George Phillies Libertarian for President in 2008 http://phillies2008.org/atom/feed 2008-05-07T16:20:38-07:00 Legalize Industrial Hemp http://phillies2008.org/legalize_industrial_hemp 2008-10-27T09:23:22-07:00 2008-10-27T09:23:22-07:00 George Libertarian Party of New Hampshire residential candidate George Phillies today called for an end to the Federal war on hemp.  "Hemp could be a valuable cash crop," Phillies said, "whose fibers provide fibers, durable cloth and top line paper.  In these difficult economic times, giving New Hampshire farmers new alternative crops may protect family farms across the state."

]]> Libertarian Party of New Hampshire residential candidate George Phillies today called for an end to the Federal war on hemp.  "Hemp could be a valuable cash crop," Phillies said, "whose fibers provide fibers, durable cloth and top line paper.  In these difficult economic times, giving New Hampshire farmers new alternative crops may protect family farms across the state."

Hemp is grown commercially in many foreign countries, including Canada, Germany, and China, giving those countries a competitive advantage over the United States.    Industrial hemp, not to be confused with the psychoactive marijuana, is not usable as a recreational pharmaceutical--it's the plant that has been used by sailors for thousands of years for ropes and lines.  Agriculture Canada reports that hemp grows well even under Canadian conditions, requires no pesticides, yields three or four times as much fiber per acre as trees, and provides a livestock feed stock with more protein per acre than other competitors.
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More on hemp http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/RL32725.pdf

George Phillies was nominated by the Libertarian Party of New Hampshire State Convention to be its candidate for President of the United States.  Thanks to the hard work of dozens of volunteers mobilized by that convention, Phillies is on the ballot in New Hampshire.

Phillies is endorsed by Outright Libertarians (the libertarian GLBT political activist group), Pink Pistols (GLBT pro-Second Amendment group), and the Boston Tea Party (new national libertarian-inclined political party whose Presidential candidate, Charles Jay, is on the ballot in several states).

]]> Uncle Sam: Diet or Die! http://phillies2008.org/uncle_sam_diet_or_die 2008-10-11T14:58:58-07:00 2008-10-11T14:58:58-07:00 George ]]>
Libertarian Party of New Hampshire Presidential candidate George Phillies today warned that the Paulson bailout plan risks the life of our country.  "We just added a trillion dollars to next year's budget deficit," Phillies warned.  "Even America can't borrow that much money, not year after year, not without wrecking our credit rating.  At some point, interest on the national debt will approach tax revenues, and lenders will shut their door in his face."

"Uncle Sam has a debt addiction," Phillies said.  "That's like an eating addiction.  Uncle Sam can't stop himself from borrowing, no matter how much he inflates his national debt.  That's like the neighbors down the street who can't stop eating, no matter they've gone from three hundred pounds to five hundred pounds.  Overeating will kill your neighbor, and overborrowing will in the end kill Uncle Sam, too.

"Like the 400-pound chain-smoker down the street, Uncle Sam is morbidly ill.  He desperately needs help from his friends and relatives.  He needs a strong dose of New Hampshire thriftiness.

"Only the Libertarian Party will give you the budget cuts that will save us." Phillies said. "The American voter must reform our Uncle Sam's ways, or he will surely die, and take us with him."
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]]> A Cheap Political Stunt http://phillies2008.org/a_cheap_political_stunt 2008-10-09T14:25:15-07:00 2008-10-09T14:25:15-07:00 George
The initial suit was filed in mid-September; Secretary Gardner was not served with notice of the suit until October 3.  "It's too late," Phillies said.  "Ballots are already been printed and distributed.  ]]>
The initial suit was filed in mid-September; Secretary Gardner was not served with notice of the suit until October 3.  "It's too late," Phillies said.  "Ballots are already been printed and distributed.  Barr is trying to frustrate the will of New Hampshire Libertarians. The Libertarian State Convention chose me as their nominee in Spring 2007.  Barr's New Hampshire cronies waited through the next Libertarian State Convention, the petitioning period, and most of the general election campaign before suing."  Phillies noted that there is considerable evidence that the suit is actually being funded by a D.C. Libertarian group, not by any of the plaintiffs.

"I'm extremely grateful to Libertarian U.S. Senate candidate Ken Blevens, who yesterday filed an amicus brief opposing the suit," Phillies said. "I'm equally grateful to the large number of Libertarians around the state who expressed to me their gratitude that I am on the ballot."

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Kudos to the Nashua Telegraph and their Staff Writer Andrew Wolfe for recognizing that the suit had been filed and posting its PDF!
http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080915/NEWS02/309159921/-1/news02
http://media.nashuatelegraph.com/assets/lpnhsuit.pdf

For Libertarian-perspective coverage, http://LastFreeVoice.WordPress.com
http://lastfreevoice.wordpress.com/2008/10/06/lpnh-lawsuit-finally-served/
http://lastfreevoice.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/lpnh-lawsuit.pdf

Candidate Phillies, despite obviously being an interested party to the suit, has not yet been served.

To contact Phillies directly
phillies@4liberty.net
508 754 1859

To contact New Hampshire Libertarian U.S. Senate candidate directly
KBlevens@comcast.net
603 225 5547 ]]> How Do You Spell Bailout? R-I-P-O-F-F http://phillies2008.org/how_do_you_spell_bailout_r_i_p_o_f_f 2008-10-09T14:22:36-07:00 2008-10-09T14:22:36-07:00 George ]]>
"The 700 billion in bailout funds is the cheap part of the plan," Phillies noted.  "Reality check: Uncle Sam has a huge budget deficit. That 700 billion had to be borrowed.   That's 30 billion a year in interest payments until we pay the debt off--and we never pay it off.    If you're a typical 35 year old American, over the rest of your life that's another trillion and more in interest payments.

"That's right.  Over the rest of your typical American life, Congress added 2 trillion in spending, and (the tax cut) 4 trillion in tax cuts.  We'll have to borrow that four trillion, too. It takes very little more of this, and America becomes another bankrupt banana republic," Phillies added.

"Many Americans know the truth.  How do you spell 'bailout'? R-I-P-O-F-F. And what can you do about it?  This Fall, send Washington the only message it understands.  Vote the ripoff artists out of office.  This Fall, vote Libertarian."

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30 billion a year in interest payments -- round number assuming 4% average interest.

A trillion or more in interest -- If the 35 year old lives to nearly 80, not unreasonable given advances in medicine, it's close to 1.3 trillion. ]]> Democrats Prepare to Loot Your Pocketbook http://phillies2008.org/democrats_prepare_to_loot_your_pocketbook 2008-10-01T19:25:54-07:00 2008-10-01T19:25:54-07:00 George
"The thrifty working men and women who scrimped and saved for their homes and vacations?  They're the real patriots in this country.  And now they're going to get the bill so Paulsen and Bernanke can bail out their millionaire banker friends," Phillies continued.

"Leading the Senate charge to throw away your money is Democratic Senator Schumer of New York, chair of the Congressional Joint Economic Committee," Phillies warned.  "New Hampshirites should have no difficulty recognizing Schumer.  He's one of the most rabid gun-grabbers in the Senate."

"If you want to keep Uncle Sam out of your wallet and out of your gun locker, this Fall you have only one choice.  Vote Libertarian.  Vote Phillies for President.  And send my good friend Ken Blevens to the U.S. Senate, so Senator Schumer doesn't get an extra vote for his misguided plans."

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George Phillies is on the ballot in New Hampshire and Massachusetts as the Libertarian Party candidate for President.  Ken Blevens is on the ballot in New Hampshire as the Libertarian candidate for U.S. Senate.

The Blevens Senate Campaign: http://www.kblevens.org

Schumer on money http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=afIu492CyWMw&refer=home

Schumer on grabbing your guns http://www.ontheissues.org/domestic/Charles_Schumer_Gun_Control.htm
]]> Phillies Blasts Fed Debt Takeover http://phillies2008.org/phillies_blasts_fed_debt_takeover 2008-10-01T19:24:04-07:00 2008-10-01T19:24:04-07:00 George   "Treasury Secretary Paulsen wants prudent Americans to be billed trillions of dollars to pay debts of their spendthrift neighbors.  Trillions? Yes, trillions.  Nine hundred billion to date.  Far more in the future.

"Do you want to stop with paying your own bills?" Phillies asked.  "Or do you want to be stuck paying the bills of every neighborhood wastrel who took a HELOC loan they couldn't afford?  Do you want to save the Lexus SUV of the billionaire banker dimwit who approved that HELOC loan? If you want to keep the money you worked so hard to earn, you have only one choice: Vote Libertarian!  Throw Republican rascals and their Democratic toadies out on their ears.

"The Republicans?" Phillies wondered.  "You don't have to ask if Republicans choose competent candidates. Republicans nominated George Bush, whose gave us trillions in debt, secret wiretaps of your phone, a pointless War in Iraq, and the worst financial crisis since 1932.  Democrats are no better.  Senators Biden and Obama rolled over on Republican issue after Republican issue. For real change, vote Libertarian."

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George Phillies is on the ballot in New Hampshire and Massachusetts as the Libertarian Party candidate for President.

Paulsen says http://treasury.gov/press/releases/hp1149.htm

Trillions?  900 billion so far, as totaled by CNBC http://www.cnbc.com/id/26751385

Another 1.2 trillion, give or take? http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2008/09/us-taxpayer-giant-dumpster-for-illiquid.html ]]> Bush-McCain-Palin: Where's the Burger? http://phillies2008.org/bush_mccain_palin_wheres_the_burger 2008-10-01T19:22:44-07:00 2008-10-01T19:22:44-07:00 George
"The Bush-McCain-Palin attack machine accused Barack Obama of plotting to increase taxes.  The Bush-McCain-Palin attack machine told us they promise lower taxes.  They talked about every tax except one:  the Grandchild Tax, the National Debt.

"For the last half-decade our national debt has soared five hundred billion dollars a year.  We spent the money.  We're leaving our debts to our grandchildren.  That's no way to treat your own grandchildren, and it's no way to treat your country, either.  Bush-McCain-Palin offers no solution to the national debt that their Republican party did so much to create.

"Only a Libertarian President will cut Federal spending and pay down the National Debt.  Only a Libertarian President will leave to our grandchildren a ship of state that's free of attachments, liens, and third mortgages."  Phillies urged New Hampshire voters to support the Libertarian ticket: Phillies, Newell for Governor, Blevens for Senate, Kingsbury and Lapointe for Congress.

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George Phillies of Worcester, Massachusetts is on the New Hampshire ballot in the Libertarian column as candidate for President of the United States.  His running mate is Chris Bennett of Springfield, Illinois. For more on George's positions http://ChooseGeorge.org

To contact the candidate directly:
campaign@phillies2008.org
508 754 1859

For a full list of third-party and independent candidates on the New Hampshire ballot see http://www.sos.nh.gov/intents-2008.htm

For the record of the National Debt http://www.treasurydirect.gov/govt/reports/pd/histdebt/histdebt_histo5.htm
]]> End the War http://phillies2008.org/end_the_war 2008-08-17T10:39:23-07:00 2008-08-18T20:58:22-07:00 George End the War
]]> End the War

August 15 Libertarian Presidential candidate George Phillies and Vice Presidential running mate Chris Bennett today called for an immediate end to American wars in the Middle East. "We should end the war in Iraq as soon as possible," Bennett said, "and bring out troops home to America." Bennett, 35, now lives with his family in Springfield, Illinois.

"We should stop occupying Afghanistan" Phillies added. "We've spent almost seven years and hundreds of lives searching for Bin Ladin. We've killed thousands of Afghanis, and Mr. Bin Ladin's voice is still heard regularly on the airwaves. It's time for a better approach than 'boots wandering the desert'." Phillies, 61, served in the Army Reserves.

Phillies and Bennett condemned the enormous debts the Iraq and Afghanistan wars are placing on the government. "Those debts aren't being paid," they emphasized. "Every future generation will be buried under the debt burden we're creating today. That debt creates spiralling oil prices, a pathetic balance of payments deficit, and increasing unemployment."

Phillies contrasted the Libertarian stand with his opponents' : "McCain wants 100 years of occupation. Obama wants a bigger army. Look at the National Debt. America can't afford McCain, Obama, and their endless military deficit spending."

"George Bush may claim Bin Ladin hates us for our freedoms," Bennett said, "but Bush's totally wrong war is destroying those freedoms. From warrantless wiretaps to the Guantanamo Bay prison camps, the Bush Republican War Party and its Democratic Party allies are destroying the liberties guaranteed by our Constitution and Bill of Rights. If you want to save America, there's only one choice this November. The Libertarian choice."
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George Phillies is the Libertarian Party of New Hampshire's Presidential candidate. He will appear on the November ballot. Phillies, 61, is a physicist at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute. His running mate, Chris Bennett, is the first African-American to run for Vice President under the Libertarian Party banner.

To contact the candidates directly:

George Phillies
phillies@4liberty.net
508 754 1859

Chris Bennett
<blacknight_80751@yahoo.com>




]]> NatCon Concession Speech http://phillies2008.org/concession 2008-08-10T12:28:53-07:00 2008-08-10T12:28:53-07:00 George ]]> Unfortunately, matters did not end as favorably as might have been wished, and I was not the Libertarian Party's 2008 nominee for the entire United States. New Hampshire made a different decision.

First my concession speech at the National Convention; then some cross notes. The speech:

Fellow libertarians!

Thank you very much for the last two years. It’s been a wonderful time.

I’ve already given you my advice.

I’m disappointed to note that not one person has asked me to endorse someone they wanted to lose.

Well, that’s true.

I will not speak ill of a fellow Libertarian.

I will thank and acknowledge Senator Mike Gravel who, when he was a Democrat, gave our *party* the courtesy of debating a Libertarian. I will thank Wayne Allyn Root for entering and giving you time to take his measure and see if he was good or bad.

I will express — I think it’s the gratitude of many of us — very good things to Mary Ruwart and to Bob Barr for entering the race to do what they thought was best for the party.

Now, I have two things to say, one as state chair, and one to the audience as much as to anyone else.

And the thing I must say as state chair, because I would be remiss not to say it, is that a voting majority of my state committee is neopagan. I have to make that point. Those of you who know why, know why I have to do it.

Now I want to make the important point:

The enemy is not here. The enemy is out there.

The enemy is not our fellow Libertarians.

The enemy is the far left Democratic Party of Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and — let’s get it right for once — Lyndon LaRouche.

The enemy is not our fellow Libertarians.

The enemy is the conservative death policy of George Bush, George Wallace, John Sununu, and Lester Maddox, the conservative bigotry philosophy that is against our country.

We are the Libertarians. We are the party of the future.

And now the cross notes:

For my current activities in politics http://LibertyForAmerica.com .

However, the Libertarian Party of New Hampshire did petition to put a Presidential candidate on the ballot. They did that petitioning last winter and spring using my name. Substitution of Presidential candidates, once the nominee's name is known, is not permitted in New Hampshire. I am on the ballot in New Hampshire and will campaign vigorously for the party.

Also, the Libertarian Party of Massachusetts had begun petitioning, with the agreement that the named candidate would be replaced on the November ballot. The Secretary of the Commonwealth, who had last Fall said that the proposal was legal, has since changed his mind, and says that substitution is not allowed. Barring the success of various legal maneuvers, I will also be on the ballot in Massachusetts.

]]> Phillies Gains New Hampshire Running Mate http://phillies2008.org/phillies_gains_new_hampshire_running_mate 2008-08-06T09:20:28-07:00 2008-08-06T09:20:28-07:00 George
Bennett, speaking on his positions, said "I am strongly against the invasion and the 'police action' in Iraq. I am against a Fair Tax and I will continue to fight to decrease the tax burden for all Americans. I will continue to fight to restore our civil liberties and constitutional rights and fight to eliminate the Patriot Act, the Real ID Act, and the Military Commissions Act. As an African-American, I will use my candidacy to recruit more minorities and women into the libertarian movement. As a recent college graduate, I will continue to convince younger voters and non-voters that the Libertarian Party is the future."

Bennett has been a Libertarian Party volunteer since 1991. In 2004 he was active in the Libertarian Presidential campaigns of Aaron Russo and Michael Badnarik. He is currently the campaign manager for Larry Stafford, the Libertarian candidate for US Senate in Illinois, and is the Libertarian Party of Illinois Legislative Chair. He serves as a campaign adviser for the Boston Tea Party's Jay/Knapp Presidential Ticket.

Christopher Dean Bennett, 35 was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa in 1972. He now lives in Springfield, Illinois with his wife Evonne and children Charity, 9, and Brandon, 7. Bennett was graduated from the University of Illinois at Springfield on May 10th, 2008, with a political studies degree with a minor in economics. He had previously attended Heritage High School in Littleton, Colorado, class of 1990.

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To contact the candidates

George Phillies
508 754 1859
phillies@4liberty.net
http://ChooseGeorge.org/newhampshire1

Chris Bennett
blacknight_80751@yahoo.com

Chris Bennett's remarks are abridged from
http://chrisbennett2008.blogspot.com/2007/10/big-announcement.html

The so-called "Fair Tax" is a national Sales Tax.
http://www.fairtax.org ]]> Greetings to New Hampshire Voters http://phillies2008.org/newhampshire1 2008-06-23T21:15:18-07:00 2008-06-28T11:37:25-07:00 George I'm George Phillies.

Your New Hampshire Libertarian Party chose me as their Presidential candidate. They collected the signatures, I filed my Declaration of Intent, and this November I will be on your ballot as a Libertarian Presidential candidate.

I'm an honest man. I'm not going to promise you that I'm sure to win, so you should vote for the winning Phillies team.

But I am giving you an opportunity. What opportunity?

Send George Bush a Message! Send Democrats a message!

]]> I'm George Phillies.

Your New Hampshire Libertarian Party chose me as their Presidential candidate. They collected the signatures, I filed my Declaration of Intent, and this November I will be on your ballot as a Libertarian Presidential candidate.

I'm an honest man. I'm not going to promise you that I'm sure to win, so you should vote for the winning Phillies team.

But I am giving you an opportunity. What opportunity?

Send George Bush a Message! Send Democrats a message!

  • America is on the wrong track.
  • Your budget deficit keeps me poor.
  • Your budget deficit means high gas prices.
  • Keep Uncle Sam out of my bedroom!
  • Keep Uncle Sam out of my pocketbook!
  • End the War in Iraq!
  • Warrantless wiretaps? Not on my phone.

And how do you send those messages? In two words

Vote Libertarian!

And while you're voting for me,

please don't forget my pro-liberty friends

For Governor - Sue Newell of Winchester
For United States Senator - Ken Blevens of Bow
For United States Congress:
First District - Robert Kingsbury of Laconia
Second District - Chester Lapointe of Swanzey

and if you are in their districts, please also remember these fine pro-liberty Libertarians and independents

State Senate District 5 - Howard Wilson of Andover

State House

  • Cheshire Dist. 5 - Thomas Simmons
  • Hillsborough Dist. 7 - Lisa Wilber
  • Hillsborough Dist. 11 - Morey L. Straus
  • Hillsborough Dist. 17 - "Rich" Tomasso
  • Hillsborough Dist. 27 - Matthew Kahn
  • Merrimack Dist.7 - Kevin Roll
  • Rockingham Dist. 12 - Philip Nazzaro
  • Rockingham Dist. 14 - Brendan Kelly

For centuries, New Hampshire has led America. In 2008, it's time for New Hampshire to lead America again. Your votes for fine Libertarian and pro-liberty independent candidates will set an example for all America to follow.

For more on my campaign, see my main web page ChooseGeorge.Org

Why vote Libertarian? What's in it for you?

Libertarians will end the Grandchild tax. That's the National Debt. It's turning our grandchildren into tax slaves. We spent the money. The National debt sends our bills to our grandchildren. That's just plain wrong. We should stop doing it. We should cut all Federal spending until our taxes pay for our spending. And, like sensible families paying off their credit card bills, we should save by paying off the National Debt.

Libertarians won't tell you fairy tales about fuel costs: The world is changing. There's only so much oil in the world, and more and more people around the world have enough money to own a car. Their competition pushes up our fuel bills. Those people around the world aren't going to change. For New Hampshire, these changes are great opportunities, opportunities like wood and wind, opportunities that you can exploit if Libertarians keep Uncle Sam out of your way.

Libertarians believe that your local schools are best run by people in your community, not by Washington Bureaucrats. We want to repeal No Child Left Behind. We also respect parents who send their children to private schools, and parents who make the huge investment needed to home-school their children. When your school gets Federal money, just remember: That money came from your wallet. And after it left your wallet for D.C., a lot of it never came back. When you support your schools locally, your money stays in your community.

Libertarians stand 100% behind the entire Bill of Rights. The Kelo decision was wrong; the founding fathers didn't create eminent domain to help private developers take your home. The Second Amendment protects your individual right to own firearms. Government warrantless wiretaps, which include most of the telephones in the United States, are grossly illegal. They should be ended immediately. The people who listened to your private phone calls without proper search warrants should get fair trials.

Libertarians respect our differences. America belongs equally to every American. We are all different. Our country was not created for people of only one race or only one faith. Rich or poor, you have an equal stake in our country and its future. Our Federal government should not create rules that treat some of us differently because we make different decisions about how to make money, how to live, or how to worship.

For more on my campaign, see my main web page ChooseGeorge.Org

And if you had heard someone else won the Libertarian Party Presidential Nomination, welcome to the complications of New Hampshire election law. The New Hampshire Libertarian party chose me as their candidate well over a year ago. They've been collecting signatures to put me on the ballot ever since. Now all the paperwork has been filed, so I will be on the ballot.

In some other states, political parties can collect signatures for a stand-in candidate and, when they learn the name of the nominee, can simply replace the stand-in with the real candidate, at great implicit profit to all.

You can't do that in New Hampshire. The person on the ballot must be the person whose name appeared on the nominating papers. The LP of New Hampshire knew in advance: Whoever they named would be on the November ballot.

The act of the New Hampshire Libertarian Party has almost no effect on the winner at the National Convention. Whoever wins in Denver can still collect 3000 signatures and submit a Declaration of Intent with filing fee. If he succeeds, he will also be on the ballot, also as a Libertarian.

Please volunteer for my campaign. My objective is to build our party. Unless you ask otherwise, volunteer names will be shared with the LP of New Hampshire.

Please donate to my campaign. Donations from New Hampshire will all be spent on my New Hampshire campaign to build your party. (Under Federal Law, the campaign must ask donors for their name, address, occupation and employer. Donations to Federal Political Campaigns are not tax-deductible.)

 

For more on my campaign, see my main web page ChooseGeorge.Org

]]> Phillies Salutes California Marriage Decision http://phillies2008.org/CaliforniaMarriage 2008-05-15T18:15:23-07:00 2008-05-15T18:49:45-07:00 George George Phillies for President 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Libertarian Presidential candidate George Phillies today congratulated Californians on their latest step toward freedom, the legalization of gay marriage in California. "It is wonderful to hear that once again our Courts have defended our Constitutional rights," Phillies said. "Once again, our courts have agreed that separate is not and cannot be equal. To to the people of California I say: Thank you for taking another step toward liberty and equality for all. To my civil-union supporting Democratic opponents I have a shorter message: Civil unions are major-party apartheid for GLBTQ people.
]]> George Phillies for President 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Libertarian Presidential candidate George Phillies today congratulated Californians on their latest step toward freedom, the legalization of gay marriage in California. "It is wonderful to hear that once again our Courts have defended our Constitutional rights," Phillies said. "Once again, our courts have agreed that separate is not and cannot be equal. To to the people of California I say: Thank you for taking another step toward liberty and equality for all. To my civil-union supporting Democratic opponents I have a shorter message: Civil unions are major-party apartheid for GLBTQ people.

The California Supreme Court, ruling on In re Marriage Cases, today found that the California Constitution made clear: If gays and lesbians are allowed a status that was substantially the same as marriage, it may not be given a different name.

"The people of California could have avoided this long and expensive trial," Phillies said, "but their spineless governor, loyal to the conservative philosophy of bigotry, vetoed bills establishing that marriage is for gay as well as straight adults."

"Voters should remember that conservative bigotry can be bipartisan," Phillies continued. "The depraved Defense of Marriage Act was authored by a Republican and passed with bipartisan support. The trail from the terrorist Ku Klux Klan through White Citizens Council to its most recent successor, the Conservative Citizens Council, winds from the Democratic over to the Republican party.

"Americans should cheer the good news that conservative bigotry has been driven back. You can tell when it is losing at the Federal level," Phillies noted, "because conservative bigots start bleating about 'Federalism' and their Jim Crow 'states rights' doctrine. Patriotic Americans know the truth: States have no right to take away your liberties.

"The conservative philosophy of bigotry is a vast tapestry," Phillies said, "but it is all woven from the same thread. No matter whether conservatives are bashing lesbians, banning internet gambling, or so shocked by the thought of a woman's breast that they forbid women to breast-feed their hungry infants in public, they are practicing bigotry. Americans should see and reject the bigotry that forms the dark heart and soul of conservative thought."

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Decision in In Re Marriage Cases:
http://www.santacruzlive.com/photos/051508gaymarriage.pdf

Council of Concerned Citizens http://www.adl.org/learn/ext_us/CCCitizens.asp?xpicked=3&item=12

Contact Information:

Carolyn Marbry, Press Director
pressdirector@phillies2008.org
(510) 276-3216

]]> Phillies: End the Wars http://phillies2008.org/press/phillies_end_the_wars 2008-05-14T00:00:00-07:00 2008-05-15T13:57:18-07:00 Jake  

George Phillies for President 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

Phillies: Time to End the Wars

]]>  

George Phillies for President 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

Phillies: Time to End the Wars

Worcester, Mass., May 14: "We are at 'war' with everything, it seems," said Libertarian Presidential hopeful George Phillies in a statement earlier today. "We have the War on Iraq. The War on the Constitution. The War on (some, but not other) drugs. The War on Guns. The War on Science. It's time to end these wars."

Phillies outlined the cost of all the various "wars" the United States is fighting, pointing out that a baby born today can expect to be responsible for at least $200,000 of government debt. "We must change, or we will go broke," he emphasized.

He not only spoke about the war on Iraq, which he said should be ended "already," but about the failures of prohibition and the parallels in the war on drugs. "The War on Drugs leaves two million Americans in prison, and insures that millions of others will forever have felony records for smoking the wrong dried leaf. That's millions of Americans whose lifetime participation in our thriving economy will be pointlessly hindered. The War on Drugs, and specifically on marijuana, is racist to the core, with selective enforcement and a racial double standard on jail time. The war on drugs means that pot smugglers, like the booze smugglers of the prohibition era, settle marketing disputes with guns. Ending booze prohibition meant no more Saint Valentine's Day massacres. Ending drug prohibition will end battles that accidentally kill innocent children."

He went on to discuss the battle over gun control. "The war on guns endangers the lives and safety of millions of Americans. In America, home invasion--breaking into an occupied home to rob and assault the occupants--is very rare. In England, it's common. That's because Americans own guns, so home invasion is potentially a suicidal act. That's why European tyrants try to disarm their subjects; victim disarmament means your secret police can live to enjoy their pensions. Ending efforts to disarm Americans will make America safer and less crime-ridden, while protecting the civil liberties for which George Washington's volunteer army gave their lives.

"No real Libertarians disagree," he added. "Even Senators Obama and McCain voted for the Vitter Amendment banning firearms confiscation.

"Not only is it time to end all these wars," said Dr. Phillies, "but it's time to stop thinking in terms of 'war' every time we have a problem to solve. Except for Iraq, these are not wars, and we cheapen the sacrifice of those who fight on our behalf in real wars by calling them such. War is a tool of statecraft reserved for the most desperate circumstances, not a word to be lightly applied to every problem."

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61 trillion dollars in spending not covered by taxes. -- General Accounting Office Report http://www.gao.gov/htext/d08371cg.html A call for Stewardship (61 trillion dollars over 300 million people is quoted here.)

A sea of lies see http://www.carnegieendowment.org/files/Iraq3GuideFind_SummRec.pdf especially pp. 1-4

The Vitter Amendment text and vote http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=109&session=2&vote=00202

Racial Disparities Found to Persist as Drug Arrests Rise http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/06/us/05cnd-disparities.html

Contact Information:

 

Carolyn Marbry, Press Director
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]]> Civil Disobedience by Government http://phillies2008.org/civildisobedience2 2008-05-10T17:48:29-07:00 2008-05-10T17:48:54-07:00 George ]]> When the government breaks the law, it renders the political process invalid. That is "Civil Disobedience by Government". and it is the opposite of the acts of civil disobedience successfully practiced in different centuries and lands, using very different methods, by Washington and Gandhi.

George Phillies has issued a full statement on this question.

 

]]> IndyStar: Libertarians work on state slate, get look at presidential pack http://phillies2008.org/news/indystar_libertarians_work_on_state_slate_get_look_at_presidential_pack 2008-05-07T16:20:09-07:00 2008-05-07T16:20:38-07:00 Jake IndyStar|April 27, 2008

]]> IndyStar|April 27, 2008

About 70 members of the small political party gathered to help get Libertarians ready for the fall election. They nominated two statewide candidates for the November ballot.

But when the Libertarians held debates Saturday among presidential hopefuls, the real hopefuls were on hand.

"Stay with us and help build the party," said George Phillies, a 59-year-old physics professor from Massachusetts. "Show the American people that our approach is indeed better than that of our crazy opponents."

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