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Indy Libertarian News
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Libertarian Party of Marion County
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May 11, 2009 04:04 PDT
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"Don't just stand there. Un-do something." - Robert Higgs
In this issue:
1. Monthly business meeting is this Tuesday at ZING
2. State convention is next weekend
3. Next Indy LP Meetup is May 19
4. Libertarian views, mostly
5. Other news and information you can use
6. Multi-media corner
7. Quotations du jour
And now to the news and views:
1. Monthly business meeting is this Tuesday at ZING
The Libertarian Party of Marion County's next business meeting is this
coming Tuesday May 12 at 7:00 p.m. at ZING Restaurant, 543 Indiana
Avenue. Zing is in downtown Indianapolis at the corner of Indiana
Avenue and West Street. Please join us for dinner at 6:00 p.m.
The beginning of the meeting features a guest speaker from the ACLU who
will speak about some of their current litigation as well as other
privacy and free speech concerns. Come and find out how we can work
together with this liberty-minded organization.
Please RSVP for dinner at 6:00 p.m. at
http://freehoosiers.ning.com/events/lpmc-may-business-meeting so we can
get a head count.
2. State convention is next weekend
Time: From Friday May 15, 2009 at 4 p.m. until May 17, 2009 at 10 a.m.
Location: Lakeview Holiday Inn, Clarksville, Indiana
The 2009 LPIN State Convention promises to be the best convention in
years with headlining speakers, quality workshops, vendor booths and
lively business session. All this and more to take place alongside our
LPKY friends at the Holiday Inn Lakeview in Clarksville, Indiana.
Friday night hospitality suites kick off the weekend event, with
business meetings and workshops taking place on Saturday. A Sunday
morning breakfast wraps up the weekend event.
Online registration is easy and secure at http://www.lpin.org/node/632
or contact state XD Chris Spangle at 317-920-1994 or by email at
cspa-@lpin.org.
For more details and to RSVP on Free Hoosiers:
http://freehoosiers.ning.com/events/event/show?id=2477119%3AEvent%3A6111&xgi=8m9hYAF
3. Next Indy LP Meetup is May 19
What: "After Hours" with Indianapolis Libertarians
When: May 19, 2009 5:00 p.m.
Join other advocates for limited government for some casual libertarian
fun at a great west side location! Guests of Rick's Cafe Boatyard, an
Indianapolis icon, are guaranteed to enjoy a unique and exciting
experience while dining on the massive outside deck and bar, located
next to beautiful Eagle Creek Reservoir.
This After Hours event is in addition to your regularly scheduled
Northside meetup. Just a chance to have some lighthearted socializing
with other liberty-lovers. Everyone who attended the last eight After
Hours had a great time. Don't miss this one!
Learn more here:
http://www.meetup.com/Indianapolis-Libertarian-Meetup/calendar/10368046/
4. Libertarian views, mostly
Obama’s leap to socialism by Dick Morris
http://thehill.com/dick-morris/obamas-leap-to-socialism-2009-04-21.html
The Myth of Ferdinand Pecora by Charles A. Burris
http://www.lewrockwell.com/burris/burris13.html
United States Motors by William F. Shughart II
http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=2490
Fraud in academia by Walter Williams
http://townhall.com/columnists/WalterEWilliams/2009/05/06/fraud_in_academia
The Value of Petitioning for and Article V Amendments Conventions by
Randy Barnett
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2009_05_03-2009_05_09.shtml#1241614060
The illusion of "green jobs" by Andrew P. Moriss
http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=2487
The Idiot's Bible by Alvaro Vargas Llosa
http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=2485
Should the Cuban embargo be lifted? by Alvaro Vargas Llosa
http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=2492
This week in The Beacon
http://www.independent.org/blog/
The Bill of Federalism by Randy Barnett
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2009_05_03-2009_05_09.shtml#1241451864
Why the best and the brightest don't serve by Jon Roland
http://obitur-dictum.blogspot.com/2009/05/why-best-and-brightest-dont-serve.html
Infidelity to the Constitution by Jon Roland
http://rolandreview.blogspot.com/2009/05/infidelity-to-constitution.html
Has a stake been driven through neo-conseravative foreigh policy? by
Ivan Eland
http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=2493
5. Other news and information you can use
Montana governor signs new gun law
http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/Feature-Article.htm?Info=0056132
FAA Memo: Feds Knew NYC Flyover Would Cause Panic
http://wcbstv.com/topstories/air.force.one.2.996457.html
'Obama Discrediting Himself and the US'
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,622682,00.html
Churchgoers more likely to see torture as justifiable
http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/05/04/politics/politicalhotsheet/entry4989944.shtml
Company warned officials of flu 18 days before alert was issued
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/251/story/67283.html
Citi Is Said to Require New Capital
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/02/business/02stress.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
Fearing blight, a California town makes it a crime to neglect foreclosed
homes
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124112509277274533.html?mod=yhoofront
Call for fishing ban in a third of oceans
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/apr/26/fishing-stocks-protection-conservation
Driveways in D.C. now no-parking zones
http://www.wtop.com/?sid=1659296&nid=695
The CIA's $1,000-a-day specialists on waterboarding, interrogations
http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=7471217
Jail term to be sought in medical marijuana case
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/24/us/24pot.html?_r=1&hp
The IMF's gold gambit
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124078772568857401.html
Canadians conclude Americans largely silent
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/04/28/Canadians-Conclude-Americans-Largely-Silent-as-Their-Nation-is-Systematically-Destroyed.aspx
Murphys Law and those of similar ilk
http://www.textfiles.com/law/murphy.txt
What is Mom's work worth?
http://swz.salary.com/momsalarywizard/layoutscripts/mswl_newsearch.asp
Help stop the forced outpatient electroshock of Ray Sandford
http://www.mindfreedom.org/ray
Monsanto GM-corn harvest fails massively in South Africa
http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/270101
Oaksterdam University
http://www.oaksterdamuniversity.com/
China increasing gold reserves
http://www.marketskeptics.com/2009/04/china-increasing-gold-reserves.html
Oakland Council back tax on marijuana
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124105239168771233.html
Rats feed off U.K. recession as trash mounts, buildings empty
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=a7XWhB9as2Xg&refer=home
Jamaican army deployed ahead of tax increase
http://www.reuters.com/article/economicNews/idUSN4N34351120090423
Germany's slump risks 'explosive' mood as second banking crisis looms
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financetopics/financialcrisis/5209033/Germanys-slump-risks-explosive-mood-as-second-banking-crisis-looms.html
Report: Democrats Refuse to Allow Skeptic to Testify Alongside Gore At
Congressional Hearing
fuse-to-Allow-Skeptic-to-Testify-Alongside-Gore-At-Congressional-Hearing
Was Drug Search Legal?
http://postherald.wayuga.com/en/193/1/10048/?tpl=336
Jury size matters
http://constitutionalism.blogspot.com/2007/08/in-my-article-mansfieldism-reconsidered.html
Statutes at Large and other legal info
http://www.truthattack.org/jml/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33&Itemid=35
6. Multi-media corner
Muslim Demographics
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-3X5hIFXYU
A Little Rebellion, The Tea Parties and Tax Revolts (featuring Patriot
Paul Wheeler)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4v2TH46H3w
The quiet coup - How bankers seized America
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/05/07/The-Quiet-Coup-How-Bankers-Seized-America.aspx
American Violet trailer
http://www.americanviolet.com/
America's biggest problems
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7qSYaAPfj8
"Assessing the Bush Presidency and the Obama Promises," featuring Ivan
Eland, Ron Paul, and Richard Shenkman
http://www.independent.org/events/audio_detail.asp?eventID=141
The Rule of Law Revolution
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OG_kKCURKlc&NR=1
Unconscionable police raid on family's home and organic food co-op
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/05/02/Unconscionable-Police-Raid-on-Familys-Home-and-Organic-Food-CoOp.aspx
Chris Rock interviews George Carlin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gw1ImiSR6Eg
Freedom to Fascism by Aaron Russo
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1656880303867390173
Informative and interesting tax quiz
http://howyoubecomeliable.com/
The power of YouTube: Bad Baltimore cop caught on tape
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZW0gGKKYMg plus the follow-up
Fat cop meltdown
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32UrXiSVBN8&NR=1
Urgent Warning about Gardasil vaccine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msoyRYSoSJk
7. Quotations du jour
"Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a
merger of state and corporate power" - Benito Mussolini
"I am not among those who fear the people. They, and not the rich, are
our dependence for continued freedom." - Thomas Jefferson to Samuel
Kercheval, 1816.
"Aristocrats... fear the people, and wish to transfer all power to the
higher classes of society." - Thomas Jefferson to William Short, 1825.
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