Posted at Green Party Watch by Ronald Hardy. Reposted to IPR by Paulie.

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Email from the Libertarian Party. Posted by Paulie. Promote Liberty! Tune in to “Freedom Watch,” every Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. on FoxNews.com! Fox News Channel’s Judge Andrew Napolitano hosts “Freedom Watch” every Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. ET, on FoxNews.com’s “Strategy Room.” It’s an online libertarian program with libertarian hosts and guests streamed live every Wednesday [...]

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IPR now has an account on Twitter. Follow us and get updates: http://twitter.com/i_p_r Thanks to Ross Levin and Tom Knapp for setting it up. -paulie

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Last week, Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection said that drilling for natural gas would do environmental harm, but it would be worth it for the money and jobs it would bring to Pennsylvania, among other reasons.  “You can’t do a large amount of drilling and have zero impact,” said Secretary John Hanger.  “There’s going to [...]

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Posted by Donny Ferguson at LP.org. Reposted to IPR by Paulie. Want a sign with your name on it? Then run for office as a Libertarian! With both Republicans and Democrats hiking taxes, bloating spending and stripping rights in state legislatures and local governments, the need for Libertarians is greater now more than ever. There is still time [...]

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Press release at LP.org. Posted to IPR by Paulie. LAS VEGAS – The Libertarian Party’s 2008 vice-presidential candidate Wayne Allyn Root will appear in the third hour of the “Savage Nation” radio program with Michael Savage on Wednesday, April 1 to address the controversy over a report to law enforcement prepared by a Homeland Security [...]

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Posted at LP.org. Reposted to IPR by Paulie. Rasmussen poll finds highest-ever number believe tax cuts spur growth WASHINGTON – A record number of voters agree with the Libertarian Party that tax cuts would help spur economic growth, America’s third-largest party notes Monday. A Rasmussen Reports poll released March 26 finds 63 percent of all [...]

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LP.org/poll: The Obama administration has taken control of General Motors. What’s your favorite car from a government-run car company?: Yugo (Yugoslavia: Broke down frequently, “carpet” was a feature) Zhiguli (USSR: Air conditioning not offered) Trabant (East Germany: Plastic car, no brake lights or turn signals) Zaporozhet* (USSR: Loud engine, tended to explode in collisions) *Actually, [...]

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Article by Steve Kubby at The Shadow Cabinet and emailed for submission to IPR. Posted by Paulie. These days, everyone is an economist. However, few people can claim to have predicted the economic crisis, as I did. Back in 1995, when I wrote the Politics of Consciousness, I penned a chapter called “Voodoo Economics.” What [...]

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2008 Green Party presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney has endorsed Pete Karas, also a Green, in his bid for mayor of Racine, Wisconsin.  According to Green Party Watch, Karas worked for McKinney’s presidential campaign and helped organize multiple Wisconsin events for her.  Racine is a city of about 80,000 and is the county seat of Racine [...]

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Marina, California has been hit hard by the economic crisis we are currently experiencing, with the city’s revenues falling by $1.6  million and spending decreasing by $3.3 million.  Tough decisions are being made by the Green Party mayor Bruce Delgado and the city council. The city’s revenue is estimated to be $25.7 million, while the [...]

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Lack of action on behalf of the state legislature, means that Ralph Nader’s Hawaii ballot access case will probably be revived after May 7, 2009. The case argues that it is unfair to require six times as many signatures from an independent presidential candidate as for an entire new party.

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The Green Party of Florida received permission yesterday to investigate the “Florida Five,” five candidates who payed their filing fees at the very last minute, in contested state legislature races. There is belief that the candidates were all Republican plants, but there’s no complete evidence. Here’s an excerpt: Pasco County Circuit Judge Stanley Mills is [...]

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At the Green Party of the United States (GP-US), there is a draft proposal to their National Committee which would affect their International Committee. Some of the problems addressed: unfair election of officers, lack of process relating a concern about the death penalty in Mexico, and unfair process concerning the release of a document about Gaza.

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Noting the federal government’s lack of recognition for civil domestic partnerships, Outright Libertarians has issued a press release highlighting the social consequences, and price tag, of the proposed Domestic Partnership Initiative recently endorsed by the Libertarian Party of California

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On March 27th, the West Virginia House Judiciary Committee passed a bill that would cut the number of signatures an independent or minor party candidate would have to collect from 2% of all votes cast, to 1%. It also changed the petition deadline from May to August. Source: Ballot Access News.

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On March 19th, the Federal Elections Committee gave an extension to the Socialist Workers Party’s disclosure exemption for another four years. You can get the details from the article published in The Militant, or you can find the Ballot Access News article here. Source: Ballot Access News. Thanks to Paulie for providing me with the [...]

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Gary Wood, a Salt Lake City political examiner for Examiner.com has written an article berating the two-party system. Here’s an excerpt: This is their left and right, liberal and conservative, them or us mentality that both the Democratic National Committee and the Republican National Committee want everyone to engage in. Ever since the two parties [...]

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Email distributed by the Libertarian Party. From the desk of Bill Redpath: Dear Paul, Call it “hypocrisy you can believe in.” Less than a week after the Obama administration claimed they were ending the Bush policy of raiding state-sanctioned medical marijuana dispensaries, DEA agents Wednesday night burst through the doors of the Emmalyn’s California Cannabis [...]

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Former Libertarian candidate for New York’s 20th Congressional District, Eric Sundwall, wrote a letter slamming Republican candidate Jim Tedisco and his allies. He also endorses Democrat Scott Murphy for the congressional seat. Here’s part of the letter: Mr. Tedisco denies any involvement with the concerted effort by his supporters to knock me off the ballot. [...]

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