Pat Dixon’s column introduced by Brad Ploeger at Libertarian Party blog: The Libertarian Party of Texas’s Chairman, Pat Dixon, wrote an excellent piece and with his permission I am reposting it here on LP.org the original post may be found here. "I don’t know why you feel compelled to support a queer lifestyle when there [...]

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The following was sent to Cindy Sheehan supporters in an email: Cindy Sheehan’s Soapbox “There’s no cloud so thick that the sun ain’t shining on the other side.” Rattlesnake, 1870′s mountain man Dear Friend, Three years ago, this very month, I traveled to Egypt to be in solidarity with over 50 political prisoners that dictator, [...]

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UPDATE: With the resignation of Mubarak in Egypt this morning, I felt that we should move this article up so as to keep it on the front page and am changing the time stamp on it to be more current. My apologies to anyone who feels this is unwarranted. -Paulie Ernie Hancock writes: Google Translators [...]

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We received this press release from the Green Party earlier this morning. Since that time, President Mubarak of Egypt has in fact resigned. GREEN PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES http://www.gp.org For Immediate Release: Friday, February 11, 2011 Contacts: Scott McLarty, Media Coordinator, cell 202-904-7614, mclarty@greens.org Starlene Rankin, Media Coordinator, 916-995-3805, starlene@gp.org Green Party ‘Egypt in [...]

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Unfortunately my group could not get to the event until about 3:45 PM, but I did get to browse around some of the happenings at CPAC in relation to the Independent and third party world. The Conservative Party USA, not to be confused with the myriad of other political parties at the state and national [...]

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Although the official announcement will not come until February 17th, the following was posted on the blog of veteran activist Cheri Honkala‘s son, who is himself a somewhat famous actor: This is my mother Cheri Honkala. My mother and I were homeless for a couple years when I was 10 years old. Since then my mother [...]

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The Hartford Advocate reports on the pending demise of a statewide party: The Connecticut For Lieberman Party, perhaps the most chameleon-like political organization in state history, this week staged what is likely to be its penultimate annual caucus. “Once we’re 100 percent sure Joe Lieberman is retired, we will allow it to die,” said the [...]

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By Wayne Allyn Root, Former Libertarian Vice Presidential Nominee and Best-Selling Author On Thursday Egyptian President Mubarak turned a crisis into a tragedy. His disastrous decision not to resign could very well lead to the end of Egypt as we know it and will almost certainly lead to Egypt burning. Mubarak is so tone deaf [...]

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Bob Barr at the Barr Code: Social media sites, such as Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and LinkedIn, can serve as productive and efficient means of staying in touch personally, professionally, and politically; just ask young people in Egypt. However, careless use of such sites poses very real risks to one’s personal privacy, and potentially one’s employment. [...]

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Chuck Baldwin at ChuckBaldwinLive.com: I was thrilled to see J.B. Williams report in NewsWithViews.com that the State of Montana has a broad-based State nullification bill currently proposed in its legislature. Derek Skees (R-Whitefish) is the State legislator who has introduced this much-needed legislation. See the story at: http://www.newswithviews.com:80/JBWilliams/williams130.htm The fact is, Skees’ State Nullification bill [...]

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UPDATE: In the comments, Gene Berkman pointed out that the Daily Paul story was actually from 2008. I relied on my intermediate source, and while I did go back to the original source and read it, I did not notice the date. My apologies. If anyone has any 2012 information about Ron Paul giving a [...]

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Via Hiram Reisner at NewsMax (H/T Tom Knapp): “We need to be asking ourselves as Americans exactly what the Egyptian people are asking themselves: What business does our government have supporting a dictatorship, for 30 years, that the Egyptian people now are finally protesting against,” Jacob Hornberger told Fox News’ Neal Cavuto. “Americans need to [...]

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Press release from the Libertarian Party: WASHINGTON – At their booth at the Conservative Political Action Conference, the Libertarian Party is displaying a "Republican Wall of Shame." (View low-res JPG or high-res PDF.) These are the prominent Republicans featured on the Wall of Shame: Mitt Romney, supporter of the RomneyCare socialized medicine program in Massachusetts. [...]

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San Francisco Libertarian Activist Starchild attended a protest of solidarity with the people of Egypt. The protest took place Saturday, February 5, and took place at United Nations Plaza in San Francisco. Starchild’s rough estimate is perhaps three or four hundred people were present. Starchild writes: I encourage people to get these and similar images [...]

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Three recent posts by Michael H. Wilson at Evergreen Libertarian: We may never know the truth behind this one, but corporate managers all too often receive a get out of jail free card when people die on the job. Here’s a local story [Excerpt: -P]: Families of six workers killed in an explosion at Tesoro’s [...]

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Ballot Access News: Maryland State Senator Edward J. Pipkin (R-Stevensville) has introduced SB 630. It clarifies that petition signatures do not need to exactly match the name of that voter in voter registration records. Several years ago, the state’s highest state court issued a ruling that seemed to say that petition signatures must match perfectly [...]

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Ronald Hardy at Green Party Watch: Local and State Green Party groups meet throughout the year. Is there a local in your area? Do you want to start one? See this nice Organizing Kit put together by GPUS. Monday Feb 7, the Triangle Greens (NC) met at the Durham County Library. This Saturday the Green [...]

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By Mary Ruwart at Liberty for All. Republished with permission from Liberty for All publisher Lee Wrights. by Mary J. Ruwart, LNC At-large Dear Colleagues, I am writing to you in my capacity as an At-Large Representative of the Libertarian National Committee (LNC), which is in receipt of your resolutions concerning Mr. Root. As you [...]

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The New York State Board of Elections has released a new version of its voter registration form, to reflect changes in party status resulting from the 2010 Governor’s race. The Green Party is now listed directly on the registration form, with its own box. There is still a line marked “other”, and the parties which are eligible to collect enrollees through the “other” line are: The Anti-Prohibition Party, The Freedom Party; The Libertarian Party; and The Rent Is Too Damn High Party.

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“Could voters be foolish enough to fall for Obama’s new plan to destroy America? A few months ago I played Paul Revere with my commentary “The Real Obama Economic Plan: Purposely Overwhelming the System to Destroy Capitalism.” This commentary, exposing Obama and his Marxist plans, was rated by some Internet authorities as the second most popular story on the entire Internet for several months. It’s time for a refresher course, because Obama has just launched Plan B to destroy America.” – Wayne Root

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