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The
Liberator Online
Vol. 11, No. 13 | June 22, 2006
Circulation: 67,630 subscribers in over 100 countries.
The world's largest-circulation libertarian publication!
Published by the Advocates for Self-Government
Edited by James W. Harris | Email: james(a)TheAdvocates.org
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Contents
PRESIDENT'S
CORNER
*
Hammer of Truth
nails the Quiz!
WHAT'S
HAPPENING WITH THE ADVOCATE
* Libertarianism In One Lesson praised
* OPH success in Libertarian Party News
GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS, UNBELIEVABLE NEWS
* One year
after Kelo: Eminent domain abuse skyrocketing
* Blogging superstar is a libertarian
* Federal workers paid double private-sector workers
* QUICK SHOTS: What's so bad about foreign aid?...
PERSUASION
POWER POINT #205
*
"Part 2: The Greatest Persuasion Advantage You Can Ever Get"
by Michael Cloud
ASK
DR. RUWART
*
How absolute
are my property rights in a libertarian system?
SOUNDBITES
FOR LIBERTY
*
Harry Browne, Andre Marrou, and Joseph Sobran
...
PRODUCT
REVIEW
* REPEAT OFFER: Huge savings on
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President's
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Dear
friends,
The
"Hammer of Truth" blog (http://hammeroftruth.com)
is a free-flowing forum for discussion of libertarian topics.
Last week, one post attracted my attention. It was by Stephen VanDyke,
and it was about the World's Smallest Political Quiz.
Stephen VanDyke is Internet Strategist for the Ohio gubernatorial
campaign of Libertarian Party candidate William Pierce. Pierce is
running an impressive campaign that is getting significant media
attention. And one of the tools the Pierce campaign is using is
the Quiz. The excellent Web site of the campaign links to the Quiz.
The Quiz is also featured on the back of Pierce's campaign cards.
This is not only eye-catching and makes his cards a "keeper"
for people; it means each card handed out performs a valuable educational/outreach
function that will pay off in the future for years to come.
With that background, let me share excerpts from Stephen's post
with you.
* * *
Wanna Take A Personality Test?
by Stephen VanDyke
"Last night I went out drinking with some friends here in West
Cleveland, and I took a few of the Pierce for Ohio Governor promotional
cards with me. On one side is the World's Smallest Political Quiz,
and on the other is some, well... marketing propaganda for the Pierce
campaign. I had a stack of about 40 with me when I left the house,
I came back with zero.
"The best part, I didn't have to push it but on a few people,
and they suddenly became viral marketers. All around the bar where
we were, people were suddenly lighting up over this novel little
Quiz (and even though it's obviously skewed, the general consensus
was that the issues raised were timely if anything).
"The crowning moment though, was when I went back to the bar
counter at one point to get more drinks for our group, and... here's
what someone asked me: "Hey have you taken this Quiz? This
is [expletive deleted] great!"
"I've said it before and I'll say it again: liberty is
already pop-culture, forget left and right... We need to brand
ourselves as the party that stands up and says: 'You suck, government.'"
* * *
End of Stephen's post. Hammer of Truth then opened up for comments
from readers. And I loved them! Here are a few:
"I did something similar at work before the 2004 election.
I handed a few [Quizzes] out and before I knew it, everyone was
talking about it and wanting to take the Quiz. Most had never heard
of 'libertarian' -- which was great."
"That was fun. Some chick picked someone up with one of those
cards. It's a conversation piece."
"Don't forget [The Advocates article about] 5
easy ways to spread liberty using their Quiz. Short, simple,
non-confrontational, cheap. You can't have it any better."
"I did get a couple of free shots from people who thought this
was totally cool. Hey, who said libertarianism was just for economics
nerds?"
"We all had a blast informing our peers in the bar about the
Quiz. I had so much fun enlightening everyone on the truth of life
-- the Libertarian Truth!!!"
* * *
Now a few observations:
1. I love the article. Thanks, Stephen! However, I respectfully
disagree that the Quiz is "obviously skewed." To the contrary.
We've done our best to create a Quiz that, while short, gives accurate,
useful and honest political insights. That's one reason why it's
in textbooks and hundreds of classrooms, and has been praised by
the Washington Post, USA Today, the London Times,
and many, many others.
2. The Quiz works! Stephen hit on one of the great strengths of
the Quiz -- it sets off viral marketing. Like magic, it opens people's
eyes to a new way of looking at the political spectrum. And then,
those newly-enlightened want to share it with others. It's irresistible
and fun! I've seen this over and over again. The Quiz is an incredible,
tested and proven tool that needs to be used by many more libertarians.
3. The Quiz is so eye-catching, so fun, so enlightening that it
makes a great addition to any political campaign. We love to see
candidates and organizations link their Web sites to the Quiz (as
the national Libertarian Party, and many state and local LPs, do)
and we love to see the Quiz used in campaign literature.
Thanks, guys! Keep on blogging -- and keep on Quizzing!
You can read the whole article here.
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Welcome
to 245 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
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Happening With The Advocates
* Libertarianism in One Lesson called "a must
read": Our thanks to Robert Butler
of the Libertarian Party of Ohio for this review in their June 2006
newsletter: "This month, we are recommending a newly revised
edition of an old favorite: Libertarianism in One Lesson,
9th Edition by 1984 LP Presidential candidate David Bergland.
The first 6 chapters of this book are a must read for every Libertarian
who wants to speak confidently and convincingly to his friends,
family, and neighbors about [libertarianism]. Bergland combines
his personal experiences and professional training to assist the
reader in explaining liberty in terms everyone can easily understand
and answers every possible objection." Thanks! Libertarianism
in One Lesson is an Advocates exclusive, available from us
here. Ohio LP review here.
* OPH in LP News: The outside back cover
of the June issue of Libertarian Party News -- the excellent
newspaper of America's third-largest political party -- featured
a great full-color photo of a successful OPH booth. Inside was another
great photo of the same booth, and the story behind it. The OPH
was conducted by Western Washington University Libertarians during
a campus protest of the War on Drugs. Aida Burgos
and Zack Elan of WWU Libertarians report that their
OPH booth received significant media coverage and more than 20 sign-ups
for their group's email list. Congratulations! Learn more about
OPH -- a sensational way to identify libertarian-leaning folks on
your campus or in your community -- here.
* 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 Libertarianism.com,
from the Advocates.
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Good
News,
Bad
News,
Unbelievable News |
By
James W. Harris
One Year After Kelo: Eminent Domain Abuse Skyrocketing
Friday,
June 23, marks the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court's notorious
Kelo v. City of New London decision. That decision, one of the most
denounced in the Court's history, allows local governments to seize
homes and businesses through eminent domain and give that property
to private businesses.
In Kelo, the Supreme Court ruled that the mere possibility
that a different use of the property might generate more taxes or
jobs was sufficient reason for seizure.
One year later, has eminent domain abuse gotten worse, as some critics
predicted?
Yes, says the libertarian Institute for Justice, which fought the
Kelo case all the way to the Supreme Court. Much worse.
Last year more than 5,700 homes, businesses, churches, and other
properties nationwide were threatened or seized with eminent domain
for private development. And that may be only a fraction of the
cases; statistics are very difficult to come by.
This number is an astonishing increase. It is more than half of
the total number of known cases for fully five years prior
to the Supreme Court ruling. Clearly, Kelo has been a green light
for such seizures.
According to a new report from the Institute for Justice, "The
Kelo decision emboldened officials and developers, who started new
projects, moved existing ones forward, and, especially, threatened
and filed condemnation actions. ...[C]ities are pushing out motels
for commercial development and replacing small businesses with upscale
hotels. Homes are being replaced by shopping malls, but the stronger
trend has been the replacement of middle-class residences for other,
more upscale ones. Agricultural land has been taken for still more
retail development."
One encouraging sign is that many states, responding to the demands
of outraged citizens, have passed laws limiting or prohibiting Kelo-type
eminent domain. Twenty-five states (out of the 45 that had legislative
sessions this year) have enacted legislation curbing the abuse of
eminent domain. Three more states passed bills now waiting signatures
by governors.
Some of the bills offer less protection than others, and many are
flawed in some ways, but this is a remarkable response in so short
a time.
Still, that leaves huge numbers of Americans utterly unprotected
from the evil alliance of greedy businesses and big government.
Notes the Institute for Justice: "That's all the more reason
why Congress needs to pass legislation preventing the use of federal
economic development funds to those state and local agencies that
use eminent domain for private commercial development."
Currently, a bill that would do just that -- the Private Property
Rights Protection Act of 2005 (HR 4128) -- is stalled in the U.S.
Senate. It passed the House by a vote of 376-38 in November 2005.
The Institute for Justice has formed an organization, The Castle
Coalition, to inform the public and fight for reform on this issue.
The Castle Coalition defines itself as "a nationwide network
of home and small business owners that uses activism to fight the
private-to-private transfer of property by the government through
the use of its eminent domain power."
The Castle Coalition Web site has a wealth of information on what's
going on, by state and nationally.
Source: http://www.castlecoalition.org/index.html.
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Blogging
Superstar is a Libertarian
One of
the most popular and influential bloggers in the world is a libertarian.
He's Glenn Reynolds, author of the renowned Instapundit.com blog
-- with an audience of millions.
In a 2003 interview Reynolds was identified as a self-described
"techno-libertarian."At
Instapundit.com he's written that his "chief interest is in
the intersection between advanced technologies and individual liberty."
And recently he declared: "As a libertarian myself, I'd love
to see the nation run under small-government principles."
Reynolds takes libertarian-style positions on a wide range of issues,
sometimes voicing views controversial among libertarians. In the
U.K.'s The Guardian newspaper, he wrote: "I support
gay marriage, drug legalization and abortion rights. I am in favor
of stem-cell research, and against prayer in school... I also oppose
gun control." He wrote that he favors the "traditional
strain of American belief that government should mind its own business,
and that what goes on in our bedrooms, or our closets, is none of
its business." Reynolds' enthusiastic support of the U.S. invasion
of Iraq -- which he justifies as part of "a war on fundamentalist
Islamist terror" -- has angered many anti-war libertarians.
There's no denying that Reynolds is one of the genuine superstars
of the blogosphere.
As of early 2006, Instapundit.com was the 12th most popular blog
in the world, as measured by unique links in the previous six months.
On a good day, Reynolds' blog can get up to a half-million page
views, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Why is his blog so incredibly popular? "Beats me," Reynolds
shrugs. "Other than emailing a few journalist-types early on,
I've done nothing to promote Instapundit; it's all been a function
of links and word-of-mouth. Well, word-of-email, anyway.
It's just the magic of the Internet."
Reynolds says he began writing Instapundit.com in August 2001 because
"It beats yelling at the TV." He writes about "anything
that interests me," he says, and posts dozens of times a day.
Reynolds is a law professor at the University of Tennessee. He is
the author of several books, most recently An Army of Davids:
How Markets and Technology Empower Ordinary People to Beat Big Media,
Big Government, and Other Goliaths. The book argues that "small
is the new big," and that new technologies -- the Internet,
medical advances, digital video cameras, nanotechnology -- are giving
unprecedented power to individuals, while siphoning power from big-government
bureaucrats and large organizations. James L. Merriner of the Chicago
Sun-Times called An Army of Davids one of "the
most important books of the year."
And in his spare time... he writes another blog! GlennReynolds.com
is hosted by MSNBC and features "longer, more op-edish stuff."
Controversial even among his fellow libertarians, Glenn Reynolds
is a trailblazer in a revolutionary new form of journalism and political
activism that could well change the world. Let's hope more libertarian
bloggers meet with similar success.
Source: A longer Advocates profile by Bill Winter.
Read the whole profile, with photo, along with many other new and
updated profiles at our "Libertarian
Celebrities and VIPs" web site.
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Federal
Workers Paid Double Private-Sector Workers
The
average civilian federal worker receives nearly twice the
pay of the average private-sector worker.
Further, that gap is widening. Increases in federal pay and benefits
far outpace those in the private sector.
So says a new study by the Cato Institute.
Indeed, according to Chris Edwards, author of the study: "The
federal civilian workforce has become an elite island of secure
and high-paid workers, separated from the ocean of private-sector
American workers who must compete in today's dynamic economy."
According to the study:
* The federal government employs 1.9 million civilian workers.
* The average federal civilian worker earned $100,178 in wages and
benefits in 2004, which compared to $51,876 for the average private-sector
worker.
* Looking just at wages, federal workers earned an average $66,558
-- 56 percent more than the $42,635 earned by the average private
worker.
* Since 1990 average federal compensation has increased 115 percent
in the government -- compared to 69 percent in the private sector.
Cato's report argues that federal jobs should actually pay less,
not more, than comparable private-sector jobs. Writes Edwards:
"Federal workers typically have generous holiday and vacation
schedules, flexible work hours, training options, incentive awards,
excessive disability benefits, flexible spending accounts, union
protections and a usually more relaxed pace of work than private
workers. Perhaps the most important benefit of federal work is the
extreme job security. The rate of "involuntary separations"
(layoffs and firings) in the federal workforce is just one-quarter
the rate in the private sector. Just 1 in 5,000 federal non-defense
workers is fired for poor performance each year.
"All these federal advantages in benefits suggest that, in
comparable jobs, federal wages should be lower than private-sector
wages."
Edwards suggests some ways to deal with the problem:
* Freeze federal wages for a period of years.
* Cut some fringe benefits.
* Don't fill vacated positions. There will be a vast surge in federal
worker retirement as baby boomers enter their sixties. This offers
a great opportunity to downsize federal agencies without problematic
layoffs or buyouts.
* As the boomers retire in droves, privatize! Turn government functions
over to the private sector whenever possible. "As government
air traffic controllers, space scientists, and others retire in
coming years, these activities should be handed over to the private
sector so that they can be better managed and have more efficient
compensation policies."
Great ideas. Now all that's needed are politicians with the wisdom,
courage and integrity to call for such reforms.
Uh-oh...
Sources:
http://www.cato.org/pubs/tbb/tbb-0605-35.pdf.
[Note: This is a downloadable PDF file.]
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QUICK SHOTS...
* Why
foreign aid is bad: "Why is foreign aid so bad? Isn't
it our obligation to help those less fortunate? What is not mentioned
by proponents of foreign aid is that it very seldom gets to those
who need it most. Foreign aid is the transfer of U.S. dollars from
the treasury of the United States to the governments of foreign
countries. It is money that goes to help foreign elites, who in
turn spend much of it on contracts with U.S. corporations. This
means U.S. tax dollars ultimately go to well-connected U.S. corporations
operating overseas. Foreign aid distorts foreign economies and props
up bad governments. It breeds resentment among citizens of foreign
countries, who see the United States as keeping oppressive governments
in power. Also, it is important to remember that forced charity
is not charity at all. While I believe strongly in the moral value
of helping the less fortunate, charity must come voluntarily from
the heart, not under threat from the IRS." -- libertarian U.S.
Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX), June 5, 2006 (http://www.house.gov/paul/tst/tst2006/tst060506.htm)
* Congress suddenly discovers the Constitution:
"Today the Republicans said this raid (on Rep. William Jefferson's
office) may have violated protections for congressmen that are spelled
out in the Constitution. The Constitution? All of a sudden they
found a copy? Where was this when they were spying on our phone
calls?" -- Jay Leno, The Tonight Show
* * *
"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
#205 |
The Greatest
Persuasion Advantage You Can Ever Get
By Michael Cloud
Want to
easily win people to liberty? Want to give yourself an unfair advantage?
Marketing wizard Gary Halbert revealed the secret: find a crowd
starving for freedom. Find people who have a burning desire for
liberty. People with a gnawing hunger for small government.
But how do you find them?
There are several ways.
1. Simply describe your "starving crowd" to family, friends,
and co-workers. Ask them: "Who do you know who thinks government
is too big, too powerful, too bossy, and too costly?" "Who
do you know who thinks taxes are too high and government's way too
big?" Get the person's email address and drop him a note. Ask
him, "Do you believe that government is too big, too bossy,
and too costly?"
2. Hand out the World's Smallest Political Quiz. Use the "5
Lazy Ways You Can Advance Liberty in 3 Minutes" at the
Advocates' Web site. People who score near the top of the Quiz chart
are your crowd starving for liberty.
3. Find your "starving crowd" by using the simple and
powerful networking scripts in Libertarian Bob Burg's terrific book
Endless Referrals.
4. Advertise for your "starving crowd" at your personal
or organization Web site. For example, "I'm looking for people
who want to generously reduce taxes, roll back government spending,
and make government smaller than it is today. If this describes
you, contact me at: [your email address.]"
5. Give a "Lights of Liberty" speech [a libertarian-oriented
speech to a service club, classroom or similar group]. Immediately
after your speech, describe your "starving crowd" to the
audience. Ask the audience, "If that describes you, would you
raise your hand?" Ask them to give you their name, email address,
and other contact info. Send them the Web link to the World's Smallest
Political Quiz: http://www.theadvocates.org/quiz.html. Ask them
to email you back with where they landed on the Quiz chart. It's
a great appetizer for those starving for liberty.
Why is seeking out and finding a "starving crowd" so important?
"It's not particularly difficult to persuade people to do what
they're already longing to do," wrote Aldous Huxley.
Because you won't have to sell liberty to them. They will eagerly
buy it from you.
Because they won't demand perfection from you. Or hold you up to
impossible standards of proof and evidence. Or insist that you be
the world's most brilliant libertarian.
They want it bad. They have a burning desire for freedom.
They will persuade themselves. Enroll themselves.
A "starving crowd" is the greatest persuasion advantage
you can ever get.
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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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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.
How
absolute are my property rights in a libertarian system?
QUESTION:
"How absolute are my property rights in a libertarian
system? For example: I install a fish pond in my yard and stock
it with trout. A corporation builds a coal-fired power plant 100
miles from my house. Because of their activity, traces of mercury
show up in my fish. Do my property rights include the right not
to have my land contaminated with poison?"
MY
SHORT ANSWER: Yes. You always have recourse if a person
harms your property. If someone dumps garbage on your lawn or mercury
into your pond, you have the right to: 1) full restoration of your
property; or 2) a settlement acceptable to you..
FOLLOW-UP QUESTION: "Suppose my next-door
neighbor builds a stadium in his back yard and begins hosting noisy
concerts at volumes that make it impossible for me to sleep at night.
Is this a violation of my property rights?"
MY
SHORT ANSWER: Most likely. The noise created by your neighbor
is leaving his or her property and 'polluting' yours in a manner
causing you physical harm.
"Nuisances in a libertarian society would often be dealt with
through neighborhood covenants or condo-associations. For example,
at the time of home construction, developers in a particular area
might attach restrictions to the deeds of properties not included
under condo agreements. These restrictions on noise and other nuisances
would be looked upon favorably by buyers who wanted to be sure that
their neighbors would act in a particular way. Violations of these
covenants could result in prosecution or activation of an arbitration
clause.
The advantage of such agreements is that you know in advance what
levels of noise that your neighbors can have. Of course, if you
have Vulcan-like hearing, your neighbor might not activate the nuisance
clause by his or her noise and you might need to use ear plugs instead.
Without such pre-existing arrangements, resolution is obviously
more difficult.
FOLLOW-UP
QUESTION: "Suppose a nearby airport begins using
the airspace over my house as part of its flight path. Do my property
rights extend to the atmosphere?"
MY
SHORT ANSWER: Your rights extend to your body and property.
At this point in time, atmosphere per se hasn't been considered
valuable, so property rights for it have not been well-defined.
However, if noise pollution causes you (or your livestock) significant
harm, it may violate your property rights. Let's examine some possibilities.
If you move next to an existing airport, you do so knowing that
noise from the airport is part of your household package. The airport
has, in essence, already established its right to utilize the air
space by 'homesteading' it. You would probably have recourse against
the airport only if a new aircraft flying over your home caused
new problems (e.g., windows breaking due to the type of noise, etc.).
If you live in a residential area, however, and a new airport opens,
you have established your claim first. If the noise is mild, you
might simply put up with it. If the noise keeps you from sleeping
at night, you might ask the airport for compensation.
Today, most new airports are built outside of heavily populated
areas so that anyone moving into the area will accept any noise
-- and the lower price of homes -- as part of the package.
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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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Soundbites
for
Liberty |
Laws
and sausage: "We're
told that the making of laws by Congress is like making sausage:
not pretty to watch but effective in its outcome. There's one big
difference, however. No one is forced to eat sausage. Everyone is
forced to obey the laws that Congress enacts in its self-interested,
overly political way." -- Harry Browne (1933-2006),
Liberty A to Z: 872 Libertarian Soundbites You Can Use Right
Now
Mommy, daddy, and libertarians: "Liberals want the government
to be your Mommy. Conservatives want government to be your Daddy.
Libertarians want it to treat you like an adult." -- Andre
Marrou, 1984 Libertarian Party presidential candidate
Every child left behind: "In one century we went from
teaching Latin and Greek in high school to offering remedial English
in college." -- Joseph Sobran, syndicated
columnist
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