Libertarian Party Platform

Here are the few points where I don't agree with the Libertarian Party Platform.

None in the Preamble. Doesn't it sound good to you?

The STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLES is pretty close to perfect, too.
 
When it comes to the use of drugs for medicinal or recreational purposes, I have to wish for some way to require medical supervision.
Section 2.2 on property rights is a bit too sweeping for me. We need a starting point for land ownership, as I suppose that most of it was stolen from somebody sometime. I suggest the year 1900 for this country as a reasonable starting point.
 
There is a form of  "compulsory national service" (the draft)  that I would  support. To be fair, it should be required of everyone and consist of  military and personal defense traing.

As for the rest, I could not have said it better myself.
Read Libertarian Party Platform. It is only seven pages.

Whoever Pays Holds the Power to Decide

This is an accurate observation of how things work.
For example consider how it works in Health and Medical Care:
Look at this: www.teapartypatriots.org/thedeterminators

Kids Voting Mesa County Interviews

"Students from elementary and high school interviewed the three candidates running for CO House District 55. Their names are: Virgil Fenn, Dan Robinson, and Ray Scott. Each of the candidates were asked questions created by the students."

Check it out at http://www.kidsvotingmc.org"

Pot proposal ignites attention at debate

To clarify my position as mentioned in the article: 

From the Daily Sentinel 

" By Gary Harmon
Wednesday, October 3, 2012

The measure on the November ballot to legalize marijuana possession won the support of many of the Congressional and legislative challengers — most of them second-tier candidates…    "    continues at:
http://www.gjsentinel.com/news/articles/pot-proposal-ignites8232-attention-at-debate

The current laws against marijuana are ineffective, even harmful just like alcohol prohibition was nearly a century ago. Legalization of alcohol left strong criminal organizations which merely shifted their source of income to other drugs and vices. I am sure that legalization of marijuana in the same model will have similarly negative unintended consequences, so I oppose Amendment 64. There is a better way.

I propose "medicalization" of marijuana instead. I just made up the word so I had better define it for you. Marijuana should be a legal drug and treated like a drug. Doctors should be able to prescribe it on their own judgment, even for experimental or recreational purposes. The patient should be able to fill the prescription at a regular pharmacy, getting uncontaminated marijuana of known strength and purity.  -- just like other drugs.

Of course, the federal government will have to get out of the way. But that is a killing point for the legalization route as well. Even with full legalization by the state government, the DEA could seize my property, prosecute me under federal law, etc. and the state would be powerless to protect me or my Forth Amendment rights.

Repealing the 17th Amendment would be a good place to start.