Date: Fri Oct 1 07:58:27 1999 From: clips@self-gov.org Subject: Libertarian Clips To: clips@lists.best.com Reply-To: clips-request@lists.best.com
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The Unpopular Truth About Kids and Guns
NewsMax -- From time to time I've spoken with Steve Desbach, the national director of the LIBERTARIAN Party, on my radio show. He agrees that this survey and others like it speak for themselves. "The evidence is in," he says. "The simplest way to reduce firearm-related violence among children is to buy them a gun and teach them how to use it responsibly.
http://www.newsmax.com/commentmax/articles/Ken_Hamblin.html
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Candidates face off at VFW Auxiliary forum
www.jrnl.com -- McBride, a LIBERTARIAN, lightened the evening with humor but received sparse applause for his responses, most of which recapitulated his philosophy of governmental non-intervention. "I'm here to separate these two, and show you a real live LIBERTARIAN in captivity, because you've probably never seen one," McBride said.
http://www.jrnl.com/news/99/Oct/jrn101011099.html
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Welcome to Earth: Population 6 Billion
Christian Science Monitor -- "Every prediction of massive starvations, ecocatastrophes of biblical proportions, and $100-a-barrel oil has been discredited by the global economic and environmental progress of the past quarter century," says Stephen Moore, director of fiscal-policy studies at the Cato Institute, a LIBERTARIAN think tank in Washington.
http://www.csmonitor.com/durable/1999/09/30/p15s1.htm
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Governor Supports Legalization of Heroin, Marijuana
Albuquerque Journal -- His comments came as Johnson prepared to potentially step again in the national spotlight on the drug issue by appearing at a conference on the subject next week in Washington, D.C. The conference is sponsored by the LIBERTARIAN Cato Institute, which advocates drug legalization.
http://www.abqjournal.com/news/1gov09-30-99.htm
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Political Roundup
The Fresno Bee -- As the Nov. 3 elections approach, Californians are being bombarded with political commercials and rhetoric. To help our readers track candidates and issues, we've compiled the following breakdown of offices and decisions...STATEWIDE: Governor: Steve W. Kubby, LIBERTARIAN, Lt. Governor: Thomas M. Tryon, LIBERTARIAN...(many others)
http://www.fresnobee.com/localnews/politics/story/0,1253,48958,00.html
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Reagan — Big-Tent Conservatism
NewsMax -- Certain third parties also claim to be the repositories of true conservatism. LIBERTARIANS believe they are more consistently conservative than any other party because they advocate the least possible government (short of anarchy) across the board, including the social issues.
http://www.newsmax.com/commentmax/articles/David_Limbaugh.html
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Goodbye Wallet; Hello Chip
Wired News -- "It would be wonderful if we could use one card to carry in our pocket and be able to open our doors with it, start our car," said Tom DeWeese, president of the American Policy Center, a LIBERTARIAN group that has followed Smart Card technology. "But that technology can also be extended to be used for something much more sinister."
http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/22014.html
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Speaking of testosterone
Detroit Free Press -- Self-description then: "I am definitely left-leaning, LIBERTARIAN, liberal, a little of both. I'm not an extremist. It's my belief that the country isn't liberal or conservative and I'm in the middle." Self-description now: "To call it sex talk," says Leykis, "is inaccurate, although sex does come up....
http://www.freep.com/fun/tv/qleykis30.htm
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