Kevin Barrett is challenging Ron Kind in CD3

Kind won't lose to an Independent Libertarian, but this season is going to be a wild ride!

Kevin Barrett to Announce Run for Congress at Ron Kind Townhall Monday
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Saturday, May 9th, 2008

Contact: Dr. Kevin J. Barrett, kbarrett@merr.com

Lone Rock, WI - Two years ago, the politicians wanted Kevin Barrett fired from his teaching job. Now Barrett is turning the tables. Barrett is calling on the voters to fire the politicians, starting with his own 3rd District Representative, Ron Kind.

"The Democrats were elected in 2006 to end the war," Barrett explains. "They failed. Ron Kind and the rest of them keep voting to throw our money into that five trillion dollar black hole in Iraq. That's why our economy is tanking and gas prices are through the roof. It's time to give the Democrats and the Republicans their walking papers. It's time to fire them all." Barrett will be running as a Libertarian and urging voters to throw all Republicans and Democrats out of office. He will be handing out copies of the new DVD Washington, You're Fired while he campaigns.

Barrett said he was inspired to run for Congress by three people: Jesse Ventura, the maverick independent who beat the Democrats and Republicans to become Governor of Minnesota; Ron Paul, the Republican presidential candidate and defender of freedom; and above all Ed Thompson, the mayor of Tomah. "If Ed were running against me, I'd definitely vote for Ed," Barrett admits.

Alongside "end the 9/11 wars, save five trillion dollars," Barrett is running on a "take back our freedom, save the Constitution" platform. He points out that the Bush Administration has shredded the Bill of Rights and even revoked habeas corpus, the basis of freedom in Western law dating back to the Magna Carta. But he also argues that the destruction of Constitutional rule has been going on for many decades, with the creation of the private Federal Reserve money cartel, the establishment of the income tax, and the founding of the National Security State in 1947 being the three biggest landmarks in the gradual destruction of the Constitution.

Along with his call to Investigate 9/11, Barrett's platform also includes such planks as Deregulate Small Business, End the War on Drugs, Bust Up Monopoly Media, End Aid to Israel, and Return to the Foreign Policy Principles of George Washington.

Barrett will announce his challenge to Congressman Ron Kind this Monday, May 12 at 1:45 pm, shortly before Ron Kind's Monroe County Listening Session in County Board Room, 112 South Court Street, Sparta, WI, 2:00-3:00 pm. After making the announcement, Barrett plans to participate in Kind's listening session by asking the Congressman some pointed questions.

Check out Barrett's website: http://barrettforcongress.us/

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He does have some interesting ideas, but I wonder with whom he would caucus if elected. I have always thought of Libertarian as an ultra "you're on your own" kind of party. What makes me suspicious is that I have a friend who bleeds Republican who is interested in the Libertarian Party since McCain will be the Republican's nominee.

known mostly for his role in the 911 truth movement- he's been skeptical about the cover story from the beginning. He converted to Islam when he married. You're right - the Libertarians never seem to have much in common with each other. If he can pull Kind to the left and get him to admit the invasion of Iraq was a mistake, that would be terrific.

Being my congressman, I used to write regular letters to him on this issue. Several years ago - I'd like to think it was a year or so after the chimpster invaded, he changed his tune. I have heard him say on several occasions since then that we need to get out of Iraq, that we should have never gone in. I believe he even apologized for his vote, but I can't find a link for that. And I know he's also said he won't vote to revoke funding without guarantees it won't hurt troops on the ground.

I'm sure the chimpster would love nothing better than for Dems to vote to withhold funding for Iraq so he can show the country how Dems "treat" their soldiers. You and I would see it for the bull hockey that it would most certainly be and place the blame where it belongs. But would the average voter? It would be one of the few things that the GOPpies would at least think they could use to lift the chimpsters tanking ratings.

I wouldn't trust these bastards any further than I can spit. I sure can't blame my congressman for doing the same.

I never heard that Kind changed his position on the war- in 2006 I heard he was still supporting it.

He's been to every one of my county party's annual dinners since before the war started except for last year. At least beginning in 2005 (I'm thinking 2004 but can't confirm at the moment) he spoke loudly against the war, against continuing it, and against the chimpster for lying to the country and to congress about why we should invade.

At several campaign stops in 2006, he continued to speak out against the war.

When he changed his mind about his vote, he did so in a public way, issuing a press release apologizing for his vote. As soon as I can find it, I'll post it.

I know there are plenty of things to criticize Rep. Kind over, but the war hasn't been one of them for a very long time.

1) Deregulate Small Business

um... what? dereg _small_ business? we need specifics here.

2) End the War on Drugs, Bust Up Monopoly Media

HELLS YES. Monopoly Media is partly to blame for the Iraq war and the successes of the Bush regime.

3) End Aid to Israel

yeah good luck getting that passed....

4) and Return to the Foreign Policy Principles of George Washington.

okay, and what were those exactly? You'd think that as a history major, I'd know what those were. Does this mean he's a textualist (neé likes strict constructionism), a la Clarence Thomas?

I'm in CD4, BTW.

http://barrettforcongress.us/issues.htm

Return to George Washington's Neutralist Foreign Policy
By Kevin Barrett

My guiding light is George Washington’s Farewell Address to the American People, in which he warned against entangling alliances and passionate attachments to foreign nations. Here is a passage from that classic speech:

The nation which indulges toward another an habitual hatred or an habitual fondness is in some degree a slave. It is a slave to its animosity or to its affection, either of which is sufficient to lead it astray from its duty and its interest. Antipathy in one nation against another disposes each more readily to offer insult and injury, to lay hold of slight causes of umbrage, and to be haughty and intractable when accidental or trifling occasions of dispute occur.

So, likewise, a passionate attachment of one nation for another produces a variety of evils. Sympathy for the favorite nation, facilitating the illusion of an imaginary common interest in cases where no real common interest exists, and infusing into one the enmities of the other, betrays the former into a participation in the quarrels and wars of the latter without adequate inducement or justification. It leads also to concessions to the favorite nation of privileges denied to others, which is apt doubly to injure the nation making the concessions by unnecessarily parting with what ought to have been retained, and by exciting jealousy, ill will, and a disposition to retaliate in the parties from whom equal privileges are withheld; and it gives to ambitious, corrupted, or deluded citizens (who devote themselves to the favorite nation) facility to betray or sacrifice the interests of their own country without odium, sometimes even with popularity, gilding with the appearances of a virtuous sense of obligation, a commendable deference for public opinion, or a laudable zeal for public good the base or foolish compliances of ambition, corruption, or infatuation....

Washington’s Farewell Address was the greatest single influence on US foreign policy from 1796 to 1947, when America ceased to be a Republic and became a National Security State. The following year, the creation of Israel led to the development of a whole class of “deluded citizens (who devote themselves to the favorite nation)” with the “facility to betray or sacrifice the interest of their country without odium...” 9/11 was the final fruit of these two evil events—the creation of the National Security State in 1947, and the emergence of Israel and its American cheerleaders in 1948.

We need to return to the principles of Washington’s Farewell Address. We need to stop meddling in the business of other countries, and deal fairly with all, showing favoritism toward none. End the empire, restore the Republic!

http://barrettforcongress.us/georgewashington.htm

Deregulate Small Business
By Kevin Barrett

Most rules and regulations hampering small business activities should be scrapped, and the bureaucrats charged with enforcing those rules should be forced to find productive work.

That may sound harsh. But I'm sick of hearing stories like this one about the Mennonite farmer arrested and persecuted for selling raw milk.

Wisconsin political hero Ed Thompson was forced into politics as a last-ditch effort at self-defense after his tavern was raided for nickle-and-dime gambling.

Madison tavern owners are currently facing persecution and prosecution if they defy the smoking ban. Why should the government tell tavern owners what they can do in their own taverns?

When my wife and I wanted to start a catering business, cooking right out of our nice clean kitchen, we found that we would have to invest in an extremely expensive professional restaurant kitchen, and pay prohibitively expensive insurance, or face possible prosecution. That killed our interest in catering.

The government should butt out of small business! If the government argues that a particular kind of licensing requirement or regulation is absolutely necessary, the burden of proof should fall on the government. I believe we could do without most of the current regulation of small business.

Big business is different. We need to tax, regulate, and in some cases bust up big businesses – both to prevent big trouble (pollution, etc.) and also to maintain a level playing field for a genuinely free-market economy.

http://barrettforcongress.us/deregulate.htm

"That may sound harsh. But I'm sick of hearing stories like this one about the Mennonite farmer arrested and persecuted for selling raw milk."

First of all, I think that's "arrested and prosecuted" for breaking the law.

I'm sorry. I'm not buying this. My parents have had a small business for 11 years. Most government regulations over businesses in general don't apply to business under a certain number of employees - aka small businesses. I've never heard any but the extremists libertarians along with just about every GOPpie suggest we scrap regulations protecting public health simply because business might be hurt.

Did this guy ever read The Jungle?

This race might get interesting only if this guy can hold off jumping the shark before October. If he isn't careful, he'll get pwned by July.

I don't want to buy prepared food from someone who thinks its too much trouble to follow public health regulations- even if it costs the business a little more to set things up right.