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This Issue:
Why are high
school students against free speech?... The Quiz reaches the 8-million
milestone... Is there an echo in here? (The power of effective listening)...
In a libertarian society, would the rich just get richer?... Nine
quadrillion reasons to worry about the national debt...and much
more!
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Vol. 11, No. 19 | September 31, 2006
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Contents
PRESIDENT'S CORNER
* The Quiz
Reaches the 8-Million Milestone!
WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE ADVOCATES
*
February 22-25, 2007: Sharon Harris speaks at the FSP's Liberty
Forum
*
The Quiz is Cited in Macroeconomics Textbook
GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS, UNBELIEVABLE NEWS
*
High school students against free speech
*
Garrison Keillor to the rescue!
* Are pot-smokers more dangerous than murderers?
* QUICK SHOTS: America's criminal class, and more...
PERSUASION POWER POINT
#211
*
"Slippery, Slip Nots" by Michael Cloud
ASK DR. RUWART
* What
if private schools refused to offer sports?
* In a libertarian society, would the rich just get richer?
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President's
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Dear
friends,
Here's
some exciting news: As of last week, the online World's Smallest
Political Quiz has been taken 8 million times!
That's a staggering number, and it prompted me to reflect about
how far we've come since the Quiz first went online in 1995.
Back then, in the early days of the Internet, we were lucky to get
a dozen people a day taking the Quiz. I remember being tremendously
excited when, for the first time, 100 people took the Quiz in a
single day. That seemed like a breakthrough. I thought, "If
this keeps up, we could end up with 10,000 people eventually taking
the Quiz!"
Little did I know. This year, we've had many days when
10,000 people took the Quiz. And every single person who takes the
Quiz experiences the thrill of seeing politics in a new way, and
discovering where they really stand on the political map.
That's why passing the 8-million mark is a big deal. It's exciting
to know we've reached so many people. It's also thrilling to know
that of those 8 million, almost one-third (about 2.64 million people)
scored in the libertarian quadrant.
Equally thrilling is the fact that the Quiz has been taken an amazing
3 million times this year alone. The number of Quiz-takers always
grows during election years, but this year's surge is far beyond
anything we've previously experienced.
What's going on? We're not entirely sure. There doesn't seem to
be any one Web site, news story, or media personality driving this
traffic. (Of course, it doesn't hurt that 13,400+ Web sites link
to the Quiz, or that 420+ colleges and high schools use the Quiz
in the classroom, or that the Quiz is mentioned in more than a dozen
textbooks or their enhanced digital content!)
What explains the surge? Here's my theory: More voters are feeling
politically homeless in an era of blurry ideological identities
and raucous partisan bickering. Voters are trying to make sense
of America's topsy-turvy politics.
I think that's why more people are going back to the basics and
asking fundamental questions: What do I really believe in? What
do political labels really mean? What are my ideological options?
Who else agrees with me?
These are questions the Quiz can answer. Increasingly, the Quiz
has become the go-to resource for people seeking political clarity.
The Quiz gives people an "aha!" insight about politics.
It opens eyes and stretches minds.
This is good news for libertarians. These 8 million Quiz-takers
have discovered that there are more options than just conservative
and liberal. The Quiz helps put libertarianism on the political
"map," and in people's minds. And, as I mentioned, 2.64
million Quiz-takers discovered that they are libertarians. These
are our potential allies, voters, and supporters.
So, now that we've passed 8 million, I'm going to take a minute
to savor the accomplishment. Then I'll get back to work. After all,
we've got a 9-million (and then a 10-million) milestone to reach!
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* February 22-25, 2007: Advocates President Sharon
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Also speaking will be John Stossel from ABC's 20/20 and
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* Another textbook: We were delighted recently
to learn that the World's Smallest Political Quiz is cited in another
textbook. It's Macroeconomics (5th edition) by David C.
Colander, published in 2004 by Irwin/McGraw-Hill. The book encourages
students to take the Quiz and discuss whether they agree with the
results. By our count, at least a dozen textbooks -- including many
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Good News,
Bad
News,
Unbelievable News |
By
Bill Winter
High
school students against free speech
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Here's
the good news: Fully 69% of American high school students think
musicians should be allowed to sing songs with "offensive"
lyrics without fear of prosecution. (So Snoop Dogg and Buckcherry
can breathe a sigh of relief.)
Here's the bad news: Only 54% of students say newspapers should
be allowed to publish controversial stories without government approval.
(Sorry, New York Times.)
That's according to a new survey of 14,498 high school students
and 800 teachers funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
According to the survey, students support the First Amendment most
when it directly affects them. For example, 64 percent said student
newspapers should be able to publish without school officials' approval.
But a significant number of students have major reservations about
free speech in general. Fully 45 percent said the First Amendment
"goes too far," while 32 percent said the press has "too
much freedom." (More frighteningly, 29 percent of teachers
also thought the press has too much freedom.)
This widespread opposition to free-speech rights comes four years
after Congress passed a bill requiring federally funded schools
to teach students about the Constitution.
Ironically, of course, the Constitution doesn't give the federal
government the power to mandate what schools should teach. This
led libertarian columnist Walter Williams to write: "I cannot
think of a piece of legislation that makes greater mockery of the
Constitution."
So, an unconstitutional bill, ordering teachers (a significant percentage
of whom are dubious about the First Amendment) in government-funded
schools to instruct students about the Constitution (which was written
to limit the power of government) doesn't seem to be instilling
in students a proper appreciation of freedom of speech.
Why aren't we surprised?
Source: Knight
Foundation
USA
Today (September 17, 2006)
Walter
Williams Column (September 13, 2006)
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Garrison
Keillor to the rescue!
There
are two sure signs that public opinion is beginning to turn against
a once-popular government policy. The first is when the "Average
Joe" on the street begins to question it. The second is when
a beloved public figure speaks out against it. For example, it's
widely accepted that the tide began to turn against American military
involvement in Vietnam after respected newsman Walter Cronkite criticized
the war on the air.
Could something similar be happening with the government's increasingly
loopy airline security measures? It's too soon to say for sure,
but the fact that Garrison Keillor, the enormously popular radio
humorist, is mocking the latest round of airport "security"
measures is certainly a good sign.
Keillor is the creator and star of the long-running radio show,
A Prairie Home Companion, on American Public Media. He's
the author of the best-selling Lake Woebegon Days (1985)
and a dozen other books. In 2006, he wrote the script for the Prairie
Home Companion movie.
He's also a nationally syndicated columnist, and in his February
16, 2006 column, he blasted the "nation's security wizards"
for not allowing passengers to take coffee -- or any other liquid
-- onto planes.
The government implemented the no-liquid rule in August after 21
suspects were arrested in Great Britain and charged with conspiring
to smuggle liquid explosives onto passenger jets. However, the New
York Times noted that British anti-terrorism officials later "said
they were still unsure of a critical question: whether any of the
suspects was technically capable of assembling and detonating liquid
explosives."
There's a reason for that. Writing in the U.K.'s The Register
(August 17, 2006), Thomas C. Greene noted that the explosive the
plotters allegedly planned to use -- triacetone triperoxide (TATP)
-- is extremely difficult to make. If the suspects planned to mix
the explosives on the plane, they would need ice, a Styrofoam cooler,
a thermometer, a large beaker, a stirring rod, and a medicine dropper.
They would also need several hours to complete the chemical reactions,
as well as a method of suppressing toxic fumes during the process.
In short, he wrote, the idea of "a group of jihadists smuggling
the necessary chemicals and equipment on board, and cooking up TATP
in the lavatory" is nothing more than a "Hollywood...myth."
In his column, Keillor agreed. "Everyone knows it's ridiculous
-- the notion that you can toss together a few liquids and make
an explosive is a fiction from late-night movies," he wrote.
He mockingly continued: "If some guy in a burnoose sets up
a chemistry lab in row 24 and mixes hydrogen peroxide, sulfuric
acid and acetone in a big beaker that is packed in 15 pounds of
dry ice to keep it cool, and cooks up some triacetone triperoxide,
or TATP, the passengers will be able, in the several hours it will
take him to make the deadly explosive, to bring him under control,
assuming the fumes haven't knocked Ahmed out. And they could nab
the mastermind, too, the monocled guy in first class petting the
white cat."
But the lack of any real danger didn't stop the TSA -- a "new
Achtung bureau to make us take off our shoes and put the toothpaste
in the checked luggage and dump the coffee," according to Keillor
-- from imposing all sorts of useless new rules to inconvenience
passengers.
This isn't the first time Keillor has criticized the TSA. In a February
21, 2006 column, he wrote: "It's been four years since Richard
Reid attempted to set fire to his explosive shoes on that Paris-Miami
flight, and thanks to him we still do our little dance in stocking
feet through airport security, a testimony to the power of the individual
to gum up the works for millions of others. Eventually somebody
will attempt to scoot through with an underwear bomb, and then we'll
be arriving at the airport three hours before departure so we can
be inspected by crotch-sniffing dogs."
Thank you, Garrison Keillor, for speaking out against security measures
that don't keep us secure. And thanks for taking a bold stand against
crotch-sniffing dogs. (Just don't give the TSA any ideas.)
Source: Garrison
Keillor Column (September 19, 2006)
The
Register (August 17, 2006)
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Are
pot-smokers more dangerous than murderers?
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According
to the latest police reports, violent crime is increasing again
in the United States. But that didn't stop police last year from
arresting more marijuana smokers than terrorists, murderers, and
rapists.
NORML, the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws,
reports that marijuana arrests reached an all-time high in 2005.
Federal, state, and local law enforcement officials arrested 786,545
Americans for marijuana violations -- or one every 40 seconds. Of
that number, 88 percent were charged with possession only.
During the same year, police arrested only 603,503 people for violent
crimes like murder, manslaughter, rape, robbery, and assault.
Arresting adults for possession of marijuana is "a tremendous
waste of criminal justice resources that diverts law enforcement
personnel away from focusing on serious and violent crime, including
the war on terrorism," charged NORML Executive Director Allen
St. Pierre.
"Arresting hundreds of thousands of Americans who smoke marijuana
responsibly needlessly destroys the lives of otherwise law abiding
citizens [and] costs taxpayers between $10 billion and $12 billion
annually," he said.
In all, police have arrested more than 8 million people for marijuana
violations in the past decade, according to the Federal Bureau of
Investigation's annual Uniform Crime Report.
Sources:
NORML
FBI
Uniform Crime Report
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QUICK
SHOTS...
*
America's criminal
class:
"The Chicago
Sun-Times reports that in the last three decades, at least
79 elected officials have been convicted of a crime [in Illinois],
including three governors, one mayor and a whopping 27 aldermen
from the Windy City." -- Daniel Engber, Slate.com (September
8, 2006)
* Welcome, friends! Kirk Wessler, a sports columnist
for the Peoria Star-Journal in Illinois, says, "I'm
a libertarian, limited-government guy. We have way too many rules,
regs and laws and way too little common sense." (September
20, 2006). And Burt Prelutsky, author of 2004's Conservatives
Are From Mars, Liberals Are From San Francisco, says, "On
most matters, I actually regard myself as a libertarian." (TheConservativeVoice.com,
September 19, 2006)
* A quadrillion here, a quadrillion there: "During
the last 75 years the United States has failed to balance its annual
budget over 90 percent of the time. What's worse, the government
has spent money so recklessly that we now owe over $8.2 trillion...
Should that pattern of doubling the national debt every nine years
continue -- and there are very few politicians who wish to stop
it -- our debt by the end of the 21st century will increase to about
$9 quadrillion, or (even if the U.S. population triples) about $10
million per person." -- Burton W. Folsom, Jr., The Freeman
(August 2006)
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Persuasion Power
Point
#211 |
Slippery,
Slip Nots
By
Michael Cloud
Duchess
of Berwick: "Do, as a concession to my poor wits, Lord Darlinglton,
just explain to me what you really mean."
Lord Darlington: "I think I had better not, Duchess. Nowadays
to be intelligible is to be found out."
--Lady Windemere's Fan by Oscar Wilde.
True. Or, as the not unnew style would not leave unsaid: not untrue.
Not unnegated thoughts used to be confined to academic and legal
writing.
The problem? Slippery, Slip Nots. Negatives. Double negatives.
The consequences of speaking in negation? Misunderstandings, miscommunication,
and confusion.
A few months ago, I was discussing local political problems with
a Democrat. "We're not in disagreement," she said. Then
she spoke of our shared values and concerns.
She was a nice person. I liked her. But something didn't sound right
to me.
"You said that we're not in disagreement," I began. "Your
sentence has two negatives: 'not' and 'dis'. They cancel each other
out. Logically, the sentence means: we are in agreement. Are you
telling me that we agree?"
"Well, not exactly," she said. "But we don't disagree."
"I'm confused," I said. "Are you saying that we do
agree -- or are you saying we will not argue about what we disagree
about."
"I'm not sure," she said. "But I think I mean I don't
want to argue about the things we disagree on."
I was puzzled. I couldn't get the conversation out of my head.
I began noticing a other people's Slippery, Slip Nots.
"She's not unattractive." "The proposal is not untenable."
"It's not untrue." "...a not unexpected development."
"I'm not saying it's unimportant." "We're not indifferent
to this problem." "It's not without merit." "It
was not unanticipated." "Well, it's not impossible."
"It's not implausible."
Sometimes the speaker intends for the double negatives to cancel
each other out. He is speaking literally and logically.
But sometimes the speaker's thoughts are tangled or snarled. Sometimes
he is miscommunicating.
Would you like to make sure he means what you think he does?
Here are a couple of gentle ways of finding out.
1. Say, "I'm confused. You say 'the proposal
is not untenable.'" Point out that double negatives
cancel each other out. Then phrase the sentence positively and ask
if that is what he means. "Are you saying that the proposal
is tenable? Is that what you mean?"
2. Do a Colombo (the delightful Peter Falk television
detective). "You said the development was not unexpected.
I don't understand. Could you explain that to me..." Ask a
naive question about what he said. Follow up with another simple
question. Be slow to understand. And then, when you think you understand,
tell him what you think he means, and ask if that's what he means.
Before we can agree or disagree, we must understand. But to understand,
we must ask and answer and level with each other. We must grasp
what they are saying -- and what they are not. What they are affirming
-- and what they are not.
That requires us to grasp the nots. And recognize and deal with
the Slippery, Slip Nots.
* * *
Note: Michael Cloud dealt with another pitfall of "nots"
in Secrets of Libertarian Persuasion. See pages 77-78,
"Are You Tied In Nots."
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Secrets of Libertarian Persuasion
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Ask
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
if private schools refused to offer sports?
QUESTION: "Do you believe that all schools should
be privatized, or just that there should more competition for the
public schools? I believe the problem with private schools is that
they concentrate too much on just academic results and exam scores.
They would only want to get the best students, and the way to do
this would be to cut down on sports and other social events and
get students to concentrate solely on their test and exam scores.
Students would leave school not having experienced such things as
football and other sports and activities that help people learn
to work in a team and to communicate with others."
MY
SHORT ANSWER: In a libertarian society, some schools might
indeed emphasize academics. Others, however, would have strong sports
orientation because many people, like yourself, value an education
with such a team-building component.
Of course, some schools might choose to teach cooperation and communication
by other means (e.g., helping students create and run their own
businesses). Children, especially those from poor backgrounds, are
enthralled by learning how to earn money. Indeed, one libertarian
who teaches in an inner-city school has become a big hit with his
students by showing them how to become entrepreneurs.
Some private schools might indeed charge high tuition. However,
studies show that today most private school attendees come from
the lower classes, not the upper ones. Public schools today are
fine in well-to-do communities, but treacherous in the ghettos.
Private schools often cater to the poor who want more for their
children than an inner-city government school education. In a libertarian
society, with lower educational costs and better-paying jobs for
parents, quality schooling for the poor would be more common, not
less.
In
a libertarian society, wouldn't the rich just get richer?
QUESTION: "I agree with most libertarian views, but
how would a libertarian society solve the present income gap? In
a libertarian society, wouldn't the rich just get richer?"
MY
SHORT ANSWER: The rich would get richer, but the poor would
make even bigger gains. Most poverty today is caused by government
regulations which especially penalize the poor.
Studies clearly show that government intrusion in the economy decreases
a country's wealth creation. Countries with more wealth creation
(i.e., those that are closest to the libertarian ideal) have a more
even distribution of wealth. In other words, the poor become less
so in a libertarian society.
When the Statue of Liberty was erected, government was the acknowledged
enemy of the poor. Lady Liberty asked for the poor, the wretched
refuse, the masses, not the wealthy or skilled. Why? Because everyone
understood that the poor prospered best when government didn't put
them out of their jobs with excessive regulation. In the 1800s,
for example, guild membership was required in Europe to work in
certain occupations -- and the poor had a difficult time qualifying.
For examples of how today's poor and minorities are put out of business
by government -- and defended pro bono by libertarians -- visit
the Institute for Justice's Web site at www.ij.org.
You'll see living proof that liberty, not government, is the true
friend of the poor.
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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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One-Minute
Liberty
Tip |
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Is
there an echo in here? (The power of effective listening)
By
Sharon Harris, Advocates President
In the
last few columns, I've talked about the importance of choosing effective
words. Today, I'll discuss a different kind of communication technique
-- effective listening.
In a recent Dilbert cartoon, the obnoxious Dogbert character told
a communication seminar: "There's really no point in listening
to other people. They're either going to be agreeing with you or
saying stupid stuff."
Thank goodness Dogbert isn't a libertarian! The fact is, every successful
persuasion conversation starts with listening. Attentive
listening assures the other person that you care about what they
think, and allows you to effectively address their concerns.
But how do you know you're really hearing what they're saying? It's
simple: Repeat what the other person said. Then ask: "Is
that right?" This technique is called "echoing."
It lets someone know you heard and understood.
Example: They say, "In a libertarian society, wouldn't poor
people starve without government welfare?" You say, "You're
concerned that poor people wouldn't get the help they need in a
libertarian society, and would starve. Is that correct?"
Wait for the response (and listen to it!). Then you can talk about
how liberty helps the poor. Echoing lets the other person know
you're listening. It's a technique that builds the respect and rapport
that's necessary to change somebody's mind.
Is there an exception to this rule? Only one: Don't listen to Dogbert!
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There are some questions people always ask about
liberty: What exactly is libertarianism? Are libertarians
conservative or liberal? Where do libertarians stand on the issues?
Does libertarianism work in the "real world"?
In this ninth edition of Libertarianism In One Lesson,
David answers those questions with insight and candor. He lays out
the central premise of libertarianism -- "You own yourself"
-- and explains how that deceptively simple statement has a far-reaching
impact on your relationship with government.
He reveals exactly where libertarians stand on Social Security,
gun rights, the War on Drugs, poverty, the environment, taxes, and
terrorism. And he contrasts the conservative, liberal, and libertarian
positions on those issues.
"Libertarianism 101"
CD by David Bergland. (Audio CD, approx. 50 minutes.)
Are you looking for a way to exlain the fundamentals of
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speech (and follow-up audience questions), David Bergland shows
how.
David offers lessons he learned from explaining libertarianism to
THOUSANDS of journalists, voters, and students during five campaigns
for public office -- including a run for the presidency in 1984.
He touches on common concerns about liberty; self-responsibility;
where libertarians fit on the political map; how to discuss controversial
issues; and roadblocks to clear thinking about government.
David has spent his life mastering the art of communications. In
this speech, he distills all that he's learned down to 50 minutes
of specific guidelines and language!
Libertarianism In One Lesson is the theory. "Libertarianism
101" is the practice. Put them together -- and you'll instantly
do a better job of understanding and promoting liberty!
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