Greeting
From the Chair(s)
Liberty Fest
Time to Beef Up Membership
Support Appeal to Supreme Court
Scotty: How We Will Win
Libertarian Macho Flash, Next Generation
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Welcome to the October 2013 issue of the online newsletter of the Libertarian Party of Michigan, the Michigan Libertarian. The newsletter is our main vehicle for sharing what's happening for Libertarians in Michigan. You may manage your subscription by going here or visiting our Website www.michiganlp.org).

From Mary
chair@michiganlp.org

“This little thing called the Internet makes it much harder to govern.”
      — John Kerry

Just a reminder that Liberty Fest 2013 will take place on November 16, 2013 at the East Lansing Marriot. It will be hosted by the Capital Area Libertarians who have worked really hard to organize what will be a great event. If you haven’t registered yet, please go to the LPM website and scroll down to Liberty Fest 2013. You can also register at the Capital Area Libertarian website.

The Defender of Liberty Awards (“Libbies”) an important part of the Liberty Fest Banquet to honor a maximum of four select individuals, Libertarian or otherwise, who have made notable personal efforts in the defense of liberty. Please send your nominations for this year’s Libby to webmaster@calparty.org. Nominations will be open until November 1, 2013. Winners must live and/or work in the state of Michigan.

I would like to thank the Libertarian Party for taking on the Michigan Republican establishment and appealing the Sixth Circuit Court opinion to the Supreme Court of the United States. As you know, that opinion kept Gary Johnson off the ballot in 2012 and robbed us of our presidential candidate. Their legal experts think that this appeal has a much higher likelihood of being heard by the Supreme Court than most other ballot access cases they’ve filed in the past. We the (LPM) just didn’t have the funds available to mount another huge legal challenge so I’m grateful they were able to take it on. You can read more about this and how you can contribute to the LP Legal Offense Fund in the article below.

On another note, the Michigan Republicans not only robbed us of our presidential candidate, they robbed us of 11 delegates to the 2014 LP National Convention. See Jim Fulner’s article on how we can get those seats back. I urge all LPM members to join or renew their membership in the LP by November 30, 2013. For every 20 new memberships or renewals we get 1 delegate. If you want to mark your calendars, the 2014 LP National Convention will be 26-29 June at the Hyatt Regency in Columbus, Ohio.

Last, I would like to thank the Libertarian Party of Oakland County for inviting me to speak at their open house September 18th. I had a great time and enjoyed meeting all of you. Thank you for your membership outreach effort.

Yours in liberty, Mary

This year's Liberty Fest will be held at the East Lansing Marriott (University Place 300 M. A. C. Ave. East Lansing, MI 48823; Phone: (517) 337-440 Hotel Website. Banquet Begins at 7 p.m. Speaker will be noted Austrian economist and scholar Richard Ebeling, whose topic will be: Liberty, Security, and the War on Terrorism Now. The capital area group is handling the 2013 Liberty Fest: Register here: http://calparty.org/eventsdonations.html

Defender of Liberty Awards Defender of Liberty Awards ("Libbies") will be presented at the Banquet to a maximum of four select individuals, Libertarian or otherwise, who have made notable personal efforts in the defense of liberty. Winners must live and/or work in the state of Michigan. Three categories have been established:

• Spokesperson for Liberty - a member of the community whose patriotism and conviction have inspired contributions to the cause of Liberty
• Promoter of Liberty - A Libertarian whose efforts have done the most to promote the LP and Libertarian principles
• Producer of Liberty - a dedicated, behind-the-scenes Libertarian whose quiet labors over the years exemplifies the backbone of the LP.

Please send your nominations for this year's Libby to webmaster@calparty.org. Nominations will be open until November 1, 2013.

By Jim Fulner

The 2014 national Libertarian Party convention will be in Columbus, Ohio in June. Michigan usually sends a relatively large delegation to the national convention. With next year's convention being within driving distance for most Michiganders the number of your fellow LPM members who are interested in attendance will likely be significantly more than normal.

However, their participation may be in jeopardy. The National Convention of the Libertarian Party, like the convention of most political parties, uses a complicated formula to determine the number each region (in this case state party affiliate) is allocated, and not merely a straight allocation based on population.

In the case of the LP our delegates are based on a formula that includes the number of supporting members to the national party that happen to live in your state, and the number of votes your state gave to our most recent presidential nominee in the general election. While former Governor Gary Johnson shattered all records for a write-in candidates in this state, he also broke records for the most votes by any Libertarian presidential candidate nation wide. Even with our record number of write-in votes, with Republican Secretary of State Ruth Johnson keeping the governors name off the ballot, resulted in us still having far fewer Michiganders vote for Governor Johnson as would otherwise be expected, and an even more significantly smaller percentage of the total votes for our candidate coming from Michigan.. As such our delegate allocation to the national party based on Gary's vote total is significantly delineated. According to State Chair Mary Buzuma the Michigan delegation is only being allocated 2 delegates based on this vote total.

The rest of our delegates will come from the percentage of the total number of sustaining members of the national Libertarian Party who live in Michigan as of November 2013. As such, if you want to ensure that more Michiganders are given an opportunity to represent the Libertarian Party of Michigan at the national convention in Columbus, given us a chance to set the direction of the Party through the bylaws and platform, and selection our national leaders, now is the time to officially become a supporting member, or renew your membership in the national Libertarian Party, whether or not you personally plan on attending convention 2014.

A sustaining member is currently defined as any one who has signed "The Pledge" and given at least $25 to the National Party in the last calendar year. While being a member of an affiliate Party has its advantageous, including being eligible to be seated as a delegate to the national convention, if you are not a dues paying member to the national LP your membership is not counted towards this allocation. As Libertarians are committed to a separation of power, not only in state/federal government, but even within our own Party/Affiliate status, membership in one does not automatically carry over into membership in the other.

As such, TODAY is the best day for your to officially become a sustaining member of the National Party, or to renew your dues if you are a current member. You can do so on the national party web-page here https://www.lp.org/membership In addition to helping Michigan obtain the greatest number of delegates possible you also get many added benefits, including:

• A print subscription to LP News, our regular newspaper
• The eligibility to be seated as a delegate at an upcoming convention
• A new Libertarian bumper-sticker
• An official plastic membership card, giving you the opportunity to say "Yes, I AM a card caring member of the Libertarian Party."

From National LP, Geoff Neale

Dear Friend of Liberty,

I hope you'll donate to support our appeal to the United States Supreme Court! We're fighting back against abuse by Michigan Republicans! And we're going on offense against the Sixth Circuit Court — before the 2016 elections! Please help us raise $4,725 as soon as possible. We've set up a new donation system so you can see exactly how much we've raised toward our goal on this project.

We want to fund an appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States. We're challenging a Sixth Circuit opinion that allowed the cowardly Republicans in power in Michigan to keep the Libertarian Party presidential ticket from appearing on the ballot in 2012. Precedent is on the side of the Libertarian Party. To knock Gov. Gary Johnson off the ballot in 2012, Michigan courts ruled against a long-standing precedent that allowed candidates who competed in the primary of one party to run on the ticket of another party. Click here for the full story... and to donate.

By Scotty Boman

At the last dally in the Alley we had passers by take the “Worlds Smallest Political Quiz.” We charted each person’s response on a large version of the Nolan Chart with a little sticker. As day turned to night half of the chart became almost solidly populated: the part with 50% - 100% personal liberty. This wasn’t too shocking, those who Dally in the Alley are a socially liberal crowd; half of them were Libertarian, and the other half were liberals.

If this were a Tea Party I would expect the 50% - 100% economic liberty half to be populated instead. But in neither case would I expect many people to fall solidly in the statist quadrant. During some of our down time, a couple of us decided to take the quiz on behalf of 2008 presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama. We did this as honestly and fairly as we could. Once we tabulated the results, both Obama and McCain ended up in the same quadrant. That was not too much of a surprise, but they were almost on the bottom at EXACTLY THE SAME SPOT! Not a single person talking the quiz ended up anywhere near them, and I think it is safe to assume that the vast majority of voters are not much closer to them then the people at this event.

So in other-words most (strike that… almost ALL) people vote for candidates they rarely agree with, and summarily reject candidates who are much closer to them. This goes beyond the “wasted vote” / “lesser of two evils” argument. Most people see the candidate they vote for as much closer to themselves than the other major party candidate. After getting 4.5%, in his 1994 run for United States Senate, Libertarian Jon Coon decided to set his sights a bit lower, while realistically anticipating victory. He ran for 24th District State Representative in the 1996 election.

He significantly outspent the Democratic incumbent, and the Republican was a paper candidate with a filing waiver. He convinced more then ten times as many people in the district to post lawn signs. He had an active phone bank and the incumbent had none. He had a massive Literature drop followed by the delivery of a campaign video to 23,000 households. He even received more press and radio coverage. Coon was also an excellent communicator. He only got 15.4% of the vote. Not being able to identify anything he did wrong, Coon concluded that people simply weren’t ready for us. Perhaps more people needed to accept our ideas first.

As soon as Pat Clawson started exploring a run for State Representative, in an upcoming special election, he started hearing people say things like, “I would vote for you as an independent, but not as a Libertarian.” At a meeting of 30 supporters, there was nearly unanimous support for running as an independent (even among attending Libertarians). None of those attending wanted him to carry his Party's banner.

A former State Representative from that district told him, “They don’t know what one is, and they don’t want it.” in reference to voter perceptions of Libertarians. (Even when we do win, it is normally in non-partisan races.) Clawson suggested the need for “…some serious market research.” At this point a light went on, and all of the above made sense to me. Up until the Dally in the Alley, I generally believed that it was an ideological matter; people didn’t vote for us because they didn’t agree with us.

But study after study says otherwise. Our views are largely popular. Whether it be the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative, Eminent Domain Reform, or Medical Marijuana legalization our issues have won in state-wide elections when those same ideas were rejected by the winning politicians. It isn’t what we are selling or how much we spend selling it. It is how we package it and how we sell it. So why do we lose? To paraphrase the late talk show host Mark Scott, “I don’t know, and I know I don’t know.”

How will we win? “I don’t know, and I know I don’t know.” I do, however, think I have a clue as to how to find out. As Pat Clawson said, we need to do some market research. Changing our positions on issues or spending more money won’t get us elected. We are very good at putting words into people’s mouths and convincing ourselves that we understand the cause of our defeat. We don’t. The proof is in the results. If you wish to discuss this further with some wonderful like-minded people and myself, please join me at the Livingston County Libertarians Meeting this Thursday, October 3rd. [ 7-9 p.m. at Cleary’s Pub at 117 E. Grand River Ave. in Howell.]

By Brian Wright

Years ago, when I was young and invincible, also omniscient and omnipotent—and exceptionally good looking—I was so convinced of the ideas of liberty promulgated from leading lights—in the heroic individualist camp of Ayn Rand as well as the pudgy affable creative intellectual camp of Murray Rothbard—that my egoic mind seized on a number of their aphorisms as axioms that only morons and moral defectives could fail to understand. My attitude—often stoked by alcohol (for which I had an unusual tolerance and affinity)—was angry and self-righteous: if all these subhumans don't get it, then f*** 'em. I'm busy and important; they don't matter.

Needless to state, I didn't convince too many individuals of the vitality of rationality, much less the ideal of the nonaggression principle. And any fence sitters tended to quickly jump to the other side as soon as they saw me coming. [To be fair, I wasn't always in this sort of rage mode, and another part of my young primetime human male persona was amiable enough and really rather conventional and kindhearted. And I had a constructive side that kept me reading, writing, earning a living, even loving. It's simply that political idealism combined with substance overuse and a healthy amount of deep insecurities could often set me off like a Roman Candle.]

In the 1980s, the libertarian movement, especially inside the Party, went through a decided effort of self-reflection to improve its persuasive skills: We saw the emergence of Mary Ruwart as an icon of compassion reaching out principally to the touchy feely left, Marshall Fritz's Advocates for Self Government which leveraged the Please Understand Me technology of Meyers-Briggs personality types to better know ourselves, and then a gentleman named Michael Emerling (now Michael Cloud) who actually emerged in the late 1970s to apply How to Win Friends and Influence People to persuading our target audience, voters, of liberty.

One of Michael's most brilliant discoveries or identifications was a phenomenon he called "Libertarian Macho Flash"; (LMF), which he described as follows:

• The Libertarian Macho Flash has much in common with sexual exhibitionism. A common-looking person exposes his political beliefs in a shocking way. Invariably, he disgusts people or at least shakes them up. The Libertarian Macho Flasher displays his views in the most offensive way or exhibits whichever views are most likely to offend the audience.
• The real macho flasher, by shocking his listeners, convinces himself that his ideas are virile, potent — even intimidating. The audience obviously lacks his intellectual courage and insight. He grasps truth and goodness. He is good, noble and wise — clearly a superior person. The listeners? They are stupid, worthless and possibly evil. Why waste time on such inferiors?
• Some libertarians flash to convince themselves that they are doing something for freedom. They mistake flamboyance for effectiveness, heat for light. Still others flash to persuade themselves that nothing can be done for freedom. If people are shocked by libertarianism, then effort is futile. So why try? This is a beautiful example of a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Here is how Cloud leads off his classic article on the LMF:

It was a large and expensive home. The architecture radiated impeccable taste. Seated around the dining table were five people: three moderates, a conservative and a libertarian. The conservative was a multimillionaire — and a generous political contributor. After dinner she turned to the libertarian and said, “Our hosts tell me you’re a libertarian. Maybe I’m a little naive, but I don’t know what that word means. Could you tell me about your beliefs?”

 

“Sure. I can explain them in a sentence: ‘Fuck the State!’ Libertarians want to get rid of as much government as they can.”

 

The woman was stunned. She dropped the subject and guided the conversation into other areas. In her mind, two things were associated with ‘libertarian’: bad manners and gutter language.

As a cofounder of the Libertarian Party of Michigan in June 1972, then in this century being an early leader in creation of the Free State in 2004 and 2005, I've "rid in a few rodeos." In the early days of the Party, we had a lot of movements and people who resisted the conventional political process—I was one of them—from Sam Konkin III (founder of the latter-day agorist movement); Jarret Wollstein (Society without Coercion author, leading anarcho-capitalist); Bob Lefevre who coined the term autarchism and set its initial meaning in motion; Carl Watner, Wendy McElroy, and George H. Smith who launched the modern voluntaryist movement, and so on.

All of these individualist movements against the state—and more recently the Sovereign movement, which I've noted in the Free State—share an 'Alongside Night' attitude toward the existing conventional political process: Noncooperation to the extent possible, and often: 1) eschewing any activity in the political process (not voting, not working for candidates), 2) separate economic development (mostly off the grid, homesteading, usually associated with the agorist tack), 3) typically one-off acts of civil disobedience... against marijuana laws, car registration, school taxes, etc., and 4) regularly stated disdain for 'minarchists,' Libertarians, or anyone participating in the coercive government establishment. [And critics note that the overwhelming percentage of proponents in these movements are young males who are not into ostentatious material success.]

It's Item 4 that brought me to the insight that what characterizes more than a handful of those in the radical antistate movement (the handful who are antisocial, morally condemnatory, pontificating, and say all sorts of silly things) is a virtual identity with the LMFer... just as I once was. The antidote? I believe it's 'a guy thing,' a consequence of hormones and other influences that can be mitigated by time, hard work, gathering more real knowledge, and, well, good women with patience. Which is how I eventually came to. [Although the destructive inner Medusa lived on for me for decades, only recently given its walking papers.]

So that's a spiritual road, outside the scope of this column. For now, as a party, let's try to be aware of the phenomenon of LMF and to finesse it the best we can. Michael Cloud's book The Essence of Political Persuasion and the corresponding CD from The Advocates are truly full of sound practice. The Libertarian Macho Flash essay is up the Website here: http://old.michiganlp.org/?page_id=1578.

Fulner Announces

Howell, MI – On Thursday September 5, 2013, Jim Fulner, an Engineer from Berkley, Michigan, announced his intention to seek the Libertarian nomination for U.S. Senate in 2014 at the Livingston County Libertarian Party affiliate meeting at Cleary’s Pub in Howell, MI. Jim looks forward to promoting his unique brand of libertarianism to all Michigan residents in the coming year. Jim said that he is running for U.S. Senate, ”…not to get a shiny badge to tell others how to run their life, but instead to educate Michiganders of the life we could have if we eliminated force for political and social gain.” Full announcement here.

Wright Retiring, LPM Seeks New Webmaster/Newsletter Editor

Citing a desire to spend more quality time with his cat and to more fully leverage the truth movement into the New Paradigm of peace, freedom, and abundance—and to start writing that long-awaited novel—, LPM Webmaster and Newsletter Editor Brian Wright announces his retirement from these roles, effective January 1, 2014. We are soliciting candidates for either or both of the positions; contact either Chair Mary Buzuma (chair@michiganlp.org) or Webmaster Brian (webmaster@michiganlp.org) if you are interested. The Webmaster position has carried a nominal $100 per month stipend, which would be expected to continue.

Some New Elections Bills in Lansing

Per Will White. The House introduced two new election bills which are in committee. The first one would add more types of picture ID cards that would be accepted when going to the polls to vote. It still allows for signing an affidavit however, if you do not have a photo ID. Last election there were over 12,000 voters who did not have photo ID's and signed the affidavit instead. The second bill has to do with filling candidate vacancies if a candidate dies or is otherwise disqualified to run AFTER HAVING BEEN NOMINATED TO THE OFFICE OF STATE SENATOR OR STATE REPRESENTATIVE AND BEFORE THE GENERAL NOVEMBER ELECTION. As usual though, there are different rules for Major and Minor parties. Click here for full story: http://old.michiganlp.org/?p=1572.

LP of Oakland Country membership drive thanks

Karl Jackson, Membership Director of LP of Oakland County, would like to thank everybody who contributed to LPOC's first annual Let Liberty Live Membership Campaign over the last couple of months. Because of those donations, LPOC was able to get the message of Liberty out this year to close to 2000 residents of Oakland county. All the residents reached in the promotion were also invited to LPOC's Fall Open House to be held on Wednesday September 18th, 2013 where LPM's own state chair, Mary Buzuma was the speaker. Note: Webmaster apologizes for not including notice of this Open House in the September newsletter. Contact Brother Karl Jackson: MembershipDirector@lpocmi.org

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“Why is it that our policy makers follow the Israeli line? That’s because there are a bunch of policy makers in our country, called the Neocons, and their distinction is they have great difficulty distinguishing between the strategic interests of Israel on the one hand and the strategic interests of the US on the other. Now, I don’t fault them for that. Everyone can have their opinion. But they’re making our policy.

McCain and Graham have this bugaboo about anyone who’s opposed to Israel, and if they had their way, we’d be in there for ? defending ? it’s a classic example of seeing that the interests of Israel are protected. I say that without any hesitation, it’s very clear on the record. And why I can say that is because I’m not running for office, I don’t hold any office, and I don’t need any money. — Ray McGovern

 

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Take a stroll down memory lane with this excerpt from one of the longest-running state Libertarian newsletters. Today, check out the September-October issue of 1987. Click on this link for the full PDF version of this newsletter.

Former editor and LPM archivist Greg Stempfle has compiled the entire body of available Michigan Libertarian newsletters up on this page of the LPM Website (we still haven't copied all the files to our Webpages, so if you have a particular issue you're interested in and it doesn't show up on the page, please contact Webmaster@michiganlp.org).

 

Reminder to sign petition against the Detroit police state...

 

Dear Friends,

 

Please take a moment of your time and look at this story. I know Mr. Boman, and can't imagine what he did to deserve this treatment. I pray you will sign the petition. Thanks and best regards. http://www.thepetitionsite.com/828/669/441/dont-prosecute-victim-of-rogue-cops/

 

Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness,

 

Nicholas Sundquist

 

[Submissions of reviews are solicited for this Michigan Libertarian Movie and Book Review feature.
Please contact us via webmaster@michiganlp.org -- ed.]

Movie Review
Dear America (1988)
Letters Home from Vietnam (9/10)
Review by Brian Wright

For one needs to know nothing else about this war and all the wars in all the places in all the times: your boys—and now, I guess, your girls, too —suffer and die for no apparent reason, lonely and afraid in a faraway land. Dear America is the documentary that Jesus the Peacemaker would send down from heaven, reminding us that in the age of international bankster-generated wars nothing good or moral is defended or affirmed by them… that the only “good war” is a non war. The movie has a “You Were There” quality, scored with tunes of the time. [Full Review]

Book Review
Content of Our Character (2010)
A new vision of race in America
by Shelby Steele (reviewed by Brian Wright)

Shelby Steele’s unique book, The Content of our Character, arose from various essays he had written for such prestigious publications as Harper’s, New York Times Magazine, Commentary, the Washington Post, and American Scholar.  Character is essentially an anthology of these groundbreaking articles, and argues a central thesis more or less condensed in the above quotation from page 19.  It is remarkable that Steele’s stimulating and controversial book was published nearly two decades ago… and that few black intellectuals of stature— including Steele himself—have built on his startlingly ameliorative infrastructure of ideas. [Full Review]

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Note: The party site has now officially moved to a Wordpress platform at michiganlp.org.

October 2: LP of Washtenaw County Monthly Meeting. 7 pm - 9 pm. The LP of Washtenaw County meets on the first Wednesday of every month. You can see more announcements and information regarding the LPWC at its new website, http://lpwc.wordpress.com, or its Facebook page—“Like” us at Libertarian Party of Washtenaw County! Lawrence Johnson Chair, Libertarian Party of Washtenaw County

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October 3: Wayne County LP Monthly Meeting. 7 pm - 9:30 pm. Current topics regarding liberty will be discussed. Kiernans Steak House, 21931 Michigan Ave, Dearborn (at Monroe). Contact Raymond Warner Chairman 313.598.3666

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October 3: Livingston County Libertarians. 7 pm - 9 pm. Note: Greater detail is provided at http://www.livingstonlibertarians.org/. Scotty Boman is guest speaker tonight. Our monthly social meeting is the first Thursday of each month at Cleary's Irish Pub in Howell, from 7PM-9PM. Please contact us at chair@livingstonlibertarians.org for details. Chair Rodger Young: 517-548-5868

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October 8: LP of West Michigan Monthly Meeting. 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm. The LPWM will be having a meeting the second Tuesday of the month at 6:30 PM. The meeting is at Brann's Steakhouse & Grille. 401 Leonard Street NW. Grand Rapids, MI 49504 till further notice. The LPWM has several events coming up in the next few months, please join them to find out more. Contact Mary Buzuma, mary.buzuma@att.net, 616-607-7064

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October 9: Livingston County Business Meeting. 7 pm - 9 pm. The LPLC will hold its monthly business meeting Wednesday 7 PM at the home of Karl Kiefer in downtown Howell. All are welcome. Please send any other items you want on the agenda to our LPLC Chair Rodger Young at chair@livingstonlibertarians.org or to the Secretary at the address in the signature below, or just show up! Karl Kiefer. Contact for directions: Secretary, Libertarian Party of Livingston County, Secretary@LivingstonLibertarians.org, 517-980-6300.

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October 14: Capital Area Libertarians. 7 pm - 9 pm. Capitol Area Libertarian Party Monthly at the former LPM office, 2722 E. Michigan Ave, Ste 22 Lansing (park and enter in back). Contact Will Tyler White, 517-349-3806 whitewi5@msu.edu Monthly

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October 16: Meeting of the Libertarians of Macomb County. 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm.All members of the Libertarian Party, their friends and family, and anyone interested in learning more about the LP are invited for good food and conversation on the third Wednesday of every month. Contact Keith Edwards: keithmarni@wowway.com

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October 16: Libertarian Party of Oakland County meeting. 7:30 pm - 10 pm. 6:30 pm dinner, 7:30 meeting. Sila´s Restaurant, 4033 W. 12 Mile, Berkley (2 blocks east of Greenfield on south side of 12 Mile). Contact Jim Young, LPOC Chair, lpocmi@lpocmi.org.

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October 20: Libertarian Executive Committee Meeting. 4 pm - 6 pm. Telephone conference. Call 218-844-3366, access code#576532 (long distance charges may apply depending on your phone plan). Contact Mary Buzuma: chair@michiganlp.org The state executive committee meets the 3rd Sunday of every month. All LPM members may dial in to teleconferences or attend face-to-face meetings, when the location has been determined. Party Mailing Address and Phone Number: Libertarian Party of Michigan Box 27065 Lansing, MI 48909-7065 Phone: 1-888-FREENOW (373-3669)

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October 24: Kalamazoo Area LP Founding Meeting (on hold). William Holden, Temp. Chair, williamkholden@gmail.com. Contact William--or Jack or Daniel below--to help out with invigorating our sterling WM affiliate. The new Kzoo group will be handling the former Calhoun County and Southwest Michigan LP for counties: Calhoun, Berrien, Kalamazoo, St. Joseph, Branch, Cass, and Van Buren. Jack Worsham (worsham74@aol.com), Daniel Grow (grow.daniel@gmail.com), Bill Bradley and other leaders of the former affiliates will be working with the Kzoo affiliate. Formerly has met in Benton Harbor or in Calhoun County.

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October 25: Deadline for Submittal to Michigan Libertarian Newsletter. Deadline for submittal of articles or material to be included in the Michigan Libertarian Newsletter, one of the longest-running Libertarian newsletters in the country. Submit to Webmaster@michiganlp.org.

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November 6: LP of Washtenaw County Monthly Meeting, 7 pm - 9 pm. The LP of Washtenaw County meets on the first Wednesday of every month. You can see more announcements and information regarding the LPWC at its new website, http://lpwc.wordpress.com, or its Facebook page—“like” us at Libertarian Party of Washtenaw County! Lawrence Johnson, Chair, Libertarian Party of Washtenaw County, http://lpwc.wordpress.com.

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November 7: Wayne County LP Monthly Meeting, 7 pm - 9:30 pm. Current topics regarding liberty will be discussed. Kiernans Steak House, 21931 Michigan Ave, Dearborn (at Monroe). Contact Raymond Warner Chairman 313.598.3666

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November 7: Livingston County Libertarians, 7 pm - 9 pm. Note: Greater detail is provided at http://www.livingstonlibertarians.org/. Our monthly social meeting is the first Thursday of each month at Cleary's Irish Pub in Howell, from 7PM-9PM. Please contact us at Chair@LivingstonLibertarians.org for details. Current contact: Chair Rodger Young: 517-548-5868

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November 11: Veteran's Day, Capital Area Libertarians. 7 pm - 9 pm. Capital Area Libertarian Party Monthly meeting – 7 pm on the second Monday of the month at the former LPM office, 2722 E. Michigan Ave, Ste 22 Lansing (park and enter in back). Contact Will Tyler White, 517-349-3806 whitewi5@msu.edu

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November 12: LP of West Michigan Monthly Meeting. 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm. The LPWM will be having a meeting the second Tuesday of the month at 6:30 PM. The meeting is at Brann's Steakhouse & Grille. 401 Leonard Street NW. Grand Rapids, MI 49504 till further notice. The LPWM has several events coming up in the next few months, please join them to find out more. Contact Mary Buzuma, mary.buzuma@att.net, 616-607-7064

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November 13: Livingston County Business Meeting. 7 pm - 9 pm. The LPLC will hold its monthly business meeting Wednesday 7 PM at the home of Karl Kiefer in downtown Howell. All are welcome. Please send items you want on the agenda to our LPLC Chair Rodger Young at chair@livingstonlibertarians.org or to the Secretary at the address in the signature below, or just show up! Karl Kiefer. Contact for directions: Secretary@LivingstonLibertarians.org 517-980-6300.

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November 16: 2013 Liberty Festival. 7 pm - 10 pm. Saturday, November 16, at the Marriott in East Lansing, speaker will be Richard Ebeling on the subject of 'Terror or Liberty'. Info and contact here: http://old.michiganlp.org/?page_id=73.

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November 17: Libertarian Executive Committee Meeting. 4 pm - 6 pm. Telephone conference. Call 218-844-3366, access code#576532 (long distance charges may apply depending on your phone plan). Contact Mary Buzuma: chair@michiganlp.org. The state executive committee meets the 3rd Sunday of every month. All LPM members may dial in to teleconferences or attend face-to-face meetings, when the location has been determined.

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November 20: Monthly Meeting of the Libertarians of Macomb County. 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm. All members of the Libertarian Party, their friends and family, and anyone interested in learning more about the LP are invited for good food and conversation on the third Wednesday of every month. Contact Keith Edwards: keithmarni@wowway.com

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November 20: Libertarian Party of Oakland County meeting. 7:30 pm - 10 pm. 6:30 pm dinner, 7:30 meeting. Sila´s Restaurant, 4033 W. 12 Mile, Berkley (2 blocks east of Greenfield on south side of 12 Mile). Contact Jim Young, LPOC Chair, lpocmi@lpocmi.org.

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November 25: Deadline for Submittal to Michigan Libertarian Newsletter. All Day. Deadline for submittal of articles or material to be included in the Michigan Libertarian Newsletter, one of the longest-running Libertarian newsletters in the country.

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November 28: Kalamazoo Area LP Founding Meeting (on hold). 7 pm - 9 pm. William Holden, Temp. Chair, williamkholden@gmail.com. November 28 is Thanksgiving this year. So if the affiliate has been activated, the meeting will undoubtedly be postponed. Formerly has met in Benton Harbor or in Calhoun County.

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More... For all events, see the full online calendar on the Website:
http://old.michiganlp.org/?page_id=61 The Michigan Libertarian ONLINE is distributed on the first of each month. Send calendar events and news articles by the 25th of the prior month to: e-newsletter@michiganlp.org

Note: The final print edition of the Michigan Libertarian is available online at http://old.michiganlp.org/Past%20Newsletters/
Michigan%20Libertarian%2038.2%20summer%202009.pdf

The Michigan Libertarian is published/posted on the first of each month. Send calendar events and news/articles to e-newsletter@michiganlp.org by the 25th of the prior month. The Michigan Libertarian is one of the longest-running Libertarian newsletters in the country, debuting in 1973 shortly after the founding of the Libertarian Party of Michigan. The "new" Michigan Libertarian (a predominantly online version) debuted on August 1, 2009 and replaced the weekly LPMOnline and the printed-and-mailed ML.  We will post the newsletter on the Website and deliver via email on the first of every month. A printed version of the new Michigan Libertarian will be sent free to anyone who signs up, which you may do at the LPM web site www.michiganlp.org (or www.mi.lp.org).

LPM members who need a hard copy may request one be mailed to them by contacting
e-newsletter@michiganlp.org or calling the LPM toll-free number 888-Free-Now (888-373-3669). Subscribe/Unsubscribe to Newsletter [Note: Just send us a message via our Contact page, and we will add you to the list.] We respect all unsubscribe requests.

Newsletter URL (Webpage address for this issue of the ML):
201310_ML.html

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