8:58PM - Rally for Darfur in Boston

11:24AM - invitation

Emily here, with the announcement that Michael Badnarik's official campaign Journal Community, badnarik_in_dc, is now up. I'm sure everyone here remembers that he was our presidential candidate in 2004; now he's set his sights on a congressional seat in 2006. Though the district is in Texas, we've received a wide range of national support and I already have volunteers from many states.

If you'd like to help, or if you'd just like to be kept informed of campaign news and events, please come and join. All are welcome.

1:28AM

The FairTax Community is open for discussion!

5:36PM - BU Liberty Conference on Saturday

On Saturday, April 9, 2005 the Boston University Libertarian Society will host our second annual Liberty Conference in the BU Photonics Center, room 203.
The conference will address issues of economics, law, philosophy and history. Check-in and breakfast will begin at 9:00. The lectures will begin at 10:00 and end at 4:30, with a break for lunch.

Speaking at this event will be: Boston University Professors Gary S. Lawson and Randy Barnett, Cato Institute Policy Analyst Will Wilkinson, and California State University Professor Glen Whitman.

9:51AM - Campaign and Elections Workshop, Jan 8

Campaign and Elections Workshop, Jan 8

The New Hampshire Liberty Alliance will be hosting a candidates and election campaigning workshop on Saturday, January 8, 2005 in Manchester. Our political director, Don Gorman, with help from others, will be offering his years of experience to anyone interested in running for office or helping a campaign. The cost is only $10 and the NHLA will donate that to anyone who runs for office this year.

The seminar will be held at 175 Ammon Drive in Manchester, from 9:30AM sharp to 4pm, with a break for lunch. (directions available upon request)

You can register online at http://www.nhliberty.org/c-eworkshop.htm
or fill out the form below:

Name: _______________________________

Address: _____________________________

Town: _______________________________

State: ________ Zip: ____________

Phone: ________________________________

Email: _________________________________

Additional registrants:

1. __________________________________

2. __________________________________

3. __________________________________

I will pay $10 per person by:

[ ] Check ... [ ] Cash ... [ ] Credit Card

Card Number: _______________________________
Exp: __________ Code: __________

Signature:__________________________________

Please return to:

NH Liberty Alliance
PO Box 4241
Manchester, NH 03108

You may pay at the door, but please RSVP to info@nhliberty.org, or 603-579-0724, so we can be sure to set up the room properly and have enough materials available.

Don is also asking everyone to please bring a copy of their town report with them (most likely to be found at the Clerk's office, Town Hall and/or Library, usually free to residents). It will help with the exercises we have planned, and contain vital information you can use in your campaign.

10:06PM - Third Parties

My apologies if you've already read this or simply don't care, I'm posting it most of the communities that listed 'third parties' as an interest and a few others as well.

I've created a community called us_thirdparties. It is a community for people interested in 'third' party politics in the United States. A place to ask questions and get answers about specific third parties or just the third party movement. Anyone of any political persuasion is invited to join and contribute and hopefully we can build a community with diverse political views. The ultimate goal of this community is to spread awareness of the third party movement and hopefully garner new support for the inclusion of these 'alternative' parties in American politics, so please lets try and avoid pointless bickering over individual policies. Keep in mind that legitimacy for one 'third' party is legitimacy for all 'third' parties.

(For the time being this community will be only lightly moderated, if at all, but I will crack down if people can't be civil. Hopefully we can all get along well enough to work towards our common and worthy goal: freedom of choice in politics.)

11:38AM - NHLA membership & info meeting

The annual New Hampshire Liberty Alliance members meeting will be held on Saturday, October 9th at the Manchester Library auditorium from Noon to 2pm.

Manchester City Library
405 Pine Street
Manchester, NH 03104
(603) 624-6550
The auditorium is downstairs. To your right as you walk in the main doors.

All members, potential members, the press and interested parties are welcome.

The board will be going over the first year of the NHLA and plans for the coming months.

We are looking for volunteers to help on our standing committees, including Ways&Means, Technology, Research and others.

We have an opening for a new PR director.

We are also looking for volunteers for electioneering activities. A chance for folks to get out and about and work for liberty.

The meeting is free, though donations to the NHLA are always welcome and appreciated. Refreshments and socializing will commence after the meeting.

http://www.nhliberty.org

5:12PM - LPNH Convention, Oct 2

2004 LPNH State Convention - October 2

Red Blazer Restaurant in Concord

An exciting day of speakers, workshops, vendors, information, networking, and more! At the Red Blazer Restaurant on Saturday, October 2.

Our lunch speaker will be the Chairman of the State Board of Education, Fred Bramante. Our dinner keynote speaker will be long-time Libertarian author, speaker, activist, and candiadte Dr. Mary Ruwart of Texas.

Mr. Bramante is bringing a new debate to education in New Hampshire. The state board is in the process of revising the minimum education standards and is considering several changes. Bramante has said "education must not be limited to the classroom but should involve doing and finding what really interests you." We look forward to hearing his remarks.

Dr. Ruwart is best known for her books, Healing Our World, and Short Answers to Tough Questions, the former of which won the Freedom Book of the Year award for 2003 and was hailed by Visions Magazine as "what may be the most important book of the decade."

Our afternoon program will include a presentation on privacy and RFID technology by Katherine Albrecht of SpyChips.org, speeches by our candidates for office, our business meeting, officer elections, and more!

Due to a huge turnout last year, we are asking everyone to please pre-register to ensure they will have a place. We've reserved a large room, but cannot guarantee availability at the door.

Register Today!

3:12PM

For a free copy of "Finding Faith in Christ," call 1-800-373-4747 or talk to a Morman neighbor.
I'm sure if every single one of us orders a video, they'll run out, and truly prospective Christians will be out of luck.

9:14AM - Last chance to get Liberty Dinner tickets

Announcing the...

2004 Liberty Dinner

Please join the Board of Directors of the
New Hampshire Liberty Alliance
at the First Annual Liberty Dinner.

Friday, June 25, 2004
6:00 - 9:00 pm
Plymouth State University's Prospect Hall


The evening will include:

• Keynote speech by Governor Craig Benson


• Remarks by Jason Sorens, Free State Project founder


• Remarks by Professor Michael Avery, president of National Lawyers Guild


• Introduction of the Liberty Scholarship Fund and NHLA Civic Action programs


• Presentation to the Legislator of the Year


• Endorsements for the 2004 election


• ...and more!

Tickets are going fast, to ensure yourself a seat, please purchase your tickets by Saturday. For organizations, display tables are still available.

Hope to see everyone there.

2:59PM - ***EXTREMELY IMPORTANT***

For those of you unaware of the nature of some of the anti-gay marriage protestors that will be showing up at the happy events about to occur, let me point you to this website so you may prepare yourselves for the extreme nature of some of the opponents to gay marriage:

http://www.godhatesfags.com

This is the website of the Westboro Baptist Church, an extreme Baptist church based out of Topeka, KS. led by Rev. Fred Phelps. They travel around the country in their crusade against gays.

link to their general protest schedule:

http://www.godhatesfags.com/fliers/pickets.html

link to PDF flyer about Cambridge, MA-specific protest:

http://www.godhatesfags.com/fliers/may2004/Cambridge_5-4-2004.pdf

I am confident that they (and, sadly, their small children) will be carrying the highly offensive signs shown in the flyer and other similarly offensive signs. Some of their signs in the past have included phrases like "Thank God for Spet. 11", "Hail Mary" (with one man bending another man over, mimicking a sexual position), and other such nonsense. Their signs are usually too graphic to show on the news, so I wanted to spread the word here.

People in the past have organized pledge drives where people pledge a certain amount of money for each minute that these people preach. So, for every minute they preach, more money is raised for gay rights.

<b>Please go to their website so you can be an informed citizen when their vitriolic, systemic march of hatred arrives in the first state in the nation to legalize gay marriage.</b>

Spread this post as wide as as far as you can.

3:18PM

Hi! I've just joined this, but have been looking for ways to volunteer my time for the MA Libertarian Party. Unfortunately, I haven't received much thus far, other than requests for donations. : ( I've also just started a brand new community on LJ, apathy_kills_. I was inspired by the fact that the vocal minority are effectively dictating the way that the majority lives and that's due in large part to apathy. Check it out and please consider joining. I look forward to meeting all of you.

9:23AM - BU Liberty Conference

On Saturday, March 27th, the Boston University Libertarian Society is hosting
the first Liberty Conference. This day conference will address the issues of
economics, law, philosophy, and history. The speakers for this event are
Boston University Law Professor Randy Barnett, BU Economics Professor Jeffrey
Miron, University of Arizona History Professor David Beito, and Louisiana
State University Philosophy Professor James Stacey Taylor. The conference
will begin at 10:00am and end at 5:00pm, with a break for lunch. This event
it open to students all over New England and is a good way to connect
different libertarian groups in the area.

For more information and to register, please go to the website. The first 40 people who register will get a free mug that must be claimed at the event.

2:08PM - FSP President in Woburn

See FSP Pres. Amanda Phillips in person!

No less august a personage than Amanda Phillips is speaking at the
Woburn Kiwanis Club on 3/23 at 7 p.m. 194 Lexington St, Woburn, MA
01801. Unfortunately if you are not a Kiwani then you can not go. But if anyone of you is, then go. And secretly tape the whole thing. :)

5:21PM - Understanding the Four Temperaments

The Merrimack Valley seekers will be hosting noted motivational speaker Richard Boddie on Nov 2nd for a public discussion entitled "Understanding".

Richard Boddie will be leading a discussion the Four Temperaments (Artisan, Guardian, Idealist, Rational). Discover your strengths & aptitudes for a greater understanding of yourself. How to apply this in the spiritual and practical aspects of your life.

This event will be from 10AM to Noon, Sunday November 2nd at The Friendship Club, 35 Orchard Ave, in Nashua. For more details, please email seekers@ijaq.net

1:26PM - Introduction to the Constitution

Forwarded from: Michael Badnarik <badnarik@badnarik.org>

Hello,

My name is Michael Badnarik, and I will be presenting my eight-hour
Constitution in Manchester, New Hampshire on Sunday, November 2nd. I have attached a simple flyer that gives you information about the class and how to register. I hope you will consider taking advantage of this opportunity, and will invite your freedom-minded friends to join you. Thanks for taking the time to review this information. I look forward to hearing from you.

Yours in Liberty,
Michael Badnarik

( I would greatly appreciate it if you would forward this message and flyer to any eMail lists that you think would find the information helpfulCollapse )

7:50PM - Ashcroft in Boston next week

Dear New England Freedom Fighters,

As you may know, Attorney General John Ashcroft is on a month-long tour of the country defending the Patriot Act. His appearances are open only to invited guests; his audiences consist of local, state, and federal law enforcement, and people from the local U.S. Attorney's office. Department of Justice has released details of Ashcroft's Northeast stops. Mark your calendars and get your signs ready--Ashcroft will be in Buffalo, New York and New Castle, New Hampshire this Monday, September 8; and Boston and New York this Tuesday, September 9. These events, funded by tax payer dollars, will be closed to the public.

New Castle, New Hampshire Details:
Who: You
What: Ashcroft speaking to law enforcement personnel in a closed-door meeting
Where: Wentworth Ballroom A, B, C (main level), Wentworth by the Sea, 588 Wentworth Road, New Castle
When: Monday, September 8, 1-1:15 pm. Ashcroft speaks at 2:15 pm, but the media arrives at 1 pm.
Why: Protest to protect your rights and freedoms

Boston Details:
Who: You
What: Ashcroft speaking to law enforcement personnel in a closed-door meeting
Where: Faneuil Hall, Boston
When: Tuesday, September 9. Gather between 8:00-8:15 am--Ashcroft
speaks at 9:20, but the media arrives at 8:05.
Why: Protest to protect your rights and freedoms

Even though the Justice Department has been tight-lipped about Ashcroft's itinerary, he has met protesters at every stop. The media has been very generous with coverage of the protests. In many cases, the protesters get at least as much coverage as Ashcroft himself, and in many cases, more. Wouldn't it be great if we countered Ashcroft's closed door meetings in New Hampshire and Boston with thousands of people demanding open government and democracy, and answers to our concerns about infractions on our freedoms?

For more information, updates, and coverage of local protests, see our Ashcroft tour page, http://www.bordc.org/Ontheroad.htm and see the Department of Justice's press release at http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2003/September/03_ag_487.htm for Ashcroft's itinerary.

Please forward this information to anyone you think might be interested.
We'll send out more information when we get it.

Thanks for all your work!

Sincerely,
Vanessa Bliss, Organizer
Bill of Rights Defense Committee
www.bordc.org
413-582-0110

2:14PM - July 19 Revolving Museum Party

July 19 Revolving Museum Party

Revolving Museum in Lowell
Party for Peace: A fundraiser for UJP
7-11 PM

PARTY AT REVOLVING MUSEUM in Lowell
Fundraiser for UJP on July 19 at 7 PM
Party for Peace! Join Planning for Peace in this multi-community fundraiser for United for Justice with Peace. The event is Saturday July 19, 7-11 PM at the Revolving Museum in Lowell. Your $10 admission lets you play the interactive games and exhibits at the museum. Plus, we expanded our environment to include the Higher Ground coffee house next door. This is the perfect spot for musical interludes as they have a stage, comfy chairs and tables and excellent coffee! Your museum visit gets you into the coffee house any time that night for stimulating conversation, music, coffee and sweets. TELL YOUR FRIENDS! It's going to be a great night! Tickets are only $10. See our website: http://www.planningforpeace.org for more.

DESCRIPTION: Revolving Museum is a hands on museum. Some of the exhibits were created by children and adults working together. Each piece of art in this particular exhibit is an interactive game that one or more people can play. This entire show is entertaining for children, teenagers, and adults alike.


DIRECTIONS: From either Rt 495 (Exit 35C), or Rt 3 (exit 30N Northbound or 30A Southbound) take the Lowell Connector to Thorndike St (Exit 5B). At 4th light, Thorndike St merges onto Dutton St. Go to the 2nd light and turn right onto Market St. Take the first left off Market St onto Palmer St at the light, then the first left onto Middle St. Our building is at the end of Middle St on the corner, #22 Shattuck. Parking is available in the municipal garage on Market Street just one block from the museum or at meters on the street in the neighborhood.

http://unitedforjusticewithpeace.org/story1.php?RECORD_KEY(Stories)=ID&ID(Stories)=72

1:59PM - new sheriff in town.

just dropping a quick note to let y'all know that this community's new maintainer is alexp.

3:44AM - up for grabs...

(crossposted to building_19, jfash_in_ne, magsa, and southofboston, so sorry if you've gotta see this on your friends page more than once :})

well, since I'll be going off to college in Georgia soon, it would be silly of me to think that I could keep in touch with communities with an, um, "local" interest such as this one. it has become quite evident that I won't be able to continue to moderate this many communities on LiveJournal with a clear conscience, and I'd feel better if someone else took the responsibility of taking over some of my communities.

please e-mail me if you're interested, and include the password you'd like to use for logging in. only do so if you're seriously interested, because I wouldn't want these communities to, er, fall into the wrong hands. thanks and g'night.

-Kate (nerutenkaze)