The following excerpts are from an article in the Town Times of Watertown, Connecticut. The full article can be read here.
On Tuesday, December 9, the new political party organized by Richard Wick had its initial meeting at the Thomaston Savings Bank which drew approximately 30 to 40 people, adequate attendance to garner 25 signatures [...]

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After the presidential campaign ended, Ralph Nader’s campaign launched a website called november5.org. It had a video promising that the Nader camaign would be transformed. It would turn into a citizen lobbying effort, with volunteers in every congressional district in the country, all moving forward progressive ideals.
Now, a letter has been sent to [...]

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Members of the Libertarian Party Transparency Caucus are debating the controversy between chair Bill Redpath and Political Director Sean Haugh.
West Virginia LP chair Matt Harris writes,
I think we need to issue a release in support of Bill Redpath. A big part of Haugh’s assault was that Redpath chose to deal with the Keaton [...]

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In regards to the ninth annual Freedom 21 conference which was held in July in Dallas, the Southern Poverty Law Center reports,

One former popular Freedom 21er was disinvited. Bob Barr, a former conservative Republican congressman from Georgia, was asked not to return by the head of APC, Tom DeWeese, because Barr had talked to [...]

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Posted by Andrew Davis
There are many different types of anti-tax warriors.  Some use crafty CPAs to get more deductions using the government’s complex rules against it.  Then, there are tax warriors like Dr. John Berthoud, who use reason, intelligence and a broad coalition of anti-tax organizations to reduce taxes and cut government spending.  And while [...]

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WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The following is a statement from consumer advocate Ralph Nader and Robert Weissman, director of the advocacy group Essential Action:
In an effort to break the United Auto Workers — a union that historically has been responsible for raising wages and benefits not just for unionized auto workers but for all [...]

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Found at On The Wilder Side
The Massachusetts Green-Rainbow Party has filed a formal request with the Department of Justice for an investigation into the process by which the FBI targeted Boston City Councilor Chuck Turner in its recent FBI sting operation. The letter states that known facts about the investigation “raise serious questions regarding whether [...]

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AIP News reports:
The last word from el rushbo today was a recommendation that if Blagojevich wants to stick it to his pals he should nominate Alan Keyes for the vacant US Senate seat… Interesting. Maybe we are having an effect. — Bob Bailey
“El Rushbo” is a nickname for broadcaster Rush Limbaugh.
Karole Noymann explains at [...]

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In his column in North Carolina’s Fayetteville Observer, Gene Smith writes, “Maybe you’ve read about the proposal to deploy 20,000 active-duty regulars Stateside as an emergency-response force. ‘Domestic Deployment of Troops Concerns Libertarian Party,’ said the headline on a news release. I’m no Libertarian, but Domestic Deployment of Troops Concerns Me, too. [...]

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The Kansas City Star’s political column “The Buzz” has this to say about the Libertarian Party press release on the auto industry bailout:
“In case you missed it, the nation’s largest third party also opposed appropriating $14 billion of taxpayer money to bail out the American automotive industry. ‘It’s insanity,’ said Libertarian Party spokesman Andrew [...]

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