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  2. Theory: Natural Rights
    1. Natural Rights
      1. Intro
      2. Ratings Report on the Natural Rights Essays
    2. ...vs. Moderation and Incrementalism
      1. Intro
      2. Bertrand Russel on Dogmatism
      3. Purist Vs. Pragmatist Doctrine, according to Mindwars by Ian McFadyen
      4. The Ultimate Goal
      5. The Grand American Consensus
      6. Incrementalating 101
      7. Excuses for Liberty
    3. ...Generalizing Natural Rights
      1. Intro
      2. Natural Rights: The Complete Set
      3. The Other Foe of Free Enterprise
      4. Rivalry and Excludability define what goods the government should provide or manage
  3. Theory: Controversial Issues
    1. Controversial Issues
      1. Intro
      2. Ratings Report on the Controversial Issues Essays
    2. The Abortion Question
      1. Intro
      2. Toward a Compromise on Abortion
      3. Thoughts on Abortion
    3. Voting Reform
      1. Intro
      2. Why Alternative Parties Must Get Range Voting, or DIE
      3. The Good and the Tolerable
      4. A Glitch in Approval Voting
      5. Anyone for a Bullet in the Foot? Instant Runoff!
      6. A Proposal to Limit Congress' Power
    4. Immigration
      1. Intro
      2. Border Proposals
    5. Taxes
      1. Intro
    6. War and Foreign Policy
      1. Intro
      2. The lifting of U.S embargo to Cuba must be conditioned on the lifting of the rigid blockade of the Cuban Communist Party
  4. Theory: Marketing Liberty
    1. Marketing Liberty
      1. Marketing vs. Selling
    2. Marketing Liberty
    3. Moderation as Marketing Strategy
      1. Moderation ans Marketing Strategy
      2. Rothbard vs. Real Politics
      3. Incremental Freedom
      4. Atomic Libertarianism
      5. Moderate or Radical? It is Time for New Libertarian Tactics
    4. Positioning, and the Lesser of Two Evils Dilemma
      1. Marketing vs. Selling
      2. The Neolibertarian Movement
      3. Models, Maps and Visions of Tomorrow
      4. Why disaffected Democrats may help us grow
      5. Is it Time for the LP to Take a Moderate, Populist Approach?
      6. What it Takes to Win
    5. ...to the Left
      1. Marketing to the Left
    6. ...to Environmentalists
      1. Marketing to Environmentalists
    7. ...to Moralists
      1. Marketing to Moralists
      2. The Law of Liberty
      3. The Power of Mercy
  5. Theory: Selling Liberty
    1. Intro
      1. Intro
      2. Ratings Report
    2. Basic Communication
      1. Intro
      2. Platform Phrasing with Frank Luntz as your guide
      3. Rhetoric for a Land of the Freer
    3. Outreach Tools and Techniques
      1. Intro
      2. Take the Keystone Quiz
    4. Humor
      1. Humor
      2. Take the Islamo-Fascist Keystone Quiz!!
      3. Greetings from Ayn Rand
      4. Incrementalating 102
      5. The Living Constitution
      6. Good Old Supreme Court Rescues Mankind
  6. Platform: New Formats
    1. General Ideas
      1. Intro
      2. A New Approach to the LP Platform
      3. What is a Platform?
    2. Platform Format
      1. Intro
    3. Short Platform A
      1. Intro
      2. Preamble
      3. Taxes
      4. Iraq
      5. Crime
      6. Healthcare
      7. Environment
      8. Education
      9. Corporate Welfare
      10. Social Security
      11. Civil Liberties
      12. Eminent Domain
      13. Voting System
      14. Marriage
      15. Marijuana
      16. War
    4. Short Platform B
      1. Intro
      2. Preamble
      3. Tax and Spending
      4. National Defense
      5. Social Security
      6. Healthcare
      7. Education
      8. Bureaucracy and Corruption
      9. Immigration
      10. Drug Prohibition
      11. Crime Prevention
      12. Eminent Domain
      13. Election System
      14. Environmental Legislation
    5. Greatest Hits LP Platform
      1. Intro
      2. Preamble
      3. Statement of Principles
      4. 1. Personal Liberty
      5. 1.1. Expression and Communication
      6. 1.2 Personal and Bodily Privacy
      7. 1.3 Sexuality and Reproduction
      8. 1.4 Crime and Justice
      9. 1.5 Self-Defense
      10. 2. Economic Liberty
      11. 2.1. Property and Contract
      12. 2.2. Environment and Resources
      13. 2.3. Government Finance
      14. 2.4. Money and Markets
      15. 2.5. Monopolies, Corporations, and Labor
      16. Health Care and Education
      17. 2.7. Retirement and Income Security
      18. 3. Securing Liberty
      19. 3.1. National Defense
      20. 3.2. International Affairs
      21. 3.3. Immigration and Naturalization
      22. 3.4. Franchise and Discrimination
      23. 3.5. Representative Government
  7. Platform: Based on 2006
    1. Intro
      1. Intro
    2. I. Individual Rights and Civil Order
      1. Keep the Existing Plank
      2. Have No Plank
    3. Freedom and Responsibility
      1. Keep the Existing Plank
      2. Have No Plank
      3. Proposal 1
    4. Freedom of Communication
      1. Keep the Existing Plank
      2. Have No Plank
      3. Proposal 1
    5. Freedom of Religion
      1. Keep the Existing Plank
      2. Have No Plank
      3. Proposal 1
    6. Property Rights
      1. Keep the Existing Plank
      2. Have No Plank
    7. The Right to Privacy
      1. Keep the Existing Plank
      2. Have No Plank
    8. The Right to Keep and Bear Arms
      1. Keep Existing Plank
      2. Have No Plank
      3. Proposal 1
      4. Proposal 2
    9. Conscription
      1. Keep the Existing Plank
      2. Have No Plank
    10. Reproductive Rights
      1. Keep the Existing Plank
      2. Have No Plank
    11. Sexuality and Gender
      1. Keep the Existing Plank
      2. Have No Plank
    12. II. Trade and the Economy
      1. Keep the Existing Plank
      2. Have No Plank
    13. Government Debt
      1. Keep the Existing Plank
      2. Have No Plank
    14. Corporate Welfare, Monopolies and Subdies
      1. Keep the Existing Plank
      2. Have No Plank
    15. Public Services
      1. Keep the Existing Plank
      2. Have No Plank
    16. III. Domestic Ills
      1. Keep the Existing Plank
      2. Have No Plank
    17. Crime and Victimless Crime
      1. Keep the Existing Plank
      2. Have No Plank
    18. The War on Drugs
      1. Keep Existing Plank
      2. Have No Plank
      3. Proposal 1
      4. Proposal 2
    19. IV. Foreign Affairs
      1. Keep the Existing Plank
      2. Have No Plank
    20. Immigration
      1. Keep the Existing Plank
      2. Have No Plank
      3. Proposal 1
    21. New Domestic Policy Planks
      1. Directions
      2. Term Limits
      3. Government Waste
      4. Same Sex Marriage
      5. Salaries of Elected Officials
    22. New Foreign Policy Planks
      1. Directions
      2. Foreign Affairs
  8. Platform: Based on Deleted Planks
    1. Intro
      1. Intro
    2. Crime
      1. Keep the Existing Plank
      2. Have No Plank
      3. Proposal 1
    3. Victimless Crimes
      1. Keep the Existing Plank
      2. Have No Plank
    4. Safeguards for the Criminally Accused
      1. Keep the Existing Plank
      2. Have No Plank
    5. Justice for the Individual
      1. Keep the Existing Plank
      2. Have No Plank
    6. Juries
      1. Keep the Existing Plank
      2. Have No Plank
    7. Individual Sovereignty
      1. Keep the Existing Plank
      2. Have No Plank
      3. Proposal 1
    8. Government and Mental Health
      1. Keep the Existing Plank
      2. Have No Plank
    9. The Right to Property
      1. Keep the Existing Plank
      2. Have No Plank
      3. Proposal 1
    10. Government Secrecy
      1. Keep the Existing Plank
      2. Have No Plank
      3. Proposal 1
    11. Internal Security
      1. Keep the Existing Plank
      2. Have No Plank
    12. Conscription and the Military
      1. Keep the Existing Plank
      2. Have No Plank
      3. Proposal 1
      4. Proposal 2
    13. Immigration
      1. Keep the Existing Plank
      2. Have No Plank
      3. Proposal 1
      4. Proposal 2
      5. Proposal 3
      6. Proposal 4
      7. Proposal 5
      8. Proposal 6
      9. Proposal 7
    14. Freedom of Association and Government Discrimination
      1. Keep the Existing Plank
      2. Have No Plank
      3. Proposal 1
    15. Women's Rights and Abortion
      1. Keep Existing Plank
      2. Have No Plank
      3. Proposal 1
      4. Proposal 2
      5. Proposal 3
      6. Proposal 4
    16. Families and Children
      1. Keep the Existing Plank
      2. Have No Plank
    17. Sexual Rights
      1. Keep the Existing Plank
      2. Have No Plank
      3. Proposal 1
    18. American Indian Rights
      1. Keep the Existing Plank
      2. Have No Plank
    19. The Economy
      1. Keep Existing Plank
      2. Have No Plank
      3. Proposal 1
      4. Proposal 2
    20. Taxation
      1. Keep the Existing Plank
      2. Have No Plank
      3. Proposal 1
      4. Proposal 2
      5. Proposal 3
      6. Proposal 4
      7. Proposal 5
      8. Proposal 6
      9. Proposal 7
      10. Proposal 8
    21. Inflation and Depression
      1. Keep the Existing Plank
      2. Have No Plank
    22. Finance and Capital Investment
      1. Keep the Existing Plank
      2. Have No Plank
    23. Government Debt
      1. Keep the Existing Plank
      2. Have No Plank
      3. Proposal 1
    24. Monopolies
      1. Keep the Existing Plank
      2. Have No Plank
    25. Subsidies
      1. Keep the Existing Plank
      2. Have No Plank
      3. Proposal 1
    26. Trade Barriers
      1. Keep the Existing Plank
      2. Have No Plank
    27. Public Utilities
      1. Keep the Existing Plank
      2. Have No Plank
    28. Unions and Collective Bargaining
      1. Keep the Existing Plank
      2. Have No Plank
    29. Energy
      1. Keep the Existing Plank
      2. Have No Plank
      3. Proposal 1
    30. Pollution
      1. Keep the Existing Plank
      2. Have No Plank
    31. Consumer Protection
      1. Keep the Existing Plank
      2. Have No Plank
      3. Proposal 1
    32. Education
      1. Keep Existing Plank
      2. Say Nothing
      3. Proposal 1
      4. Proposal 2
    33. Population
      1. Keep the Existing Plank
      2. Have No Plank
    34. Transportation
      1. Keep the Existing Plank
      2. Have No Plank
    35. Poverty and Unemployment
      1. Keep the Existing Plank
      2. Have No Plank
    36. Health Care
      1. Keep the Existing Plank
      2. Have No Plank
      3. Proposal 1
      4. Proposal 2
      5. Proposal 3
      6. Proposal 4
    37. Resource Use
      1. Keep the Existing Plank
      2. Have No Plank
    38. Agriculture
      1. Keep the Existing Plank
      2. Have No Plank
    39. Occupational Safety and Health
      1. Keep the Existing Plank
      2. Have No Plank
    40. Social Security
      1. Keep Existing Plank
      2. Have No Plank
      3. Proposal 1
      4. Proposal 2
      5. Proposal 3
    41. Postal Service
      1. Keep the Existing Plank
      2. Have No Plank
    42. Civil Service
      1. Keep the Existing Plank
      2. Have No Plank
    43. Election Laws
      1. Keep the Existing Plank
      2. Have No Plank
      3. Proposal 1
    44. Secession
      1. Keep the Existing Plank
      2. Have No Plank
    45. Negotiations
      1. Keep the Existing Plank
      2. Have No Plank
    46. International Travel and Foreign Investments
      1. Keep the Existing Plank
      2. Have No Plank
    47. Human Rights
      1. Keep the Existing Plank
      2. Have No Plank
      3. Proposal 1
      4. Proposal 2
    48. World Government
      1. Keep the Existing Plank
      2. Have No Plank
      3. Proposal 1
      4. Proposal 2
      5. Proposal 3
    49. Military Policy
      1. Keep the Existing Plank
      2. Have No Plank
    50. Presidential War Powers
      1. Keep the Existing Plank
      2. Have No Plank
    51. Foreign Aid
      1. Keep the Existing Plank
      2. Have No Plank
    52. International Money
      1. Keep the Existing Plank
      2. Have No Plank
    53. Unowned Resources
      1. Keep the Existing Plank
      2. Have No Plank
    54. Colonialism
      1. Keep the Existing Plank
      2. Have No Plank
      3. Proposal 1
    55. Foreign Intervention
      1. Keep the Existing Plank
      2. Have No Plank
      3. Proposal 1
    56. Space Exploration
      1. Keep the Existing Plank
      2. Have No Plank
    57. Omissions
      1. Keep the Existing Plank
      2. Have No Plank
  9. Bylaws
    1. General Ideas
      1. Intro
    2. New Bylaws Proposals
      1. Intro
      2. Pledge for Members (revisited)
      3. Pledge for Officers and Candidates (revisited)
      4. Party Slogan
    3. Statement of Principles
      1. Keep Existing
      2. Have None
      3. Proposal 1
      4. Proposal 2
      5. Proposal 3
      6. Proposal 4
      7. Proposal 5
      8. Proposal 6
      9. Proposal 7
    4. Old Membership Pledge Proposals
      1. Keep the Existing Plank
      2. Have No Plank
      3. Proposal 1
      4. Proposal 2
      5. Proposal 3
      6. Proposal 4
      7. Proposal 5
      8. Proposal 6
      9. Proposal 7
      10. Proposal 8
      11. Proposal 9
      12. Proposal 10
      13. Proposal 11
      14. Proposal 12
      15. Proposal 13
      16. Proposal 14
      17. Proposal 15
      18. Proposal 16
      19. Proposal 17
      20. Proposal 18
  10. Caucus
    1. Introduction
      1. Intro
      2. Ratings Report on the Theory Essays
    2. Promote the Caucus!
      1. Intro
      2. Link to the Site
      3. Get us Reported
      4. Work a Table
    3. Affiliates
      1. Intro
      2. Coordinator Solicitation Letter
    4. Events
      1. Intro
      2. 2006 LP National Convention
      3. 2006 California State LP Convention
      4. 2006 Libertarian State Leadership Conference
      5. 2006 Advocates for Self-Government Conference
      6. 2006 LPNH Multi Party Conference
    5. General Strategy
      1. Intro
      2. Goodbye, Libertarian Party
      3. Is the Libertarian Party Worth Fighting For?
      4. Live Free, Grow........ Or Die?
      5. It Takes Two to Compromise
    6. Build Consensus
      1. Intro
      2. Proposed Manifesto of the Libertarian Reform Caucus
    7. Pre-Convention Actions
      1. Intro
      2. Setting Priorities: What Changes Do We Push?
      3. Never Mind the What, Focus on the How!
    8. Convention Actions
      1. Intro
      2. Portland: After the Dust has Settled
    9. Action Team Discussion Boards
      1. Intro
      2. Advertising Strategy
      3. Pre Convention Strategy
      4. Convention Strategy
      5. Post Convention Strategy
    10. Submit Proposals and Essays
      1. Essay Submission Guidelines
      2. Platform Proposal Guidelines
      3. Decent Writing: A Practical Guide
  11. Party
    1. Intro
      1. Party Organization
      2. Ratings Report on the Party Essays
    2. Membership
      1. Intro
      2. Purists are from Mars; Pragmatists are from Venus
    3. The Pledge
      1. Intro
      2. The Late Great Libertarian Bait and Switch
      3. The Pledge Problem and How to Fix it
      4. A Pledge for Officers and Candidates
      5. A Positive Libertarian Pledge
    4. Voting and Parliamentary Procedures
    5. Party Officers
      1. Intro
      2. Radicalism
    6. Other Bylaws Ideas
    7. Renaming the Party
      1. Intro
      2. The Case for Changing the Name of the LP
      3. How About Justice Party?
      4. Historically Ironic Name: Federalists
    8. Changing the Party Mascot
      1. Intro
      2. A True Purple Revolution?
      3. Change Mascot to Porcupine
    9. The Squyres Proposal
      1. Intro
      2. The Squyres Proposal: A Model for Change
  12. Strategy
    1. Libertarian Party Strategy
      1. Intro
      2. Ratings Report on the Strategy Essays
    2. Lesser of Two Evils
      1. Intro
      2. A Realistic Vision of Victory
    3. Top Down or Bottom Up?
      1. Intro
      2. Is the LP Serious About Politics
      3. Are LP Candidates Serious About Politics
      4. Preparing for the [Libertarian] Revolution
      5. Changing State Government from the Bottom Up
      6. A Two-Pronged Strategy for Libertarian Victory
    4. Planning and Strategy Development
      1. Intro
      2. Financial Plan for a medium sized state party
      3. Sample county/state event horizon
      4. Sample county/state event horizon
      5. SWOT Analysis for the LP of Pennsylvania -- January 2006
    5. Recruiting Good Candidates
      1. Intro
      2. Bring Back the Draft
      3. There's More to do than Fixing the Platform
    6. Using the Internet Effectively
      1. Intro
      2. Consistency in Branding the LP
      3. Harnessing the Power of the Internet
    7. Getting Press Coverage
      1. Intro
      2. Raise Hell...Strategically
      3. Take the Money
      4. A Short and Simple Essay on How to Reform the LP
  13. Frequently Asked Questions
    1. Frequently Asked Questions
      1. FAQ