LP News Online: December 2004: No tax funding: Massive monument takes shape without government funds

LP News Online: December 2004: No tax funding: Massive monument takes shape without government funds

In an interesting illustration of Libertarians' commitment to government noninvolvement, their web site is featuring a story about a Rushmore-style tribute to the Native American legend Crazy Horse. It's not the mountainous grandeur of the monument that has Libertarians' attention, though. To quote from the story:

Twice, the government has offered $10 million grants for the project, and twice the government's money (your tax dollars) has been turned down!

There's nothing quite so effective at getting huzzahs from Libertarians quite like someone so intent on personal achievement that they refuse government assistance.

The Green Party, USA, in the meantime, continues in its efforts to have the Ohio results investigated. They've written up a story to detail their latest efforts. I'd love to see these kinds of faults removed from our voting systems, but, frankly, this isn't going to change anything. They need to be challenged BEFORE the election. These efforts are astronomically unlikely to change anything substantive, and so there's astronomically little chance to build any interest in this. Their hearts are in the right place. But I have to recommend they start concentrating on 2006.