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The Liberator Online
Vol. 11, No. 20 | October 5, 2006
Circulation: 68,203 subscribers in over 100 countries.
The world's largest-circulation libertarian publication!
Published by the Advocates for Self-Government
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Contents
PRESIDENT'S CORNER
* Texas-sized
libertarian outreach!
WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE ADVOCATES
*
February 22-25, 2007: Sharon Harris speaks at the FSP's Liberty
Forum
*
OPH success in Shelby County, Tennessee
GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS, UNBELIEVABLE NEWS
*
Robbery With a Badge
* Wired Editor Is a Libertarian
* Habeas Corpus: R.I.P
* QUICK SHOTS: Brad Pitt versus the War on Drugs,
and more...
PERSUASION POWER POINT
#212
*
"Ought To Be Ain't Is" by Michael Cloud
ASK DR. RUWART
* Won't
ending the War on Drugs create more drug-related social problems?
* Won't more people die from drugs if they are legal?
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By
James W. Harris
Robbery
With A Badge
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America's
insane drug laws have turned cops into robbers.
Last week Davidson County, North Carolina sheriff's deputies pulled
over a car traveling on Interstate 85, southwest of Lexington. The
officers said the car was following too closely to another vehicle.
While searching the car, the officers found $88,000 in cash. The
driver and passenger insisted the money was to buy a house in Atlanta.
The officers didn't believe them. So they called in a drug-sniffing
dog.
According to the Davidson County newspaper The Dispatch, the
dog "found a strong odor of narcotics inside the car."
But no drugs were found. Nor any evidence of wrong-doing. So the
two men weren't charged with any crime and were free to leave.
But not with their $88,000. The sheriffs kept that.
Incredibly, thanks to federal and state civil asset forfeiture laws,
police can seize property and cash on the mere suspicion that they
may be connected with drugs. The lack of proof of a crime is no
protection. The sheriff's department called in federal investigators,
and they are now preparing to argue in federal court that the government
should be able to keep the money.
If they win -- and the government does win the vast majority of
asset forfeiture cases -- the local sheriff's office cut will be
75 percent ($66,000) of the confiscated money.
Asset forfeiture has been quite lucrative for the Davidson County
Sheriff's Office: $1.6 million in 2005 and $1.4 million in 2004.
"It allows us to buy equipment without using taxpayers' money,"
said Sheriff Grice.
Police departments across the country report similar windfalls.
This practice, common for many years, was given a strong boost in
August. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ruled that
if a motorist is carrying a large sum of cash, that money is automatically
subject to confiscation. "Possession of a large sum of cash
is 'strong evidence' of a connection to drug activity," the
court ruled.
In other words, for all practical purposes, driving with a lot of
cash is now a crime in the United States of America.
(See links below for an article on the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court
of Appeals case, and the full text of that court's ruling.)
Sources: The
Dispatch (September 27, 2006)
Article
on Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals case
Text
of U.S. v. $124,700, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit,
August 19, 2006 (Note: Downloadable PDF)
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Wired
Editor Is a Libertarian
Wired
is one of the most influential magazines in America, providing more
than two million readers each month with a smart and savvy guide
to cutting-edge technologies, people, companies, and ideas that
are transforming our world.
Chris Anderson became editor-in-chief of Wired in 2001,
and is credited for pumping new life into the publication. Under
Anderson's hand, Wired has won numerous journalism awards.
Anderson was named "editor of the year" last year by Advertising
Age.
In an interview in the current issue of the libertarian magazine
Reason, Anderson described himself as a "small-l libertarian."
(The phrase "small-l" is usually used to indicate that
one is not a member of the Libertarian Party, but shares the libertarian
philosophy.)
Here's an excerpt from the Reason interview. The full interview
can be read at the link below.
Reason: How do you define yourself politically?
Anderson: I call myself a small-l libertarian.
Reason: What does that mean for you?
Anderson: It means I'm free market. I'm socially
liberal. I hate labels, and I'm sure you do as well. I'm socially
liberal and fiscally conservative. What does fiscally conservative
mean? It means I believe in markets.
Markets harness collective intelligence. No one of us has the
answers, and all of us together will not necessarily come up with
a right answer every time. But we will come up with a better answer
together than any one of us. Not every time, but statistically,
over time.
Source:
Reason interview
(September 22, 2006)
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Habeas
Corpus: R.I.P
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This
has been a year of shocking attacks on individual liberty by the
Bush administration and its Democratic allies. But perhaps nothing
better shows the dangerous waters into which America is now heading
than the passage this week by Congress of the "Military Commissions
Act of 2006."
Habeas corpus is the principle that a free people have the right
to see the causes and the evidence for any arrest. Without this
basic protection, a government by definition becomes a tyranny.
Yet this new bill contains, among other things, a direct assault
on the centuries-old right of habeas corpus. It says:
"No court, justice, or judge shall have jurisdiction to hear
or consider an application for a writ of habeas corpus filed by
or on behalf of an alien detained by the United States who has
been determined by the United States to have been properly detained
as an enemy combatant or is awaiting such determination."
This is a stunning step backwards for human rights. The right of
habeas corpus, which is enshrined in the U.S. Constitution, is not
just for U.S. citizens. It is fundamental for all human beings.
Indeed, the principle of habeas corpus predates the founding of
the United States by centuries. "The Great Writ," as habeas
corpus is called, dates back to England's Magna Carta of 1215.
Habeas corpus was written into our Constitution because, by the
time the United States was born, it was considered the bedrock of
a free and just society.
This new law doesn't just affect people living abroad. There are
millions of residential aliens living and working in America. Because
the bill says the U.S. government can determine who can be arrested
as a possible "enemy combatant," it removes all protections
from false arrest and imprisonment for non-U.S. citizens both in
the U.S. and abroad. They can now be "disappeared" indefinitely
at the president's wish, and, under other provisions in this wretched
bill, subjected to torture in secret prisons.
Further, some commentators (see the link to libertarian Justin Raimondo's
article, below) argue that language buried in the bill may allow
the president to designate *U.S. citizens* as "unlawful enemy
combatants" and strip them of habeas corpus protection and
other rights. We will have to wait and see.
The respected human rights organization Amnesty International, after
the passage of this bill, noted that America has changed in ominous
ways:
"The past five years have seen the U.S.A. engage in systematic
violations of international law, with a distressing impact on thousands
of detainees and their families." Human rights violations have
included:
* Secret detention.
* Enforced disappearance.
* Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment.
* Outrages upon personal dignity, including humiliating treatment.
* Denial and restriction of habeas corpus.
* Indefinite detention without charge or trial.
* Prolonged incommunicado detention.
* Arbitrary detention.
* Unfair trial procedures.
Amnesty goes on to give a lengthy and frightening summary of the
bill. Sadly, the junking of habeas corpus is just one of many awful
elements. (You can read Amnesty's full report at the URL below.)
The report concludes:
"Those defending human rights should be prepared for a long
struggle."
The bill has been denounced by writers across the political spectrum.
Conservative constitutional scholar Bruce Fein wrote in the Washington
Times: "The legislation passed by Congress last week turns
the Constitution's philosophy on its head. It authorizes the government
arbitrarily to spy, to detain, and to punish without making Americans
one whit safer. It curtails liberty for the sake of curtailing liberty."
Liberal syndicated columnist Garrison Keillor joined other critics
in hoping that the Supreme Court will throw out the worst aspects
of this bill. But he added:
"If, however, the court does not, then our country has taken
a step toward totalitarianism. If the government can round up someone
and never be required to explain why, then it's no longer the United
States as you and I always understood it. Our enemies have succeeded
beyond their wildest dreams. They have made us become like them."
Libertarian writer Justin Raimondo of antiwar.com put it bluntly:
"Congress has now granted the president the powers of a dictator."
Does this sound like the America of the Declaration of Independence
and the Bill of Rights?
The passage of this bill should set off alarms. Libertarians must
reach out to, and join with, pro-liberty liberals and conservatives
in a massive new effort to preserve and restore civil liberties.
The American political debate is no longer about left versus right.
It's about freedom versus tyranny.
Sources:
Amnesty
International
New
York Times (September 28, 2006)
Justin Raimondo
at antiwar.com
Future of Freedom
commentary by Jacob Hornberger
Garrison
Keillor commentary
Bruce
Fein commentary
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QUICK
SHOTS...
*
Brad Pitt versus
the War on Drugs:
In the October
issue of Esquire, the Hollywood megastar makes a lot of
sense: "I'll agree that drugs are harmful, but we spend $40
billion a year on the drug war and $8 billion a year incarcerating
people, 25 percent of whom are in there for drugs. If someone wants
to do drugs, as long as it doesn't affect anyone else in a violent
manner, as long as he or she isn't corrupting minors or driving
under the influence or endangering others, shouldn't a person have
that right? I know the drug war is a can't-miss political issue
that no one wants to touch. It's the big pink elephant no one wants
to talk about. Think of all the other things we could do with the
money." Pitt went on to recommend the book Ain't Nobody's
Business If You Do by the late libertarian writer Peter McWilliams.
* "Most economists agree..." It's a sure
sign of the progress of libertarian ideas when you see statements
like this in the liberal New Yorker magazine: "Today,
most economists agree that, left alone, people will act in their
own best interest, and that the market will coordinate their actions
to produce outcomes beneficial to all." -- "Mind Games"
by John Cassidy, The New Yorker
* They got Willie: Willie Nelson and the boys were
on the road, and they stopped them and found a pound and a half
of marijuana. Bin Laden is still loose, but we got Willie Nelson."
-- David Letterman (September 19, 2006)
Sources:
Brad
Pitt in Esquire magazine (October 2006)
New
Yorker
magazine (September 18, 2006)
About.com
Political Humor
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Persuasion Power
Point
#212 |
"Ought
To Be" Ain't "Is"
By
Michael Cloud
Everyone
ought to be rational. Everyone ought to be fair. Everyone ought
to be honest.
But "ought to be" ain't "is."
Some people are rational, fair, and honest.
Some aren't.
People should be open-minded and thoughtful. People should be concerned
with the consequences of their actions. People should be considerate
and civil toward others.
But "should be" ain't "is."
Some people are. Some aren't.
No one ought to be corrupt. No one ought to be biased. No one ought
to be arrogant.
But "ought to be" ain't "is."
There are people who do things that aren't right. They do things
they shouldn't. Things they oughtn't.
But "ought NOT to be" ain't "is not."
Individuals have free will. Personal choice.
Each person can do what he should, what he ought to, what's right.
Or he can do what he shouldn't, what he oughtn't, what's not right.
Remember this when you're discussing libertarianism. When you're
trying to persuade someone.
If the person demonstrates that he is NOT rational or fair or honest,
remember that "ought to be" ain't "is."
Criticizing or condemning him may feel good, but it almost never
changes his behavior. Courteously end the conversation, and find
someone who is rational and fair and honest.
If a person shows you that he's closed-minded, indifferent to the
consequences of his actions, or uncivil, remember "ought to
be" ain't "is." Warmly wind up the conversation,
and look for someone who is what he ought to be.
You'll run into some people who don't care what the facts and evidence
are. Some who are intellectually dishonest. Some who are biased
or corrupt.
And, if you're like me, you'll think, "They shouldn't be."
You're right. They shouldn't be. And they are.
Don't let some people's bad behavior eat at you. Don't let it stain
your perceptions of other people.
There are plenty of good, fair, and open-minded people out there.
Millions and millions of them. They are receptive and responsive
to evidence and reason.
They are the ones you want to tell about individual liberty, personal
responsibility, and small government.
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Secrets of Libertarian Persuasion
available exclusively from the Advocates. In 2000, Michael was
honored with the Thomas Paine
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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.
Won't
ending the War on Drugs create more drug-related social problems?
QUESTION: "Wouldn't ending the War on Drugs increase
drug abuse, create more addicts who would raise the crime rates,
and basically turn every city in America into modern-day Sodoms
and Gomorrahs?"
MY
SHORT ANSWER: Although that could happen in theory, it
has not been seen in real life. When small amounts of marijuana
were decriminalized in 11 states, consumption did not increase significantly.
(1)
In Amsterdam, marijuana coffeehouses openly sell different varieties
of the plant. With marijuana, a so-called gateway drug, freely available
we might expect the Netherlands to be a nation of addicts. However,
heroin addiction is half that of the U.S. rate, and crack is not
widely available. (2)
Addiction rates for native Hollanders are probably quite low, because
almost 40% of Dutch addicts are refugees of the War on Drugs. (3)
The Dutch treat addicts as patients needing treatment rather than
criminals deserving prison.
Pushers have virtually abandoned the Dutch schools. Teenage consumption
of alcohol and tobacco is similar in the Netherlands and the United
States, but use of marijuana and cocaine in the Netherlands is only
10-40% of U.S. rates, depending upon the age group compared. (4)
The age of the average Dutch addict is rising, as fewer youngsters
become involved with drugs. (5) Clearly, the Dutch are protecting
their children from drugs by using less aggression and more compassion.
The best way to get the pushers out of schools is to take the profit
out of drugs by ending prohibition!
Many people find it difficult to believe that re-legalizing drugs
will actually decrease consumption. However, in the early 1900s,
when even children could buy alcohol or medicinal heroin in any
drugstore, (6) addiction was less of a problem than it is today.
Even in our prisons, drugs are readily available, which should alert
us to the impossibility of forcing people to stop taking them.
Like alcoholism, dependence on drugs is a medical problem. People
who are willing to sacrifice their health, wealth, families, and
friends for chemical highs require our help, not our condemnation.
Footnotes:
1. C.F. Thies and C.A. Register, "Decriminalization of Marijuana
and the Demand for Alcohol, Marijuana, and Cocaine," Social
Science Journal 30: 385-399, 1993.
2-5. J. Ostrowski, Thinking About Drug Legalization (Washington,
DC: Cato Institute, 1989) p. 49.
6. H. Browne, The Great Libertarian Offer (Great Falls,
MT: LiamWorks, 2000), p. 89.)
Won't
more people die from drugs if they are legal?
QUESTION: Wouldn't ending the Drug War mean many more deaths,
because it would make so many dangerous drugs freely available"
MY
SHORT ANSWER: Actually, the reverse is true. The biggest
reason to end drug prohibition is this: Since 1989, the War on Drugs
has killed 10-14 times as many people each year as the drugs themselves.
These deaths include AIDS spread by contaminated needles, overdose
deaths caused by black-market side effects, and homicides resulting
from turf fighting and other drug-related murders. (1)
Like alcohol Prohibition in the early 20th century, drug prohibition
is a cure much worse than the disease. Even if everyone in the country
took drugs regularly, instead of the one in ten who do so now, (2)
the death toll from overdose would still be lower than the deaths
caused by today's drug prohibition.
In chapter 15 of my 2003 book, Healing Our World in an Age of
Aggression -- available
from the Advocates for Self-Government -- you'll find additional
reasons why the War on Drugs is even a greater failure than our
disastrous experiment with alcohol Prohibition.
Footnotes:
(1) J. Ostrowski, Thinking About Drug Legalization (Washington,
DC: Cato Institute, 1989) Ostrowski (pp. 14-15) finds that the War
on Drugs kills about 8,250 people per year (from drug-related AIDS,
overdose due to black-market side effects, homicide), whereas cocaine-
and heroin-related deaths would be about 600 people per year in
the absence of drug prohibition. The ratio of deaths caused by the
War on Drugs vs. deaths due to drugs is 13.75:1.
(2) In 1999, U.S. drug users were estimated to be 14.8 million ("Drug
Use in the United States," U.S. Department of Justice, Drug
Enforcement Administration, 2000, http://www.ericcass.uncg. edu/virtuallib/subabuse/1010.html,
accessed October 27, 2002). Adjusting this number for an average
underreporting rate of 36% (A.R. Morral, D. McCaffrey, and M.Y.
Iguchi, "Hardcore Drug Users Claim to Be Occasional Users:
Drug Use Frequency Underreporting," Drug and Alcohol Dependence
57: 2000), brings users to 20.1 million. In 1999, the U.S. population
over 13 years of age was 218.3 million (Statistical Abstract of
the United States (Washington, DC: U.S. Census Bureau, 2000). Drug
users constitute about 9.3% of teenagers and adults.)
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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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