<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Me too, and I'm not just saying that because I was commended. Drawing a link between members of the LNC who voted for the resolution in question and the deaths of U.S. government soldiers seems tenuous at best (have any such soldiers even died in the few days since the resolution was adopted?), but people taking their representatives to task in strong terms is a sign of a healthy and vibrant organization. If LP members only felt free to voice such criticisms at conventions, that would be like U.S. residents feeling free to express negative views about Congress only at election time. Also, they were quoting the LP Platform, not (as far as I can tell) advocating for changing it.</div><div><br></div><div>Love & Liberty,</div><div><br></div><div> ((( starchild )))</div><div>At-Large Representative, Libertarian National Committee</div><div> <a href="mailto:RealReform@earthlink.net">RealReform@earthlink.net</a></div><div> (415) 625-FREE</div><div> @StarchildSF</div><div><br></div><br><div><div>On Jun 1, 2017, at 6:21 AM, Caryn Ann Harlos wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">I thank everyone for input. I like it when people are involved, even if it is critical.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 1, 2017 at 7:18 AM, Ken Moellman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lpky@mu-net.org" target="_blank">lpky@mu-net.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">I removed the Audcaious caucus from this email chain.<div><br></div><div>My professional advice: Don't feed the trolls.</div><div><br></div><div>The time for them to make their case is at convention, and by changing the platform if they so choose. </div></div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 1, 2017 at 7:55 AM, Sam Goldstein <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:goldsteinatlarge@gmail.com" target="_blank">goldsteinatlarge@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">As always, the brave liberty warriors of the audacious caucus have presented a very constructive, <div>unattributed resolution for consideration.</div><div><br></div><div>Live Free,</div><div><br></div><div>Sam Goldstein</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><span class="m_2917381880821647628HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br clear="all"><div><div class="m_2917381880821647628m_-6223684218693767959gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Sam Goldstein<div>Libertarian National Committee</div><div>Member at Large</div><div>8925 N Meridian St, Ste 101</div><div>Indianapolis IN 46260</div><div><a href="tel:(317)%20850-0726" value="+13178500726" target="_blank">317-850-0726</a> Phone</div><div><a href="tel:(317)%20582-1773" value="+13175821773" target="_blank">317-582-1773</a> Fax</div></div></div></div></font></span><div><div class="m_2917381880821647628h5">
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 1, 2017 at 7:09 AM, Caryn Ann Harlos <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:carynannharlos@gmail.com" target="_blank">carynannharlos@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex; position: static; z-index: auto; "><div>Thank you for your feedback.</div><div class="m_2917381880821647628m_-6223684218693767959HOEnZb"><div class="m_2917381880821647628m_-6223684218693767959h5"><div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div>On Thu, Jun 1, 2017 at 12:15 AM <<a href="mailto:beaudaciouslp@gmail.com" target="_blank">beaudaciouslp@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="#954F72"><div class="m_2917381880821647628m_-6223684218693767959m_-6057196094715492426m_-6866073742631453768WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">WHEREAS we, the members of the Libertarian Party, challenge the cult of the omnipotent state; and</p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">WHEREAS the psychological strategy of placing military personnel on pedestals is a core control tactic of the cult of the omnipotent state; and</p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">WHEREAS affirming and perpetuating the existence of the pedestal is a breach of the Libertarian Party's Statement of Principles which lists challenging the cult of the omnipotent state as our first and primary purpose; and</p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">WHEREAS complicity in acts of imperialism is functionally and logically equivalent to murder; and</p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">WHEREAS The Statement of Principles of the Libertarian Party further explicitly states that forcible interference in the equal rights of others to live in whatever manner they choose is not a political right; and</p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">WHEREAS the cult of the omnipotent state as manifested in the modern imperial police state regularly practices forcible interference in said equal rights of all individuals, both residing in the geographic area commonly referred to as the United States and across the oblate spheroid commonly referred to as Earth; and</p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">WHEREAS email ballot 2017-11 passed by the LNC places military service on a pedestal in direct violation of the above stated principles; therefore</p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">BE IT RESOLVED that the Audacious Caucus of the Libertarian Party hereby denounces Whitney Bilyeu, Sam Goldstein, Tim Hagan, Caryn Ann Harlos, Daniel Hayes, Joshua Katz, James Lark, Alicia Mattson, Patrick McKnight, Ken Moellman, Steven Nekhaila, Bill Redpath, Aaron Starr, and Arvin Vohra for their complicity in the deaths of military servicemembers and their targets alike by purposefully manipulating party demographics in a counterproductive direction with their choice to advance a narrative favorable to the cult of the omnipotent state for the express stated purpose of attracting its adherents, and call for their removal from positions of responsibility at the membership's soonest opportunity; and</p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Audacious Caucus of the Libertarian Party also commends David Demarest and Starchild for challenging the cult of the omnipotent state among us and thanks them for their service.<br>--<br>View online here:<br><a href="https://1drv.ms/b/s!AlrW74jd0VBtg6NK5HSty1bW2K6tiQ" target="_blank">https://1drv.ms/b/s!AlrW74jd0V<wbr>Btg6NK5HSty1bW2K6tiQ</a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">--<br>Libertarian Party Audacious Caucus<br>FB/TW: @LPAudacious<br><br>"If I can't dance, it's not my revolution." - Emma Goldman</p></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div><span class="m_2917381880821647628m_-6223684218693767959HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div dir="ltr">-- <br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><font size="4" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#666666"><b>In Liberty,</b></font></div><div><font size="4" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#666666"><b>Caryn Ann Harlos</b></font></div><div><font size="1">Region 1 Representative, Libertarian National Committee </font><span style="font-size:x-small">(Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Kansas, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Washington) - <a href="mailto:Caryn.Ann.Harlos@LP.org" target="_blank">Caryn.Ann. Harlos@LP.org</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size:x-small">Communications Director, <a href="http://www.lpcolorado.org/" target="_blank">Libertarian Party of Colorado</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size:x-small">Colorado State Coordinator, <a href="http://www.lpradicalcaucus.org/" target="_blank">Libertarian Party Radical Caucus</a> </span></div><div><span style="font-size:x-small">Chair, LP Historical Preservation Committee</span></div><div><span style="font-size:x-small"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:x-small">A haiku to the Statement of Principles:</span></div><div><span style="font-size:x-small"><i>We defend your rights</i></span></div><div><span style="font-size:x-small"><i>And oppose the use of force</i></span></div><div><span style="font-size:x-small"><i>Taxation is theft</i></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></font></span></blockquote></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></blockquote></div></body></html>