Barry Hess for Governor - Small Government

Bob Barr gets it! Ronald Reagan understood it!

Sat, 14 Oct 2006 16:30:12 -0400

Former Congressman and US Attorney Bob Barr gets it. Just like Ronald Reagan did.

"If Republicans can be convinced to cast votes for a strong conservative candidate, albeit one with a "Libertarian" label rather than an "R" following his name", " If that happens, then politics in America really will have entered a new and positive era." (full article follows below)

And the best part? Rank and file Democrats will feel comfortable voting for that same candidate as well.

More and more Republicans and Democrats are starting to understand exactly what Sen. Zell Miller meant when he said that his party has left him. Their party is leaving them too.

The current Governor (D) and existing legislature (R controlled) passed a budget this year with a 20%+ increase in spending, all while both sides claiming that they can't work together. Well, I'd hate to see what they would spend if they could work together.

Radio interviews galore

Thu, 12 Oct 2006 22:18:24 -0400

Whew, I'm still running around doing interview after interview, debate after debate... and that isn't counting the hours of planning and hard work behind the scenes.
Here are a few of the many radio interviews that were done recently:

The "Evil" Joe Crummey, M-F 1600-1900 550 KFYI

Joe Crummey of KFYI - visit him for more!

Todd Hartley of PHXNews - visit them for more!

Screening - Aaron Russo's "America: Freedom to Fascism"

Wed, 04 Oct 2006 11:24:57 -0400

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Harkins Valley Art, 505 South Mill Ave, Tempe will be showing Aaron Russo's "America: Freedom to Fascism", Friday, Oct 6 at 2:00pm, 4:25pm, 6:50pm and 9:15pm.

Barry will be attending the 9:15pm showing.

Click here to visit the website for America: Freedom to Fascism.

HessForGovernor Press Release - Immigration and "The Wall"

Fri, 29 Sep 2006 13:43:08 -0400

Clearing Up Misconceptions on AZLP Candidate Barry Hess’ Position on “The Wall”

Press Release 09-29-06 For Immediate Release

In response to questions from voters on the campaign trail, Barry Hess today released the following statement.

Radio Apperance - Minuteman with Chris Simcox - 960am KKNT

Fri, 29 Sep 2006 13:28:22 -0400

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Barry Hess will be a guest on Chris Simcox's Minuteman radio program on Newstalk 960 KKNT (960AM) this Sunday, October 1st, for the 8 o'clock hour. Be sure to tune in and call in to discuss with Barry and Chris, Barry's ideas for securing the border, stoping illegal immigration, and its effect on the economy. Show call in numbers: (888) 960-9696 national (602) 508-0960 local

Editorial: Time to put U.S. under new management

Tue, 12 Sep 2006 19:49:12 -0400

Time to put U.S. under new management

Sept. 9, 2006 12:00 AM I find it both encouraging and worthy of appreciation that The Arizona Republic would see clear to provide the Libertarian Party some equal copy ("Party aim: To recruit members," Valley & State, Aug. 29.

When the Republicans were founded in Ripon, Wis., in 1854, no one believed they would amount to anything. Six years later, they put Abraham Lincoln in the executive mansion. The rest, as they say, is history.

However, today, paraphrasing the old TV car ad, "It's not your father's Republican Party."

Thirty-five years ago, in 1971, many of the nation's registered Democrats and Republicans had grown disheartened and cynical, feeling that the major parties had not only gone astray, but were actually merging with one another. In the kindling of this conjecture, a new political party, based upon the fundamental principles of both the Founding Fathers and their new constitutional republic, was established and came to life: the Libertarian Party.

We are now in a national crisis and find our time-honored codes and standards all but thrust aside in America: the Constitution effectively suspended, free speech suppressed, habeas corpus nullified, the right to keep and bear arms abrogated, and due process of law all but abolished. These are absolute facts and are not the only outrages that have been committed in the name of "national security" since 9/11.

Enough is enough. It is now time for a regime change in Washington, for a new political party - the Libertarian Party - to raise America from of the dregs of 152 years of Demopublican repression, tyranny, war, mediocrity and perpetual debt.

It is time to put both Washington and its officious minions under new management and re-establish our genuinely libertarian pedigree before our splendid, noble nation becomes as "obliviated" as ancient Rome. - William N. Gaillard, Prescott

HessForGovernor Government Incompentence Position Paper - Safety Net or Straight Jacket

Wed, 06 Sep 2006 19:43:31 -0400

Safety Net, Spider’s Web or Straight Jacket?

Sometimes I just can’t help but think that I must have followed Miss Alice through the looking glass. But even Wonderland has changed. You used to be able to count on ‘up’ being ‘down’, ‘black’ being ‘white’, ‘yes’ meaning ‘no’ and of course, their opposites, but not any more.

HessForGovernor Government Corruption Position Paper - Who Ya Gonna Call

Wed, 06 Sep 2006 19:27:06 -0400

Who Ya Gonna Call?

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

That to secure these Rights, governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.”

HessForGovernor Government Corruption Position Paper - Silent Auction

Wed, 06 Sep 2006 17:56:37 -0400

Shhh! The Auction’s about to begin.

I read somewhere that elections are only pre-sale auctions of the labor of the common man, and now I know it’s true.

Most Arizonans would be surprised to find out that come Thursday, July 18th, 2002, the downtown Hyatt Regency will become the posh scene of a frantic bidding war. It’s not so much that there’s a secret auction taking place that taints the event, but that all of the items for sale belong to you and me. If there were a preview, you’d no doubt find a lot of eye-opening political realities, perhaps a publicly-funded stadium, or two, a light-headed publicly-funded rail scheme, maybe a special project to stabilize a contributor’s company, or some tax-breaks for ‘special’ industries, another alternative fuels bill and most definitely those unalienable rights we hear so much about.

HessForGovernor Political Corruption Position Paper

Wed, 06 Sep 2006 17:51:56 -0400

Political Corruption

Americans of all backgrounds are sick and tired of the growing problem of political corruption and abuse. Every day more and more examples of the abuse of power by elected and appointed officials hit the newsstands. These problems are epidemic in both the Democratic and the Republican parties.

The House Bank -- set up with bipartisan support -- was supposed to be a convenient way for busy congressmen to cash their paychecks. What it turned out to be was a scam for many congressmen -- a way to write bad checks often totalling more than a congressman's pay. If you or I did this at our local bank, we would be subject to criminal prosecution and fines in most states. Why should congressmen allow themselves to do something wrong? Should we be surprised that a group of people who cannot balance their own checkbooks cannot balance our national budget?

HessForGovernor Government Corruption Position Paper - Naked Abuse of Power

Wed, 06 Sep 2006 17:33:39 -0400

Naked Abuse of Power

“I don’t like the adult entertainment industry” he proclaimed, and it was clear that he would use any immoral, illegal and unethical means at his disposal to drive it from ‘his’ city. He is, after all Der Fürher von Phoenix— in his own depraved mind anyway.

Who can say which is worse, naked ladies prancing around on stage in a pay-for-entry private establishment for adults, or a megalomaniac who thinks a mere election to Bürgermeister (that’s ‘Mayor’ for all the readers who are limited to the ‘English only’ mentality) has imbued him with an unlimited God-like power over his subjects and the final judge as to what you (his employer) may or may not be exposed to?

HessForGovernor Government Coruption Position Paper - Scrog Hill

Wed, 06 Sep 2006 17:20:28 -0400

It’s Still Scrog Hill, To Me

I first came to appreciate Scrog Hill on the last night of the last day of 1980. Since then I have always thought of it as a public resource and a treasure that has come to represent Arizona, Phoenix in particular. It was one of those landmarks, like Camelback Mountain or the Praying Monk; that you could count on to stay the same. Now it’s been tainted by political fingering, an insulting pat on the figurative head of all those of American Indian descent.

HessForGovernor Government Corruption and Waste Position Paper

Wed, 06 Sep 2006 16:50:57 -0400

Corruption and Waste

We need only look to our current Governor and Attorney General who not only abdicated their responsibilities to protect the resources of Arizona’s Citizens but they have delivered to us the glaring examples of extra-Constitutional squandering in the Alternative Fuels Fiasco, the use of public funds to favor a major private entertainment venture, that I call “Fumble Field”, and scores of other examples.

HessForGovernor Government Corruption Position Paper - Cooking Martha Stewart

Wed, 06 Sep 2006 00:06:00 -0400

Cooking Martha Stewart

Martha Stewart was convicted of obstructing justice and lying to ‘the government’ about why she dumped her ImClone stock just before it dropped in value. The jury’s’ verdict could send her to prison and destroy her homemaking and publishing empire.

But let’s just hold on a second before we say, “I heard she was nasty and mean so it serves her right”. Did the jury get ‘all’ the information and see all of the evidence? Were they absolutely clear as to what the charges were? Were the ‘instructions’ given by the Court adequately reflective of the actual charges?’

HessForGovernor Environment Position Paper

Tue, 05 Sep 2006 23:36:59 -0400

Environment

The endless rules and regulations put in place, ostensibly to protect our environment, end up producing the opposite effect. The very institutions that are supposed to “save us from ourselves”, such as the EPA, turn out to be the cause of the worst environmental degradation. The simple obvious is that those individuals in government who are making decisions as to use, have no personal vested interest in what happens to the land or its values. A little payola, and you can be granted the ‘right’ to strip mine public lands. What are we doing?