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In Uncategorized on September 14, 2007 at 4:48 pmAllen Hacker Asks For Even More Money, Pays Self With Email List
In Libertarian Party-US, Politics on June 2, 2007 at 3:06 pmGot this from Third Party Watch:
Closing out the Badnarik Campaign
(Sorry that you got this twice, the formatting failed in the original!)
Well, folks, it is almost over.
With a little negotiation and adjustments to be done, some re-filing of FEC reports, the last bills paid, and only a few thousand more in contributions to make that happen, I will be able to close out the Badnarik for Congress campaign. Yes, that’s right, it’s down to just a few thousand (the hardest few thousand to get)!
[ http://badnarik.org/donate.php ]
To all of you who have supported us, I repeat my thanks and my vow to work twice as diligently to ensure that the things that undermined this campaign won’t happen again to anybody else. Toward that end, I’ll be developing Liberty’s Infrastructure Project. You may recall that I’ve been talking about LawfulGov.Org as my next project. Well, it is, but there’s more. LawfuGov.Org is important, but it can’t do everything needed. Yes, we need an entity that will sue the pants off rogue agencies and bureaucrats, filling in the gap with legal action where political parties can’t go. But the truth is, we need a complete infrastructure. Fundraising, outreach, social supports, ballot access, general public awareness…. there’s no way all of this is getting done by financially weak local parties, and the presidential campaign can’t be expected to carry it all. That hasn’t worked.
You will get one more email from me regarding B4C, and that will be the one announcing the final closing of the campaign and the publication of my final report. Watch for that, it will be a web address.
In the meantime, won’t you consider one more contribution to the campaign, to end this cycle and help us all move on? Read the rest of this entry »
Allen Hacker To Be Professor At Gene Chapman University?
In Uncategorized on January 16, 2007 at 8:03 pmIn the past this blog has covered LP Presidential candidates George Phillies and Steve Kubby.
For those as yet unaware of the other candidates for the Libertarian Party 2008 presidential nomination, truck driving tax protestor and self-proclaimed spiritual heir of Mahatma Ghandi
Gene Chapman is also running for President.
Chapman is also seeking “Constitution, Southern, Goldwater-Reagan Conservative, Independent, Reform and Boston Tea Party nominations”. Among other things, Chapman is
a musical genius.
In the past, Chapman has gone on several death fasts to fight for freedom, and even attempted to set himself on fire at the IRS building. He was prevented from doing so because he was driving an RV with a leaky propane tank, and locked up in a mental hospital for Dysthymia.
Chapman is a technological pioneer in the field of in the use of audio and video blogs and comments, and along with his trusty sidekick Doug Kenline works diligently at keeping his opponents honest by urging them strenuously to include free site meters on their websites and inviting them on his audio blog radio show. They are fond of calling anyone who disagrees
with them “Satanist Communists” and “fancy fuck sock puppet boys”.
Chapman is, naturally, gathering attention from major national media outlets,
recently being invited on Fox and Friends, Good Morning America, CBS Morning News, Late Night with Conan O’Brien as well as being offered deals by
Dream Works Studio and Bad Boy Records.
He is also the subject of government conferences; the study of his ideas and work has drawn together multiagency taskforces including the IRS, FBI and possibly BATFE.
Recently,
Chapman staffer Kenline issued specific, graphic death threats against 18 year old Phillies staffer Jake Porter.
While we are as yet unaware of any specifically anti-Phillies or anti-Kubby websites, Chapman opponents have gone negative early with several attack sites put out by Elfino’s Mom, Frank Buckner, and some anonymous challenger.
But, what really brings Chapman to our attention at this time is his founding of
American Libertarian University. According to Chapman’s blog, “Libertarian legend Allen Hacker is looking over our offer to join the teaching staff of the American Libertarian University.” At this time, we are seeking independent confirmation of this report.
This post also appears at
http://pauliecannoli.wordpress.com/2007/01/17/allen-hacker-to-be-professor-at-gene-chapman-university/
Yeah, Allen Hacker is fucking fruitloops.
In Corruption, Libertarian, Politics on December 12, 2006 at 10:02 pmCheck this shit out.
So I get an email from Paulie (are you validated yet man? I wanna make you a contributor) and it’s got a bunch of Scientology crap about Allen Hacker.
Let’s see… there’s this, where Allen Hacker “talks about his up coming program, the State of Aescir. He explores his understandings of the Galactic Consciousness and how we each play a role in it.”
Then we’ve got this bad boy, where Hacker is basically starting his own religion with (imagine that!) himself as the messiah figure. Campaign funds locked on a moon of Jupiter indeed. So that’s why he was talking about freedom for the next TEN THOUSAND YEARS.
Hail Xenu!
Wayne Root’s post-election message
In Libertarian on November 10, 2008 at 11:45 amThe Road Ahead:
A Message from Wayne Allyn Root –
2008 Libertarian Vice Presidential Nominee
Dear friends,
It has been an honor and privilege to serve all of my many
friends, fans, voters, contributors and most importantly, the
Libertarian Party as the nominee for Vice President of the
United States in 2008.
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In case you missed them the first time…
In Libertarian on October 1, 2008 at 8:29 pmHere are the most read posts at LFV thus far, and how many people have read them:
Top Posts for all days ending 2008-10-02 (Summarized)
LPNY chair to BTP: Drop dead
In Libertarian, Libertarian Party-US on July 19, 2008 at 2:04 pmIn this essay, LP radical and LPNY state chair Eric Sundwall advocates that radical libertarians avoid the BTP and stay in the LP. It is entitled Party Like It’s 1973, an apparent ironic reference to Party like it’s 1773 by BTP interim chair Jim Davidson.
I was somewhat intrigued when popular Libertarian blogger Tom Knapp started the Boston Tea Party soon after the 2006 Portland massacre. An online political party that hearkened to the radical sensibility with a savvy for the political seemed an interesting notion without any real threat to LP work and activities. A place where members could vent and fume within their own diaries and entries and perhaps still effect meaningful activism within the libertarian community in general. Fine. Sometimes a great notion . . .
The current self-flagellation from its members and current standard bearers for office is a greater reflection of petty narcissistic traits and ambitions that one finds within splinters of a small movement, than any real grassroots or political effort. To be sure, most of the current brouhaha is based on the success of reform elements within the LP and the eventual nomination of Bob Barr. But there has also been a disproportionate coverage of their activities within the small third party blogosphere and even some mention in the higher echelons of typical political coverage. I’m beginning to think about getting sixteen of my buddies together to form the American Anarchist Party so as not to be left out. At least there would be no compromise on real principles.
In my estimation the BTP became untenable, less credible and utterly ridiculous when the New York affiliate formed without my knowledge or possible input. I expressed my discontent about this to founder Tom Knapp and got a reply that membership wasn’t tracked on geographical basis and thus any notification about formation of an affiliate wouldn’t be forthcoming to members unless they kept abreast of the website and those postings. At the time I thought I had kept a current feed from BTP in my aggregator (Bloglines) and it was only another entry at the time that serendipitously showed up that brought me back to the site for a quick re-reference. It was at that time that I became knowledgeable of the NY affiliate startup.
Of course the elements forming that start up were no more radical in spirit than in truth ambitious for titles and accolades. In fact some of the players were in dispute with the LPNY about one of their affiliates and a factional shoot off from it in another arena wasn’t all that surprising. Having also expressed some insider concern to Knapp about this, he just shrugged it off and said something about long ropes and the like.
In the course of 2007 one saw a gradual decline of the website and eventually spam took it over and the case for neglect made itself very obvious if one visited the site. Again Knapp was shrugging it off as not his baby anymore since the formation of a national committee and control being handed over to the new principles. Any other misgivings about Knapp and his organizational abilities were already being sent to me through my association of other notable activists and to some extent LNC connections. After he was almost completely rejected for the Platform Committee in Pittsburgh that summer I figured any possible radical ally in this figure was improbable. At the time he was flailing for Kubby as the official or non-official this or that and it was obvious where his pre-occupation was at. Once he started running Ron Paul up the racist flagpole based on a Suicide Girls post, I was done. After the Sean Haugh attack after Vegas, I was disgusted, despite reassurances from Angela Keaton and Paulie that he wasn’t the drama queen I might have marked him as.
Enter the Independent Political Report. They started covering the mini-convention of the BTP in Denver and it seems like new life was born from it. Apparently that long rope came back to bite BTP and Knapp put the kibosh on any usurpation of his baby. Utilizing an administrative override on the former national vice-chair and asserting a violation of by-laws and original intent, he summarily dismissed the usurpers and rallied his original cabal and pressed ahead with their own convention online. I’m sure if I’m wrong about this and on any radar as such, I’ll be corrected on a dozen counts by TK or the like.
But my general point is this. The BTP is an operational and philosophical mess. Great, a one line platform states that they want to reduce government on all counts. So what?! While it’s not the contorted twistings of the Reformista’s tired ruminations and redefinitions, its just annoying at this point. When some kiddie script hacker represents some percentage of the actual vote of their convention and all former users are told to sign up again because their database got trashed, you don’t have to wonder. You just don’t take it seriously. Radicals ought to stay in the LP and exert what influence they can in a franchise which has stood the test of time for at least thirty years. Getting all huffy over one candidate in an impossible race to win is not the solution. There is plenty of room for spirited protest candidacies and meaningful activism.
So don’t get your panties in a wad because Brian Holtz won the platform or that Bob Barr said something about Fannie Mae on TV. Easy ballot access in Colorado and Louisiana may get you on the ballot there and might put you on a temporary pedestal amongst chortling colleagues, but seriously, get a life (or a sound card). Do what you can, where you can. Stop fantasizing about a greater liberty movement or party. Stay real. Stay radical. Stay LP.
Who are all the LP candidates?
In Libertarian on July 1, 2008 at 2:26 pmThey are not all listed at LP.org
A few are here. Many more are not.
NC sent Independent Political Report a list (below). How about the other states? Please list your state lists of candidates – or links to such lists – in the comments!
Libertarians File List of 2008 Candidates
RALEIGH (June 30) — The race for North Carolina governor is now officially a three-person contest. The Libertarian Party of North Carolina formally presented its list of 38 candidates for the 2008 General Election to the State Board of Elections today.
Dr. Michael Munger tops the list as the LPNC gubernatorial candidate. Dr. Munger is joined by Phillip Rhodes, running for lieutenant governor and Mark McMains, running for commissioner of insurance.
Libertarians will also contest 24 seats in the General Assembly, 14 in previously unopposed contests. At the local level, five Libertarians are running for County Commission and one is running for Mecklenberg Register of Deeds.
Chris Cole is the Libertarian candidate for U.S. Senate. There are five Libertarian candidates for Congressional seats: Will Adkins, District 2; Maximillian Longley, District 4; Thomas Hill, District 8; Andy Grum, District 9, and; Keith Smith, District 11.
The Libertarian candidate for President of the United States, former Georgia Congressman Bob Barr, will be on the ballot along with his vice presidential running-mate, Wayne Root.
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Candidate List
NC Governor
Mike Munger
10020 Bushveld Ln
Raleigh NC 27613-6144
919-844-0154
munger4ncgov@gmail.comNC Lieutenant Governor
Philip Rhodes
200 Westminster Drive 83-G
Chapel Hill NC 27514
919-265-4489
mindcrime@cpphacker.co.ukNC Commissioner of Insurance
Mark McMains
5013 Martha Nell
Fuquay Varina NC 27511
towmanmwm@earthlink.netUS Senate
Chris Cole
17600-B2 Caldwell Station Rd.
Huntersville NC 28078-5089
704-605-5905
freecarolina@vfemail.netUS Congress 2
Will Adkins
103 Shotts Court
Cary NC 27511
919-522-4674
wadkins@virtucorp.orgUS Congress 4
Maximillian Longley
427 Lebanon Circle
Durham NC 27712-2645
919-475-8234
mlong11@pride.hofstra.eduUS Congress 8
Thomas Hill
10896 Pioneer Mill Rd.
Concord NC 28025
704-621-8621
thomasbhill@msn.comUS Congress 9
Andy Grum
324 McLeod St.
Matthews NC 28105-4760
704-841-9229
agrum@nc.rr.comUS Congress 11
Keith Smith
103 Mt. Lebanon Rd.
Bostic NC 28018
843-504-4839
ksluvbeach@aol.comNC House 2
Jesse Mignogna
3835 Keepers Way
Kitty Hawk NC 27949
252-341-7270
freedomsurfer76@yahoo.comNC House 3
Herbert Sobel
3311 Tack House Rd
New Bern NC 28563
252-638-5379
hmsjes@embarq.comNC House 20
Rachel Joiner Merrill
670 Pine Branches Circle
Belville NC 28451
910-233-1493
raejoiner@gmail.comNC House 29
Justin Lallinger
31 Lansgate Ct.
Durham NC 27713
919-423-0596
jlallinger@gmail.comNC House 30
Sean Haugh
1821 Hillandale Rd. 1B-332
Durham NC 27705
919-286-0152
seanhaugh@mindspring.comNC House 32
Barbara Howe
5046 Tar Hill Drive
Oxford NC 27565
919-690-1423
barbara@warmoak.comNC House 38
Susan Hogarth
5901 Penny Road
Raleigh NC 27606
919-906-2106
hogarth@gmail.comNC House 65
Jake Ratliff
147 Landfall Dr.
Eden NC 27288
336-623-2181
jratliff@email.unc.eduNC House 71
Bobby Richmond
2091 Salisbury Square
Winston-Salem NC 27127-5936
336-480-6640
br@cigxm.comNC House 73
Cary Morris
200 Old Wood Lane
Kernersville NC 27284
336-788-2822
holdthesky@yahoo.comNC House 77
Wayne Ford
1703 Woodrun Circle
Salisbury NC 28146-7093
704-636-4438
wayneford@velocenet.netNC House 87
T. J. Rohr
112 Winchester Drive
Lenoir NC 28645-8936
828-757-9632
timothyjrohr@charter.netNC House 93
Jeff Cannon
303 Bare Ave
West Jefferson NC 28694
336-846-6425
JeffCan542@skybest.comNC House 95
Jeffrey Ober
161 Swift Creek Lane
Mooresville NC 28115
704-664-0401
jeff@ober.orgNC House 96
Lawrence Hollar
412 2nd Ave NW
Conover NC 28613-2503
828-464-8859
hollar5@charter.netNC House 108
Keith Calvelli
508 Academy Circle
McAdenville NC 28101
704-824-1647
kcalvelli@mac.comNC Senate 7
Kira Howe
5046 Tar Hill Drive
Oxford NC 27565
919-690-1423
sweetgum_tree@hotmail.comNC Senate 15
Janice Mackay
1009 Lightfoot Court
Wake Forest NC 27587
919-342-0403
jan@bikersusa.orgNC Senate 17
Brian Irving
206 Clancy Circle
Cary NC 27511
910-987-5844
brian@libertypoint.orgNC Senate 20
David C. Rollins
911 West Club Boulevard
Durham NC 27701
919-994-4858
dcrollins@gmail.comNC Senate 31
R. Lee Wrights
1240 S Peace Haven Rd
Clemmons NC 27012
336-403-1036
rleewrights@gmail.comNC Senate 37
Rusty Sheridan
500 E. Tremont Ave.
Charlotte NC 28203-5334
704-536-7857
RustySheridan@gmail.comNC Senate 38
Travis Wheat
5514 Santeelah Ct.
Charlotte NC 28217
704-971-0321
travou2@yahoo.comNC Senate 44
Richard Evey
4150 Trim Tree Dr.
Morganton NC 28655
828-391-1778
richardevey@yahoo.comForsyth County Commission B
Richard Norman
2071 Mallard Lakes Drive
Winston-Salem NC 27106
336-499-6280
cmtpres@mindspring.comGaston County Commissioner
Lewis Guignard
20 Glynlaurel Lane
Bessemer City NC 28016
704-650-7238
lguignard@bellsouth.netGuilford County Commissioner Six
Paul Elledge
308 Ashland Dr. Apt C
Greensboro NC 27403
336-932-2532
paulelledge2@hotmail.comNew Hanover County Commissioner
Brian Berger
527 Commons Way
Wilmington NC 28409-9189
910-431-3115
Wilmingtonliberty@hotmail.comMecklenberg Register of Deeds
Mike Wagner
1343 Paddock Circle
Charlotte NC 28209
704-606-7307
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LIBERTARIAN PARTY OF NORTH CAROLINA
PO Box 28141 Raleigh NC 27611 * 877.843.5762 * http://www.LPNC.orgContact: Brian Irving, Communications Director
Cell: 910.987.5844 * Home: 919.467.0742
Voices from LFV’s Mailbag: “Basic Democracy – Election Reforms July 1, 2007”
In Libertarian on May 24, 2008 at 7:48 pmI’m not sure what this means, but I received it in LFV’s inbox and it looks like they put a lot of work into it. Perhaps someone here can translate it for me. -ENM
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Do the delusional utopian NO government anarchists in the national and State LP regimes know and/or care about the EVIL monarchy / oligarchy gerrymanders controlling the U.S.A. ???
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The U.S.A. has been in a brain dead indirect minority rule gerrymander death spiral since 1776.
One very major gerrymander result — the 1929-2007 combined Fed / State / Local government deficits of $12.3 TRILLION = a DIRECT threat to the survival of Western Civilization.
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ALL 50 States in the U.S.A. have ANTI-DEMOCRACY gerrymander regimes [derived from the de facto gerrymander formation of the English House of Commons in the 1200’s — a mere 700 plus years ago] —
1. Half the votes in half the gerrymander districts [political concentration camps] for 1 party control = about 25 percent ANTI-DEMOCRACY indirect MINORITY RULE — with much worse minority rule due to special interest gang primary math with *open* (NO incumbent) gerrymander district seats.
2. UNEQUAL votes for each gerrymander district winner.
3. UNEQUAL total votes in each gerrymander district.
See ALL of the MORON gerrymander math opinions in Vieth v. Juberlier, 541 U.S. 267 (2004) [PA] and L.U.L.A.C. v. Perry, 548 U.S. 34 (2006) [TX] due to MANY, MANY, MANY lawyer MORONS — unable to detect the above 3 UNEQUAL points in their New Age ignorant MORON brains.
Result — the nonstop brain dead gerrymander ANTI-DEMOCRACY *politics* in ALL 50 State regimes in the U.S.A. since 1776.
ATTACK the ANTI-Democracy gerrymander systems in the media and the courts.
U.S.A. Const. Art. IV, Sec. 4 [Republican Form of Government — NO monarchy / oligarchy regimes allowed to control a State] and 14th Amdt, Sec. 1 [Equal Protection Clause].
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The same sort of nonstop brain dead gerrymander ANTI-DEMOCRACY (or worse) *politics* has been in the U.S.A. regime since 4 March 1789 — the gerrymander U.S.A. House of Reps., the gerrymander U.S.A. Senate and the gerrymander U.S.A. Prez/VP (with severe ROT effects on the appointed party hack U.S.A. Supremes).
Some business- as- usual EVIL gerrymander results — genocide of the American Indian tribes to about 1890, slavery until 1865, undeclared wars, inflations, depressions, giant government debts, etc., etc., etc. — i.e. a minority rule government of the EVIL gerrymander monarchs, by the EVIL gerrymander monarchs and for the EVIL gerrymander monarchs — with all the accumulated special interest gang laws.
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Major Reforms —
1. Proportional Representation in all legislative body elections —
Total Votes / Total Seats = EQUAL votes needed for each Seat Winner
ALL voters get represented with Majority Rule (DEMOCRACY) and minority representation.
2. NONPARTISAN nominations and elections of all elected executive officers and all judges.
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Basic Democracy Election Reforms 1 July 2007
Sec. A. All candidates for the same office in the same area shall have the same nominating petition requirements to get on the [general] election ballots.
Sec. B. (1) The Electors shall elect the members of each legislative body (odd number at least 5) in each year for 1 year terms.
(2) Each legislative body district shall have between 5 and 10 times the total number of electors at the last [general] election in all districts divided by the total members in the body.
(3) As nearly as possible, each district shall consist of 1 or more local governments or part of 1 local government and be contiguous and square.
Sec. C. (1) Each legislative body candidate shall get a list of all candidates for the body in all districts at least [4] weeks before the [general] election.
(2) Each candidate shall rank the other candidates in all districts (using 1 (highest), 2, etc.) and file such list not later than [4] P.M. [3] weeks before the [general] election.
(3) The lists shall be made public immediately at such deadline.
(4) If a valid list is not filed, then the candidate’s name shall be removed from the ballots.
[Equal Votes per winner P.R.]
Sec. D. (1) Each Elector may vote for 1 candidate for each legislative body.
(2) The Average shall be the Total Votes for all candidates in all districts divided by the Total Members to be elected in all districts, dropping fractions. Ave = TV/TM.
(3) A candidate who gets the Average shall be elected.
(4) The most excess votes above the Average shall be repeatedly moved to 1 or more unelected candidates, using the elected candidate’s rank order list.
(5) Only the votes needed to get the Average shall be moved to any 1 unelected candidate.
(6) If all members are not elected, then the candidate with the least votes in all districts shall lose.
(7) The loser’s votes shall be moved to 1 or more unelected candidates, using the original losing candidate’s rank order list and subject to (5).
(8) Steps (6) and (7) shall repeat, if necessary.
(9) Example- 100 Votes, Elect 5, Average 20
A 26 – 6 = 20 Elected
B 20 Elected
C 18 + 2 = 20 Elected
D 16
E 9
F 7 + 4 = 11
G 4
Excess A votes moved.
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A 20 Elected
B 20 Elected
C 20 Elected
D 16
F 11 + 4 = 15
E 9
G 4 – 4 = 0 Loses
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A 20 Elected
B 20 Elected
C 20 Elected
D 16 + 4 = 20 Elected
F 15 + 5 = 20 Elected
E 9 – 9 = 0 Loses
Sec. E. (1) A legislative body candidate or member may file a written rank order list of persons to fill his/her vacancy, if any.
(2) The qualified person who is highest on the list shall fill the vacancy.
(3) If the preceding does not happen, then the legislative body shall fill the vacancy with a person of the same party (if any) immediately at its next meeting.
Sec. F. (1) All elected executive officers and all judges shall be nominated for and elected at nonpartisan [general] elections.
(2) Each elector may vote for 1 or more candidates for each elected executive office or judge (including 1 write-in for each position).
[This is the Approval Voting method]
(3) The candidate(s) getting the most votes shall be elected (for the longest terms respectively in the case of 2 or more positions with different terms).
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The above has modified parts of a Model State Constitution — available on request.
NO caucuses, primaries and conventions are needed.
NO gerrymander commissions are needed.
NO citizens’ assemblies are needed [with *experts* controlling the amateurs].
NO vetoes — a vestige of the EVIL divine right of kings era.
Democracy NOW via 100 percent Proportional Representation — before it is too late — and a Red States – Blue States Civil WAR II happens because of the EVIL incumbent gerrymander MORONS — much, much, much worse than the horrific Civil WAR I in 1861-1865 (that killed about 620,000 Americans and maimed multi-thousands more for life — no eyes, hands, arms, feet, legs — in the many, many slaughterhouse battles at short range) due to the gerrymander election in 1860.
See the end of the Roman Republic in 120 B.C. – 27 B.C. and its destruction by the TYRANT monarch Augustus Caesar — due to the UNREPRESENTATIVE ANTI-Democracy Roman Senate and other Roman legislative bodies.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus_Caesar
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PAPER MAIL BALLOTS NOW [counted ONLY by human eyeballs] — regardless of ALL of the MORONS who love having rigged / hacked E-voting systems (loved also by the domestic and foreign hacker ENEMIES of Democracy).
Oregon Vote by Mail — NO lines on Election Days (with NO rigged UNEQUAL voters per E-voting machine — such as in Ohio 2004).
http://www.sos.state.or.us/executive/votebymail.htm
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Election Law 000000001
Electors – Registration
Ballot Access – Candidates/Issues
Make Ballots
Vote Ballots
Count Ballots
Election Results
Add *LEGAL* to each of the above.
All New Age so very difficult.
G.E. live from Denver: Part 1
In Daniel Imperato, Libertarian, Libertarian Convention, Libertarian Party-US, Libertarian Politics, Libertarian Politics 2008, Politics, Presidential Candidates, Steve Kubby, Wayne Allen Root on May 22, 2008 at 8:42 pmArrived in Denver 9:00 a.m. local time. Found a dude waving a “Libertarian Party” sign and figured he was a fellow LPer. Instead, he was trying to round up Libertarians for the 45-minute shuttle trek from the airport to downtown Denver. I saw one guy walking around that I was sure was a libertarian, but the sign-waver was covering another area. Sure enough, he joined in a few minutes to wait for the shuttle. Come to find out, he was (is) a friend of Austin Cassidy and hopes to run with him on the multi-seat Soil and Water board.
Anyway, joining us in the shuttle six other Libertarian — three of them women. Taking shotgun was none other than Susan Hogarth. Susan heartily endorsed Ruth Bennett for chair. One of our shuttlemates, a guy named Scott who does ballot-access work for the LP, says a change would be disastrous to the LP’s ballot-access program. Maybe he has a point. But my vote goes against the current regime.
When I got to the hotel, the first thing I saw gave me chills: Allan Hacker and Daniel Imperato walking hand in hand. Is there a new conspiracy in the works? How do thetans relate to the Knights of Malta? Regardless, Austin’s friend and I got turned around in the hotel, and Allan Hacker lent us a helping hand. A little later, Daniel Imperato approached me — seeming totally normal and nice — trying to get my debate token. When I told him “I have to think about it,” he was totally cool with it.
No hardcore bad blood so far. But rumor has it that the former owner of TPW (and not the one now affiliated with IPR) wants to initiate force against my face. I guess I have become a scapegoat for everyone who sees this certain someone as part of a plot — call it a neocon plot. To the best of my knowledge, I have never called him a neocon, and if I have, I shouldn’t have.
Had lunch with Paulie, Angela Keaton, and Michelle Shinghall (sp). All of these people are way cooler in real life than they seem online, and they seem pretty cool online. Angela in particular has been very helpful to me and to the bloggers who were stripped of press creds following the Viguerie coup. I was invited by Angela to blog the LNC meeting, but my laptop was in my room which is like a mile away. I got here and decided to write this blog instead, and then I’m going to sleep. (I’ve had a combined total of four hours in the past 48).
Anonymous source: The radicals have, at best, 15 percent strength and either Barr or Root is going to be the nominee. This multi-person source supports Kubby/Ruwart. He/she/they all agree that the role for radicals will be to be kingmaker — who will do less damage to the LP: Barr or Root?
Not-so-anonymous source (Susan Hogarth): “I think Ruwart will take it.”
More to come.
LNC Candidate Susan Hogarth Criticizes LPHQ Release as “Republican Lite”
In Uncategorized on January 10, 2008 at 3:55 amI realize this is a bit of a “dog bites man” headline for those who have followed Susan’s criticism of LPHQ and the current LNC over the last few years, but Susan is running for LNC At Large this year, and has specifically referenced this as a reason for running. If other LNC candidates would like their positions on issues of party management covered, let me know in the comments.
New LP press release: Fear-mongering – oh, the irony!
Re: the latest LP press release – available here:
http://www.lp.org/media/article_555.shtml
I think the LP really needs to concentrate on spreading the positive word about the LP and the LP's candidates, not on ankle-biting or heel-snapping at various members of other political parties who are engaging in their own primaries. Yes, the Republican race is full of bozos. So is the Democratic primary. We know that. If we’re going to start running an ad-critiquing service, we should just give up the political party facade and call ourselves the Libertarian Institute. What next – will the LP will critique the fear-mongering anti-immigration ad of another Republican candidate? Somehow I think that is not likely to happen.
I'd like to see the LP stop acting like the dissident wing of the Republican Party and instead focus on powerful positive messages of our own. This release says … well, I guess I was going to say it said nothing positive about the Libertarian Party, but on a second read – it says nothing about the LP at all.
Really! Observe these lines from the release and tell me you don’t see the irony:
“It’s morally repugnant,” says Libertarian Party National Media Coordinator Andrew Davis, “That’s all there is to it. Scare tactics are what Americans are trying to leave behind with the Bush administration—not continue for another four years.”
“… This should be a good indication of the society we’ll live in should Giuliani be elected as President. It will be a society where war is peace, freedom is slavery and ignorance is strength.”
What exactly is that second paragraph if not 'scare tactics'? If you find it 'morally repugnant', don't engage in it – though I really don't think it rises to anything more than simple political hackery, and that 'morally repugnant' should be a term reserved for actual policy proposals – like restricting the free and peaceful movement of people across borders or saying that bombing a city is an option that should be 'on the table'.And, of course, the LP evidences its impeccably poor sense of timing. Attacking Giuliani is rather pointless right now, it seems.
Mostly, I just want to see the national staff talking about the Libertarian Party and its messages. A release – or, better, a statement from the Chair – describing the LP's positive message of peace and freedom would be miles above an attack that can only be described as irrelevantly hypocritical. We missed a golden opportunity to call for an end to interventionism and empire on the heels of Bhutto's death. This frustrating lack of leadership regarding staying on message and focused on libertarianism rather than pretending to be Republican Lite or Republican Classic is one reason I am running for a seat on the LNC.
In other news, Susan would like you to know that she is not Daniel Imperato’s friend, is not happy with
LNC (Southeast US) Region 4 Representative Bob Barr donating money to various Republicans running for Congress and President through his PAC last year, and that she is for the children.
Equal opportunity offensiveness
In Uncategorized on October 25, 2007 at 8:13 amFormer Badnarik for Congress campaign manager Allen Hacker does not like this ditty little poem I found by way of Loretta Nall’s blog about the Gary Aldridge case. Oh well. The author is “Cuttlefish”.
We gather here to eulogize
The Pastor and the Man
Old Gary Aldridge, often wise,
Though not his latest plan.
A member of the Christian nation,
Friend of Jerry Falwell,
His last attempt at masturbation
Didn’t go at all well.
For fifteen years, he’d preached the word
A Southern Baptist minister
His death–now, is it just absurd
Or something rather sinister?
How does a person come to wear
Not one wetsuit, but two?
(Although, I know, I should not care
I’m curious–aren’t you?)
I tend to think that, years ago,
He spied a rubber glove,
And wondered “Should I–well, you know–
When God and I make love?”
He tried it on, and found a tube,
Half hidden on his shelf,
Of KY–smiled, and murmered “Lube
Thy neighbor as thy self.”
And minutes later, hard at work,
He felt a little odd
Was this a sin, or just a quirk?
He talked it out with God.
“Is what I’m doing here a sin?
Or is my pleasure Thine?
Is this as bad as skin on skin?
Lord, please, give me a sign!”
So God produced a pamphlet: “Your
Vacation in Aruba!”
And pointed out–right there, page four–
The wetsuits used for SCUBA
See, God’s not really how you think
A deity might be
He’s got a wicked bondage kink
(Just ask His son, J. C.)
So Gary died, not steeped in sin
But following God’s plan;
So straight to Heaven–come on in!
And bring the wetsuits, man!
A story, sure, but it may yet
Explain what happened then.
The moral is, please don’t forget:
Your safeword is “Amen”.
Lest anyone think I’m just picking on Baptists and Hackerites, check out Louis CK learning about the Catholic Church:
Per Corruption Chronicles, electronic voting machines are easily hacked
In Corruption, Fraud, Politics on August 1, 2007 at 10:46 pmLess than six months before its 2008 presidential primary, election officials in one of the country’s most important swing states admit electronic voting machines are seriously flawed and can be easily tampered with.A 35-page report released by Florida’s Secretary of State says that hackers can easily change votes without a trace in Diebold optical-scan machines used in 25 of the state’s 67 counties.
Conducted by Florida State University, the thorough study found that an adversary could easily use a pre-programmed computer card to swap one candidate’s votes for another or create a “ballot-stuffing attack” that multiplies votes for a candidate or issue.
The statewide investigation was ordered shortly after an election supervisor in Tallahassee’s Leon County conducted a test that exposed serious security problems with the expensive machines because they could easily be hacked.
In fact, a renowned nonpartisan election watchdog called the revelation the most serious hack demonstration to date because the Diebold machines succumbed so quickly to alteration of votes.
Florida officials spent millions to purchase the unreliable high-tech voting machines after its punch-card voting system attracted national attention in the 2000 presidential election. The controversial dimpled, pregnant and hanging chads held up a final count in the election and the U.S. Supreme Court had to actually step in.
Incredibly, the controversy continues in the Sunshine State as the 2008 presidential election approaches. Florida is a key state with an early presidential primary (January 29) that could dramatically alter both parties’ presidential nominating campaigns. Yet, even after spending millions of taxpayer dollars for new equipment, officials can’t guarantee that every vote will be accurately counted.
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Gene Chapman: Is The End Near?
In Communism, Economics, Law Enforcement, Libertarian, Libertarian Party-US, Obituaries, Personal Responsibility, Police State, Politics, Taxation on February 28, 2007 at 9:03 pmVia ElfNinosMom today comes
the sad news that one of our
favorite Presidential candidates may have to drop out of the race due to government persecution.
Gene Dropping Out of Presidential Race?
Gene posted the following on his blog today:
IRS Finds Chapman
Well, the IRS has sent a letter to my employer to take my checks, down to $168 per week, so I’m off to new adventures. I’m praying about a walk in the desert to visit with God on the matter. Being a homeless man is attractive to me in the world we live in. Lots of homeless people come from IRS issues, I’ve found.
I’ll attend LP and CP events, as I can, but God has clearly opened up a new direction for me, and His priorities are gonna be #1.
Gene Chapman
Libertarian Man
ChapmanForPresident08.com
Badnarik’s gonna advise the Chapman campaign?
In Libertarian, Politics on January 24, 2007 at 2:00 amIn the latest round of WTFtitude involving the sadsackiest of all Libertarian Presidential contenders, apparently Michael Badnarik is going to advise Gene Chapman’s Presidential campaign. With Allen Hacker set to profess at Gene’s “American Libertarian University,” this likely means that not only has Badnarik gone fucking nuts, but he’s still got no problem with the douche that ruined the best-funded Libertarian House campaign in history. Yeah, my last remaining shreds of sympathy for Badnarik just left the building.
Watch this and laugh, kiddos.
This Could Happen To Any Of Us
In Civil Liberties, Constitutional Rights, Corruption, Crime, Media, Personal Responsibility, Politics on January 13, 2007 at 6:34 pmFrom http://www.clairewolfe.com/blog.html
YOU MAY HAVE SEEN YESTERDAY’S ABC 20/20 REPORT or read the related news story about Matt Bandy, the 16-year-old Arizona boy so hideously railroaded on child-porn charges.
He faced up to ninety years in prison for viewing (and possibly uploading) some porn pix — despite the fact that the images found on the family computer were almost certainly the result of one of the 200+ “infections” plaguing the machine. The family’s computer had been turned into a “zombie” by crackers. (Even if he had viewed or transmitted the images, of course, life in prison would be an appallingly absurd outcome.)
My friend Oliver Del Signore is the webmaster of the Justice4Matt website, which has more information about the family and the horrors inflicted on them. The site isn’t actually seeking justice for Matt; he made a plea bargain to save himself and in the end was even mercifully spared the ghastly necessity of registering as a sex offender everywhere he went for the rest of his life. But it does seek to alert others to the danger of being ensnared between malicious hackers and prosecutors interested only in PR and conviction stats. (And need I mention, Windows software.)
What’s so frightening is that something like this could happen to anybody. Matt Bandy was (and seemingly still is) an exemplary kid from a loving family. His father is a physician. The family is respectable and middle class. Nobody in the family had done anything to make themselves a target for a vengeful government. This witch-hunting madness simply swept down on them from the dark of one December morning with guns drawn. And as so often happens now, nobody from the government was interested in hearing anything that might disprove their fanatical beliefs or dispell their craving for power.
Matt and his family show a lot of courage in being willing to share their story as a warning to others. Consider the Justice4Matt site a worthy weekend read. I only regret that, while the Bandy family has been driven to make its agony public, the writer of the main article on the site disguises the names of the villains from the state who perpetrated this modern Inquisition. Such villains should be exposed and held 100 percent accountable for their actions.
Posted by Claire
This post also appears at
http://pauliecannoli.wordpress.com/2007/01/15/this-could-happen-to-any-of-us/
What fools these mortals be
In Uncategorized on December 26, 2006 at 11:22 pmAllen Hacker is the topic of a Free State Project Forum thread:
http://forum.freestateproject.org/index.php?topic=12953.0
Apparently, some of the “Free (of Libertarians on the ballot in 2004 or 2006) State” geniuses want to bring in Allen to run their campaigns.
What Dumbasses!
The Galactic Emperor is, apparently, the hot new consultant for libertarian candidates.
The flies are still buzzing around the fresh carcass of a 4.3% showing, massive debt, and half baked excuses.
I guess some people never learn.
After all, as George Squyres explains, No one is going to say Allen Hacker is not a damned competent campaign manager.
Why not, you may ask?
Well…..where better to get the answer than the horse’s ass, er, mouth?
“Face it. You guys have taken a wrong turn, and I’m your mentor toward getting back on track. I know you don’t like it, but you appointed me and I am trilled at the prospect of helping you find your way, one way or another.”
-A. Allen Hacker
It’s snowing on the moon of Jupiter, I mean, New Hampshire.
Living, breathing fart jokes
In Libertarian on December 16, 2006 at 6:12 amSo a juvenile gay libertarian and the Galactic Emissary of Aescir walk into a bar…
Sometimes the best part of being a libertarian blogger is watching two living, breathing fart jokes go at each other in the comments section. Sucks that we’re the punchline, though.
More on Badnarik
In Corruption, Libertarian, Media, Politics on December 7, 2006 at 9:56 pmThere’s more on the whole Badnarik/Hacker dustup on Third Party Watch. Git on over and check it out.
The best part was, in my estimation, Paulie’s comment. Read it after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
What does $400,000 going down the toilet sound like?
In Libertarian, Politics on November 27, 2006 at 6:36 amI’ve been itching to see what would come of one of the most acrimonious campaigns in Libertarian history.
The answer? Not a hell of a whole lot.
Let’s see what Hacker’s got to say for himself.
Well, there you have it… or do you?
Maybe it is what it is, and maybe it only looks that way. We’re going to take some time to carefully examine what happened, and then we’ll make a policy statement about the campaign and election. A detailed analysis, if there is to be one that serves the future well, will take considerably longer.
Contrary to the demands of those noisy few who know no other way to be right than to make someone else wrong, we don’t plan to turn on each other or our fellow libertarians with verbal machetes. That’s what has always been done, and that, per the definition of insanity, is what has always kept us where we’ve been. Even now, a few are beginning to do it, but for the most part, we seem to be more grown up this time. I applaud everyone for their more mature response.
Nor do we plan to engage any critics in the interim. The product will be delivered when it is deliverable, and only as appropriate.
How’s that humble pie tasting? $400,000 and you got a whopping 4% to show for it, Hacker.
I’m not going to deny that you had an assclown egging you on the whole time, but your overpaid self chose to waste campaign time on rebutting him. You told election sites to fuck themselves when they didn’t word things to your liking. You jumped down my throat and Cassidy’s throat when we pointed out some interesting FEC line items. All around, you just basically burned every bridge you possibly could, and sucked this campaign up.
The lesson here isn’t “Libertarians can’t do successful big-ticket campaigns” so much as it is that “Allen Hacker can’t do successful big-ticket campaigns.”
The jig is up. Retire.
Last Free Voice 