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Campaign update: Tom Knapp for President (Libertarian/BTP)

February 7th, 2009 · 5 Comments

Since Kn@ppster is now the campaign site, campaign updates consist of what is posted at the blog.
UPDATE: Knapp clarifies in the comments,

Saying that my blog is my campaign site isn’t the same as saying that my blog is NOTHING BUT my campaign site. It’s also my blog. Material there is only intended to [...]

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Tags: Libertarian Party · Non-left/right parties · Socialist/left parties

Cynthia McKinney: Forum for Palestine, an initial report

February 7th, 2009 · No Comments

By Cynthia McKinney. Found at On The Wilder Side. Reposted to IPR by Paulie.

Hello, as you know I am in Malaysia upon the invitation of former Prime Minister Tun Dr. Mahathir and his wife, Tun Dr. Siti. The information presented today in the Forum for Palestine was compelling, so much so that one [...]

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Tags: Green Party

Campaign update: Eric Sundwall, Libertarian for Congress (NY-20)

February 7th, 2009 · 7 Comments

Radio appearance: 590 AM – WROW, Feb. 5, Afternoon Drive with Sherman Baldwin.
Feb. 6, Break the Matrix with with Kurt Wallace on Wake up America! – see http://www.ustream.tv/channel/capital-outsider, and American Politics with John Wallace on Blog Talk Radio.
Letter to the Post Star Editorial Board:
Dear Post Star Editorial Board,
In your haste to see [...]

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Tags: Libertarian Party

On The Wilder Side: What is Green?

February 7th, 2009 · 13 Comments

On The Wilder Side:

On the national Green Party list, every once in awhile, we get in a cycle of self-reflection. The piece below is from a post that les evenchik made on a national Green Party list. With his permission, I edited it in hopes of crystallizing one definition of green politics. -KW
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Towards a definition [...]

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Tags: Green Party

Libertarian Party blog: Free Republic poster gives Republicans a recent history lesson

February 7th, 2009 · 67 Comments

Posted at LP.org by Donny Ferguson. Reposted to IPR by Paulie.

Over on the conservative discussion forum Free Republic, partisan Republicans are desperately trying to separate themselves from those Senate Republicans cutting a deal to pass a massive "stimulus" spending bill, a tough task given the fact the Republican Party will in no way discipline [...]

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Tags: Libertarian Party

Peace and Freedom Party: There WAS a Plan to Rebuild Iraq (but it didn’t work…)

February 7th, 2009 · No Comments

By Bob Maschi
peaceandfreedom.org
Excerpt posted to IPR by Paulie:

Neocons, neo-fascists and other neo-nut conservatives are desperately attempting to rewrite the history of the (latest) Iraq War. In mid December of 2008, a draft report of the ‘official’ history of the war began circulating. Its premise being that the war and the rebuilding of Iraq failed because [...]

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Tags: Socialist/left parties

Steve Kubby: Medical Marijuana in Jamaica

February 7th, 2009 · 4 Comments

Emailed to contact.ipr@gmail.com by Steve Kubby and posted at shadowcabinet.us. Steve Kubby was the 2008 and 2000 runner up for the Libertarian Party VP nomination, the 1998 California Libertarian Party candidate for Governor, and a candidate for the 2008 Libertarian Presidential nomination. Posted to IPR by Paulie. Disclosure: I worked on Kubby’s 2008 Presidential nomination [...]

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Tags: Libertarian Party

On The Wilder Side: Cynthia McKinney speaks at Martin Luther King tribute

February 7th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Posted at On The Wilder Side. Reposted to IPR by Paulie.

The Sophian: Speakers pay tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr.
The organizations – Friends of the Congo and the Youth Action Coalition, a Massachusetts community development organization that focuses on art outreach -invited presenters from fields concerned with social justice and equality. Cynthia McKinney, peace [...]

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Tags: Green Party

Libertarian Party blog: Congress says ‘So what?’ on massive ’stimulus’ waste

February 7th, 2009 · No Comments

Posted by Donny Ferguson at LP blog. Reposted to IPR by Paulie.

Obama’s $1.2 trillion welfare-and-spending package contains little direction on just how exactly your money should be spent. 
Rightfully concerned about the possibility that billions of taxpayer dollars could be wasted, National Public Radio asked House Appropriations Committee Chairman David Obey about the potential for [...]

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Tags: Libertarian Party

Green Party Watch: Arkansas Green Legislator gets his first bill passed

February 7th, 2009 · 20 Comments

Posted at Green Party Watch by Walter Pituc. Reposted to IPR by Paulie.

Richard Carroll, G-North Little Rock, who is the sole Green Party member that is part of a state legislature, had his first authored bill pass in the Arkansas State House. It’s about electoral reform and increasing the petition gathering period for new [...]

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Tags: Green Party

Libertarian Party blog: Obama plan damages our economy

February 7th, 2009 · 2 Comments

Posted at LP.org by Donny Ferguson. Reposted to IPR by Paulie.

The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office finds Barack Obama’s $1.2 trillion dollar welfare-and-spending plan causes even more economic damage than if Congress were to do nothing, The Washington Times reports yesterday. Support for the massive long-term expansion of government spending and debt is plummeting, [...]

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Tags: Libertarian Party

Ballot Access News: Ralph Nader ballot access lawsuits update

February 7th, 2009 · No Comments

Ballot Access News reports:
Nader Hawaii 2004 Ballot Access Case Delayed
The 9th circuit will postpone proceedings in Nader v Cronin, the Hawaii 2004 ballot access case over whether a state may require six times as many signatures for a presidential independent candidate as it requires for an entire new party. The reason for the delay [...]

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Tags: Independents

Press release: Libertarians stand alone with voters against Senate plan

February 7th, 2009 · 19 Comments

LP recommends tax relief for families and employers. Posted at LP.org. Reposted to IPR by Paulie.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – America’s third largest party tonight urged Senate Republicans and Democrats to scrap their joint plans for a $780 billion package of wealth transfers and expanded government spending.
“Poll after poll shows voters agree with the Libertarian Party. [...]

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Tags: Libertarian Party