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Entries from January 2009

Constitution Party: ‘Game On’

January 28th, 2009 · 21 Comments

by Mary Starrett Constitution Party Communications Director http://www.constitutionparty.com/news.php?aid=846 The messiah of the disordered new world is now president of the United States. With eyes wide shut Americans elected Barack Hussein Obama even though it’s doubtful he was even eligible for the office; even though he promised bona fide socialism; even though virtually every “change’” his [...]

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Constitution Party: Global Taxes and Global TV Now on the Agenda

January 28th, 2009 · 1 Comment

http://www.constitutionparty.com/news.php?aid=845 by Cliff Kincaid Accuracy in Media In addition to global taxes, “The Global Agenda 2009” report urges creation of a global television channel. President Obama’s pick for Treasury Secretary, Timothy Geithner, is being urged to lay the foundation for “global governance” by considering “international taxation” measures to loot more money from U.S. taxpayers. The [...]

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George Donnelly seeks to turn over Transparency Caucus, other Libertarian Party projects

January 28th, 2009 · 16 Comments

In I’ve Evolved … into an Anarchist, George Donnelly writes, in part: I’ll be phasing out my participation in political organizations, in order to consistently align my actions with my values. Here’s my todo list: * Study the works of authors such as Lysander Spooner, Samuel Edward Konkin III and Murray Rothbard. * End my [...]

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DC Statehood Green Party to Congress: The District of Columbia needs statehood, not ‘voting rights’

January 28th, 2009 · 15 Comments

Emailed to contact.ipr@gmail.com. Posted by Paulie. • Statehood Greens challenge the misconception that a constitutional amendment is necessary for DC statehood • DC statehood is important for America — not just for District residents Leaders of the DC Statehood Green Party urged Congress to set aside proposed legislation for ‘DC Voting Rights’ and instead draft [...]

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George Phillies says Libertarian Party acting executive director Robert Kraus asked Massachusetts LP to disaffiliate

January 28th, 2009 · 41 Comments

Phillies, in group email: “…my state chair (Dave Blau) had a phone call from the LNC Acting Director, and in one of the early sentences the first two words form Mr. Krauss’s [sic] lips were, I am told, “please” and “disaffiliate”.” The Massachusetts LP has passed resolutions at odds with the national LP leadership: Libertarian [...]

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500,000 visits

January 28th, 2009 · 39 Comments

Thanks to you loyal readers, Independent Political Report has achieved over 500,000 hits in about 8 months. If you have any suggestions for how to improve the site, I would love to hear them. Please take this opportunity to spread word about IPR to your friends through word of mouth, facebook, myspace, or whichever forums [...]

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Libertarian Party blog: Hardest choice of all is scaling back government

January 27th, 2009 · 7 Comments

Posted by Donny Ferguson on Jan 27, 2009 at LP.org. Reposted to IPR by Paulie. The Washington Examiner challenges Barack Obama to turn his pretty words about "change" and "hard choices" into some kind of real action. "After a relentless expansion of big government for decades under both Republican and Democratic administrations, the nation’s economy [...]

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Todd Price: Put the public back in public education

January 27th, 2009 · 6 Comments

Posted at Green Party Watch by Ronald Hardy. Reposted to IPR by Paulie. Todd Price is campaigning hard in his race for Superintendent of Public Instruction, a state-wide non-partisan race in Wisconsin. The five candidates in the race face a February 17 Primary to winnow the field to two. Price has interviewed with the powerful [...]

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Georgia elections director submits erroneous affidavit in Coffield ballot access case

January 27th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Ballot Access News: A ballot access lawsuit is currently pending in U.S. District Court in Georgia, against the procedures for an independent candidate for U.S. House to get on the ballot. The state has submitted an affidavit from Wesley B. Tailor, Georgia’s Elections Director, which lists minor party and independent candidates who have successfully petitioned [...]

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FEC releases Presidential vote totals

January 27th, 2009 · 2 Comments

Ballot Access News: After every presidential election, the Federal Election Commission calculates the popular vote for president. Here is the FEC’s tally for 2008. Thanks to Tony Roza for the link. The FEC doesn’t show any write-ins for presidential candidates unless the state elections office tabulated those write-ins. That is why no write-ins are shown [...]

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Mystery behind 2008 Florida Green Party candidates may be solved by court hearing

January 27th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Ballot Access News: Last year, five individuals filed to run for the Florida legislature in the Green Party primary. None of the five were known to leaders of the Green Party, and all of the five seemed to avoid any attempts to communicate with them by the press and by Green Party leaders. The suspicion [...]

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Chuck Baldwin: ‘A very real new world order’

January 27th, 2009 · 16 Comments

By Chuck Baldwin – January 27, 2009 ChuckBaldwinLive.com Posted to IPR by Paulie It is hard to believe, but a majority of Americans (including Christians and conservatives) seem oblivious to the fact that there is a very real, very legitimate New World Order (NWO) unfolding. In the face of overwhelming evidence, most Americans not only [...]

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Cynthia McKinney to Obama: Give us a clean break from war

January 27th, 2009 · No Comments

Posted at Green Party Watch by Ronald Hardy. Reposted to IPR by Paulie. Cynthia McKinney has a piece published on OpEdNews.com, a short excerpt here: Statement on Obama Actions Thus Far re: Gaza “It is time that the United States negotiate in good faith with Hamas, the legitimate representative of the Palestinian people. It is [...]

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Elected Independent being mentioned for open US House seat

January 27th, 2009 · 9 Comments

New York Assemblyman Tim Gordon is a two-term representative who serves inside Kirsten Gillibrand’s House District. He is being considered, by Democrats in the 20th District, as the Democratic nominee. He is a registered member of the New York Independence Party, and the sole member of the New York legislature who is a member of [...]

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Eric Sundwall to run for Congress

January 26th, 2009 · 13 Comments

Eric Sundwall is the New York Libertarian Party’s chairman and a former Libertarian National Committee member. But now, he is weighing a run for Congess, too. Kirsten Gillibrand was just appointed to the open U.S. Senate seat in New York (to replace Hillary Clinton), so her old congressional district must hold a special election. Sundwall [...]

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The Seattle Times reviews third party results in Washington

January 26th, 2009 · 1 Comment

The Seattle Times editorial board has printed, on their blog “Ed Cetera”, a short review of third party presidential results in 2008. They point out specific cities, districts, and geographic areas which voted more heavily for certain candidates. Where are Washington’s third-party voters? Consider the returns from Nov. 4 for the Libertarian, Constitution, Independent (Nader) [...]

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Libertarian Party: Pelosi, population and compassion

January 26th, 2009 · 15 Comments

Via email. Your Monday Message from the Libertarian Party: Dear friend, I was going to chat with today about what we really need to stimulate the economy. But then Nancy Pelosi had to go and say children are a burden and a lot of the poor ones should never have been born. In fact, she [...]

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Libertarian Party blog: Government-run hospitals fatally discriminate against the disabled

January 26th, 2009 · 29 Comments

Posted at LP.org by Donny Ferguson. Reposted to IPR by Paulie. A 43-year-old man with Down’s syndrome painfully starved to death for 26 days after doctors in Britain’s socialized National Health Service simply forgot to feed him. Martin Ryan died, according to The Daily Mail, “starving and in agony” in an NHS hospital after doctors [...]

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Green Party of Pennsylvania calls on Obama to send aid to Gaza

January 26th, 2009 · 1 Comment

A press release from the Green Party of Pennsylvania: HARRISBURG, PA — The Green Party of Pennsylvania (GPPA) condemns Israel’s attacks on Gaza, which have wounded thousands, killed at least 1100, including women and children, and which are unjustifiable acts of aggression. GPPA joins much of the world in welcoming the recent cease fire, but [...]

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LP.org book review: ‘Hamilton’s Curse’ by Thomas J. DiLorenzo

January 26th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Posted at LP.org by Libertarian Party national volunteer coordinator Austin Petersen. Reposted to IPR by Paulie. It’s common to hear today from Americans that “if we knew then what we know today, we should never have gone to Vietnam. “ Even my father who served as a Green Beret and who agreed with the Iraq [...]

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