http://www.lp.org/phpQ/fillsurvey.php?sid=20

I'd urge everyone to answer the questions and in the 'comments'
section on the next-to-last page, paste in the text of David Nolan's
Restore04 petition:

http://www.restore04.com/petition.htm

Here is the full text of the petition:

As a member of the Libertarian Party I hereby petition the 2008
Platform Committee to restore as much of the 2004 Platform as it can.

In making this request, I am not saying that every word in every
plank of the 2004 Platform was perfect and should be retained intact,
exactly as it was worded at the end of the 2004 Convention.

However, I am concerned that a small number of overzealous reformers,
voting at an unusually small national convention, was able to remove
the great majority of a document that evolved over three decades and
incorporated the thinking of thousands of dedicated Libertarians. The
2006 convention was less than half the size of the 2004 convention,
and was not representative of the party membership at large. The
irresponsible vote to destroy most of our platform was a great
disservice to our Party, and should be undone as much as possible.

For this reason I urge the members of the Platform Committee to vote
to revert to the 2004 Platform as the basis for any changes to be
submitted to the delegates in Denver. Some changes and additions are
no doubt necessary, but there simply will not be time to construct,
refine and adopt a comprehensive platform starting with the shriveled
2006 version.

Furthermore, I urge the Platform Committee and the delegates to the
2008 Convention to base their platform recommendations and votes on
the enduring principles of our Party, as stated in the Statement of
Principles and affirmed in the statement we each signed upon joining
this Party, renouncing the initiation of force.

At this crucial time in history, where our lives and liberties are
threatened by both of the old-line parties, it is imperative that the
Libertarian Party offer a clear, uncompromising alternative to the
politics of statism. Our message must be what it has always been: a
clear statement of support for the principles of self-ownership and
self-determination. Tepid calls for "less" of various statist
incursions on our lives and property should be left to the Republicans
and Democrats. When Ron Paul, seeking the nomination of the Republican
Party, is calling for the elimination of the Federal Reserve system
and repeal of the Federal personal income tax, can we do any less?

If the Platform Committee ignores its responsibilities and presents a
report to the convention that does not substantially reverse the
damage done in 2006, I will support a move on the convention floor to
reject that report and revert to the 2004 Platform as the starting
point for the 2008 Platform.

¶ 7:26 PM