LPM OnlineNovember 9, 1999 |
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Some in our nation and Congress have become like pagans, worshiping symbols and objects. I worship God. No government is going to make me worship a flag. I am as patriotic a person as you can get, but I am against the ban on flag burning. How come those in Congress want to follow in Communist Chin's footsteps and punish people for desecrating a flag? Congress is supposed to protect free speech and expression as is written in our Constitution. Once someone buys a flag it becomes their personal property. Does the federal government have jurisdiction over someone's personal property? One of the things our flag stands for is freedom. Isn't it ironic that Congress wants to encroach upon our rights in the name of our flag? They say an apple doesn't fall very far from the tree. America is but an apple from the Old Country.
The first organizational meeting of the 2000 presidential campaign committee of Michigan is finally scheduled! (My apologies to all who have been waiting for me to get this off the ground) When: Wednesday, December 8, 1999, 6:30pm Where: My house. 19514 West Nine Mile Road, Southfield MI (between Southfield and Evergreen Roads. Call or e-mail me if you need better directions.) This will be an organizational meeting, wherein we will develop our plans, strategy, and committee chair assignments. If you want to be a "key player" on this committee, please plan on attending. If you are simply interested in being a volunteer, it's not necessary, (although you are welcome) You will be contacted later with notices of the activities that will be decided at this meeting. If you want to be a "key player" or a coordinator for your area, but are unable to attend, please call me or send me a E-mail response (bgoush@aol.com). Looking forward to seeing you all on December 8th! Barbara Goushaw (248) 355-5058
Election day 2000 is now less than one year away. If you are planning to run for an office as a Libertarian candidates, now is the time to let all of us know of your plans! The easiest way to do this is to have your campaign for our nomination listed on the LPM's website. You can see the current listing at www.mi.lp.org/lpmcamp/ To have your campaign listed on our site, just e-mail your name and contact information to Mark Heil at markfheil@worldnet.att.net. Please include whatever information you'd like to have listed such as your address, phone and/or pager numbers and e-mail address.
WASHINGTON (AP) - A new film on the 1993 Waco siege suggests federal agents used an explosive charge to blast into the steel-reinforced concrete bunker where Branch Davidian women and children died. As evidence, the makers of ``Waco: A New Revelation'' present video footage shot after the violent end of the siege showing a gaping hole in the bunker's roof. The steel rods used to reinforce the concrete were bent inward - apparently, the film's analysts say, by a blast that would have been devastating to people inside. The movie also contends that cult members were pinned down by automatic gunfire as the compound was consumed by flames, cutting off their only route to safety. The film, produced by Colorado-based MGA Entertainment, was previewed Wednesday for reporters and others. The FBI said, as it has for six years, that agents fired no shots. ``We are aware of no incidents where gunfire emanated from any law enforcement source,'' bureau spokesman Bill Carter said. ``Our position has not changed.'' Carter said he was unfamiliar with the allegation that a ``shape charge'' explosive device was detonated on the roof of the concrete bunker. He also declined comment about the documentary. Fresh controversy over Waco began earlier this year after the documentary's main researcher, Michael McNulty, discovered a potentially incendiary tear gas canister amid the thousands of pounds of evidence held in storage lockers. That discovery led FBI and Justice Department officials to recant their longstanding contention that only non-incendiary tear gas was used. The government says its agents played no role in the fire or Davidians' death. Cult leader David Koresh and some 80 followers perished during the blaze, some from the flames, others from gunshot wounds. The documentary, which includes interviews with former FBI, CIA and military personnel as well as surviving Branch Davidians, also asserts: - Because of bugging devices in the compound, the FBI was aware of the Davidians' talk of setting the place aflame. Bureau officials have long denied that they had advance knowledge of the cult members' intent, saying the transmissions were too garbled to understand. - Federal agents fired from a helicopter at a Branch Davidian who ventured outside the compound three hours before the blaze began, according to a videotape analyzed by Edward Allard, a former Army night vision lab supervisor hired as an expert in the Davidian survivors' wrongful-death lawsuit against the government. ``In our opinion, it's clearly machine gun fire from the helicopter,'' Allard says on the film. - Infrared surveillance videotape shot by an FBI plane shows two people rolling out from under a tank and firing dozens of rounds from a machine gun at the compound, Allard says. ``I stopped counting after 62 individual shots,'' he says. Rep. Clifford Stearns, R-Fla., who attended one of two film screenings Wednesday, said the documentary should be seen by members of Congress and the public alike. As to those who might dismiss the film as biased, Stearns said: ``I don't visualize it as propaganda. I visualize it as an attempt to bring questions to the American people.'' The documentary is narrated by Frederic Whitehurst, a former FBI scientist whose complaints about shoddy practices in the bureau's crime lab led to a scathing inspector general review.
The Libertarian Party of Michigan ran more candidates for public office last week than we have ever run before, in an "off" election year. Thank you to the following candidates, who put a face on the Libertarian Party and worked so hard to bring our message to the electorate, and who literally put their names on the line for liberty:
The Ann Arbor City Ward Slate:
Ward 1
John Hieftje (D) 1090
Charles Goodman (L) 140
Ward 2
Dee Freiberg (R) 1295
Parma Yarkin (D) 830
Kurt Verhoff (L) 49
Ward 3
Tim Ralston (R) 284 (NB: Ralston dropped out of race
after ballots were printed)
Heidi Cowing Herrell (D-incumbent) 1451
Gabriel M. Quinnan (L) 125
Ward 4
Marcia Higgins (R) 1094
Lawrence Kestenbaum (D) 1015
Stephen James Saletta (L) 47
Ward 5
Michael Maylen (R) 602
Christopher Kolb (D - incumbent) 2186
Garry Conrad Kaluzny (L) 51
Bill Krebaum (Reform) 45
Livonia City Council:
Al Jalynski - L - 2078
Maureen Brosnan (I) 9558
Michael Driscoll 2466
William Fried 5923
Joe Laura (I) 7906
David O'Neil 2240
John Pastor (I) 7237
Val Vandersloot (I) 9387
Roseville City Council:
Rosemary Racchi - L - 1,887 votes - 19%
John Chirkun (I) 2607
Harold Haugh (I) 2616
Richard Steenland (I) 2793
East Detroit Board of Education:
Diane Barnes - L - 2097
Corrinne Harper (I) 2293
Bettie Huebner (I) 1958
Paul Seibert 2261
Thomas Gancos 1591
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