{"id":150694,"date":"2014-10-14T22:53:00","date_gmt":"2014-10-15T02:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/uncategorized\/robert-burke-as-libertarian-im-headed-forward-in-the-other-direction.php"},"modified":"2014-10-14T22:53:00","modified_gmt":"2014-10-15T02:53:00","slug":"robert-burke-as-libertarian-im-headed-forward-in-the-other-direction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/libertarianism\/robert-burke-as-libertarian-im-headed-forward-in-the-other-direction.php","title":{"rendered":"Robert Burke: As Libertarian, I&#39;m headed forward  in the other direction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p>      My name is Robert Burke. I am running for governor of      Wisconsin, and I need your vote. Our current two-party system      is broken, and as my counterpart in Minnesota says, this year      we need to \"Vote Differently.\" Who we send to Madison and      Washington, D.C., is irrelevant because the machine of the      two-party system is in control. Money, influence and      corruption are the flavor of every day, and it needs to      change. We do this one by one. It's slow and it's messy, but      in the end it will be well worth the fight  freedom is      always worth the fight. Many have perished in America's quest      for that freedom, and our blindness to the truth disrespects      those sacrifices.    <\/p>\n<p>      Libertarianism is different in that all candidates follow a      set of principles laid out in our platform, which you can      find at RobertBurkeforGovernor.org. Everyone running for      office follows these principles and we have a committee whose      job it is to review our voting record and hold our elected      officials accountable to the voters who put them in office.      Should our elected officials stray too far from these      principles we will eject them from the party, because unlike      the red and blue team, Libertarians arent afraid to hold our      elected officials accountable just to hold a seat. These      principles say you are free and that the proper role of      government is in the protection of those freedoms and your      personal property. These principles are not subject to      special events or situations and they are not open for      compromise. When you vote for a Libertarian you will get a      Libertarian  limited government, maximum freedom.    <\/p>\n<p>      In 2012, I recognized there was a problem and left the red      team. I started a political party in my local community, and      held educational events, walked the parades, and visited      people at our county fairs. I joined the state party and      helped organize the workings and co-chaired the largest state      convention in our history. Last fall, I wrote our campaign      plan and recruited 11 people to join me on the ballot, and      together we represent one of the largest third-party slates      in recent history. I took responsibility and stepped to the      head of the ticket.    <\/p>\n<p>      This is leadership.    <\/p>\n<p>      We live every two years from crisis election to crisis      election, and thats how the two party system likes things.      You have to vote for the red team or the blue team wins; you      have to vote for the blue team or the red team wins. It's      time to stop living in a manufactured fear created by this      red\/blue paradigm. Throughout the history of the world,      freedom has always meant better lives for people. This year,      don't waste your vote on the lesser of two evils: Peace and      freedom are among your choices.    <\/p>\n<p>      Vote Robert Burke-Libertarian this fall because nothing gets      the attention of the powers that be than leaving their      ranks. FORWARD IS IN THE OTHER DIRECTION. Im headed that way      if youre interested.    <\/p>\n<p><!-- Auto Generated --><\/p>\n<p>Read this article: <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/host.madison.com\/news\/opinion\/column\/robert-burke-as-libertarian-i-m-headed-forward-in-the\/article_71312d11-1865-5127-ac6e-b6df4af97969.html\/RK=0\/RS=luWKN4Triq.qyMaZOfEZFe4CN34-\" title=\"Robert Burke: As Libertarian, I&#39;m headed forward  in the other direction\">Robert Burke: As Libertarian, I&#39;m headed forward  in the other direction<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> My name is Robert Burke.  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/libertarianism\/robert-burke-as-libertarian-im-headed-forward-in-the-other-direction.php\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"limit_modified_date":"","last_modified_date":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-150694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-libertarianism"],"modified_by":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150694"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=150694"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150694\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=150694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=150694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}