The "Editors Rant" Libertorial

There are a few topics I'd like to cover but first I want to say a little about this site and it's purpose. Our main purpose is to increase membership in the Libertarian Party and to educate new members as to what the party stands for. Next, we want this site to be fun, a way to release frustrations and celebrate free-minded thinkers. We hope to help keep alive the dream of freedom, property rights, individual sovereignty and individual responsibility so that others might learn more about Libertarian philosophy, and principles.

One would be hard pressed to find a certain stereotype to describe persons in the Libertarian Party; there is no particular age group, no set religious affiliation among members or lack of. Some own firearms and some have never even handled one. Some have experimented with illicit drugs, some still do for recreational or medical purposes, and still others would consider it a sin to put any drugs in their body not specifically prescribed or recommended by their doctors. So how do so many diverse people come together under one political party? We have all come to agree with one central principle that defines our party, and we ask all our members to affirm it ; "I do not believe in or advocate the initiation of force as a means of achieving political or social goals." It is this central principle that sets us apart from any other political party and why we are able to attract people with radically different lifestyles, religious beliefs, and ethnic backgrounds.

Much as some people may fret over whether or not their favorite Presidential candidate is elected or not, I will be more concerned over the anticipated price hike in the cost of oranges after the government has carried out their, kill the orchards, attack against the dreaded diseased orange groves in Florida. Well maybe I won't be that concerned, because I don't eat that many oranges or drink the juice that often.

Because Libertarians are against the initiation of force to achieve political goals, we feel the latest news in regard to the presidential election is not the crisis the media would lead us to believe it is. The real crisis is that either of the two major parties gets elected to office at all!

Both major parties believe the initiation of force, used by government, is OK regardless of the situation, as long as it promotes their political agendas. Sadly these experts in politics have convinced enough people that whatever change they want to achieve in society should and can be accomplished using the force of government. Guess what, you can use the force of government to achieve any political goals you want, but should you? Not if you want to retain your freedoms!

Much as society may not like what some people do or say, unless they are physically harming someone, stealing or trespassing on their property there is nothing society should do to them using government intervention. This is why the Libertarians aren't concerned with whether Bush or Gore is elected; they both will take our freedoms away by big bites or little bites it really makes no significant difference.

It is true, conservatives believe Gore may be trying to steal the election, but liberals believe Bush is trying to steal it as well. I tend to side with the conservatives on this one, but because conservatives believe that George Bush stands for lower taxes, smaller government and preserving the Second Amendment, then you can just read his daddy's hips on that one too. As much as conservatives might be in agreement with many of the Libertarian principles, faith without works is dead. Strangely enough, those who wish to keep their weapons may be better off with Gore as president, if you consider the fact that federal firearms prosecutions went down under the Clinton/Gore administrations watch. Mr. Bush and the NRA both support increased federal prosecutions that violate our Second Amendment protections. So we may find more vigorous enforcement of unconstitutional laws under a Bush/Chaney administration.

Last item, in 2004 we should run Thomas Jefferson as our presidential candidate on the Libertarian ticket. Why not, if Missouri can elect a dead Governor to the Senate then I'm sure there's nothing unconstitutional about electing a dead President. And we won't have to worry about changing his party affiliation, but the Democrats might have to change their platform, (Do they have one now?) and their party name to Libertarian, oops that’s taken. Hey I'm serious we either ought to run Thomas Jefferson for president, or bring a lawsuit against the State of Missouri!

Hopefully we'll all wake up soon and start voting Libertarian.

Because Freedom Matters,

Kevin J. Tull