If he wants to participate in the internal debate on immigration policy in the United States, then he should go through the legal immigration process himself, learn our laws and history, assimilate and become an official US citizen.
From Eric Dondero:
Sarah Palin has long been rumored to be a libertarian Republican. Her first campaign workers and manager for her races for Wasilla Mayor in the 1990s were libertarians. She was was viewed for many years as the unofficial leader of the Alaska GOP's libertarian wing. In 2005, early on in her race for Governor, her opponents on the conservative side, started a whisper campaign, "Palin is really not a Republican, she's a Libertarian." She was also criticized in the GOP primary for having once openly supported reform of marijuana laws and having defended bar and tavern owners from religious conservatives who wanted to zone them out of town.
Palin's extensive libertarian background
In 2005/06 she attended two meetings of the Libertarian Party of Alaska at the invitation of Party Secretary (and Anchorage Libertarian supper club chairman) Rob Crist. Later in the campaign 3 of the 4 Executive Committee members of the ALP endorsed Palin, including Chairman Jason Dowell (the 4th was serving in the Army stationed in Iraq at the time.)
Dowell (photo) even held a sign for her the day before the election, right by her side, for 3 hours on a busy Anchorage street corner. When he first arrived, Palin excitedly screamed to all her supporters, "The Libertarians are here... The Libertarians are here... They're backing my campaign!"
The Libertarian candidate for Governor Billy Toien officially backed Palin 3 days before the election, urging via email blast to all Alaska Libertarians "Don't vote for me; Vote for Sarah." This earned Toien a big bear hug for Palin upon her victory on election night in front of nearly 1,000 political watchers at the downtown Egan Center in Anchorage.
Very early on in the GOP primary races for President in 2007, Palin in an interview strongly hinted that she was leaning Ron Paul for President.
Early in 2008 Adam Brickly, a self-described "libertarian-conservative" along with Libertarian Republican Steve Maloney, formed Draft Sarah Palin for VP. Another self-described "libertarian" Glenn Beck was the first national Television News host to have Palin on his show as a guest.
During the 2008 Vice-Presidential campaign, Palin was identified as a libertarian Republican for the first few days after her selection, but then the media template quickly shifted to her being a member of the religious right.
It now appears that the libertarian Palin may be back in full force.
Passionate support for libertarian Republican Rand Paul
From The Hill:
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) on Wednesday night hailed what she said was a "libertarian streak" in American politics.
Palin praised Rand Paul's win in a Kentucky Republican primary for Senate earlier this week, saying that candidates like him would be key in this fall's elections.
“Seeing that libertarian streak of his — that is what we need to balance out the leftist liberal overreach of government that’s in power right now," Palin said during an appearance on the Fox Business Network on Wednesday night. "Rand is going to be great.”
Rand Paul is seen as more of a libertarian Republican in the mold of his father, Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas), who was also the Libertarian Party's candidate for president in 1988.
Radical for Capitalism
Later in the piece Palin emphasizes her hard-line free market philosopy:
“There’s no accountability [in government]," Palin said. "And that’s why people want to fire those people and bring in new people with a greater sense of what the free-market principles should be.”
Some have questioned Palin's libertarian credentials over the years. Purist libertarians, most assuredly those from the antiwar faction of the libertarian movement, have been particularly vitriolic in attacking Palin as "not really a libertarian" due to her pro-national security, pro-military stance.
This despite her extensive background as a movement libertarian.
Even so, her passionate support for Rand Paul's candidacy, and her most recent comments praising libertarians as published by The Hill, may now finally silence even the most hardened Palin critics in the movement.
Photo above Sarah Palin waving signs with supporters in Anchorage during the 2006 race for Governor.
Libertarian Party of Indiana Central Committee District 2 member, Ryan Liedtky, announces the publication of his book, Wisdom: A Prelude to Liberty.
Wisdom investigates hot-button political issues such as The War on Terror, education reform, justice, taxation, health care, and many more. “The working title was Think,” Liedtky said, “because the [...]
by Josh Painter
In a new post on her Facebook Notes page Thursday, Sarah Palin endorsed former NFL player Clint Didier, who won two Super Bowl rings as a member of the Washington Redskins:
The Right Game Plan for Victory in America with #86
I’m proud to support Clint Didier as he willingly puts it all on the line to serve Washington state in the U.S. Senate for all the right reasons! This selfless, inspiring commonsense constitutional conservative will help put our country on the right track.
Please visit Clint’s website here, and follow him on Facebook and Twitter.
Let’s get behind #86!
- Sarah Palin
Didier's pro football career spanned much of the decade of the 1980s. He was a tight end for the Skins for six seasons, and also played one season with the Green Bay Packers. He now shares head coaching duties with Wayne Riner at Connell High School in Connell, Washington, where the two led the Eagles to the finals four times, winning the state championship in 2002 and 2009, and taking runners-up honors in 2006 and 2007.
Didier, a Tea Party candidate and libertarian Republican, seeks to dethrone incumbent Democrat Patty Murray from the U.S. Senate. When he's not coaching football and campaigning for the U.S. Senate, Didier runs the family farm he came home to work after the end of his NFL career.
Editor's Note - Josh is Publisher of Texans4Palin. Regular readers of LR may remember Josh as taking the lead in the investigations on the GM/Chrysler bail-outs last Spring.
Dave Weigel, and on-again/off-again friend of the libertarian movement, and Columnist for the Washington Post, reports:
The campaign of Col. Allen West (ret.), probably the 2010 congressional candidate with the biggest Republican fan base, releases an internal survey that has him leading by 2 points, 44 to 42 percent, over Rep. Ron Klein (D-Fla.). West ran in 2008 and got 45 percent of the vote, boosted by support from national conservatives but lacking real backing from the national party. This time he's got the support of the NRCC; this should be one of the 40 seats Republicans win if they take control of the House in November.
The District includes parts of Broward County (Ft. Lauderdale.) West is supported by prominent friends of liberty such as Ayn Randist Pamela Geller of Atlas Shrugs.
West has been labeled a "right-wing libertarian" (Crooks & Liars) for his staunch opposition to Islamo-Fascism and support for free market capitalism.
Root's Big Tent Libertarianism gets bigger
From Eric Dondero:
The Libertarian Party will hold its national convention in St. Louis, Missouri over Memorial Day weekend. Thousands of delegates from all over the Nation are expected to attend. At main issue is the race for National Chairman. Bill Redpath will be stepping down after two terms. Candidates for Chair include Wayne Allyn Root of Nevada, Mark Hinkle of California and George Phillies of Massachusetts. Root appears to be garnering the greatest amount of support among the party faithful. He released an impressive list of endorsers yesterday which included former LP Presidential candidates Dr. John Hospers, Bob Barr, and State Chairmen for 8 different Libertarian Chapters including: Ohio, Louisiana, Mississippi, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Kentucky, and Nevada. The list also includes two prominent Libertarian Party members who have been featured in the past here at Libertarian Republican: Edward M. Gonzalez, Libertarian and Republican candidate for US Congress in California, and Lex Green, Libertarian candidate for Governor of Illinois.
Root garnered some current elected office holders as well. Among them, an individual who is arguably the highest elected public officeholder in the Libertarian Party. (Though, Dan Halloran on the NYC City Council may also hold that title.)
"As an elected Libertarian officeholder in the 12th largest city in the nation, I understand what it takes to get elected, so I am enthusiastically supporting Wayne Root for LP National Chair. Wayne is the BIG TENT Libertarian leader, spokesman, rainmaker and CEO we so desperately need. I believe Wayne Root has the passion, vision and game plan to lead us to lead a Libertarian citizen revolution. We can elect Libertarians to office under Wayne's leadership. Therefore, I ask that you join me in voting for Wayne Root for LP Chair at this years National Convention"??
-Ed Coleman, Indianapolis City-County Councilman,
Highest-Elected Libertarian Officeholder in U.S.A.
Note - Coleman switched from Republican to Libertarian a year and a half ago. He is best known for successfully fighting a proposed city-side smoking ban in Indianapolis. He is also rumored to be a potential Libertarian candidate for President in 2012. Nationwide over 200 Libertarians hold elective office, another 200 or so hold appointive office.
Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman is a close friend and ally of current Democrat for Senate frontrunner Lt. Governor Lee Fisher. They're so close in fact, that Fisher got Coleman's wife a cushy job in the Ohio Dept. of Development, which she later had to resign from for rampant absenteeism. Some called it cronyism. Coleman has since enthusiastically backed Fisher's candidacy saying "[he] is exactly the kind of leader Ohio needs in the U.S. Senate."
Now according to Libertarian Republican blogger Nate Nelson at PitbullPatriots.com
Coleman on Wednesday banned all travel to Arizona funded by the City of Columbus. Apparently like the liberals in California (AKA the “Left Coast”) and Chicago, Coleman thinks Arizonans are racist for enforcing federal law on illegal immigration. And he is prepared to do what he can to hurt the Arizona economy in an effort to punish Arizonans. According to Mayor Coleman, respecting and enforcing the rule of law “is not the American way.”
I think there’s one simple question that Ohioans should expect Lee Fisher to answer, given his relationship with Michael Coleman and given that he wants to be our next U.S. senator.
Candidate Fisher, do you hate the rule of law, too?
Fisher is being challenged by Republican Rob Portman.
And gentlemen in England now-a-bed
Shall think themselves accurs'd they were not here,
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day
William Shakespeare, Henry V, circa 1699
By Clifford F. Thies
Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, a candidate for the U.S. Senate, has been caught in a lie. He said he served “in” Vietnam, when he did not. He says he meant to say “during,” and that he did not intend to mislead people as to whether he was a combat veteran.
I, like Blumenthal, was “during” but not “in.” Being a tad younger, I was not subject to Selective Service. I did not have to go through the process of seeking deferments, which he did five times, because of college enrollment or whatever. I notice that a lot of members of one or the other political party criticize members of the opposite party who sought deferments, but excuse members of their own party. Not me. They were merely doing what was allowed by the law.
Being a Republican and opposing the government making life and death decisions for law-abiding persons, I supported the replacement of Selective Service first by the Lottery and later by the voluntary military. Instead of the government deciding who would be drafted and who deferred based on its idea of each person’s expendability, upon the change to the Lottery, each person was given a draft number according to his birth day. My draft number was 365. But, as I was born in a leap year, I wasn’t as lucky as that might appear.
In 1973, President Nixon signed the All-Volunteer Military Act and, on the day he signed the act, I signed up for Army ROTC. Two years later, I took my commission. But, as things turned out, sometime before I graduated from Infantry Officer Basic School, the war was “Vietnamized.” I served in places like Texas and Germany, not Viet Nam.
Roll the clock forward a few years. The first time I was recognized for my military service was at a Pow-Wow. The Chief said his tribe was proud of its warrior heritage. He said his two sons were among the greatest warriors in the world, one a Marine and the other an Army Ranger. Then he invited all the warriors in the audience to join the warriors of his tribe in a war dance. First, he called for the combat veterans, then all who had served or were serving on active duty or in the Guard or the Reserves. I wondered what I was doing among the combat veterans. You see, I had held my manhood cheap for avoiding serving “in” Viet Nam. And, more than that, I had been judgmental of others who had avoided serving “during” Viet Nam, differentiating between degrees of avoiding.
Blumenthal certainly deserves to be criticized for his embellishing his military service. In these days of resume enhancement, cheating in school, marital infidelity, corporate scandal and political corruption, we must take a stand against all forms and degrees of dishonesty. But, the punishment must fit the crime.
Conversely, in these days of a voluntary military, all who wear the uniform should be recognized for their freely-made decision to stand between us and the enemies of our country. Nobody can, today, question their manhood.
Dr. Thies, now a professor of economics at Shenandoah Univ. in Virginia, was a Captain in the US Army. He is also one of the original members of the Libertarian Defense Caucus from the 1970s.
By Jim Lagnese, AKA The Right Guy
Rand Paul kicked Grayson's ass in the GOP senate primary in Kentucky, with 59% of the vote. It's a landslide. While I am happy as a clam and it is great news, one thing came to mind. The Tea Party has rebuked the mainline establishment GOP again in this latest primary.
In the senate primary in Utah, Mitt Romney campaigned strongly for Robert Bennett. Bennett lost soundly in spite of Romney's effort, a mormon republican in a mormon republican state. Romney's insider status was repudiated for a fresh Tea Party start.
With the primary election in Kentucky, Cheney campaigned for Grayson, as did other mainline republicans, like Gingrich, to no avail. Remember Gingrich was the same moron that supported Dee Dee Scozzafava against Doug Hoffman. How did that happen Mr. Potato Head? I will assert here that the populace, the Tea Party people, have repudiated Cheney as well. Darth Vader loses, and now shares a spot on the bench with the Sears® Mannequin.
Look for this trend to continue. Machine GOP will have to understand, just like incumbent democrats, that being the GOP default, being anointed by the party oligarchs, by being an incumbent does not guarantee a seat back at the table. And I want the rest of you cowboys to know something, there's a new sheriff in town. And his name is Tea Party. So y’all be cool. Right on.
Thank you for reading this blog.
From Eric Dondero:
Sarah Palin was elated last night on Hannity, Fox News describing Rand Paul's victory in the US Senate race in Kentucky.
Palin has attended Libertarian Party meetings in the past, and was identified with the libertarian wing of the GOP in her race for Governor in 2006.
Last night she described fellow Tea Partier Rand Paul as a libertarian.
"He's a bit unconventional. He's a libertarian. He's not a fan of big government."
Palin went on to describe his win as a monumental victory for the Tea Party movement. Hannity credited Palin in helping with Paul's win, as an early out-front endorser.
(Memeo)
No Bull!
From Eric Dondero:
Not sure if this guy has any libertarian leanings. But he sure ain't no sissy. He's the kind of guy we'd want going up against Islamo-Fascist terrorists or Mexican drug lords.
This video is making the rounds around the rightosphere. Enjoy!
by Nate Nelson
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin are joining forces and telling President Barack Obama to do his job and secure our borders.
Sarah Palin’s quote: “We’re all Arizonans now and we say with clear unity: ‘Mr. President, do your job. Secure our border.’”
Jan Brewer succeeded Janet Napolitano to become the 22nd governor of Arizona when Napolitano was appointed Secretary of Homeland Security in 2009. Prior to her service as governor, Brewer served a term and a half as Arizona Secretary of State. She served for thirteen years in the Arizona State Legislature, three years as a state representative and ten years as a state senator. She served as chairwoman of the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors for six years, steering Maricopa County through a serious fiscal crisis and earning the county the reputation of being “one of the two best managed large counties in the nation,” according to Governing Magazine.
Gov. Brewer already has more experience in government than Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, or Sarah Palin had in 2008. She has more executive experience than any of the candidates on either of the 2008 presidential tickets. Gov. Brewer will have recently turned 68 years old on November 6, 2012. I think you know where I’m going with this.
But why Gov. Jan Brewer for President in 2012, you ask? Two reasons. She is one of the most conservative governors in the nation, lining up with conservative principles across the board. She can unite fiscal/economic, social, and foreign policy/national security conservatives along with common sense independents in the grand Reagan coalition and she can energize the entire Republican base. That’s point number one. Point number two is that she has already demonstrated that she can take on the Obama political machine — and she can win.
Consider it. The Obama administration and leftist forces nationwide have mobilized to oppose Arizona’s immigration law, boycott Arizona, and ultimately, you can be sure, try to defeat Gov. Brewer’s reelection efforts this November. That’s what the left is trying to do, but the American people don’t seem to be down for that. According to a recent Pew poll, just 25%, 1/4 of Americans approve of President Obama’s handling of illegal immigration. Contrast that with the 59%, nearly 2/3 of Americans who approve of Arizona’s new illegal immigration legislation.
President Obama and the united left lost this battle before it even really got off the ground. Gov. Brewer has won. Why wouldn’t we want that kind of passion, that kind of winning strength of conviction at the top of our ticket in 2012? Do you really think milquetoast candidates like Mitt Romney and Tim Pawlenty can go after Obama so aggressively? If so, why aren’t they?
It’s not just that Gov. Brewer has demonstrated she can win political battles against the national left, though. Turns out she is a dyed-in-the-wool conservative. She’s cut over $1 billion from the Arizona state budget and set Arizona back on the path to fiscal solid ground after Napolitano’s big spending. There are 10% fewer public employees in Arizona than when Brewer took office.
She’s even shown the courage to take on popular entitlements, ending Arizona’s version of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), KidsCare, because the state simply couldn’t afford it. Jan Brewer has the intestinal fortitude to take on desperately needed Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid reform, and to sign a repeal of ObamaCare. In fact, she has already committed Arizona to joining the legal fight against ObamaCare when the Arizona Attorney General, Democrat Terry Goddard, refused to do so.
Across the board, Jan Brewer is the kind of common sense conservative we need to present a clear and unequivocal contrast to Barack Obama in 2012.
Barack Obama wants to sign card check into law. Jan Brewer signed a right to work executive order.
Barack Obama has quadrupled the national deficit. Jan Brewer cut more than $1 billion from the Arizona budget.
Barack Obama wants amnesty. Jan Brewer wants secure borders, and has acted in her capacity as chief executive of her border state to crack down on illegal immigration as the federal government, led by Barack Obama, continually refuses to do so.
Barack Obama was too politically correct to celebrate the National Day of Prayer. Jan Brewer blocked state employees from censoring Christmas and Hanukkah. She scrapped the “Holiday Tree” and reinstated the Christmas Tree. She threw out those “candlesticks” and brought back the menorah.
Barack Obama hates the Second Amendment. Jan Brewer has expanded the right to carry in Arizona.
Barack Obama is the most pro-abortion president in history and has, for the first time, achieved the liberal dream of federal funding for abortion through ObamaCare. Jan Brewer has signed legislation to prohibit partial birth abortion, require parental consent for minors seeking abortions, mandate that women seeking abortions are well informed and must wait 24 hours before making a decision, and require doctors to perform surgical abortions.
Barack Obama loves taxes and may even be willing to institute a new, value-added tax (VAT) that would cripple the economy and perpetuate big government spending. Jan Brewer proposed a budget plan that would have cut the state property tax as well as corporate and personal income taxes.
The differences are abundantly clear, and that’s the kind of contrast we’re going to desperately need if we’re going to beat Barack Obama in 2012. We need a candidate like Jan Brewer who doesn’t just talk the conservative talk, but actually walks the conservative walk. We need a candidate that Americans can trust to clean up the mess created by the left. We need a candidate who can criticize and promise to repeal ObamaCare without, for example, the media pointing out that he signed legislation almost identical to ObamaCare into law when he was a state governor.
And let’s not forget the most delicious point: If Brewer were to win the Republican nomination and beat Barack Obama in 2012, Obama will have engineered his own defeat. It was Obama who appointed Janet Napolitano to Homeland Security, where she has done an abysmal job of keeping Americans safe. He got a Homeland Security Secretary who can’t do her job and who only drags the administration down. But we should thank Barry. He gave Arizona a new, tough, brilliant Republican governor, and he may have given us the candidate who will give him a pink slip on behalf of the American people in 2012. Barack Obama is responsible for the rise of Jan Brewer.
In 2012, we need a common sense conservative candidate who can present a clear contrast to Obama and his big government, socialist agenda. We need a common sense conservative who can take on the Obama machine and win. We need Jan Brewer.
Editor's Note - Nate Nelson is an Ohio Libertarian Republican activist. His blog is From the Rust Belt. Cross-posted to RedState.
BREAKING NEWS!!
Final results:
Rand Paul - 59%
Trey Grayson - 36%
Reached for a comment on-scene at the Wayne County Courthouse in south central Kentucky, monitoring the returns, Wes Messamore, Webmaster for Libertarian Republican and Publisher of Humble Libertarian had this to say:
This is a spanking... This is an embarrassment for the establishment. This is a slap in the face to Mitch McConnell. Hey Mitch we don't like your politics. We don't like bail-outs. We don't like TARP. The Tea Party movement has won!
On the Democrats Messamore continued:
With [Jack] Conway winning [over more moderate Democrat Mongiardo] Obama and the Democrats will get trounced in November. He's the best the Rand Paul camp could hope for.
From Eric Dondero:
Now with a comfortable lead, Tea Party favorite Marco Rubio has moved back into the lead in Florida, over Governor Charlie Crist.
MIAMI (CBS4) ? In what's arguably the hottest U.S. Senate race in the nation, a new poll is showing a new leader in the race. According to Rasmussen, a telephone survey gave Republican Marco Rubio a 39 to 31 lead over Independent Charlie Crist.
While Rasmussen polls have been criticized by pollsters for having a slight conservative tilt, the new numbers show Rubio is surging again. Democrat Kendrick Meek trails both candidates at 18 percent and another 12 percent of the electorate remained undecided.
From Eric Dondero:
Republican candidate for US Senate Rand Paul proudly identified his campaign with the nationwide Tea Party movement yesterday at a rally in Paducah.
The event was held downtown right across from City Hall in the Dolly McNutt park. About 70 people attended. The crowd included a mix of conservative Republicans, Constitutionalists, Independents, libertarians, and even a few interested Democrats.
The event got started on time, despite the light rain, and thunder clouds. Paul, the opthamologist, arrived decked out in sunglasses. He was accompanied by members of his family from as far away as Texas.
Campaign volunteers handed out "I'm a Rand Fan," stickers, bumper stickers, and yard signs.
Some media showed, included one television station and the local newspaper.
Before the event I had the opportunity to interview a few attendees.
Jamie Smith (photo with black t-shirt) of West Paducah is a Vietnam Veteran and self-described "conservative Democrat" now leaning independent.
I really just want to hear what he has to say. Heard he's for smaller government. Anti-Nanny State. Some of his other views I don't know about. I know of his father's [Cong. Ron Paul] and his views. I want to ask him [Rand] about his views on military issues, Iraq, Afghanistan, if he wants to win or surrender.
My other big issue is the border. They already have the money to build the fence. They need to get it done.
Smith also expressed his hopes that Rand Paul would support repeal of the "health care debacle."
I also interviewed Taylor Harbin, (photo) a self-described "independent" and "libertarian-conservative." He is a recently graduated student of Western Kentucky Univ.
I'm just a young guy wondering about what the future is going to hold: Status of the 2nd Amendment, transparency from the federal Ggovernment, and all the while the government keeps expanding. I followed Ron Paul in his 2008 Presidential race. I like what I've heard and seen so far from Rand Paul. It's more than likely I will vote for him tomorrow. I wish him the best of luck.
As the crowd expanded the emcee took the stage and introduced the candidate.
Excerpts from Rand Paul's remarks:
This is the Tea Party movement!
This Tea Party movement is about getting our government back. It's not just Republicans or Democrats. It's about balanced budgets. And Term Limits... That's the Tea Party message.
They need to read the bills. Is that too much to ask? And every bill should have a provision outlining where they get the authority in the Constitution.
The 9th and 10th Amendments are clear. If it's not in the Constitution the power is left to the States.
The mood of the Nation is ripe for a candidate who is an outsider. We've been lucky enough to get Senator Bunning's endorsement... Sarah Palin.
This is a movement that's not about me. This Tea Party movement is about taking the Republican Party back and the Nation.
After the event I interviewed one more attendee. Erica Weise lives in Paducah. She's a single mom. She has a mixed race young son. She describes herself as a "poor white girl."
Erica came to the rally with her friend, already a Rand Paul backer. But this was Erica's first chance to hear Rand Paul speak. She was turned on to him through Glenn Beck.
Rand Paul is not a politician, and he's a Doctor. He knows what the health care bill will do. It's going to be a tough fight for him [to repeal it]. For everyone of him, there are 30 others who are against the Constitution.
I cannot believe we have a President that apologizes for the country. The President of the United States should be proud of the country.
It is absolutely despicable that what the Founding Fathers did is not taught for a full year in school.
I have a bi-racial kid. Not liking Barack Obama has nothing to do with his color. I just don't want to keep supporting others with my tax dollars. All this class envy is disgusting.
Paul and his entourage headed for Bowling Green, homebase for the campaign for a final rally later in the day.
by Michael W. Dean
You might think I’d be happy about this 7-2 ruling that came down yesterday:
Supreme Court: Sex offenders can be held indefinitely
But I’m not. Here’s why. The ruling:
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday the federal government has the power to keep some sex offenders behind bars indefinitely after they have served their sentences if officials determine those inmates may prove “sexually dangerous” in the future.
“The federal government, as custodian of its prisoners, has the constitutional power to act in order to protect nearby (and other) communities from the danger such prisoners may pose,” Justice Stephen Breyer wrote for the 7-2 majority….
Note - Justices Clarence Thomas and Antonin Scalia were the dissenters.
Seems good on the surface, in a “think of the children!” way, but could be expanded to anything. This means they could probably put citizens in prison if they thought you might be a danger to the government, but had no proof. If they just “feel it’s a good idea” in a “think of the children!” sort of way. (Like if you vote Republican or Libertarian….)
I think that a problem a lot of libertarians and Republicans have is relying too heavily on the Constitution (and on its interpenetration by the guys in dresses. Letting those guys make up the rules as they go along was never the plan of the Founding Fathers.) The Constitution does not GRANT rights, it only tries to ENFORCE rights THAT YOU WERE BORN WITH. It’s all about NATURAL RIGHTS, not what Nanci Pelosi or Harry Reid or even Ron Paul says. It’s what is RIGHT, not what some lawmakers or law interpreters SAY is right.
If you live your life with integrity, you KNOW what’s right, and you don’t need some guy in a dress to tell you so. And Natural Rights (and the Constitution) only include negative rights (which are actually good things), like the right not to be killed for no reason, the right not to be tyrannized and taxed to death. And Natural Rights (and the Constitution) do NOT include and “positive rights” (positive rights are bad things), like the right to “free heath care”, the right to “a good job with benefits”, etc. Because positive rights can only be obtained by stealing from others.
Governments cannot earn money, they can only steal it, borrow it or print it. And none of those help honest people, and none of those are included in Natural Rights. And arrogant and sociopathic thuggish goons like Nanci Pelosi, Harry Reid, Obama, and now apparently the Supreme Court, do not understand Natural Rights. And Governments only have power if YOU give it to them.
I’m not telling people not to vote. I’d say vote for the least statist person who has a chance to win…usually a Republican, put the breaks on the Obama regime Cloward and Piven crap, and after that’s taken care of, we’ll work from there.
Article by Michael W. Dean. http://www.libertarianpunk.com/
Article exclusive for the Libertarian Republican. Michael W. Dean works for a living in Wyoming, makes protest music, and refuses to buy into the notion that academics in DC can tell him what to do in Wyoming, and he will not pay for the health care of other musicians.
Rebecca Sink-Burris has taken on many important roles for the LPIN over 30+ years of activism, including retaining ballot access in 2002 as a candidate for Secretary of State, and currently representing the state on the Libertarian National Committee. She now has another: Candidate for US Senate.
Rebecca speaks about the issues [...]
WASHINGTON — Rep. Mark Souder, R-Ind., plans to resign from CongressFriday because of what he called a mutual relationship with a part-time aide.
“I sinned against God, my wife, and my family,” Souder said in prepared remarks he planned to deliver today in Fort Wayne.
Read the full article on Indystar.com
The Libertarian Party of Indiana has just updated their 2010 Candidates site. http://lpin.org/candidates/
The party has a record 68 candidates! The Libertarian Party of Indiana has never had this many candidates at this point during election season.
Look at the list. If you see that there is no Libertarian running in your area, we [...]
Calls the failed bomber a "Muslim Dirtbag"
From Eric Dondero:
Frequent Contributor to Reason Mark Goldblatt penned a piece titled "The Poet Versus the Prophet: On standing up to totalitarian Islam" in the latest Hit&Run blog. Goldblatt is refreshingly blunt on the dangers of Radical Islam, and the threats the ideology poses to Free Speech.
I’ve had a couple of weeks now to think about Ginsberg cursing out that cabbie, and cursing out Islam and Muhammad. You see, I live in Manhattan, three blocks from Times Square. As near as I can determine, I was walking with a friend about thirty feet from the car bomb on May 1st right around the time it was supposed to detonate. Except for the technical incompetence of a Muslim dirtbag named Faisal Shahzad, I and my friend would likely be dead now. Note the phrase: “Muslim dirtbag.” Neither term by itself accounts for the terrorist act he attempted to perpetrate; both terms, however, are equally complicit in it. It might have been a crapshoot of nature and nurture that wrought a specimen like Shahzad, but it was Islam that inspired him, that gave his fecal stain of a life its depth and its justification. Why is that so difficult to admit?
Muhammed as a Cockroach
Goldblatt goes on to write:
Let me ask the question another way: Where’s the rage? If Islam justifies, or is understood by millions of Muslims to justify, setting off a bomb in Times Square, then I shit on Islam.
Reason has over the years had a reputation of being on the leftside of the libertarian movement. They mercilessly bashed President George W. Bush on virtually all fronts, and were highly critical of the War in Iraq.
Something's changed. There is a noticable difference in the editorial leadership of the magazine/on-line version these days. In short, Editor Nick Gillespie and most of the writers, now get it. They recently wrote in defense of South Park Cartoonists Trey Parker and Matt Stone. And now they've bravely published this hardcore piece by Goldblatt.
We on the Libertarian Right most assuredly welcome this shift from our friends at Reason. It may have taken threats to the lives of Reason friends Parker and Stone. And now a near miss on the life of one of their very own writers. But it's a welcome shift, none-the-less.
Photo of Goldblatt's new book, with a cockroach on the cover, which Reason editors note is a representation of "The Prophet" Muhammed. You can purchase the book off of JeffGoldblatt.com
