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Help share our stories on facebook, twitter and other social networks

January 31st, 2011 · 3 Comments

I’ve recently added a plugin that provides icons that quickly take you to various social networks including facebook, twitter and others to share our stories. You can do this not just with the new stories that are being posted now, but with old stories all the way back to when the site started on May [...]

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Green Party Latino Caucus forming

January 31st, 2011 · 16 Comments

GP.org: Future Latino Caucus We feel that it is essential to have a Latino Caucus organized, accredited, and active in Green Party organizing and decision making. If you would like to join or help form a Latino Caucus, please drop us a note. Thank you for your assistance in this very important effort. Anita Rios [...]

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Libertarian Party of California Responds to Gov. Brown’s State of the State Address

January 31st, 2011 · 17 Comments

ca.lp.org: Symbolism or Substance? The Real State of the State of California Introduction Despite the flowery rhetoric and awkward humor in Governor Jerry Brown’s short-on-words and short-on-ideas January 31, 2011 State of the State address, California is actually in dire condition. We are mired in a $25 billion budget deficit, 12.5% unemployment, one of the [...]

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Green Party of CA warns Gov. Brown that, like Egypt, the “have not’s” can only take so much

January 31st, 2011 · No Comments

The Green Party of California warned Governor Jerry Brown not to go down the same path as ex-Gov. Schwarzenegger by trying to solve California’s financial crisis on the backs of workers and the poor.

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Randall Terry to Challenge Obama in Democrat Primary

January 31st, 2011 · 10 Comments

OK, I know this isn’t technically a third party story, but I think it will be of interest to a lot of people with alternative party sympathies (as primary challenges of incumbents often are) because it has to do with a quixotic challenger who is outside the normal two party mainstream challenging the established candidate. [...]

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Colorado Greens Found Greater Boulder Party Chapter

January 31st, 2011 · No Comments

From the Green Party of Colorado via Third Party and Independent Daily: Fellow Greens, I am happy to report that the aspiring Boulder chapter had a very successful meeting on Jan. 20. We had a turnout of 14 ambitious, enlightened, and motivated people who came together to form a new and robust chapter of the [...]

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John Jay Myers: “War for Terror” speech and video

January 31st, 2011 · 6 Comments

From John Jay Myers: I gave my “War For Terror” speech to a local mostly left leaning group, it was a huge success. I am giving it again Thursday night at the University of North Texas. During the speech I had mentioned the Libertarian party and or philosophy several times. To my surprise during the [...]

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Libertarian Party Monday Message: Teleprompters!

January 31st, 2011 · 20 Comments

Email from LPHQ executive director Wes Benedict: Dear Friend of Liberty, I hope you saw our video response to the State of the Union and Republicans last week. We got some feedback on that video, and it was overwhelmingly positive — positive that we need a teleprompter. I’m serious — we actually do need a [...]

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Paleocon Red Phillips Discusses Potential Libertarians for President

January 31st, 2011 · 50 Comments

Posted by Red Phillips at Conservative Heritage Times. Although Phillips also writes for IPR, I (Paulie) am posting it here to make it clear that any opinions expressed are those of Phillips, not an IPR editorial. As with many other stories I post, I am posting it for the sake of discussion, not necessarily because [...]

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Lee Wrights takes “stop all war” message to Arizona

January 31st, 2011 · 4 Comments

PHOENIX, Ariz. (Jan. 31) – People are ready to listen to a presidential candidate who is committed to proclaiming the message to stop all war, Libertarian writer and activist R. Lee Wrights told the Arizona State Libertarian Party convention Saturday in Phoenix. “This message resonates outside the Libertarian Party,” Wrights told the Arizona libertarians. “Look [...]

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Wayne Root: What Will Obama Do if Egyptian-Style Crisis, Unrest & Revolt Hits America?

January 31st, 2011 · 66 Comments

“Barack Obama and the U.S. government have called for a “peaceful transition” in Egypt, in response to massive protests, riots and escalating anarchy. But I wonder if President Obama is taking notes? I wonder if he realizes just how close America is to facing a similar crisis that could result in riots, revolt in the streets, and economic paralysis.” – Wayne Root

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Ian Gilyeat: Independents Now Outnumber Democrats in Arizona

January 31st, 2011 · 2 Comments

This e-mail came to me from Ian Gilyeat. Ian was an independent challenger to John McCain in the 2010 election: Last week Ken Bennett, Secretary of State announced that Independent registered voters now outnumber Democrats across the state.  This is noteworthy – and timely since I’m writing to you at this time to ask for [...]

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