Original posts at Ballot Access News by Richard Winger. Texas Bill Would Create Even Earlier Petition Deadlines Texas Representative Robert Alonzo (D-Dallas) has introduced HB 246. It would move primary elections from early March to early February, in all election years. Because the date of the Texas primary is tied to the deadline for petitions [...]
Ballot Access News state legislative roundup
January 11th, 2009 · 3 Comments
Tags: Independents · Third parties, general
Cynthia McKinney: let Gaza live
January 11th, 2009 · 27 Comments
Posted at On The Wilder Side By Cynthia McKinney: Today I participated in ANSWER’s march and rally, “Let Gaza Live” in Washington, D.C. Attendance was excellent despite the weather. Among the many friends in attendance, I met a young man and his daughter who had come all the way from Greensboro, North Carolina to participate. [...]
Tags: Green Party
Greens participate in Gaza protests in Detroit, Los Angeles
January 11th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Posted at Detroit Greens: The Detroit News has an article and photos. The Free Press has a photo gallery here. Channel 7 also covered the demo and includes a quote from Detroit activist and 2006 GPMI US Senate candidate David Sole. I’m surprised at the amount of coverage given to the very small in comparison [...]
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Green Party’s Bill Holloway passes away
January 11th, 2009 · 4 Comments
Posted at Green Party Watch by Ronald Hardy: Texas Green Bill Holloway passed away this week. He was the co-chair of the Travis County Green Party, and involved with both the Texas Green Party and GPUS. I’m posting here an e-mail from Kat Swift regarding Bill Holloway, followed by a recent (Dec. 1) post he [...]
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Ralph Nader: Open letter to President-elect Obama
January 11th, 2009 · 7 Comments
Dear President-Elect Obama: You have been receiving a great deal of advice since November 4, 2008 from people and groups who either want you to advance policies not covered in your campaign or who want you to be more specific about initiatives you emphasized. There are two suggestions which may not be among your store [...]
Tags: Independents
Constitution Party: Obama’s ICE candidate pleads for agents’ pardon
January 11th, 2009 · No Comments
http://www.constitutionparty.com/news.php?aid=832 by Chelsea Schilling www.worldnetdaily.com Former federal investigator demands President Bush release Ramos, Compean Upon hearing that he was one of Barack Obama’s candidates to head Immigration and Customs Enforcement, one federal investigative official’s first act was to write an urgent letter to President Bush – insisting that he pardon former Border Patrol agents Ignacio [...]
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Constitution Party: We need Constitutional, not just economic, recovery
January 11th, 2009 · 5 Comments
http://www.constitutionparty.com/news.php?aid=831 by Paul Craig Roberts In 1992 when Roe v. Wade again came before the Supreme Court, 19 years after the Court had found abortion rights in the Constitution, the Justices cast aspersions upon the original decision. Nevertheless, the Court upheld the poor reasoning of its predecessor on the grounds that after so many years [...]
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Constitution Party: Keeping our American identity
January 11th, 2009 · No Comments
http://www.constitutionparty.com/news.php?aid=830 Keeping Our American Identity by Phyllis Schlafly President, Eagle Forum Can you name the three branches of American government, legislative, executive, and judicial? If so, you are among the one-half of Americans who know this very basic fact about the U.S. government and Constitution. The Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI), which earlier has conducted in-depth [...]
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Chuck Baldwin: Recommended reading for 2009
January 11th, 2009 · 5 Comments
By Chuck Baldwin I would like to take the opportunity this column affords for my annual review of some books that I have found to be extremely helpful and that, I believe, would greatly benefit any American who truly loves freedom and constitutional government. The Old Testament prophet warned, “My people are destroyed for lack [...]
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Bob Barr slams Illinois House impeachment resolution; calls Blagojevich impeachment premature and irresponsible
January 11th, 2009 · 13 Comments
Former Congressman Bob Barr issued a statement today criticizing the Illinois House of Representatives for its resolution impeaching Governor Rod Blagojevich, calling such a move “premature” and “irresponsible.” “To impeach a duly-elected governor against who there has been no formal charges whatsoever brought, much less a finding of guilt, is premature and highly irresponsible,” said [...]
Tags: Libertarian Party
Libertarian Party: Keynesian economics explained
January 11th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Posted to LP.org by Andrew Davis The Center for Freedom and Prosperity Foundation recently released a video with Cato’s Daniel Mitchell explaining the failed logic behind Keynesian economics. It’s a great watch, since Keynesian theory is the driving force behind President-Elect Barack Obama’s latest stimulus plans: Posted to IPR by Paulie
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Cynthia McKinney, Party for Socialism and Liberation among the sponsors of yesterday’s Gaza protests
January 11th, 2009 · No Comments
http://answer.pephost.org/site/DocServer/DC_flyer_1.10.pdf?docID=6921 See list of sponsors at bottom of page. Posted to IPR by Paulie
Tags: Green Party · Socialist/left parties
