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To: miraje who wrote (1)	6/28/1998 12:01:00 PM
From: Turboe	Respond to of 13056

Well, this is pretty strange-- I was going to start a Libertarian board TODAY-- glad I searched again. First, I am a card carrying member of the Libertarian Party. Some important links: The Libertarian Party: lp.org Libertarian Think Tank: cato.org A Libertarian guru in the Trenches: freedomlaw.com Now, on with the show.....

To: miraje who wrote (1)	6/28/1998 12:15:00 PM
From: Turboe	Respond to of 13056

From the Party home page: Statement of Principles We, the members of the Libertarian Party, challenge the cult of the omnipotent state and defend the rights of the individual. We hold that all individuals have the right to exercise sole dominion over their own lives, and have the right to live in whatever manner they choose, so long as they do not forcibly interfere with the equal right of others to live in whatever manner they choose. Governments throughout history have regularly operated on the opposite principle, that the State has the right to dispose of the lives of individuals and the fruits of their labor. Even within the United States, all political parties other than our own grant to government the right to regulate the lives of individuals and seize the fruits of their labor without their consent. We, on the contrary, deny the right of any government to do these things, and hold that where governments exist, they must not violate the rights of any individual: namely, (1) the right to life -- accordingly we support the prohibition of the initiation of physical force against others; (2) the right to liberty of speech and action -- accordingly we oppose all attempts by government to abridge the freedom of speech and press, as well as government censorship in any form; and (3) the right to property -- accordingly we oppose all government interference with private property, such as confiscation, nationalization, and eminent domain, and support the prohibition of robbery, trespass, fraud, and misrepresentation. Since governments, when instituted, must not violate individual rights, we oppose all interference by government in the areas of voluntary and contractual relations among individuals. People should not be forced to sacrifice their lives and property for the benefit of others. They should be left free by government to deal with one another as free traders; and the resultant economic system, the only one compatible with the protection of individual rights, is the free market. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

To: miraje who wrote (1)	6/28/1998 1:01:00 PM
From: Turboe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13056

Did someone mention guns? I started a thread-- what do you guys think? Subject 21779

To: miraje who wrote (1)	5/17/2000 12:57:00 PM
From: Don Lloyd	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13056

herald.com Regards, Don

To: miraje who wrote (1)	6/24/2000 12:58:00 AM
From: Don Lloyd	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13056

newsmax.com "...In November we have one more chance, maybe the last chance we have to pull ourselves away from the brink. Ronald "Dutch" Reagan, the American lifeguard, once said: "You and I are told we must choose between a left and right, but I suggest there is no such thing as a left or right. There is only an up or down. Up to man's age-old dream - the maximum of individual freedom consistent with order, or down to the ant heap of totalitarianism. Regardless of their sincerity, their humanitarian motives, those who would sacrifice freedom for security have embarked on this downward path. Plutarch warned, 'The real destroyer of the liberties of the people is he who spreads among them bounties, donations and benefits.'" He went on to say: "You and I have a rendezvous with destiny. We will preserve for our children this, the last best hope of man on earth, or we will sentence them to take the first step into a thousand years of darkness. If we fail, at least let our children and our children's children say of us we justified our brief moment here. We did all that could be done."..." Regards, Don