People often mistakenly confuse me with Republicans. Sure, I'm conservative on some issues, but I'm liberal on others. The way I look at it, I'm 'liberal' on everything, in the truest sense of the word. That is, I am pro-liberty and anti-big government. This is not to be confused with 'liberal democrats', that are anything but 'liberal'.

My Libertarian Platform (part I of II):

Freedom of Speech:
Speech should be free from government suppression. Obviously that means that the government should not only be prohibited from abridging speech, but it also means that the government cannot force others to carry the burden of your freedoms. That is, there will be no 'equal time', and media outlets are under no obligation to let you use their resources. There should also be no absolution of consequences for what you say. (Look what happened to Lott.)

Campaign Finance Reform The Incumbent Protection Act should be immediately struck down, and the National Endowment for the Arts should be dissolved.

Firearms:
The individual right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. Any firearms should be permitted to be owned by private citizens who have not lost that right through criminal action. A Constitutional Amendment should bar licensing, registration, and the collection of data should be passed.

Illicit Drugs:
Drugs should be legalized, and anyone in prison for non-violent drug related offenses should be set free. Contrary to popular anti-drug propaganda, overall drug use will not increase. Currently there are obscene margins on the street price of drugs, and stricter enforcement will only drive the prices up. The steep prices and hefty profit margins contribute to a large organized criminal element. Legalization will not only eliminate a large portion of this criminal element by making the business less profitable, but it will also eliminate hard core drug pushers that prey on children. Drugs should be treated like alcohol. I say that as long as the users aren't hurting anyone around them, live and let live.

Licit Drugs:
Tobacco and alcohol should also be legalized. Drinking and smoking ages should be eliminated or lowered, and all anti-smoking laws repealed. Similarly, limits on blood alcohol content (BAC) should be eliminated. This doesn't mean that I'm advocating going soft on drunk driving. There should be stiff penalties for driving while impaired. However, impairment should be measured with a field sobriety test (a/k/a Stupid Human Tricks), and not by way of BAC. There are some people that can operate a motor vehicle fine with a BAC of 1.0 or even 1.5, and then there are those that cannot operate a motor vehicle with 0.08 or sometimes even 0.0.

Crime:
Criminals should be severely punished. Parole, and the revolving door justice system should be overhauled. Capital punishment should be protected, and corporal punishment should be brought back into our prison system. The days of cable TV and Bally's-type gymnasiums should be put behind us, and hard time should be hard time. With all those non-violent drug offenders out of our prisons, there should be plenty of room for the ones that need to be locked up.

Social Security:
Social Security is nothing but a big ponsi scheme. If someone like you or me tried to pull a scam like this, they'd lock us up and throw away the key. Anyone who understands the time value of money would realize that every dollar you put into social security is a dollar that might as well be flushed down the toilet. Anyone who plans on retiring solely on social security ought to have their head examined.

Taxes:
The taxing power of the federal government should be repealed, and all federal funds should be allocated by the states. The current system of progressive taxation stifles motivation and punishes success and should be overhauled. Businesses should no longer be bailed out, nor should people. Personal income should not be seized through the threat of lethal force, only to be redistributed to others. The imperial federal government is not here to be a cradle to grave nanny for all citizens. The size of the federal government increases year after year with no end in sight, and it needs to be addressed. Radical changes are needed.

States' Rights and the Seventeenth Amendment:
Contrary to lies told by many socialist democrats, "states' rights" is not a buzz word for racism. The fact is that your local and state government is more representative of your needs, wants, and beliefs. The power of the federal government should be derived from state and local governments, which is in turn derived from the people who are governed. In the early days of the Union, people were called Virginians and New Yorkers, not Americans. The federal government's main job was and should be limited to handling interstate issues and disputes, and to take advantage of economies of scale in the areas of national defense, the postal service, and other various common needs.

The Seventeenth Amendment, allowing for the popular election of senators, and thus the removal of the states from the legislative process and the checks and balances process, should be repealed.