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ACTION! Nothing Happens Until Something Moves. ROBERT RINGER is the author of three #1 best sellers, including the libertarian classic "Restoring the American Dream," "To Be or Not to Be Intimidated?" (the totally rewritten and retitled version of "Winning through Intimidation"), and "Looking Out for #1." The latter two works have been listed by The New York Times among the 15 best-selling motivational books of all time.Now, in his latest and most eye-opening book, "Action! Nothing Happens Until Something Moves" Robert Ringer offers profound insights into why action is the preeminent factor that determines how an individual's life plays out.Action! not only gives you the tools to instantly implement Robert Ringer's unique insights and powerful strategies, but to make positive changes that will permanently elevate you to a new plateau in all areas of your life. TO ORDER, CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW OR CUT AND PASTE IT INTO YOUR BROWSER.http://tinyurl.com/bf6vy FOR MORE INFORMATION, CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW OR CUT AND PASTE IT INTO YOUR BROWSER.www.earlytorise.com/action.htm_____________________________________GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS, UNBELIEVABLE NEWSby James W. Harris Man Arrested for Manicuring Without a License Michael Fisher, 23, of Newmarket, New Hampshire, has been arrested and charged with violating state law. His crime? Giving a manicure without a license. Fisher is a libertarian, and his arrest wasn’t exactly unexpected. He had announced in advance that he would be giving an unlicensed manicure -- and he invited the public and the media to watch him commit his crime directly outside the state Board of Barbering, Cosmetology and Esthetics office, in Concord. When he began buffing the nails of fellow libertarian Kat Dillon, for a token one-dollar fee, outraged Board members demanded he stop. When he refused, they called the police. "He indicated he wouldn't stop,” police officer Roger Baker said. “So at that point, it was a full custody arrest." Fisher’s purpose was to protest the state licensing law -- and, more broadly, to protest the many other foolish and needless state laws that make it difficult, or even impossible, for many people to start or run small businesses. Obtaining a manicure license requires 300 hours -- yes, 300 hours! -- of expensive training at a government-accredited training school. Providing haircuts, tanning, massages and similar services is also illegal without licensing. Fisher said he wanted “to call attention to the State’s intrusive and unnecessary licensing restrictions on entry-level workers and entrepreneurs in many industries. In a free country, people do not need permission to start a business. We are no longer free to make a living without government approval. It’s time to put an end to licensing laws once and for all.” Fisher said he was inspired to engage in his peaceful protest by the example of Gandhi. Fisher is a member of the Free State Movement, an organization aiming to convince 20,000 or more libertarians to move to New Hampshire and influence that state to adopt a more libertarian government. Fischer certainly achieved his goal of winning publicity. His act was covered by news media across New Hampshire, and then by national media as well. And, as you can see, he even broke into the Liberator Online. By the way… was it a good manicure? "Oh yeah," said Kat Dillon. "Well, considering it’s the only one I’ve ever had. I just wish he had time to do the other hand.” (Sources: Citizen Onlinehttp://www.citizen.com/May2005/05.10.05/news/concord_051005a.aspOther media coverage, and information about the Free State Project:http://www.freestateproject.org/ ) * * * Texas Newspaper: End the War on Drugs Excerpt from an April 12, 2005 editorial in the South Texas newspaper The Monitor, entitled “Nothing to Show: U.S. anti-drug policy fails in Colombia”: “Part of the reason for the failure of the drug war is that too many Americans don’t think it’s the government’s business what they choose to ingest, provided they don’t hurt others by doing so. But the feds didn’t learn anything from alcohol Prohibition in the 20th century -- and they don’t seem to be learning anything from the current drug prohibition. Our jails are full as a result of the drug war. Granted, few felons are locked up solely on possession charges; many have also been convicted of property crimes committed to support a drug habit. “But part of that situation can be laid at the feet of officials who refuse to acknowledge that prohibiting drugs doesn’t make them unattainable, only more expensive. And higher prices attract criminal elements drawn by big profits. “The way to get rid of the criminals is to get rid of the prohibition that creates the huge profits. When [alcohol] Prohibition ended in 1933, gangsters had to find other ways to line their pockets -- manufacturing and smuggling liquor was no longer profitable enough. “Insanity has been described as doing the same thing over and over, expecting different results each time. … [W]e expect more from officials in Washington, who have several options from which to choose, yet continue to chose the one that has been a demonstrated failure.” (Source: The Monitor editorial: “Nothing to Show: U.S. anti-drug policy fails in Colombia”: http://www.themonitor.com/SiteProcessor.cfm?Template=/GlobalTemplates/Details.cfm&StoryID=6676&Section=Opinion ) * * * National ID is Here; Some States Threaten to Rebel Last issue we reported on the REAL ID Act, a police-state federal bill that would in effect turn state drivers licenses into national ID cards, as well as providing for the use of the cards to collect a national database of information on citizens. The bad news: despite protests by hundreds of civil liberties groups representing millions of American citizens, the Senate passed the bill unanimously today. (Republican backers of the bill had added it to a must-pass emergency military spending bill, thus bypassing debate and making it all but unstoppable.) President Bush, whose spokesmen once said he "does not support a national ID card," strongly backs the bill and has promised to sign it into law. The (sort of) good news: many state governments are protesting the bill. Most of the concern isn’t over the civil liberties nightmare, sadly. Instead, states are worried that implementing the bill will cost them an enormous amount of money -- potentially hundreds of millions of dollars -- and make getting a driver's license extremely difficult for many law-abiding citizens and a headache for state officials. Some state governors are threatening to challenge it in court. Some state governments even say they will disobey the law. "Governors are looking at all their options. If more than half of the governors agree we're not going down without a fight on this, Congress will have to consider changing this unfunded federal mandate," said Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, vice chairman of the National Governors Association. Under the law, residents of states that fail to adopt the new national ID won't be able to board planes, enter federally protected buildings, get most jobs, or receive Social Security. (So much for Republican concerns about unfunded federal mandates, limited federal government, and states rights.) Libertarian Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX), the most outspoken opponent of the national ID in Congress, has described it this way: “This REAL ID Act establishes a massive, centrally-coordinated database of highly personal information about American citizens: at a minimum their name, date of birth, place of residence, Social Security number, and physical characteristics. The legislation also grants open-ended authority to the Secretary of Homeland Security to require biometric information on IDs in the future. This means your harmless looking driver’s license could contain a retina scan, fingerprints, DNA information, or radio frequency technology ... National ID cards will be used to track the law-abiding masses, not criminals.” A national ID has come to America, and the primary opposition is by state lawmakers who are worried that it might cost too much to implement. It’s a sad day -- and another indication of the desperate need for a strong libertarian movement in America. (Sources: Boston Globe:http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/10/AR2005051000115.html Kansas City Star:http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/politics/11614002.htm U.S. Congressman Ron Paul:http://www.house.gov/paul/ ) * * * “It Can’t Happen Here...?” “In 2002 I asked my House colleagues a rhetorical question with regard to the onslaught of government growth in the post-September 11th era: Is America becoming a police state? ”The question is no longer rhetorical. We are not yet living in a total police state, but it is fast approaching. The seeds of future tyranny have been sown, and many of our basic protections against government have been undermined. “[T]he new intelligence bill ... moves us closer to an encroaching police state by imposing the precursor to a full-fledged national ID card... “Those who believe a police state can't happen here are poor students of history. Every government, democratic or not, is capable of tyranny. We must understand this if we hope to remain a free people.” -- from “It Can’t Happen Here,” by US Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX), December 21, 2004. http://www.house.gov/paul/tst/tst2004/tst122004.htm