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In this issue:
1. PAUL JACOB: Policing the Prosecutors
2. BOOK REVIEW: Anthony Gregory: "The 'Great Leaders' Were Mass Murderers"
3. VIRGINIA NEWS: 2012 Ballot Access Fund Open for Business
4. VIRGINIA NEWS: Free Campaign Support from
Fellow Libertarian Shane Cory in Fredericksburg!
5. Political Training: Future Candidate School
w/ The Leadership Institute
6. NATIONAL NEWS: Don't Forget Bradley Manning!
7. Check Your City's Radiation Level
8. NATIONAL NEWS: LP Issue Bumper Stickers
9. VIRGINIA EVENTS
10. Libertarian Radio in Virginia
NOW IS THE TIME TO THINK ABOUT BEING A CANDIDATE NEXT YEAR (2012)! To get
started, visit http://Campaign.LPVA.com and let us know! And don't forget, I'm
still looking for the right local campaign to drop a few nickels on:
http://freevirginia.blogspot.com/2010/08/1000-challenge.html
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1. PAUL JACOB: Policing the Prosecutors
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From Paul; Jacob
Those who prosecute our laws have a solemn responsibility to seek justice, not
simply victories in court. Their duties include not prosecuting the innocent
and allowing defendants to examine all evidence.
Yet, in their zeal to look good with superiors or to have better material for
their political re-election ads prosecutors too often forget about the
justice part.
Thats why media watchdogs like blogger Radley Balko are so important.
Longtime Common Sense readers may remember Balko for helping free
<http://thisiscommonsense.com/2007/05/31/the-continuing-story-of-cory/>Corey
Maye from Mississippis death row.
Now Balko brings us the 2011 Worst Prosecutor of the Year Award. Folks like us
get to decide the winner from the ten prosecutors hes nominated. (Mark your
ballot
<http://thisiscommonsense.com/2007/05/31/the-continuing-story-of-cory/>here.)
You could vote for District Attorney Tracey Cline. She replaced disgraced
prosecutor Mike Nifong, who tried to frame the Duke Lacrosse team, and shes
following in his footsteps.
Or consider Grant County, Wisconsin, District Attorney Lisa Riniker. She
charged a 6-year-old boy with first-degree sexual assault for playing doctor
with a neighbor girl.
Theres Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams, who charged Mark Fiorino
with reckless endangerment and disorderly conduct for tape-recording police
threatening to kill him for openly and legally carrying a gun.
Im voting for my local prosecutor, States Attorney Paul Ebert of Prince
William County, Virginia. Its Eberts third nomination in a career of failing
to investigate official corruption . . . too busy hiding evidence from
defendants.
Mulling over the list of nominees, ones reminded that power must be checked.
This is Common Sense. Im Paul Jacob.
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2. BOOK REVIEW: Anthony Gregory: "The 'Great Leaders' Were Mass Murderers"
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><http://mises.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=bf16b152ccc444bdbbcc229e4&id=9f789a901d&e=8a1ef79084>The
> "Great Leaders" Were Mass Murderers
>by Anthony Gregory on November 23, 2011
>
>[<http://mises.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=bf16b152ccc444bdbbcc229e4&id=2a96d02782&e=8a1ef79084>Great
> Wars and Great Leaders: A Libertarian Rebuttal By Ralph
>Raico Auburn, Alabama: The Ludwig von Mises Institute, 2010
>246 pages. This review originally ran on
><http://mises.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=bf16b152ccc444bdbbcc229e4&id=69ef277c0a&e=8a1ef79084>LewRockwell.com.]
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>>The greatest leaders, according to conventional appraisals, are
>>usually those who draw the most blood. Most opinion makers distance
>>themselves from Hitler, Mao, Stalin, and their ilk, although even here
>>who can doubt they tower over modern history precisely because of
>>their bloodletting? But in the West and especially the United States,
>>historians, journalists, pundits, and especially politicians tend to
>>admire leaders in proportion to the powers they claimed and exercised,
>>which almost always corresponds with war making and killing.
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>>"One of the most pernicious legacies of Hitler, Stalin, and Mao,"
>>writes Ralph Raico, "is that any political leader responsible for less
>>than, say, three or four million deaths is let off the hook. This
>>hardly seems right, and it was not always so" (p. 163). This is an
>>astute observation, and it has relevance even in considering the
>>"civilized" leaders of the United States and its allies, to say
>>nothing of the second-tier communist butchers who continue to enjoy a
>>cult following.
Read the rest of Anthony's excellent review at
http://mises.org/resources/6046/Great-Wars-and-Great-Leaders-A-Libertarian-Rebuttal
And don't forget to order Raico's eye-opening book.
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3. VIRGINIA NEWS: 2012 Ballot Access Fund Open for Business
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The end of the 2011 elections marks the beginning of our push to get our
presidential candidate on the ballot in 2012. Please contribute early so we
can hit the ground running with both volunteer and paid petitioners.
http://Contribute.LPVA.com
I am pledging to collect 100 signatures as a volunteer by January 31, 2012. I
encourage all of you to pledge signatures also -- every volunteer signature we
collect saves us a buck or two in paid signatures. Click to pledge your
volunteer signatures:
<mailto:[email protected]?Subject=Petitioning_Pledge>
I know from past experience that most people who commit *early* to collecting
signatures actually do follow through. Besides, wouldn't it be nicer to have
the ballot drive wrapped up in February or March, rather than waiting until the
last available minute? With the ballot drive out of the way, we can start
bringing some of the candidates seeking our nomination through Virginia for
campaign tours -- which will begin bringing new Libertarians into the LP.
The petitioning window opens on January 1, 2012.
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4. VIRGINIA NEWS: Free Campaign Support from
Fellow Libertarian Shane Cory in Fredericksburg!
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Shane Cory, former LP national Director, recently invested in a photo/video
studio just outside of old town Fredericksburg. He is offering free access to
Libertarian Party candidates (or anyone doing LP business). Visit the studio
for headshots, videos, interviews, etc. -- no cost. Contact information:
Shane Cory <[email protected]>
Office: 540-368-1776
Gotta love that phone number...
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5. Political Training: Future Candidate School
w/ The Leadership Institute
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http://www.leadershipinstitute.org/Training/School.cfm?SchoolID=17291
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6. NATIONAL NEWS: Don't Forget Bradley Manning!
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Because Disclosing Crime... Is NOT a Crime!
http://www.bradleymanning.org
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7. Check Your City's Radiation Level
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Why check radiation levels? Because corporations regulated by government are
usually in bed with that government.
http://blog.alexanderhiggins.com/net2/Harrisonburg-VA-Real-Time-US-Radiation-Monitoring-Graph.aspx
http://blog.alexanderhiggins.com/net2/Richmond-VA-Real-Time-US-Radiation-Monitoring-Graph.aspx
http://blog.alexanderhiggins.com/net2/Virginia%20Beach-VA-Real-Time-US-Radiation-Monitoring-Graph.aspx
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8. NATIONAL NEWS: LP Issue Bumper Stickers
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9. VIRGINIA EVENTS
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To stay current on upcoming activities of Libertarians across the state, check
out the Calendar:
http://lpva.com/Calendar/events08.asp
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10. Libertarian Radio in Virginia
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