Event Reminder!

Date: TONIGHT, Thursday, December 10, 2009
Time: 6:00 PM - fellowship dinner; 7:00 Business Meeting

Event: Chesterfield Libertarians Meeting

Description: The Chesterfield Libertarians meet every month on the 2nd Thursday.
See our web page at:

http://Chesterfield.LPVA.com

Please join us for good food, cameraderie, and conspiring to make Chesterfield
County a freer place to live.

The business portion of the meeting will commence at 7:00 p.m. and normally
lasts 15 to 20 minutes.

Location: Mi Hacienda Restaurant
8250 Midlothian Tnpk
Richmond VA 23235

Web Site: http://www.RichmondMexicanFood.com/

Map:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=8250+Midlothian+Tpke\
+23235&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=43.172547,77.607422&ie=UTF8&ll=37.497704,-77.\
548963&spn=0.00126,0.002368&t=h&z=19&iwloc=r0

For More Information, Contact: Jason Zeh, Chairman, 804-748-0087,
vtzeh@...

P.S.  There will be a modest selection of LP literature available at the
meeting.  In cae you need to join or renew your membership in the LP, LP
membership forms will also be available.

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This issue distributed on Thursday, November 19, 2009

CONTENTS

1.  NATIONAL NEWS: White House Pity Party Crashers
2.  NATIONAL NEWS: I Call a Hoax on All Your Houses!
3.  NATIONAL NEWS: Stock Pick
4.  STATE NEWS: FREE OPH KITS for libertarian student groups!
5.  NATIONAL NEWS: LP National Convention Update
6.  NATIONAL NEWS: LP Issue Bumper Stickers
7.  EXPLORING LIBERTY: The LP's "Monopolies and Corporations" Plank
8.  LPVA: Next SCC Meeting: Saturday, January 09, 2010
9.  STATE NEWS: The "Government Behaving Badly" Files: This Issue's Criminal
Bureaucrats
10.  THE LIGHTER SIDE
11.  QUOTABLE QUOTES
12.  TWO-WEEK VIRGINIA EVENT HORIZON - Libertarian Events Around the State
13.  Deep Thoughts
14.  Video of the Week
15.  VIRGINIA TASER TALLY: Something for the Police State to be proud of

THIS PUBLICATION NEEDS A PERMANENT EDITOR!  Volunteer by leaving a message @
703-715-6230, or by writing to:

         Secretary@...
         <mailto:Secretary@...?Subject=ODLLVolunteer>


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1.  NATIONAL NEWS: White House Pity Party Crashers
================================================

So a pair of party crashers crashed a party at the White House.

Yawn.

Frankly, I don't see the problem.  The house belongs to them, after all.  They
paid for it, just like millions of other taxpayers.  Why can't a taxpayer rub
shoulders with his employee every once in a while?

Why should a few politicians even be worthy of a big chunk of the attention of a
billion-dollar paranoia machine we call the Secret Service?  What makes the
president and the simpering elites he surrounds himself with so much more
important than any Average Joe?  In the words of Jonathan Swift, "whoever could
make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass, to grow upon a spot of ground
where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more
essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put
together."

Politicians are generally a corrupt and worthless lot.  They produce no wealth,
they grow no food for people to eat, they can't even deliver mail or set up a
justice system that clears more than half of all violent crimes.  They consume
everything the free market can produce, and more, and then blame it when it
staggers under the load.

For wanting to be in such low company, criminal charges are not indicated. 
Perhaps pity.


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2.  NATIONAL NEWS: I Call a Hoax on All Your Houses!
================================================

The hype machine on human-caused climate change is still in hyperdrive, but the
intellectual case has suffered a "giant sucking sound" by the release of
internal emails from a server at Britain’s Climate Research Unit, University of
East Anglia.

The messages essentially verified what so-called "deniers" have been saying for
years: The the government-funded scientists promoting "Anthropogenerated Climate
Change" or "ACC" have made major efforts to freeze researchers who don't toe the
line from scholarly journals, have grossly overstated the case for ACC or global
warming, and that they have repeatedly faked the data that was plugged in to
their climate models.

http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-25061-Climate-Change-Examiner~y2009m11d21-Cli\
mateGate-emails-provide-unwanted-scrutiny-of-climate-scientists

Be sure to check out the link to the "Searchable database of the CRU emails",
and read them for yourself.

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/jamesdelingpole/100017393/climategate-the-fina\
l-nail-in-the-coffin-of-anthropogenic-global-warming/

There have been cases in the United States where a researcher took money from
the government for his research, fudged the data, was discovered, and was
prosecuted for fraud.  One would hope that the government of Britain has the
sense at least to sue for its money back.

I can't wait to see the next media hype-wave.  It sure has been entertaining
watching the back-flips on climate.  See "Fire and Ice - Journalists have warned
of climate change for 100 years, but can't decide weather we face an ice age or
warming" here:

http://www.businessandmedia.org/specialreports/2006/fireandice/fireandice.asp


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3.  NATIONAL NEWS: Stock Pick
================================================

With the above in mind, that old saw about rich men's utopias -- where the poor
can just walk -- comes to mind.  But I digress.  I was thinking now might be a
great time to short the stock of Al Gore's Fisker Automotive Inc (Finland). 
Fiskar, with the help of a U.S. government loan of $529 million, will build a
hybrid sports car -- in Finland, paying Finnish workers -- that will sell for
about $89,000.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125383160812639013.html

Waitaminute...  We're  bailing out Finnish auto manufacturing?

When Billionaire Gore and his merry band of con artists finish with the U.S.
economy, what's going to happen to the Fiskar and all these other plug-in hybrid
(or electric) cars?  Every wall outlet has a smokestack behind it somewhere. 
Utility companies use coal and give off carbon emissions are going to be
strangled to death.  When the price of electricity predictably skyrockets as a
direct (and planned) result, how practical are these hybrids going to be?  The
proletariat won't be able to afford the electricity.

Fiskar might therefore be a very tempestuous stock bet.  If Fiskar fails as a
result, the money will never be repaid to the American government.  But who
cares?  Half a billion here, half a billion there...  Gore will have sold his
shares before the carbon taxes kill Fiskar and all the others...


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4.  STATE NEWS: FREE OPH KITS for libertarian student groups!
================================================

  From the President of the Advocates for Self-Government:

In case you haven't heard, there is a libertarian revolution brewing on
America's campuses! Hundreds of campuses now have groups affiliated with the
Libertarian Party, Students for Liberty, and Young Americans for Liberty.

The Advocates wants these student groups to grow -- fast. Young libertarians
are, after all, the future of our movement.  So we've decided to give our
acclaimed OPH (Operation Political Homeless) outreach kits to libertarian
student groups FREE -- if they simply promise to use them a minimum of three
times a year and send us photos documenting their OPH activity.

Normally OPH sells for $50.00.  In just the past few weeks, we've sent 23 free
OPH kits to libertarian student groups around the country that have requested
them. We estimate these 23 kits alone will identify over a *thousand* campus
libertarians in the next year.

OPH is the best recruiting tool in the libertarian movement. OPH transforms an
ordinary ho-hum outreach booth into a crowd-drawing *event*. OPH makes it easy
for just a couple of libertarians to discover new libertarians and
libertarian-leaning folk wherever people are gathered.  Added bonus: OPH is
*fun* -- for both OPH boothers and the public.

To learn more about OPH, and see photos of OPH in action, visit:
http://www.theadvocates.org/oph.html

In October, Young Americans for Liberty -- which has over 175 high school and
college chapters -- recommended Operation Politically Homeless to their campus
affiliates seeking new members and an increased campus presence.
http://www.yaliberty.org/

Similarly, the Republican Liberty Caucus, which seeks to advance libertarian
ideas within the Republican Party, is urging campus activists to "host OPH
booths at Republican events on campus or in your community."
http://www.rlc.org/rlc-on-campus/

And for years, Libertarian Party campus chapters have used OPH with great
success. For example:
http://lpva.com/Archives/News/2003/20030929botetourt.shtml

Here's one recent real-world example of what OPH can do. The brand-new
libertarian group at Colorado State University *tripled* their membership in
just one day, after their very first OPH. They started with just three members.
Their first OPH found 20 new libertarians on campus; seven joined the group.
Needless to say, they'll be doing more OPHs.

Imagine every campus libertarian group in the country tripling in size -- while
spreading the ideas of liberty. And then doing so again. And again. And again. 
That's the promise of OPH!  Libertarian student groups: contact us for
information on getting your free OPH kit. Email: info@...

OPH will help libertarian student groups identify lots of new
libertarian-leaning recruits on their campuses -- and successfully turn many of
those recruits into members and activist libertarians.

And that's good news for liberty!


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5.  NATIONAL NEWS: LP National Convention Update
================================================

Dear Delegates to the 2010 National Convention:

Our Bylaws prescribe how we allocate seats to representatives of affiliates who
will attend our 2010 National Convention in St. Louis. Delegate allocations
depend upon 1) vote totals for Bob Barr in 2008 and 2) Membership totals as of,
in this case, October 31, 2009.

All members are welcome to download and review our "Delegation Chair’s Manual",
which has been updated to reflect our October 31 membership cutoff date.  See
this link:

         http://www.lp.org/files/Delegation%20Chair%27s%20Manual%202010.pdf

Of course, it’s not necessary to be a state or delegation chair to download and
read the document.  It contains information about delegates, delegations and
procedures we’ll use in the 2010 Convention.  These are not procedures that the
LNC has dictated, but are ones we ourselves as members have codified in our
Bylaws and Convention Rules.


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6.  NATIONAL NEWS: LP Issue Bumper Stickers
================================================

And now, a word from our sponsor:  Wear the LP colors!  Check out these bumper
stickers:

http://www.zazzle.com/immigration_is_also_called_moving_bumper_sticker-128096227\
542326068
http://www.zazzle.com/abolish_the_irs_vote_libertarian_bumper_sticker-1281514568\
87305334
http://www.zazzle.com/repeal_prohibition_libertarian_party_sticker_bumper_sticke\
r-128231895702692440
http://www.zazzle.com/abolish_the_fed_bumper_sticker-128034935072085282


================================================
7.  EXPLORING LIBERTY: The LP's "Monopolies and Corporations" Plank
================================================

This issue, we bring you the Libertarian Party's platform position # "2.6
Monopolies and Corporations", which reads:

--------
We defend the right of individuals to form corporations, cooperatives and other
types of companies based on voluntary association.  We seek to divest government
of all functions that can be provided by non-governmental organizations or
private individuals.  We oppose government subsidies to business, labor, or any
other special interest.  Industries should be governed by free markets.
--------


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8.  LPVA: Next SCC Meeting: Saturday, January 09, 2010
================================================

The next meeting of the state committee will occur on Saturday, January 09, 2010
at 12:00 pm, with an 11:00 am lunch preceding.  The meeting of the State
Committee of the Virgina LP (i.e., "SCC") will be held in the Richmond area
(exact location TBA).  Backup date January 30th, depending on member
availability and the ability to schedule a venue.

There will be an informal lunch gathering at 11:00. Anyone who would like to
join us should be there no later than 11:00 am.

The meeting will begin at 12:00 noon and should not run beyond 2:30 p.m.

Minutes of previous meetings are posted at:

     http://www.LPVA.com/Archives/SCCMinutes/Minutes.php

Bring your appetite, your ideas, be ready to roll up your sleeves, and help us
win a free country!

PLEASE NOTE: Under LPVA rules, only LP members have the right to attend State
Committee meetings.  YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE A MEMBER OF THE SCC TO ATTEND!!  In
fact, we encourage all Libertarian Party members to attend, as we are always
interested in ideas and **especially** new volunteers to help with ongoing
projects.  If you're not e current member, you are free to join or rejoin at the
meeting.

ALSO NOTE: We are currently seeking one or more volunteers for the newsletter,
including selecting a new editor.  If you are interested in the job, please
attend!  Bring your resume and a sample or two of your desktop-publishing work.


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9.  STATE NEWS: The "Government Behaving Badly" Files: This Issue's Criminal
Bureaucrats
================================================

Seen any government employees facing justice for crimes committed while
collecting a government paycheck?  Let us know about it!  Send announcements and
news to <ODLL@...> or <mailto:ODLL@...?Subject=Criminal_Bureaucrats> !

****************

"Ex-Tucker football coach pleads guilty to indecent liberties with 2 students"

http://www2.timesdispatch.com/rtd/news/local/crime/article/LEIGGAT17_20091117-10\
4802/306281/

"Poquoson High School wrestling coach Mark Thomas Strickland was arrested for
DUI, reckless driving and marijuana possession..."

http://www.zoominfo.com/people/Strickland_Mark_46287758.aspx

****************

By the way, you won't be able to get any reports (other than judical records,
when the crime is prosecuted) from government about any of its employees who
have been fired or disciplined for breaking the law.  Government considers
criminal 'crats to be protected by the rubric "confidential personnel matter". 
They claim it isn't subject to FOIA.  They're glad to hand out statistics about
criminal priests, though -- who are statistically far more rare than criminal
teachers and other 'crats.


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10.  THE LIGHTER SIDE - JOKE:
================================================

"Police in Texas seized thousands of ecstasy tablets with pictures of Obama's
face on them. Drug dealers chose Obama because the pills make you feel hope and
change and then send you off to a faraway place." – Craig Ferguson

"And The Washington Post suggested today that this party-crashing couple may
have a long history of deceiving people. Well, no wonder they fit in at the
White House." – Jay Leno


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11.  QUOTABLE QUOTES
================================================

"The more corrupt the state, the more it legislates." ­ Tacitus


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12.  ONE-MONTH VIRGINIA EVENT HORIZON - Libertarian Events Around the State
================================================

FOR COMPLETE DETAILS ON ANY OF THESE EVENTS, SEE:
http://lpva.com/Calendar/events08.asp

Thursday, December 10, 2009  -  4:30 PM Jefferon Area Libertarians' (JAL) Happy
Hour

Thursday, December 10, 2009  -  6:00 PM: Chesterfield Libertarians Meeting

Saturday, December 12, 2009  -  12:00 PM: LPNOVA Board Meeting

Tuesday, December 15, 2009  -  6:00 PM: New River Libertarians Meeting and
Holiday Social

Thursday, December 17, 2009  -  7:00 PM: JAL "Fourth Thursday Salon" in Crozet

Tuesday, January 05, 2010  -  6:00 PM:  Patrick Henry Supper Club

Tuesday, January 05, 2010  -  8:00 PM: 7th District Libertarians Quarterly
Meeting

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OTHER IMPORTANT DATES
------------------------------------
December 2009 - February 2010 -
congressional district committee conventions
- consider formal endorsements of candidates
for 2010 election
- elect LP congressional district officers (chair, etc).
------------------------------------
Jan 29-31, 2010
Annual meeting of LP activists from every state
See: http://StateChairsConference.org/about
Also sit in on the Libertarian National Committee,
the Bylaws and Platform committees.
Location will be Austin, registration information
to follow in future newsletters
------------------------------------
March or April, 2010
LPVA State Convention
Exact location & Date TBA.
------------------------------------
May 4, 2010
Municipal Elections
Remember to Vote,
and Vote Libertarian!
------------------------------------
May 28 - May 31, 2010
LP National Convention
Renaissance St. Louis Grand and Suites Hotel, in Missouri.
------------------------------------


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13.  Deep Thoughts
================================================

"I guess of all my uncles, I liked Uncle Cave Man the best. We called him Uncle
Cave Man because he lived in a cave and because sometimes he'd eat one of us.
Later on we found out he was a bear." -  Jack Handey

See more: http://www.quoteworld.org/authors/jack_handey__deep_thoughts_


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14.  Video of the Week
================================================

1960's Anti-Drug Agitprop -- Some really freaky bureaucrats helped make this
anti-drug propaganda video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5TJApnJ8X8&feature=related


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15.  VIRGINIA TASER TALLY: Something for the Police State to be proud of
================================================

I don't think anyone else in the state is doing it so far -- there should be a
tally of deaths-by-taser for the state of Virginia.  Each issue, this list will
be expanded as I find more references to them.  Have one to add?  Notify us at:

         <mailto:ODLL@...?Subject=VLW>

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It won't be long now....

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Further reading:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i90UP_jVzIbDQUJ55_Y-7C1UgZHQD9\
BCF04G0
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091018/ap_on_re_us/us_california_taser_death
http://truthnottasers.blogspot.com/
http://nateo.blogspot.com/2008/02/taser-and-gun-use-statistics.html

Are there Taser carriers in your neighborhood?  Chain mail: Don't leave home
without it.

http://theringlord.com/cart/shopdisplayproducts.asp?id=96&cat=Chainmail+Clothing\
&websess=95792530192228

While you're at it, carry a stun gun of your own for protection:

http://www.personalarms.com/stun_gun/pretender-cellphone-stun-gun.htm


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Allow me to emphasize this: We prefer Virginia news
to news you can get elsewhere. If you have a good
liberty-oriented story centered in Virginia, please
alert us to it.
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like NOW to become a member of Virginia's third
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http://Membership.LPVA.com
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RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP - Have you been a member in
the past, but for one reason or another chosen not
to renew?  Renew today and resume the fight for
Liberty!
http://Membership.LPVA.com
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http://Contribute.LPVA.com
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Be conversational -- we encourage members of this list to introduce themselves
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Also feel free to note what locale you're in when you sign off of your message;
you might find a Libertarian "buddy" in your area to help you form a local group
by doing so.  You just never know.

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Participants may post & discuss articles, opinions, comments and other items
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Has your local LP recently sponsored an outreach table? Tell us about it. Did
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[If you get more than one coy of this message, please pardon me.]

Dear folks -
          This is important.  Please pass it on to
everyone you know who is affected by it.
          Our belovedand benevolent Guv, Timothy
Kaine, has just announced that peole who have
been convicted of felonies in the past who would
like their civil rights restored should submit
their applications during his term -- that is, NOW.
          For non-violent felonies -- such as drug
possessionand drug dealing -- the restoration
should be quick and much easier than it has been in the past.
          The link to the news story on this is
<http://tinyurl.com/yg7l5fr>.  Sorry to say that
I do not have a link to the original announcement.
          Again, please pass this on.  We have a
limited period of time to get those applications submitted.
-- Roy

end

                  - - Roy B. Scherer
[529 High Street, Petersburg, VA 238003-3859;
    Roy:(804)382-5411; Sally (804) 767-0420]
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          "[T]here is nothing more difficult to
take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more
uncertain in its success, than to take the lead
in the introduction of a new order of things.
Because the innovator has for enemies all those
who have done well under the old conditions, and
lukewarm defenders in those who may do well under
the new. This coolness arises partly from fear of
the opponents, who have the laws on their side,
and partly from the incredulity of men, who do
not readily believe in new things until they have
had a long experience of them."
          Nicolò Machiavelli, THE PRINCE, c. 1505
============================================================


[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Good one, Roy.  ROTFLMFAO!
Dave


In a message dated 11/15/2009 20:33:06 Eastern Standard Time,
rscherer@... writes:

This is the sort of person that we need to reach . .  .
<http://www.theonion.com/content/news/area_man_passionate_defender_of>.
--  Roy
end





[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

This is the sort of person that we need to reach . . .
<http://www.theonion.com/content/news/area_man_passionate_defender_of>.
-- Roy
end

		 - - Roy B. Scherer
   [8 N. Sheppard Street, Richmond, VA 23221; (804) 355-7612]
============================================================
	 "If you are part of a society that has the vote, by all means do so!
	 There may well be no person or issue that you wish to vote FOR,
	 but there is certain to be someone or something to vote AGAINST!"
		 -- Lazarus Long, The Senior
		 -- cited by Robert A. Heinlein in "Time Enough For Love"
============================================================

In a message dated 11/4/2009 3:08:42 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
rudminjd@... writes:

Jim,
I voted for you 4 times yesterday! Once each for the 4  different statewide
offices.
Joe


Jim Lark received votes in Charlottesville, too.

He received one vote for House of Delegates (57th District) against
incumbent David Toscano and independent challenger Robert Brandon Smith  III.

He received one vote for Commonwealth's Attorney against incumbent Dave
Chapman.  (Perry Mason and "Legalize Marijuana" also received votes in that
race.)

Jim also received a vote for Commissioner of the Revenue against incumbent
Lee Richards.  Bernie Madoff received two votes in that contest.

Jim received a vote for Treasurer against incumbent Jennifer Brown, along
with Scrooge McDuck and the late Joe Bishop.

-- Rick Sincere




[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Jim,
I voted for you 4 times yesterday!  Once each for the 4 different statewide
offices.
Joe

Friends,

This is a monthly announcement describing the LPVA-Forum discussion mailing
list.

Be conversational -- we encourage members of this list to introduce themselves
when they join.  Tell us who & where (county/city) you are and what you do, and
perhaps a few words about how and when you discovered you were a Libertarian. 
Also feel free to note what locale you're in when you sign off of your message;
you might find a Libertarian "buddy" in your area to help you form a local group
by doing so.  You just never know.

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members of the Libertarian Party of Virginia and other interested individuals.

Participants may post & discuss articles, opinions, comments and other items
relevant to the Libertarian Party to this list.

Has your local LP recently sponsored an outreach table? Tell us about it. Did
you run for office? Tell us what you learned. Have tips for successful outreach,
stories of conversations with legislators, or how to approach particular
interest groups? Share it! Have you written a Letter to the Editor recently?
Show it to us!

Thank you for your interest in the Libertarian Party!

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bears no responsibility for the content posted to this list or the management
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Send in your annual donation to the Virginia LP:

         http://Contribute.LPVA.com

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         https://www.lp.org/members/renew.shtml

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This event might be useful to Libertarians.  Virginia Campaign for Liberty
supports Ron Paul, who is a former Libertarian Party presidential candidate.  I
think that he is still a libertarian, even though I disagree with him on some
issues.
Joe

-----Original Message-----
From: Virginia Campaign for Liberty [mailto:donna.holt@...]
Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 2:27 PM
To: Joseph Rudmin
Subject: Join Virginia C4L for The Political Effectiveness Seminar

 
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October 27, 2009


Dear Friend of Liberty,

On November 14, Virginia Campaign for Liberty will host a Political
Effectiveness Seminar from 9am - 5pm at the Powhatan Village Building
Auditorium, located at 3910 Old Buckingham Rd., Powhatan, VA 23139.

Training at this seminar will start off with a course led by me on "Developing
Your Lobby Plan"  and will be followed by one on the "Real Nature of Politics &
Elections" taught by Dimitri Kesari.   This grassroots training is just in time
to prepare you for effectiveness in the upcoming legislative session in the
Virginia General Assembly.

The cost is $49 per person and includes a box lunch.  You can register and
purchase your ticket online
<http://echo4.bluehornet.com/ct/5803396:6730737373:m:1:379775136:2906B250E086E8C\
E0FE13ED82886CF8C> .  You don't need to worry about receiving physical tickets
in the mail. You will be checked in at the door when you arrive.

The deadline to purchase your ticket is November 7 so we can get in the order
for the box lunches.  No tickets will be sold at the door.

I hope to see you there!


Yours in liberty,

Donna Holt

Executive Director

Virginia Campaign for Liberty

Interim State Coordinator

Campaign for Liberty National

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I have an op-ed piece in Tuesday's Times-Dispatch on the  topic of expanded
federal hate-crimes laws.


Here's the link to the article:


_http://tinyurl.com/RTD-Oct20-ht_ (http://tinyurl.com/RTD-Oct20-09)


And here's the link to my blog post that links to the article and makes a
few other points:


_http://tinyurl.com/HR2647_ (http://tinyurl.com/HR2647)

Comments in either forum -- to get the conversation going --  are most
welcome.


-- Rick  Sincere

_http://www.RickSincere.com _ (http://www.ricksincere.com/)
_http://www.cafepress.com/ricksincere_
(http://www.cafepress.com/ricksincere)



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This issue distributed on Monday, October 19, 2009.

CONTENTS

1.  HARRISONBURG NEWS: Speech Code of the Month: James Madison University
2.  SPRINGFIELD AREA NEWS: Matt Cholko For Delegate - The Home Stretch
3.  NATIONAL NEWS: LP Issue Bumper Stickers
4.  MUST-SEE TV: Whole Foods' CEO John Mackey: Conscious Capitalism
5.  EXPLORING LIBERTY: The LP's "Government Finance and Spending" Plank
6.  LPVA: Next SCC Meeting: Sunday, October 25th, 2009
7.  STATE NEWS: The "Government Behaving Badly" Files: This week's Criminal
Bureaucrats
8.  THE LIGHTER SIDE - VIDEO: The Day ObamaCare Died
9.  QUOTABLE QUOTES
10.  TWO-WEEK VIRGINIA EVENT HORIZON - Libertarian Events Around the State
11.  Deep Thoughts
12.  P.E.S.T. - "Portable Electro-Shock Torture" Devices
13.  VIRGINIA TASER TALLY: Something for the Police State to be proud of

THIS PUBLICATION NEEDS A PERMANENT EDITOR!  Volunteer by leaving a message @
703-715-6230, or by writing to:

	 Secretary@...
	 <mailto:Secretary@...?Subject=ODLLVolunteer>


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1.  HARRISONBURG NEWS: Speech Code of the Month: James Madison University
================================================

From Samantha Harris at Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE): 
James Madison University (JMU) has made a seemingly small change to one of its
policies that actually has significant implications for student expression. Last
year, JMU's policy on "Obscene Conduct" stated that: "No student shall engage in
lewd, indecent or obscene conduct or expression on university property or in
university-owned or operated buildings."

This year, the policy states that: "No student shall engage in lewd, indecent or
obscene conduct or expression, regardless of proximity to campus."

Given that "lewd" and "indecent" are - unlike "obscene" - terms that do not have
a clear legal definition, this policy could easily apply to expression that is
crude or vulgar but still constitutionally protected (as most crude and vulgar
expression is.)

Read more at:

http://www.thefire.org/article/11147.html
http://www.thefire.org/article/11077.html


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2.  SPRINGFIELD AREA NEWS: Matt Cholko For Delegate - The Home Stretch
================================================

JUST OVER TWO WEEKS LEFT!

Please take a few minutes and visit Matt Cholko's campaign website.  Matt is
working hard to bring the message of smaller less intrusive government to voters
this fall; help him out with some of your time or a donation or three:

http://www.MattCholko.com


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3.  NATIONAL NEWS: LP Issue Bumper Stickers
================================================

And now, a word from our sponsor:  Wear the LP colors!  Check out these bumper
stickers:

http://www.zazzle.com/immigration_is_also_called_moving_bumper_sticker-128096227\
542326068
http://www.zazzle.com/abolish_the_irs_vote_libertarian_bumper_sticker-1281514568\
87305334
http://www.zazzle.com/repeal_prohibition_libertarian_party_sticker_bumper_sticke\
r-128231895702692440
http://www.zazzle.com/abolish_the_fed_bumper_sticker-128034935072085282


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4.  MUST-SEE TV: Whole Foods' CEO John Mackey: Conscious Capitalism
================================================

http://reason.tv/video/show/918

John Mackey's Conscious Capitalism: The Whole Foods CEO on health care,
veganism, and free markets.

When he started his first organic food store in Austin, Texas in 1978, Whole
Foods Market CEO and co-founder John Mackey had no idea that he would eventually
usher in not just a revolution in how we shop but what we buy. If you dig being
able to buy dozens of types of once-exotic apples, or cheese, or wine, or soaps,
or countless other items, you can thank Mackey in part for helping to create
cathedrals of commerce that have vastly enriched our day-to-day lives and vastly
expanded our palates. (Full disclosure: Mackey has contributed to Reason
Foundation, the nonprofit that publishes this website.)

In August, Mackey became one of the most controversial businessmen in America
when he penned an op-ed for The Wall Street Journal outlining his company's
free-market-oriented health care system and offering eight concrete reforms that
would reduce costs and improve access. Noting that health care is not "a right"
as that term is properly understood, Mackey forcefully argued that increasing
government intervention into health care is precisely the wrong thing to do:
"The last thing our country needs is a massive new health-care entitlement that
will create hundreds of billions of dollars of new unfunded deficits and move us
much closer to a government takeover of our health-care system. Instead, we
should be trying to achieve reforms by moving in the opposite direction—toward
less government control and more individual empowerment."

The response from the left to Mackey's op-ed was swift: Advocates of
single-payer health care, union activists, and others called for protests at and
boycotts of Whole Foods, despite the fact that the company provides affordable
and well-regarded coverage to its employees.

As a cutting-edge entrepreneur who is comfortable quoting astrological signs and
Ludwig von Mises, who practices veganism and sells some of the best meat in
America, and who chases profits and is an outspoken advocate of charitable
giving, Mackey confounds conventional political categories. As an advocate of
what he calls "conscious capitalism," Mackey is that rarest of businessman: an
articulate and passionate defender of free enterprise and free individuals.

In late September, Mackey sat down with Reason's Matt Welch and Nick Gillespie
to talk about health care reform, corporate social responsibility (on which
Mackey has written for Reason), why government interventions rarely achieve
their goals, and how Mackey came to his unstinting belief in free markets.


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5.  EXPLORING LIBERTY: The LP's "Government Finance and Spending" Plank
================================================

This issue, we bring you an exploration of the Libertarian Party's platform
position # "2.5: Money and Financial Markets", which reads:

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We favor free-market banking, with unrestricted competition among banks and
depository institutions of all types. Individuals engaged in voluntary exchange
should be free to use as money any mutually agreeable commodity or item. We
support a halt to inflationary monetary policies, the repeal of legal tender
laws and compulsory governmental units of account.
--------

Just as a reminder, there's a nice-looking sticker you can buy that expresses
the "Abolish the Fed" sentiment right here:

http://www.zazzle.com/abolish_the_fed_bumper_sticker-128034935072085282


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6.  LPVA: Next SCC Meeting: Sunday, October 25th, 2009
================================================

The next meeting of the state committee will occur on Sunday, October 25, 2009
at 12:00 pm, with an 11:00 am lunch preceding.

October 4th is backup date, depending on the availability of a couple of SCC
members who may have scheduling conflicts with the later date.  As soon as those
scheduling uncertainties are resolved, the date will be finalized.

The meeting will be at:

Pronto Italian Bistro & Pizzeria
5625 W Broad St
Richmond, VA 23230-2614
(804) 288-8300?

Directions:

http://maps.google.com/maps?oe=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&gfns=1&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=p\
rontos+pizza+west+broad+st+richmond+va&fb=1&split=1&gl=us&view=text&latlng=11217\
045210820111340

The manager is from Palermo Italy, so those who like Italian food should be
pleased -- this is the real thing.  Of course they have other American fare
available as well.  PLEASE Remember -- if we don't purchase meals, we won't be
able to continue meeting in the private sector.  Please buy a meal from the
restaurant SO THAT THEY CAN AFFORD TO KEEP GIVING US A FREE MEETING ROOM.

Minutes of previous meetings are posted at:

     http://www.LPVA.com/Archives/SCCMinutes/Minutes.php

Bring your appetite, your ideas, be ready to roll up your sleeves, and help us
win a free country!

YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE A MEMBER OF THE SCC TO ATTEND!!  In fact, we encourage all
Libertarian Party members to attend, as we are always interested in ideas and
**especially** new volunteers to help with ongoing projects.  If you're not e
current member, you are free to join or rejoin at the meeting.

ALSO NOTE: We are currently seeking one or more volunteers for the newsletter,
including selecting a new editor.  If you are interested in the job, please
attend!  Bring your resume and a sample or two of your desktop-publishing work.


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7.  STATE NEWS: The "Government Behaving Badly" Files: This week's Criminal
Bureaucrats
================================================

Seen any government employees facing justice for crimes committed while
collecting a government paycheck?  Let us know about it!  Send announcements and
news to <ODLL@...> or <mailto:ODLL@...?Subject=Criminal_Bureaucrats> !

By the way, you won't be able to get any reports (other than judical records,
when the crime is prosecuted) from government about any of its employees who
have been fired or disciplined for breaking the law.  Government considers
criminal 'crats to be protected by the rubric "confidential personnel matter". 
They claim it isn't subject to FOIA.


================================================
8.  THE LIGHTER SIDE - VIDEO: The Day ObamaCare Died
================================================

From a Republican activist (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Shanklin or
http://www.paulshanklin.com/ ), but oh well -- it's kinda funny:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3KDmEvNmJ0


================================================
9.  QUOTABLE QUOTES
================================================

"A liberal is someone who feels a great debt to his fellow man, which debt he
proposes to pay off with your money." ­ G. Gordon Liddy


================================================
10.  TWO-WEEK VIRGINIA EVENT HORIZON - Libertarian Events Around the State
================================================

FOR COMPLETE DETAILS ON ANY OF THESE EVENTS, SEE:
http://lpva.com/Calendar/events08.asp

Friday, September 25, 2009  -  5:30 PM: LPVa information booth at the Patrick
County Fair.

Saturday, September 26, 2009  -  5:30 PM: LPVa information booth at the Patrick
County Fair.

Monday, September 28, 2009  -  7:00 PM: LP of the District of Columbia.

Tuesday, October 06, 2009  -  6:00 PM: Richmond's "Patrick Henry Supper Club".

Thursday, October 08, 2009  -  6:00 PM: Chesterfield County Libertarians
Meeting.

Tuesday, October 13, 2009  -  6:00 PM: 7th District Libertarians Quarterly
Dinner Meeting.

Sunday, October 25, 2009  -  11:00 AM: State Committee Meeting in Richmond.


------------------------------------
OTHER IMPORTANT DATES
------------------------------------
November 3, 2009
General Elections
Remember to Vote, and Vote Libertarian!
------------------------------------
December 2009 - February 2010 -
congressional district committee conventions
- consider formal endorsements of candidates
for 2010 election
- elect LP congressional district officers (chair, etc).
------------------------------------
Jan 29-31, 2010
Annual meeting of LP activists from every state
See: http://StateChairsConference.org/about
Also sit in on the Libertarian National Committee,
the Bylaws and Platform committees.
Location will be Austin, registration information
to follow in future newsletters
------------------------------------
March or April, 2010
LPVA State Convention
Exact location & Date TBA.
------------------------------------
May 4, 2010
Municipal Elections
Remember to Vote,
and Vote Libertarian!
------------------------------------
May 28 - May 31, 2010
LP National Convention
Renaissance St. Louis Grand and Suites Hotel, in Missouri.
------------------------------------


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11.  Deep Thoughts
================================================

"Whenever I start getting sad about where I am in my life, I think about the
last words of my favorite uncle:  'A truck!'"


================================================
12.  P.E.S.T. - "Portable Electro-Shock Torture" Devices
================================================

A writer on LewRockwell.com recently suggested that Tasers be renamed
"P.E.S.T."'s - "Portable Electro-Shock Torture" Devices.  Excellent advice.

It's now simply a matter of recorded history that tobacco companies lied about
the hazards of smoking.  Not that I care -- people generally knew the risks
beginning in the forties, and many decided to smoke anyway.  Had there not been
the possibility that people who ignored the risks of cigarettes for their entire
lives then later running to trial lawyers to get money when the risks bore
fruit, it is likely that cigarette manufacturers wouldn't have continued lying
for so many decades after the game was widely known as being rigged; but
liability concerns are mostly a function of our inept government.  Smoking is a
voluntary choice anyone should be able to make; and they should be allowed to
live with the consequences of doing so.

On the other hand, being tasered (PEST'ed) isn't a voluntary thing.  Yet despite
the lessons of history, PEST manufacturers, such as Taser International's Tom
Smith (see
http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/news/photos/2008/01/30/smith-cp-4259614.jpg ) have
taken pages from the old tobacco playbooks and have been lying through their
collective teeth for over a decade about the dangers of hitting people with
PEST's:

	 http://www.yourlawyer.com/articles/read/11338

Now, I'm not a fan of get-rich-quick litigation schemes by any stretch.  I think
a huge percentage of lawsuits are outright fraudulent (like those that made
Democrat John Edwards rich); and the ones that are legitimate often win
outrageous awards.  However, PEST manufacturers by overstating the safety of
PEST's are simply *begging* to be dragged into court and stripped clean of all
wealth.  And eventually, trial lawyers are also going to start winning liability
cases against PEST *users* - police departments.  And that puts taxpayers on the
hook.

Tasers should be banned until:

1)  Manufacturers are willing to admit their dangers; and,

2)  Police forces that use tasers are likewise willing to accept full liability
for deaths and injuries due to PEST's; and,

3)  Individual LEO's are criminally charged with assault, manslaughter, and
murder when they taser anyone who wasn't directly threatening them with
life-threatening harm.

If these reforms aren't accepted, Portable Electro-Shock Torture Devices should
be banned.  Law enforcement officers can wait for the arrival of a *truly* safe
product.

In any discussion of PEST's, it must be remembered that NO studies have been
done about whether there is increased likelihood to draw and fire the Taser
among government officers who carry them.  Do such studies exist?  It is
reasonable to assume that, of the 400 deaths attributable to PEST's, some amount
(possibly most) were situations that would NOT have involved escalating to a gun
(although these days one never knows).

Such information would reveal whether the true crime of the PEST is that it
tends to escalate, rather than mitigate, violence.  Are any or all of the 400
deaths attributable wholly or in part to taser use since 1999 above and beyond
the already-gory background rate of police gun violence?

Many of the 400-plus deadly tasings are multiple tasings by several officers
against a single subject.  Expecting the officers to report accurately what
happened, when hospitalization and/or death results, would be a idiotically
naive expectation.  Police officers generally aren't stupid, and are very good
at colluding -- indeed, they're trained to collude.

If it is demonstrably true statistically, PEST's are just another tool to enable
the passive to get aggressive immediately and thus raise the overall level of
lethal violence.  But government doesn't *need* any more tools of violence -- it
needs far fewer.  But a more permanent solution is the single best solution for
overzealous triggers: get policing out of the hands of government altogether. 
There are already thousands of private police providers in every city in the
country -- they're listed in your Yellow Pages under the category "security". 
And unlike government police, private police providers would be expected to be
fully liabile for their employees' actions.


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13.  VIRGINIA TASER TALLY: Something for the Police State to be proud of
================================================

I don't think anyone else in the state is doing it so far -- there should be a
tally of deaths-by-taser for the state of Virginia.  Each issue, this list will
be expanded as I find more references to them.  Have one to add?  Notify us at:

	 <mailto:ODLL@...?Subject=VLW>

------------------------------
1.  2009-01-08 - Martinsville: Derick Jones - 15 (?)
http://www2.godanriver.com/gdr/news/local/danville_news/article/martinsville_tee\
nager_dies_after_police_taser_incident/8410/
Tasering officer: R.L. Wray, Martinsville PD.  Martinsville Police Chief Mike
Rogers said "The officer was well within the guidelines of our policy when he
used the Taser."
------------------------------

Further reading:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i90UP_jVzIbDQUJ55_Y-7C1UgZHQD9\
BCF04G0
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091018/ap_on_re_us/us_california_taser_death
http://truthnottasers.blogspot.com/
http://nateo.blogspot.com/2008/02/taser-and-gun-use-statistics.html

Are there Taser carriers in your neighborhood?  Chain mail: Don't leave home
without it.

http://theringlord.com/cart/shopdisplayproducts.asp?id=96&cat=Chainmail+Clothing\
&websess=95792530192228

While you're at it, carry a stun gun of your own for protection:

http://www.personalarms.com/stun_gun/pretender-cellphone-stun-gun.htm


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Congratulations, John and Kelly! - Joe Rudmin

-----Original Message-----
From: Kelly Jemison [mailto:kelly.jemison@...]
Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 8:41 PM
To: John Scott; Rudmin, Joe; Kyle Jacobs
Subject: More from FIRE

I just wanted to let you all know that after I forwarded John's op-ed to FIRE
they selected JMU's policy as their Speech Code of the Month for October. JMU is
right on the front page of there website! see link:
http://www.thefire.org/article/11147.html
Luke (my contact at FIRE) said he's also written a longer discussion of your
article John that will be posted Monday.

I'm working with them right now to bring in a speaker the first week of
November, right after our shot glass sale.
Thanks again John for your op-ed, and congrats on getting your column!


--
Kelly Jemison
James Madison University
Economics & International Affairs, Double Major Middle Eastern Communities and
Migrations, Minor JMU Cross Country and Track Honors Program Madison Liberty,
President Bring Your Own Spirituality, President National Society of Collegiate
Scholars "All'alba vincerò!"