So New York State insisted that we build a ramp which was illegal under New York City law.

RJ HARRIS: “Contrary to both Ron Paul’s and RJ Harris’ platforms, Gary Johnson supports keeping GITMO open,…”

INCLUDING IN ONES PLATFORM “CLOSING GUANTANOMO” IS MERE SYMBOLISM. IF A LIBERTARIAN WANTS TO HELP A DETAINEE, FORBID GOVERNMENT DETENTION WITHOUT RESPECTING THE 5TH AMENDMENT’S REQUIREMENT THAT THE PRISONER GET DUE PROCESS, INCLUDING A CHARGE AND A TRIAL. ENEMY COMBATANTS NEED TO BE DETAINED SOMEWHERE, BUT NOT WITHOUT DUE PROCESS.

RJ HARRIS: “(for) ‘humanitarian’ war”,

WAR NEVER IS HUMANE, AND GOVERNOR GARY JOHNSON WOULDN’T RESPOND TO A NATIONAL SECURITY THREAT WITHOUT A WAR DECLARATION FROM CONGRESS. IF HALF A MILLION PEOPLE ARE FACING AN IMMINENT GENOCIDE, THE GOVERNOR WOULD INVITE VOLUNTEERS TO GO STOP IT.

RJ HARRIS “giving foreign aid to Israel,”

GOVERNOR JOHNSON OPPOSES ALL FOREIGN AID.

RJ HARRIS: ‘(for) the ‘Fair Tax’”,

TO OPPOSE THE FAIR TAX IMPLIES SUPPORT FOR THE INCOME TAX. NO LIBERTARIAN SHOULD SUPPORT THE 16TH AMENDMENT WHICH IMPRISONED US IN THE ORWELLIAN GUILTY-UNTIL-PROVEN-INNOCENT INCOME TAX WITH ITS IRS AUDITS. THE FAIR TAX IS A SALES TAX, WHICH FOLKS CAN CONTROL WITH PRUDENT SHOPPING. WITH A ZERO INCOME TAX ON CORPORATIONS, 10S OF MILLIONS OF NEW JOBS WOULD REPATRIATE IN THE USA.

RJ HARRIS: “accepting federal matching funds for his campaign,”

ITS NOT COERCED TAXPAYER MONEY, SINCE THE ONLY MONEY INVOLVED ARE DOLLARS INCOME TAX FILERS VOLUNTARILY CHECK ON THEIR FORMS. PLUS, AS AYN RAND WROTE, TAKING WELFARE FOR WHICH ONE DID NOT VOTE IS A GOOD THING, LIKE RESTITUTION. A SIMILAR ARGUMENT COULD BE USED TO JUSTIFY CONGRESSMAN PAUL’S DIRECTING OF EARMARKS IN PROJECT FUNDING FOR HIS DISTRICT.

RJ HARRIS: “aggressive and intrusive regulation of small restaurants,”

GOVERNOR GARY JOHNSON GARNERED THE TOP JOB CREATION RECORD AS GOVERNOR, FOR KEEPING REGULATIONS CERTAIN, CHEAP AND EASY TO COMPLY WITH. IF R.J. IS GETTING THIS DISTORTION FROM HIS FOX-EXPRESSED SUPPORT FOR CALORIE COUNTS IN RESTAURANTS, HE CLARIFIED THAT STATEMENT IN HIS NEXT ONLINE TOWNHAL, THAT HE’D NEVER SUPPORT MAKING CALORIE COUNTS MANDATORY. SMALL BUSINESSES IN NEW MEXICO JOINED THE REST OF THE STATE IN MAKING THE GOVERNOR THE MOST POPULAR OF ALL CANDIDATES AMONG HOME-STATE VOTERS. AS PRESIDENT HE’D CUT SMALL BUSINESS REGULATION BY THE 43% OF SPENDING THAT’S BORROWED (TO BALANCE THE BUDGET).

RJ HARRIS: “keeping the Federal Reserve system,”

GOVERNOR GARY JOHNSON WOULD SIGN INTO LAW ANY BILL CONGRESS PASSED TO ABOLISH THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM. SHORT OF ABOLITION, THE GOVERNOR HAS EXPRESSED SUPPORT FOR LIMITING THE FED’S MANDATE TO CURRENCY STABILIZATION (WHICH WOULD RAISE RATES), DR. PAUL’S PROPOSALS TO SUBJECT THE FED TO A FULL AUDIT AND EXPOSE THE FED’S MONEY MONOPOLY WITH A COMPETITIVE CURRENCY BILL, UNDER WHICH GOLD AND SILVER WOULD BE LEGALIZED SO THEY COULD WITHOUT COERCION TAKEOVER THE MARKET AS THE STANDARD CURRENCY. ALSO, THE GOVERNOR HAS WARNED THOSE FIXATED ON THE FED THAT EXCESSIVE MONEY PRINTING CAN COME ALSO FROM A GOVERNMENT’S TREASURY. FURTHER, EXCESSIVE DEFICIT SPENDING BY THE GOVERNMENT GIVES THE FED AN EXCUSE TO MONETIZE DEBT, SO THE ONE THING A PRESIDENT SHOULD ACT ON IMMEDIATELY IS BALANCING THE BUDGET, TO REMOVE SPENDING AS AN EXCUSE FOR MONETIZATION.

RJ HARRIS: “the death penalty”

GOVERNOR GARY JOHNSON HAS OPPOSED THE DEATH PENALTY SINCE HIS TIME AS GOVERNMENT IN THE 1990S, WHEN HE LEARNED THAT INNOCENT PRISONERS COULD BE KILLED, AND THAT THUS IT WASN’T WORTH RETAINING THE ULTIMATE PENALTY.

RJ HARRIS: “…and the list goes on.”

LIKE WHAT, RJ?

RJ HARRIS: “HE IS NOT a Libertarian. In the wake of what happened to our Champion Ron Paul on Super Tuesday we have to help RJ stand up and fight for us like never before.”

RJ, YOU EXAGERRATED YOUR ROLE IN GETTING OKLAHOMA ONTO THE BALLOT, AND YOU’RE BORDERLINE LYING ABOUT GOVERNOR GARY JOHNSON’S RECORD. IF THE LP IS GOING TO COME TOGETHER AFTER THE CONVENTION, WE NEED A BIT MORE HONESTY IN OUR DISCUSSIONS.

Thank you for your comments. I’m glad you appreciated my “decorum.”

You said you wanted to “clarify” Harris’ alleged duplicity. Specifically, you said that the acting Chair of the Oklahoma Libertarian Party Clark Duffe called Harris a “liar” for “bragging” that he “gathered over 37,000 signatures for the OKLP.” You also said Harris made this alleged falsehood “following a talk [he] made before the NYLP [convention].” You further said “[Harris'] statement was immediately deemed as false by the OKLP ballot drive coordinator Mr. Richard Prawdzienski.”

If I may correct you, Harris appeared before the Manhattan LP convention, not the New York LP convention, which will occur on April 21. Anyhow, I attended the MLP convention. While I didn’t hear Harris “brag,” or otherwise, that he gathered “over 37,000 signatures,” I would certainly take such a statement with a huge grain of salt. For him, or any one person to literally gather “over 37,000 signatures” is impossible. Maybe it could be done in 20 years, but in the short time typically allowed for petitioning, no way.

Still, as you told us, “Prawdzienski stated that the actual number of signatures presented by Harris was 150.” While 150 signatures is probably not something to “brag” about, I do applaud Harris for a job well done because I’ve gathered signatures and I know what the task involves. Indeed, last year I gathered over 300 signatures for LPNY’s petitioning. Although I did this part time, it was still hard work that required persistence, stamina and a thick skin. (BTW, If you want to get the most signatures during a petition outing, I suggest you go to a plaza during lunchtime on a weekday. Many people from nearby offices will be having their lunches, and many will be happy to sign your petition.)

Natalie Ricardo, it seems to me that Harris’ alleged braggadocio might have been misunderstood, as clearly he cannot literally collect 37,000 signatures by himself. Can we cut him some slack on this matter? Besides, in the article, “Oklahoma Libertarian Party Hands in 51,000+ Signatures,” Harris seems to have “atoned” for his alleged falsehood when he acknowledged the “hard work” done by the “real heroes,” who he named as, among others, Clark Duffe, Richard Prawdzienski and none other than Gary Johnson:

RJ Harris has stated the following about this achievement: “…the real heroes are the OKLP, Angelia O’Dell, Clark Duffe, Richard Prawdzienski, Aletha Lingo and many others who did the hard work. Giving the effort a face and a local candidate to support was not nearly as difficult as the trench work was for all of them. And thank you Gov. Johnson for putting us over the top in OK and in helping get ballot access for the OKLP for the first time in more than a decade. We are a team and this effort proves that if we can compete in one of the most difficult ballot access states in the Union our team, the Libertarian team, can compete anywhere.”

(http://www.rjharris2012.com/blog/press/oklp-qualifies-for-ballot-access/)

Thank you again for your comments and for your clarification, which I hope I had further clarified.

Alton Yee