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FROM THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY:
Government beefs up as economy flattens out

Government jobs increase by biggest rate in six years as economy struggles to grow

WASHINGTON, D.C. - As the economy struggles to grow, the Bureau of Labor Statistics is reporting that local, state and federal governments have added a combined 76,800 jobs in the first quarter of 2008, with nearly 18 percent of those jobs at the federal level. In response to the numbers, the Libertarian Party issued this response by National Media Coordinator Andrew Davis:

"While the private sector sheds jobs and the economy fails to grow by even one percentage point in the first quarter, government at all levels is growing at an alarming pace. Government expansion is bad for the economy, and even worse for liberty. In the end, taxpayers are left with less rights and a bigger tab to pay. The economic stimulus package Americans should be asking for is a new government come November that is willing to cut taxes and reduce spending."

The Libertarian Party is America's third largest political party, founded in 1971 as an alternative to the two main political parties. You can find more information on the Libertarian Party by visiting www.LP.org. The Libertarian Party proudly stands for smaller government, lower taxes and more freedom.

REFERENCIA:

BBC News: “Zimbabwe Police Accuse Opposition”

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BBC News: "Zimbabwe Police Accuse Opposition"

El Candidato del Partido Libertario para Presidente de los Estados Unidos de Norteamerica, George Phillies escribio acerca de la falta de respeto que existe en nuestra sociedad incluyendo los politicos y sus militantes. Recibi la inspiracion para escribir este articulo despues de leer el articulo de George Phillies y regressed de un restaurante. En este restaurante donde hay latinos, una anglo sajona de Iowa con una camiseta “Democrata de Iowa” pidio una tasa de café. Un minuto despues, perdio la tabla y insulto a la comunidad latina. Cuando respondi a esa racista que hay ciudadanos estadounidenses nacidos y criados en los EEUU en el restaurante, me acuso de ser Republicano. Termine la conversacion con la chica de Iowa declared con orgullo: “Soy Libertario”. La chica racista democrata de Iowa se fue del restaurante quejandose de una invasion latina de EEUU y de los Libertarios siendo una amenaza para los EEUU. En realidad, los Libertarios quieren refundar a los EEUU hacia una nacion de la responsabilidad personal y tolerancia mientras los Republicanos y Democratas destruyen a los Estados Unidos de Norteamerica con su odio, intolerancia, y racismo.

Se nos acerca la Convencion Nacional del Partido Libertario en Mayo 2008 y tenemos el deber de escogere nuestro candidato para enfrentar a los leones de los Republicanos y Democratas. Nosotros los Libertarios debemos superar a los obstaculos fisicos y sicologicos. Debemos romper la cadena del miedo y identificarnos como Libertarios. Debemos votar por el major candidato del Partido Libertario aunque prefiero George Phillies. Despues de la Convencion, debemos hacer la campa~na para el Partido Libertario y su candidato presidencial. Hoy mas que nunca, tenemos el deber de promover nuestro partido y su politica de tolerancia, paz, amor, pero con el derecho de defendernos y ser responsable por nuestra accion. Los Republicanos y Democratas en su mayoria quieren culpar a los latinos y otras minorias por los problemas enfrentando a los EEUU. El resultado es que los Republicanos y Democratas estan acabando con los EEUU con su intransigencia, intolerancia, conceptos del Siglo XIX y XX.

No podemos desperdiciar el tiempo, reto a todos los Libertarios lo sanguine. Debes gritar “Soy Libertario y con Orgullo” por los cuatro vientos. Debes votar por El Partido Libertario en Noviembre 2008 y debes escribir el nombre del candidato Libertario para Presidente de los EEUU y/o puesto politico si no aparece en el boleto. Las cosas si siguen igual conducira a los EEUU convertiendose en una replica del Imperio Romano y/o Yugoslavia. Un Voto Para El Partido Libertario es un voto para America.

George Phillies who is the Libertarian Party Candidate for President of the United States of America wrote about “Debate and Civility” in his latest press release. I have read the Press Release and decided to write my response to his Press Release. Another reason why I am writing this response is because of the deteriorating civility in the United States of America including interpersonal relations. On the morning of the 30th of April 2008, I saw a tourist from Iowa in one of my favourite restaurants. The tourist from Iowa had a T-Shirt that said “Iowa Democrat” and she was inpatient for her coffee. Finally, she told the people in the restaurant to “keep your coffee” and started muttering about a Latin Invasion. I was picking up my breakfast and told her that there were many US Citizens by birth in Miami Florida. Her response was to accuse me of being Republican. When I told her that I am a Libertarian, she left the restaurant using every expletive in the English Language. We see the Republicans and Democrats polarizing the United States of America and showing off their intolerance and bigotry. This incident has reinforced my loyalty to the Libertarian Party.

We are now approaching the Libertarian Party National Convention at the end of May 2008 and we will be nominating our candidate. We have to be very careful whom we nominate since our nominee will be competing against the Republicans and Democrats who have all of the support of the mainstream media and possess an intolerance that has permeated our society. We have to be careful to not attack each other so as to give Republicans and Democrats an excuse to continue with the status quo and politics as usual. This cannot occur since the United States of America is slowly dying and the people who are killing our country are not “the foreigners”, it is the same “American Citizens” with their bigotry, intolerance towards people who “do not look or behave” like them. The so called “American Citizens” who are killing off the United States of America are doing it via the interference of the state in the life of the United States of America.

Lakota has been reborn as a free and sovereign nation! This rebirth is the realization of an ongoing process lasting no less than 33 years and guided by the Great Mystery, the Ancestors, and traditional Elders.

1974: The first International Indian Treaty Council brings together more than 5000 delegates representing 98 Indian tribes and Nations from North and South America. The Declaration of Continuing Independence, a manifesto representing the wisdom of thousands of people, their Ancestors, and the Great Mystery supports the rights of Indigenous Nations to live free and to take whatever actions necessary for sovereignty.

2004: Lakota representatives renew communication with the traditional chiefs and treaty councils in the following communities: Pine Ridge, Porcupine, Kyle, Rosebud, Lower Brule, Cheyenne River, Standing Rock, and Flandreau. Additional consultation with the Treaty Council occurred during a Defenders of Black Hills meeting in Rapid City.

December 17, 2007: Lakota Freedom Delegation delivers letter to U.S. State Department in Washington D.C. withdrawing from all treaties with the United States government. Delegation consists of Mni yuha Najin Win (Phyllis Young), Teghiya Kte (Gary Rowland), Oyate Wacinyapin (Russell Means), Canupa Gluha Mani (Duane Martin Sr.), Delegation Liaison Naomi Archer (Iladurarrak Nation), and several other members.

December 17, 2007: Freedom Delegation holds international press conference at Plymouth congregational church in Washington D.c. News becomes world-wide sensation. Website receives over half-a-million hits from more than 100 different nations in one week!

December 30, 2007: Lakota Freedom Delegation website and contact info taken by one delegation member without consent of all other delegates. So-called "Republic of Lakotah" and "provisional government" is announced despite the fact "republic" is not a Lakota word and Lakota already has a traditional form of government still in existence.

January 1, 2008: Lakota Oyate emerges from the Lakota Freedom Delegation to ensure the voice of the people - Elders and children - is respected and heard. Contact information continues from Freedom Delegation with email to lakotafree [at] gmail.com and liaison/media phone to (828) 230-1404.

January 1, 2008: Lakota Oyate launches website at www.lakotaoyate.net to provide an online forum for the Lakota oyate who use the computer to voice their feelings and ideas about their lives. [website under development]

January 5, 2008: Meeting and honor ceremony for the Lakota Freedom Delegation held in St. Francis on Rosebud.

January 7, 2008: Lakota Oyate and the Lakota Freedom movement comes under attack from (Lakota) individuals who send out false and slanderous emails, as well as threats from the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA). Gary Garrison of the BIA stated the group's withdrawal "doesn't mean anything" and threatened, "when they begin the process of violating other people's rights, breaking the law, they're going to end up like all the other groups that have declared themselves independent - usually getting arrested and being put in jail."

January 18, 2008: Lakota Oyate calls for ending of COINTELPRO type personal attacks and false statements, and for the voices of the Elders and children to be heard in the emergence of a free and independent Lakota Nation.

http://www.lakotaoyate.net/history.html

Lakota Oyate represents the traditional voice of the free Lakota oyate (people) from what was known as the Sioux Indian reservations of Nebraska, North Dakota,South Dakota and Montana.

In our freedom, we reject the colonial apartheid system that has caused genocide to our people, and to all Indigenous peoples.

Lakota Oyate emerges from the work of the Lakota Freedom Delegation. Now that we have returned from Washington D.C., we work to ensure the voice of the oyate - the Elders, children and all people - are respected and heard in the rebirth of a Lakota Nation rooted in the power of wowasakeikcupi, or taking back the way.

We do not represent those BIA or IRA governments beholden to the colonial system, but we encourage all people to reclaim their freedom.

We do not support the continuing imposition of the "Republic of Lakotah" or its so-called "provisional government" which does not represent the will of the people, the traditional matrilineal Lakota society structure, nor the spirit of the Animal Nations which survive within the Elders and children.

We do call for communication and healing so that all aspects of the Lakota Freedom movement can work together under the guidance of the Elders and children.

http://www.lakotaoyate.net/about.html

Debate and Civility

Worcester, Mass, April 29: Libertarian Presidential Candidate George Phillies issued a statement today regarding civility in debate in the Presidential race, taking candidates to task for mudslinging while encouraging his fellow Libertarian candidates not to shy away from asking and answering hard questions.

"Each Party's Presidential campaign has given us spectacular exchanges: Giuliani vs Paul in their first debate. Clinton vs Obama, debate after debate after debate. The Libertarian spat between Ruwart and Root," said Phillies. "When exchanges degenerate to the level of a Jerry Springer episode, the issues are lost in the shouting.

"On one hand, many Americans wish that candidates would always be nice to each other. They're right. It's bad for America when arguments about flag pins drown out questions on the Federal debt and the trade deficit.

"On the other hand, and I say this to my fellow candidates of all parties, if you can't face down critics in your own party, how will you face down your real opponents this Fall? To their credit, Senators Clinton, McCain, and Obama took the worst their fellow Democrats and Republicans threw at them. It was trial by fire, and they emerged as better candidates and better people. At the very least, they demonstrated their ability to hold their ground and defend their viewpoints.

"Libertarians should take that lesson to heart. The Libertarian Party is a political party, not an academic pontificating society. Americans expect candidates to differ with their opponents when there are differences, not to pretend those differences aren't there. They want to see and explore those differences, and we need to let them.

"At the same time, debate can get carried away. Attacks that should be leveled at issues are instead leveled at candidates themselves. The objective, after all, is to move toward victory in November. Libertarians expect that Libertarian candidates will campaign for fellow Libertarians, not for our Democratic opponents. Libertarians expect that Libertarian candidates will take libertarian stands, not embrace positions of the remote religious right. Libertarians expect that Libertarian candidates will self-identify as Libertarian, not as Republican. Readers in other parties justly have exactly the same expectations about their own candidates."

To support the George Phillies campaign, please visit http://ChooseGeorge.org/donation today.

To arrange an interview or obtain a short quote from the candidate, contact:
Carolyn Marbry, Press

Director pressdirector@phillies2008.org
(510) 276-3216

Not even animals have escaped the cruelty of the Zimbabwe Conflict. PETA and other Animal Rights Groups have condemned the cruelty to animals at Friedwall Farm after employees of Edwin Mashiringwani [Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe] took over the farm from its white owners. The employees of the Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe have refused to feed 4,000 pigs, 15,000 crocodiles, and a number of cows. The Vice President of the CFU [Commercial Farmers Union] Deon Theron was evicted from his farm while the President of the CFU Trevor Gifford barricaded himself in his house and is trying to avoid eviction.

In Tshovani Township near Chiredzi, the people were shouting: "Mugabe Must Go". The agony continues.

REFERENCE:

BBC News: "Zimbabwe Opposition Makes UN Plea"

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7374014.

There were reports of two bodies of MDC Supporters found after being abducted in Masvingo while an anonymous contributor from the BBC in the town of Mutare reported that MDC Supporters are assaulting ZANU-PF [Mugabe] Supporters by burning one of their bases in Odzi [a suburb of Mutare].

In other developments:

1. The UN Security Council is due to receive a report on the deteriorating situation in Zimbabwe.

2. European Union Foreign Ministers are calling for a total ban on arms to Zimbabwe [despite the fact that it was reported in Zimbabwe Situation that Malawi wants to ship arms to Zimbabwe].

3. According to reports from a teachers union, there are teachers who are running away from rural areas after being accused of being MDC Sympathizers.

4. The Zimbabwean Ambassador to the UN is repeating the proposal by the Herald [Mugabe] of a National Unity Government.

5. ZBC [Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation] reported that the Presidential Results may be released on the 1st of May 2008. The 1st of May 2008 was the date [according to the Zimbabwe Situation] that a massacre would be started.

6. George Charamba [the Mugabe Envoy who according to the Zimbabwe Situation was going to reeducate people how to vote] said that "force would be used to prevent anarchy".

7. ZANU-PF Militants attacked Catherine Mukwenje and gouged one of her eyes before killing her. [She was one of the MDC Supporters who was abducted and killed]

8. Zvidsai Mapurisa [the other MDC Supporter abducted and killed] was tortured by ZANU-PF Militants before being killed.

9. The same anonymous BBC Contributor reported on violent battles in the Sakubva District of Mutare.

It is hoped that this story receives maximum publicity before it is too late.

REFERENCE:

BBC News: "Police Free Zimbabwean Activists"

On the month of July 2008, the English Football [Soccer] team Chelsea will visit Malaysia. For some people, there would be a wish of good luck for Chelsea especially since they received permission from the authorities to visit Malaysia. The only problem is that Avram Grant [who is the coach of Chelsea] and Tal Ben Haim [a midfielder for Chelsea] are citizens of Israel. Israel and Malaysia do not have diplomatic relations and Malaysian citizens cannot travel to Israel. The Malay Muslim Majority are in favour of the Palestinians with twenty one Islamic Groups uniting to call for a boycott of the Chelsea Exhibition Games. There are plans for a demonstration when Chelsea plays in Malaysia on the twenty ninth of July 2008.

Personally, the Arab Israeli Conflict is none of my business. I would prefer to concentrate on the sport portion of the Chelsea visit and to say that Sports [as well as Music and Religion] should be separated from Politics. If people want to see Chelsea play in Malaysia, they should be allowed to see Chelsea. No boycott of a sports events have ever hurt or benefitted the people for which it was intended. The losers of a political boycott of any sports events whether it be a big or small event would be the football [soccer] players and the spectators. What does it take to convince people not to use sports as a vehicle for politics or to promote political agendas? If a person loves football [soccer] and wants to watch a game or participate in it should be allowed to do so. What about the people who are paid to play football [soccer] so that they could have food and a roof over their familie's head? Do they count for anything? It appears that they do not.

It would also be terrible if Chelsea were to succumb to pressure and cancel their visit to Malaysia just simply because of threats of boycott and other threats by people who use football [soccer] as a political agenda. It is hoped that a resolution could be found as early as possible to this dilmemna that Chelsea has to face when it goes to Asia. Manchester United had problems when it played in Malaysia and they solved it without having to cancel their trip.

REFERENCE:
BBC Sports: "Chelsea Visit Sparks Malaysia Row"
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7369972.st m

Socca Critics: "Malaysia: Yes To United". May 12, 2007
http://www.soccacritics.com/2007/05/12/malaysia-ye s-to-united/

Socca Critics: "Manchester United Non Grata". May 9, 2007
http://www.soccacritics.com/2007/05/09/manchester- united-non-grata/

There have been many factors such as the crisis in Citigroup, J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley, and Merrill Lynch with their financial problems, dubious lending practices, and renegotiating loans under dubious conditions. Even with the government regulating the commerce, the situation was going to go from bad to worse.

The Government under the Republicans and Democrats with their desire for power for everything have also prepared the stage for a Stock Crash in 2008. The Government has interfered in the lives of people with the Patriot Act and the Immigration Laws. The Republicans and Democrats have also interfered with economic transactions with their laws of Homeland Security and forcing people [including United States Nationals] to show their passports at border crossings. Many people who have the means to do so are leaving the USA and taking their money with them.

The Republicans and Democrats have also bankrupted the United States with a War In Iraq and a War Against Terrorism while victims of Katrina have lost their homes and properties.

The solutions are many but there has to be a start:

1. The Green Party of the United States [as well as Congressman Wexler, and Gutierrez] have initiated procedures of impeachment against Bush and Cheney. It is hoped that Bush and Cheney as well as the rest of the Republicans and Democrats are removed peacefully from power via impeachment before the 2008 Elections. The replacement should be a Government of National Concentration which would be in power and oversee the 2008 Elections.

2. The Electoral College, Primaries, and Caucuses should be abolished in favour of direct elections in which Libertarians, Greens and other peace loving parties are campaigning [instead of the Republicans, Democrats, Communists, and Nazis who should be forced to do the work of undocumented workers or as some people in America say: "illegal aliens"].

3. A Libertarian Government which stresses individuality, term limits, responsibility, transparency.

4. Privatisation of ALL Government Enterprises including Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid. Whatever money collected for these programmes can be returned to those who paid originally so they could invest it in what is convenient. Get Government off the backs of people and companies.

5. Abolition of the Federal Reserve Board in favour of regional banks and a Gold/Silver Standard.

6. Arrest those responsible for the Economic Mess and if found guilty, punish them by making them do the work of undocumented workers.

Another reason for the need of credentials for Bloggers and Citizen Journalists to report on the activities of Congress lies in the fact that the United States of America was founded on the basis of a free press. A free press is based on the number of newspapers, radio, and television stations as well as blogs and webpages covering a certain topic. In addition to Freedom of the Press, the right of the people to be informed about the activities of Congress and other spheres of government is more the reason for bloggers and citizen journalists to receive credentials and be on an equal standing with those of the mainstream media with their multimillion dollar empire covering the activities of Congress such as the discussion of a law on immigration, the budget, health care, and even the fact that an Act of Congress will mandate the replacement of analogue transmission with digital transmissions.

It is for this reason and much more that we should have equal opportunities for bloggers and citizen journalists. For those who want to say that actually bloggers and citizen journalists are just cluttering space, my response [as a blogger and a citizen journalist] is that free press and free speech means facing the competition. This is something that the mainstream media did not face until the advent of the digital age.

We do not have to go far when we talk about how governmental secrecy harms the people. In 1994, the people of Rwanda [with the exception of certain members of the governing elite] were kept in the dark about a shipment of machetes and guns. What was the end result? A genocide that surprised the world and the people of Rwanda who were unable to defend themselves against those who knew ahead of time [with the blessing of certain elements of the governing elite and their supporters in France and Belgium] about the one hundred days of genocide which was planned in advance and took place after the death of the Presidents of Rwanda and Burundi in 1994. This is a cardinal reason why governmental secrecy has not made the governed feel safer.

There have been other examples of how governmental secrecy has made us vulnerable because of lack of information and lies. One of the examples is where the tax money of New Yorkers went during the Spitzer Era. Who cannot remember that Eliot Spitzer was forced to resign as Governor of New York after utilizing the services of a prostitute? Eliot Spitzer was supposed to be Mr. Clean but he ran up an extremely high bill for the use of the services of a prostitute. Where did the money come from? Did the money come from the New Yorkers who have to pay exhorbitant taxes to the State of New York? It is hoped that Spitzer did not use Public Money for his date with the prostitute. The best government is one that does not keep secrets but tells us the truth and is transparent.

http://www.zimbabwesituation.com/apr29a_2008.html

Despues de leer las noticias en la BBC acerca de la despedida de Sven Goren Eriksson como tecnico de Manchester City, senti como un volcan listo para explotar. La razon fue el comentario del jefe de Manchester City Thaksin Shinawatra declarando a Eriksson como incompetente en el futbol.

Jesus Cristo reto a los que no tenian pecado que tira la primera piedra. Sven Goren Eriksson aunque es natural de Suecia logro organizer el equipo de Inglaterra y despues a Manchester City. Incluso, el contrato entre Thaksin y Eriksson declaraba que Manchester City debe estar entre los primero diez en las clasificaciones de la Liga Inglesa y el equipo esta en noveno lugar. Tampoco Thaksin Shinawatra no puede juzgar un tecnico si lo vio solamente en la primera mitad de la temporada de la Liga Inglesa. Sven Goren Eriksson queria firmar mas jugadores pero tenia que esperar para la aprobacion de Thaksin Shinawatra que nunca llego. Ademas, Sven Goren Eriksson es un individuo decente y con Buenos modales [algo que casi existe en el mundo de los deportes incluyendo el futbol].

Thaksin Shinawatra es la version tailandesa de Fidel Castro, Bush, y Hugo Chavez cuyo lema es lo mismo como los anuncios del negocio difunto de muebles Maria’s Furniture: “Lo Que Cuenta Es La Plata”. Incluso me imagino que la cancion preferida de Thaksin Shinawatra es lo que fue interpretado por Don Francisco en el programa Sabado Gigante: “Donde Esta El Billete? Donde Esta La Plata?” Thaksin Shinawatra en su periodo como Primer Ministro de Tailandia logro antagonizar a Malasia y Indonesia con calumnia de una invasion por esos paises. Thaksin Shinawatra en su epoca como Primer Ministro de Tailandia y dirigente del Partido Tailandes Ama a Los Tailandes uso dinero publico para enriquecerse, plagio el discuro populista de otro politico, y logro antagonizar a sus compatriotas porque segun sus compatriotas: “Thaksin Shinawatra pudo haber nacido en Tailandia pero su alma y sentimiento no es de Tailandia sino la plata.” Aunque el tuvo buenas intenciones para ayudar a los pobres, los fondos para ayudar a los pobres terminaron en sus bolsillos. Al final, los militares lo derrocaron en un golpe de estado y bisco asilo en Inglaterra. En Inglaterra [con el dinero dudoso], compro el equipo de Manchester City y contrato a Sven Goren Eriksson con las condiciones discutidos en el principio de este articulo.