Regional Representative Andrew Chadderdon and LNC Chair Steven Nekhaila, writing on the LNC-Public list, discussed what Chadderdon decibed as urgent concerns with finances and strategy. Chadderdon wrote: Mr Chair, You previously announced proudly “Mr. Malagon is a crucial part of my vision as Chair and the work needed to see this vision through. I would like to have him on…
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On the brighter side, it had been anticipated that many new members would not renew their memberships after their first year. The wave that had swept party membership up from 27,000 to 33,000 might have receded, taking Party membership with it. Perhaps because the Browne 2000 Presidential campaign did bring some new members, during 2000 there was no significant change…
We continue with a coverage of turn-of-the-millennium Libertarian Politics, as taken from my book Funding Liberty (Third Millennium Press 3mpub.com, 2003). Do those events matter? We seem to be recycling the same not-necessarily-bad ideas with some of the same good Libertarians running things. Did Project Archimedes succeed? In one word: No. The National Party never reached 50,000 members, let alone…
We continue with a coverage of turn-of-the-millennium Libertarian Politics, as taken from my book Funding Liberty (Third Millennium Press 3mpub.com, 2003). Chapter Nine Project Archimedes The ancient philosopher Archimedes is said to have written ‘give me a long enough lever, and a place to rest it, and I shall move the world’. Archimedes is sometimes also associated with the law…
These claims are conclusively rejected by the Minutes of the December 12-13, 1998 LNC Meeting, held at the George Washington Inn in Washington, D.C. The Minutes are entirely explicit in showing that Project Archimedes was a project of the LNC. To quote from the very long Minutes: “National Treasurer Mark Tuniewicz said that he had referred Brick Mill Studios to…
Browne also gave Bergland direct access to LibertyWire. The 18 June 1998 mailing of LibertyWire was “An Important Message from David Bergland to Delegates to the 1998 National Convention”. In this message, Bergland laid out his substantial qualifications to be National Chair. He also made clear—by being allowed to use Browne 2000’s LibertyWire message —that he was the chosen candidate…
The 1998-2000 National Committee was to be chosen at the 1998 National Convention, held in Washington, D.C. over the 4th of July weekend. Members and supporters of the Browne campaign worked vigorously to install a sympathetic National Committee. The National Chair candidate was David Bergland, Harry Browne’s 1996 Campaign Chair. In Bergland, Browne had a highly reliable supporter who was…
In short, Project Archimedes is a myth. For more detail, I provide below Chapter 9 of my book Funding Liberty, available from Third Millennium (3mpub.com), slightly edited so the time perspective is from 2025, not 2003: Chapter Nine Project Archimedes The ancient philosopher Archimedes is said to have written ‘give me a long enough lever, and a place to rest…
The suggestion was made that we might focus less on the people, and more on analysis since these events were a quarter-century ago. The answer is that some of the same people are here today A Surprise Confession Three weeks after the Invoice was disclosed to the LNC, Perry Willis published a response to Famularo’s revelation. Most Americans know how…