NRA FILES SUIT AGAINST SHAM CAMPAIGN FINANCE "REFORM" Hours after campaign finance "reform" - officially known as the "Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act" (BCRA) -...
As a member of the NRA and a progressive libertarian, I say baloney. The NRA is not restricted in speech by the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act. It can still...
FreeFairfax@...
Apr 4, 2002 11:08 pm
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Paul G. writes: I have never understood the logic of saying restrictions on money is the same thing as restriction on free speech. It sounds like the wealthy...
In a message dated 4/5/2002 6:56:11 AM Mid-Atlantic Daylight Time, ... his ... The reason is simple. "Govt. is not reason nor eloquence, it is force. Like fire...
FreeFairfax@...
Apr 6, 2002 2:28 am
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I am not taking a position in this debate, but against Paul's position is that democracy is a way to let out steam, and that if the wealthy do not have a...
Andrew Spark
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Apr 6, 2002 5:07 pm
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... is the same thing as restriction on free speech. It sounds like the wealthy are saying only the wealthy have free speech and should ... Mike: Freedom of...
... An excellent point. I'm also happy that the extremely competitive and aggressive people in the US have business as an out let, rather than going into...
In a message dated 4/8/2002 2:18:41 PM Mid-Atlantic Daylight Time, ... Mark Historically, the wealthy do make it into politics eventually. That is how ...
FreeFairfax@...
Apr 8, 2002 6:42 pm
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From: David T. Terry [mailto:davidt@...] Paul G. writes: I have never understood the logic of saying restrictions on money is the same thing as...
... They spend most of their time on business and don't need to enrich themselves in a cleptocratic state. That they have political influence is inevitable,...
David Simon writes: <<I think what Paul is saying is that "using the proceeds of [one's] labor or creativity for whatever purpose [one] chooses" is not SPEECH....
In a message dated 4/7/2002 9:53:41 PM Mid-Atlantic Daylight Time, ... Paul G.- Mike, free trade refers to business, commerce, trade. Speech about candidates ...
FreeFairfax@...
Apr 9, 2002 5:58 pm
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In a message dated 4/9/2002 9:15:08 AM Mid-Atlantic Daylight Time, ... dishonest) ... Paul: Philosophical disagreement is not dishonesty. To believe so is ...
FreeFairfax@...
Apr 9, 2002 6:48 pm
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In a message dated 4/8/2002 9:03:49 PM Mid-Atlantic Daylight Time, ... always ... The Rockefeller family, the Kennedy family, the Vanderbilts, JP Morgan, ...
FreeFairfax@...
Apr 9, 2002 7:38 pm
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From: David T. Terry [mailto:davidt@...] David Simon writes: The First Amendment protects speech, not unrestrained spending of money. Why is it so...
On Tue, 9 Apr 2002, FreeFairfax@... wrote: ... campaign issues, that seems to be a violation of freedom of trade, ... about candidates or campaigns is the...
In a message dated 4/9/2002 11:41 AM Mid-Atlantic Daylight Time, FreeFairfax@... writes: The Rockefeller family, the Kennedy family, the Vanderbilts, JP...
] David Simon writes: <<I agree that "speech" by spoken word and "speech" by written word are indistiguishable under the First Amendment. That still doesn't...
... I'm a little concerned as a big fan of public and community radio that fees that you are proposing will make these ventures even more difficult to maintain...
In a message dated 4/9/2002 10:42:34 PM Mid-Atlantic Daylight Time, ... That would be ideal and meet the criteria for Equal Liberty. I still maintain that it...
FreeFairfax@...
Apr 10, 2002 3:47 pm
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In a message dated 4/10/2002 9:23:36 AM Mid-Atlantic Daylight Time, ... egalitarian ... Free men and women are equally human. That is the most cogent and real...
FreeFairfax@...
Apr 11, 2002 4:05 am
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In a message dated 4/10/2002 9:40:02 AM Mid-Atlantic Daylight Time, ... capitalists ... it ... In fact they did use their political connections to get rich and...
FreeFairfax@...
Apr 11, 2002 4:05 am
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In a message dated 4/10/2002 10:00:40 AM Mid-Atlantic Daylight Time, ... that ... not ... I think the pundit was Mark Hanna the 19th century political boss and...
FreeFairfax@...
Apr 11, 2002 4:05 am
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In a message dated 4/10/2002 9:23:36 AM Mid-Atlantic Daylight Time, ... government ... dichotomy. Basic philosophy 101 my man. Plato figured out there was...
FreeFairfax@...
Apr 11, 2002 4:05 am
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In a message dated 4/10/2002 9:23:36 AM Mid-Atlantic Daylight Time, ... Just because people are relatively powerless does not mean they are stupid. In order to...
FreeFairfax@...
Apr 11, 2002 4:05 am
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I've read many essays, ideas, and the like by Libertarians that propose the privitization of all federal lands and I believe that several 'Georgists' have...
I'd heard about the DFC some time ago, but wasn't aware of this list until recently. I've been an activist since the late '80s on drug policy reform, in the...
... Because there is no difference, in *principle.* The concept underlying the First Amendment protects Freedom of Assembly and Freedom of Speech because both...
ChrisToto@...
Apr 11, 2002 11:11 pm
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... I have to agree mostly with Mr. Terry and possibly Mike O'Mara about this point, that there is no difference *in principle* between using our physical ...
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