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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 ================================================ 1. PAUL JACOB: Policing the Prosecutors ================================================ 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. ================================================ 2. BOOK REVIEW: Anthony Gregory: "The 'Great Leaders' Were Mass Murderers" ================================================ ><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.] > >>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. >> >>"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. ================================================ 3. VIRGINIA NEWS: 2012 Ballot Access Fund Open for Business ================================================ 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:secret...@lpva.com?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. ================================================ 4. VIRGINIA NEWS: Free Campaign Support from Fellow Libertarian Shane Cory in Fredericksburg! ================================================ 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 <sh...@goldstate.com> Office: 540-368-1776 Gotta love that phone number... ================================================ 5. Political Training: Future Candidate School w/ The Leadership Institute ================================================ http://www.leadershipinstitute.org/Training/School.cfm?SchoolID=17291 ================================================ 6. NATIONAL NEWS: Don't Forget Bradley Manning! ================================================ Because Disclosing Crime... Is NOT a Crime! http://www.bradleymanning.org ================================================ 7. Check Your City's Radiation Level ================================================ 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 ================================================ 8. NATIONAL NEWS: LP Issue Bumper Stickers ================================================ And now, a word from our sponsor: Wear the LP colors! 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VIRGINIA EVENTS ================================================ To stay current on upcoming activities of Libertarians across the state, check out the Calendar: http://lpva.com/Calendar/events08.asp ================================================ 10. Libertarian Radio in Virginia ================================================ What's on your mind? Unlike those right-wing or left-liberal extremist shows, Free Talk Live is talk radio that ANYONE can take control of. Yes, even you. Free Talk Live is the next generation of issues oriented talk. What is the meaning of freedom? This show is about Liberty with a capital L. Check out some of the archives on the FTL Main Page http://freetalklive.com/ to get an idea of what this all means. FreeTalkLive ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Call Freq Band City Affiliate Live? 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