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Entries from July 2010

Tea Party to Libertarian candidate: Non-Republicans need not apply

July 19th, 2010 · 6 Comments

Excerpted from an article in the Libertarian Examiner by Garry Reed: The Rockwall County Tea Party staged a big event on Saturday called “Taking Back the House Floor” and (Libertarian candidate Jim) Prindle had wanted to be a part of it. Maybe speaking, maybe setting up an outreach booth to promote his candidacy, maybe just [...]

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Libertarian National Congressional Committee Announces Addition of Joe Sugarman to the Board

July 19th, 2010 · 50 Comments

Email from Wayne Root to contact.ipr@gmail.com: Wayne Allyn Root, the Chairman of the Libertarian National Congressional Commitee (LNCC) announced today the addition of legendary CEO, entrepreneur, and direct marketing expert Joseph Sugarman to the Board of the LNCC. Sugarman is the Chairman of BluBlocker Corporation, JS&A Group Inc., DelStar Publishing, and Stem Cell Products LLC. [...]

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Militia Linked to Nazi Party Leads Armed Patrols of Arizona Border

July 19th, 2010 · No Comments

From the New York Daily News: Nazis are patrolling the Arizona border. With violence raging across the border in Mexico and Arizona’s anti-immigration legislation stirring controversy in the state, militias with neo-Nazi ties have taken up arms and are patrolling the border in search of “narco-terrorists” and illegal immigrants. Jason “J.T.” Ready, who is tied [...]

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Wilson: John Stagliano For President!

July 18th, 2010 · 51 Comments

Libertarian activist/blogger James Leroy Wilson announces a Facebook group calling for the nomination of just-acquitted proud pornographer John Stagliano for President “by acclamation at the 2012 Libertarian Party National Convention.” Wilson, arguing in support of the notion: Nominating Mr. Stagliano for President would send a message to America. It would say that libertarians reject, completely, [...]

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Libertarian Wayne Root Quoted in Time Magazine

July 18th, 2010 · 29 Comments

From Page 14 of the July 19th Time Magazine: “It’s time to call Obama what he is: The Great Jobs Killer”

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EU Pirate Party MP Storms Out of Secretive ACTA Negotiations over Transparency Issues

July 16th, 2010 · 2 Comments

TPID: From the Register: The level of secrecy shrouding the EU’s ACTA negotiations reached new heights earlier this week, with the news that Pirate Party MEP Christian Engstrom felt compelled to abandon a meeting with ACTA negotiators in the European Parliament after he was forbidden from sharing information with the public. According to a write-up [...]

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Tags: Non-left/right parties

Independent Green Party of Virginia Joins Coalition Against War Spending

July 16th, 2010 · 4 Comments

Emailed to contact.ipr@gmail.com: The Independent Green Party of Virginia has joined a coalition that includes 88 congressional candidates from every major party and 29 national organizations opposed to any further spending on the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. The Independent Greens is the first political party to join the Coalition Against War Spending. Other national [...]

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Texas Tribune Interview with Pat Dixon, Chair of the Libertarian Party of Texas

July 16th, 2010 · No Comments

Via TPID: From the Texas Tribune: Pat Dixon, an Austin engineer, chairs the Libertarian Party of Texas, helped get it on the Texas ballot in 2004 via petition and then watched as the Party’s candidates pulled enough votes each year to hold that ballot perch without resorting to petitions again. In an interview with the [...]

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Latest Chuck Baldwin articles

July 16th, 2010 · 6 Comments

From ChuckBaldwinLive.com, by 2008 Constitution Party Presidential candidate Chuck Baldwin: Assembly-Line Medicine: It is no hyperbole to say that the consequences of the recently passed “Obamacare” bills by the Congress will be horrific. In fact, I’m not even sure that the English language contains a word sufficiently suitable to describe exactly how dreadful the consequences [...]

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Ralph Nader: ‘Learning from Iran’

July 16th, 2010 · No Comments

By Ralph Nader at Nader.org: An article in the current issue of the AARP Bulletin is likely to get a “What’s this?” reaction from many of its millions of readers. It is titled “Iranian Cure for the Delta’s Blues,” with the eye-opening subtitles: “Mississippi Looks to Iran’s health care system”” “That model has improved health [...]

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Tags: Independents

Libertarian National Committee member Doug Craig sponsors contest for issue ads which can be used by different parties and candidates

July 16th, 2010 · 1 Comment

Doug Craig, a regional representative on the Libertarian National Committee, writes to contact.ipr@gmail.com: I would like to sponsor a contest to make TV ads. These ads could be used by anyone or any party. I would like the first ad contest to be an anti war bring the toops home ad. I would like the [...]

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Poll: 57% Majority Say National Third Party a “Good Idea,” 4% Note that They “Already Exist”

July 16th, 2010 · 23 Comments

TPID: A new poll from Fox News: A 57-percent majority thinks it would be a good idea if a third national political party were formed to run against the Democrats and Republicans. Thirty percent think a third party is a bad idea. Two out of three independents (67 percent) think a third party is a [...]

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Libertarian candidate Beitler polls 6% again

July 16th, 2010 · 1 Comment

LP blog: SurveyUSA has published another poll of the U.S. Senate race in North Carolina. Libertarian Michael Beitler polled 6%. Politically, his strongest support came from independents (12%) and liberals (15%). View the poll results.

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Libertarian Irvine polls 10%, releases video starring hyperactive “government grant guru”

July 16th, 2010 · 24 Comments

LP blog: According to the National Journal, a recent poll shows Libertarian congressional candidate Travis Irvine getting 10% support. Irvine is running in Ohio’s 12th District. Irvine’s campaign has released a web video featuring "government grant guru" Matthew Lesko:

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Greens mourn the passing of Billy McKinney, Cynthia’s father

July 16th, 2010 · 1 Comment

GREEN PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES http://www.gp.org For Immediate Release: Friday, July 16, 2010 Contacts: Scott McLarty, Media Coordinator, cell 202-904-7614, mclarty@greens.org Starlene Rankin, Media Coordinator, 916-995-3805, starlene@gp.org Greens mourn the passing of Billy McKinney, Cynthia’s father WASHINGTON, DC — Green Party leaders expressed sadness and sympathy for the family of former Georgia State Rep. [...]

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The Green Party of the United States condemns the assassination of André Kagwa Rwisereka, Vice President of the Democratic Green Party of Rwanda

July 16th, 2010 · No Comments

GREEN PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES http://www.gp.org For Immediate Release: Thursday, July 15, 2010 Contacts: Scott McLarty, Media Coordinator, cell 202-904-7614, mclarty@greens.org Starlene Rankin, Media Coordinator, 916-995-3805, starlene@gp.org Greens urge Obama to press for an investigation, citing obstruction, violence against opposition parties by the Rwanda government Green Party Speakers Bureau: Greens available to speak on [...]

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First ever Libertarian primaries in Florida, Louisiana

July 15th, 2010 · 1 Comment

NOLA via TPID: The Libertarian Party will hold its first-ever Louisiana primary next month, when Anthony “Tony G” Gentile faces Randall Todd Hayes in the race for the U.S. Senate. It also will be the last one unless lawmakers change their minds on how federal elections should be held in the state. News 13 via [...]

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Libertarian Party Intern Blog: ‘A Decent Decision on Indecency’

July 15th, 2010 · 1 Comment

LP.org: On Tuesday, the Secord Court of Appeals in the State of New York struck down the FCC’s indecency policy. This ruling is a great victory for all those who are proponents of free speech. The court ruled against the FCC on the basis of “vagueness” within the FCC’s policy. The court ruled that vagueness [...]

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Scott Lee Cohen is Now Guaranteed a Spot on Illinois Ballot as an Independent Gubernatorial Candidate

July 15th, 2010 · 9 Comments

Ballot Access News: On July 14, the Illinois State Board of Elections dismissed a challenge to the petition of Scott Lee Cohen, an independent candidate for Governor. The challenges to the other statewide petitions are still pending. Cohen submitted 133,000 signatures for a requirement of 25,000 valid. Major party candidates only need 5,000 valid signatures, [...]

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Green Change: ‘Time for a Green New Deal’

July 15th, 2010 · 2 Comments

Excerpt from an article at Green Party Watch by Dave Schwab: Here are the ten policies you endorse by joining the Green New Deal Coalition: • Cut military spending at least 70%; • Create millions of green union jobs through massive public investment in renewable energy, mass transit and conservation; • Set ambitious, science-based greenhouse [...]

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