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"The far greater, immeasurable cost is
the lives of our lost and injured sons and daughters.
This is an impact that, like those of every war, ripples out for generations to come."
Joseph G. Buchman, March 2008.

The Libertarian Party is the only party committed to the principles of non-aggression.

"A wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, which shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from
the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government."
Thomas Jefferson, First Inaugural Address, March 1801.

Our nation"s debt is now approaching 10 trillion dollars.

That's ten thousand billion dollars.

What is a billion?
One billion seconds ago was 1972.
One billion minutes ago was about the year AD 100.
At the current rate our government is spending money,
one billion dollars, was 4 hours and 5 minutes ago.

"Our children, grandchildren and their children will inherit this debt.
If we continue to spend at this rate, they will surely condemn us for our greed and shortsightedness.
Much of our nation's debt has been paid for by foreign governments. This makes any
meaningful "foreign policy" with them impossible. We must return to the wise and frugal government
Thomas Jefferson and our founders intended. Or we will wind up like every other nation that histroy shows
lived beyond its means. We must act now. Democrats and Republicans have shown they cannot be trusted
with our nation's finances. I call on Congress to:

1) reassert its Constitutional Authority over black budget, out of control military
    and executive branch spending.

2) provide life-time protection to whistle blowers as a percentage of the waste
    and fraud their disclosures provide.

3) pass legislation to remove any secrecy oaths which in any way prevent,
    prohibit or discourage such testimony (including any related to ET and UFO
    issues.)

On September 10th, 2001, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfield testified before Congress that over two trillion dollars was missing from unauditable accounts at the Pentagon.

Catherine Austin Fitts, Assistant Secretary of HUD testified that billions more were missing in unauditable accounts there and across the federal government..

"A billion here, a trillion there -- it starts to add up."

We must regain control of our nation's finances.
It's time for a new choice -- the first Libertarian voice in Congress."

-- Joseph G. Buchman, April 2008.
MS, Finance, Purdue University 1983.
PhD, Telecommunications, Indiana University 1989.

01 May

	To view the April 21st, 2008 Washington DC National Press Club media conference where I formally announced my Campaign for Congress, click on the photo to the right. (To view my announcement, play from 17:25 to 21:25.) I'll be posting a transcript here within the next couple of weeks. -- Dr. Joe.

24 April

Great time in our nation's capitol last week I'll post more details later. A couple of quick updates --

I gave interviews to a number of media outlets including the Desert News, Salt Lake Tribune and KSL radio. Dr. Edgar Mitchell (6th man to walk on the moon) was the keynote speaker at the exopolitics conference banquet where I was introduced as well. Other speakers included Dr. Scott Jones (30 plus year career naval aviator), Paul Hellyer, former Canadian Minister of Defense, Dr. John Alexander (Los Alamos advanced weaponry research director), Dr. Jesse Marcell Junior (served as a flight surgeon in Iraq a couple of years ago at age 68). Overall I was pleased with the SLC Tribune article, even if they did characterize this as being something out of the "X-files." KSL chose to play wacky alien music in the background during the two sentences they used from a 5 minute interview I gave to them. One day I am certain our media will cover this issue with the seriousness it deserves.

But, hey, I'm truly grateful for ANY coverage of these issues. I am convinced that if there is advanced life out there, then they must be Libertarians -- grounded in the principle that, "No one has the right to initiate force against anyone else for any reason whatsoever, no matter how good the cause might seem at the time."

Why am I certain that, "There are no Republicans or Democrats out there? That if ETs exist they must be Libertarians?"

Because any philosophy (literally "the love of wisdom") which begins with or allows violence and aggression toward others, when there is access to the kind of technology that can destroy civilization, would mean they would have blown themselves to bits long ago.

The earth teeters on the edge of that perhaps more than we know.

I firmly believe the prohibition of aggression inherent in Libertarian politics is the most enlightened, ethical and advanced political philosophy possible. More than anything else, that's why I'm a Libertarian, that's why I am running for office and that's the philosophy that I deeply feel needs to be heard around the planet. That's a voice I'm willing to be. And, if elected, the philosophy I'll do my best to bring to Washington.

22 April

Today's Salt Lake City Tribune article: UFO enthusiast chases truth, seat in Congress

5 April

One of the most common questions I'm asked is:

"Who is the Libertarian Presidential Candidate?"

The answer is:

"That will be decided at the Libertarian National Convention, May 22nd to May 26th, in Denver."

10 of those who have announced their intention to seek the LP nomination are detailed at:

http://www.lp.org/libertydecides

More information, including discussion of former US Congressman Bob Barr and former US Senator Mike Gravel's intentions to seek the LP Presidential Nomination can be found at:

http://www.thirdpartywatch.com

3 April

Interviewed at KCPW, the local npr affiliate, today. Portions are scheduled air tomorrow or Monday. I'll put an archive copy of the entire interview as soon as it becomes available.

Former Republican Congressman Bob Barr announced his intention to seek the Libertarian Party's Presidential Nomination on the Sean Hannity radio show today.

26 March

The PARK RECORD (Park City, Utah) ran a story about my campaign for Congress on the front page of its March
26-28, 2008 edition titled: "Immigration, Taxes and Little Green Men."

Comments on the story may be posted here.


Easter Weekend

Enjoying a quiet weekend at home with Cindy and our four children.

Looking forward to next week and answering emailed questions about UTOPIA (Utah's Governmental Broadband project), reviewing in detail the materials sent by the US House Clerk's office on Federal Election Commission Requirements, as well as mailings from the National Right to Life, and Gun Owners of America. My favorite so far -- a political candidate specialty merchandise catalog. Buttons, Bumper stickers, Yard Signs, Coffee Mugs and sponges. Sponges? . . . Maybe I'll get my dad a "Clean the House with Buchman" sponge. I think he'd like that.

21 March

Several friends have been asking: "Who is the LP candidate for President?"

That will be decided at the LP Convention to be held May 22 to 26 in Denver. There are at least nine Libertarian Presidential Candidates running right now (see: http://www.lp.org/libertydecides and http://www.votemary2008.com). Wayne Allen Root has a home here in Park City and visited with the local LP in February. Dr. Mary Ruwart is the author of the book: Healing Our World in an Age of Aggression. Other news accounts in the past week indicate former Congressman Bob Barr may enter the race, and there's hope among many that Ron Paul will choose to return to the LP. I encourage everyone to read the ideas of each of these candidates. It will be a robust and fascinating convention in Denver just two months from today! C-SPAN has broadcast portions of the LP conventions over the past two decades. I expect they will be in Denver as well. Stay Tuned!

19 March

First interview with the local newspaper today. Among the topics I remember discussing:

Immigration Policy

We cannot have one until we secure our borders. We do that in Korea, we did it during the cold war in Europe, we're doing that in Iraq, so why not here? I don't know how we do that, but it's clear we can when we really want to.

The War

It's making us far less secure, bankrupting our economy, and whatever good is coming from it has not been proven to be worth the cost; we have other needs. The government cannot do everything it wants to do, and does very little, if anything, well or efficiently at all. There are better ways to spend the estimated $3,000,000,000,000.00 ($3 trillion) dollars that would leave us far more secure and economically stable.

Don't Libertarians believe in the elimination of all laws?

Absolutely not! The primary role of the Federal Government is to pass and enforce laws that serve to protect individual liberty, to secure individual rights over mob rule, to provide courts and a national defense. The Bill of Rights is a great example of the kind of laws Libertarians wholeheartedly support.

Why are you running?

To increase the awareness of Libertarian ideals. I was especially inspired by Dr. Ron Paul's campaign in the Republican Party. Last week I met with a couple of Democrats in the state party here in Utah, one of whom, like me, had voted for Ed Clark when he ran as a Libertarian for President in 1980. Thanks to the thousands of Libertarian candidates who have run since the founding of the LP in 1971, Libertarian ideals have found their way into the mainstream political debate.

The Second Amendment

As a full-time, tenured college professor for over 20 years, I wish even one law abiding student or faculty member at any of the universities where recent mass killings have occurred had taken out the murderer immediately. The ideal of a gun free zone is certainly appealing, but why do we assume government can make these kinds of laws real? especially in the face of even a single determined criminal? The illusion that a law alone can create a weapon-free, gun-free, crime-free zone, is fantasy, puts more people at risk, and has tragically been shown time and again does more harm than good.

NASA

One of the least-objectionable federal spending projects, returns some technological value, but it would have been far better to have gone to the moon based on education, persuasion and voluntary contributions.

Disclosure

If we all could see ourselves as one people, on one planet -- the way any ET visitor would surely see us, the way Frank Borman, Jim Lovell and William Anders in Apollo 8 first saw us, it would transform everything, especially the way we treat each other. If we knew we were being watched by a far more advanced intelligence, if we knew there was a greater community out there waiting for us to grow up enough to join it, how would that change our politics?

I've put up a website to encourage this way of thinking: www.thepeopleofearthapologize.com, and I'll be attending the exopolitics conference in Washington, DC next month.

I believe there is incontrovertible evidence that we are not alone in the Universe. Like Barry Goldwater, Jimmy Carter, Bill Richardson, and Dr. Ed Mitchell, I call on our Government to open its ET files now. I believe I’m in rather good company on this issue.

18 March

Website launched. More information on the Candidate, Campaign and our Commitments coming soon (before the end of this month.)

17 March

Filed the required papers in the State of Utah Lieutenant Governor's office to become a candidate for the United States Congress from Utah's First District.

22 December 2007

As part of my participation in Gary Acevedo's Dream Maker's program, I declared a dream of being a stand for universal peace, individual freedom and governmental openness. At that time I had no idea it would lead to a decision to run for public office, to make the front page of my local newspaper, or to be invited to Washington DC, to speak at the National Press Club. From that day to this, thanks to Gary and the Dream Maker's Academy, I've felt I've been living a life of divinely guided miracles.