NEW MEXICO LIBERTY

“Let Freedom Ring”

The Official Newsletter of the Libertarian Party of New Mexico

January 2010 http://lpnm.us v.2.2 N.17

Table of Contents Notes from the Editor

by Mike Blessing
[ mikewb1971@gmail.com /
Page 1 Libertarian Media from New Mexico mikewb1971.xanga.com ]
Notes from the Editor by Mike Blessing
Page 2 Events at a Glance Michael Badnarik Hospitalized
The LPNM's Candidates On 22 December 2009, 2004 LP Presidential Candidate Michael
Page 3 Voice of the Chair by Jay Vandersloot Badnarik suffered a sever heart attack after leaving a court date in
Upcoming Conventions / Ballot Access Drive Lacrosse, Wisconsin. The EMTs performed CPR on him and were
able to revive him. At present, he is in the hospital in critical
Page 4 Murdering the Future by L.Neil Smith condition. See the full story here – tinyurl.com/ygrnhqc.
From The Libertarian Enterprise In 2009, Michael was elected as President of the Continenal
Page 5 O = W by William S. Lind Congress 2009, which was founded by the We The People
Foundation after numerous attempts to get federal officials to
Page 6 Contacts / Internet ResourcesThe respond to petitions for redress of grievances concerning, among
Page
Administrivi
7 Administrivia other things, the federal income tax.

The Unanimous Consent Challenge Right now, contact with him is restricted to family members, but you
can send him an e-card through the hospital's website –
Page 8 Enrollment / Renewal Form gundluth.org/?id=2&sid=1 – and the hospital staff will relay them to
him.
Libertarian Media from New Mexico Let's Start Networking a Bit More, OK?
(not necessarily endorsed by LPNM)
Hemp TV – Tuesdays at 7PM I first heard about the New Mexico Patriot Alliance from Jay
Vandersloot and Elisheva Levin as an organization for members of
myspace.com/nmhemptv
various Constitution– and liberty-oriented groups to meet, network
The One Party State – Wednesdays 11PM and coordinate efforts with members of other Constitution– and
Contact Lance Klafeta [ lklafeta@yahoo.com ] for details liberty-oriented groups – the Tea Party folks, the local Ron Paul
groups, the Kokesh campaign, for starters. I went to two of their
Table of Contents
Reeferhead – Saturdays at 6PM core-group meetings, and have signed up to edit the NMPA's
Page 1
myspace.com/reeferheadtv newsletter, titled The Patriot Times, which, like New Mexico Liberty,
• Notes from the Editor
will be offered as an electronic document over the Internet at no
Page 2 – Events at a Glance

Page 3 – Voice of the Chair by Ken Cavanaugh

Petition gathering to regain Minor Paty Status
The Fringe Element charge. As for print subscriptions – we're still working on the details
thefringeelement.net / postpubco.com
Page 4 – The Next Best Thing to Coulter by L. Neil Smith
From The Libertarian Enterprise

Page 5 – Federal judge rules police

of what to put in the publication in terms of content, so the costs of
mailing and printing have to be worked out still.
cannot detain people for
openly carrying guns

Page 6

•
In the mean time, the NMPA will be hosting a Winter Summit on 30
Reforms can cut costs, improve public safety by Paul Gessing
From the Rio Grande Foundation

• A Little Gun History

January 2010 from 9 AM to 5 PM, location to be announced. For
details, visit the NMPA website – nmpatriots.us.
Page 7 – Contacts / Internet Resources

YOUR ADVERTISING IN
Page 8

• Administrivia

• The Unanimous Consent Challenge NEW MEXICO LIBERTY? 2010 Annual State Convention
This year's annual State Convention will take place at the Quarters
Page 9 – Enrollment / Renewal Form

Page 10 – Authorization for Automatic Transfers

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Libertarian Media from New Mexico

not necessarily endorsed by LPNM)
CONTACT THE EDITOR OR BBQ location at 3700 Ellison Dr NW – see tinyurl.com/yfzabel for a
SEE PAGE 9 FOR DETAILS map – from 10 AM to about 8 PM. Speakers tentatively include
Speaking Freely
hosted by Paul Gessing and Jim Scarantino
Saturdays 9 – 10 AM on KJOY 1550 AM
riograndefoundation.org/pg_rp.html
tinyurl.com/dcnpwm

Adam Kokesh, Candidate for U.S. Congress in the 3rd District, and
EMAIL mikewb1971@gmail.com
Hemp TV – Tuesdays at 7PM
myspace.com/nmhemptv

Douglas Lincoln, potential candidate for Bernalillo County Sheriff.

The One Party State – Wednesdays 11PM
Contact Lance Klafeta
[ lklafeta@yahoo.com ] for details

Reeferhead – Saturdays at 6PM

myspace.com/reeferheadtv

The Fringe Element

thefringeelement.net / postpubco.com

New Mexico Liberty – January 2010 – Page 1

 Events at a Glance +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Bernalillo County – The BCLP is hosting one meeting per month,
on Thursday, 7 January, 6:00 to 7:00 PM at Fiesta's Restaurant &
The LPNM's Candidates
Lounge (Carlisle & Montogomery NE). Contact Mike Blessing for U.S. House of Representatives, District 0
details [ mikewb1971@gmail.com / 505-515-7015 ], or see the Mike Blessing – myspace.com/mikeblessing_2010
BCLP website – lpnm.us/bernalillo.
State Legislature
Paul Gessing of the Rio Grande Foundation hosts the Albuquerque
meeting of Liberty on the Rocks, a supper club featuring speakers State Representative, District 11
of the limited-government, fiscal-responsiblity, individual-rights Eric Pino – epelsewhere@gmail.com
persuasion, at the Independence Grill on Montgomery Blvd NE (just
State Representative, District 16
west of Louisiana – see abqburger.com for details and maps) in
Mike Blessing – mikewb1971.xanga.com
Albuquerque. January's event will take place on 21 January from 5
PM to7 PM. State Representative District 22
Elisheva Levin – ragamuffinstudies.blogspot.com
Precinct 553 Chair Elisheva Levin, is considering a run for State
Representative, District 22. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
See kcufmedia.xanga.com for more information concerning The
Other Groups to Network With, and Their Events
Weekly Sedition and New Mexico's Consumer Advocate.
The New Mexico Patriot Alliance will be having a Statewide Summit
Dona Ana County – The next scheduled Dona Ana County Central
on Saturday, 30 January 2010, from 10 AM to 4 PM. Location to be
Committee Meeting is 13 January 2010 at 6:30 PM to plan for the
announced. See nmpatriots.us for details.
county convention. Contact chair The committee would be
delighted to meet before then with any Doña Ana County The Rio Grande Foundation will host a presentation and discussion
Libertarian wishing support in running for office or with any ideas to on unfunded state pension plans by Scott Moody in Albuquerque
advance the party or political issues that the party should address. on January 12, 2010. Light appetizers and beverages will be
Please contact the chair or check the LPDAC website for more provided. The event will be held in room 2401 (the main auditorium)
information – of the University of New Mexico Law School from 6:00PM to
7:30PM. Cost of attendance is $5. The Law School is located at
lpdacnm@lpnm.us / 575-541-9079 / lpnm.us/dona-ana.
1117 Stanford NE. Plenty of parking is available in the evenings in
Otero County – The Otero County LP meets on Wednesday, 2 the Law School's parking lot.
December – contact Dr. Gilberto Heredia for more information [
thrill@zianet.com / 575-439-8234 ], or see the OCLP website for
details – lpnm.us/otero. The OCLP hosted this year's state
convention in April.
Congressional District 3 – Adam Kokesh, while running under the
GOP banner, is a Life Member of the LP and is a hard-core
advocate of libertarian principles.
See kokeshforcongress.com for more.
Congressional District 3 includes, but is not limited to, Sandoval,
San Juan, Santa Fe, Los Alamos, Roosevelt, Colfax, Rio Arriba and
Taos Counties.

If you live in a county with an inactive affiliate and want

to get involved, contact the county chair. See Page 6 for
a list of county chairs, campus contacts and Central
Committee members.

Special Events
2010 Annual State Convention
The 2010 LPNM State Convention is scheduled for Saturday, 17
April 2010 at the Quarters BBQ at 3700 Ellison Dr NW in
Albuquerque from 11 AM to 9 PM. Tentative speakers include
Adam Kokesh, candidate for U.S. Congress in District 3, and
Douglas Lincoln, candidate for Bernalillo County Sheriff.
2010 Libertarian Party National Convention
The LP's National Convention will take place in St. Louis, Missouri,
over Memorial Day weekend in 2010 (29 – 31 May 2010) at the
Renaissance Grand Hotel [ tinyurl.com/2zmnnq ]. For those not
able to afford high-priced lodging and amenities, long-time
Libertarian and St. Louis resident Tom Knapp has put together St.
Louis On The Cheap, an online guide to inexpensive lodging,
dining, attractions and transportation – stl.onthecheap.info.

New Mexico Liberty – January 2010 – Page 2

 Voice of the Chair “With the coming of the new year, my wish for each
of you is that the new year not make you wish for
by Jay Vandersloot the old one.”
– Jay Vandersloot
[ yprocrastinate-emailme@yahoo.com ]

Upcoming Conventions 3:15 PM – 4:15 PM LSLA Business meeting

Between now and Memorial Day at the end of May, we have three 4:15 PM – 6:30 PM Break
conventions. They are the LSLA, LPNM, and LP conventions. I strongly
encourage you to try to attend all three. This month let me discuss the LSLA 6:30 PM – 7:00 PM Reception Elm Room
convention. We’ll get to the other two in the next couple of months.
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM Dinner Elm Room
Many think of the Libertarian State Leadership Association (LSLA)
LNC Chair Candidates Forum Elm Room
Convention at being for “State Chairs” only. That is not the case. It is not
restricted to just state chairs. I encourage all of you to attend the LSLA Convention, February 26-28,
All state officers should try to attend, including the chairs, vice-chairs, 2010.
secretaries, treasurers, and executive directors. Additionally, anyone
Ballot Access Petition Drive
considering being a future state officer, county officers, IT volunteers,
campaign managers, candidate recruiters, candidates, active volunteers, Do you remember the article last month on the ballot access petition drive?
and any others interested in becoming involved, both now and in the future To repeat what I wrote then, to qualify as a minor party and gain ballot
should try to attend. access for out candidates, we will have to have 4,148 validated petition
signatures. As our experience last time was that the rate of disqualification
This year the LSLA Convention will be February 26-28, 2010, the last
of petition signatures by the Bureau of Elections Office (BoE) ran at almost
weekend in February. To summarize it, we'll have a reception on Friday
50%. Based on that, we believe we will need to have almost double the
night at the hotel restaurant/bar (see below for which hotel we’ll be at). On
4,148 requirement. In other words, we need to collect over 8,000 signatures
Saturday, we're looking at doing two concurrent breakout session tracks: an
(4,148 x 2 = 8,296).
information technology (IT) track and a Leadership track. Our hope is that
the two tracks will include enough interesting topics to attract broader To hire paid petitioners is an expensive undertaking. They charge $2.00 per
participation. This is all about building a solid leadership team. We strongly signature. We can help ourselves cut costs by collecting as many petition
encourage everyone to attend and exchange ideas and best practices. signatures as we can. Some events that are usually prime for collecting
signatures are knife and gun shows, state and county fairs, farmers
On Saturday night, we're looking at dinner with a debate among the
markets, motorcycle rallies, etc.
candidates for LNC Chair. Afterwards, we're going on a tour of 6th Street,
the entertainment district of Austin, the Capital of Live Music – see But you can also keep a number of blank petition forms with you so you can
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6th_Street_(Austin). We’ll wrap with a Sunday pull them out whenever you have opportunity to discuss the political
continental breakfast. problems with your family, friends, and neighbors, or for that matter,
anyone.
The LSLA website is ready to take your convention reservations is
statechairsconference.org . You need to have a number of forms, as you need to use a separate form
for each county, depending on which county the person is registered in. If
We're at the Radisson Austin North Hotel. Their web site is
they sign on the form for the wrong county, you have a wasted signature, as
radisson.com/austintx_north. You can make hotel reservations by calling
the BoE will invalidate it.
call 800-333-3333 or 512-451-5757. Ask for the Libertarian rate, $89 single,
$99 Double. You need to be a stickler on ensuring that the person uses the address with
which he or she is registered with the State on their voter registration, NOT
The agenda for the Conference is as follows:
the address at which they are living. This is especially critical with students
Friday at the college campuses. They often are registered back home, but put
down their address where they are living while at school, which results in
10 AM – 6 PM Bylaws Committee Pecan Room another wasted signature that will be invalidated by the BoE.
6 PM – 10 PM Reception Red Pepper Café Every signature you can collect is one less we have to hire a paid petitioner
to collect for us. Plus, if you are particularly careful in ensuring they sign on
the form for the correct county where they are REGISTERED (NOT
Saturday
NECESSARILLY WHERE THEY ACTUALLY LIVE), and they write the
9:00 AM – 9:15 AM Opening Announcements Elm Room information legibly, you can help gain a higher percentage of validity for the
signatures you have collected.
The IT Track Agenda Our LPNM Constitution allows that 200 petition signatures (that’s 10 full
pages of signatures) may be submitted to extend one’s membership an
9:30 AM – 10:30 AM Using the LP Database Sycamore Room additional year. But, we will need to receive your submitted forms by March
10:45AM – 11:45 AM E-Mail Marketing Sycamore Room 15, 2010, as we will need to have them ready to submit to the BoE by the
beginning of April.
11:45 AM – 1:00 PM Lunch Break On your own
Are you up to the challenge? Collect and submit the signatures, and have
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Social Networking Sycamore Room your LPNM dues paid for an additional year.
2:15 PM – 3:15 PM The Best in Website Design Sycamore Room Send your signed petition forms to:
LPNM Membership Director
The Leadership Track Agenda c/o Ron Bjornstad
918 Ivory Road SE
9:30 AM – 10:30 AM Organizing State & County Elm Room
Rio Rancho, NM 87124
Parties
10:45AM – 11:45 AM Recruiting Candidates Elm Room
11:45 AM – 1:00 PM Lunch Break On your own
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Marketing the LP Elm Room
2:15 PM – 3:15 PM Forging Alliances Elm Room
New Mexico Liberty – January 2010 – Page 3
 THE LIBERTARIAN ENTERPRISE The second crime was County Contacts
to attempt to extend your life beyond what
Number 545, November 22, 2009 was considered natural (and therefore proper), overlooking the
"Socialism is Death" facts that (A)
Bernalillo people in a "natural" state have a life expectancy at
– lpnm.us/bernalillo
birth of only –
Mike Blessing 20505-918-6567
years, (B) that expectancy had already been
/ mikewb1971@gmail.com
Murdering the Future artificially extended three and a half-fold by the 19th century,
by L. Neil Smith [ lneil@netzero.com ] through the use of iron pipe (to deliver fresh, clean water) and
ncc-1776.org/tle2009/tle545-20091122-02.html Colfax
cotton clothing (which, unlike wool, could be washed to remove dirt,
Richard Moore – 575-377-6849 / myliberty@mail.com
germs, and various little animals), and (C) there's nothing natural
As I write this, our country is either about to put the brakes on the about traveling around in a starship, violating the speed of light
Marxism of Barack Obama and his murderous accomplices, or take Dona Ana – lpnm.us/dona-ana
limit, e-mailing yourself from a ship to a planetary surface,
an irretrievable plunge over the event horizon into the black hole of Siebert Ickler – 575-541-9079 / lpdacnm@lpnm.us
fabricating everything you want or need electronically.
collectivism.
Add
Lea to that, the fact that, once humanity gets off the Earth, let alone
By the time you read this, we will know. out into the
Christina galaxy,
Groth the scale of economic scarcity will change as
– 575-397-9366
Make no mistake. Even the most casual student of history – as long resources become virtually unlimited and energy becomes virtually
as he is honest with himself and others – will tell you that socialism free. So much for Dick Lamm's ideas about the duty of old people
Lincoln
is death. Even a leftist outfit like Amnesty International describes to die. Nobody
Richard Obergfellsane would ever /accuse
– 575-378-8025 a liberal of possessing
lplcnm@valornet.com
the Communist governments of the 20th century as "killing enhanced intelligence.
machines." Los Alamos
I carry no brief for NASA, just as I have no love for the NRA. But as
Allen Cogbill – 505-662-7833 / acogbill@geopotential.com
Those who are less than honest know it, too, and they have for a I am heartened whenever I see an NRA sticker on a passing car, I
long time. I recall, fairly vividly, a short story written when I was in know the fact that the Obama regime is choking NASA to death is
Luna
junior high school – I'm fairly certain by socialist mouthpiece Arthur not a good sign for our species. In essence, they are trying to
Marilyn Steffen – 575-531-2556 / b_lamont5@hotmail.com
C. Clarke – in which an elderly politician is traveling to meet with cancel the future.
some kind of government commission with the power to determine Exactly
whether he is valuable enough to society to have his life extended. Otero –the same thing is now going on with medicine. If the left has
lpnm.us/otero
its way, Heredia
Gilberto there will– 575-439-8234
be no more advances, either in saving lives or
/ thrill@zianet.com
Death panel, circa 1958. extending them. They've always believed that humanity is a blight
and a disease and that "what the Earth really needs is another
Roosevelt
For the left to deny they've been dreaming about this kind of power good plague".– 505-749-2085
If you get sick, these are the creatures who will
for decades is embarrassingly absurd. Forget about protecting the Ken Sanders
decide your fate.
freedom of individuals to create the wealth to hire doctors in order
to live longer – unavoidably benefiting dozens or hundreds or San Juan
Death – sjclp.org
panel, circa 2010.
thousands or millions of others along the way. The State must be Gary Wood – zang5775@msn.com
Understand this much if you understand nothing else. Collectivism
trusted to "level the playing field", and, as it does so, murder the is a form of mental illness, a serious and dangerous mental illness.
future. Sandoval
It begins,
Ron for whatever
Bjornstad reason / (you
– 505-288-4228 don't really want to hear my
rbjornstad@earthlink.net
The fact is that we human beings are the victims of an accidental theories about this), with an intense, churning, acidic self-loathing.
irony of nature. We spend the first twenty years of our lives learning That
Santaself-loathing
Fe gets extended to everything and everyone within
everything we know from various kinds of authority, our parents, sight.
Ed Nagel – 505-471-6928 / ed123nagel@aol.com
our teachers, the media, the government. We spend the next Leftists hate their families – look at families they construct for
twenty years in a desperate struggle to survive by unlearning situation
Valencia comedies, a part of the media they control, lock, stock,
everything erroneous our parents, our teachers, the media, and the and barrel. Leftists hate their culture, preferring anything that isn't
Abran Gabaldon – 505-864-6870 / abran_d@yahoo.com
government taught us. Over the next twenty years we learn all over what they grew up with – if it can be strung with beads, dyed blue,
again the real things we need to know to make us independent, and coated with dung,LPNM so much the better. Leftists hate their
competent entities, and we really begin to get a decent handle on Vacancies
country, being enamored of totalitarian governments, not despite
our lives. At which point our bodies begin to break down (if they the fact that they murder their own people
haven't begun already) and we start to die. Central Committee (1) by the millions, but
because of it.
It's enough to make you believe in God. Blind nature can't be so District 3 Representative, Seat A
However the politics of the matter turn out over the next few hours,
sadistic. the next few days, or County the nextContacts
few months, (20) we must never forget
For the first time in history, toward the end of the 20th century, it that the great objective of the left is, and always – has been – to kill
appeared that human beings might be able to put an end to this us, just as it was in Germany, under National Socialism, just as it
was inCatron / Chaves
Russia, under/ Cibola
Lenin and/ Curry / De just
Stalin, Bacaas / Eddy
it was/ Grant
in China,
accidental irony. Discoveries in medicine, nutrition, and the science
of aging clearly indicated that there was no reason people might not under Guadalupe
Mao, just as/ Harding
it was in/Cambodia,
Hidalgo / McKinley
under Pol/ Mora / Quay
Pot, just as it was
Rio
in Arriba / San
Nicaragua, forMiguel / Sierra
the Miskito / Socorro
Indians, / Taos
under the/ genocidal
Torrance / Ortega
Union
live for 150 years, 500 years, 1000 years or more, with your
chances of benefiting from the latest knowledge increasing with brothers.
College Contacts (3)
each year you survived. Today, you have only to look at most American politicians to see
Now Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, and others of their the homicidalEastern
sickness Newwrithing
Mexico inside them, straining
University (Portales)to get out and
vile ilk have arrived in the nick of time to put an end to what they kill. New Mexico State University (Las Cruces)
obviously perceive as an obscenity. Think back to Star Trek, which New Mexico
When all of this eventually shakesTechout,(Socorro)
conceivably at the future
more than anything else, represented the unguarded daydreams of University of New Mexico
Nuremberg II Tribunals, those who have fought (Various Campuses)
for individual liberty
the left. must see toWestern
it that theNew Mexico University
politicians voting today(Silver City)
to shorten your life
Do you remember what were the two greatest crimes a character and mine are no different than those who built and ran the death
Contact the state chair if you're interested in filling a slot.
camps.
on Star Trek could commit? The first was to obtain or possess
If you don't, who will?
enhanced intelligence. "Superior ability breeds superior ambition" They must be accorded exactly the same justice.
was the Roddenberry catchphrase; super-smart people were
almost always super evil.

New Mexico Liberty – January 2010 – Page 7

New Mexico Liberty – January 2010 – Page 4
 The real choice Obama faced was not how many troops to send.
O=W We do not have enough troops to commit a militarily meaningful
by William S. Lind number. The real choice was to get out now or get out later. His
7 December 2009 duty as Chief Executive, the state of America’s treasury (empty),
lewrockwell.com/lind/lind162.html concern for the well-being of our troops and their families, and the
hopelessness of the situation all dictated he get out now. By
punting the decision, he showed America and the world what he is
made of. December 1, 2009, was the date the Obama Presidency
"O=W" is a bumper sticker beginning to show up on liberals’ cars. failed.
After the President’s speech Tuesday night at West Point, I
William Lind, expressing his own personal opinion, is Director for
suspect it will spread rapidly.
the Center for Cultural Conservatism for the Free Congress
For eight years, conservatives endured the agony of watching Foundation.
President George W. Bush attach the label "conservative" to a host
of policies that were anti-conservative: Wilsonian wars, American
empire, vast budget and trade deficits, increased entitlements, and
the subordination of America’s interests to those of foreign powers.
Now the shoe is on the other foot, and liberals are bidden to hold
their tongues as President Obama makes Bush’s wars his own.
The usual Washington sell-out is in gear.
It should not come as a surprise. America is now a one-party state.
The one party is the Establishment party, which is also the war
party. Unless you are willing to cheer permanent war for
permanent peace, you cannot be a member of the Establishment.
What can we say militarily about Obama’s surge? Understand that
in Afghanistan, 30,000 troops is a drop in the bucket. The size of
the country, the wide extent of Taliban and other anti-occupier
action, and the largely mountainous nature of the terrain make
Afghanistan a troop sponge. A serious effort would require 300,000
more troops, not 30,000.
Obama’s surge only makes strategic sense if it is intended to
strengthen our position politically as a preliminary to negotiating
with the Taliban. By holding a few areas in the Taliban’s heartland,
we might make such negotiations worthwhile for Mullah Omar. The
deal would be a coalition government including the Taliban, to last
until we withdrew, coupled with a promise not to invite al Qaeda
back. Is that the White House’s intention? I can only say that I
have seen no evidence of it.
On the operational level, we are adopting a fortress strategy:
Festung Kandahar. The Taliban’s operational countermove is
obvious: take the rest of the Pashtun areas, isolate us in our
fortresses, then work to sever the supply lines running to the
fortresses, including Kabul. The Taliban is already attempting to do
this; our concentration should make it all the easier.
Tactically, the Taliban will withdraw from areas where we
concentrate rather than trying to defend them: "when the enemy
advances, we retreat." Then, they will penetrate those areas with
small raids, ambushes, IED-placing parties, and suicide bombers:
"When the enemy halts, we harass." We will face a war of the flea
inside our fortresses.
If we add all this up, we see that militarily it makes no sense. Of
course, that is true of any military option in the Afghan war. We are
fighting the Pashtun, and in the end, the Pashtun always win
Afghan wars. "This time is different" is, as always, the battle cry of
Folly.
So what lies behind President Obama’s decision? Domestic
political considerations, of course. He has done what politicians
always do when faced with difficult choices: he has kicked the can
down the road, to a specific date, July, 2011. That is when the
President promises we will begin a withdrawal from Afghanistan.
The date is meaningless beyond its political meaning, i.e., at that
point Obama will again be faced with the same decision he just
punted. With a Presidential election looming, he will punt again.
Meanwhile, the war’s price, in money and casualties, will have
risen, making it even harder to walk away from sunk costs.

New Mexico Liberty – January 2010 – Page 5

 LPNM Central Committee County
County Contacts
Contacts
Chair Bernalillo
Bernalillo –– lpnm.us/bernalillo
lpnm.us/bernalillo
Jay Vandersloot – 505-362-1733 / jayvandersloot@yahoo.com Mike
Mike Blessing
Blessing –– 505-515-7015
505-515-7015 // mikewb1971@gmail.com
mikewb1971@gmail.com
Vice Chair Colfax
Colfax
VACANT Richard
Richard Moore
Moore –– 575-377-6849
575-377-6849 // myliberty@mail.com
myliberty@mail.com
Secretary Dona
Dona Ana
Ana –– lpnm.us/dona-ana
lpnm.us/dona-ana
Siebert Ickler – 575-541-9079 / lpdacnm@lpnm.us Siebert
Siebert Ickler
Ickler –– 575-541-9079
575-541-9079 // lpdacnm@lpnm.us
lpdacnm@lpnm.us
Treasurer Lea
Lea
VACANT Christina
Christina Groth
Groth –– 575-397-9366
575-397-9366
At-Large Representative, Seat A Lincoln
Lincoln
Allen Cogbill – 505-662-7833 / acogbill@geopotential.com Richard
Richard Obergfell
Obergfell –– 575-378-8025
575-378-8025 // lplcnm@valornet.com
lplcnm@valornet.com
At-Large Representative, Seat B Los
Los Alamos
Alamos
Attila Csanyi – 505-286-7861 / drcsanyi@yahoo.com Allen
Allen Cogbill
Cogbill –– 505-662-7833
505-662-7833 // acogbill@geopotential.com
acogbill@geopotential.com
District 1 Representative, Seat A Luna
Luna
Mike Blessing – 505-515-7015 / mikewb1971@gmail.com Marilyn
Marilyn Steffen
Steffen –– 575-531-2556
575-531-2556 // b_lamont5@hotmail.com
b_lamont5@hotmail.com
District 1 Representative, Seat B Otero
Otero –– lpnm.us/otero
lpnm.us/otero
Bob Finch – 765-412-2374 / nmlibertarian@gmail.com Gilberto
Gilberto Heredia
Heredia –– 575-439-8234
575-439-8234 // thrill@zianet.com
thrill@zianet.com
District 2 Representative, Seat A Rio
Rio Arriba
Arriba
Gilberto Heredia – 575-439-8234 / thrill@zianet.com Lynette
Lynette Cannon
Cannon –– 575-756-1511
575-756-1511 // kevincannon55@msn.com
kevincannon55@msn.com
District 2 Representative, Seat B Roosevelt
Roosevelt
VACANT Ken
Ken Sanders
Sanders –– 575-749-2085
575-749-2085
District 3 Representative, Seat A San
San Juan
Juan –– sjclp.org
sjclp.org
Ron Bjornstad – 505-891-4541 / rbjornstad@earthlink.net Gary
Gary Wood
Wood –– zang5775@msn.com
zang5775@msn.com
District 3 Representative, Seat B Sandoval
Sandoval
Mike Moss – 505-564-4905 / mmoss@plumbersoft.com Ron
Ron Bjornstad
Bjornstad –– 505-288-4228
505-288-4228 // rbjornstad@earthlink.net
rbjornstad@earthlink.net
Membership Coordinator Taos
Taos
Ron Bjornstad – 505-288-4228 / rbjornstad@earthlink.net Lynette
Lynette Cannon
Cannon –– 575-756-1511
575-756-1511 // kevincannon55@msn.com
kevincannon55@msn.com
Press Secretary
Bill Koehler – 505-264-0835 / bkoehler8@comcast.net LPNM
LPNM Vacancies
Vacancies
Media Director Central Committee (3)
(2)
Bob Finch – 765-412-2374 / nmlibertarian@gmail.com Vice-Chair
Treasurer
District 2 Representative,
Treasurer Seat B
Campus Contacts District 2 Representative, Seat B
County Contacts (20)
Central New Mexico Community College [CNM] County Contacts (20)
groups.myspace.com/cnmlibertarians Catron / Chaves / Cibola / Curry / De Baca
Mike Blessing – 505-515-7015 / mikewb1971@gmail.com Eddy
Catron
/ Grant
/ Chaves
/ Guadalupe
/ Cibola // Harding
Curry / De
/ Hidalgo
Baca
McKinley
Eddy / Grant
/ Mora
/ Guadalupe
/ Quay / Santa
/ Harding
Fe / San
/ Hidalgo
Miguel
College of Santa Fe McKinley
Sierra / Socorro
/ Mora / /Quay
Torrance
/ Santa/ Union
Fe / San
/ Valencia
Miguel
Morgan Wells – mwells109@gmail.com Sierra / Socorro / Torrance / Union / Valencia
College Contacts (4)
College Contacts (4)
Internet Resources Eastern New Mexico University (Portales)
Eastern New Mexico University (Portales)
Official Website – lpnm.us New Mexico Tech (Socorro)
New Mexico Tech (Socorro)
LPNM Discussion – groups.yahoo.com/lpnm-discuss University of New Mexico (Various Campuses)
Open forum (unmoderated for the most part) University of New Mexico (Various Campuses)
Western New Mexico University (Silver City)
Blog – lpofnm.blogspot.com Western New Mexico University (Silver City)
Contact the state chair if you're interested
Facebook group – facebook.com/group.php?gid=20233114967 Contact the state chairaifslot.
in filling you're interested
in filling a slot.
Ning.com social utility – lpofnm.ning.com If you don't, who will?
If you don't, who will?
Myspace group – groups.myspace.com/lpnm

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New Mexico
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