Posted by Donny Ferguson on Jan 31, 2009 at LP.org. Posted to IPR by Paulie. 2008 Libertarian vice-presidential candidate Wayne Root discusses job growth, economic recovery and Obama’s government expansion plan with Neil Cavuto.
Libertarian Party blog: Wayne Root talks job recovery on Fox Business
February 1st, 2009 · 83 Comments
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Progressive Dane endorses Green Party’s Todd Price for WI State Education post
February 1st, 2009 · No Comments
Posted by Ronald Hardy at Green Party Watch. Reposted to IPR by Paulie. Progressive Dane, an Independent Political Party in Madison, Wisconsin (Dane County) has endorsed Todd Price for Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction. There are five candidates in the state wide race, with a Feb. 17 primary and April 7 general election. The race [...]
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Libertarian Party blog: Obama spending plan more expensive than New Deal, Iraq war combined
February 1st, 2009 · 1 Comment
Posted by Donny Ferguson at LP.org. Reposted to IPR by Paulie. The blog Suitably Flip puts the cost of Obama’s $1.2 trillion government expansion plan into perspective. "So how big is the resulting $1.2 trillion spending package? Big enough to dwarf any government program in history, even after adjusting for inflation. It’s bigger than the [...]
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Cynthia McKinney: Back to Kuala Lumpur to criminalize war
February 1st, 2009 · 1 Comment
Message from Cynthia McKinney posted at On The Wilder Side. Posted to IPR by Paulie. Hello, I’m so sorry to fill your box with so many messages lately, but a lot is happening. I am on a long layover in Seoul, Korea on my way to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Many of you will recall that [...]
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Libertarian Party blog: Should we send Obama a Snuggie?
February 1st, 2009 · 10 Comments
Posted by Donny Ferguson at LP.org. Reposted to IPR by Paulie. If I was wearing a hat right now, I’d tip it to "The Chilling Effect" for picking up on this. Candidate Barack Obama on May 16, 2008, campaigning in Oregon: "We can’t drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep [...]
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Ralph Nader: Wither Wall Street
February 1st, 2009 · 1 Comment
By Ralph Nader (Nader.org). Posted to IPR by Paulie. Disclaimer: I helped Nader get on the ballot in several states as an independent contractor or subcontractor in 2004 and 2008. Soon after the passage in 1999 of the Clinton-Rubin-Summers-P. Graham deregulation of the financial industry, I boarded a US Air flight to Boston and discovered [...]
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Mary Ruwart: Consumer protection is ‘compassion that kills’
February 1st, 2009 · 18 Comments
by Mary J. Ruwart at Liberty For All. Ruwart was the 2008 runner up for the Libertarian Party nomination, and a past Libertarian candidate in several elections. Posted to IPR by Paulie. Disclaimer: I voted for Ruwart on every ballot after my candidate, Steve Kubby, was eliminated, and recommended other delegates to do so as [...]
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Ballot Access News, Libertarian Party comment on new RNC Chair and a losing candidate for the job
February 1st, 2009 · 13 Comments
In Ballot Access News, Richard Winger writes Ken Blackwell Loses Bid to be Republican National Chair On January 30, the Republican National Committee chose Michael Steele of Maryland to be its new national chair. One of the other candidates for chair, Ken Blackwell, dropped out and endorsed Steele after placing last in the fourth ballot. [...]
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Two-man race underlies split in Green Party
February 1st, 2009 · 10 Comments
Article by Jim Merkel in Suburban Journals. Reposted to IPR by Paulie. Years of infighting in the second biggest party in the city is breaking into the open, as not one, but two candidates are running for the Green Party nomination for mayor. Donald E. DeVivo, 51, a real estate broker, is vying for the [...]
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Chuck Baldwin: ‘More on the New World Order’
February 1st, 2009 · 10 Comments
By: ChuckBaldwin ChuckBaldwinLive.com Posted to IPR by Paulie In my last column, I attempted to wake up my fellow Americans, who are either currently slumbering through the collapse of our constitutional republic or in a protracted state of denial regarding a very real–and very dangerous–burgeoning New World Order. The information that I need to disseminate [...]
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Five candidates compete for Burlington, Vermont mayorship
February 1st, 2009 · 1 Comment
Citizens of Burlington, Vermont will vote on March 3rd for their next mayor (or they will keep the current mayor). The mayor right now is Bob Kiss, a member of the Progressive Party. The candidates running are currenty City Council member Democrat Andy Montroll, independent Dan Smith, Green James Simpson, current City Council President Republican [...]
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