Posted at http://www.lp.org/blogs/staff/lp-news-excerpt-printable-convention-info-and-registration Below is a link to several pages from the upcoming issue of LP News, including information about the 2010 Libertarian National Convention in St. Louis, and a registration form. Feel free to print and distribute this information. Attachment Size LPNewsConventionExcerpt.pdf 1.97 MB

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Daily Freeman By Mid-Hudson News Network NEW PALTZ — Ten years to the day that he declared his candidacy for United States president as a Green Party member, Ralph Nader had some critical words for the current president on Sunday. “I think he’s failing pretty badly,” said Nader of President Barack Obama. “It’s not that [...]

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Jack Zaleski http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/269801/group/Opinion/ I’m a Ralph Nader fan. The man who almost single-handedly changed the way Americans think about auto safety has been on the public policy scene for more than four decades, and has not lost his edge. He’s the unpleasant, uncompromising gadfly he was from the beginning. He’s as sure of his beliefs [...]

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By Emily Goodin in The Hill: Former Rep. James Traficant (D-Ohio) will run for Congress again as an independent. Traficant, who was convicted on bribery and racketeering charges in 2002, did not say which district he would run in but confirmed to CNN’s Kyra Philips he’s making a return to politics. “I will be running [...]

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Emailed to contact.ipr@gmail.com: NEWS ADVISORY Tobin For CA 3201 Baker St. San Francisco, CA 94123 PHONE (415) 599-5222 FAX (866) 240-1138 Email: info@tobinforca.org Web: www.tobinforca.org National Publicity and Endorsements for Tobin for CA Rolling In San Francisco (Feb. 22, 2010) – Electionline, a daily news collector run by the prestigious Pew Center, on February 22 [...]

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http://www.lp.org/poll/which-expensive-government-project-do-you-support-the-most: Which expensive government project do you support the most? -The trillion-dollar wars in Iraq and Afghanistan -The War on Drugs -Building border fences -Social Security and Medicare – None of the above. Cut spending on all of them.

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LP blog: We learned today that the new Republican senator from Massachusetts, Scott Brown, plans to vote with Democrats in favor of a big-government jobs bill. It’s too bad Massachusetts voters missed the opportunity to elect Libertarian Joe Kennedy. Before the election, many people were demanding that Joe Kennedy drop out of the race. In [...]

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LP blog: February 22, 2010 Dear Friend of Liberty, As you might know, today is the 278th birthday of George Washington. I expect you agree that Washington had an excellent attitude about the office of the presidency (he had a pretty humble view of that office) and about government in general. When I look at [...]

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Posted at LP blog: On February 20, the Columbus Dispatch wrote an article about the efforts of the Ohio Libertarian Party: The party that advocates the small — small taxes, small government, small infringements on personal freedom — is trying to grow up and play with the big boys. Seemingly better organized, and riding a [...]

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From Henry Olson at the American Enterprise Institute: I see the current state of affairs as an intensification, perhaps even a culmination, of four interrelated 25-year political trends: a growing distrust of conservative and liberal ideologies, a growing movement away from the two parties and toward political independence, increases in the racial-minority (which usually means [...]

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An email broadcast today from 2008 Libertarian Party presidential nominee Bob Barr: Dear Friend, Over this past weekend, the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) was held in Washington, D.C.  The event is a gathering of 10,000 activists, organizers and leaders from around the nation. Since 2004, I’ve witnessed CPAC attendees go from a neo-conservative, [...]

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by James R. Oaksun Originally posted at http://www.libertyforall.net/?p=3868 This coming weekend – February 26 to 28 — a Libertarian Party state leaders conference is being held in Austin, Texas. Libertarian activists from across the country will get together, share ideas, and network. On Saturday night, there will be a debate among the four declared candidates [...]

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By: Paulie I’ll be traveling to the Libertarian National Committee/Libertarian State Leadership Alliance meeting in Austin, Texas this weekend and would like to cover it for IPR. I am requesting the following assistance from our readers to help facilitate the coverage: 1. Computer with camera (webcam or regular camera) and someone who knows how to [...]

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Posted by Tom Knapp: No, I am not a Barrista (as anyone who’s read this blog regularly knows). But when he speaks truth to power in front of an audience that isn’t interested in hearing that truth, how can one help but applaud? Either we believe, as lawyers, as lawmakers and as citizens, that there [...]

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Thanks to Chuck Moulton in comments on a previous post of videos of the other candidates for LNC chair. Also related: George Phillies: ‘The Howard Dean Model’.

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Socialist Webzine: by Billy Wharton and Nicholas Nix February 18, 2010 – As democratic socialists, we condemn the act of terrorism carried out by Joseph Andrew Stack today in Austin, Texas. Terrorism will do nothing to solve the mounting social and economic problems faced by working people in the United States. Instead, such acts will [...]

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Socialist Webzine: Dan La Botz, a 64-year old Cincinnati school teacher, has filed petitions with the Ohio Secretary of State to become the candidate of the Socialist Party for the U.S. Senate. La Botz, who needed 500 signatures to get on the Socialist Party primary ballot, filed petitions with approximately 1,200 signatures on Thursday, Feb. [...]

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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/abraham/detail?entry_id=57038 by zennie62 by way of GP.org In a day filled with John Mayer, Megan Fox, snow storms in New York and DC, and new 9-11 photos, it’s important to stop and take a look at local citizens who want to make Oakland better. Don MacLeay is one, and he’s the Green Party candidate for [...]

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http://www.gp.org/cynthia/display.php?ID=30 They shot this Black man in his genitals and in his back. It sounds like a hate crime to me. How else could one describe it? Well, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, it was self-defense. But how many times have we heard self-defense by cops used as a cop out? Well, what [...]

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Original Post: This is an excerpt from the introduction of the Wednesday, October 7, 2009 Babylon Green Party Gathering http://www.babylongreens.org which featured Sister Jeanne Clark speaking about the World March for Peace and Nonviolence activities.

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