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It was a busy, interesting weekend.

Saturday was the Annual Convention for the Manhattan Libertarian Party. While remaining a small “l” libertarian, I certainly appreciate the work the LP has done, over the years, keeping the ideas of liberty alive, (as well as the early, and continued, direct support of Dr. Paul during the last election cycle). Adding in that I had already connected with some of the group, (during the, nationwide, END THE FED!!! rallies on Nov, 22), plus the speaker line up, it was a no-brainer to go. So, I attended the Luncheon/Fund-raising program.

Two speakers, particularly, interested me: First, one of the lawyers who argued the Heller case, Alan Gura. (After meeting Dick Heller last spring, when he he was in preliminary talks about running for office, I was put on a mailing list that gave me a ringside seat to an issue I was out of the loop on). Mr. Gura presented an optimistic opinion that the Heller Case was a great victory for liberty. He said the move, now, is identifying all the laws affected by this decision, and going after them. He mentioned that arms were further defined as weapons a “regular” man would carry; rifles, handguns, etc., not LAWS and H-Bombs. In the end, the settling of the individual vs. collective right question, in favor of the individual, will do much to bring common sense to the continuing debate.

The final speaker was Adam Kokesh, The Revolutionary Patriot. Adam and I first got to know one another at the Rally for the Republic, since then we have worked on a few projects together and become friends. His speech was cut short, a bit, due to time constraints, and that threw him some, but as usual, it was a great speech. He talked about something a few of us have been mulling lately; how we need to work on appealing to emotions, rather than intellect, and how we can do that that by emphasizing the fact that our r3VOLution highlights love.

Ron Paul Revolution

Our movement, absolutely, is founded in love, and we can/should capitalize on that, (appealing to emotion) as we move from an intellectual movement, into a political one.

Afterward, we went out for dinner and drinks. A fine bunch of folk. Congrats to Isaiah on his surprise election (to him – lol) as Chairman. From what I gathered the LP is becoming a bit more pragmatic, and that is a good thing. The LP has been called more of an intellectual debating club than a political party, and there is some validity to the criticism. (I’ll, also, note that there are many 2%’er “clubs” of those who “get it.”) Perhaps it is easier for those in NY , as one may be a part of, and vote in, multiple parties. I wonder that other states could/should adopt those policies.

Finally, Adam and I talked quite a bit about his road-trip and future plans. It seems people are talking to him about a possible run in his home state against a freshman congressman… Hmmmm…

Sunday dawned with snow on the ground and a 60 mile drive to a Committee of Safety (CoS) meeting in Westport, CT. CoS has been started up by, a descendant of John Adams, Walter Reddy. It is an organization which is implementing the ideas of, Harvard scholar, Dr. Edwin Vieira as a mechanism for reigning in our gov’t. Anyone not familiar with Dr. Vieira should be pleasantly surprised googling his name. He is a brilliant, and personable, man whose integrity, and commitment to sound principles, reminds me of Ron Paul. I won’t presume to explain the concepts presented and invite anyone interested to visit the website linked above, and read for yourselves. He basically is working on monetary, and security issues. I will say that if anyone has a chance to see Dr. Vieira in person, I highly recommend attending. He is a good speaker, who makes sense, talking of serious issues / solutions

Onward and Forward

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An interesting conversation developed in LibertyForest yesterday. It was in a report from Roseville, CA. about the rising use of trash collecters, as surveillance agents.

One may think, on the surface, that this is not a terrible thing; that anybody stupid enough to leave evidence of a crime, where trash collectors can see it, truly is a danger to society. But, leaving aside the implications, (in a “nanny state” society where civil liberties are being buried under the weight of a burgeoning bureaucracy, empowered with, ever increasing, intrusions into our lives masquerading as law), we see one astute poster refer to history with the chilling post quoted here:

Originally Posted by Chosen

Former Soviet States used to engage in these sorts of practices, they would empower and reward others to spy on fellow citizens. Sometimes they would bring up a trumped up charge to force complacency.

This guy in the article is a garbageman, not an agent. People have the jobs they have for a multitude of reasons, but suddenly in this case, someone who is not of an intellectual classification and is oft overlooked has suddenly become empowered and holds power over other citizens.

The message is this…If you report for the state, if you give the state what it needs, you can elevate yourself in social status. Tyranny has always recruited this way. Identify those of lower social position (due to deficits in personality, intelligence, etc) and empower them to work against others. In East German, the stasi had family members reporting on one another!

If the garbageman wishes to accept this responsibility he will now have to accept its consequences, or the consequences that go along with having this un-Constitutional power handed to him.

You will see in the next few months the exponential increase in this oligarchical tyranny.

I have had the luxury of touring Central and Eastern Europe. Anyone who has knows what the implications of our escalating drive towards collectivism really means.

In Budapest, if you get a chance to go visit the House of Terror. Also, visit Monument Park, the only place collectivism should ever be gathered And only for fantasy and amusement.

http://www.szoborpark.hu/index.php?C…okElet&Lang=en

A good intro Article:
http://www.wired.com/politics/securi…urrentPage=all

If you ever go to Berlin visit here. There is a great display of all the spying devices, films about social recruitment techiniques and methods and countless stories which mimick what we are seeing now:
http://www.bstu.bund.de/cln_029/nn_7…html__nnn=true

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From a member of Liberty Forest

Just to let you know, I did not watch his farewell address…nor will I ever.

Dear Dubya:

Don’t let the door…no wait, please let the door hit you in the ass on the way out, Dubya…you dismal failure. You pseudo-conservative.

Thanks for the war. Glad cooler heads like yours were in charge after 9-11.

Thanks for the bankrupting of our country. Good job spending billions of dollars abroad while our bridges and levies are collapsing here!

Thanks for alienating out nation throughout the world. Nothing better than walking right into the middle of an anti-American rally in Enna, Sicily, Italy! Yep, it happened to me. I never thought I’d ever have to deny my nationality….I told people I was German lest I get my ass kicked.

Thanks for limiting freedom and making pharmaceutical companies rich by outlawing the purchase of cheaper medicine from Canada and other nations. How much did you make on that deal?

Thanks for the bailout. You can take Barney Frank with you to Texas and have him decorate your house.

Thanks for over 4000 of our people dead in Iraq and Afghanistan fighting an illegal, imperialistic war. A war fought not for the protection of Americans but for the protection oil companies’ and defense contractors’ bottom lines. All the while gas prices here skyrocketed and oil companies reaped record profits. Under your administration, the Military-Industrial Complex is complete. Great job, Mr. President!

Thanks for killing habeas corpus with the Military Commissions Act of 2006. We didn’t need that archaic right getting in the way of the war on terror, now did we?

Thanks for finding bin Laden…oh wait, did’t get that done, did ya??

Thanks for the Patriot Act, and the Department of Homeland Security - Hitler had the Reichstag fire, and you had 9-11. Your Nazi-sympathizer Grand-daddy, Prescott Bush, would be proud, you moron.

Thanks for usurping the Constitution with numerous executive orders aimed at limiting the freedom of Americans. Take THIS ONE for example.

Thanks so much for the FISA Amendment Act of 2008, and for tapping the phones of Americans without warrants, and then giving immunity to companies who violated the 4th amendment by releasing customers’ information to your fascist regime.

Thanks for signing into law a PAY RAISE FOR CONGRESS during a serious financial slow down, and after taxpayer money was used to bail out wallstreet while average citizens wonder if they’ll have a job tomorrow. You scumbag. You could have said no to that pay raise…you could have told congress to suck it up…

Mr. Bush, you claim to protect freedom when under your administration our freedoms have never been in more peril. Peril not from foreign enemies, or terrorists, but from our government itself!

Thank you so much Mr. Bush. Go back to Crawford and take some English classes you loser. You fake. Be sure to hire on some illegal aliens too. Don’t want to forget them….just make your property an amnesty zone and start your own little nonresident worker program.

Its too early to judge Obama, but you, sir, are the worst president in history. Its because of you that a man like Obama got elected. You helped and progressed the death of America as a free republic.

Thanks alot. Bu-by now….

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This is copied from YAL - Facebook

Hello Everyone!

CPAC prides itself as “the largest annual gathering of conservative students, activists and policymakers.” Coincidentally, our mission at Young Americans for Liberty is to recruit, train, educate, and mobilize students on the ideals of liberty.

It is rare that such a large group of young conservative minds gather at one function and that is why we need your help.

The CPAC conference will offer YAL a tremendous opportunity to engage those who are friends of liberty, reach out to those who are not and let our presence be known to the conservative community. To this end, we’re reaching out for your help! If you’re in or near the DC area around the time of CPAC or willing to make the trip, we need all the volunteers we can muster!

If you’re still not sold, YAL will be having an after party with a possible apperance by Ron Paul!

All you need to know is right here:

www.cpac.org
Phone Registration: 1-703-836-8602
Mail or Fax Registration: http://www.cpac.org/documents/CPAC2009Mail-InRegistrationForm_000.doc
You need not register to Volunteer, the Exhibit Hall is open to the public! Registration gains you access to speakers.

Volunteer Information
Who: 100 Liberty Minded Volunteers
When: Thursday the 26th and Friday the 27th
Orientation: Thursday the 26th at 8:00 AM - Exhibit Hall
Contact: Tim Schumann - Information Below
Dress: Business Casual - T-shirts will be Provided

Volunteer Incentives
- Chance to save the Country
- Free T-Shirt
- Free Swag
-Free Entrance to Dr. Paul’s speech on Friday Night (Other guest speakers TBA)
- Free Entrance to the After Party
- Entrance in a raffle for one of two tickets to the Exclusive Regan and Sponsor Banquets
- Free housing at the YAL House for those who can Volunteer all day Thursday and Friday (Bring a sleeping bag and a pillow!)

Our goal is to FLOOD exhibit hall and the lobby of the hotel with YAL T-shirts.

**Volunteers please contact me via e-mail with your contact information**

In the words of Samuel Adams “It does not take a majority to prevail… but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men.” Right now we are that minority and we’re tireless and growing. I cannot stress how important this event is for the future of YAL and the liberty movement, we only have one shot at this, let’s hit our goal!!

Oh, and bring matches.

In Liberty,

YAL National

If you have questions, please email YAL at: contact@yaliberty.org with the subject line: CPAC

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This is from Liberty Forest

Okay, Here we are… Welcome all to 2009 and our disstressed economy!

We have a big challenges ahead of all of us with the state of the Economy and Government intraventions. There will be so many Bankruptcies, Closings, Layoffs, & Tragedies, we should keep a nice running tab of economic actions taking place. This will be our on going list to track the continued economic downturn and where failures are happening. Please feel free to post whatever information you find or hear about on Corporations/Companies. Iam trying to make it a brief “One Stop Shop” kinda thread to keep members and viewers aware and informed. I will periodically update the first page for easy viewing of the our business world.
As usally, send a PM if I need to include, exclude, &/or information, etc. We hit almost 10,000 views on our 2008 thread in 8 months!

I’m just posting a link to one source that lists & track company filings.
http://www.bankruptcydata.com/product_files/NewsArchiveSelect.asp

When posting, please include: Company/Entity name, Business sector, Type of Bankruptcy/Closures/Layoffs/Restructuring, recent counts, and/or latest news, press releases. The more info the better!

Transports/Air/etc

Financial/Banking
Bear Sterns <=== 2008 BAILOUT BEGINNING staring JP Morgan

Manufacturing/Production
Lyondell Chemical / Chapter 11 / Refineries, Chemicals / 10,000 employees / $26 Billion Debt
CPI Plastics Group Limited / Chapter 11 / supplier to Home Depot, other resellers
Tronox Inc. / Chapter 11 / Chemical Manufacturer / 1,800 employees /
Apex Silver Mines / Chapter 11 / Silver Mining / selling mine to Sumitomo / SEC criminal probe recommended
Nortel Networks / Chapter 11 / Network - IT / Nortel has lost almost $7 billion since 2005

Construction

Retail/Services
Goody’s Family Clothing Inc / Liquidation / 242 stores / 9000 employees
Merisant, Maker of Equal Sweetener / Chapter 11 / owes $350 million to Wells Fargo
Waterford (CRYSTAL & China maker) Wedgwood / Chapter 11 / owes BofA
Hines Horticulture plant supplier to Lowes, HomeDepot, Walmart/ Chapter 11 / liquidating almost all assets
Shane Co., / Jewelery retailer / Chapter 11 / $100 million assets - $500 million debt / Tom Shane’s commercials, family-owned jewelry retailer with 23 stores in 14 states
Gottschalk Department stores / Chapter 11 / 58 stores Mall retailer 5 western states / lost $32 Million, sales off 9.6% in Q4
“Pecus ARG Holding Inc, Black Angus Restaurants / Chapter 11 / 59 steakhouses across 7 western states

Media/Entertainment

Government/Public/Municipal Bankruptcies

Restructuring:
Boeing Aircraft / 787 Flying Flop / Composite Designs flawed / 4500 laid-off

RUMORED, ON THE BUBBLE, IN TROUBLE, Substancial Loses, Watch Listed

Macys to close 9 stores after January 1, 2009
MGM Grand ‘Mirage’ Halts construction on new Casino and indefinitely delays new Condo high rise buildings
Motorola Inc. Layoffs 12,000 employees in past 13 months, freezes most pay/benefits
Cost Plus Inc., a specialty home retailer, 26 stores closed, losing $25 Million per Qtr / no cash
Supervalu, which includes Albertsons, Cub Foods, Shop ‘n Save, Shaws Star and other stores, Closes 50 stores
Seagate Techologies, Layoff of 3,000 workers
HSN - Home Shopping Network’s Jewelry Television - 35% or 700 laid off in past 8 months

link: Retail Survey/Analysis reveals 11.8% of retail business’ closed in 2007 compared to 2006!

Thanx for the INPUTS/UPDATES, keep them coming! HOLLYWOOD

Source - http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?t=174595

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