Power to the People

by Thomas M. Sipos (from http://libertarianpeacenik.blogspot.com/)

There are no perfect candidates. I compromise. I determine the big issues. Then I select the candidate who can best promote those issues.

War without end is the big issue of our time. This Orwellian "decades-long war" against a shifting laundry list of nations to "rid the world of evil" itself. After 9/11 nearly all the world sympathized with us. We've since thrown away that goodwill, creating new enemies, stretching our military and weakening our security.

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I congratulate the California Supreme Court for recognizing a self-evident truth: Marriage is a fundamental constitutional right that ALL Americans share! Anything short of marriage equality means second-class citizenship for gays and lesbians. Obama, Clinton and McCain choose to deny this truth but California just made their obstinate opposition much more difficult.

Friends & Supporters, 

Libertarians will select their presidential candidate at their National Convention in Denver at the end of this month.  We have been working tirelessly to secure the nomination. We Libertarians have an outside chance of winning the general election.  My political career has taught me that anything is possible, particularly when the nation is headed for a perfect storm.   

Last week, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and almost everyone else in the Washington establishment including the State Department have condemned and criticized Jimmy Carter for his latest attempt to make the world a safer place. Far from deserving all the cheap shots, Jimmy Carter should be praised for meeting with Khaled Meshal, the leader of Hamas.

The White House and the Democratic Senate are caught up in a cynical game of who blinks first when it comes to making appointments to head the Federal Election Commission, said Senator Mike Gravel during a campaign stop at Cornell University in upstate New York. The FEC is the federal agency tasked with enforcing campaign laws and investigating violations.

I wanted to update you on my latest plans before news gets out. Today, I am announcing my plan to join the Libertarian Party, because the Democratic Party no longer represents my vision for our great country. I wanted my supporters to get this news first, because you have been the ones who have kept my campaign alive since I first declared my candidacy on April 17, 2006.

One of the major goals of my presidential campaign has always been to empower you, the voter, through the enactment of the National Initiative for Democracy. The National Initiative will equip the people with the central power of government – lawmaking – and citizens in every government jurisdiction of the United States would then become a new check in our system of Checks and Balances, which was originally designed to control the abuse of power.

You can now order copies of Mike's newly revised book Citizen Power on-line at Citizen-power.us. If you are interested in knowing all about Mike's vision, pick up a copy today. Some choice excerpts follow after the jump.

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As author of Citizen Power in 1971, Senator Mike Gravel determined that much of what he wrote then is apropos in America today; hence, the release of Citizen Power: A Mandate for Change reflects the accuracy of his evaluation of problems then, his current position on a number of issues facing America now, and the process that Americans can undertake to become empowered as lawmakers in partnership with their elected officials.

 While I’ve been outspoken in favor of the Impeachment of Vice President Cheney and President Bush since last July, today I’m announcing my very strong and unqualified support for Impeachment.

Senator Gravel will be part of the "Poli-Wood" Keynote Dialogue & Dinner, to be held January 21 at 6 PM in Park City, Utah.  This panel will consist of leaders from the entertainment, business, and political communities in a discussion focusing upon the intersection of Hollywood & Politics during the 2008 Presidential Election season.

 On Friday January 18, at 2 p.m. EST, Senator Gravel will participate in an informal discussion of Health Care issues with Dr. William Brody, President of Johns Hopkins University. The Senator’s interview will be one in the five part series Health Care ’08 – Search for Solutions. This series is presented by Retirement Living TV, Johns Hopkins University and the National Coalition on Health Care. The series will give Senator Gravel and others an opportunity to address the health care crisis facing Boomers and Seniors.