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Reverend Billy Talen for Mayor campaign gives numbers: 12,000 signatures

August 11th, 2009 · 5 Comments

William Talen –also known as “Reverend Billy” — is collecting signatures to run on the Green Party line for Mayor of New York City. 7,500 signatures are required to be submitted. The campaign has announced that they have over 12,000 signatures. Their current goal is 16,000 signatures.

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Tom Knapp and Robert Stacy McCain debate direction of Libertarian Party

August 11th, 2009 · 43 Comments

The Other McCain writes in Libertarian Skinny-Dipping in Daytona Political news consumers in March 2007 were interested in the Libertarian Party’s prospects for . . . well, anything, really. When the Libertarians have nerds like George Phillies, stoners like Steve Kubby and fanatical purists like Mary Ruwart seeking the presidential nomination, and when the party’s [...]

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On The Wilder Side: European Green Party youtube videos

August 11th, 2009 · No Comments

Posted at On The Wilder Side. Click titles for links. Irish Green Party election broadcast 2009: Irish Green Party Election Broadcast 2009. On June 5th Deirdre de Burca and Dan Boyle ran to create thousands of new green jobs. Think big, vote Green. http://vote.greenparty.ie. Follow them on twitter: http://twitter.com/greenparty_ie Think Again, Vote Green Vote for [...]

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Alan Keyes: ‘The Unexpected Socialist Coalition- Leftist and Corporate Elites’

August 11th, 2009 · 10 Comments

Posted by Alan Keyes, 2008 Presidential candidate, America’s Independent Party, at his blog, Loyal To Liberty: Those who are opposed to Obama’s totalitarian government takeover of the health care system should be wary of thinking that the tussle over it is a struggle between leftists who favor socialism and pro-Big Business proponents of the private [...]

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Third Party and Independent Candidates for Office, 2010

August 11th, 2009 · 50 Comments

List compiled by Damon Eris and originally posted at Poli-Tea. Emailed to IPR. Frustrated by recent attempts to locate a single source listing declared or potential third party and independent candidates for office in 2010, I decided to compile one myself focusing on races for governor, senate and congressional seats. The results? There are already [...]

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Chuck Baldwin: Why Are Internment Camps Being Built?

August 11th, 2009 · 18 Comments

By Chuck Baldwin, Constitution Party 2008 Presidential candidate ChuckBaldwinLive.com The Internet is abuzz with news about the construction of internment camps all across America. Of course, “mainstream” media outlets refuse to touch the subject; or if they do, they pooh-pooh the story; they do what Glenn Beck recently did: try to debunk the story as [...]

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Australian Sex Party ‘comes of age,’ gets registered by the government

August 11th, 2009 · No Comments

Email from the Australian Sex Party: Well its official. We are now a registered political party, entitled to take our place on the ballot paper up there with the big boys and also eligible for public funding of our election campaigns should we get more than four per cent of the primary vote. Its not [...]

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Ralph Nader Letter to Obama RE: Defective GM & Chrysler Cars

August 11th, 2009 · 7 Comments

By Ralph Nader Nader.org President Barack Obama The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20500 Dear President Obama, We are writing again to urge you to restore the obliterated rights of victims of defective GM and Chrysler cars. Our earlier letter of July 14 has received no reply. The bankruptcy process for GM [...]

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ROOT Commentary: “Let the Citizen Revolution Begin: THROW THE BUMS OUT!”

August 11th, 2009 · 28 Comments

Emailed to IPR: Let the Citizen Revolution Begin: THROW THE BUMS OUT! Obama and Paranoid Democrats Denigrate Citizen Protestors by Calling Them “The Mob” Town Hall Meetings Turn Ugly- But “The Mobs” are Merely the Citizens Reacting to Socialism Obama Orders Union Thugs to Intimdate Peaceful Citizen Protestors By Wayne Allyn Root, Author The Conscience [...]

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Green Party Endorses SB 935 To Support Marriage Equality

August 11th, 2009 · 2 Comments

Attention: News Editor For Immediate Release Contact: Hillary Kane, 267-971-3559 Skip Mendler, 570-251-3637 Green Party urges passage of SB 935 legalizing same-sex marriage Leaders outraged over Sen. Eichelberger’s comments that society “allows” gays and lesbians to exist GREEN PARTY OF PENNSYLVANIA http://www.gpofpa.org This week, the Green Party of Pennsylvania spoke out in support of Senate [...]

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Libertarian Party: LP.org roundup

August 11th, 2009 · No Comments

On the front page of LP.org today: HEADLINES (press releases): Libertarians turn up August heat on health care takeover WASHINGTON — America’s third-largest party urged its members Monday to attend public forums being held by House members over the August recess and put their signature to one simple pledge – will they promise not to [...]

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Green Party works to oppose US-Mexico border wall

August 11th, 2009 · 15 Comments

Posted at Summer 2009 Green Pages: Indigenous response to the U. S. Border Wall by Wendy Kenin, California Green Party While many in the Green Party focus on border walls as overseas injustices, the Arizona Greens and other southwestern states GP members have taken a stand against the U.S. border wall now spanning California, Arizona, [...]

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Senate bill for revised FEC would require one non-major party

August 11th, 2009 · 6 Comments

S.1648, a bill in the Senate, would replace the Federal Elections Commission with a Federal Election Administration. The new body would have three members, with three different party affiliations.

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