http://www.scribd.com/people/view/7251-george-phillies This a feed for documents on Scribd written by Phillies for President 2008 30 Thu, 19 Apr 2007 22:06:12 GMT Thu, 19 Apr 2007 22:06:12 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/34402/News-from-Phillies-2008 The Big News: Sunday, April 15. The Libertarian Party of New Hampshire staged its 2008 Nominating Convention to choose candidates for the November 2008 general election. They want to start petitioning now, so they did not wait for the LP National Convention to choose their 2008 nominees They chose: For President...George Phillies For Vice President...Karen Kwiatkowski That's right, the Libertarian Party of New Hampshire has decided to run George Phillies for President in 2008. The LPNH must collect 3000 signatures to put him on the November ballot. His running mate will be Karen Kwiatkowski (L Thu, 19 Apr 2007 22:06:12 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/34402/News-from-Phillies-2008 http://www.scribd.com/doc/18495/Building-an-Effective-Libertarian-Party To build an effective Libertarian Party, we need to do everything right. We need strong local organization. We need effective local candidates. We need libertarian affinity groups. And we need an effective flagship race, because many Americans only pay attention to one political race for a few weeks every four years. I'm running for President to move our party in all those directions. I'm building a strong volunteer effort, with people and groups who will stay with us when the election is over. I'm building local and affinity groups. Most important, I am running on sensible issues that the Ame Mon, 26 Mar 2007 03:38:15 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/18495/Building-an-Effective-Libertarian-Party http://www.scribd.com/doc/14436/No-Child-Left-Behind George Bush wants to rescue the education of our children, using all the wisdom and compassion he used to rescue New Orleans. The No Child Left Behind Act should be repealed. The Federal government should leave education to states, communities, and parents. * Mon, 19 Mar 2007 15:31:23 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/14436/No-Child-Left-Behind http://www.scribd.com/doc/14435/Free-Trade When a country is a dictatorship that suppresses labor unions and shoots labor organizers, the goods it exports are stolen property, stolen from the workers coerced to make them. Stolen goods cannot be traded freely. We should not engage in 'free trade' in stolen property. Furthermore, it is only fair that all manufacturers pay the same taxes. We may differ as to what those taxes should be. However, there should not be one tax rate for Ford Motors, and another much higher tax rate for General Motors. When we place a financial burden however labeled on American manufacturers, fairness dictates Mon, 19 Mar 2007 15:29:56 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/14435/Free-Trade http://www.scribd.com/doc/14434/Immigration I support the Libertarian Party Platform. You cannot have open borders and a large-scale welfare system at the same time. You will go broke. As has happened before in our history, if you have open borders poor country governments will pay people to move here, promising them a better life in the New World. Each time we add a worker to the Social Security system, we enormously increase our (unfunded) national debt, because Social Security is run on pay-as-you-go. Under the present welfare system, a vote for open borders is a vote for higher taxes for all. Someday, the Libertarian message of peac Mon, 19 Mar 2007 15:28:43 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/14434/Immigration http://www.scribd.com/doc/14433/Marriage The Federal government has no business regulating marriage. The Defense of Marriage Act and other similar Federal Laws and executive orders should be repealed. On the same line, there is no legitimate military interest in the sexual inclinations of soldiers, sailors, or airmen, and military regulations on this topic should be repealed. When the government forces some religions to follow the religious beliefs of other religions, by regulating who may marry whom, it is committing unAmerican acts of religious persecution. On one hand, I defend freedom of religion for people who hate the practices Mon, 19 Mar 2007 15:25:56 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/14433/Marriage http://www.scribd.com/doc/14427/Civil-Liberties The Oath of Office of the President is to defend and protect the Constitution of the United States. When a President takes office, he should place his hand on one place: the Constitution and the Bill of Rights he is swearing to protect. When an Advisor tells the President "The Constitution is not a suicide pact" as a justification for his illegal deeds, he is urging that our government be overthrown. The President should appoint officials and advisors who support the Constitution. * Mon, 19 Mar 2007 15:24:35 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/14427/Civil-Liberties http://www.scribd.com/doc/14426/Repeal-the-Military-Comission-Act American law and tradition make clear: The accused are entitled to speedy trials before a jury. The accused may not be tortured until they confess. Evidence obtained through torture is not admissible. The accused has the right to crossexamination of the witnesses against him. Older readers will recall the days before Miranda, when prisoners in American jails were likely to be abused until they confessed, especially if they were dark of skin or spoke with an accent. Fortunately, the Supreme Court brought those days to an end. The Military Commission Act turns all American law and tradition on i Mon, 19 Mar 2007 15:22:30 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/14426/Repeal-the-Military-Comission-Act http://www.scribd.com/doc/14425/Peace-with-Iraq For three thousand Americans, their relatives, and their families, peace with Iraq is now too late. Those three thousand Americans made the ultimate sacrifice for their country: They died fighting a pointless war in a foreign land. We cannot undo the sacrifice that they made. We should seek to ensure that more Americans do not go forth, courageously, only to make the same sacrifice in the distant desert sands of Iraq. Our soldiers in Iraq face hazards unknown in past wars. They are under constant attack. No matter how often George Bush claims that we are winning, the number of effective attack Mon, 19 Mar 2007 15:21:19 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/14425/Peace-with-Iraq http://www.scribd.com/doc/14418/Phillies-Does-Not-Respond-to-Bush Libertarian Presidential Candidate George Phillies gives a State of the Union message. He doesn't bother responding to George Bush. Instead, he writes an honest report on the actual state of our Republic. He opens "The American people can see the truth. The United States is on the wrong track. The state of the Union is not good, and it is getting worse by the day. Our brave men and women perish in Iraq, fighting for ever-changing objectives. The trade deficit soars toward a trillion dollars a year. The national debt of the United States climbs three-quarters of a trillion dollars a year. The F Mon, 19 Mar 2007 14:56:15 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/14418/Phillies-Does-Not-Respond-to-Bush http://www.scribd.com/doc/14416/Phillies-Condemns-Internet-Poker-Ban November 25, 2006. Worcester, Massachusetts. Libertarian Presidential candidate George Phillies today condemned the Internet Poker Ban. Phillies called for ending the ban. He promised that if elected he would call upon Congress to repeal their ban on internet poker gaming. "Poker is as American as apple pie," Phillies said. "Internet poker players are not terrorists. Congress passed the poker ban because too many Congressmen believe in using the Federal government to impose their religious opinions on you and me. The internet poker ban has to go." * Mon, 19 Mar 2007 14:54:47 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/14416/Phillies-Condemns-Internet-Poker-Ban http://www.scribd.com/doc/14413/Support-the-Libertarian-Party-and-Its-Candidates Worcester, Massachusetts. September 30, 2006. The Phillies 2008 campaign announced a new volunteer program targeted at supporting the Libertarian Party and its candidates from coast to coast. The support program, a free gift to Libertarian Party groups and candidates, aims to develop effective lists of press contacts for use of Libertarian candidates. "This program was started by the Badnarik 2004 Campaign," candidate Phillies explained, "while I was national volunteer coordinator. But it started too late, and was not completed. Now Phillies 2008 will complete what Badnarik 2004 started." The Mon, 19 Mar 2007 14:51:56 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/14413/Support-the-Libertarian-Party-and-Its-Candidates http://www.scribd.com/doc/14410/Kelo-Phillies-offers-Practical-Solutions September 2, 2006. Worcester Massachusetts. Libertarian Presidential aspirant George Phillies condemned the Supreme Court's Kelo decision. He offered a practical libertarian solution to the issues Kelo raises. The Kelo case asked if condemnation procedings could be used to seize property for private commercial uses. The Supreme Court ruled that cities could take your home to give the land to a private developer. " A home is not a house," Phillies said. "The value of a home is not just the land and the structures, it is the memories and the invested sweat equity. When a home is seized for legit Mon, 19 Mar 2007 14:49:45 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/14410/Kelo-Phillies-offers-Practical-Solutions http://www.scribd.com/doc/14408/Merrimack-Valley-Porcupines August 5, 2006. Manchester, New Hampshire. Libertarian Presidential candidate George Phillies today addressed 50 members of the Merrimack Valley Porcupines. Phillies urged attendees to choose a credible Presidential candidate. He stood up for sound Libertarian policies. "When you see the President on television, he is followed an Air Force officer carrying "the football", the list of America's nuclear attack codes," Phillies said. "The American People expect a credible Presidential candidate, and will judge your campaigns on the basis of our Presidential offering." * Mon, 19 Mar 2007 14:48:11 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/14408/Merrimack-Valley-Porcupines http://www.scribd.com/doc/14406/Energy-Policy-Statement Worcester Massachusetts. July 31, 2006. Libertarian Presidential candidate George Phillies today released his first energy policy proposal. "I'm not going to try to run your life," Phillies said. "I'm not going to try to protect you from reality, either." Referring to energy shortages and global warming, Phillies told supporters "We do not need hysterical responses. We need to change how we do things, without making huge changes in our way of life." Phillies counselled Americans that it was prudent to assume that high energy costs will continue indefinitely. Phillies called for the Federal gov Mon, 19 Mar 2007 14:45:54 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/14406/Energy-Policy-Statement http://www.scribd.com/doc/14404/One-Nation-Under-Surveillance July 22, 2006. The Phillies 2008 Campaign has released a new concept Video "One Nation Under Surveillance" incorporating stills of protesters at the 2004 Republican National Convention. "Americans," candidate George Phillies said, "should compare the treatment meted out to demonstrators at the Republican National Convention with the open door to the floor of the Libertarian National Convention, where the public was welcome to appear and listen as our delegates went about their business." George Phillies is a declared candidate for the 2008 Libertarian Party Presidential nomination. His campaig Mon, 19 Mar 2007 14:42:44 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/14404/One-Nation-Under-Surveillance http://www.scribd.com/doc/14403/End-the-GrandChild-Tax Libertarian Presidential Aspirant George Phillies today called for an end to the most heinous of all taxes, the Grandchild Tax, which hides under the name 'National Debt". "The National Debt," Phillies said, "is the ultimate in taxation without representation. We get the spending benefits. The tax is paid by people who haven't even been born yet." Phillies outlined an arrangement for discharging the National debt. The budget should be balanced, as it was under Bill Clinton. Payments on the debt should be increased by a quarter or a third to include principal as well as interest. National Debt Mon, 19 Mar 2007 14:40:05 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/14403/End-the-GrandChild-Tax