Harry Browne was a great candidate. And he had a very nicely built and maintained web site.

However, he had no revolution. Who knew Ron Paul would start a revolution.

Nonetheless, even the success of Ron Paul’s campaign didn’t get him elected.

To be electable, libertarians are going to have to moderate some.

I left the party in 2002 because I hated who I had become. I had a one-track minarchist mind. I couldn’t see anyone else’s opinion. Since I left the party and stayed away from politics, I’ve grown to support Social Security, nationalized health insurance, and spending to help us on the hydrogen highway with the hydrogen internal combustion engine.

I have no desire to get rid of the U.S. Post Office. But I do still see a need to get rid of the U.S. Dept. of Education and either scale back or get rid of other organizations. I think too the DoD could serve for homeland security.

“Shooting” someone, more commonly refered to as voting, is objectively immoral. Whenever you “shoot” for someone or for some subject, there always remains the possibility that you will accidently “shoot” someone who wasn’t even “shooting” for anyone or subject.

I understand those who do “shoot” do so in self-defense, and that is objectively moral. If however in defending one’s self, you harm another who is not “shooting” for someone or subject, you have commited the objectively immoral act of initating force, thereby nullifing your ’self-defense’ action.

Those, like myself, who choose not to “shoot” for people or subjects, do so because it is objectively immoral to “shoot” against people who are not “shooting”.

“Shooting event”, or elections, apply only to those who consent, and not to those who do not consent. This is what was meant when it was said ‘governments derive their just power only by the consent of the governed’. If you “shoot” then you agree to the out come of the “shooting event”, and if you do not “shoot” you are not consenting to the outcome of the “shooting event”.

Often it is said that we are ignoring ‘government’ things when we choose not to “shoot”. I ask you to look at it from another view. Can the “shooting event” exist if there are no “shooters”? Some might answer yes, and to them I ask, if there is no structural support, does a house stand? The answer is no. Logically, then if there are no “shooters” then there is no “shooting event”.

What you have after there are no “shooters” are individuals who are no longer pretending to represent anyone but themselves, which let us face it is what they are doing now.

I choose not to debate my belief systems, and instead try to educate the masses. If you believe “Shooting” is okay, great. I only hope that you will listen, really listen, rather then hearing, and let logic guide you.

It is true, stopping “shooting” today won’t stop things today, even Rome wasn’t built in a day, won’t you feel just a bit better knowing you are no longer acting objectively immoral, and acting more objectively moral?

Just because certain businessmen obey their masters, does not make me unfree.

I may not be totally free yet, but we are getting closer all the time.

I do not want to war against a government. You should know as a libertarian what happens when you have a war on something…

How are you living free when the dollars you use to buy food are worth less and less every day because of the government’s war funded with borrowed funny money?

And how will you be free if the federal government erodes personal freedom even further, and locks you up “claiming” illegal wire tape evidence?

How are you free when your corn flakes are overpriced because of subsidized ethanol production, while you can’t put cheap Brazilian ethanol in your tank because of federal import tariffs?

I’m not saying stop what you’re doing for your self, your town, and your state - it’s great. Hell, Obama got to where he is almost exclusively through local action - it’s very powerful.

But it is united action - local action for a common cause. The federal government won’t go away if you ignore it - it will only grow. And even Reps/Dems have trouble getting their way against the other - and they are large organized groups.

All I’m saying is this - you have a large audience with your show, and can influence many people. Encourage your specific flavor of liberty, but don’t hurt other flavors of liberty. Look, if an LP candidate became president, the things you are after in Keene would get much closer to reality than if a republican or a democrat were president - even if that LP president only agreed with you on 90% of the issues.

So yes - liberty through localism - and liberty through the LP - and liberty through ANYTHING that is better than where we are today - because the war against the federal government won’t be won all at once - or through ignoring it - but only by winning every battle we can.