Those that know me, and others that have witnessed my previous efforts, likely understand why I do the things that I do and what I aim to accomplish in St. Louis.

Very soon (if not already) the vast majority of Americans (along with the rest of the planet) will come to the realization that they are all victims of the largest swindle/robbery in human history,… and they will be searching for an accurate explanation. Libertarianism provides a very useful road map to what happened, who/what was responsible and how to avoid the same mistakes in the future. But ‘off ramps’ to detours that take us meandering through the same unprincipled wilderness that got us in this mess will be of no use to a ‘Generation Next’ that has a detailed 3D online map in their hip pocket.

This decentralization of information is only beginning to be felt by a liberty starved planet and attempts to negotiate our principles for a place at the establishment’s media table will backfire just as it did in the 2008 presidential election cycle.

Another election cycle of LPUS’ documented compromises on libertarian principle will make it very unlikely, as a political party, we’ll legitimately be able to compete at a national level in the future as a standard bearer for libertarianism. I am of the opinion that information availability is so ubiquitous now, that the ‘Liberty Nexus’ that was the best trait of the LPUS will be replaced by too many sources of contacts and information to keep track of. Politics is about to be replaced with communities that will attempt to create the freedom denied them by layers of government,… without asking permission.

What if I really really believe that the future will have fresh young minds embracing libertarianism as the only consistent and understandable path to peace and prosperity? Then positioning ourselves so that we are the obvious destination for those seeking exactly what we offer is a very good idea. Since many (enough) that I associate with are also of this opinion, we chose to make our advocacy of no-compromise libertarianism a blazing torch everywhere possible.

In the near future, freedom communities will likely be virtual and without borders or boundaries. Governments, states, countries and even languages will have less and less to do with an individual’s interactions than a simple listing on the contemporary cousin of craigslist with servers based in orbit or on the Moon.

Libertarianism is ‘the philosophy for the stars’ and to think in smaller terms is an abandonment of the future for the LPUS. The future is why St. Louis is so important to many that support my effort. The economic tragedy coming, that is only in the early stages, provides a rare opportunity to help many millions,… not just when they need it the most, but when they are also seeking it the most. And they have already abandoned the ‘lame-stream media,… the media that is soooo last century’ in search of the truth.

We have done our best to make our advocacy clear, and our long track record of principled activism has accomplished several things; government abuses of individual rights have been exposed while branding us as defenders of individual freedom, available resources in support of such advocacy are directed towards the most effective uses of those resources, inspiration of an entirely new generation of freedom activists have been continually nurtured.

I am prepared and eager to represent the future and inspire a flood of fresh and energetic activists, that are already experienced and networked with each other, to come and make use of the Libertarian Party at a national/international level to free as many minds as possible in as short a time as possible to save as many lives as possible. But should the LPUS’ words/silence and actions/inactions allow the perception of it being less effective a tool as the many others available, then it will continue to wither.

My documenting of all LNC chair debates and appearances across the country of every candidate participating has been a deliberate act of making it very clear to future freedom activists that the choice in St Louis was a fully informed one. These documented discussions will be of much greater importance months, years and even decades later to those needing to determine where and how best to direct their time and resources to expand human freedom. I’m working very hard to make that investment the Libertarian Party of the United States.

Someone was keeping an eye on IPR.

Re #4 Gene Nanni was in the debate with his R & D competition in 1996 in Oregon for the U.S. Senate race.

I will give Wayne credit for being highly interesting, and, of course, amusing.

The possessive form error also appears on MY Entertainment’s site (see the “about us” page), so it’s possible that the release was in fact written in-house rather than by Root’s people.

Of course, I suppose it’s also possible that Root’s people wrote MY Entertainment’s web site copy

“My Entertainment Productions announced…”

The company is obviously named after its founder, Michael Yudin, and consequently is called “MY Entertainment”. I can’t see someone actually working for the company making that mistake repeatedly throughout a press release, even give the generally mediocre quality of writing at their website. And in fact, I don’t see the word “Productions” anywhere in their name on their site(s).

Hype is one thing, but misleading statements are another. The headline of this piece is still entirely wrong.

I will resist correcting the purely grammatical errors in this PR, except to note that “it’s” is not the possessive form.

Whatever happened to Root’s radio show?

He was a *guest* on the show *once*. He was a guest *because* he was chairman of the FDP, one of the five Parties then in government (they were part of the opposition then).

“Guido is a Wayne Root clone- a telegenic former TV star leading a smaller government party that is best described as libertarian (pro business, pro free markets, pro tax cuts, anti union, anti welfare, anti big government).”

Again, he is nowhere close to being a “former TV star.” For that matter, he’s a *gasp* lawyer; and a *even bigger gasp* career politician since at least 1996 (when he became a member of the federal Bundestag), possibly 1980 (when he first joined the FDP).

Also, while the FDP *is* probably best described as libertarian (actually “liberal” is a better word, but we Americans misuse and/or hate that word), it is interesting to note that none of the civil libertarian views the FDP has were mentioned.

WAPR: Gee, I thought trespass (which includes doing an act on private property that is forbidden by the owner) was initiation of force?

Learn to read. If the hotel expressly forbids filming, then filming is force initiation. Otherwise, not.

The property owner must allow the filming.

If they don’t explicitly disallow it, it’s allowed. When I make a cell phone call from the hotel, I’m broadcasting the voice of anyone standing near me. So to make a cell phone call, do I need to get a release form from them, and from the hotel too?

On the film I produced, I had licenses for each and every piece of music we used,

You probably also complied with minimum wage laws — all of which has zero to do with whether actual force initiation is happening.

As on COPS, some people may wish to have their faces blurred on TV

You always have an individual right not to be defamed. But when you are out in public — i.e. in a place where the property owner has not expressly forbidden the use of cameras — then you don’t have an individual right to veto the commercial use of the photons you emit.

The law (http://www.simslaw.com/model/model_releases.htm) says otherwise, but the law is wrong. Libertarians should know the difference between what’s currently illegal and what ought to be illegal. Sigh.