This is getting interesting. Neocons infiltrating the party? Who are these unnamed 'NeoCons'?
I know in California, the people speaking of purges and kicking people out of the LP are the folks that are supposedly 'pro-peace'. Sounds like the pot calling a shiny kettle black. All of the 'pro-defense' Libertarians I know have completely embraced the idea of a 'loyal opposition'. It's just been a vocal minority of the 'pro-peace' folks who have been trying to force an end to the discussion, and to purge the party of anyone that doesn't walk lock-step with them on this issue. They have been largely unsuccessful. An unfortunate exception would be the loss of Wayne Lusvardi, well known Southern California writer. Wayne is an expert on Eminent Domanain and other legal/political issues. He has a wonderful educational, professional and governmental background. Wayne recently resigned as a Los Angeles LP Treasurer and area Executive Committee Member out of frustration. Why would someone who is experienced in the world of government and (real world) politics resign from a position he valued, enjoyed and excelled in? Because he finally had enough of the vitriol, dishonesty and bad behavior of the vocal 'pro-peace' movement in California. He has given up on the Libertarian Party as a force for change. Another person who has recently resigned is Mister Mark Whitney. Mark is the owner of WWW.TheLaw.Net , a powerful legal research company. Mark had financial, legal and research resources not often seen in the LPCA, and never before seen in one individual. Mister Whitney was an elected member of the California Board of Directors, and Chaired several important Committees. He too resigned due to the lack of professionalism and courtesey endemic in the LP. Mark also resigned because these same people had no concept of progress or winning, just of having an exclusionary debate club. Can we afford to have this continued brain drain? Ron Paul, Dana Rohrbacher and Chris Cox are all refugees from our failures and bad manners as well. Would that we could call Party Members one name: Libertarians. I am not a Neocon, I am a Libertarian! I am not a right-Libertarian, or any other brand. I am a Libertarian, pure and simple. That's what I am, and that's what I want. I have never been registered to any other Party. (I first registered Libertarian when I was 18.) This is not a social/debate club, it's a Political Party with a goal of bringing greater levels of personal and political freedom to America. If we succeed, we'll have a wonderful byproduct - greater prosperity and fulfillment. And then, more countries will follow our model, as we've already seen in Chile, Poland, Costa Rica, Russia and Estonia. We can win this effort, but only by working as a team. This is the most important reform of all. Bruce Cohen Libertarian Candidate for US Congress Special Election October 2005 866 OC Bruce WWW.GetBruce.Com --- Wendy Terry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I agree with Jose about neoconservatives being in > the party already. There are two in particular that > are attacking long-time activists and speaking of > things such as "purging" the party of "undesirables" > and "neutralizing" activities. > > It is hard for me to believe that the main neocons > are worried about growth in the LP, but it is hard > to ignore when some of the hardest workers are being > attacked. > > > Wendy D. Terry > Vice Chair, Jackson County, MO > > http://www.jackson.molp.org > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com Bruce Cohen 949 813-8001 WWW.GetBruce.Com All California Brokerage Real Estate __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back! http://us.click.yahoo.com/VpgUKB/pzNLAA/cUmLAA/JdSolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/libertarianpartyreformcaucus/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
