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Wayne Root: ‘Destroy the Fed before the Fed destroys us’

January 9th, 2009 · 145 Comments

Posted to IPR by Paulie. Originally posted at Root For America by Wayne Root. “Little by little, business is enlarged with easy money. With the exhaustless reservoir of the government of the United States furnishing easy money, the sales increase, the businesses enlarge, more new enterprises are started, the spirit of optimism pervades the community…bankers [...]

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Debate on National Initiative for Democracy

January 9th, 2009 · 25 Comments

At http://www.bostontea.us. Posted to IPR by Paulie Why I as a Libertarian support the NI4D by VTV (Neil Stephenson): So I am a Libertarian. And I support the NI4D. Why is that? First of all, let me begin by saying that I will not directly enact the NI4D if I were ever elected to Congress. [...]

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Tags: Libertarian Party · Non-left/right parties

Libertarian Party poll: Which is more important, controlling spending or cutting taxes?

January 9th, 2009 · 8 Comments

Posted to IPR by Paulie Vote here: http://www.lp.org/poll/which-is-more-important-to-you

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Tom Knapp: Repudiate the debt

January 9th, 2009 · 94 Comments

Posted to IPR by Paulie Sent by Tom Knapp to contact.ipr@gmail.com. Knapp is a candidate for the Libertarian and Boston Tea Party 2012 presidential nominations, was the BTP candidate for VP in 2008 on the ballot in Tennessee as well as a Libertarian Congressional candidate in Missouri, and has run as a Libertarian in a [...]

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Libertarian Gail Lightfoot’s lawsuit against Obama eligibility granted conference by US Supreme Court

January 9th, 2009 · 119 Comments

Posted to IPR by Paulie Posted by Arlen Williams to Renew America. Excerpt: Chief Justice John Roberts has sent a full-throated challenge of Barack Obama’s presidential eligibility to conference: Lightfoot v. Bowen (SCOTUS docket page). Investigating Obama (I.O.) interviewed Lightfoot lead attorney Orly Taitz at 2:20pm CT today, minutes after she learned of this move. [...]

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Tags: Libertarian Party · Right-wing minor parties

Dave Weigel: ‘Where did it all go wrong?’

January 9th, 2009 · 43 Comments

Posted to IPR by Paulie Found on the Constitution Party national webpage by David Weigel www.reason.com A thrilling and dispiriting year for libertarian politics On the afternoon of July 6, 2007, Rep. Ron Paul of Texas emerged from his taxi to what was becoming a shockingly familiar sight: Dozens of fans waving handmade or Internet-bought [...]

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Tags: Constitution Party · Independents · Libertarian Party

Constitution Party: ‘Is conservatism dead?’

January 9th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Posted to IPR by Paulie Reposted on the Constitution Party national webapge, originally published in The New American magazine. by Patrick Krey www.TheNewAmerican.com The rise of the neoconservatives within the GOP has not only discredited the Grand Old Party but tarnished the image of conservatism. The Republican party suffered an overwhelming electoral defeat this past [...]

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Ron Paul 2012 On MSNBC

January 9th, 2009 · 24 Comments

Posted to IPR by Paulie Ron Paul’s potential 2012 run is in the Republican Party, however, both Ron Paul and Pat Buchanan have run as alternative party presidential candidates in the past (Ron Paul as a Libertarian in 1988, Pat Buchanan as Reform Party in 2000) and Ron Paul is still heavily involved in alternative [...]

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

Jake Towne: ‘Cynthia McKinney and the Israeli attacks on the Dignity and USS Liberty’

January 9th, 2009 · 17 Comments

Posted to IPR by Paulie Posted at LibertyMaven by Jake Towne The recent episode of Cynthia McKinney’s defenseless ship getting rammed by the Israeli Navy reminds me of the Israeli attack on the USS Liberty some forty years ago. The story of the men on board the USS Liberty is one that every American should [...]

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Tags: Green Party

Ballot Access News roundup

January 9th, 2009 · No Comments

Posted to IPR by Paulie. Originals posted to Ballot Access News by Richard Winger. U.S. Supreme Court Wants Nader to Respond to Arizona On January 6, the U.S. Supreme Court asked Ralph Nader to respond to Arizona’s request that the Court take the Nader Arizona case. The response is due February 6. The case is [...]

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Tags: Independents · Third parties, general

Libertarians ‘blog 4 liberty’

January 9th, 2009 · 6 Comments

Posted to IPR by Paulie http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blog4liberty/ Liberty-lovers: what can we do – right now – to get our point of view in front of the public? Let’s create our own media presence to lead by example and get our message out there. Bloggers, Videographers, LTE-writers, Podcasters, Twitterers and other (social) media people: May I suggest [...]

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Libertarian Party surveys its poll respondents on their political affiliation

January 9th, 2009 · 6 Comments

Posted to IPR by Paulie The LP.org daily poll: http://www.lp.org/poll/what-is-your-background-0 What is your background? Libertarian Party member Former Libertarian Party member Non-member libertarian Non-libertarian

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Libertarian Party asks supporters to submit videos: ‘Why I’m a Libertarian’

January 9th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Posted to IPR by Paulie Original posted at LP.org by Andrew Davis The Libertarian Party is asking you to submit your video telling us… “Why I’m a Libertarian” This will be a promotional video for the LP and will be shown at CPAC and other major events. The main idea is to show that Libertarians [...]

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Libertarian Party: We’re not going to spend our way to economic recovery

January 9th, 2009 · No Comments

Posted to IPR by Paulie Press release from the Libertarian Party American’s largest third party is calling plans by the incoming Obama administration a “multibillion-dollar boondoggle.” “We’re not going to spend our way to economic recovery,” says Andrew Davis, a spokesperson for the Libertarian Party. “You can’t even call Obama’s economic plans a gamble because [...]

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Cynthia McKinney update

January 9th, 2009 · 2 Comments

Posted to IPR by Paulie From On The Wilder Side I’ll be in DC at the Gaza protest on Saturday, January 10th and in NYC at the Ethical Culture Center on the 13th. I’ll be in Northampton, Massachusetts on [January] 19th, Martin Luther King’s Birthday, with journalist Keith Harmon Snow, the Green – Rainbow Party [...]

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