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Constitution Party update

February 11th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Note from Paulie: I’ve gotten behind on posting these here. Here are the links to the articles that have appeared on the front page of constitutionparty.com since the last one I posted. Full text for original articles, or start of article with link to the rest, is at the links below. Sponsor Found for Utah [...]

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Boston Tea Party update

February 11th, 2009 · 12 Comments

In the latest BTP update, Jim Davidson writes, The national committee is discussing the organisation of a newsletter for the party now on our national committee discussion list at Yahoogroups. See our social networking page for link. Angela Keaton, Tom Knapp, Chris Bennett, Darryl Perry, Jim Davidson, and others are expected to speak at our [...]

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Modern Whig Party update

February 11th, 2009 · 2 Comments

Press release from the Modern Whig Party sent to contact.ipr@gmail.com. Posted to IPR by Paulie. The Modern Whig Party: A Party for the Rest of Us Iraq/Afghanistan veterans revive Lincoln’s longtime party WASHINGTON — Founded by veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan, the Modern Whig Party has quickly attracted thousands of members to go along with [...]

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Libertarian Party blog: Rahm Emanuel is right

February 11th, 2009 · 21 Comments

Posted by Donny Ferguson at LP.org. Reposted to IPR by Paulie. And you won’t hear me say that very often.  But there is a reason I’ve somewhat liked the guy all these years.  In this case, it’s his nailing to the wall of Republicans who suddenly find themselves concerned with growing federal budgets and deepening [...]

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Green Party: Winter 2009 state reports

February 11th, 2009 · 4 Comments

Posted in the Winter 2009 Green Pages. Reposted to IPR by Paulie. Florida The Green Party of Florida is celebrating! Cara Jennings was re-elected to the City Commission of Lake Worth, and Suzanne Mulvehill, a Green-endorsed candidate, joined her after winning a run-off election. Another member was elected who often votes with Jennings, though she [...]

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Bob Barr: Stimulus bill just pork in new disguise

February 11th, 2009 · No Comments

Posted by Donny Ferguson at LP.org. Reposted to IPR by Paulie. From Congressman Barr’s Atlanta Journal-Constitution guest column today.  Read the entire column here. …the next edition of Oxford might properly include further definitions for the already-overused term (stimulus): ‘any massive federal spending program designed to funnel taxpayer monies into pet political projects; a term [...]

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Green Party EcoAction Committee passes water resolution

February 11th, 2009 · No Comments

Posted by Mato Ska at Green Party Watch. Reposted to IPR by Paulie. RESOLUTION Presenter: EcoAction Committee Contact: Martin Zehr, 415-337-5773, m_zehr@hotmail.com Subject: Protecting water is a priority for the Green Party at the national, state and local levels. Background and Purpose: Water is the source of life. El agua es vida. The Green Party [...]

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Wayne Root: Don’t rush potentially bad stimulus

February 11th, 2009 · No Comments

Posted by Donny Ferguson at LP.org. Reposted to IPR by Paulie. From Wayne Root’s Root For America blog.  Read the entire entry here. For weeks I’ve been interviewed nonstop in the media about President Obama’s Economic Stimulus Plan. Again and again, even conservative hosts said to me, “Well we have to do something. What would [...]

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Green Party Watch: Guy Chichester passes away

February 11th, 2009 · No Comments

Posted by Ronald Hardy at Green Party Watch. Reposted to IPR by Paulie. Guy Chichester, a New Hampshire Anti-Nuclear activist and Green Party leader passed away on Sunday. From Seacoast Online: RYE — Local human rights and environmental activist Guy Chichester’s life ended peacefully Sunday at the age of 73. After surviving a heart attack [...]

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Libertarian Party press release: Seven more states to hold LP conventions

February 11th, 2009 · 10 Comments

http://www.lp.org/news/press-releases/seven-more-states-to-hold-lp-conventions:

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Green Party primary candidates (IL-5, special election) to meet in forum

February 11th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Posted by Walter Pituc at Green Party Watch. Reposted to IPR by Paulie. There’s going to be a forum for all the candidates competing in the IL 5th Congressional District Green Party primary. The Green Party primary is on March 3, 2009 and the winner of that primary will go onto the general election on [...]

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Libertarian Party blog: ‘Brother Barack’s Traveling Redistribution Show’

February 11th, 2009 · 2 Comments

Posted by Donny Ferguson at LP.org. Reposted to IPR by Paulie. Pundit Michelle Malkin takes on President Obama’s Fort Meyers town hall/Big Government revival meeting in a Tuesday posting on Hot Air, which differed from past town halls in that instead of the president taking questions from the public, the White House put together a [...]

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Local party chapters have local flavors

February 11th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Posted by Ronald Hardy at Green Party Watch. Reposted to IPR by Paulie. For IPR purposes, the discussion can apply to other alternative parties as well. The Green Party at its most grassroots level is made up of local chapters around the nation. Some are small, some are large. Some are formal, some are informal. [...]

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Polidoc Productions: Breaking through the Black Ceiling

February 11th, 2009 · 6 Comments

Emailed to contact.ipr@gmail.com by Babette Hogan. Posted to IPR by Paulie. Originally published at polidoc by Babette Hogan. This year, we have seen at least two unlikely political newcomers attempt to enter their respective Black Caucuses. One is a newly elected “pro-environmental” “Republican” person of Vietnamese descent in New Orleans, Louisiana, Joseph Cao. The other [...]

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George Phillies: ‘We have a bright future, if only we take advantage of it’

February 11th, 2009 · 24 Comments

Emailed by George Phillies. Posted to IPR by Paulie. Our Democratic and Republican opponents are well on the way to committing political suicide, and we should cheer them along. Most Americans have worked out that the Republican Party is the party of corrupt overage white male bigots catering to a diminishing collection of voters. (If [...]

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