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Welcome to the November 2014 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

"In the beginning of a change the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot."
— Mark Twain

In the spirit of patriotism, I salute all of you who have taken part, who have run as candidates or worked to restore the republic through other means, here as part of the Party of Principle. I'm proud to be your gubernatorial candidate this season, as well as chair now for two seasons. It's been more work than I anticipated (doing both) but I wouldn't trade my experience for the world. [And the governor's race is getting too close to call!]

Whoever said, "What doesn't kill us makes us stronger," was right on the mark. We'll have a few exceptional and promising showings on Tuesday, but probably no victories. Yet if this cycle should stimulate real discoveries and solutions to why the LP (and the LPM) has not achieved its true potential, count me in for my share of the work to make it happen. Just briefly as we come to the final few days:

• I want to remind everyone about Liberty Fest on November 8 in Livonia (described below). This is a world-class venue with Detroit Renaissance via libertarian entrepreneurship in the spotlight.
  
  
• Next, the road to 2016 really starts Nov 5th. I've learned a lot this election season and we as a party really have to do things better and get more organized.
  
  
• Finally, I'm really looking forward to implementing the many ideas that were put forward at "The Liberty in Action" event on October 25th.

Oh, and don't forget to vote... correctly, that is.:)

I would like to thank each and every one of our candidates for stepping up and running for office. You are doing a great service by letting us vote for people we can believe in and support.

In Liberty,

Mary

Just a note that we all need to band together and convince our friends, family, and esteemed (and not so esteemed) acquaintances to NOT WASTE THEIR VOTES. Especially in the the gubernatorial and secretary of state races (the latter of which determines LPM ballot status). The latest polls are showing the governor's race to be neck and neck, our Mary can make the difference and put us on the map.

Don't forget, LP candidates historically pull votes from both parties about equally, so there won't be any spoiling going on... if one's concern is that there is a dime's worth of difference in what an establishment Republican or an establishment Democrat will do. There is no essential difference: both candidates are proven enemies of individual liberty and will rain down the police state upon us.

"I know not what choice others will make. But as for me, give me the Libertarian or give me a sordid path to slavery."

Just a few Days Left to Hear the Plan for a Government-Free City

How can we  have a  city FREE of government? Rodney Lockwood put together a proposal for his corporation to do it and in just a few days he's going to be at Liberty Fest as our keynote speaker to reveal to us his plan. Rodney is a heavy hitter, a Detroit-based real estate dynamo, who has been covered in the national media, including this exciting story in the New York Daily News.

Also, those you nominated for the Defender of Liberty Awards, have been picked and we'll be announcing those winners at Liberty Fest as well

When: Saturday, November 8th, 2014, at 6:00 p.m.

Where: Burton Manor,  27777 Schoolcraft Road, Livonia

Cost: $47.50 - Speakers Table $100.00 (cash bar)

To reserve your seat, simply click on the link below to make your $47.50 donation unless you plan is to sit at the speakers table. If purchasing more then one seat please leave us a notation or drop us an email at waynecolibertarian@lycos.com

The host of this years event: Libertarian Party of Wayne County

Register and Make Payment Here:

https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=NN2WS3YTK7L68

Just a few days away. Looking to see you there

Yours in Liberty,

Karl Jackson , Liberty Fest Co-coordinator
Greg Creswell ,Liberty Fest Chair
Raymond Warner, LPWC Chairman 

PS. No dinner tickets sold at the door 

Oakland County

This year's election night party is being hosted by the Jim Fulner for Senate campaign it will be held election night evening November the 4th approximately 7:00 p.m through at least midnight.

The party will be hosted at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Berkley located at 2299 West 12 Mile Road.

Feel free to bring additional snacks or a dish to pass as we watch the election night results roll in.

For more information see the meetup link below.

I’m attending a Meetup with The Libertarian Party of Michigan Meetup http://meetu.ps/2C79Zd

Lansing Area

ELECTION NIGHT PARTY Tuesday at The Avenue at 2021 E Michigan Ave, Lansing, Michigan (517) 492-7403. 

Please RSVP to Will White (whitewi5@msu.edu) before Monday so I can give Colleen an idea how many will be showing up.  Maybe even pre-order a pizza or two if anyone is interested!

See menu and Facebook page links below.  Starts at 9:30 or 10pm (kitchen closes at 11) and goes until ?   They will have some specials for us, reserved seats by the TV and Wi-Fi available.
http://www.allmenus.com/mi/lansing/251066-gone-wired-cafe/menu/
https://www.facebook.com/avenuecafe2021

See you there!

Will Tyler White

Other Areas

Webmaster will send an email blast Monday night from any affiliate or campaign reporting. To learn if your area is hosting an election night gathering for Libertarians, please go to the Affiliates Tab here (http://michiganlp.org/?page_id=77) and contact an officer from your nearest affiliate. 

Enthusiastic and educational day for activists in the capital. LPM leaders attend a vital seminar focused on reigniting membership and fundraising, bringing to bear several speakers of statewide and national libertarian experience.  Many thanks to Treasurer Kim Moore and all the speakers, including

• Dan Johnson of the effective grassroots organization People Against the NDAA (PANDA).
  
  
• Dave Dudenhoefer of Michigan Campaign for Liberty
  
  
• Jeff Phillips, school board member in the Thumb area
  
  
• Brian Wright, longtime activist describing his Good Neighbor Libertarian plan

We learn what does and does not work in building effective and well-funded organizations for liberty.

By Leonard Schwartz

Most LPM candidates plan to do little or no campaigning. But please at least respond timely to the League of Women Voters questionnaire, which you will get in August.

If you have time, please also respond to questionnaires from the mainstream news media. Candidates who want to do a little more campaigning should have a website.

You can get a free website from many places including www.wordpress.com, www.democracy.com, and www.myspace.com. After you set up your website, you should inform the LPM webmaster, who will put a link from our candidate list page to your website. After the August primary, candidates for a state office should inform the Secretary of State office, asking that it put a link from its candidate list page to your website. You may need to repeat the request several times. For candidates for a local office, many county clerks likewise will put a link from its candidate list page to your website.

Candidates who want to do more campaigning can find excellent advice on the Resources folder of our state party website.

3-Minute Stump Speech

My opponents think they can spend your money and manage your life better than you can. I'm not a busybody. I don't want to spend your money or manage your life. Some people are too lazy or cheap to spend their time and money meddling in your life. They want government bureaucrats meddling in your life. Government busybodies are much worse than private ones. Government can compel disclosure of your private information. Private busybodies cannot. Government can impose taxes, fines, and imprisonment. Private busybodies cannot.

If you think the Democrats can spend your money and manage your life better than you can, please raise a hand. If you think the Republicans can spend your money and manage your life better than you can, please raise a hand.

Perhaps you didn't know that [almost] all of you are libertarians. If you vote for Democrats or Republicans because you consider them the lesser of two evils, you vote for evil. Why would any decent person vote for evil? Elections are rarely decided by only a few votes. Therefore, your vote rarely determines who is elected.

But your vote always sends a message. If you vote for Democrats or Republicans, you send a message that you agree that they can spend your money and manage your life better than you can. What a waste of your vote. If you don't vote, you waste your right to send a message and you imply that you don't care. Vote for what you know is right, rather than for what falsely seems expedient.

Send a message that you want government busybodies off your back. Vote Libertarian.

I'm [name], Libertarian for [office]. Thank you.

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“Let us not, I beseech you, sir, deceive ourselves longer.  Sir, we have done everything that could be done to avert the storm which is now coming on. We have petitioned – we have remonstrated – we have supplicated – we have prostrated ourselves before the throne, and have implored its interposition to arrest the tyrannical hands of the ministry and Parliament.  Our petitions have been slighted; our remonstrances have produced additional violence and insult; our supplications have been disregarded; and we have been spurned, with contempt, from the foot of the throne."
— Patrick Henry

 

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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 one of the first recent newsletters since Brian Wright became Webmaster. Click on this link for the full online 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 (most if not all of the newsletters have been transferred over to the new site if you have a particular issue you're interested in and it doesn't show up on the page, please contact Webmaster@michiganlp.org).

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More... For all events, see the full online calendar on the Website:
http://michiganlp.org/?page_id=61. Note for those who do not have online access, please contact your local affiliate representative or call the office at 1-888-FREENOW (373-3669) to get a description of events in your area. 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).

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