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Syndicated Radio Star Gary Nolan Joins Libertarian Party on The Published for friends & supporters of the Libertarian Party Libertarian National Committee, Inc. • 2600 Virginia Ave, NW, Suite 100 Washington DC 20037 • Phone: (202) 333-0008 • Fax: (202) 333-0072 JANUARY 1999 TOTALLY FED UP ... SHOCKING SECRET ... Syndicated radio star Gary Nolan Jerry Springer: joins Libertarian Party on the air A Libertarian? ary Nolan, a syndicated "I could tell that Nolan was a arning: There may be a radio talk show host heard good prospect for conversion, sudden outbreak of chair- Gon 45 stations around the because he was so principled and throwing and hair-pulling country, has become the latest logical," he said. "I thought the best in the libertarian movement. That's member of the broadcast industry to thing we could do was to keep because Jerry Springer says he's a join the Libertarian Party. building a relationship, and wait for libertarian. On January 12, Nolan signed him to get fed up with the GOP. According to the Liberator on the dotted line" and became a "When the Republicans passed Online, the e-mail publication of the card-carrying member of the party their latest budget bill, I knew Gary Advocates for Self-Government, the during a live, on-air broadcast of his was close to joining the LP. Then, on controversial TV talk-show host program, Nolan At Night. January 6, Nolan called and said, revealed his shocking libertarian He was joined for the occasion 'That's it; I've finally decided to join secret to Ken Bush, a long-time LP by LP National Director Steve the party.' I'm not sure which straw activist from Missouri. Dasbach and LP Press Secretary broke the camel's back, but suspect Bush, who met Springer while George Getz, who welcomed him. he was fed up with the way Republi- he was in St. Louis to promote his Nolan, a self-described "liber- cans keep promising smaller govern- new book, Ringmaster, "asked tarian-Republican," said he finally ment and delivering the opposite." Springer if he was a libertarian. decided to leave the GOP and join Nolan is syndicated on the Springer nodded his head affirma- the LP because "Republicans seem Radio America network and appears tively," reported Paul Schmidt, as anxious to spend my money as on about 45 stations around the Liberator Online editor. the Democrats." nation, including some major "Ken was a bit skeptical, so he Getz, who has been a regular markets like Seattle. He is also the gave Springer a short summary of guest on Nolan's show for several head of Capitol Watch, a conserva- what libertarians believe in: Civil months, said he was delighted by tive-leaning, budget-cutting group liberties and economic freedom. Nolan's decision—but not surprised. based in Washington, DC. Springer continued to affirm that he was a libertarian." Springer — whose trashy, raucous show has rocketed to the top LP to speak at Social Security forum of the daytime TV ratings — had a representative of the LP of California has been invited to participate very respectable previous life before in a forum about the future of Social Security — and he says he plans becoming the bad boy of tabloid TV. Ato use the opportunity to call for a completely private pension system. He has a law degree, won 10 local Juan Ros, executive director of the California LP, will be a speaker at a Emmies as a newscaster, served on Americans Discuss Social Security (ADSS) forum, which will be hosted by the the Cincinnati City Council, and was Pew Charitable Trusts. The event will take place on January 23 at the Univer- elected mayor of Cincinnati in 1977. sity of Southern California. Although not an LP member, "I believe [this forum] honestly wants to provide all sides of the issue, Springer has also been an outspoken even someone who wants to abolish Social Security," said Ros. defender of freedom of speech. Liberty Pledge News • January 1999 RIGI IT-WING RIP Laws to legalize pain-management drugs split conservatives I have long suspected that the In 1996, medical marijuana proposals appeared on marriage of convenience be- ballots in California and Arizona. They passed in both tween religious-right and nanny- states. state conservatives must inevita- Federal government officials promptly went ballis- bly end in a messy divorce. tic. A furious Gen. Barry McCaffrey, White House Other than a desire to achieve drug czar, threatened to pull the prescription writing political power in order to com- privileges of any doctor who dared recommend mari- pel the rest of us to follow their juana to a patient (the drug has proven effective in vision (by force, if necessary), ameliorating the side-effects of cancer and AIDS these two groups actually have treatments as well as relieving the symptoms of Tim no more in common than, say, glaucoma, multiple sclerosis and other chronic mala- O'Brien environmentalists and feminists dies.) of the — strange bedfellows from the 'This year similar measures appeared on ballots in, Libertarian other wing of the bird. Washington, Nevada, Oregon, Alaska and the District Now, it appears the catalyst of Columbia. Also, the legislature in Arizona put -a Party for the final breakup may have referendum on the ballot asking its citizens if they of Michigan appeared on the scene in the didn't want to reconsider their 1996 vote. person of Jack Kevorkian. The results were that laws allowing medical mari- Right to Life, tl c Roman Catholic Church and their juana use passed in all four additional states. fellow travelers are well aware that their successful Furthermore, the good folks in Arizona said they campaign to defeat Proposal B last month (which were not interested in rescinding the approval they would have permitted physician-assisted suicide under had given previously. strictly regulated conditions) is ultimately only a However, the results of the vote in Washington, holding action. D.C. remain unknown. It seems that Rep. Bob Barr, R- The scare tactics about granny Ga., managed to insert a provi- being brow-beaten into submission sion in the District's budget au, by greedy heirs — and, ironically, thorization bill last October that the appeal to libertarian objections prohibited the local government, about the proposed bureaucracy's The fight against from expending any funds what- intrusiveness — will give way to ever on any vote for any measure the sensible notion that human assisted suicide that would reduce the penaltieg beings are entitled to at least the means adopting for marijuana possession. Too same level of compassion society late to amend the already printed. has for its suffering pets. a new attitude about ballots, the vote went ahead. The Kevorkian made this point rath- results were simply withheld. er forcefully a few weeks ago on the use of drugs. The American Civil Liberties network television. Union promptly filed a lawsuit That's why some of the Citizens demanding that the results be for Compassionate Care who released under the Freedom .of fought Proposal B are now calling for a significant Information Act and alleging that the measure attempt- overhaul of state laws regarding pain management. ing to prohibit the vote was an unconstitutional This, of course, means adopting a new attitude "viewpoint-based restriction" in violation of First about and approach to the use of drugs — the ultimate Amendment in any case. bugaboo of their erstwhile allies in the conservative The Libertarian _Tarty has filed a friend-of-the-court movement. brief and joined the complaint, which was heard by Now there is little dispute in the scientific commu- U.S. District Judge Richard W. Roberts on Dec. 18. A 111 The Detroit nity that the most efficacious treatment for intractable ruling is expected by year's end. Free Press pain would be the refined version of morphine, the Whatever the outcome, one thing recent events Detroit, Michigan best drug currently available. have made manifest about the nanny-state branch 'of December 23, 1998 Not surprisingly, the more potent form provides conservatism — is that their drug jihad hysteria has better pain relief at lower doses and with fewer side- reached truly astonishing proportions. 'They not only effects. Indeed, this drug was originally developed no longer care about the wishes of the people, but more than a century ago for precisely those reasons. refuse to even recognize that in a democratic system Prior to being made completely illegal, it was market- citizens have a right to make their wishes known. ed in the United States by the Bayer company under Of course, the religious-right zealots who want to the trade name: Heroin. stop Kevorkian at all costs are a pretty determined We can probably gauge the reaction of the nanny- bunch themselves. state conservatives to a proposal to make heroin It's definitely going to be messy divorce. available for medical use by their response to similar recent proposals with regard to marijuana (a drug so Tim . O'Brien is chairman of the Libertarian Party of mild that there has never been so much a single Michigan. Write to him in care of the Free Press, recorded instance of a fatal overdose). Editorial Page; 600 If Fort St., Detroit, Mich. 48226. Liberty Pledge News • January 1999 Water board boasts Evasion parties Harry Browne, the 1996 Liber- tarian presidential candidate, two Libertarians didn't have a submission for our By RON HAWKINS supply is appropriate. contest to help President Clinton "Libertarians believe that the choose a fitting New Year's Res- Staff Writer role of government is to ensure olution, but he did hand Inside that one person does not violate the Beltway his resolution: Prince William County resi- another person's rights," Reams "I resolve not to adopt the tac- dents had never elected a said.
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