Press release via LP.org and email: WASHINGTON – As the Conservative Political Action Committee (CPAC) holds its annual conference, Libertarian Party Executive Director Wes Benedict offered the following statement: I’m sure we’ll hear an awful lot about "limited government" from the mouths of CPAC politicians over the next few days. If I had a nickel [...]

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The Bangor Daily News is a newspaper in Bangor, Maine, which has former Green Party Vice Presidential candidate Pat Lamarche as a columnist and where the Greens have had moderate success.  In an editorial, the paper stated: It’s a long shot, but the two-party standoff would end if another party asserted itself. The Tea Party [...]

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Greece is the insolvent, bankrupt country that threatens to bring down the entire EU (European Union) with its exploding and toxic national debt. But it’s just one of the PIGS- Portugal, Italy, Greece and Spain. The EU is damned if they do, damned if they don’t. If they choose to bail out Greece in order to save the union, soon they’ll have much bigger bankrupt nations to deal with (Portugal and Spain are next in a long Conga line). There isn’t enough money in all the world to bail out all of them. The EU is in big trouble.

But the real problem is that Greece isn’t the worst Greek tragedy on the horizon. Greece is only “the canary in the coal mine.”

America is Greece- except on a much grander scale.

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The Modern Whig Party has released a number of updates on the party’s recent activities over the last few days.  From the general update: Over the past several months, state and national leadership have been busy solidifying the foundation and substance in order to compete as a viable and mainstream political movement. As we have [...]

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Comment by George Phillies on a previous IPR post: Our Party faces a crisis that threatens its existence. In the last decade we’ve lost more than half our membership. Income is down 70% in real dollars. We can’t even afford a monthly newsletter any more. That’s despite the real political situation: We had an enormous [...]

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Posted by Ernest Hancock at Freedom’s Phoenix. H/T Chuck Moulton in comments on a previous IPR post. California’s Libertarian Party State Convention provided an opportunity for 3 of the 4 declared candidates for National Chairman to make presentations. (Ernest Hancock – Wayne Allen Root – Mark Hinkle – George Phillies, not in attendance) Candidates were [...]

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South End News columnist Shirley Kressel recently wrote a ringing endorsement of Massachusetts Green-Rainbow Party gubernatorial candidate Jill Stein: Fortunately for us, such a candidate, Jill Stein, has entered the race. Stein is a person of accomplishment; she is a physician and public health researcher, co-authoring “Environmental threats to Healthy Aging” and “Toxic Threats to [...]

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From the MetroWest Daily News: Cahill says he left the Democratic Party last year because a big government philosophy hinders more than helps when it came to the economy and jobs. Massachusetts has lost 180,000 jobs in the past 10 years, including 150,000 jobs during the current administration, he said. The state, said Cahill, has [...]

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From http://wredlich.com/ny/: Warren Redlich is, for now at least, the only viable Tea Party candidate for Governor in New York. But it’s important to be clear about what that means. Warren has long focused on a simple concept – we need to stop wasting money. Warren has consistently fought to stop wasting money, and has [...]

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http://manhattanmadam.com/legalize: LEGALIZE IT !- By Kristin Davis I find it stunning that this nation still regards prostitution as a crime. It’s sad that we waste our cops and courts, trying to stamp it out, as if a good spin through the justice system will instill miscreants with the morals necessary to fly right. In this [...]

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Posted by Lewis Whitten at Liberty Watch. H/T Debra Dedmon via email: At the front of the room, Nathan Santucci hosted this event at McMullan�s Irish Pub. The room was filled with 19 party delegates and about that many guests. The delegates included: Tim Hagan, Edward Klapproth, Alice Lillie, Angela McKinster, Kris McKinster, host Nathan [...]

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By way of Google News: libertarian, “catoismymotor” writes at The Motley Fool: I did not like Bob Barr while he was in office as a Republican. I thought of him as a smug elitist bunghole, a slightly smarter verion of VP Joe Biden. Then he cut ties with his party. Later he joined the ranks [...]

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Ballot Access News: Frederic von Anholt says he will file paperwork on February 18 with the California Secretary of State, in preparation for for his independent candidacy for Governor. The petitioning period does not begin until April and runs through August. He will need 173,041 valid signatures, due August 6. See this story. As noted [...]

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Found at Libertarian Peacenik: I’ve been asked to forward this, and instruct readers to do likewise: I have been on the national board of Voters for Peace since its inception and believe strongly in the Pledge for Peace. I have not voted for a pro-war candidate since. Unfortunately, many people are still mired in fear-based [...]

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Posted by Tom Knapp at Kn@ppster: As a district representative on the Missouri Libertarian Party’s executive committee, I’ve asked the party’s chair to add the following resolution to the agenda for the committee’s next meeting: Whereas, the national bylaws of the Libertarian Party set forth the qualifications of delegates to the party’s national convention; and [...]

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By Ralph Nader Nader.org King Obesity sat grandly on a huge hassock atop a throne composed of solidified animal fat surveying his domain. The last thirty years have been bullish for Obesity, during which the number of seriously overweight children in America tripled. Eating fat, sugary and salty food while sitting for hours daily looking [...]

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By Chuck Baldwin ChuckBaldwinLive.com Almost immediately after Adam’s fall, Lucifer and his minions collaborated with evil men to usurp God’s authority and sovereignty. And nowhere is God more sovereign than in the heart and conscience of man. In the spirit world, the First Commandment (“Thou shalt have no other gods before me”) is the battleground [...]

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From the Worcester Telegram and Gazette: But on the other side of the political world, Jill E. Stein has her own take on voter frustration and how it could translate into votes for the left in November. “There were about 800,000 voters that just didn’t come out,” said Ms. Stein, the Green Rainbow Party candidate [...]

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LP blog: (Revision 2/14/2010 – check blog for updates.) Libertarian National Committee, Inc. February 27-28, 2010 Meeting Agenda Austin, Texas

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LP blog: Thanks to the 617 Libertarians who ordered a total of 69,150 Libertarian bumper stickers. Stickers will be shipped out in the next few weeks. Per our original announcement, the offer has now ended. Perhaps we’ll be able to do something like this again later in the year. In the meantime, you can find [...]

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