Let's help elect Bonnie Flickinger to the California State Assembly on November 7, 2000. by charles olson President & Founder of drGoose.org August 27, 2000

I discovered Liberty with Ed Clark's campaign for governor in 1978...

I cried out for Liberty with my campaign for the California State Assembly in 1980...

I cried out for Liberty with my campaign for U.S. Congress in 1982...

I cried out for Liberty with my campaign for the California State Senate in 1988...

I cried out for Liberty with my campaign for U.S. Congress in 1990...

I cried out for Liberty with my campaign for U.S. Congress in 1992...

I cried out for Liberty with my "Who is the Lorax?" free market environmentalism speech in 1993...

I cried out for Liberty with my "Who are the Sneetches?" speech in 1995...

Liberty won't pay my rent.
Liberty won't educate my children.
Liberty won't pay my medical bills.
Liberty will not save money for my retirement.

Liberty is a framework which allows me to find my own answers.

When i hear of people in distress, i look forward to the days when charity is a voluntary and private interpersonal affair, not a governmental one.  I remember how in the late 1800's "friendly societies" were a way that communities of people self-insured against the variety of misfortunes that befall humankind.

When i hear of people not finding jobs, i look forward to the days when hiring and firing is a voluntary and private interpersonal affair, not a governmental one.  No taxes, no withholding, no paperwork other than that desired by the parties themselves.

When i see or experience traffic congestion, i look forward to the days when i pay for my use of the roads.

When i hear of shortcomings of our schools, i look forward to the days when education is a private affair, no taxes or compulsions, only people interacting voluntarily.

When i hear of people's lives being destroyed by the war on drugs, i look forward to the days when i and others may peacefully and openly choose what medicines, foods, supplements, and recreational drugs to use in a peaceful, non-threatening way.

I want Liberty.

I want a peaceful, gradual transition
    from our current government
    towards a great peaceful tolerant diverse prosperous clean healthy free society.

I believe that Liberty will come about through
   someone,
      some precious one,
          being willing to spend years working as a politician at the local level,
             before finally seeking higher office,
                bringing their record of service and integrity to the voters.

Should it be me?  Could it be me?

No, not me...                (whew!)

Her.  She's more like Abraham Lincoln -- complex, heroic, and willing to sit through city council meetings.

Bonnie Flickinger is an experienced and responsible politician.  She has served eight years on the Moreno Valley City Council.  She is running a serious campaign in the 65th Assembly District (near L.A.) in a race which has no incumbent.

If she wins, then the California State Assembly will most likely contain:

       79 Demopublican-Republicrats and
       1 Libertarian.

And then, when the legislature is discussing a particular problem, people will hear
    not only
        what-the-government-can-do-to-solve-this-problem (x79),
    but also
        what-the-government-is-already-doing-which-makes-this-problem-worse (x1),
    and also
        how-more-liberty-will-make-things-better (x1).

And the great slow gradual process of educating people about Liberty will be underway.

The peaceful revolution at the ballot box will have begun.

i want i want i want i want that heroic voice in the California State Assembly.

I am giving hundreds of dollars to her campaign.

There is no maximum contribution...

I want your help.

I want you to send money to Bonnie's campaign:

Please take a look at Bonnie's campaign website (www.flickinger4assembly.com).

You can make a credit card contribution online at her site, or
you can send your check, payable to "Friends of Bonnie Flickinger", to:

   Friends of Bonnie Flickinger
   Box 1492
   Moreno Valley, CA  92556

Bonnie's site: www.flickinger4assembly.com

The Statue of Liberty is a gift from the people of France to the people of America in 1886.

This poem is inscribed at the base of the statue.

The New Colossus         by Emma Lazarus Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, With conquering limbs astride from land to land: Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame. "Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost, to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"

Let's help Bonnie get elected!  Please give generously at her site: www.flickinger4assembly.com

Thank you.