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Entries from April 2009

‘Green Generation’: Green Party events and news for Earth Day 2009, with a focus on water

April 16th, 2009 · 5 Comments

Posted in The Green Pages. Reposted to IPR by Paulie. GREEN PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES http://www.gp.org For Immediate Release: Wednesday, April 15, 2009 Contacts: Scott McLarty, Media Coordinator, 202-518-5624, cell 202-904-7614, mclarty@greens.org Starlene Rankin, Media Coordinator, 916-995-3805, starlene@gp.org Green Party Speakers Bureau: Green leaders available to speak on environmental issues http://www.gp.org/speakers “The First 100 [...]

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Libertarian Candidate On L.A. TV News

April 16th, 2009 · No Comments

Libertarian Party of California congressional candidate Chris Agrella was featured 2:40 into this story about California’s ballot propositions  by the Los Angeles FOX TV affiliate.

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Australian Sex Party: ‘We’re winning’

April 16th, 2009 · 3 Comments

In the latest issue of Australian Sex Party News, Fiona Patten writes It would seem that the government is starting to listen to your Sex Party’s agenda. Since we launched our policy suite a few months ago, the federal government has already addressed two of them. They have removed bans on overseas aid to countrys [...]

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Libertarian Party TV: Admiral Colley

April 16th, 2009 · 8 Comments

Admiral Michael Colley of the Libertarian National Committee discusses foreign policy and posse comitatus. 

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Libertarian Party Prosperity Plan

April 16th, 2009 · 18 Comments

Repeal the income tax, abolish the IRS, adopt a Balanced Budget Amendment, and abolish corporate welfare and bailouts. Wikipedia says that only two more state legislatures need to act to require Congress to call a convention to propose a Balanced Budget Amendment.   The LP  — like state legislatures — has also previously endorsed the Liberty [...]

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Missouri Libertarian Sworn In To City Council

April 16th, 2009 · 4 Comments

Donny Ferguson reports at LP.org: Grandview City Councilman-Elect Mike Ferguson became Grandview City Councilman Mike Ferguson as the Libertarian Party activist was officially sworn into office Tuesday evening. Ferguson, already honored by the Missouri General Assembly, plans to focus on attacting new businesses to Grandview, improving local traffic flow and aggressively promoting the city’s positive [...]

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Charles Jay: Eulogy for former running mate Marilyn Chambers

April 15th, 2009 · 10 Comments

Email from Charles Jay When it comes to Marilyn Chambers, I really have a hard time finding a place to begin. Only now have I sufficiently been able to get my thoughts together to write anything. We talked often, and certainly on holidays. When I didn’t hear from her on Easter Sunday, I decided to [...]

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Bob Barr Criticizes Two-Party System

April 15th, 2009 · 34 Comments

During an address at the Marvin Center on Tuesday night, Bob Barr said that America is being short-changed by fixation on the two-party system. He said, “There is more to politics in America than just those two parties. However, they are the current status quo of politics in America and we just sit and live [...]

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NASA compromises with Colbert in naming contest

April 15th, 2009 · 17 Comments

Stephen Colbert is a comedian and satirist who made an early bid for President in the 2008 election. Even though Colbert won in a landslide NASA’s online poll to name a space station room, NASA invoked its powers under the contest rules to choose a different name than the one democratically chosen. Though, as a consolation prize, a treadmill that astronauts will use was named after Colbert.

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Former NY Liberal Party boss faces charges of pay-to-play

April 15th, 2009 · 7 Comments

In New York, former Liberal Party boss Ray Harding will surrender to face charges in a pay-to-play state pension fund scheme.

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News From Outright Libertarians

April 14th, 2009 · 22 Comments

Emailed to contact.ipr@gmail.com: Outright’s Eight Point Guide To Why The Complete Repeal Of Prop 8 Is The Way Forward SACRAMENTO — In its ongoing efforts to educate the public, Outright Libertarians and its partners released the following eight point guide to why complete Proposition 8 repeal is the right path forward for California and for [...]

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2010 Libertarian Party Platform Committee Nearly Complete

April 14th, 2009 · 1 Comment

In December the LNC appointed its ten at-large representatives to the 2010 LPUS Platform Committee.  Since then most of the top-ten states have made their appointments.  In order of the latest ranking: CA – Bruce Dovner FL – Karl Dickey, alternate Steve LaBianca TX – Guy McLendon, alternate John Shuey OH – Paul Campbell NY [...]

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Wayne Root: ‘The Liberal Way: The Audacity of Intolerance and Arrogance’

April 14th, 2009 · 22 Comments

Posted by Wayne Root at RootForAmerica.com: By Wayne Allyn Root, 2008 Libertarian Vice Presidential nominee You’ve got to love Barack Obama. He’s willing to talk to any terrorist, murderer or socialist madman in the world. But not to a member of the opposition here in America. If you stand for freedom, patriotism, capitalism or entrepreneurship, [...]

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With 2010 Census, states expected to gain/lose seats in Electoral College and US House

April 14th, 2009 · 4 Comments

After the 2010 census has been held, the number of seats held by each state in the U.S. House of Representatives will change. The National Conference of State Legislatures recently estimated what the 2010 reapportionment will mean for each state.

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Socialist Party USA presidential candidate on FOX News

April 14th, 2009 · 9 Comments

The 2008 presidential candidate for the Socialist Party USA, Brian Moore, was on FOX News last Saturday, April 11th.  He was on a panel discussing the economy.  The following is an excerpt from the show: Public Support of Capitalism Dives; Signal for White House to Tax and Spend More Jonathan Hoenig: Yeah, I mean Terry, [...]

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Applicants Sought For LNC Vacancy

April 14th, 2009 · 113 Comments

Lee Wrights effectively resigned by not maintaining his Sustaining Membership in the LP

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Homeland Security ‘fusion centers’ targeted Cynthia McKinney as a potential threat, as well as supporters of Ron Paul, Bob Barr and Chuck Baldwin

April 14th, 2009 · 13 Comments

Posted in The Jawa Report: ACLU complaint about the DHS, through the use of “fusion centers”, monitoring the activities of the Left (and Right): * A May 7, 2008 report entitled “Universal Adversary Dynamic Threat Assessment” authored by a private contractor that labeled environmental organizations like the Sierra Club, the Humane Society and the Audubon [...]

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Howard Zinn comments on the future of the progressive movement, a potential third party

April 14th, 2009 · 30 Comments

The Real News Network recently interviewed the famous historian Howard Zinn, whose most famous book is A People’s History of the United States.  He addressed topics including his new movie, the significance of labor unions, the success of Obama’s administration, Ron Paul’s followers, and the potential for a large third party forming. His comments on [...]

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Rev. Billy Talen youtube videos

April 14th, 2009 · 5 Comments

Videos compiled by Gregg Jocoy at Green Party Watch. Rev. Billy Talen is seeking the Green Party nomination for Mayor of New York City. Jocoy, who also writes here at IPR, will be interviewing Talen on GPW radio at 5 PM Eastern today.

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Republican officials get the boot, form a local Modern Whig chapter

April 14th, 2009 · 7 Comments

In Linn County, Iowa the local Republican party recently held elections for positions within the party.  A new co-chair, secretary, and treasurer of the party were elected, running as a slate.  The people who used to hold these positions, however, have formed a Modern Whig party group on Facebook and are supposedly in the process [...]

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