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27.12.07
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Hat tip to the Libertarian Alliance for this pointer to a nice quote from Ron Paul about "big government". I'm not as convinced as some libertarians about Ron Paul's own credentials to say I would support him but here's the quote anyway - something Liberal Democrats should remember when the cry of "Something Must be Done" goes up:
What Does Freedom Really Mean?
Few Americans understand that all government action is inherently coercive. If nothing else, government action requires taxes. If taxes were freely paid, they wouldn’t be called taxes, they’d be called donations. If we intend to use the word freedom in an honest way, we should have the simple integrity to give it real meaning: Freedom is living without government coercion. So when a politician talks about freedom for this group or that, ask yourself whether he is advocating more government action or less.
By Ron Paul
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08.07.07
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The Liberal Dissenter
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17.11.06
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So, I gave in, and went at had a look at the Number 10 petition site. Well, I was one of the early adopters of the first attempt just after 1997, to set up a Number 10 discussion board, in the days when the interweb ran like a lump of tangled wet string.
So, having signed a few petitions - don't implement ID cards, legalize cannabis and other usual suspects, I decided to try my hand at creating one. It's not been approved yet, and you can be sure I will publish the signature page details if it is, but, in "pre-release form" one might say, here it is:
We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Abolish the
Department of Communities and Local Government and allow local
people to decide in consultation with the local representatives
they elect to do the job how best to run their localities
And in the "further information" box, this:
Local government has been subject to far too much tinkering,
target setting and control by central government for decades.
If government is by the consent of the governed then surely
that consent, for local affairs, is given in elections to local
councillors. Instead of handing down a menu from on high of
how local government will be permitted to operate, allow real
innovation and local consultation to decide how to run and fund
their local communities.
Keep your eyes open for it and go sign it if it tickles your fancy.
Technorati Tags: localism, politics, electoral reform
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26.11.07
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For a while now I've been displaying that red banner in the top right hand corner of this site showing that my blog is not available to readers in China, as if they would ever want to read it!
So I am intrigued to find the following entry in my logs today:
58.251.18.36 (whois, map)
reverse.gdsz.cncnet.net 
China
Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1)
Win XP
MSIE 6
Referrer: Google: housing price and money supply
Path
1 2007-11-26 08:48:41 0 seconds /money_supply_house_prices_stocks_exchange_assets_prices
So, hello China! Shall I remove the "not available" banner now?
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08.07.07
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Hot Ginger and Dynamite
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