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In This Issue:
40,000 paramilitary
police raids on U.S. homes -- every year... Beware the Darkness
Cursers... Wall Street Journal calls for open immigration...
Back in print at last: Harry Browne's great Liberty A to Z:
872 Libertarian Soundbites You Can Use Right Now... and much
more!
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The Liberator Online
Vol. 11, No. 15 | July 20, 2006
Circulation: 67,691 subscribers in over 100 countries.
The world's largest-circulation libertarian publication!
Published by the Advocates for Self-Government
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am honored to have been involved with the Advocates from its
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Contents
PRESIDENT'S CORNER
* Don't
fall for the pessimism trap
* Memorial Service for Harry Browne
WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE
ADVOCATE
*
Liberator Online article inspires two columns
* The perfect time for OPH!
GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS, UNBELIEVABLE NEWS
* Atlas
Shrugged movie: A trilogy -- starring Angelina Jolie?
* U.S. Drug War plague: Paramilitary police raids
* Wall Street Journal: Open the borders
* QUICK SHOTS: Cato on economic stagnation; Jay Leno on Congress...
PERSUASION POWER POINT #207
*
"Warning: The 'Darkness Cursers' May Be Hazardous to Your Life
and Liberty" by Michael Cloud
ASK DR. RUWART
* What
do libertarians mean by separation of religion and state?
* Can I step on my neighbor's property to build a fence?
SOUNDBITES FOR LIBERTY
*
Harry Browne, Thomas Szasz, and H.L. Mencken
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PRODUCT REVIEW
* BACK IN PRINT AT LAST!
Harry Browne's great book, Liberty A to Z: 872 Libertarian
Soundbites You Can Use Right Now. Bonus: Order now and get
great FREE Harry Browne tape!
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President's
Corner |
Dear friends,
Michael
Cloud's column this issue discusses a subject that's very important
to the liberty movement: the dangers of pessimism.
Nothing is worse for libertarians than to succumb to pessimism --
to conclude that the fight for liberty is hopeless, and thus not
worth engaging in.
Too many libertarians fall prey to this fallacy. Don't be one of
them.
I am extremely optimistic about the prospects for liberty, both
short-term and long-term.
And mine is not a naïve, wishful-thinking kind of optimism.
Rather, it's grounded on what I see as the great success and tremendous
growth of the libertarian movement.
I have a longer perspective than some of you. I became a libertarian
in the late 1960s. At that time, there was virtually no organized
libertarian movement. No Libertarian Party. Just one libertarian-oriented
think tank, the wonderful Foundation for Economic Education. Just
a few small libertarian-oriented periodicals.
There were only a handful of important libertarian books. Almost
no one in America even knew what libertarianism was -- or had even
heard the word.
The notion that a person could be consistent on liberty -- support
both personal and economic liberty -- seemed outlandish,
weird, unbelievable to most people.
Yet, in a very short time, all that has been reversed. Now there
are many major libertarian think tanks and political organizations
-- including some of the most influential in America. There are
hundreds of libertarian publications, hundreds of important libertarian
books. Further, libertarian ideas are spreading rapidly around the
entire globe. We are truly a worldwide movement -- and growing daily.
And we are having an effect. Journalists now understand the essence
of libertarianism, as do millions of other people -- a major conceptual
breakthrough. Libertarian policy proposals are now a major part
of the U.S. political debate.
Millions of Americans, including some major celebrities and opinion
shapers, are now libertarians. The word "libertarian"
has actually become cool.
Of course, no one would deny that bad things are happening politically.
We report on them in every issue of the Liberator Online.
But these may well be the last, desperate thrashings of dying authoritarian
political ideas.
The ideas and the political movements of the left and right have
been tried -- and they have failed. They are intellectually and
morally bankrupt. I believe their era is over. People are looking
for new answers -- new solutions. And libertarians have them. Indeed,
the only people offering real, tested alternatives to the "statist
quo" are -- libertarians.
The irresistible logic and the humanity of libertarian ideas are
quickly moving people from both the left and the right in our direction.
And even when they don't fully agree with us, they are increasingly
coming to realize that, on specific pro-freedom issues, we are their
best, most consistent allies. The possibility of powerful new alliances
for liberty is greater than at any time in history. And these alliances
-- liberals and libertarians fighting to end the Drug War, conservatives
and libertarians fighting to roll back taxes, libertarians and peace
activists working to halt war -- can move us rapidly toward a freer
America and a freer world.
People are hungry for the ideas of liberty. They want to hear what
we have to say.
Our job is to stay optimistic, to stay excited, and to bring these
ideas -- in the most effective and persuasive ways possible -- to
the millions who are so hungry for them. So that, together, we can
change the world.
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Memorial Service for Harry Browne
A memorial service is set for Harry Browne on August 12 in
Kernersville, NC. Find out
more, and if possible, RSVP. I hope to see many Liberator
Online readers there.
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Welcome
to 317 new Liberator Online subscribers this issue. Thanks
for joining our subscription "family" of over 67,000 liberty-loving
readers in more than 100 countries!
-- Sharon Harris, President | Email:
sharon(a)TheAdvocates.org
PS: To learn more about the Advocates and our
work for liberty visit: www.TheAdvocates.org.
To learn more about libertarianism visit:
www.Libertarianism.com.
PPS:
Back in print at last!
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* Liberator Online article stimulates columns:
Last issue's article "Fox Media Figures call for U.S. Office
of Censorship" was cited several times in two different columns
by libertarian syndicated columnist Rod Rose. Rose's columns ran
in several newspapers including the Lebanon (Indiana) Reporter,
the Cushing (Oklahoma) Daily Citizen, and the Meadville
(Pennsylvania) Tribune. Thanks, Rod, and keep up the good work!
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Good News,
Bad News,
Unbelievable News |
By James W. Harris
Atlas
Shrugged movie: A Trilogy -- Starring Angelina Jolie?
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After
decades of false starts and disappointments, plans are quickly coming
together for a major Hollywood film version of Ayn Rand's seminal
individualist novel Atlas Shrugged.
A deal has been signed. A major studio is producing it. Funding
has been secured. A script has been drafted. Major stars are eagerly
seeking the roles -- including Academy Award-winning actress Angelina
Jolie, who very much wants the lead role of Dagny Taggart.
Further: plans are for it to be shot as a trilogy!
Some background: The novel Atlas Shrugged played a major
role in the formation of the modern libertarian movement (although
Rand never called herself a libertarian and was critical of what
she perceived as libertarianism).
Rand's complex, epic and controversial novel is, among other things,
a thriller, a romance, and an uncompromising philosophical defense
of personal and economic liberty and individualism.
The book has been a publishing phenomenon since its publication
in 1957. It has never been out of print in hardback and has sold
millions of copies worldwide.
A 1999 Modern Library reader survey ranked it as the number one
book published in the 20th century. In 1991, the Library of Congress
commissioned a nationwide survey seeking books that changed the
lives of their readers. First was the Bible; second was Atlas
Shrugged.
So what's the latest on this eagerly anticipated movie?
According to Robert Bidinotto, editor of the New Individualist
magazine, published by The Objectivist Center:
* Lions Gate studio -- the largest and most successful independent
film distributor-studio in North America -- will invest $40 million
or more for the initial production effort.
* Because of the complexity and length of the story, plans are for
the film to be shot and shown as a trilogy (like Lord of the
Rings).
* Those involved with the film -- from executive producers on down
-- are strongly committed to keeping Rand's philosophical vision
intact and to making a truly landmark, extraordinary film.
* A draft for the first part of the trilogy has been finished. The
writer is James V. Hart, whose major film credits include Contact,
Hook, and Tuck Everlasting.
Hart, like others involved with the film, seems deeply committed
to the project: "Ayn Rand created extraordinary events and
powerful characters over fifty years ago in her visionary novel,
that are suddenly coming frighteningly true all around us every
single day. This is a big, important challenge as a screenwriter
and a great privilege."
* Hollywood megastar Angelina Jolie is extremely interested in the
lead role of Dagny Taggart, and she has told the executive producers
that she very much wants to keep the character true to the novel
and use as much of Rand's actual dialogue as possible.
* The producers say they've been contacted by many other major stars
eager to be in the movie.
So when can we hope to see it? Says Bidinotto:
"The next step in the production is hiring the right director.
[Executive producers] mentioned several candidates, but expect that
search to be over by the fall. Once a director is announced ...
production will accelerate at a very rapid pace. Expectations are
that the rest of the casting and the filming would take place in
2007, the fiftieth anniversary of the novel. While they would love
to release the film next year to coincide with the anniversary,
they believe it is more likely it will be released in 2008."
Summarizes Bidinotto: "It looks like this grand tale will be
made, at long last; and more important, it looks as if everyone
connected with the production is dedicated to doing it right."
Source: Robert Bidinotto's blog.
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U.S.
Drug War Plague: Paramilitary Police Raids
As many
as 40,000 times per year, American homes are raided by paramilitary
police forces dressed and armed as soldiers, according to a shocking
new study by the libertarian Cato Institute.
That's an incredible 1,300 percent increase over the past 25 years.
And the vast majority of these home invasions are to serve routine
drug warrants, including for offenses as trivial as marijuana possession.
Furthermore, innocent bystanders are terrified, threatened, and
sometimes even killed in these raids.
"These raids ... are needlessly subjecting nonviolent drug
offenders, bystanders, and wrongly targeted civilians to the terror
of having their homes invaded while they're sleeping," writes
Cato policy analyst Radley Balko, "usually by teams of heavily
armed paramilitary units dressed not as peace officers, but as soldiers."
Overkill: The Rise of Paramilitary Police Raids in America
is the name of the study. The book-length document provides a legal,
historical, and policy background of how this disaster evolved.
Balko examines the dangers of "no-knock" and "short-notice"
raids, explains how such confrontational tactics cause violence
rather than lessening risks, and offers recommendations for reform.
 Overkill
includes an appendix of nearly 150 examples of documented botched
raids, including: the case of Alberto Sepulveda, an 11-year-old
boy shot in the head during a bungled raid in Modesto, California;
Clayton Helriggle, a 23-year-old shot and killed when an inexperienced
SWAT team raided a house of college-aged men guilty of recreational
marijuana use; Sal Culosi, an optometrist in Fairfax, Virginia mistakenly
killed by a SWAT team that had come to his home to arrest him for
betting on sports games; and Mississippi police officer Ron Jones,
shot and killed when Cory Maye, a man asleep at home with his daughter
and who had no criminal record, mistook Jones' raid team for criminal
intruders.
Furthermore, Balko has found more than three dozen examples of completely
innocent people killed in mistaken raids; twenty cases of nonviolent
offenders who've been killed; and more than a dozen cases of police
officers killed by suspects or mistakenly targeted civilians who
thought the police were criminal intruders.
These raids, writes Balko, "bring unnecessary violence and
provocation to nonviolent drug offenders, many of whom were guilty
only of misdemeanors; they terrorize innocents when police mistakenly
target the wrong residence; and they have resulted in dozens of
needless deaths and injuries, not only of drug offenders, but also
of police officers, children, bystanders, and innocent suspects."
If you don't think this can happen to you, or your family, regardless
of whether you're innocent or not, this study proves it can.
Cato has also released an interactive Google Maps application that
plots nearly 300 examples of mistaken raids since the mid-1980s.
Users can zoom in to street level, and sort raids by their end result
(death of an innocent, death of a police officer, etc.), and the
year of the raid.
The map is available at http://www.cato.org/raidmap.
Source: Cato Institute press release. The full
text of Overkill: The Rise of Paramilitary Police Raids in America
is here.
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Wall
Street Journal: Open the Borders
Immigration
is an issue that recently has divided libertarians like few others.
While many libertarians favor open borders in theory, or at least
want far less restraints on immigration, some argue that the position
is either too radical to gain any support, or too dangerous and
impractical in an age of terrorism, government welfare, and threats
to American cultural values.
Regardless of your position on this controversial issue, a new article
in the July 10, 2006 Wall Street Journal raises important
points worth examining.
The article is entitled "Conservatives and Immigration: The
debate on the right about freedom, culture and the welfare state."
First some background. It may surprise some to learn that, for more
than 20 years, this mainstream, distinguished and highly influential
newspaper has long taken an extremely bold position in favor of
open immigration.
Indeed, on July 3, 1984 they called for an amendment to the U.S.
Constitution: "There shall be open borders."
Wrote the WSJ in 1984: "If Washington still wants
to 'do something' about immigration, we propose a five-word constitutional
amendment: There shall be open borders. Perhaps this policy is overly
ambitious in today's world, but the U.S. became the world's envy
by trumpeting precisely this kind of heresy."
They have written in favor of open borders and eased immigration
many, many more times since then.
In this latest article, they explain and defend their position.
"Our own view is that a philosophy of 'free markets and free
people' includes flexible labor markets. At a fundamental level,
this is a matter of freedom and human dignity. These migrants are
freely contracting for their labor, which is a basic human right.
Far from selling their labor 'cheap,' they are traveling to the
U.S. to sell it more dearly and improve their lives. Like millions
of Americans before them, they and certainly their children climb
the economic ladder as their skills and education increase.
"We realize that critics are not inventing the manifold problems
that can arise from illegal immigration: Trespassing, violent crime,
overcrowded hospital emergency rooms, document counterfeiting, human
smuggling, corpses in the Arizona desert, and a sense that the government
has lost control of the border. But all of these result, ultimately,
from too many immigrants chasing too few U.S. visas.
"Those migrating here to make a better life for themselves
and their families would much prefer to come legally. Give them
more legal ways to enter the country, and we are likely to reduce
illegal immigration far more effectively than any physical barrier
along the Rio Grande ever could.
"This is not about rewarding bad behavior. It's about bringing
immigration policy in line with economic and human reality. And
the reality is that the U.S. has a growing demand for workers, while
Mexico has both a large supply of such workers and too few jobs
at home."
But what about the welfare state? What about immigrants not paying
taxes, and draining public services?
"[T]he immigrants who arrive here come to work, not sit on
the dole. And thanks to welfare reform, the welfare rolls have declined
despite a surge in illegal immigration in the past decade.
"The real claims that illegals make on public services are
education, which can't be withheld because of a 1982 Supreme Court
ruling (Plyer v. Doe), and health care, especially emergency rooms.
Since denying urgent medical treatment is immoral, the answer again
is to legalize cross-border labor flows and remove government obstacles
to affordable health insurance. As for education, even illegals
pay for public schools through the indirect property taxes they
pay in rent.
"Overall, immigrants contribute far more to our economy than
they extract in public benefits."
What about cultural concerns? Don't worry, the WSJ says.
Immigrants are embracing American culture and embracing economic
liberty.
"Mexican immigrants, like their European predecessors, are
assimilating. Their children learn English and by the end of high
school prefer it to their parents' native tongue. They also marry
people they meet here. Second-generation Latinos earn less than
white Americans but more than blacks and 50% more than first-generation
Latinos."
There is much more of interest in the article, as well as in the
original 1984 WSJ article on open borders. Both can be
found at the links below.
Sources:
Wall
Street Journal
article, July 10, 2006.
The 1984 Wall
Street Journal
article (which is online at, alas, an ANTI-immigration group).
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QUICK
SHOTS...
* Cato
on education stagnation: "The last great innovation
to transform classroom instruction occurred during the presidency
of Thomas Jefferson: the invention of the chalkboard, around 1801.
Since that time, the pace of innovation has been so slow that a
student from the mid-1800's would immediately recognize a modern
classroom setting. The most sought-after private schools enroll
only about a thousand more students today than they did a century
ago. This degree of stagnation is unheard of outside of the education
sector, because it is only in the education sector...that market
activity has been so thoroughly extinguished by government monopoly
provision." (Source: The
Cato Institute.)
* Congress polices itself: "Republican Senator
Charles Grassley of Iowa is proposing a tax on pimps and prostitutes...
He wants a tax on pimps and prostitutes, then jail them when they
don't pay. It's good to see Congress finally policing itself."
-- Jay Leno, The Tonight Show
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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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#207 |
Warning:
The "Darkness Cursers" May Be Hazardous to Your Life and
Liberty
By
Michael Cloud
"Abandon
hope, all ye who enter here," reads the inscription at the
Entrance to Hell. (The Divine Comedy by Dante.)
This warning should be posted at the top of many libertarian and
free market Web sites and emails.
Why? Their writers are Darkness Cursers. Misery Merchants. Dealers
of despair and depression.
"It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness,"
says the proverb.
But the Darkness Cursers disagree. They repeatedly and relentlessly
curse the darkness. They celebrate and support darkness cursing.
They act as if cursing the darkness brings us light.
"It's even worse than you might imagine," they
tell us. Then they tell us -- in excruciating detail -- the damage
and destruction that government is causing.
"This crisis leading us to the brink of:
a) the destruction of Western Civilization,
b) the economic collapse of America,
c) Fascism/Communism/Totalitarianism in America,
d) the end of any liberty in America,
e) all of the above,"
.. they suggest or say.
"Government is wrecking and ruining everything you love,"
they write.
The Darkness Cursers turn up the pain and suffering. They are Serial
Demoralizers. Traffickers of Toxic Waste.
After they make you angry or frustrated or depressed, they deliver
a final brain-numbing blow: they tell you there's nothing you
can do about it.
Someone, somewhere might be able to do something about the darkness,
but not you.
Maybe some group of people might be able to turn things around,
but not you and your fellow libertarians.
"You are powerless. Helpless and hopeless," they imply
or declare.
Warning: the Darkness Cursers May Be Hazardous to Your Life and
Liberty.
The Darkness Cursers bring no light. The Darkness Cursers offer
you no possibility.
Turn your back on them and their message of despair. Stop going
to their Web sites. Stop reading their depressing essays and articles.
You want your trash picked up, not delivered.
Light a candle for liberty. Or find someone with a lighted candle
-- and ask him to light yours. Light other people's candles.
And do not encourage or support Devil's Advocates to blow
out candles.
Seek and find libertarian solutions to the darkness of Big Government.
Seek and find candle lighters to share the light with others.
Urge and encourage the light bringers, keepers of the flame, and
candle lighters.
Recommend they get flames and fuel from: http://www.theadvocates.org/.
Recommend they get bright and shining solutions for the darkness
from: http://www.centerforsmallgovernment.com/.
Urge them to surround themselves with upbeat, positive, solution-oriented
flickers, flames, and blazes. With the bright candles of liberty.
They will inspire you and ignite your enthusiasm. They will help
you burn brightly for freedom.
Light your candle -- and bring the light to everyone in your life.
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Michael Cloud is author of the acclaimed book
Secrets of Libertarian Persuasion
available exclusively from the Advocates. In 2000, Michael was
honored with the Thomas Paine
Award as the Most Persuasive Libertarian Communicator in America.
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Dr. Ruwart |
Dr. Mary
Ruwart is a leading expert in libertarian communication. In this
column she offers short answers to real questions about
libertarianism. To submit questions to Dr. Ruwart, see end of
column.
What
do libertarians mean by separation of religion and state?
QUESTION: "You have endorsed a total separation of
church and government. But there is no such thing as a true neutrality.
Any position on an issue is essentially religious in some way --
i.e., the government must take a position on such major questions
as where we came from, where we are going, morality, etc. So what
would the libertarian government take a stance for?"
MY
SHORT ANSWER: A libertarian government would outlaw aggression
(first-strike force, fraud, or theft) against others, consistent
with the teachings of most spiritual traditions. For example, Christians
and Jews reject aggression as a violation of the Commandments against
murder, theft, bearing false witness, and breaking of contracts,
including the marriage contract. Buddhists reject aggression as
a violation of the "loving kindness" that they believe
should be extended to all. Since Hindus believe that what they do
to others eventually is done to them (karma), they too usually reject
aggression.
Humanists, who are largely atheists desiring universal harmony and
abundance, would reject aggression if they realized that only freedom
can bring about their goals. Most, however, have not yet "seen
the light."
I would suggest that there is indeed "neutral" ground
-- or, more accurately, common ground -- upon which almost all people,
regardless of their religious beliefs or lack thereof, can eventually
agree: we, as individuals and government, must abandon aggression
if we wish to gain ground spiritually or materially.
Can
I step on my neighbor's property to build a fence?
QUESTION: "Can I walk on a neighbor's property if
it is necessary in order for me to build a fence?"
MY
SHORT ANSWER: In a libertarian society you could, providing
you had the neighbor's permission. In today's society, though, you'd
have to check with an attorney, as the rules governing private property
change at the whim of the courts and other governmental bodies!
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Got questions? Dr. Ruwart has answers! If you'd
like answers to YOUR "tough questions" on libertarian issues, email
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 previous Liberator Online answers are archived
in searchable form.
Dr. Ruwart's outstanding books Healing Our World and
Short Answers to the Tough Questions are
available from the
Advocates.
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The
problem with politics: "The problem with politics isn't
the money, it's the power. So long as politicians have
the power to grant favors, exemptions, and business protection,
people will find some way to subvert them -- if not with money now,
then with promises to take care of them later. The only way we will
clean up campaign financing is by taking power away from the politicians
-- reducing the federal government to just the functions specified
in the Constitution." -- Harry Browne (1933-2006),
Liberty A to Z: 872 Libertarian Soundbites You Can Use Right
Now
Biting the hand: "The proverb warns that 'You should not
bite the hand that feeds you.' But maybe you should if it prevents
you from feeding yourself." -- Thomas Szasz
Hobgoblins: "The whole aim of practical politics is
to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety)
by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them
imaginary." -- H.L. Mencken
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