Nicky Cheese

Less than a year after being released from prison, Dr. Jack Kevorkian is running for Congress in Michigan’s 9th District as an independent.

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If elected, the right-to-die advocate will (predictably) focus on changing the Ninth Amendment to allow for assisted-suicide; he has also expressed opposition to the U.S. war in Iraq. I’m ignorant to the rest of his platform but–if those issues are in anyway representative–if given the chance, I would totally vote for him! Fo’ sure.

Of course, my political views are rarely mainstream, which this comparison–found in an Oakland Press story–makes quite clear:

Oakland County Prosecutor Dave Gorcyca, whose office was responsible for sending Kevorkian to prison, was dismissive of Kevorkian’s candidacy.

“I would place Jack Kevorkian’s candidacy in the same ranking with (Texas U.S. Rep.) Ron Paul’s (presidential run),” Gorcyca said.

My poor heart…

Self-ownership. To own one’s life. To live on one’s own terms. The ability to end one’s life when it is no longer of value is a logical and necessary component to this conceptual framework.

I’m really interested in what Kevorkian’s overall personal and political philosophy is. If anyone knows of a good book or insightful resource to this end, send it my way. I’ll definitely be following this.

Jon Hemminghaus, from Williamson County in southern Illinois, posted an anti-smoking ban sign in front of his business, Wounded Rig Inc., about a month ago. It reads:

Wham. Bam. Boom. A cogent 6-word argument for property rights and self-ownership. Bad ass.

It is Jon’s property and therefore John’s right to determine what activities are performed on his property and in his business, so long as these activities are adequately advertised; that way, anyone potentially entering or working at the business can make an full, informed decision — a choice — of whether or not to patronize the establishment based on these facts.

Consensualism.

Last Saturday he stepped it up and organized a “smoke-in”, in which hundreds of smokers and non-smokers alike came from several states to protest the Smoke-Free Illinois Act. Check it out at the above link (video included).