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Constitution Party focuses on supporting Ramos and Compean

December 21st, 2008 · 34 Comments

Ramos and Compean take front and center stage at ConstitutionParty.org today. The largest section of the front page “above the fold” is Latest News and Commentary, and two out of three articles are devoted to the case of Ramos and Compean.
According to wikipedia,
Ignacio Ramos is a former United States Border Patrol Agent, who [...]

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Libertarian Party daily poll: ‘Do you like the fair tax?’

December 21st, 2008 · 10 Comments

The poll is at http://www.lp.org/poll/do-you-like-the-fair-tax.

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Libertarian Party: California case over gay marriage rights represents ills of direct democracy

December 21st, 2008 · 50 Comments

Posted by Andrew Davis at LP.org
There has been a recent push in third-party circles for a move to "direct democracy" in the United States.  Direct democracy, where the citizens govern by majority vote, is often favored by those who wish to circumvent elected officials who those individuals feel cannot properly represent the interests of every [...]

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D.C. Statehood Greens collecting ‘Shoes for Bush’

December 21st, 2008 · 5 Comments

Posted by deesigns at Green Party Watch
TRAVELING TO D.C. FOR OBAMA’S INAGURATION? PLEASE TAKE SHOES WITH YOU!
The D.C. Statehood Greens are participating in the Shoes for Bush event being held in tandem with the inaguration of Obama.
I received this in my email box recently:
www.shoebush.org
JOIN US IN WASHINGTON,DC
January,19th
SHOES FOR BUSH action “For the widows, the [...]

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Libertarian Party of Georgia speaks out against Gwinnett County government for second time this month

December 21st, 2008 · 1 Comment

From the Gwinnett Daily Post, by Camie Young:
For the second time this month, the Libertarian Party of Georgia has spoken out against Gwinnett’s government.
This time, the party had issues with the county’s trash plan, a program that was thrown out by a judge the same day the party issued a press release.
In a press release, [...]

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Green Party Mayor Bruce Delgado takes office in Marina, CA

December 21st, 2008 · 1 Comment

Posted by Ronald Hardyat Green Party Watch:

The Monterey County Weekly wrote a piece about the swearing in of Bruce Delgado as Mayor of Marina, CA. Delgado is one of three Green Party Mayors currently serving in California:
Delgado, one of three Green Party mayors in the state, wants to steer Marina in [...]

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Gene Berkman on the role of the Vietnam War in the formation of the Libertarian Party

December 21st, 2008 · 28 Comments

From comments on a previous post:

Going back a couple of years, the Vietnam War was the major factor in causing the creation of the Libertarian Caucus in Young Americans for Freedom at the 1969 National Convention. Legalizing marijuana was the other important issue we had with the YAF conservatives.
I was working for SIL when [...]

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