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Entries from December 2008

Dick Clark: Introduction to Libertarianism

December 29th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Found this linked from one of the video Jerry S. posted. Additionally, here is part of an article Dick wrote about a campaign I worked with him on in 2002. I added the links, some of which may have expired since I put this on some other sites a couple of years ago. ….I opened [...]

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Michael Cousins: ‘I am a Libertarian’

December 29th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Video H/T Jerry S. in IPR comments.

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Rhonda Jackson: ‘I am a Libertarian’

December 29th, 2008 · 29 Comments

Video H/T Jerry S. in IPR comments

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Cynthia McKinney comments on her relief mission to Gaza

December 29th, 2008 · 16 Comments

Found at On The Wilder Side: Hello! First of all, I have to thank FreeGaza.org and Paul Larudee for tracking me down to extend the invitation to travel to Gaza to learn first-hand of the situation there, particularly since I had spoken out on it during the trip to Damascus to deliver my remarks and [...]

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Ralph Nader sent letters to all fifty Governors asking them to put state financial data on the web

December 29th, 2008 · 4 Comments

Found at Phillyburbs.com By ANGELA DELLI SANTI The Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. – One Republican lawmaker wants to make it easier for taxpayers to follow the money. Sen. Joe Pennacchio is sponsoring a proposal to create an easy-to-use Web site allowing New Jerseyans to view the state’s revenues, expenditures and debt. Pennacchio said the measure [...]

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New Black Panther Party denies charges of racism

December 29th, 2008 · 29 Comments

By Johnny Edwards in The City Core Before marching through Cherry Tree Crossing with armed members of the New Black Panther Party – as an observing journalist, of course – I knew very little about the group. My covering the protest Monday happened spur of the moment. The day started with an assignment to cover [...]

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Tags: Socialist/left parties

LP presidential candidate statement: Joy Waymire

December 29th, 2008 · 21 Comments

Best to start with a bit of background on me. I am not a career politician, nor do I have college degrees. I consider myself a “Jill of All, Master of None”. To describe me in just one word, it would have to be “Eccentric”; to deviate from the norm. I do not follow any [...]

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Green Party member Todd Price running for Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction

December 28th, 2008 · No Comments

Posted by Ronald Hardy at Green Party Watch Todd Price, a long-time Green Party activist has decided to run for Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction in this Spring’s election. The state wide race is non-partisan. Price is an impressive and qualified candidate. Todd Alan Price is Associate Professor of Educational Foundations and Inquiry in the [...]

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Jake Towne: ‘The great slump of 2008′

December 28th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Posted at The Populist Party Today’s American FED and Treasury “bailouts” are finally giving the American corporate-cronyism form of capitalism all the remaining aspects of the Leninist “commanding heights” economy that served the Soviet Union so well. The classical Keynesian-Friedmanite school of thought is that smart and slick central planners can somehow control and manipulate [...]

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Tags: Non-left/right parties · Right-wing minor parties

Shamus Cooke: ‘The danger of right-wing populism’

December 28th, 2008 · 31 Comments

Found at Dandelion Salad By Shamus Cooke December 28, 2008 “Information Clearinghouse“ A strange trend is appearing in the political realm of the Left. Self-proclaimed political conservatives – many current or former members of the Republican Party – are being given considerable room in Left publications, for example in Counterpunch and BuzzFlash. At first it [...]

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Tags: Constitution Party · Independents · Libertarian Party · Right-wing minor parties · Socialist/left parties

Constitution Party recommends ‘The Founders’ Second Amendment: Origins of the Right to Bear Arms’

December 28th, 2008 · 9 Comments

Posted at Ameriborn.com P.O. Box 1782  Lancaster, PA 17608  contactus@constitutionparty.org Fight The 2nd Amendment Attack With A BOMB! …A book bomb! The brilliant and wildly popular book The Founders’ Second Amendment: Origins of the Right to Bear Arms has been catapulted to Amazon.com’s #1 slot in the categories of law, Civil Liberties, the Constitution and [...]

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Cynthia McKinney sailing to bring medical supplies to Gaza

December 28th, 2008 · 32 Comments

Posted at FreeGaza.org Dignity Leaves for Gaza on Emergency Mission of Mercy Sunday 28th December 2008 For more information, contact. (Gaza) Ewa Jasiewicz, +970 598 700 497 / freelance@mailworks.org (Cyprus) Eliza Ernshire, +357 99 081 767/ eliza.ernshire@gmail.com (U.S.) Ramzi Kysia, +1 703 994 5422/ rrkysia@yahoo.com (Larnaca, Cyprus) The Free Gaza movement will hold a press [...]

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Ron Paul: A Man of Ideas and Ideals

December 28th, 2008 · 3 Comments

Portion of a book review in The New American: In the ’70s, the era when Keynesian (socialist) economics reached full fruition with the global abandonment of the gold standard, young Congressman Paul, the hard-money advocate, was met with derision. In the ’80s, when the Great Economic Bubble began and the Reagan rhetoric created an illusion [...]

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Update from the Modern Whig Party

December 28th, 2008 · 30 Comments

The following was sent to Modern Whig supporters in an email. What qualifies someone as a member is not entirely clear. To the members of the Modern Whig Party, With the holiday season winding down, we wanted to briefly reflect on the past few months. In late 2008, our grassroots movement inspired nearly 20,000 people [...]

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Well-known economics professor publishes book blasting restrictive ballot access laws

December 28th, 2008 · 7 Comments

Posted at Ballot Access News Professor James T. Bennett has just published “Stifling Political Competition: How Government Has Rigged the System to Benefit Demopublicans and Exclude Third Parties.” The publisher is the prestigious Springer Company, which is the world’s largest publisher of books on science, technology and medicine. Springer has published over 150 Nobel prize-winners. [...]

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Tags: Independents · Third parties, general

Video: ‘I think anarchists should vote libertarian’

December 28th, 2008 · 4 Comments

Found at Opinions and Politics

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Rebecca Winters: ‘why aren’t greens fighting for appointed seats?’

December 28th, 2008 · 7 Comments

Posted at Sex and Politics and Screeds and Attitude New Yorkers Urge Gov. Paterson to Appoint Ralph Nader to US Senate A group of concerned New York citizens announced today that they are launching a campaign to have Governor David A. Paterson appoint long-time consumer advocate Ralph Nader to the US Senate. There are no [...]

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Wes Rolley, Green Party US EcoAction Committee CoChair on Robert Byrd and subsidizing US exports for dirty coal plants in China

December 28th, 2008 · No Comments

David Roberts writes at Gristmill blog Lee Buchsbaum writes that U.S. coal producers increasingly find it more profitable to export their product: With the falling dollar, selling to Asia, Europe or South America is giving coal producers a higher return than selling into the United States. “If I were running a coal company and I [...]

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John Spivey assesses Libertarian Party progress and prospects

December 28th, 2008 · 77 Comments

By John Spivey at the Whited Sepulchre: As Chair of a County Libertarian Party, I’ve seen tremendous gains in our local libertarian scene. We’ve gone from 6 members meeting every two years to affirm a handful of pre-nominated and non-contested candidates to a group whose grassroots ranks are numbering in the triple digits, alliances with [...]

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Green Party swings race decided by one vote in Michigan

December 28th, 2008 · No Comments

From mlive.com Recount reveals swap in James Township supervisor race by Roberto Acosta | The Saginaw News Kristine M. Whitteberry was James Township supervisor … for 11 days. Whitteberry, the Republican challenger for the township supervisor’s seat, lost her spot after one vote changed the balance of power to Democrat Leonard A. Ballosh. The two [...]

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