I am working on a number of items I hope to eventually be able to present to the Libertarian Party, in the state, or hopefully, national conventions.

One of the points I am working on is why the Libertarian Party is a party of inclusion that all Americans should consider.

Interesting, isn't it, that despite years of recruiting at "hempfests" across the country, the Democrats have YET to produce serious legislation as to the legalization or decriminalization of industrial hemp, let alone Marijuana? This is because the Democrats are busy pandering to a populace they do not intend to represent. The Libertarian Party, on the other hand, has consistently supported marijuana decriminalization, along with a host of other victimless crimes.

But even more compelling is the chief issue that draws me, as a pacifist, to the LP. That is the issue of a dollar for dollar tax credit for money donated to charitable organizations. Because the LP believes that charity is the responsibility of the individual, rather than the government, this is the proposed step in removing the country from a system of government subsidized dependence. This, in effect, would allow me and others to "vote with my wallet" and send my money to aid programs rather than fund a war machine I'm rather ambivalent about.

The reason, to answer my own question, that the left does not support the Libertarian Party is that the left does not support the concept of liberty. The left envisions a world where personal responsibility is given to the government, who benignly shepherds over us. They would surrender our jobs, our individual rights, and our children to a socialist machine where free thought is a virus.

And they must be stopped. At any cost.