I was a delegate at the Libertarian Party of North Carolina’s 2004 convention. I’ve made a three-page log of the event.

To help raise money for my campaign, I’ve opened up an online shop. There, you can buy bumper stickers to promote my candidacy, Vote Libertarian hats and stickers, and (pictured here) the Presidents Wall Clock. None of these items are available anywhere else! They’re all my original designs. I get a few bucks from each sale which will go to my candidacy. So buy stuff! Don’t sell out your liberties! Support the Libertarian Party and your local candidates.

Man, it seems like government gets more and more ridiculous all the time. According to this story in The Register, a 15-year-old girl was arrested with possession and distribution of child pornography after she she posted naked and sexy pictures of herself to online chat rooms. Most hilariously, she’s also been charged with the sexual abuse of a minor; in other words, she sexually abused herself!

Just like the War on Drugs, government is going to amazing lengths to support its delusions by denying reality. Nothing at all will be done to make any progress in this area until we admit that postpubescent minors are sexual creatures just as adults are and change our policies accordingly.

Hey, anyone wanna take any bets that she’ll be tried as an adult?

Senator Orrin Hatch has advocated "damaging" the PCs of users who illegally trade MP3s online, saying that "may be the only way you can teach them about copyrights." Well, there’s really no way you can physically damage a computer from across the wire, but you can delete and/or corrupt their files. One good question is: Whatever happened to due process, to being innocent until proven guilty?

My response is, if they can do that, then can we likewise damage the PCs of politicians who routinely violate the Constitution they swore an oath to uphold and defend? After all, that may be the only way you can teach politicians about the Constitution. Hey, what’s good for the goose…

As amazing as it might seem, sometimes politicians can be persuaded to do the right thing. The NC House has introduced H867, the Electoral Fairness Act. John Blust is the sponsor, and ten other house members have joined as co-sponsors. This bill will reduce NC’s prohibitive ballot access requirements to the national average, meaning that if the bill passes the Libertarian Party will no longer have to bankrupt itself every four years to stay on the ballot, and other minor parties may actually be given a voice.

It’s not everything I’d like to see happen; I’d like to see the state be forced to count write-in votes without the write-in candidate having had to qualify, and I’d like to see all parties be given a choice whether to have a primary or to nominate in convention (thereby avoiding the filing fees), and it would be nice if a party has to re-petition to get on the ballot that their members won’t all revert to "Unaffiliated" status. But it’s a start! If you’re a North Carolina voter, I urge you to write your representative in Raleigh and tell them to support this bill.