Las Vegas FREEDOMFEST! July 9-11

[zengrifter]

Of all places! zg

"FreedomFest is the new Mecca for all freedom lovers." -- Mark Mullins, Executive Director, Fraser Institute

"So good I changed my schedule to attend all three days!" -- Steve Forbes

FREEDOMFEST BUZZ: IT’S LIKE NINE CONFERENCES IN ONE!

"This is THE year to attend FreedomFest, when our freedoms and financial assets are threatened now more than ever. Sign me up!" -- Attendee

Dear freedom lovers,

The agenda for this year’s big show, FreedomFest, is now available online at www.freedomfest.com. FreedomFest 2009, scheduled for July 9-11 at Bally’s Events Center in Las Vegas, will smash all records, with over 1,000 expected to attend, including dozens of experts, authors, think tanks, and media. It’s truly a Renaissance weekend for free thinkers, offering nine conferences in one. Here’s the latest update:

Ø WORLD ECONOMIC SUMMIT:

First, we offer a “World Economic Summit” with Larry Kudlow and Charles Gasparino, the CNBC top news team, on what’s going on Wall Street today….. “Clear and Present Danger” is our theme. Keynote speakers include Steve Forbes, John Mackey (CEO, Whole Foods Market), Steve Moore and John Fund (Wall Street Journal), Congressman Ron Paul, and Tom Woods, author of the NYTimes bestseller, “Meltdown.” Join us and emcee extraordinaire Chip Wood for the most important conference of the year.

Warren Coats (former IMF official) on “Modern Day Hyperinflations: After Zimbabwe, are we next?” Steve Forbes will also talk about his exciting new book “Power Ambition Glory” and NYTimes columnist and GMU Professor Tyler Cowen on “Does Capitalism Destroy Culture?”

Ø ALL STAR PREDICTION PANEL

One of the highlights is the “All Star Prediction Panel” (Peter Schiff, Bert Dohmen, Alex Green, Fred Foldvary, Dennis Slothower) who warned attendees last year about the impending crisis. What are they predicting now, and how should you invest?

Ø TRIAL OF THE NEW CENTURY

What caused the 2008 crisis, free-market capitalism or bad government policies? See defending attorney Steve Moore fight it out against prosecuting attorney Jeff Madrick (Emmy-award winning author of “The Case for Big Government”), with star witnesses Steve Forbes, Charles Gasparino, John Mackey, and Doug Casey. The audience will be the jury. This mock trial will be talked about for years. Expect C-SPAN and other media coverage.

Ø PLUS THESE BIG DEBATES

“Wal-Mart, Good or Bad?” pits Ohio professor Richard Vedder against anti-Wal-Mart activist Al Norman….. “Immigration: Will Mexico Explode?,” with Roberto Salinas (Mexico Business Forum) vs. Dr. Eric Olsen (Tucson chiropractor)….Gene Epstein (Barron’s economics editor) vs. Warren Coats on “Fed Up with the Fed?”….John Mackey (Whole Foods) and Michael Strong (FLOW) take on the Objectivists Ed Hudgins and Rob Bradley in “Randian vs. Conscious Capitalism.”

Ø 3-DAY INVESTMENT CONFERENCE

FreedomFest offers a full 3-day investment seminar, with sessions on “best places to invest your money,” with Jon Nadler (Kitco), Frank Trotter (Everbank), Adrian Day, Martin Truax (MorganKeegan), Keith Fitz-Gerald (Money Morning), Joe Bradley (Investor's Hotline), Lou Petrossi, Van Simmons (rare coins and collectibles -- he’s the world’s best). Plus outlook for real estate (John Schaub) and energy (Rick Rule and top oil & gas experts). Plus the editors of Investors Business Daily.

Don’t miss the Libertarian Entrepreneurs Panel, a perennial favorite. This year hear John Mackey (Whole Foods), Christopher Ruddy (Newsmax), Rick O’Donnell (Action ABA), and Charles Murray (AEI) discuss how to “make it, spend it, and give it away.” Plus Steve Mariotti (NFTE) on how creating profitable businesses changes the lives of inner city youth.

Ø GEO-POLITICAL FORUM

What’s the outlook for the Middle East and other hotspots? What’s going on inside the Washington beltway? Get the latest update from Ed Feulner (Heritage), David Boaz, Dan Mitchell, Michael Tanner, and Richard Rahn (Cato), Al Regnery and R. Emmett Tyrrell (American Spectator), Jon Utley (American Conservative), Tom Palmer (Atlas),Christopher Ruddy (Newsmax), Wayne Allen Root (author of “Conscience of a Libertarian”), and David Nott, Matt Welch, and Brian Doherty (Reason).

Plus special session on “State Think Tanks: How Effective Are they?” with Lawrence Reed (FEE and the Mackinac Center), John Taylor (Virginia), Bryon Schlomach (Goldwater), and Holly Jackson (State Policy Network)….Nelson Hultberg on “The Need for a Third Party Revolution”…. “Education or Indoctrination?” with for-profit education presidents Dick Bishirjian (Yorktown) and John LaNear (Grantham), and Greg Lukianoff (FIRE).

Ø RON PAUL’S CAMPAIGN FOR LIBERTY

Over 2000 people will jammed the Bally’s Events Center Friday night, July 10, to hear Tom Woods and Congressman Ron Paul updates us on the machinations of Death Star (Doug Casey’s name for Washington). Not to be missed.

Ø NEW MEDIA SERIES

Conservative marketing guru Floyd Brown leads a 4-session series on powerful techniques in email, blogging, and other new media, with the world’s most successful experts. Plus Richard Viguerie (American Target) on “Magnify Your Business or Resign!”, Craig Huey on 16 strategies for business owners, and Marsha Friedman on her new book, “Celebritize Yourself”…plus Nathan Tabor on “Building a Political Following on Twitter, Facebook and Blogosphere.”

Ø LIBERTY EDITORS CONFERENCE

Held every year at FreedomFest, Liberty magazine editors (Stephen Cox, Doug Casey, Drew Ferguson, Jo Ann Skousen, Charles Murray, Randall O’Toole, David Friedman, David Boaz, Kathy Bradford) offer 10 sessions, including a big debate on “Anarchy vs. Limited Government” and “Liberty and Religion.”

Ø OFFSHORE TAX BOOT CAMP

Beat the tax man with offshore planning, the benefits and risks of moving abroad, and legitimate tax shelters. Learn from the experts: Vern Jacobs, CPA, and Marshall Langer, the world’s premier international tax attorney, who will speak on the advantages of moving to a low-tax state or a tax haven, and the advantages of a second passport. In addition, estate planning experts Jeff Verdon and David T. Phillips will offer solutions to higher taxes under Obama. Hear also financial experts Ron Holland, Jon Golding, Joe Gandolfo, Peter Zipper, and Michael Checkan.

Ø SACRED TEXT PROJECT

Hear a Rabbi, a Christian, a Muslim, a Sikh and a Mormon defend their sacred scriptures, and debate the role of religion in a no-holds-bar roundtable with Michael Shermer, editor of Skeptic magazine and Scientific American. Gurucharan Khalsa will lead us in yoga exercises each morning.

Ø SCIENCE FICTION MINI-FESTIVAL

Michigan Professor Eric Rabkin of the fantasy world of J. R. R. Tolkien, Brian Doherty on Robert Heinlein, Jo Ann Skousen on “Romance, Technology and Nature in Literature,” and Rollins Professor Socky O’Sullivan on “How to Write a Classic.”

Ø HEALTHY LIVING SERIES

John Mackey on “Whole Foods Longevity Diet”….Harry King, MD, on “Living to be 120 and Enjoying it”….George and Mimi Murdock on “Health is Wealth”…and Sihk Gurucharan Khalsa on using yoga and meditation to live longer and better.

Ø POTPOURRI

Always my favorite category. See Missouri history professor Steven Watts on “Fantasyland, Walt Disney, and the American Dream,” followed by “Playboy, Hugh Hefner, and the American Dream”…..plus Don Hauptman on Ayn Rand’s Playboy interview…..French Canadians Julie Barlow and Jean-Benoit Nadeau on “Sixty Million Frenchmen Can’t be Wrong” and “The Story of French”…..David Wang on strange connection between Confucius and America’s Founding Fathers (especially Franklin and Jefferson)….Alex Green on “Spiritual Wealth: Money and the Meaning of Life”…..Michael Shermer on the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin…and Hillsdale Professor Tom Krannawitter on the 200th anniversary of Abe Lincoln, “Vindicating Lincoln Against his Libertarian Critics”….and Santa Clara Professor Fred Foldvary defending Henry George and his single tax on land….Troy Dayton on “Should Drugs be Legalized?”….Harvey Mudd Professor Art Benjamin on “The Joys and Mysteries of Mathematics”….plus a Mystery Guest Speaker you won’t want to miss!

Ø EXHIBIT HALL EXTRAORDINAIRE

Over 100 exhibits, including all the major free-market think tanks and freedom organizations (Cato, Heritage, Reason, Fraser, Hillsdale, FEE, Goldwater, State Policy Network), major publications such as Liberty magazine, Human Events, American Spectator, Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and Investors Business Daily, and major investment firms. Laissez Faire Books is once again our official bookstore.

Ø GALA SATURDAY NIGHT BANQUET

Attendees always love our grand finale, the Saturday night banquet. Last year’s George Bush impersonator brought the house down--one attendee told us, “I haven’t laughed this hard in ten years.” This year, enjoy another induction ceremony of the Free Market Hall of Fame, comments by Larry Kudlow, an unforgettable Beatles tribute band, Yesterday. Be sure to stick around for our version of "Imagine"

Ø PRE-CONFERENCE “ECONOPOWER” SEMINAR

For those of you who arrive early Wednesday, July 8, I am holding a special 3-hour pre-conference seminar “EconoPower: Seven Power Tools for Managers, Investors and Policy-Makers.” It includes “The Ten Most Dangerous Economic Myths Today.” No extra charge.

For all the details, go to our newly designed website, www.freedomfest.com. (And while you’re at it, listen to our new theme song, “Freedom and Gold.” It’s intoxicating.) The conference agenda is now online.

Registration fee is only $495 per person, $795 per couple. Call Tami Holland, our conference coordinator, or register online:

1-866-266-5101
www.freedomfest.com

To paraphrase Ben Franklin, let’s all hang out together in Vegas, or surely we shall all hang separately. Fly there, drive there, bike there, be there! I hope you will join us there. See you in Vegas in July 9 - 11, 2009

Yours for liberty, AEIOU,

Mark Skousen
Producer

[Brutus]

I'm seriously thinkiing about this. is the wsop going on at the same time? or any other big events?

[AnIrishmannot2brite]

I'm still getting over the statement Zen made after I dissed Alan Keyes...

"What's wrong with Alan Keyes"?

Holy schidt... And then a week later one of Keyes fellow "birthers" kills a man (black man) dead in the holocaust museum.

What's wrong with Alan Keyes huh?

How about: "Here's your sign"...

[zengrifter]

Originally Posted by AnIrishmannot2brite

I'm still getting over the statement Zen made after I dissed Alan Keyes...

"What's wrong with Alan Keyes"?

Holy schidt... And then a week later one of Keyes fellow "birthers" kills a man (black man) dead in the holocaust museum.

What's wrong with Alan Keyes huh?

How about: "Here's your sign"...

Whats the connection here, with Keys?

I asked because I don't know much about Keys - I had the impression that he is a black Ron Paul.

Let me ask you Irishman, what is your wickedly liberal assessment of Ron Paul? zg

[zengrifter]

Originally Posted by Brutus

I'm seriously thinkiing about this. is the wsop going on at the same time? or any other big events?

Don't let that sh*t get in the way of playing some serious BJ.

Below is the "big" event. zg

Ø RON PAUL’S CAMPAIGN FOR LIBERTY

Over 2000 people will jam the Bally’s Event Center Friday night, July 10, to hear Tom Woods and Congressman
Ron Paul updates us on the machinations of Death Star (Doug Casey’s name for Washington). Not to be missed.

[zengrifter]

Is anyone going to Freedom Fest? zg