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This Issue:
Lawyers
declare war against "dangerous" soda pop machines.....
How to fix Wal-Mart..... Acclaimed romance novelist is a libertarian.....
Michael Cloud tells you how to leave your listeners always wanting
to hear more about libertarianism..... Mary Ruwart is asked how
to respond to well-intentioned bad laws, and what are a father's
responsibilities to his out-of-wedlock child..... Harry Browne gives
great soundbite answers to calls for government-funded daycare,
concerns about corporate downsizing, and freeing oppressed people.....
LAST MONTH to qualify for libertarian activist awards (and those
great prizes!).....
All this and *much much more* in the world's largest-circulation
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Liberator Online
Vol. 10, No. 21 | December 5, 2005
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Contents
PRESIDENT'S
CORNER
*
LAST CHANCE to qualify for libertarian activist awards!
* January 28: Sharon Harris speaks at San Diego LP state convention
WHAT'S
HAPPENING WITH THE ADVOCATES
*
Richard Maybury suggests: Quiz your tax preparer
* Notre Dame Libertarians say Quiz is "uber-cool"
* Quiz praised in campus paper!
GOOD
NEWS, BAD NEWS, UNBELIEVABLE NEWS
*
Romantic Libertarian: Meet Acclaimed Novelist Lauren Royal
* How to Fix Wal-Mart
* Lawyers Declare War on "Dangerous" Soda Pop Machines
* Obesity and the State...
PERSUASION
POWER POINT #192
*
Always Leave Them Wanting More by Michael Cloud
ASK
DR. RUWART
*
What's a good response to well-intentioned but bad laws?
* What responsibilities does an unmarried father have?
HARRY
BROWNE'S SOUNDBITES FOR LIBERTY
*
Government-funded daycare
* Corporate downsizing
* Freeing oppressed people
PRODUCT
REVIEW
*
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President's
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Dear
friends,
Lights
of Liberty Awards: Only one month left to qualify!
There's less than a month left in 2005 -- but that's still plenty
of time for you to qualify for our Lights of Liberty Awards for
libertarian activism -- and win some great prizes while helping
the cause of liberty!
Just do ONE of the following before January 1, 2006:
* Write and publish three libertarian letters to the editor;
or...
* Deliver three libertarian speeches; or...
* Work three shifts at an OPH booth.
If you've achieved this between January 1, 2005 and December 31,
2005, congratulations -- you're a winner!
This qualifies you to receive a handsome certificate suitable for
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products.
PLUS, it qualifies you for drawings on some great prizes, including
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Most importantly, every person who qualifies encourages
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That's the short and sweet of it. For full details and answers to
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Tell us what category or categories you qualified in, so we can
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If you haven't yet qualified... take the Lights of Liberty challenge!
Inspire others by your example -- and help take the good news of
liberty to the world with these essential outreach actions.
* * *
Join me at the 2006 San Diego Libertarian
Party Convention!
I'll have the honor of speaking at this event, to be held January
28, 2006 at the Marina Village Conference Center. Other speakers
include Jim Babka from DownsizeDC and legendary libertarian activist
Richard Rider. Plus -- the food is going to be fantastic! I hope
to see many of you there. For more info, please contact Mike Benoit
at mailto:mblibertarian7(a)earthlink.net.
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What's
Happening With The Advocates
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Quiz your tax preparer: Renowned financial advisor
and author Richard Maybury [>] made the following
recommendation to readers of his financial newsletter Early
Warning Report: "If you suspect your tax preparer is working
for the government not you, or if you are interviewing a new tax
preparer, you might want to go to the World's Smallest Political
Quiz [Web site]. Ask the preparer to take the Quiz, then check his
or her score." Great idea! Check out Maybury's provocative
newsletter and outstanding educational books at: http://www.richardmaybury.com/welcome.html.
* OPH at Notre Dame: The Notre Dame College Libertarians
held a very successful OPH outreach booth in early November. OPH
(Operation Politically Homeless) is the Advocates tool that turns
an ordinary outreach booth into a crowd-drawing event, using the
Quiz and other material. The Notre Dame Libertarians noted that
the Quiz "is remarkably accurate in identifying a person's
political beliefs, given that it can be administered in about 2
minutes flat and is easy to do....This format is information-rich
and gives a compact way to represent people who consider themselves
combinations such as "fiscally conservative but socially liberal."
We also like their Web site's description of the Quiz: "uber-cool"!
Thanks!
(Notre Dame College Libertarians: http://www.nd.edu/~liberty/.)
(Info on OPH: http://www.theadvocates.org/oph.html.)
* Quiz praised in campus paper: "Left, Right
or Other? Escaping the trap of one-dimensional politics" is
an excellent article by Brian Dean on the Quiz that appeared in
the November 15 Valley Star, the independent student newspaper
of Los Angeles Valley College. Excerpt: "The left-versus-right
system was inadequate to begin with. Political thought throughout
history has never been so narrow as to be contained by such simplicity....
The solution: the World's Smallest Political Quiz. ...The results
give a much clearer idea of where people stand as political thinkers
than the old system." Thanks, Brian! http://www.lavalleystar.com/home/.
* January 28, 2006: Advocates president Sharon
Harris to speak at the Libertarian Party of San Diego's
convention, January 28, 2006, Marina Village Conference Center.
For more info, please contact Mike Benoit at: mblibertarian7(a)earthlink.net.
* Want to quickly learn the basics of libertarianism
-- from some of the best minds in the liberty movement? Want to
help a friend quickly learn about libertarianism? Check out http://www.Libertarianism.com
from the Advocates.
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Good
News, Bad News, Unbelievable News
By
James W. Harris
Romantic
Libertarian: Meet Acclaimed Novelist Lauren Royal
 A
link to the World's Smallest Political Quiz at her Web site is just
one indication that award-winning historical romance author Lauren
Royal [>] is a libertarian.
Here's another. Although Royal sets her novels -- including the
popular "Jewel" and "Flower" trilogies -- amidst
the castles and pageantry of 17th century England, she says she
was most inspired by the great libertarian science fiction writer
Robert A. Heinlein, author of such classics as The Moon Is a
Harsh Mistress and Stranger In a Strange Land.
"I think Robert A. Heinlein was probably most influential,"
Royal told Advocates Director of Communications Bill Winter in a
November interview. "I devoured his books during my elementary
school years, and I suspect the ideals espoused in them formed the
foundation for my later beliefs."
Royal also lists the writings of Ayn Rand and "our country's
Founding Fathers" as prime influences.
"I am very much a libertarian," Royal confirms. "I
believe we have the right to do whatever we wish with ourselves
and our belongings, so long as the decisions we make don't affect
other people and their property against their will. I want to see
government confined to its proper role, to protect and serve us
and stay out of our personal lives."
Royal traces her libertarian beliefs to "a very politically
aware family. We walked precincts for various candidates. We all
read the newspapers -- especially the op-ed pages -- and discussed
issues around the dinner table. My father is libertarian-leaning
and my mother is not, but we were all encouraged to come to our
own conclusions and share our views. Now my husband and I do the
same with our own children."
Although her novels focus more on forbidden love, broken hearts,
and romantic escapades than politics, Royal says her libertarian
beliefs do influence her writing.
"Although I write fiction, my characters -- the good ones,
at least - - share my values," she says. "In romance fiction
especially, the protagonists are referred to as heroes and heroines
-- and I wouldn't consider a character 'heroic' if his or her thoughts
and actions didn't reflect the beliefs I admire and think right."
Royal's first novel, Amethyst, was published in 2000. It
was nominated by Romantic Times for "Best First Historical
Romance," and was followed by two more novels in the "Jewel"
trilogy, Emerald (2000), and Amber (2001). Another
series followed, the "Flower" trilogy: Violet
(2002), Lily (2003), and Rose (2003). Royal also
contributed to In Praise of Younger Men (2001). In 2005,
she published Lost in Temptation, the first novel of the
projected "Sweet Temptations" trilogy.
Royal once said she writes romance fiction because it "is very
empowering for women. We get to see all different sorts of women,
with all different sorts of strengths and weaknesses, overcome all
different sorts of problems to win love and fulfillment."
Royal's books have earned considerable acclaim. Amber was
named a Booklist "Top Ten Romance" of 2001, while
Rose won the "Golden Quill Award for Best Historical
Romance." The Castle Historical Romance Society called her
novels "witty and sensual." Carol Carter in Under
The Covers said Royal is "an author on her way to becoming
a favorite of historical romance readers."
Source: Excerpted from a longer profile, with picture
and links, at the Advocates Libertarian Celebrities and VIPs Web
site: http://www.theadvocates.org/celebrities/lauren-royal.html.
How
to Fix Wal-Mart
There is a lot of hatred being stirred up against Wal-Mart, from
both the left and the right. There's even a new documentary movie
devoted to demonizing Wal-Mart, playing across the country now.
A great response to all this comes from a radio commentary by Paul
Jacob, Senior Fellow for Americans for Limited Government:
"Some folks don't like Wal-Mart. Okay. Fine. It's a free country.
No one should be forced at gunpoint to shop at Wal-Mart. Or to work
there.
"And no one is.
"Wal-Mart has found enormous success in the marketplace only
because people have voluntarily chosen to shop and work there. Wal-Mart
employs more than 1.6 million people worldwide and, according to
the company's published calculations, its lower prices saved the
average American family $2,329 last year.
"Now I know why, when my wife sends me to the store, she says,
'Go to Wal-Mart.'
"And yet we witness a sustained and hysterical assault against
the company...
"What on earth makes offering lower prices so evil?
"We're told Wal-Mart doesn't pay its employees enough. It doesn't
offer generous enough benefits. But if Wal-Mart is so terrible,
why didn't these employees choose to take other jobs? Or, were no
better jobs available? Is it remotely possible that Wal-Mart should
actually be given credit for creating jobs? Could it be that the
company has helped its employees escape unemployment and poverty?
"Listen: the free market offers Wal-Mart haters an easy way
to hit Wal-Mart right where it hurts. These folks need only start
their own companies and pay workers more and offer generous healthcare
benefits. Problem solved!
"Isn't the free market great?"
Source: "The Freedom to Hate Wal-Mart,"
Paul Jacobs: http://www.getliberty.org.
NOTE: An expanded version of this essay responds
more fully to common charges against Wal-Mart. Read it at:
http://www.townhall.com/opinion/columns/pauljacob/2005/11/20/176217.html.
Lawyers
Declare War on "Dangerous" Soda Pop Machines
You'll be glad to know that a group of dedicated lawyers are preparing
to take on one of the biggest menaces facing Americans today.
No, not the PATRIOT Act or eminent domain laws or the War on Drugs.
These particular defenders of the public safety have bigger targets
in mind. They're on the verge of launching lawsuits against soft-drink
makers for selling sugared sodas in schools.
As the Washington Post colorfully puts it: "The fight
against sugary soft drinks is beginning to foam over."
Ironically, the lawsuits come at a time when there has been a sharp
*drop* in the use of full-calorie carbonated soft drinks at schools.
A study by the American Beverage Association shows a stunning 24
percent drop in school purchases of such drunks from 2002 to 2004.
In 2004, according to the study, high-schoolers drank the equivalent
of one 12-ounce can of such soda a week in school. Younger students
drank even less.
The reason? The growing popularity of sports drinks, juice and good
old-fashioned water. From 2002 to 2004 the amount of sports drinks
sold grew nearly 70 percent, bottled water 23 percent, diet soda
22 percent and fruit juice 15 percent. Some of this was due to student
choice. Some was due to school policy changes as a result of persuasion
-- not lawsuits -- from parents and consumer groups.
But this display of self-responsibility and self-governance isn't
going to stop Richard A. Daynard, the lawyer leading the lawsuit
drive. Daynard, known as the "intellectual godfather of tobacco
litigation," was a key figure in many of the state anti-tobacco
suits that led to the landmark $246 billion settlement in 1998.
He personally pocketed a cool million bucks-plus from that effort.
"The idea is to get soda machines out of schools because they
are clearly making a substantial contribution to the obesity epidemic,"
Daynard told the Washington Post. "This is an unfair practice
under state consumer-protection laws."
Say what? Daynard explains that the suit's legal basis is the concept
of "attractive nuisance: If somebody has something on his land
like a swimming pool that he knows is attractive to kids and dangerous,
then he has some obligation to keep the kids away from it. You want
to keep kids away from dangerous objects, and a soda machine is
demonstrated to be a dangerous object for kids."
Oh, yeah, those dangerous soda machines. We especially hate the
ones that have the mechanical arms that jump out, grab passing kids,
force their mouths open, and pour sugary concoctions down their
throats, relentlessly, day after day.
The lawyers say they're ready to go. Their only problem is...finding
some parents to sign on as plaintiffs for the class-action case.
"It's taking us longer than we expected," Daynard admitted.
Well, that's good news. Still, we expect some parents can eventually
be found under a rock somewhere who will argue that their child's
obesity can be blamed not on their own lifestyle choices, or on
parental irresponsibility, but on some nefarious corporation.
Hey, who owns those "public schools" that are allowing
the sale of soft drinks, anyway? The government, right? Maybe these
lawyers ought to sue the government. Oh, yeah, we forgot -- you
can't do that. Sovereign immunity and all. And anyway, that's not
where the big money is, as the lawyers pursuing this extremely lucrative
nonsense know all too well.
Sources: Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/01/AR2005120101467.html.
Activistcash.com: http://www.activistcash.com/biography.cfm/bid/3542.
Obesity
and the State...
"For most of us, obesity is not a disease but a failure of
self-control. It's in the same category as procrastination, impatience
and many other character traits I try to improve. I don't want the
government hectoring me to eat less and exercise more. I don't want
the government using my money and yours to monitor my fat intake
or the cholesterol allowed in the menu at the local fast food restaurant.
And I don't want the government taxing fat on menus, at groceries
or on my 1040 Form." -- Russell Roberts, "No
Fat Tax," St. Louis Post Dispatch, March 21, 2002
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"Good News, Bad News, Unbelievable News"
is written by Liberator Online editor James W. Harris.
His articles have appeared in numerous magazines and newspapers,
and he has been a Finalist for the Mencken Award, given by the Free
Press Association for "Outstanding Journalism in Support of
Liberty."
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Persuasion
Power
Point
#192 |
Always Leave Them Wanting More
By Michael Cloud
Stage performers do it. Great movies do it. Powerful novels do it.
They give you what you want -- and leave you wanting more.
"I never wanted it to end, so I bought another ticket and watched
it again," said one of the tens of thousands of repeat customers
of the movie Titanic. Hundreds of thousands more did the
same with Star Wars and Harry Potter.
"...I didn't want to leave the world of Atlas Shrugged
so when I finished reading it, I turned to page one and began again,"
said a college student.
There are hundreds of thousands of Ayn Rand fans who re-read Atlas
Shrugged or The Fountainhead many times.
"I can't get enough Rush Limbaugh," said a regular listener.
"When the show ends, I can hardly wait until tomorrow's show."
They give their fans what they want -- and leave them wanting more.
What's their secret? How do they do it?
How can you use their secret to boost the impact of your libertarian
conversations?
Simple. Master supply and demand.
Supply libertarian ideas only to those who demand them. Do not flood
the market. Never totally satisfy the demand.
Unsatisfied demand leaves them wanting more. It brings them back.
This is what toy manufacturers do every Christmas with their hottest
toy. And it works. This is what series novelists like Tom Clancy
or James Patterson or Sue Grafton do. And what Scheherazade did
in 1001 Arabian Nights.
Just follow 3 simple steps to master supply and demand.
1. Identify those individuals who clearly show
you that they are receptive and responsive and ready for libertarianism.
Those whose questions and comments demonstrate that they want
liberty.
2. Have informative, thoughtful, and lively conversations
about liberty with them. Tell them the features, functions, and
benefits of libertarianism. Engage them. Ask what they like best
about libertarianism -- and why.
3. End the conversation while it's still going
strong. Before they've fully satisfied their curiosity. While they
still want more. 15 to 30 minutes in person. 10 to 20 minutes on
the phone.
This will cause them to remember more of what you said. And remember
it longer. (The Zeigarnik Effect.)
It will increase their curiosity about libertarianism. Increase
their desire for it.
It will make them more receptive and responsive to libertarianism
during your next conversation. And more likely to buy and read the
libertarian book you recommend afterwards.
Wouldn't you love it?
Want some more pointers and guidelines? Buy and read The Rules
by Ellen Fein and Sherrie Schneider. It says it contains "Time-Tested
Secrets for Capturing the Heart of Mr. Right." It does.
But The Rules is much more than a bright woman's guide
for dating.
It's a superb marketing strategy for libertarians.
Follow these rules of supply and demand in your libertarian conversations.
You'll give your listeners what they want -- and leave them
wanting more.
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Michael Cloud is the author of the acclaimed book,
Secrets of Libertarian Persuasion, available exclusively
from the Advocates. Order at: http://www.TheAdvocates.org/secrets.html.
Michael was voted the Most Persuasive Libertarian Communicator
in America and honored with the Thomas Paine Award at the Libertarian
Party national convention in July 2000.
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Ask
Dr.
Ruwart |
Dr.
Mary Ruwart is a leading expert in libertarian communication. In
this column she gives readers "short answers to the tough questions"
that libertarians are frequently asked.
Dr. Ruwart's past Liberator Online answers are archived
in searchable form at: http://www.TheAdvocates.org/ruwart/categories_list.php
"What's a good response
to well-intentioned but bad laws?"
QUESTION:
"Many organizations are working to pass legislation
to ban so-called 'drive-through' mastectomies -- the practice in
which women are forced out of the hospital sometimes only hours
after breast cancer surgery. Some bills would require insurance
companies to cover a 48-hour minimum stay for mastectomy patients
and a 24-hour stay for a woman undergoing a lymph node dissection.
What's a libertarian response to well-intended, reasonable-sounding
-- but bad -- legislation like this?"
MY SHORT ANSWER: "Every time we mandate insurance
coverage of something, such as longer hospital stays after mastectomies,
insurance prices go up. More people can no longer afford insurance
and have no coverage at all. Those who can afford the increased
premiums benefit at the expense of those who cannot. The rich get
richer on the backs of the poor.
"In a libertarian society, people will be freed from the crushing
expense of taxes, as well as the artificially high costs of insurance
and medical care currently created by excessive regulation. Thus
higher quality medical care should be available to everyone."
"What
responsibilities does an unmarried father have?"
QUESTION:
"What if a couple is unmarried when they have a child? What
responsibility legally does the father of that child have, even
though he has not pledged a legal or moral unbreakable tie to the
mother?"
MY SHORT ANSWER: "This is a difficult question
in today's government-dominated society. When you go into business
with someone without a written partnership agreement, disagreements
about the rights and responsibilities of each partner will almost
certainly arise.
"Similarly, when you engage in sexual relations without a clear
understanding of what will happen if pregnancy occurs, you set yourself
up for disagreements about the rights and responsibility of each
partner.
"Today, it is fashionable to engage in sexual relations without
discussing the very real possibility of conception. Consequently,
most unmarried couples find themselves somewhat at odds when faced
with an unplanned pregnancy.
"The solution is not to ask the government to dictate a set
of standards, but for people to be more responsible in setting standards
and agreements of their own before undertaking activities which
may result in new life.
"This kind of self-responsibility will be strongly encouraged
in a libertarian society, because people won't be able to force
taxpayers to fund the consequences of their bad decisions."
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Got questions? Dr. Ruwart has answers!
If you'd like answers to YOUR
"tough questions" on libertarian issues, just email to
Dr. Ruwart at: ruwart(a)theAdvocates.org. Due to volume, Dr. Ruwart
can't personally acknowledge all emails. But we'll run the best
questions and answers in upcoming issues.
Dr. Ruwart's outstanding books Healing Our World and Short
Answers to the Tough Questions are available from the Advocates:
http://www.TheAdvocates.org/Merchant2/merchant.mvv.
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Harry
Browne's
Soundbites
for Liberty |
During
his two Libertarian Party presidential campaigns (1996 and 2000),
Harry Browne created hundreds of "soundbites" -- short,
pithy, and highly memorable answers to the questions libertarians
are most frequently asked by the media and the public. Each issue
we'll be sharing some of the best. Enjoy -- and put them to use
for liberty!
* * *
* Government daycare proposals: "All proposals
for government day-care programs -- whether advanced by Republicans
or Democrats -- are just attempts to repair the damage caused by
previous government programs. We don't need day-care subsidies,
day-care tax deductions, or policies to encourage marriage or discourage
out-of-wedlock babies. These and other proposals ignore the central
problem: the oppressive level of taxation that impoverishes families
and forces both spouses into the workforce. The only effective solution
is to reduce the federal government to a fraction of its present
size and repeal the income tax completely."
* Corporate downsizing: "It is said that corporations
are downsizing because they are greedy. But corporations have always
wanted to maximize their profits. Why are they doing so now by cutting
their payrolls? The answer is that employment regulations -- the
Family Leave Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Civil
Rights acts, and others -- have become so oppressive that many companies
cannot survive unless they cut their payrolls and instead contract
for services from companies small enough to be exempt from the oppressive
regulations."
* Freeing oppressed people: "If it's our responsibility
to free oppressed people wherever they are, let's begin by setting
Americans free from big government and the invasions of liberty
being imposed on them."
* * *
Harry Browne was 1996 and 2000 Libertarian Party
presidential candidate. He is the author of a dozen books that have
sold over two million copies, including three New York Times
bestsellers.
Browne's book Liberty A to Z: 872 Libertarian Soundbites You
Can Use Right Now is temporarily out of stock. Stay tuned --
we'll announce in the Liberator Online when it becomes
available again!
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