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June 2009 The official publication of the Libertarian Party of California Party of Youth LPC Wants YOU!—To Recruit Youth! by Bruce Dovner

t Libertarian meetings “The surest way to corrupt a youth is I’ve attended over the to instruct him to hold in higher esteem Alast 10 years, the average age of attendees has been those who think alike than those who Youth Outreach progressively increasing. Youth are becoming a smaller pro- think differently.” On May 2, 2009, Monterey LP Chair Lawrence portion of our party. The only K. Samuels, and ExCom Second Alternate Savva exceptions are the occasional Vassiliev, addressed youth at a NORML rally held group of college libertarians ~ Friedrich Nietzsche on the Cal State University campus in Monterey and the Ron Paul campaign. Bay—sharing the stage with four rock bands! The latter attracted a healthy The two LPC activists excited the audience— youth presence. What’s needed? And it’s an opportunity to inter- roughly 30 young rock & rollers—by explaining the No movement or organi- 1. Booths with banners, act with young people. LPC’s principles of decriminalizing marijuana and zation can survive without voter registration forms, dis- If you’re willing to help with other drugs. passing the torch to the next plays, literature, Nolan chart any of the above, please con- Although the event was sponosred by the CSUMB generation. The survival and quizzes, and sign-up sheets. tact me at [email protected] or NORML campus group, no one from NORML spoke. growth of the party and move- Tables and canopies would [email protected], or at (562) Samuels and Vassiliev were the event’s only speak- ment require that we recruit a also be nice. 961-6919. ers! Samuels is also Chair of FED-UP, a local anti- new generation of Libertarians. 2. Knowledge of campus The recruitment of a new Drug War group in Monterey. Happily, younger people regulations. generation of Libertarians, and are still forming their political 3. The student clubs will the future of the libertarian beliefs and are more amenable require manuals of operation, movement, is in your hands. to libertarianism than people charters, educational materi- who’ve already made up their als, resources, lists of speakers minds. and videos for presentations and programs, and faculty ad- Two general methods are visors. available to us for recruiting Youth recruitment will also youth: require YOU, the volunteer. 1. Scan our member- You’ll need to: ship lists for college students, 1. Research colleges on the and encourage them to start internet to learn the regulations Libertarian clubs and recruit on and contact info necessary for campus; setting up campus booths. 2. Set up voter registration Bruce Dovner is Chair of the Los Photo: Lawrence K. Samuels 2. Arrange permission to set Angeles County LP. Some of the ideas booths on local campuses, up campus booths. in his article originated from his conver- gather lists of interested stu- 3. Assemble and finance sations with LPC Southern Vice-Chair dents, and help them organize those booths. Zander Collier III. Libertarian clubs on campus. 4. Collect materials, com- pile manuals of operations, and College students are cur- create programs with speak- rently a small slice of our ers and videos for college total membership, so the first Libertarian clubs. method isn’t too hopeful. The 5. Staff those campus Outright Against second method is more advan- booths. Administer Nolan quiz- DPI 3 tageous. zes. Ask students who score College campuses are a fer- libertarian to register to vote State Licensing tile ground to register young as Libertarian, join the LPC as Kills Jobs 4 people to vote Libertarian, and a dues-paying member, and Saying No are usually accessible to out- become involved. to War side activists. Recruiting on 6. Serve as a campus 5 campus will focus our efforts speaker. Govt Tanks on students. The number of Booth staff volunteers and Economy people recruited on campus 6

Photo: Lawrence K. Samuels Photo: Lawrence K. Samuels campus speakers must be Lawrence K. Samuels Savva Vassiliev will likely exceed our existing available weekdays, sometime LPC Gains college members. between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. Voters 6 This is ideal for retired people. PAGE 2 • California Freedom • Junue 2009 © 2009 All rights reserved From the Editor

Vol. 7 • Issue 6 • June 2009 Why Canadians Don’t Fear Terrorism California Freedom is the official monthly newspaper of the Libertarian Party of California. by Thomas M. Sipos Opinions, articles, and advertisements published herein do not was recently in Winnipeg to necessarily represent official party organize the film festival for positions unless so indicated. Ithe World Horror Convention, which met in Canada this year. PUBLISHER Libertarian Party of California As I do at every convention, 14547 Titus Street, Suite 214 libertarian or otherwise, I spent Panorama City, CA 91402-4935 a good portion of my time tour- Web site: www.CA.LP.org ing the host city. On May 3rd, I Telephone: (818) 782-8400 visited the Manitoba provincial capitol building, which is in Winnipeg. EDITOR Thomas M. Sipos E–Mail: [email protected] Photo: Thomas M. Sipos

STATE CHAIRMAN The empty second and third floors, Kevin Takenaga as seen from a third floor balcony, opposite. E-Mail: [email protected] that I was from California), was commemorating all manner of amazing. people and events, including GRAPHIC DESIGN AND LAYOUT I can’t imagine that many such insanities as the Boer War Brad Reynolds key U.S. government build- and World War I. E-Mail: [email protected] ings would place as much Even so, Canadians have WEB SITE trust in Americans, much less been minor followers of British E-Mail: [email protected] foreigners. No I.D. No metal and American imperialist poli- detectors. No X-raying bags. cies, rather than policy-mak-

Photo: Thomas M. Sipos In the U.S., guards get suspi- ers. Canada doesn’t install ADVERTISING SALES Manitoba’s provincial capitol in Winnipeg, Canada. cious if someone is seen taking foreign despots or fund un- E-Mail: photos outside a government grateful “allies” that oppress [email protected] It was a Sunday afternoon. khakis. A camera hung from Telephone: (818) 782-8400 I didn’t expect anything other my neck. than to view the capitol from I passed through no metal CONTRIBUTORS the outside. I found a typical detectors. No X-rays. No Lawrence K. Samuels, government building, massive searches. Bruce Dovner, Pamela B. Maltzman, and fronted by white columns. The guard gave me a clip-on Laurence M. Vance, I climbed the steps to the en- Visitor’s badge. Then I was let Jason Gonella, Laura G. Brown, trance, not really expecting to loose in the provincial capitol, Ron Paul gain admittance. free to wander, free to photo- To my surprise, the door graph. Unescorted. SEND ADDRESS CHANGES TO: was open. Inside, I found a The capitol was deserted Libertarian Party of California solitary security guard behind a on a Sunday afternoon. I ex- 14547 Titus St., Suite 214 reception desk. I asked if tours plored all four floors, from the Panorama City, CA 91402 were offered. Not on Sundays, basement to the top, clicking (877) 884-1776 I was told, but I was free to away with my camera. Most browse the building. of the time I was alone, no SEND NEWS, LETTERS, The guard was pleasant and one in sight. If there were any ESSAYS, PHOTOGRAPHS OR all smiles. He asked for my security cameras, I didn’t see

ADVERTISING TO: name and city of origin. He them. Even if I were being ob- Photo: Thomas M. Sipos Editor, California Freedom The Hall of Speakers on the second floor. wrote it in a visitor’s log—but served, no one rushed to stop 14547 Titus Street, Suite 214 Just me and my camera and portraits of past speakers. Panorama City, CA 91402-4935 he never checked my I.D. I my taking pictures. The level of didn’t lie, but I could have. trust placed in me, a foreigner Telephone: (818) 782-8400 building. Consider the secu- and kill innocent civilians. As a E-Mail: [email protected] I wore my usual weathered (I’d truthfully told the guard rity measures (and list of pro- result, no one hates Canada for hibited items) that visitors to its freedom and prosperity. Its SUBMISSION DEADLINES California’s state capitol mu- buildings are not targets. All news stories, editorials, and seum in Sacramento must un- Imperialism does not justify announcements are due six weeks dergo: http://capitolmuseum. terrorism, but it does motivate prior to the month of publication: ca.gov/detail.aspx?content2=2 terrorism. Creating enemies Advertising orders and artwork are 296&content3=1576. abroad spurs a police state at due eight weeks and four weeks, Why do Canadians fear home. Imperialism diminishes respectively, prior to the month of terrorists less than do freedom for both the conqueror publication. We reserve the right to Americans? and the conquered. refuse advertising. All contributions I suspect it’s because It’s silly, but Canada still en- subject to our editorial guidelines. Canada has a reputation for joys a vicarious thrill from its ties minding its own business over- to the defunct British Empire. COPYRIGHT NOTICE seas. One plaque in the Manitoba Articles, photos, and artwork copy- Canadian foreign policy capitol “commemorates the ar- right 2009 by their author(s) and/or has not been perfect. At times rival on Canada’s soil of those Libertarian Party of California. All it’s slavishly rubber-stamped British subjects whose loyalty rights reserved. British or American wars. The to their King, faith in God, and

Photo: Thomas M. Sipos hallways of Manitoba’s capi- courage to endure hardships The first floor, as seen from a second floor balcony. tol are covered with plaques Not a guard or visitor in sight. continued on page 4... Libertarian Party of California June 2009 • California Freedom • PAGE 3

Letters to Outright Libertarians docu- credibility, but my own credibility an email about your “Peace and mented all these problems in in my community. Glasnost” editorial in the April the Editor collaboration with our own Board The recent tone-deafness and issue. (which includes a family law at- petty internal politics of national, I thoroughly agree with you that torney), and the ACLU, the Tax and some state, LP organizations you should provide us low-level Policy Institute, and the nonparti- are having a dramatic impact on members more info about what’s Membership members since the San Ramon san Legislative Analyst’s Office. We the relevance of our party. going on inside the party. For the convention in April 2007. then published and documented Sadly, Outright Libertarians past 30+ years, it seems like I Drop Today’s LPC is reaching out all our concerns in two national has voted to remove LP mem- have read nothing but overly op- to wealthy donors and youth press releases, three media in- Since LPC Chair Mark Hinkle bership as a requirement to timistic happy talk in the CA and (see this issue’s front page). Even terviews, and a white paper dis- stepped down from his position participate in a leadership po- national LP newspapers, and it’s so, I wouldn’t rely too heavily on tributed to attendees at the LPC [in 2001], few have glimpsed the sition in our organization—a been a breath of fresh air to read big donors. Over-reliance on a convention. staggering membership numbers. requirement we’ve had since your somewhat more here’s-re- wealthy few may be one reason LPC leaders did no real re- When his term expired, there the organization’s founding 11 ally-what’s-going-on articles lately. for the LPC’s membership drop. search about DPI until after their were over 7,500 dues-paying years ago. This will allow us to Of the instructions you men- The 2006 cruise convention endorsement of it, and then only members in California. As of the continue to do what the LP has tioned, I disagree with all the was an especially egregious ex- in reaction to our policy experts 2009 Convention, that number is unambiguously decided to cease instructions. In particular, if I ample, disenfranchising povertar- bringing up these obvious prob- down to 1,200. doing—promote libertarianism to could I would contradict all the ians and those unable to obtain a lems. When I presented these num- the LGBT community while vigor- old instructions by issuing these passport (either legally, or out of We received negative feedback bers to those in charge, they told ously participating in the broader instructions to you: principle). Why would people stay from the LPC’s “No on 8” partners, me that I had nothing to worry national debate. 1. You should discuss in a party in which they can’t af- who didn’t like their former ally de- about. The party was doing great. It is our sincere hope that the America’s foreign interventions. ford to participate as equals? scribing them as “culture warriors” The new Chair is really active and LP will opt to rejoin us on the 2. You should not just print The LPC needs big donors, in public statements. We tried to getting a lot done. front lines of the fight for liberty in material all libertarians agree on. but it also needs voters and street mitigate that problem through a Membership doesn’t lie. the near future. A good first step 3. You should not just print activists, most of whom are not convention resolution overturning The Chair should be consulting would be for the LPC ExCom to “positive” stories. wealthy. the endorsement, and were told the wealthy to get them to donate rescind its endorsement of the 4. You should cover the LNC Mark Hinkle may have struck a by some convention delegates large sums of money, as Mark Domestic Partnership Initiative. activities, especially the “internal good balance between attracting that we were “hurting party unity” Hinkle did. Because of his ac- debates.” You should foster de- the wealthy, without dissuading and were “angry.” tions, one man donated $30,000 — Rob Power bates about “internal” matters. grassroots youth and povertar- Hurting party unity? That goes to the party. There were many San Francisco, CA 5. You should feel free to ques- ians. His immediate successors both ways. others similar to him. tion the actions by party leaders. apparently failed at finding that One wonders why a gay person The heads of the LPC are 6. You should print discussion balance. —or indeed any minority—would hardly reaching out to the youth. or debate about contentious party I’m sure the current LPC, be interested in participating in a DPI Silent on They are hardly attracting many issues, because people like me which is slowly growing again, political party that, over the last 24 new members. are not aware of any of the con- would welcome Mark Hinkle’s ad- months, has shown such disre- Divorce Admittedly, we have had a troversies. If we are lucky we may vice and activism. gard for us. When an organization 10% increase in voter registration. The most devastating thing read about them decades later in doesn’t even do basic homework The increase is one of the main about government’s involve- someone’s memoirs. prior to its endorsements, dis- arguments they used to defend ment in domestic affairs is not I wish you success in your misses as irrelevant the opinion of how “good” the party has been its involvement in marriage. It is quest for glasnost. I can tell being Medved minority caucuses, and chooses to doing. its involvement in divorce. If the editor is a difficult and time-con- call inconvenient facts “divisive,” it Now seriously, in eight years, if Domestic Partnership Initiative suming job. So, on behalf of most Thrashes Third has crossed the line into political membership numbers were that doesn’t wrestle this aspect of the of us out here, “Thanks”. never-never land. high then, don’t you think that Parties relationship from the government, And anger? You bet! 10% would have been consider- [then DPI] does little to ameliorate — Bert Donaldson As principled Libertarians, many ably higher if we had not changed On Sunday, May 3, 2009, the risk couples take in marrying San Diego, CA of us indeed feel a righteous in- to our new tactics? [on] KSFO 560 Radio, Michael one another. dignation at seeing our party of Editor replies: Thanks, but I Several key policies should Medved said that open primaries The initiative does not change individual liberties co-opted to should clarify. I’ve not received be reimplemented: hiring staff would put an end to those de- from the current condition that promote statist, social engineering official instructions on how to for [the] state party and as many structive third parties! denies marrying couples any gobbledygook like the DPI in order run CF, but rather, unofficial county parties as the counties How can we fight the motor- right of having a contract with to appease fans of Sean Hannity, complaints from some unhappy can raise money for; have busi- mouth talking heads on radio and each other about their terms Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, and members. nesses handle the convention TV too? of separation. The government Alex Jones. For more info on current con- (doing so, convention attendance comes and takes all of the assets The LP is only as effective as its troversies and internal debates reached 500 in California; it is — Irvin E. Chambers earned by one spouse and gives constituents. When the constituent within the LP, I continue to recom- now down to a bleak 80) so that Menlo Park, CA it to the other, or to itself. It takes is a strong, influential, and persua- mend: www.IndependentPoliticalR they may profit and benefit us all of the children and gives it to sive Libertarian voice in the com- eport.com. with additional members; having the abusing spouse, or to itself, munity—like former LP presidential the Chair resume his efforts of just to extort more money from Outright nominee Ed Clark (who publicly extracting donations from wealthy the higher earning spouse. opposes DPI)—the LP is very ef- supporters. I could go on. The devastation Against DPI fective. When the constituent is an Everyone thinks they know the never stops. It usually ends in the unknown amateur whose greatest best way to run the party, but lifelong dispossession and slav- We at Outright Libertarians are joy is playing parliamentary games, Mark Hinkle has a proven, effec- ery of the good spouse for the YOUR Letters disappointed that the Libertarian the LP becomes the weak and in- tive way to run the party. Let’s use rest of his life. Party of California has endorsed effective mess that it has become logic and reason, as Libertarians Welcome! the Domestic Partnership under its current leadership. do, and reestablish our former — Aarde V. Atheian Initiative, a bizarre ballot measure In contrast, Outright’s leaders policies. Los Angeles, CA But we can’t publish that increases taxes, creates child have been key participants in suc- what we don’t receive. custody issues, hurts military cessful libertarian LGBT initiatives — Logan Hinkle families, and so on. DPI isn’t even Morgan Hill, CA in New Hampshire, New Jersey, Please submit your a properly written amendment to Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and Glasnost Is letters to: the state’s constitution—which is Connecticut. Editor replies: The LPC’s mem- what is now required after Prop In California, I got the LPC in- Good [email protected] bership plummeted from 2001 8’s passage—and so therefore cluded as a partner organization to 2007. However, Beau Cain has no real force of law. (For in the “No on 8” campaign, so this II just got the May California informs me that the LPC has had details, see: www.lao.ca.gov/bal- contradictory DPI endorsement Freedom and I remembered that a net gain of approximately 200 lot/2009/090031.aspx.) directly impacts not only the LPC’s I’ve been meaning to send you PAGE 4 • California Freedom • Junue 2009 © 2009 All rights reserved

Canadians continued from page 2... Party of Economic Liberty State Licensing Kills Jobs by Pamela B. Maltzman

he American Association Professionals magazine, Lynn credentials or a degree doesn’t for Medical Transcription/ Jusinski writes that licensing mean that I’m inferior to some- TAssociation for Healthcare fees in Pennsylvania would one who forked over big bucks Documentation Integrity (AAMT/ amount to $2,105 per license for a course. My significant AHDI) has long lobbied for every two years. Licensing fees other took a course from one state mandated licensing and in California would likely be of the major online schools, credentialing of medical tran- even higher. And those license and now has about two to scriptionists (MTs). fees would be on top of what three years of job experience As a working MT, I oppose the AAMT/AHDI plan to charge in this field. But he still asks state mandated credentialing for their credentials -- which me questions about what he’s and licensing, because it will they hope that states will also hearing, and not the other way harm self-employed profession- mandate. around. als such as myself, the compa- The question is: Cui bono? Mandatory licensing and nies that employ us, and the Who benefits? credentialing will also bur- public at large. State mandated MTs will not benefit under den the Medical Transcription licensing and credentialing for state mandated licensing and Service Owners (MTSO), who MTs will increase health care credentialing. I’m already bur- must then do the unpaid work costs and reduce competition, dened with more bills than of monitoring who has “permis- with no countervailing benefits I can handle—on 30% less sion” to work for them and who to the public. money than I was making a does not. We’re already in a reces- few years ago. How can I fork Mandatory licensing and Photo: Thomas M. Sipos sion, possibly a depression. over hundreds of dollars to the credentialing will throw people The capitol basement. Which I had all to myself. People are being laid off, los- AAMT/AHDI, and thousands to like me out of work, either by caused them to sacrifice their speech (“hate speech” is a ing their jobs, having difficulty a new state licensing bureau- denying MTs the right to con- homes in the American colo- crime) and gun rights. Then paying their bills, even losing cracy? Who said they deserve tract for work on their own, or nies, and to pioneer in the there’s their socialized medi- their homes. Meanwhile, MT even one dollar of my hard- by putting small MTSOs out of Canadian wilderness. The mark cine. wages have been plummeting earned wages? For what? business. of Honour, U.E., established But there are things the U.S. for years now. The only people to ben- In an economy which is by Order-In-Council No. 25 can learn from Canada. War The owner of the small com- efit would be AAMT/AHDI CEO tanking in many sectors, why passed at the City of Quebec and empire do not make a pany for which I’ve worked Peter Preziosi and his cronies, make it more difficult for people on November 9, 1789, and ap- nation safe. Peace and non- for over 12 years has always plus the various new state bu- to support themselves? proved in London in 1790, was intervention bring safety and paid better than the national reaucracies, all of whom will conferred upon the Loyalists security. average. However, since sev- have control over my work, and and their descendants.” eral years ago, our production the power to tell me whether This means that descen- Lee Wrights “Reappointed” has been counted by character or not I can work in this field. dants of those Tories who fled rather than line-for-line, which They’ll all get nice salaries with- the American Revolution for Due to membership uproar, is about a 30% pay cut. I don’t out themselves having to tran- Canada get to affix U.E. after including two online petitions, blame the “boss.” (Technically, scribe a single line of dictation. their names. U.E. stands for the LNC has voted to “reap- I’m an independent contractor.) I’ve done MT for over 20 United Empire. Thankfully, now point” R. Lee Wrights to an At- Various pressures forced him years. I learned on the job. I an empire in name only. Large seat on the LNC. to that decision. No one has had to take tests and compete More silliness: Canadians This does not end the con- unlimited funds. to earn my first trainee MT job still recognize Elizabeth II as troversy. Some LNC critics But I’m still reeling from that at a major Southern California their queen. argue that Wrights cannot be pay cut. None of my bills went teaching hospital. I continue down in the slightest. I had to to learn every night on the job, Okay, so Canadians are “reappointed” because his re- Pamela B. Maltzman is borrow like crazy just to keep which is one of the things I wrong about the American moval was never valid, be- a former Secretary of the Los Revolution. And there are other cause it violated due process. eating. The last several years have always liked about this Angeles County LP. Her email: things they can learn from us. Rather than a 2/3 removal vote have been financial hell. job, despite the lousy dictators [email protected]. Canadians are weaker on free by the LNC, as required by In the April 2009 issue of we must deal with. the bylaws, LP Secretary Bob Advance for Health Information Just because I don’t have The Libertarian Perspective’s Sullentrup had simply declared op–ed columns are sent via that Wrights was no longer an e–mail weekly to over 2,000 At-Large member due to his DVD Review news media professionals in lapsed LP membership. California. LNC critics worry that ac- A Secret to Share With Friends cepting Wrights’s “reappoint- If you know of any report- by Laura G. Brown ers, editors, publishers, or ment” (rather than declaring other parties who might be the removal invalid) creates a (A Secret, Directed by Claude Miller; Cast: Patrick Bruel, Yves Jacques, Ludivine Sagnier, Yves interested in receiving The dangerous precedent for the Verhoeven, Nathalie Boutefeu. French with English subtitles. 2007) Libertarian Perspective and future, permitting the easy re- Libertarian Party of California moval of minority faction LNC hink you’ve seen enough Claude Miller, you’ll find your deaths from their Paris apart- press releases, please have members without due pro- compelling stories like anti-statist views confirmed in ment more than 20 years ago. them subscribe to our media cess. TSophie’s Choice and a subtle, yet intense way. Although they left no note, they list by entering this URL in LNC Region 7 Rep. Rachel Schindler’s List to cement your A Secret reveals that a had been scarred in that they a web browser and follow- Hawkridge emails me that: “The hatred of fascism? Already crushing stone tossed into the survived the gas chambers ing the instructions provided: vote to reappoint Lee Wrights hold a firm commitment to your middle of human affairs has while their then-spouses had TinyURL.com/df3uy. was 12-0-4, with Aaron Starr, Second Amendment rights, a ripple effect extending far been killed. Libertarian Party members Dan Karlan, Rebecca Sink- and stand ready to defend beyond its initial damage. The According to an interview are also welcome to join the Burris and Alicia Mattson not yourself at the drop of a brown film is based on the life story with The Guardian’s Stuart list and receive our media voting/abstaining. shirt? After seeing this lovely, of novelist Philippe Grimbert, Jeffries, Grimbert originally in- e–mail missives! understated drama by director whose parents jumped to their continued on page 7... Libertarian Party of California June 2009 • California Freedom • PAGE 5

Book Review conscription, and government presidential candidate William propaganda. As the authors ob- Jennings Bryan initially sup- serve: “The history of American ported the Spanish-American war is littered with propaganda, War, but objected to the oc- falsehoods, a compliant media, cupation of the Philippines: Saying No to War the manipulation of patriotic “Those who would have this sentiment—everything we’ve nation enter upon a career of by Laurence M. Vance seen recently, we’ve seen be- empire must consider not only fore.” the effect of imperialism on the (We Who Dared to Say No to War: American Antiwar Writing During the War of 1812, Filipinos but they must also from 1812 to Now, edited by Murray Polner and Thomas E. Daniel Webster delivered a calculate its effects upon our Woods Jr., 368 pp, Basic Books, 2008) speech in Congress disparag- own nation. We cannot repudi- ing conscription as inconsis- ate the principle of self-govern- tent with free government, civil ment in the Philippines without pologists and defend- opposite politically, but united liberty, and the Constitution: weakening that principle here.” ers of Bush’s global war by one noble idea—mass mur- “Where is it written in the Bryan later resigned as Aon terror have always der is wrong. Even when un- Constitution, in what article or Secretary of State under section is it contained, that you Woodrow Wilson because he had one thing they could fall dertaken by governments. tory, followed by “some of the may take children from their felt that Wilson was not com- back on should none of their They accurately claim to most memorable, if largely ne- parents, and parents from their mitted to avoiding U.S. involve- other lame arguments for war, have assembled “some of the glected, writings and speeches children, and compel them to ment in World War I. militarism, the suppression of most compelling, vigorously by those Americans who have fight the battles of any war, in Although blind and deaf, civil liberties, an imperial presi- argued, and just plain inter- opposed our government’s which the folly or the wicked- Helen Keller was more percep- dency, and an aggressive for- esting speeches, articles, po- addiction to war.” Seventy ness of Government may en- tive than most members of eign policy be convincing: to etry, and book excerpts” in the selections, covering the War gage it?” Congress on the U.S. entering dissent when America is at war American antiwar tradition. This of 1812, Mexican War, Civil During the Mexican War, World War I. In her speech be- is to be un-American or anti- tradition includes such “anti- War, Spanish-American and Congressman Abraham Lincoln fore the Women’s Peace Party American. Americans” as Daniel Webster, Philippine-American Wars, denounced President Polk as in 1916, she said: “Congress Not any more. This pathetic Henry Clay, William Jennings World War I, World War II, Cold a “bewildered, confounded, is not preparing to defend the argument has been laid to rest Bryan, Helen Keller, Senator War, Vietnam War, and Iraq and miserably perplexed man.” people of the United States. by We Who Dared to Say No Robert Taft, Governor Robert War. Also a chapter in which Polner and Woods write that It is planning to protect the to War. La Follette, and Presidents “Americans from the past two “Congress voted 85 to 81 to capital of American specula- Murray Polner, who’s written Abraham Lincoln and Dwight centuries address various as- censure President Polk, de- tors and investors in Mexico, for The Nation, and Thomas E. Eisenhower. pects of war.” claring that the war had been South America, China and the Woods, who’s written for The Their anthology introduces All aspects are addressed: ‘unnecessarily and unconstitu- Philippine Islands. Incidentally American Conservative, are each major war in U.S. his- militarism, imperialism, empire, tionally begun by the President this preparation will benefit the of the United States.’ “ manufactures of munitions and The chapter on the Civil war machines. The clever ones, Raise your Cup to Coffee Club Members! War includes a speech by up in the high places know Ohio Congressman Clement how childish and silly the work- e want to thank the following members who have stepped right up and Vallandigham that was declared ers are. They know that if the joined the LPC Coffee Club since its kick–off. A Coffee Club member do- treasonous: “I assert here, government dresses them up Wnates a minimum of $42 per month or $500 or more each year. today, as a Representative, in khaki and gives them a rifle that every principal act of the and starts them off with a brass Suzanne Bell Curt Cornell Chris Rufer Administration since has been band and waving banners, they Mike Binkley Don Cowles Lawrence Samuels a glaring usurpation of power, will go forth to fight valiantly for Ted Brown, Jr. Bruce Dovner Paul Sisoian and a palpable and danger- their own enemies. They are ous violation of that very taught that brave men die for Beau Cain Terry Floyd Paul Studier Constitution which this civil war their country’s honor. What a T.J. Campbell John Inks Kevin Takenaga is professedly waged to sup- price to pay for an abstraction Audrey Carlan Sebastian Knowlton Charles Tolman port.” Vallandigham was tried —the lives of millions of young Ed Clark Carolyn Marbry Robert Weber, Jr. before a military tribunal and men; other millions crippled Alicia Clark Berkeley Martinez deported from the Union. and blinded for life; existence Zander Collier, III Alan Pyeatt Three-time Democratic Party made hideous for still more continued on page 6... �� +,-.�/+01 ��-�� 2��3� ��4��0�� Your $$$ �51 ��-�� &��'��

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Saying No To War continued from previous page... tunately their revolution must be of a violent type because Party of Economic Liberty millions of human beings; the the ‘haves’ refuse to share with achievement and inheritance the ‘have-nots’ by any peace- of generations swept away in ful method, at least what they a moment—and nobody better Gloomy ’09 Economy, get will be their own, and not off for all the misery!” the American style, which they Concerning World War II, don’t want and above all don’t Polner and Woods describe want crammed down their the America First Committee Thanks to Govt throats by Americans.” (AFC), which “prevented the The Iraq War is harshly by Jason Gonella U.S. from becoming even more criticized. In “Why Did Bush involved in the European war Destroy Iraq?”, Paul Craig for some two years.” The AFC he economic news this ages, have pumped so much Combine these with the pro- Roberts, assistant Secretary year was already going money into the economy that posed Employee Free Choice included among its estimated of the Treasury under Ronald 800,000 members Gerald Ford, Tto be bad. Those who the bubble has partially re-in- Act, and a new mercantilist Reagan, writes: “Every reason did foresee hard times last flated, despite deflating just as “pro-America” policy coming John F. Kennedy, Frank Lloyd we have been given for the Wright, E. E. Cummings, Walt year also foresaw that this year much as before. from the White House, and Iraqi invasion has proved to would have a commercial real What has happened is a it becomes apparent that the Disney, and Charles Lindbergh. be false. Saddam Hussein had Included is the classic “Two estate bust. Strip mall owners debt increase of unprecedented United States is in for some no weapons of mass destruc- must still pay the mortgage, scale. The end result is that rough economic times in 2009. Votes Against War: 1917 and tion. Reports from UN weap- 1941,” by Jeannette Rankin, even if stores aren’t renting when this trickles through the Even the administrators of the ons inspectors, top level U.S. space. This commercial real economy, prices will skyrocket. Social Security Trust Fund re- the only member of Congress intelligence officials, Secretary to vote against U.S. involve- estate bust is on top of the This is the leading indicator of cently announced that they of the Treasury Paul O’Neill, continuing residential real es- severe inflation. foresee troubles ahead. ment in both world wars. and leaked top-secret docu- Of the Cold War, Polner tate bust. But while that would be bad ments from the British cabinet But now it appears that news on its own, the federal and Woods relate how “Soviet all make it unequivocally clear capabilities were consis- matters are going to get much government has decided that that the Bush regime first de- worse. stricter regulations are needed tently exaggerated.” Included cided to invade Iraq and then is “Those Who Protest: Some people appear to think for credit cards to prevent the looked around for a reason.” that the economy is recover- raising of interest rates or the The Transformation of the We Who Dared to Say No to Conservative Movement,” by ing. Stocks are up somewhat lowering of available credit. War contains many hard-hitting and thus everything should im- Any loan is a risk, which Robert LeFevre, businessman essays. The speech by John and founder of the Freedom prove soon. This is according is one reason that lenders Quincy Adams shows just to Treasury Dept. and Federal charge interest. If it becomes School in Colorado Springs, how far we have come in this CO. LeFevre explains how Reserve officials—the very impossible to recoup the risk of country when he writes: that same officials who failed to see lending, such lending ceases. conservatives, who originally America “goes not abroad in favored peace, individualism, the recession coming in the Payday loans are already under search of monsters to destroy.” first place. assault. New regulations will and smaller government, dis- U.S. foreign policy is about as carded these ideals in the name If a bucket has a hole in its shutter these other means to far removed from that of the bottom, the hole will eventually short-term unsecured debt. of fighting Communism. Founding Fathers as it could Polner and Woods note the drain whatever is in the bucket. This is not to suggest that possibly be. But if water is added to the debt is a good thing, especially Cold War’s legacy: “The Soviet The book’s appendix in- Union may be long gone, but bucket at a faster rate than in the current economic envi- cludes “Great Antiwar Films,” the hole can drain it, the water ronment. But responsible use Jason Gonella is Chair of the the military-industrial complex by Butler Shaffer. that got such a boost from the level in the bucket will, for a of debt and short-term loans Antelope Valley LP, one of the Los Sadly, We Who Dared to Angeles LP’s eight internal regions. Cold War, and the intervention- while, rise. Bush and Obama, will suffer from the attacks on Say No to War demonstrates through their stimulus pack- payday loans and credit cards. His email: [email protected]. ist thinking that came to domi- that, after all the lies and pro- nate policymaking circles, are paganda of one war have been as strong as ever.” exposed, Americans are all too Concerning Vietnam, the willing to rally around their gov- weightiest selection is from ernment, their president, and General David Shoup, former their troops for the next war. commandant of the Marines: All patriotic Americans LPC Gains Voters “You read, you’re televised should say no to war and its to, you’re radioed to, you’re The LPC has increased its registered voters, according to evil stepchildren: militarism, im- California Secretary of State Debra Bowen, as reported by Richard preached to, that it is neces- perialism, empire, nationalism, sary that we have our armed jingoism, gunboat diplomacy, Winger’s Ballot Access News. forces fight, get killed and torture, extraordinary rendition, Bowen reported on May 15th that, since March 20th, the maimed, and kill and maim domestic spying, conscription, Democratic, American Independent, Libertarian, and Reform Parties, other human beings including nation building, regime change, and Decline to State (i.e., independent) registrants enjoyed slight in- women and children because the military-industrial complex, now is the time we must stop creases in their shares of registered voters. (The Reform Party is not the warfare state, government ballot-qualified, yet California still tracks its registrations.) some kind of unwanted ideol- propaganda, and an interven- ogy from creeping up on this tionist foreign policy. The Republican, Green, and Peace & Freedom Parties suffered nation.... I don’t think the whole This book reminds us that slight decreases in their percentage of registered voters. of Southeast Asia, as related to we who say no to such things the present and future safety are not alone. and freedom of the people of this country, is worth the life Laurence M. Vance is the or limb of a single American. author of Christianity and War I believe that if we had and and Other Essays Against the would keep our dirty, bloody, Warfare State. His website: dollar-crooked fingers out of www.VancePublications.com. the business of these nations His email: [email protected]. so full of depressed, exploited people, they will arrive at a A lengthier version of this resolution of their own. That they view originally appeared on design and want. That they LewRockwell.com. fight and work for. And if unfor- Libertarian Party of California June 2009 • California Freedom • PAGE 7

A Secret her child in harm’s way? San continued from page 4 Voters Agree With Us! Francisco Chronicle critic Mick tended to call his work The LaSalle suggests that she fol- Cemetery of Dogs. He explains lows an agonizing path “from LPC: Voters that while walking in his Seine- innocence to disillusion to an et-Marne neighborhood with almost fathomless despair and his daughter, he came across nihilism.” Demand Real a dog cemetery with loving in- Ludivine Sagnier, who plays scriptions on the tombstones. the mother, Hannah, earned the He noticed a tombstone for equivalent of an Oscar nomina- Budget Reform a dog that had belonged to tion for her role. Hers is just Pierre Laval, the prime minister one of many impressive act- ing performances. The movie he Libertarian Party of The legislature and gover- of Vichy, France—a man who is beautifully filmed, with gor- California applauds the nor can also find savings by had cooperated with the Nazis geous costumes and scenes of defeat of ballot proposi- rethinking its current punitive in deporting Jews, especially T Paris and the lush countryside. tions 1A through 1E, and notes taxes on wages, enterprise, the large numbers of children. The main beauty, however, lies that to eliminate the perennial sale of goods, and the value of That Laval’s dog was hon- The seed of his aunt’s revela- in the film’s ability to capture the budget deficit, the state legisla- buildings, and replacing them ored in death, while his own tions grows into a mighty oak of simple longing for the presence ture must confront its addiction with voluntary user fees, pollu- mother and half brother had a story, including a half brother and influence of loved ones to spending. tion charges, and taxes on the no such memorial, outraged whom Francois is never told who were cruelly murdered by “The LPC couldn’t be more land value generated by gov- Grimbert and resulted in a flurry about, and his parents being a perverse regime. pleased that voters soundly ernmental public goods. of memoir writing that led to drawn together at the same rejected the proposed tax in- Spending relief could also the book and movie. time their spouses were killed crease and phony budget so- come as a result of decriminal- A Secret centers on a young in the war. Francois learns he lutions offered by Props. 1A izing recreational drugs. Billions boy who feels inadequate next would never have been born if through 1E,” said LPC Chair of dollars could be saved by to his godlike parents. His his brother had lived, and that Kevin Takenaga. “These prop- eliminating enforcement of dad is an Olympic-caliber ath- this phantom child exceeded ositions, which were crafted in drug laws, including the arrest, lete and his mom is a cham- his father’s expectations in a backroom deal with no public prosecution and incarceration pion swimmer who could give every way—a painful contrast input, offered phony solutions of nonviolent drug offenders. Marilyn Monroe a run for her to his own experience. to real problems. “Libertarians don’t just com- money. (Throughout the movie, The drama of heartrend- “The legislature has no plain, but offer real solutions,” she manages to don form-fit- ing events is downplayed at choice now but to confront Takenaga said. “Our sound ad- ting, skin-baring outfits without every turn. The director relies its addiction to spending. And vice is a far cry from the shell making it seeming gratuitous.) on the viewer’s intelligence to the LPC has offered, and will games, phony spending caps, Francois is a pale, wispy imi- ascertain the repressed feel- tation of these superior beings, continue to offer and support, and budget gimmicks that the ings, motives, and guilt of the Laura G. Brown is a teacher policy suggestions that could Democrats and Republicans and is keenly aware of it. At age characters. At the film’s piv- 15, he begins to elicit a gigan- and writer living in San Gabriel. save billions of dollars dedi- have tried for years to offer otal scene, you’ll find yourself She is a veteran candidate for cated to wasteful and ineffi- as budget reform. If they have tic family secret from his aunt, asking, “How could a mother who tells him what happened State Assembly. Her email: cient programs.” proven anything, it’s that their do that?” How could she put [email protected]. Government demonstrates ideas don’t work. It’s time for to his parents a decade earlier every day that increased a fresh approach. Libertarians in Nazi-occupied France. spending doesn’t guarantee believe in freedom and lim- quality service. Test scores for ited government, but we want the government we have to students in government-funded “When you make your �� schools are lower, on average, work efficiently and effectively. peace with authority, than for students who attend Unfortunately, that is a novel private schools, which spend concept for the career politi- you become authority.” �� less per capita than its public cians who control Sacramento, counterparts. In The Money but it’s one we hope voters will ~ Jim Morrison �� Myth: School Resources, embrace as a real solution for �� Outcomes, and Equity, author California.” �� and UC professor W. Norton Grubb cites studies that find �� only a weak relationship be- �� tween public school funding �� and educational outcomes. �� Adjusting state employees’ �� pay and benefits to average �� that of workers in private in- �� dustry could save the state up to $40,000 per position, and �� would go far towards eliminat- �� ing the current budget deficit. �� The state budget could be �� further cut by reviewing each �� state department, division, �� bureau, board, and commis- �� sion to determine whether �� the taxpayer-funded government service should be dis- �� continued, merged with other �� departments, or charge user fees to cover its budget, or whether the service should be �� competitively bid out at less cost to taxpayers. Many such �� options were offered by the �� California Performance Review �� Commission. PAGE 8 • California Freedom • June 2009 © 2009 All rights reserved Party of Foreign Non-Intervention Bribing Egypt, Israel Is No Model for Peace by Rep. Ron Paul [Below is Ron Paul’s opposition to H. Res. 282, “Recognizing the 30th anniversary of the peace treaty between Egypt and Israel.” H Res 282 passed on March 31, 2009, 418 Ayes, 1 Nay, 12 Not Voting/Present.]

r. Speaker: I rise in tual cooperation.” which increases the strain on reluctant opposition What the resolution fails to taxpayers. I believe we should Mto this resolution. I do mention, and the reason we cease all foreign aid to all coun- so not because I oppose our should not endorse the treaty tries, as it is a counterproductive recognizing peace as prefer- as a model, is that at the time and unconstitutional transfer of able to, and more productive the peace was being negoti- wealth from US taxpayers to than, war. On the contrary, too ated at Camp David the United governments overseas. seldom do we celebrate and States committed itself to an I do believe we should, encourage the end of violence enormous financial aid pack- where possible and without and warfare on this Floor so I age to both Egypt and Israel in meddling, encourage nations welcome any such endorse- exchange for their accession to and regions at war or in con- ment of peace in international the treaty. flict to work toward peace. But relations. Over the past thirty years, I also believe we should lead However, I cannot agree the United States taxpayer has by example: that we should Photo: Lawrence K. Samuels with the final “resolved” clause transferred to—some might demonstrate by our actions Ron Paul speaking in Northern California, July 14, 2007 of this resolution, which states say “bribed”— Israel and Egypt the benefits of friendly relations that: well over 100 billion dollars as and trade with all nations which “model” to be productive or in ”...the House of a payoff for their leaders’ signa- seek the same. the best interests of the United Representatives calls for rec- ture on the treaty. I strongly oppose the idea States. I urge my colleagues to ognition of the peace treaty Particularly in this time of that we should bribe the rest reject this resolution. between Egypt and Israel as a economic hardship, where so of the world to do what we model mechanism upon which many Americans are out of demand. Therefore, while I partner nations may build to work and facing great finan- celebrate the achievement Ron Paul is a GOP Congressman overcome longstanding barri- cial challenges, I hardly believe of peace between Egypt and from Texas. He is a life member of the Libertarian Party and was the ers to peace and effective mu- we should be celebrating that Israel, I do not believe this LP’s presidential candidate in 1988.

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