reissued by the Advocates in a new updated version), will discuss his book and related topics on the syndicated live call-in radio talk show "Free Talk Live." The time: 7:05 pm ET (4:05 pm Pacific). The show can also be heard live on the Web: http://www.freetalklive.com/tunein.php

Free Talk Live, syndicated on 12 stations, is hosted by Ian Bernard, a longtime libertarian -- and a friend and fan of the Advocates. (He's one of the few radio talk show hosts who has actually run an Operation Politically Homeless booth!) Ian says the show is a "libertarian recruiting machine. We get the real message of Liberty out, and it works." Free Talk Live is heard on 12 affiliates around the country, including stations in Oregon, Washington, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Kentucky, Missouri, Oklahoma, and others. (See the complete list at http://www.freetalklive.com.) Want to hear Free Talk Live on a radio station in your area? Visit http://local.freetalklive.com for details about how you can contact your local radio station's Program Director and request the show. The more stations it's on, the more people Ian promises to reach with the libertarian message!

* January 28, San Diego: ADVOCATES PRESIDENT SHARON HARRIS will speak at the 2006 San Diego Libertarian Party Convention. The San Diego LP has more members than any other LP chapter in the nation. Other speakers include Jim Babka of the limited-government activist organization DownsizeDC; world-renowned success/motivational speaker Bob Burg; and legendary libertarian activist Richard Rider. Plus -- fantastic food! For more info:

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GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS, UNBELIEVABLE NEWS

by James W. Harris

         "Libertarian Democrat": Terry Michael

Terry Michael, former Democratic National Committee press secretary and current executive director of the influential Washington Center for Politics & Journalism, calls himself a "libertarian Democrat."

And he has some strong advice for the Democratic Party: return to your small- government, Jeffersonian roots.

Why? Because to win over today's self-empowered voters, Democrats need a new vision of the proper role of government.

As Michael wrote in The Washington Examiner (February 9, 2005):

"Here's a rough cut: "Government: Assure liberty by staying as far away as possible from our bank accounts, our bedrooms, and our bodies. Spread pluralistic democracy and free markets by example, not by force. Restore the moral authority of the mid-20th century civil rights movement by fashioning public policy around individuals, not tribal identity groups.'"

Such a Jeffersonian message, Michael believes, would "inspire a 21st century base and attract voters who believe both [major] parties are obsolete."

Democrats used to embrace that limited-government vision, Michael points out. When Thomas Jefferson founded the Democratic Party in 1792, it was a party of "small central government serving self-sufficient 'little people' (farmers, shop keepers, frontiersmen), prizing and preserving individual liberty."

But by the time of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal in the 1930s, the party had assumed its current "Central Authority Solutions" mantle -- endorsing "one-size-fits-all, central authority,

wealth-redistributive policies."

Michael argues that a reborn Jeffersonian Democratic Party -- based on a "back- to-the-future Jeffersonian liberalism" which embraces a "little-government-for- the-little-guy ideology" -- could offer economic liberty and an anti- interventionist foreign policy, while rejecting "the social-cultural intolerance of the GOP Taliban wing."

Adds Michael: "Jefferson, who said the government that governs least governs best, knew the era of big government was over before Bill Clinton proclaimed it... From our Jeffersonian roots, we have the glue to make the [Democratic] brand sticky again."

Until the 1980s, Michael says he was a "traditional" left-liberal. Then his politics "began evolving." Concerned that "we Democrats were increasingly losing touch with our middle and working class voting base," he started to think "outside the Democratic box." Unlike most of his fellow Democrats, he opposed foreign intervention, deficit spending, affirmative action, campaign finance reform, and the "neo-prohibitionist, mass social insanity called the War on Drugs."

By the 1990s, Michael "began drifting toward a libertarian political philosophy." Today, he said, he endorses a government that is "out of my bank account and my bedroom, away from my body, and out of the backyards of the rest of the world."

Despite his criticism of Democrats, Michael was never tempted to become a Republican. "The competition for the vote-rich middle of the electorate has turned formerly conservative Republicans into social welfare Democrats," he says. "Pandering to the center has caused the GOP to lose... its ideological way. Now, in a transparent effort to appease its social cultural conservative base, the party has all but abandoned a principled intellectual critique of the role of government -- and lost its conservative soul."

Born in 1947, Michael has been involved with the Democratic party since age nine, when he slapped on an "Adlai Stevenson for President" button. He got his first political job in 1973 as press secretary to the Democratic Leader and Members in the Illinois House of Representatives.

He worked in communications jobs for the Ted Kennedy for President campaign (1980); the Democratic National Committee (1983-1987); the Michael Dukakis for President campaign (1988); and the Democratic National Convention (1992). He was named a "Rising Star in Democratic Politics" in 1988 by Campaigns & Elections magazine.

In 1998 Michael became the executive director of the Washington Center for Politics & Journalism. The nonprofit, nonpartisan organization brings journalism students to Washington, DC to learn about government, lobbying, and campaigns.

Let's hope he can influence others -- within and outside the

Democratic party --

to embrace his slogan: "Government: out of my bank account and my bedroom, away from my body, and out of the backyards of the rest of the world."

(Source: Taken from a longer Terry Michael profile by Advocates Communications Director Bill Winter. Read the whole post here: http://www.theadvocates.org/celebrities/terry-michael.html )

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         "King George: A Recipe for Tyranny"

President Bush's arguments for warrantless wiretaps pose a grave danger to American liberty, says libertarian syndicated columnist Jacob Sullum:

"Members of Congress have been known to vote for legislation they haven't read. But is it possible Congress authorized warrantless wiretaps without realizing it?

"That's what President Bush implies when he defends the National Security Agency's warrantless eavesdropping on Americans' phone calls and e-mail messages by citing the 'Authorization for Use of Military Force' that Congress approved three days after the September 11 terrorist attacks. More fundamentally, Bush seems to believe the Constitution gives him the power to authorize this surveillance, no matter what Congress or the courts might have to say about it.

"Even people who have complete confidence in this president's good faith and good judgment should worry about his sweeping assertion of executive power, which has implications for his successors. In areas such as military tribunals, detention of "enemy combatants," and administrative subpoenas, Bush has shown an alarming tendency to cut the legislative and judicial branches out of decisions about how to prosecute a war on terrorism that will continue long after he leaves office. This combination of unilateralism with a perpetual state of emergency is a recipe for tyranny."

(Source: "King George," by syndicated columnist Jacob Sullum: http://www.reason.com/sullum/122105.shtml )

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         Kick Your Uncle Out Or Move, City Says

In what the Washington Post calls "a patently bigoted... act of Big Brotherish government intrusion," the city of Manassas, Virginia has nastily redefined "family" in a zoning law.

The old zoning law allowed relatives of any type to live together in a house, as long as the total number did not exceed occupancy limits.

The new law, however, restricts households to immediate relatives, plus one unrelated person. Excluded as "family" are aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins and other extended family.

Thus, it is now illegal for a family that includes nieces, nephews, uncles, aunts, cousins, and so forth to live together in Manassas.

Already the Manassas government is sending inspectors to visit selected houses. Hard-working U.S. citizens are suddenly being interrogated about such highly personal matters as how many people live in the home and what their relationship is. Those who violate the new law are being told to change their living arrangements -- i.e., boot out Uncle Ed or Cousin Sarah -- or sell their house.

As an example, the Washington Post points to Leyla and Juan Chavez, U.S. citizens who came from Honduras to America in the 1980s. In the classic immigrant tradition, they worked hard at several jobs to save enough to buy a house. To make ends meet, they housed a nephew and a renter couple downstairs. But outlawing this has made it impossible for the family to keep their home. So now they're selling and leaving.

Critics charge the law is aimed at Hispanic families, and particularly undocumented aliens. The city insists that's not the case, though a few weeks ago the vice mayor said the law was aimed at addressing alleged problems caused by undocumented immigrants.

Whatever the reason, good people who have harmed no one are being persecuted, and several civil liberties groups, including the American Civil Liberties Union, are strongly considering challenging the law.

"It's hard to describe how many parts of the U.S. Constitution this law actually violates, " said Jonathan Turley, a constitutional law professor at George Washington University. "It interferes with constitutional guarantees regarding contracts [to rent rooms], families, equal protection, even First Amendment issues like freedom of association. . . . "

One of the main legal arguments against the new law is that it may violate constitutional protections regarding "family" stemming from a 1977 U.S. Supreme Court decision (Moore v. City of East Cleveland, Ohio).

The majority decision included these stirring words:

"Ours is by no means a tradition limited to respect for the bonds uniting the members of the nuclear family. The tradition of uncles, aunts, cousins, and especially grandparents sharing a household along with parents and children has roots equally venerable and equally deserving of constitutional recognition. Over the years millions of our citizens have grown up in just such an environment, and most, surely, have profited from it."

Generations of American families have benefited enormously from precisely the kinds of living arrangements that Manassas has now outlawed. Let's hope the courts squash this further expansion of zoning tyranny quickly -- before it spreads.

(Sources: Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp- dyn/content/article/2005/12/29/AR2005122901220.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp- dyn/content/article/2005/12/29/AR2005122901410.html

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-

0512300237dec30,1,5005953.story?coll=chi-newsnationworld-hed )

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"The plain truth" about zoning...

"The plain truth is that the true object of the [zoning] ordinance in question is to place all property in a strait-jacket. The purpose to be accomplished is really to regulate the mode of living of persons who may hereafter inhabit [the community]."

-- Supreme Court Justice Willis Van Devanter, in his dissent to Euclid vs. City of Ambler, the landmark 1926 decision that upheld the authority of governments to enforce zoning regulations.

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"Good News, Bad News, Unbelievable News" is written by Liberator Online editor James W. Harris. His articles have appeared in numerous magazines and newspapers, and he has been a Finalist for the Mencken Award, given by the Free Press Association for "Outstanding Journalism in Support of Liberty." _____________________________________

PERSUASION POWER POINT # 193

The Path of Greatest Resistance: Typical New Year's Resolutions AND an outrageously better way to make the changes you want!

         by Michael Cloud

[Note: This is a special self-development column, not one specifically on libertarian persuasion. I hope you enjoy and employ it. -- Michael]

Millions of Americans make New Year's Resolutions. In January, millions of us go on diets, join health clubs, start exercise programs, quit smoking, quit drinking, or start savings programs.

We want to make our lives better. We want to improve our health, our wealth, and our happiness.

We begin with high hopes and the best of intentions.

"This time, it'll be different," we tell ourselves -- as we make the same New Year's Resolution as we did the last four years.

"You'll see. I'm going to lose 20 pounds," we tell our friends.

"Honey, I mean it. I'm quitting smoking once and for all," we tell our husbands or wives.

We keep our resolution for a day -- and feel proud. Then one week. Then two weeks.

But something happens. Sometimes everyday life disrupts or interrupts our program. Sometimes the effort wears us down. Other times, we're working just as hard on our resolution for fitness or dieting, but the results seem slower and harder to come by. Or our weight loss gets stuck and stalled for days

at a time.

First we "flub it" or "blow it" or "cheat" on our Resolution one day. Then within a week or two, we skip two days, then three, and soon we fall off the wagon.

Within 90 days, well over 90% of serious New Year's Resolutions are abandoned.

Don't despair. There's nothing wrong with you. You are NOT weak or unreliable or a bad person.

Your New Year's Resolutions sent you down the Path of Greatest Resistance. You did the hardest thing the hardest way.

You can easily and enjoyably change your life. You can easily and enjoyably lose the weight, make yourself fit and attractive, stop smoking or drinking, pay off debts, start saving money, or dramatically improve your personal relationships. Permanently.

To put your New Year's Resolutions into action, I strongly recommend this book: "One Small Step Can Change Your Life" by Robert Maurer.

Buy, read, and make notes in this book. Dr. Maurer's book shows you a fun, zero friction, no frustration method to easily make changes that last. If you're like me, you'll be skeptical at his small, simple steps that promise big and lasting results. But I've tried and tested it in my life. It flat-out works. And it's enjoyable.

It's a short book. You can read it in an evening -- and put it into action the next day.

Please get a copy now. Live a long, healthy, happy, and prosperous life.

And have an outrageously great 2006!

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Michael Cloud was voted the Most Persuasive Libertarian Communicator in America and honored with the Thomas Paine Award at the Libertarian Party national convention in July 2000.

Michael is author of the acclaimed new book "Secrets of Libertarian Persuasion" available exclusively from the Advocates: http://www.TheAdvocates.org/secrets.html

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ASK DR. RUWART

Dr. Mary Ruwart is a leading expert in libertarian communication. In this column she gives readers "short answers to the tough questions" to real questions libertarians are frequently asked. To submit your questions to Dr. Ruwart, see end of column.

Dr. Ruwart's past Liberator Online answers are archived in searchable form at: http://www.TheAdvocates.org/ruwart/categories_list.php

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"What about harmful monopolies in a libertarian society?"

Question:

"What happens in a libertarian society if someone legally acquires  monopoly control of scarce resources to the extent that there is no possibility of competition, and then uses that control  to blackmail or harm the society? Examples might be water rights, utility infrastructure (power lines, water pipes, etc.) or medical knowledge such as how to make certain drugs. Or, suppose a new life-threatening disease arises and one company discovers a drug treatment -- but the owner is a racist and won't sell the drug to some minority. Can this owner condemn people to death and get away with it?"

My short answer:

"All of the examples you've given for monopolies -- utilities, water rights, cartels -- actually are created by regulations restricting competition. Free market monopolies are rare and short-lived. For details, see Chapter 7 in my book, "Healing Our World," available from the Advocates (2003 edition) or as a free download (1993 edition) at www.ruwart.com.

"Regarding your imaginary (and highly unlikely) "what-if" question about the drug company: In a libertarian society, a company that refused to sell life- saving medicine to a minority group would likely encounter a consumer boycott on its other products and a great deal of negative publicity. Most likely, less bigoted individuals would buy drugs and resell them, or donate them, to the affected group.

"Compare this to today's *real world* of government-created drug denial. Today, desperately ill people are denied access to life-saving drugs by the 1962 Kefauver-Harris amendments to the Food and Drug Act, which added 10 years to drug development time.  Pharmaceutical firms are forbidden, by law, to sell or even give unapproved drugs to dying people, even though it may be a matter of their life or death.  By my calculations, these regulations have killed 4.7- 20.8 million Americans since their passage (for details, see www.Ruwart.com/AAPS.pdf).

"The FDA currently has monopoly power in determining which drugs the American public may buy.  A libertarian society would not have this monopoly. Consequently, all Americans would live longer and healthier lives. (For further details, see Chapter 6 in my book, "Healing Our World." The 1992 edition is available as a free download at www.Ruwart.com; the 2003 edition is available from The Advocates).

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Should people be forced to be witnesses in court?

Question:

"The U.S. Constitution affords a criminal defendant "compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor."  But doesn't this violate the core libertarian principle of not using force against people who have harmed no one? What's a libertarian solution to this dilemma?"

My short answer:

"In a libertarian society, you wouldn't be able to compel testimony. However, libertarian courts would operate differently than the ones of today, making witnesses much more likely to cooperate voluntarily.

"For example, a witness today is expected to come to court and sit through multiple delays before taking the stand, usually without compensation for lost work time.  If the witness is threatened by the defendant's friends, he or she is unlikely to receive adequate police protection except in high profile cases. Testifying represents a net loss, sometimes substantial, to a witness.

"In a libertarian society, a witness might be compensated for lost work time and given protection by a crime victim or that victim's insurance company. After the conviction of the aggressor, these costs would be added to the restitution that the aggressor would incur. Loans would likely be available for victims without insurance or the ability to front such costs. Upon conviction of the aggressor, the lending fees would be added to the restitution.

"As you can see, aggressors in a libertarian society would have a hefty debt to pay.  Hopefully, they would be caught in the early phase of their criminal "career" so that they would learn the true cost of their aggression at an early age and decide that crime doesn't pay. This is exactly what happens in Japan, where the aggressor must negotiate a restitution settlement with the victim. Japan is the only industrialized nation that has seen a consistent decrease in violent crime since World War II.

"For more details, see Chapter 13 of the 2003 edition of "Healing Our World," available from The Advocates."

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Got questions? Dr. Ruwart has answers! If you'd like answers to YOUR "tough questions" on libertarian issues, just email to Dr. Ruwart at: mailto:ruwart@theAdvocates.org

Due to volume, Dr. Ruwart can't personally acknowledge all emails. But we'll run the best questions and answers in upcoming issues.

Dr. Ruwart's outstanding books "Healing Our World" and "Short Answers to the Tough Questions" are available from the Advocates: http://www.TheAdvocates.org/Merchant2/merchant.mv

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HARRY BROWNE'S SOUNDBITES FOR LIBERTY

During his two Libertarian Party presidential campaigns (1996 and 2000), Harry Browne created hundreds of "soundbites" -- short, pithy, and highly memorable answers to the questions libertarians are most frequently asked by the media and the public. Each issue we'll be sharing some of the best. Enjoy -- and put them to use for liberty!

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* Who are you working for? "Federal, state, and local taxes take 48% of the national income. That means if you and your spouse both work, one of you is working for the government and the other is working for your family."

* Tax reform: "Proposals to replace the current income tax with a "flatter, fairer tax," replace it with a sales tax, or to cut it by 15% or so are all attempts to rearrange the oppressive cost of big government -- but they do nothing to reduce that cost. So long as government is too large, the tax load will be too large -- no matter how the politicians arrange it for you. Only Libertarians propose to reduce the federal government so far that we can repeal the income tax and replace it with nothing -- no flat tax, no sales tax, no anything."

* Personal responsibility: "Government seems to operate on the principle that if even one individual is incapable of using his freedom competently, no one can be allowed to be free."

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Harry Browne was 1996 and 2000 Libertarian Party presidential candidate. He is the author of a dozen books that have sold over two million copies, including three New York Times bestsellers.

Browne's book "Liberty A to Z: 872 Libertarian Soundbites You Can Use Right Now" is temporarily out of stock. Stay tuned -- we'll announce in the Liberator Online when it becomes available again! _____________________________________

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