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Entries from January 2009

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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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

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Tags: Green Party · Socialist/left parties

Boston Tea Party resolution: Repudiate the debt

January 11th, 2009 · 3 Comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 01/10/09 POC Thomas L. Knapp media@bostontea.us 314-721-3960 BOSTON TEA PARTY: REPUDIATE THE DEBT DATELINE – As the US government’s debt creeps past the $10.5 trillion mark and President-elect Barack Obama warns Americans to expect trillion-dollar deficits in coming years, the Boston Tea Party modestly proposes a new approach: Repudiate the debt and [...]

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Steve Kubby: Cannabis medicines could save millions of lives

January 11th, 2009 · 3 Comments

Cannabis Medicines Could Save Millions of Lives by Steve Kubby Millions of people die each year from diseases that could be largely prevented or minimized by cannabinoid medicines. The science is irrefutable. We now have thousands of peer-reviewed, scientific studies that have emerged and clearly show how cannabinoids can be used to treat, reverse and [...]

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Former Libertarian Presidential candidate Bob Barr sends letter to Judiciary Committee praising Obama’s pick for Attorney General

January 11th, 2009 · 22 Comments

On January 8th, the Libertarian Party’s most recent presidential candidate Bob Barr sent a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee encouraging the “swift and positive” confirmation of Eric Holder, President-Elect Obama’s choice for Attorney General.  Barr had only positive things to say about Holder, who he has worked with in the past during his years [...]

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Conservative Party organizing nationally

January 10th, 2009 · 19 Comments

Sam Gallo, the Executive Director of the Conservative Party of the United States, sent out an email this afternoon. The Conservative Party of the US is not affilliated with the New York Conservative Party. The email is the first the national Conservative Party organization has sent out. To our friends of the Conservative Party: The [...]

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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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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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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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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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