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14498
Gary Snyder <gsnyder15@...> wrote: In my experience, I found anything more than, "Will you sign my petition?" to be a waste of breath while resulting in...
gary popkin
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Aug 1, 2005
8:09 am
14499
lpny_manhattan posting guidelines: The purpose of this forum is to further the cause of the Manhattan Libertarian Party, so PLEASE keep these guidelines in...
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Aug 1, 2005
11:27 am
14500
... I found that this time of year folks generally already assume it's a candidate petition, so you don't need the extra language, whioh often only confuses a...
Gary Snyder
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Aug 1, 2005
1:53 pm
14501
... Right, and a constitutional republic is a constitutionally limited, representative democracy. On paper, ... Hardly! Our current system of government is...
Andrea Snell
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Aug 1, 2005
2:13 pm
14502
... Andrea, I think you're wrong on this one. Democracy is merely the means in which the sheeple (or just some of them) choose their rulers; as Churchill noted...
mark axinn
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Aug 1, 2005
2:20 pm
14503
Actually , looking at http://www.dict.org/bin/Dict , I see no support for the notion that "republic" holds any notion of defense against the tyrannies quite...
Bob Armstrong
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Aug 1, 2005
3:06 pm
14504
... Right, and a constitutional republic is a constitutionally limited, representative democracy. On paper, ... Hardly! Our current system of government is...
jeff
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Aug 1, 2005
3:29 pm
14505
... Right, and a constitutional republic is a constitutionally limited, representative democracy. On paper, ... Hardly! Our current system of government is...
jeff
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Aug 1, 2005
4:01 pm
14506
... That is how the majority of the representatives decidede it would be best. ... They also have a law requiring people to vote. Travis...
Travis Pahl
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Aug 1, 2005
5:01 pm
14507
Gary Snyder <gsnyder15@...> wrote: Also, the "will you...?" (I often just stopped there) immediately comes across as a sympathy plea, and folks respond...
gary popkin
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Aug 1, 2005
5:25 pm
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jeff <jeffiek@...> wrote: What is democratic about not allowing Libertarians into debates?? 51% (or greater) don't want to allow Libertarians into...
gary popkin
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Aug 1, 2005
5:29 pm
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What has worked for me is to go to park events (there's minimal rejection) and do a two sentence spiel saying "Hi, I running for x and I'm collecting...
John Clifton
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Aug 1, 2005
5:44 pm
14510
... That's a perfect example of democracy in action. ... Really - when was the vote where the general public got to decide whether third party candidates got...
Andrea Snell
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Aug 2, 2005
1:12 am
14511
... same as their representatives actually representing them. ... It's the free market in action. In Australia there are 5 or 6 viable political parties in any...
Andrea Snell
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Aug 2, 2005
1:19 am
14512
... As mentioned to you about, oh, a thousand times, libertarians oppose the initiation of force. That is the libertarian position on international trade (and...
Gary Snyder
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Aug 2, 2005
3:59 am
14513
... Why SHOULD they when those employees are content to work for much less? Do YOU give away YOUR resources for free when you can find people to pay for them?...
Gary Snyder
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Aug 2, 2005
4:06 am
14514
... If anything, you get on your knees and thank the reporter for such a wonderful branding of the LP. ... You're joking, right? Gary ... Start your day with...
Gary Snyder
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Aug 2, 2005
4:58 am
14515
... I can't imagine a better flyer on which to stamp "Manhattan Libertarian Party" (with author's permission) and to hand out in the subways. Gary ... Start...
Gary Snyder
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Aug 2, 2005
5:12 am
14516
... Get them to vote for Libertarian candidates. Just curious, Andrea - for who did YOU vote for president last year? If it was for Bush or Kerry, tsk tsk,...
Gary Snyder
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Aug 2, 2005
5:15 am
14517
... My bias is toward freedom. I've long known your bias tends to lead you away from it. ... (sigh) On the basis of voluntary consent. ... The govt of THIS...
Gary Snyder
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Aug 2, 2005
5:34 am
14518
Sure. Why not. Never mind the fellow officers of mine I have helping me to gather petition signatures. Want to call police officers (anywhere) "incompetent,"...
Audrey Silk
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Aug 2, 2005
5:43 am
14519
It is not that we disagree with the assetion that we would not be better off with more third party sway in elections or that there are not laws severely...
Travis Pahl
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Aug 2, 2005
7:05 am
14520
I would hope that the fellow officers that are supporting you swore to uphold the constitution when they first put on the uniform and understand what that...
Travis Pahl
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Aug 2, 2005
7:18 am
14521
I do not know what their feelings of it are. I have had no such discussion with any about this. But searching bags unjustly is far from being -- does NOT...
Audrey Silk
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Aug 2, 2005
7:43 am
14522
... The cartoon is not saying that the people involved are equivalent or the act of searching bags is equivalent to putting people into gas chambers. It is...
Travis Pahl
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Aug 2, 2005
7:53 am
14523
... helping me to gather petition signatures. ... "too aggressive," "liberty-depriving," etc. along those lines? That's fine. But calling police officers...
Jeff Bennett
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Aug 2, 2005
8:06 am
14524
Too late in the nite now (just came down for a piece of fruit before going to bed) to go over all that you said, Jeff. I understand your personal reasoning...
Audrey Silk
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Aug 2, 2005
9:02 am
14525
You may remember that I was escorted out of the DMV by a police officer last week, for illegal petitioning (well, maybe they would call it trespassing). I went...
gary popkin
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Aug 2, 2005
9:36 am
14526
Dave Fargione of SCOPE helped out with petitioning on Monday and together we got 196 signatures. I also got 5 signatures on Sunday on my way to the supermarket...
gary popkin
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Aug 2, 2005
9:57 am
14527
I have placed eight cover sheets into a folder called Cover Sheets in lpny_petitioning. Please check to see that the public office sought and your address are...
gary popkin
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Aug 2, 2005
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