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Entries from December 2009

Wayne Root media appearances

December 12th, 2009 · No Comments

As posted on the front page of RootForAmerica.com: Wayne on the radio with Rob Johnson Wayne on “The Kudlow Report” on CNBC 11/12/09 debating former Clinton Presidential Press Secretary Joe Lockhart Wayne on The Bill Cunningham Show Wayne on Freedom Watch Discussing the Rush Limbaugh Controversy Wayne on Bulls & Bears Wayne Addresses Crowd of [...]

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Independent Richard Gordon running for Governor of Pennsylvania

December 12th, 2009 · 13 Comments

Thans to an email tip sent to contact.ipr@gmail.com: Posted at http://www.gordonforpagovernor.com/: Hello and thank you for taking the time to look at this site. My name is Richard Gordon, and while the usual candidates are waiting to see who is going to give them ten million dollars to launch their campaigns, I stand before you [...]

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Ralph Nader: “Just War” Is Just Words

December 12th, 2009 · 2 Comments

By Ralph Nader Nader.org President Obama, the Afghan war escalator, received the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway, and proceeded to deliver his acceptance speech outlining the three criteria for a “just war” which he himself is violating. The criteria are in his words: “If it is waged as a last resort or in self-defense; [...]

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Green Party Of Connecitut: Health Care Activists Vow Arrests At Dodd-Biden Event

December 12th, 2009 · 4 Comments

Posted at GP.org. As of this posting, GP.org does not have an update on how the event turned out. Green Party Of Connecitut http://www.ctgreens.org/ Media Advisory – For Immediate Release – Dec 9, 2009 Contact: Tim McKee Green Party of CT spokesperson (860) 778-1304 Angry citizens vow arrests at Sen. Dodd fundraiser with Vice President [...]

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Sat. December 12th: Anti-war rally in DC. Nader & McKinney will speak

December 12th, 2009 · 59 Comments

Ralph Nader has just confirmed that he will speak at Saturday’s rally in front of the White House. Many of the speakers are Greens, including 2008 Green Party Presidential Candidate Cynthia McKinney.

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Missouri Constitution Party on the Radio this Saturday

December 11th, 2009 · No Comments

Via constitutionparty.com: The popular St. Louis Saturday morning radio program, “The Randy Tobler Show”, has invited 3 of our metro St. Louis leaders on the radio for one hour! Please listen LIVE to 97.1 FM or ON-LINE at www.971Talk.com at the 8:00 hour this Saturday morning, Dec. 12.

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Illinois: Green Dan Kairis Defeats Democratic Party Machine

December 11th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Posted at Green Party Watch by Ronald Hardy: Sent in today (Dan Kairis website) Dan Kairis, long-time resident of South Elgin, IL and Green Party candidate for the 14th Congressional District, defeated the Democratic Party’s attempt to remove him from the February 2, 2010 primary election ballot. Kairis was represented by Andy Finko, an attorney [...]

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Nolan Chart: New Hampshire’s turn for an Independent?

December 11th, 2009 · No Comments

Excerpt from an article by Tully below. In addition to the independent candidates mentioned in the article, Joe Kennedy is running in Massachusetts, and the Moderate Party of Rhode Island fits the general theme of moderate independent alternatives in New England. To the south of New Hampshire, Independent candidates are polling ahead of Democrats and [...]

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Tags: Independents

The Australian Sex Party’s Fiona Patten Detained by Victorian Police

December 11th, 2009 · 4 Comments

By Sean Nicholls & Leesha McKenny Smh.com.au WHAT HAVE WE HERE?The Australian Sex Party’s candidate in the Higgins byelection on Saturday, Fiona Patten, may lodge an official complaint with the Australian Electoral Commission after she was detained by Victorian police on the morning of the poll. Patten gained an impressive 3.27 per cent of the [...]

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Pat Buchanan: ‘Ron Paul’s hour’

December 11th, 2009 · 2 Comments

Pat Buchanan was the Reform Party presidential candidate in 2000, and Ron Paul was the Libertarian Party presidential candidate in 1988. Posted in The American Conservative: The decades-long campaign of Ron Paul to have the Government Accountability Office do a full audit of the Federal Reserve now has 313 sponsors in the House. Sometimes perseverance [...]

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Tags: Libertarian Party · Non-left/right parties

Boston Globe: Democratic candidate Martha Coakley wants Joe Kennedy included in Massachusetts US Senate debate

December 11th, 2009 · 15 Comments

by Matt Viser Boston Globe LYNN — US Senate candidate Martha Coakley suggested today that she would not agree to debates unless long-shot candidate Joseph L. Kennedy is included, a strategy that appears to be an effort to make the contest a three-person affair. “I think it’s very important at this stage in the game [...]

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Tags: Independents · Libertarian Party

Moderate Party of Rhode Island: ‘Why it matters now, more than ever’

December 11th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Emailed to contact.ipr@gmail.com: time is now ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Why it matters now, more than ever ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Two years ago now, this effort began as a journey of one. Now, we count more than a thousand followers and we are on this journey together. Through conversations with friends, colleagues and neighbors, it is clear that Rhode Island [...]

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Chuck Baldwin: ‘Is Obama Really Preparing For Civil War?’

December 11th, 2009 · 48 Comments

By Chuck Baldwin ChuckBaldwinLive.com According to an obscure report in the European Union Times (EUTimes.net), “Russian Military Analysts are reporting to Prime Minister Putin that US President Barack Obama has issued an order to his Northern Command’s (USNORTHCOM) top leader, US Air Force General Gene Renuart, to ‘begin immediately’ increasing his military forces to 1 [...]

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Tags: Constitution Party

LPHQ: Help us celebrate the 38th birthday of the Libertarian Party!

December 11th, 2009 · 3 Comments

via email and LP blog: Dear Friend of Liberty, The Libertarian Party was founded 38 years ago on December 11, 1971. One of the founders, David Nolan, remains active within the party and is slated to speak at our 2010 National Convention in St. Louis over Memorial Day weekend. (Details for the convention, including prices [...]

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Green Party activist quoted about Long Island Power Authority

December 11th, 2009 · 9 Comments

In 2009, the Suffolk County Legislature is considering LIPA accountability bills. In 2008, New York Governor David Paterson had vetoed a bill that would give some accountability to the Long Island Power Authority. Commentator and investigative reporter Karl Grossman has published quotes from the 2008 situation by local Green Party activist Ian Wilder in part of his background on the LIPA news.

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GreenGram: Green Party of NJ Newsletter

December 10th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Posted by Ronald Hardy at Green Party Watch Green Party of New Jersey The Green Party of NJ Bulletin – December 2009 * Campaign results and assessments * County local reports * Greens Say NO to Obama’s Escalation in Afghanistan * CT GP would welcome Nader into race against Dodd * GPNJ members represented in [...]

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Huffington Post: ‘As Congress Collapses, a Call to Greens and Libertarians: Get Ready to Govern’

December 10th, 2009 · 22 Comments

By Bill Shireman President and CEO of the Future 500 http://www.huffingtonpost.com Ten years ago, I asked a top U.S. Green Party organizer why the party’s official platform was such a shallow set of 1960s big government prescriptions, rather than a thoughtful 21st century set like greens in some other countries advance. “When we have a [...]

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Liberty for America – December 2009

December 10th, 2009 · No Comments

http://libertyforamerica.com/200912.pdf Table of contents Candidate Support Template Carolyn Marbry Declares for National Vice Chair Keaton Calls for Phillies Draft Rob Power Declares for National Secretary Libertarian Opportunities in 2009 LNC Refuses to Correct Wrights’ Membership Records LNC October Spending Rob Power Announces He Is Candidate for Platform Committee Chair The Other LNC Financial Disclosures Now [...]

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PSL: Swiss voters approve racist minaret ban

December 10th, 2009 · 47 Comments

Posted at PSLweb.org: By: Tamara Khoury Anti-immigrant reaction gathers strength in Europe Campaign posters all over Berne, Switzerland depicted a woman wearing a burqa standing next to a Swiss flag covered with missiles. The posters were pushing a referendum on a proposed ban on the construction of new minarets. Minarets are architectural features of Islamic [...]

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Tags: Socialist/left parties

Angela Keaton urges George Phillies to run for Libertarian National Committee chair

December 10th, 2009 · 56 Comments

Posted at Liberty For All on December 5: by Angela Keaton How’ve you been? I’m doing well. Been doing some serious thinking about the events of 2008. Hard thinking. Know many of you have been. The distance has given me some perspective. And while I am thrilled with the addition of Wes Benedict as Executive [...]

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