On November 15, 2009, the Governing Board of the Objectivist Party voted unanimously to extend free membership in the Objectivist Party through December 31, 2010.
The text of the motion that passed was the following:
MOTION: that membership in the Objectivist Party from January 1, 2010 through December 31, 2010 be free; that the Objectivist Party Chair be authorized to receive applications for membership in the Objectivist Party, which shall consist of a person's full name & address, e-mail address and contact phone number (cell, home or business); that the Objectivist Party Chair be empowered to grant memberships, assign membership numbers and terminate memberships "without cause"; and that individuals accepted into membership in the Objectivist Party shall be considered both members of the Objectivist Party and members of any chartered affiliate in the geographic location in which they reside; and that all individuals who were members of the Objectivist Party on December 31, 2009 have their memberships automatically extended through December 31, 2010.
Dr. Tom Stevens, Jonathan Damgaard Jakobsen, Dodge P. Landesman and Dallwyn Merck all voted in favor of the motion. All appropriate notations have been made at the party's website.
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Monday, November 9, 2009
Dr. Tom Stevens Helps Broke Young Men On Long Island
Dr. Tom Stevens, President of the Objectivist Party of New York, got tired of hearing able-bodied young men complain of being broke or unemployed. As a result, at no cost to himself, he formed a Meetup group entitled "Broke Young Men On Long Island" as a support group where young men could discuss various employment opportunities and network to find part-time work.
The description of the Meetup group is as follows:
Broke Young Men On Long Island is a support group for young men over the age of 18 who find themselves short on cash and who would like to speak with others in the same situation and to do something about it. If you have little income, find yourself unemployed, struggling to pay your rent and buy food, come and share your story with other young men facing the same challenges. Discuss possible strategies to help you get out of your current situation, to deal with the depression and lack of self-esteem that you may sometimes suffer from, and get ideas as to how you might be able to find part-time and full time employment.
The first Meetup was held on September 27, 2009 at 4:00 p.m. at East Manor Buffet located at 79-19 Albion Avenue, Elmhurst, New York. Eleven people attended and the meeting got a five-star rating, which is the highest it could have received.
Two comments by attendees regarding the September Meetup were the following:
Marko: Jonathan, one of the attendees, spoke of how he gets $100.00 for a three hour session giving amateur massages to older women and men. It's not a full time job but it did give me ideas. There are many odd jobs I could do like that to make money like shopping for old people, cleaning houses or walking dogs. This group is great! It has already helped me a lot!
Kevin: I was surprised that 11 people showed up to share their experiences and ideas about how to make money and to deal with the pressures of being financially strapped. It is obvious I am not alone! I thank Dr. Stevens for forming this group.
The second Meetup was held on October 6, 2009 at 8:00 p.m. at Panera Bread located at 160 Walt Whitman Road, Huntington Station, New York. Nine people attended and the meeting got a five-star rating, which is the highest it could have received.
Two comments by attendees regarding the October Meetup were the following:
Jason: At this Meetup, I received specific suggestions as to how I can obtain part-time employment. I will be following up on those suggestions tomorrow. I thank Dr. Stevens for forming this Meetup Group! It is amazing!
Josh: I came to the Meetup upset I was short on the money I needed to pay my rent. I mentioned I would be willing to try giving an amateur massage and asked whether anyone knew anyone that might be interested. A phone call was made and after the Meetup, I met a Cardiologist in his 50s, willing to pay me $100.00 for a two hour massage. This was totally legitimate! I gave him the massage he wanted and I got my $100.00 and he was a really nice guy! I hope he will have me again! What a great source of side income!
The third Meetup was held on November 9, 2009 at 1:00 p.m. at Century Diner Buffet located at 220-18 Hillside Avenue, Queens Village, New York. Fifteen people attended and the meeting got a five-star rating, which is the highest it could have received.
Dr. Stevens is the Organizer of Broke Young Men On Long Island and has not personally offered employment to anyone in the Meetup Group. He formed this Meetup as an experiment to see if a support group of this kind could help its members find part-time work to help ease their financial burdens. From that perspective, he believes the group has already been a success and hopes others will form similar Meetup Groups in other geographic areas throughout the country.
Carpe Diem!
The description of the Meetup group is as follows:
Broke Young Men On Long Island is a support group for young men over the age of 18 who find themselves short on cash and who would like to speak with others in the same situation and to do something about it. If you have little income, find yourself unemployed, struggling to pay your rent and buy food, come and share your story with other young men facing the same challenges. Discuss possible strategies to help you get out of your current situation, to deal with the depression and lack of self-esteem that you may sometimes suffer from, and get ideas as to how you might be able to find part-time and full time employment.
The first Meetup was held on September 27, 2009 at 4:00 p.m. at East Manor Buffet located at 79-19 Albion Avenue, Elmhurst, New York. Eleven people attended and the meeting got a five-star rating, which is the highest it could have received.
Two comments by attendees regarding the September Meetup were the following:
Marko: Jonathan, one of the attendees, spoke of how he gets $100.00 for a three hour session giving amateur massages to older women and men. It's not a full time job but it did give me ideas. There are many odd jobs I could do like that to make money like shopping for old people, cleaning houses or walking dogs. This group is great! It has already helped me a lot!
Kevin: I was surprised that 11 people showed up to share their experiences and ideas about how to make money and to deal with the pressures of being financially strapped. It is obvious I am not alone! I thank Dr. Stevens for forming this group.
The second Meetup was held on October 6, 2009 at 8:00 p.m. at Panera Bread located at 160 Walt Whitman Road, Huntington Station, New York. Nine people attended and the meeting got a five-star rating, which is the highest it could have received.
Two comments by attendees regarding the October Meetup were the following:
Jason: At this Meetup, I received specific suggestions as to how I can obtain part-time employment. I will be following up on those suggestions tomorrow. I thank Dr. Stevens for forming this Meetup Group! It is amazing!
Josh: I came to the Meetup upset I was short on the money I needed to pay my rent. I mentioned I would be willing to try giving an amateur massage and asked whether anyone knew anyone that might be interested. A phone call was made and after the Meetup, I met a Cardiologist in his 50s, willing to pay me $100.00 for a two hour massage. This was totally legitimate! I gave him the massage he wanted and I got my $100.00 and he was a really nice guy! I hope he will have me again! What a great source of side income!
The third Meetup was held on November 9, 2009 at 1:00 p.m. at Century Diner Buffet located at 220-18 Hillside Avenue, Queens Village, New York. Fifteen people attended and the meeting got a five-star rating, which is the highest it could have received.
Dr. Stevens is the Organizer of Broke Young Men On Long Island and has not personally offered employment to anyone in the Meetup Group. He formed this Meetup as an experiment to see if a support group of this kind could help its members find part-time work to help ease their financial burdens. From that perspective, he believes the group has already been a success and hopes others will form similar Meetup Groups in other geographic areas throughout the country.
Carpe Diem!
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Dr. Tom Stevens Renews Membership In Republican Liberty Caucus
On November 5, 2009, Dr. Tom Stevens renewed his membership in the Republican Liberty Caucus, a national organization of liberty-minded and libertarian-oriented members of the Republican Party. New York State does not yet allow voters to register Objectivist so Dr. Stevens remains a registered Republican for the time being.
The Statement of Principles of the Republican Liberty Caucus is the following:
The Republican Liberty Caucus supports individual rights, limited government and free enterprise.
We believe every human being is endowed by nature with inherent rights to life, liberty and property that are properly secured by law. We support a strict construction of the Bill of Rights as a defense against tyranny; the expansion of those rights to all voluntary consensual conduct under the Ninth and Tenth Amendments; and the requirements of equal protection and due process under the Fourteenth Amendment.
We support the Constitutional restrictions on federal government powers enumerated in Article I, Section 8 as an absolute limit on all government functions and programs. We oppose the adoption of broad and vague powers under the guise of general welfare or interstate commerce.
We oppose all restrictions on the voluntary and honest exchange of value in a free market. We favor minimal, equitable, and fair taxation for the essential functions of government. We oppose all legislation that concedes Congressional power to any regulatory agency, executive department, or international body.
We support the Constitution as the supreme law of the land, the republican form of government it requires, and the right of all citizens to fair and equitable representation.
We believe these are also the proper positions of the Republican Party.
Dr. Stevens does not believe the Republican Liberty Caucus will succeed in taking over the Republican Party from social conservatives from within but he supports its efforts to run pro-liberty candidates for office in Republican Primary Elections.
The Statement of Principles of the Republican Liberty Caucus is the following:
The Republican Liberty Caucus supports individual rights, limited government and free enterprise.
We believe every human being is endowed by nature with inherent rights to life, liberty and property that are properly secured by law. We support a strict construction of the Bill of Rights as a defense against tyranny; the expansion of those rights to all voluntary consensual conduct under the Ninth and Tenth Amendments; and the requirements of equal protection and due process under the Fourteenth Amendment.
We support the Constitutional restrictions on federal government powers enumerated in Article I, Section 8 as an absolute limit on all government functions and programs. We oppose the adoption of broad and vague powers under the guise of general welfare or interstate commerce.
We oppose all restrictions on the voluntary and honest exchange of value in a free market. We favor minimal, equitable, and fair taxation for the essential functions of government. We oppose all legislation that concedes Congressional power to any regulatory agency, executive department, or international body.
We support the Constitution as the supreme law of the land, the republican form of government it requires, and the right of all citizens to fair and equitable representation.
We believe these are also the proper positions of the Republican Party.
Dr. Stevens does not believe the Republican Liberty Caucus will succeed in taking over the Republican Party from social conservatives from within but he supports its efforts to run pro-liberty candidates for office in Republican Primary Elections.
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Stevens Holds Teleconference For Objectivist Party Affiliate Presidents & Officers
On Friday, October 16, 2009 at 10:15 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time, Dr. Tom Stevens, Objectivist Party Chair, held a teleconference for Objectivist Party Affiliate Presidents & Officers.
During the teleconference, Dr. Stevens went over the 25 Affiliate Priorities and spoke of all the Special Projects many of the affiliates have chosen to participate in. He discussed ideas for drawing media attention and for recruitment.
The three affiliates with the largest number of representatives participating in the teleconference were New York, New Jersey & Florida.
During the teleconference, Dr. Stevens went over the 25 Affiliate Priorities and spoke of all the Special Projects many of the affiliates have chosen to participate in. He discussed ideas for drawing media attention and for recruitment.
The three affiliates with the largest number of representatives participating in the teleconference were New York, New Jersey & Florida.
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Dallwyn Merck Admitted To Hospital For Heart Surgery
On Monday, September 21, 2009, Dallwyn Merck, a Governing Board Member of the Objectivist Party, who also serves as Secretary of the Objectivist Party of New York, visited the Emergency Room of St. Vincent's Hospital in Greenwich Village, New York suffering from chest pains and light-headedness. After extensive testing, it was determined that the defects in his heart valves that had previously been discovered had worsened. Mr. Merck was admitted to St. Vincent's Hospital and it was determined that immediate surgery would be necessary to save his life.
On Tuesday, September 22, 2009, Dallwyn Merck underwent heart valve surgery. One valve was replaced with a pig valve and the other valve was repaired. Despite the doctor saying there was a 6%-8% chance he would not survive the surgery, Dallwyn did survive and the doctor said the procedure went well.
On behalf of the Objectivist Party, I want to say we wish Dallwyn well and hope for his speedy recovery.
On Tuesday, September 22, 2009, Dallwyn Merck underwent heart valve surgery. One valve was replaced with a pig valve and the other valve was repaired. Despite the doctor saying there was a 6%-8% chance he would not survive the surgery, Dallwyn did survive and the doctor said the procedure went well.
On behalf of the Objectivist Party, I want to say we wish Dallwyn well and hope for his speedy recovery.
Monday, August 31, 2009
OPNY Celebrates Individual Rights Day By Distributing Video From The Movie "Cabaret"
On Saturday, August 29, 2009, the Objectivist Party of New York celebrated Individual Rights Day by urging people to see and distribute the following video of "Tomorrow Belongs To Me" from the movie Cabaret: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMVql9RLP34&feature=related
Dr. Tom Stevens, President of the Objectivist Party of New York, stated:
This video is a chilling reminder of how fanaticism can stir people up in a way that would make them more willing to trample upon the individual rights of some for the alleged greater good of all. Respect for the individual rights of all people must never be compromised.
Individual Rights Day is celebrated on August 29th, the birth date of John Locke, the philosopher who first prominently argued that a human being has a basic property right based upon his status as a sovereign human being and that it is the government's role to protect that right and not to treat its citizens as slaves.
People are urged to celebrate Individual Rights Day by doing one or more of the following:
1. Read about John Locke and his political philosophy that respects man's sovereignty over his own body.
2. Read about Ayn Rand and her basis for recognizing that every man is born with "individual rights" that cannot be trampled upon by government or by others.
3. Contrast the concept of "individual rights" with those of "collective rights".
4. Run a seminar, hold a meeting, or sponsor a debate on the importance of "individual rights" as the basis for man's liberties and freedoms.
John Locke stated in "The Second Treatise On Civil Government":
Every man has a property in his own person this no body has any right to but himself. The labour of his body, and the work of his hands, we may say are properly his...The great and chief end therefore, of Mens uniting into Commonwealths, and putting themselves under Government, is the Preservation of their Property.
John Locke quotations on "Individual Rights":
Reason...teaches all Mankind, who would but consult it, that being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his Life, Health, Liberty, or Possessions.
Government can never have a Power to take to themselves the whole or any part of the Subjects Property, without their own consent.
'Tis a Mistake to think this Fault [tyranny] is proper only to Monarchies; other Forms of Government are liable to it, as well as that. For where-ever the Power that is put in any hands for the Government of the People, and the Preservation of their Properties, is applied to other ends, and made use of to impoverish, harass, or subdue them to the Arbitrary and Irregular Commands of those that have it: There it presently becomes Tyranny, whether those that thus use it are one or many.
Whenever the Legislators endeavor to take away, and destroy the Property of the People, or to reduce them to Slavery under Arbitrary Power, they put themselves into a state of War with the People, who are thereupon absolved from any farther Obedience, and are left to the common Refuge...against Force and Violence. Whensoever therefore the Legislative shall transgress this fundamental Rule of Society; and either by Ambition, Fear, Folly or Corruption, endeavor to grasp themselves, or put into the hands of any other an Absolute Power over the Lives, Liberties, and Estates of the People; By this breach of Trust they forfeit the Power, the People had put into their hands, for quite contrary ends, and it devolves to the People, who have a Right to resume their original Liberty.
Ayn Rand quotations on "Individual Rights":
A 'right' is a moral principle defining and sanctioning a man’s freedom of action in a social context. There is only one fundamental right (all the others are its consequences or corollaries): a man’s right to his own life. Life is a process of self-sustaining and self-generated action; the right to life means the right to engage in self-sustaining and self-generated action - which means: the freedom to take all the actions required by the nature of a rational being for the support, the furtherance, the fulfillment and the enjoyment of his own life. (Such is the meaning of the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.)...Thus, for every individual, a right is the moral sanction of a positive - of his freedom to act on his own judgment, for his own goals, by his own voluntary, uncoerced choice. As to his neighbors, his rights impose no obligations on them except of a negative kind: to abstain from violating his rights.
The right to life is the source of all rights - and the right to property is their only implementation. Without property rights, no other rights are possible. Since man has to sustain his life by his own effort, the man who has no right to the product of his effort has no means to sustain his life. The man who produces while others dispose of his product, is a slave. Man holds these rights, not from the Collective nor for the Collective, but against the Collective - as a barrier which the Collective cannot cross...these rights are man’s protection against all other men.
The source of man’s rights is not divine law or congressional law, but the law of identity. A is A - and Man is Man. Rights are conditions of existence required by man’s nature for his proper survival. If man is to live on earth, it is right for him to use his mind, it is right to act on his own free judgment, it is right to work for his values and to keep the product of his work. If life on earth is his purpose, he has a right to live as a rational being: nature forbids him the irrational. Any group, any gang, any nation that attempts to negate man’s rights, is wrong, which means: is evil, which means: is anti-life.
Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to vote away the rights of a minority; the political function of rights is precisely to protect minorities from oppression by majorities (and the smallest minority on earth is the individual).
The concept of individual rights is so prodigious a feat of political thinking that few men grasp it fully - and two hundred years have not been enough for other countries to understand it. But this is the concept to which we owe our lives - the concept which made it possible for us to bring into reality everything of value that any of us did or will achieve or experience.
A Facebook Group for Individual Rights Day is located at:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/group.php?gid=56751815780
Individual Rights Day was started by Dr. Tom Stevens, the Founder of the Objectivist Party.
Dr. Tom Stevens, President of the Objectivist Party of New York, stated:
This video is a chilling reminder of how fanaticism can stir people up in a way that would make them more willing to trample upon the individual rights of some for the alleged greater good of all. Respect for the individual rights of all people must never be compromised.
Individual Rights Day is celebrated on August 29th, the birth date of John Locke, the philosopher who first prominently argued that a human being has a basic property right based upon his status as a sovereign human being and that it is the government's role to protect that right and not to treat its citizens as slaves.
People are urged to celebrate Individual Rights Day by doing one or more of the following:
1. Read about John Locke and his political philosophy that respects man's sovereignty over his own body.
2. Read about Ayn Rand and her basis for recognizing that every man is born with "individual rights" that cannot be trampled upon by government or by others.
3. Contrast the concept of "individual rights" with those of "collective rights".
4. Run a seminar, hold a meeting, or sponsor a debate on the importance of "individual rights" as the basis for man's liberties and freedoms.
John Locke stated in "The Second Treatise On Civil Government":
Every man has a property in his own person this no body has any right to but himself. The labour of his body, and the work of his hands, we may say are properly his...The great and chief end therefore, of Mens uniting into Commonwealths, and putting themselves under Government, is the Preservation of their Property.
John Locke quotations on "Individual Rights":
Reason...teaches all Mankind, who would but consult it, that being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his Life, Health, Liberty, or Possessions.
Government can never have a Power to take to themselves the whole or any part of the Subjects Property, without their own consent.
'Tis a Mistake to think this Fault [tyranny] is proper only to Monarchies; other Forms of Government are liable to it, as well as that. For where-ever the Power that is put in any hands for the Government of the People, and the Preservation of their Properties, is applied to other ends, and made use of to impoverish, harass, or subdue them to the Arbitrary and Irregular Commands of those that have it: There it presently becomes Tyranny, whether those that thus use it are one or many.
Whenever the Legislators endeavor to take away, and destroy the Property of the People, or to reduce them to Slavery under Arbitrary Power, they put themselves into a state of War with the People, who are thereupon absolved from any farther Obedience, and are left to the common Refuge...against Force and Violence. Whensoever therefore the Legislative shall transgress this fundamental Rule of Society; and either by Ambition, Fear, Folly or Corruption, endeavor to grasp themselves, or put into the hands of any other an Absolute Power over the Lives, Liberties, and Estates of the People; By this breach of Trust they forfeit the Power, the People had put into their hands, for quite contrary ends, and it devolves to the People, who have a Right to resume their original Liberty.
Ayn Rand quotations on "Individual Rights":
A 'right' is a moral principle defining and sanctioning a man’s freedom of action in a social context. There is only one fundamental right (all the others are its consequences or corollaries): a man’s right to his own life. Life is a process of self-sustaining and self-generated action; the right to life means the right to engage in self-sustaining and self-generated action - which means: the freedom to take all the actions required by the nature of a rational being for the support, the furtherance, the fulfillment and the enjoyment of his own life. (Such is the meaning of the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.)...Thus, for every individual, a right is the moral sanction of a positive - of his freedom to act on his own judgment, for his own goals, by his own voluntary, uncoerced choice. As to his neighbors, his rights impose no obligations on them except of a negative kind: to abstain from violating his rights.
The right to life is the source of all rights - and the right to property is their only implementation. Without property rights, no other rights are possible. Since man has to sustain his life by his own effort, the man who has no right to the product of his effort has no means to sustain his life. The man who produces while others dispose of his product, is a slave. Man holds these rights, not from the Collective nor for the Collective, but against the Collective - as a barrier which the Collective cannot cross...these rights are man’s protection against all other men.
The source of man’s rights is not divine law or congressional law, but the law of identity. A is A - and Man is Man. Rights are conditions of existence required by man’s nature for his proper survival. If man is to live on earth, it is right for him to use his mind, it is right to act on his own free judgment, it is right to work for his values and to keep the product of his work. If life on earth is his purpose, he has a right to live as a rational being: nature forbids him the irrational. Any group, any gang, any nation that attempts to negate man’s rights, is wrong, which means: is evil, which means: is anti-life.
Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to vote away the rights of a minority; the political function of rights is precisely to protect minorities from oppression by majorities (and the smallest minority on earth is the individual).
The concept of individual rights is so prodigious a feat of political thinking that few men grasp it fully - and two hundred years have not been enough for other countries to understand it. But this is the concept to which we owe our lives - the concept which made it possible for us to bring into reality everything of value that any of us did or will achieve or experience.
A Facebook Group for Individual Rights Day is located at:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/group.php?gid=56751815780
Individual Rights Day was started by Dr. Tom Stevens, the Founder of the Objectivist Party.
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Merck Credits Stevens With Inspiring People To Use Reason To Set Goals, Develop Skills & To Become Producers
Dallwyn Merck, a Governing Board Member of the Objectivist Party, has credited Dr. Tom Stevens, the party's Founder & Chair, with inspiring people to use reason to set goals, to develop skills and to become producers.
Mr. Merck made the following statement about the efforts Dr. Stevens has made to help worthy individuals:
I have known Dr. Stevens for decades. Over that period of time, I have seen him help many individuals of all ages and genders. He does not do this because he is altruistic. He is a trader by nature who has a keen eye for identifying potential in others who may be hungry to change their lives for the better or who may be going through difficult times. In return for his time and effort, he expects things in return that are valuable to him. It is a great example of a trade resulting in mutual benefit for both parties involved.
Dr. Stevens does inspire people to use reason to set goals, to develop skills and to become producers but he has also helped people with more tangible support as well. I have seen Dr. Stevens find housing for homeless people, advance college tuition payments, use his influence as a former President of the Hofstra University School of Law Alumni Association to get people into law school, advance two-months security for individuals moving into apartments, hire people for odd-jobs paying them up to $50.00 an hour, move people to New York who were facing abusive situations in their home life, and provide office space in his law office to help people launch new business ventures.
In return for this help, Dr. Stevens requires each individual to enter into a contract with him and since it is usually an oral contract, he requires all recipients to give him their word that they will fulfill their part of the bargain. What is asked for differs with each individual depending upon what they have of value to trade.
It would not be an exaggeration to say that Dr. Stevens has helped hundreds, if not thousands, of people in the time I have known him. A number of people have let him down and reneged on their commitments to him but I have always seen him bounce back because he does not believe that future worthy individuals should be discriminated against because a handful of others turned out to lack integrity and character.
The unfortunate truth is that most individuals are not prepared to make the changes necessary in their thinking, attitudes, beliefs and values to achieve the goals they have set for themselves. Most people are not worthy of his time and even though Dr. Stevens tries to help people clarify the process of goal-setting through the use of reason, the reality is that most people are where they are because of the past decisions they have made. It is very hard to change people's habits and internal dialogues. Any individual who wants to change their life must be highly motivated to do so.
Dallwyn Merck has been a member of the Objectivist Party since it was founded by Dr. Tom Stevens on February 2, 2008.
Mr. Merck made the following statement about the efforts Dr. Stevens has made to help worthy individuals:
I have known Dr. Stevens for decades. Over that period of time, I have seen him help many individuals of all ages and genders. He does not do this because he is altruistic. He is a trader by nature who has a keen eye for identifying potential in others who may be hungry to change their lives for the better or who may be going through difficult times. In return for his time and effort, he expects things in return that are valuable to him. It is a great example of a trade resulting in mutual benefit for both parties involved.
Dr. Stevens does inspire people to use reason to set goals, to develop skills and to become producers but he has also helped people with more tangible support as well. I have seen Dr. Stevens find housing for homeless people, advance college tuition payments, use his influence as a former President of the Hofstra University School of Law Alumni Association to get people into law school, advance two-months security for individuals moving into apartments, hire people for odd-jobs paying them up to $50.00 an hour, move people to New York who were facing abusive situations in their home life, and provide office space in his law office to help people launch new business ventures.
In return for this help, Dr. Stevens requires each individual to enter into a contract with him and since it is usually an oral contract, he requires all recipients to give him their word that they will fulfill their part of the bargain. What is asked for differs with each individual depending upon what they have of value to trade.
It would not be an exaggeration to say that Dr. Stevens has helped hundreds, if not thousands, of people in the time I have known him. A number of people have let him down and reneged on their commitments to him but I have always seen him bounce back because he does not believe that future worthy individuals should be discriminated against because a handful of others turned out to lack integrity and character.
The unfortunate truth is that most individuals are not prepared to make the changes necessary in their thinking, attitudes, beliefs and values to achieve the goals they have set for themselves. Most people are not worthy of his time and even though Dr. Stevens tries to help people clarify the process of goal-setting through the use of reason, the reality is that most people are where they are because of the past decisions they have made. It is very hard to change people's habits and internal dialogues. Any individual who wants to change their life must be highly motivated to do so.
Dallwyn Merck has been a member of the Objectivist Party since it was founded by Dr. Tom Stevens on February 2, 2008.
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