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	11/1/2004

Crazy Absolutist Libertarian (update)

From the NC chair of the Badnarik Presidential campaign who has gotten her ownself escorted away by police for having had the nerve to show up to an outdoor Kerry/Edwards rally dressed in a Statue of Liberty costume. (Liberty is that dangerous to the other guys.)

-----Original Message-----
From: Susan Hogarth [mailto:susan@ncliberty.net]
Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 10:07 AM
To: LPNC@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [LPNC] The 'threat' of freedom

For those of you who think a we-are-the-world Kerry presidency would be any less threatening to freedom than a neocon-Bush one, you might want to read this: http://www.mises.org/fullstory.aspx?Id=1651 which is a rebuttal to an essay written by George Soros. "Back in 1997, George Soros, a multibillionaire stock and commodities speculator, wrote an essay titled "The Capitalist Threat". The essential substance of this essay is the claim that the main contemporary threat to a free society is a fully free society--i.e., a society of laissez-faire capitalism. It is a claim that has grown more prominent in the years since his article first appeared." Now that socialism has been 'discredited', both the Democrats and Republicans are free to embrace it - as long as they don't actually call their policies 'socialism'. One of the more annoying things Hernando de Soto said in his lecture at UNC last week was that "Capitalism is like a dirty word - you never hear anyone standing up and shouting 'Long live capitalism!'" This was early enough in his talk that I thought he was there to - essentially - say 'Long live capitalism!' - but, no, that was not at all the case. He was there to say 'Long live the State!' as near as I could tell. Ditto for Soros. Soros said: "Our global open society lacks the institutions and mechanisms necessary for its preservation, but there is no political will to bring them into existence." When poeple start talking about 'political will', they are talking about *oppression*. -- Susan Hogarth : 919-906-2106 10:30:09 AM

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Demopublican base continues to crumble

Latest NC voter registration data per LP activist at Duke Ray Ubinger who is running for NC Senate.

As of 31-OCT-2004: NC Demopublicans 4,485,581 (81.26% - new all-time low) NC Libertarians 12,754 (0.231% - new all-time high) NC Unaffiliateds 1,017,885 (18.51% - new all-time high) All NC voters 5,519,983 NC Libs grew 0.9% on the week.

10:22:27 AM

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Video tape attack

A registered Democrat voting for Bush made a point I really couldn't argue:

"President Bush must be winning the war on terror because you know Osama bin Laden would love to send us more airplanes but all he can send now is a video tape."

8:14:33 AM

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