From: advo@self-gov.org (Advocates for SelfGovernment)
To: liberator@TheAdvocates.org
Subject: Liberator OnLine, Vol. 7, No. 20
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 16:22:26 -0700 (MST)



In This Issue:

Establishment shocked as libertarians almost wipe out state
income tax; Canada considers decriminalizing marijuana;
"Arming America" author resigns in disgrace; statism is
running out of steam, says leading libertarian; Mary Ruwart
answers three short questions on the thorny issue of racial
discrimination; Michael Cloud turns a pointless verbal
lynching into a alliance-building opportunity by asking "What
kind of conservative are you?"....

All this and *much much more* in the world's
largest-circulation libertarian email newsletter...

THE LIBERATOR ONLINE

November 13, 2002
Vol. 7, No. 20
Circulation: 54,904 in 104 countries

Published by the Advocates for Self-Government.
Created and edited by Paul Schmidt, mailto:paul@self-gov.org
Co-edited by James W. Harris, mailto:james@self-gov.org


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CONTENTS

PRESIDENT'S CORNER

* Statism is running out of intellectual steam

WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE ADVOCATES

* OPH in LP News
* Exciting Opportunities for Libertarians!

GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS, UNBELIEVABLE NEWS

* Shocker: Libertarians Almost Kill Massachusetts Income Tax
* "Arming America" Author Resigns in Disgrace
* Canada Considers Decriminalizing Marijuana
* Mind-Altering Drugs...

ASK DR. RUWART

* Three short questions -- and answers -- on racial
discrimination and libertarianism

PERSUASION POWER POINT #134

* What Kind of a Conservative Are You?
by Michael Cloud

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PRESIDENT'S CORNER

Dear friends,

In our "Good News, Bad News, Unbelievable News" section in
this issue, you can read about the discrediting of the
controversial book "Arming America: The Origins of a National
Gun Culture."

This is good news for freedom lovers, because that book had
been widely hailed by opponents of the right to keep and bear
arms as dramatic new support for their position.

But it is good news for another, larger reason. I was
impressed by the comments of Lew Rockwell, president of the
Ludwig von Mises Institute, on this affair.

Rockwell points out that "Arming America" had been received
with eagerness by leftwing statists precisely because it
seemed to be a breath of fresh air in what for decades has
been an intellectually stagnant movement.

As Rockwell put it:

"In a sea of mundane left-liberal books written by aging
academics who haven't made a new argument in thirty years, the
Bellesiles book stood out as unique.

"Michael Bellesiles was a young professor, not an aging
socialist. His research and research methods were original.
The scholarship was daring and enticing. Here in one package
was something new in the genre, at long last! The very
existence of the book seemed to indicate that left-liberalism
still had some scholarly life in it, that it could survive
another generation and perhaps even gain some intellectually
respectable converts!

"This aspect of the book, more than its thesis or argument,
had an immense impact. It lifted the spirits of a dying
generation of intellectuals. Perhaps their religion can last
after all! Perhaps it has a future! Maybe their lives haven't
been a total waste! It was these sentiments, which did so much
to lift this book to immense fame, that also caused a
generation of academics to fly into panic when its thesis came
into question."

Of course, with the book now discredited, those hopes have
been thoroughly deflated.

And, concludes Rockwell:

"People ask if there is any reason for libertarians to be
confident. If you understand the sociology of ideas, it is
easy to see that the statist project is running out of
intellectual steam. It survives mainly due to the momentum it
gathered during and after World War II. But it has no new
source of strength other than its domination of existing
structures of power, and without intellectual life and
vibrancy, it is profoundly vulnerable.

"Saying that statism has lost intellectual energy is not to
claim assurance of the final victory of its opposite, of
course. But we must not rule out the possibility. After all,
as [Ludwig von] Mises says, "The outstanding fact about
history is that it is a succession of events that nobody
anticipated before they occurred."

(You can read all of Rockwell's comments at:
http://www.lewrockwell.com/rockwell/bellesiles.html )

I take heart from this. I hope you do, too.

The ideas of statism and government control are the dead ideas
of the past. The ideas of liberty are the bright, shining,
vibrant new ideas that are winning converts daily around the
globe.

Yes, it seems painfully slow at times. And yes, our triumph is
far from certain.

But history is on our side. And that is yet one more reason
for hope -- and motivation to keep on with our efforts to
build an ever-stronger, ever-more-successful movement for
liberty.

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GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS, UNBELIEVABLE NEWS

by James W. Harris

Libertarians Almost Kill Massachusetts Income Tax

A bold libertarian ballot initiative to end the state income
tax in Massachusetts shocked the heck out of the Establishment
when it came within a few percentage points of winning. The
effort, created and led by Carla Howell and Michael Cloud,
received a whopping 45.4% of the vote.

Eliminating the state income tax would take an estimated $9
billion annually out of state coffers and force an immediate
39 percent slash in state spending. Backers said the savings
for taxpayers would create between 300,000 and 500,000 jobs,
enough to completely wipe out unemployment in the state.

Opponents -- including all mainstream politicians and every
media organization -- predictably predicted doom and disaster
if it passed.

As the Libertarian Party gubernatorial candidate, Carla Howell
made the initiative a centerpiece of her ''small government is
beautiful'' campaign. Liberator Online columnist and U.S.
Senate candidate Michael Cloud co-sponsored the effort with
Howell.

The high vote total far surpassed predictions by the last
pre-election campaign polls, which claimed support of 25% to
34%.

With 2,155 out of 2,157 precincts reporting, 881,738 people
voted "Yes" to end the state income tax. Further, a majority
of voters in nearly one-third of the state's 351 cities and
towns voted in favor of the initiative.

And even though it did not pass, experts say the strong
support for the measure will have immediate impact upon state
politicians

''It's certainly sobering for the Legislature that with a $2
billion estimated deficit, this puts even more pressure on
them to meet the deficit with budget cuts rather than a
combination of cuts and taxes,'' Tufts University political
scientist Jeffrey M. Berry told the Boston Globe. ''I would
guess it comes back on the ballot in a little bit.''

Under Massachusetts law, backers must wait six years before
launching another ballot initiative aimed at abolishing the
income tax. Howell and others, in the meantime, are weighing
whether to target the Massachusetts state sales tax for
elimination on the 2004 ballot -- which would cut $3.5
billion, about a third of the income tax's revenue.

Hopefully the surprise Massachusetts success will lead to
similar measures in other states in the future.

(Sources: www.EndTheIncomeTax.org ;

http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/310/metro/Repeal_barely_beaten_back+.shtml ;

http://www.dailynewstribune.com/news/local_regional/elec_taxes11072002.htm )

* * *

"Arming America" Author Resigns in Disgrace

In a major triumph for gun rights activists, as well as all
who believe that truth in historical research is important,
historian Michael Bellesiles -- author of the highly
controversial book "Arming America: The Origins of a National
Gun Culture" -- has resigned from Emory University after an
official investigative committee came to damning conclusions
about the quality and integrity of his research.

Bellesiles' blockbuster book argued that, contrary to what
almost everyone had believed, Colonial and early 1800s-era
America had never been a gun-loving or gun-owning country; the
ownership of guns in early America was quite rare; and the
role of armed farmers and citizen militias in early American
history had been grossly exaggerated in order to build support
for today's "gun culture." Bellesiles based this remarkable
and extremely counter-intuitive argument on research into
thousands of probate records and wills dating back to earliest
America.

From the beginning "Arming America" was hailed by anti-gun
forces, and it received rave reviews in major publications and
newspapers across the country. It won the prestigious Bancroft
Prize for history from Columbia University in 2001. It was
cited as evidence before the 5th Circuit Court of the United
States in the landmark "U.S. v. Emerson" gun control case, and
was cited frequently in other legal briefs. Gun control
advocates embraced it as major new evidence that Americans
never had a constitutional right to keep and bear arms.

But there was one problem -- a big one. Other historians were
unable to duplicate Bellesiles' findings. In fact, some of the
records Bellesiles cited hadn't existed since the early 1900s.
A host of academic and non-academic researchers began digging
into Bellesiles' work, finding numerous errors and what seemed
like deliberate falsifications. The criticisms continued
mounting until, as the Denver Post wryly noted, "...almost
everyone except the author has become convinced that some of
the data in his book were simply invented."

Eventually, the outcry was so great that Emory University
(where Bellesiles taught) conducted a months-long examination
-- and Emory's distinguished review panel reported "evidence
of falsification" and "egregious misrepresentation and
exaggeration of data." They also said it was possible he had
"willingly misrepresented the evidence."

In response, Bellesiles has resigned from Emory.

Bellesiles still defends his work -- arguing that the only
thing Emory's report questioned were a "few paragraphs and
tables on probate materials" -- but his resignation is seen by
critics as a thorough discrediting of his fundamental thesis.

(Sources: A good early critique of Bellesiles' book appeared
in Reason: http://reason.com/0101/cr.jm.concealed.shtml ;

http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36~417~957227~,00.html ;

Emory's statement on the case, and the report of the panel:
http://www.emory.edu/central/NEWS/Releases/bellesiles1035563546.html )

* * *

Canada Considering Decriminalizing Marijuana

Canada has long had a far more open policy towards marijuana
use for medicinal purposes than the U.S.

Now, however, the Canadian government is considering going
much further: decriminalizing marijuana for everyone.

According to ABC News, under a plan being considered by the
government, citizens caught with small amounts of marijuana
would face only the equivalent of a traffic ticket, with a
small fine, but no criminal record.

Polls indicate that 70% of Canadians favor the concept.

Allan Rock, Canada's former health minister and now minister
of industry, says: "Why clog the criminal courts with kids 14
or 15 who might have been experimenting with a single stick of
marijuana and who could face a lifelong disadvantage with a
criminal record? Isn't there a better way?"

Other Canadian officials agree.

A large and growing list of countries, including Britain,
Portugal, Italy and Spain, have recently liberalized their
marijuana laws.

The U.S. government, however, is strongly pressuring Canadian
officials not to follow those countries' lead, and is
threatening to retaliate with tighter border controls that
would slow Canadian-U.S. trade.

The Canadian government is expected to decide on whether to
pursue the liberalization early next year.

(Source:
http://www.abcnews.go.com/sections/wnt/DailyNews/canada_pot021030.html )

* * *

Mind-Altering Drugs...

"I began to study marijuana in 1967... I had not yet learned
that there is something very special about illicit drugs. If
they don't always make the drug user behave irrationally, they
certainly cause many non-users to behave that way."

-- Harvard medical professor Lester Grinspoon, author of
"Marijuana: The Forbidden Medicine."

* * *

"Good News, Bad News, Unbelievable News" writer James W.
Harris is co-editor of the Liberator Online. His articles have
appeared in numerous magazines and newspapers, including The
Nation, Reason, The Freeman, the National Taxpayers Union's
Dollars and Sense, the Atlanta Constitution, and many more. He
has been a Finalist in the Mencken Awards, given by the Free
Press Association for "Outstanding Journalism in Support of
Liberty."


ASK DR. RUWART

How can you answer difficult questions about libertarianism --
in short, positive, persuasive soundbite-sized responses? It's
a challenge every libertarian communicator faces.

Dr. Mary Ruwart is a leading expert in libertarian
communication, and author of the international bestseller
Healing Our World. In this column she gives readers "short
answers to the tough questions" that libertarians are
frequently asked.

If you'd like Dr. Ruwart to craft effective answers to YOUR
"tough questions" on libertarian issues, just email the
questions to her at: mailto:ruwart@self-gov.org . *Due to
volume, Dr. Ruwart can't personally answer or acknowledge all
email queries.* But we'll run the best questions -- and Dr.
Ruwart's answers -- in upcoming issues.

Dr. Ruwart's past answers are archived in searchable form at
http://www.self-gov.org/ruwart/

* * *

Three short questions -- and answers -- on racial discrimination and
libertarianism.

Question 1:

"How does a libertarian address civil rights issues? Would
there be laws in a libertarian society prohibiting
discrimination by businesses?"

My short answer:

"In a libertarian society, businesses could refuse service to
individuals for any reason. However, they would be punished by
losing the profit that they otherwise would have made. This
feedback is so powerful that even in the post-Civil War South,
segregation could only be maintained when governments made
integration (serving blacks and whites in the same
establishment) a crime.

"If integration could only be stopped by outlawing it in the
South, surely today it would take place readily without
government mandates. If some individuals, black or white,
wished to maintain some separateness, why should we force them
together?

"In a libertarian society, laws enforcing segregation could
never have been passed in the first place. Slavery would never
have been legal. In short, if the U.S. had been a totally
libertarian society, Africans would never have been enslaved
and given second-class status. Government creates conditions
that foster racial prejudice, then creates backlash and
further prejudice by forcing people together."

Question 2:

"I know that quotas are not in accord with the libertarian
philosophy, but sometimes I think they might be helpful."

My short answer:

"Quotas require expensive enforcement, which, in turn, results
in higher taxes and/or inflation. As a result, jobs are lost,
primarily for those at the low end of the ladder (i.e.,
blacks, handicapped, etc.). Thus, for every disadvantaged
person who might get hired because of quotas, other
disadvantaged people will lose their jobs. Like most
aggression, quotas hurt the very people that they are supposed
to help."

Question 3:

"What laws would libertarians pass to get rid of
discrimination in this country?"

My short answer:

"Libertarians would get rid of the laws that are the hidden
roots of discrimination. First, adoption would be privatized
so that interracial adoption would no longer be discouraged.
Today, many white families are not permitted to adopt a
minority infant, and so go overseas to Korea or China instead.
Historically, interracial adoption has been the quickest, most
effective means of integration.

"Black economist Walter Williams notes that "the minimum wage
law is one of the major causes of spiraling unemployment among
young blacks." Minimum wage laws would be abolished to end
such discrimination.

"Licensing laws, which were first put into place in the South
to prohibit minorities from entering into the professions,
would be ended.

"Affirmative action and quotas employ a few token minorities
while destroying the jobs of many more disadvantaged. In a
libertarian nation, such laws would be abolished.

"Discrimination will only end when we do away with laws that
legalize it."

* * *

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PERSUASION POWER POINT # 134

What Kind of a Conservative Are You?

by Michael Cloud

[Editor's note: This week Michael Cloud is taking a
well-earned rest from his Massachusetts U.S. Senate campaign -
in which he received 19% of the vote, the most successful
Libertarian Senate race in history and the best showing by any
nationally-organized third party Senate candidate since 1932 -
and from his work as co-leader of the Massachusetts
anti-income-tax ballot initiative (see report elsewhere in
this issue for the results). We are pleased to run this
classic Cloud column from several years ago. Enjoy!]

One evening, over 20 years ago, I fell into a conversation
about politics at a party. Everyone had opinions about
politics. One man sat quietly for half an hour, then announced
to everyone, "I think you're all wrong. You don't understand
standards and decency and authority. I do. I'm a
conservative."

Two of my fellow libertarians started rebutting "conservatism"
and accusing this man of holding false beliefs.

He responded to the criticisms -- and attacked libertarianism
for condoning "license."

The libertarians were counter-attacking, when I interrupted
the argument by shouting, "Wait a minute. I'm confused. I need
some help here. Could you straighten me out on something?"

Everyone quieted down. I spoke to the conservative.

"What kind of a conservative are you?" I asked. "I've read a
lot of conservative writers and met a lot of conservatives,
and I've noticed that there are several different kinds of
conservatives. There are fiscal conservatives, whose main
concern is that government live within its means. There are
social conservatives, who want government to enforce a strict
morality. There are nationalist conservatives, who want to
restrict trade and immigration and fight those who oppose
the   American way of life. Are you primarily a fiscal
conservative, a social conservative, or a nationalist
conservative? What kind of a conservative are you?"

"Well, I'm mainly a fiscal conservative," he said.

"Are you a Big Government fiscal conservative or a Small
Government fiscal conservative? Do you want a Big and Powerful
government that lives within its means or a Small and Limited
government that lives within its means? " I asked.

"Are you kidding? Government is way too big. I want a small,
constitutionally limited government," he responded.

We had a great discussion on which federal agencies he'd
abolish and where he'd slash government and why.

We went from an escalating argument to an interesting,
friendly discussion. This small government fiscal conservative
and three libertarians found we had a lot in common.

And it began with asking him what he did believe and what he
did not.

By not assuming that all conservatives are the same.

Suppose that someone said, "I'm a Christian." Should we assume
that all Christians are the same?

Or should we ask, "What kind of a Christian are you, Catholic
or Protestant? What denomination are you: Methodist, Lutheran,
Baptist, Pentecostal, Seventh Day Adventist, Quaker...? Could
you tell me a little bit about your faith? What do you have in
common with other Christians -- and how are you different?"

If someone says, "I'm a liberal," we can ask:

"What kind of a liberal are you? What are your liberal
beliefs? What do you have in common with other liberals -- and
how are you different? Are you a central planning liberal or a
grassroots, community decision-making liberal? Are you a civil
liberties liberal or a government without limits liberal?"

If someone says, "I'm a socialist," we can ask:

"What kind of a socialist are you? Small communes and
communities...or centrally planned in Washington, DC? Are you
a coercive socialist or a voluntary socialist? Could someone
choose _not_ to participate in your socialism?"

Before we can honestly say, "I agree" or "I disagree," we must
understand. To understand, we must ask. With courtesy and
interest and a sincere desire to learn the truth.

We may discover that they disagree with us.

We may discover that we have a lot in common. That they agree
with us on many important things. And that we may be able to
persuade them on other things.

Isn't that worth seeking?

What kind of a communicator are you?

Are you one who assumes, or one who asks?

Are you one who wants to shoot first and ask questions later,
or one who sincerely wants to understand?

What kind of communicator are you?



Michael Cloud is Persuasion columnist for the Liberator Online
and The Libertarian Communicator. In July 2000, at the
Libertarian Party national convention, Cloud was voted the
Most Persuasive Libertarian Communicator in America and
honored with the Thomas Paine Award.

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