by Darrell Castle Constitution Party National Committee Vice-Chairman What do the people rioting in the Middle East and the people protesting reductions in public-sector union bargaining rights have in common? Not much, but the driving force behind each of them is similar, and that driving force is economic hardship. What we are likely seeing is [...]

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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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Open letter from Ralph Nader and several other people (see end of article for list) to Barack Obama posted at Nader.org: Dear President Obama, The U.S. government bailout of, and acquisition of a majority share in, General Motors was an exceptional action, taken in response to exceptional circumstances. The U.S. stake in GM obviously poses [...]

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Excerpts from an article by Matt Welch of Reason: New York Times columnist Frank Rich accused the Kochs of plotting “a billionaires’ coup” to secure “corporate pork,” tax cuts, and a blank check for Wall Street bailouts. “What the Koch brothers have bought with their huge political outlays,” opined Times columnist Paul Krugman, “is, above [...]

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Via contact.ipr@gmail.com and Free Patriot Press: I will be sending copies of this letter to the newly elected Congressmen on January 3, 2011. If you wish to add your name to the letter you may do so online at http://www.petitiononline.com/ol112c. You are also encouraged to print and send this letter to your members of Congress. [...]

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Posted by John Jay Myers on facebook. Myers ran as a Libertarian against Pete Sessions (R) in TX-32. Official release: “Thank you to all donors and volunteers! John Jay Myers raised more than any other Libertarian candidate in the 32nd district with over $7200, and he received the highest percentage of any Libertarian candidate in [...]

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The Party for Socialism and Liberation analysis of the 2010 election results.

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Email from Darryl Perry, Chair, Boston Tea Party National Committee: It’s that time again. The time that rolls around every two years; when men and women spend outrageous amounts of money telling us why they should be chosen to serve in Congress. They say outrageous things to “scare” you into believing that their opponent is [...]

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The Myth of the Two-Party System by Casey Given at Students for Liberty, UC Berkeley, quoted at Poli-Tea: Perhaps I’m just blind, but I fail to distinguish any semblance of dissimilarity between Republicans and Democrats in modern politics. On the federal level, both parties have supported foreign interventionism in Iraq and Afghanistan, massive bailouts via [...]

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Thomas Sipos writes at Libertarian Peacenik (excerpt): The socialist Peace and Freedom Party candidate, Richard Castaldo, advocates the following positions on his home page: 1. Defund all wars of imperialism, including Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. 2. Single-payer not-for-profit healthcare. 3. Abolish corporate “personhood.” Rights belong to human beings, not corporations. 4. Terminate the Patriot Act [...]

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Publius at Big Government Blog: Since her election night loss to conservative Joe Miller, Sen. Murkowski and her political allies have floated the idea of her switching to the Libertarian Party to continue her run for reelection. Apparently, Sen. Murkowski is fairly flexible in her political loyalties and inclinations. (Her past support for libertarian policies [...]

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By Ralph Nader at Nader.org: You can’t make up the following realities in New York State! Note the following series of events driven by the preposterous plutocrats and see if you get steamed. Greed, power, reckless speculation and theft of other peoples’ money by Wall Streeters collapsed the U.S. economy into a deep recession that [...]

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Joe Kennedy’s Second Televised Debate, 1/11/2010, Joe Kennedy on Neil Cavuto 01/12/2010: IPR posts about Joe Kennedy Joe Kennedy For Senate

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Thomas Simmons comments at The Concord Monitor In 2010, in New England, a vote for a third party is not a wasted vote; in fact, it is the direction that many Independents and dissatisfued Republicans and Democrats are heading. Third-Party and Independent candidates have won major statewide office in Maine, Vermont, and Connecticut, and have [...]

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Bernie Sanders, an independent Senator from Vermont, says that the Federal Reserve is still too secretive, and called a new monthly report by the Federal Reserve “completely insufficient”.

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Email from LPHQ. Posted to IPR by Paulie. An Urgent Message from the Libertarian Party: Dear friend, Yesterday I invited you to a “Tea Party.” Today I’m urging you to bring a gift. You see, we just unveiled about an hour ago the “Libertarian Party Prosperity Agenda.” Rooted in the Libertarian Party Platform, it’s a [...]

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Posted by Donny Ferguson on Feb 23, 2009 at LP blog. Reposted to IPR by Paulie. The Kansas City Star newspaper today points readers to a blog entry from blogger Nick Sloan, asking "Will bailout-mania open door for Libertarians?" "But at some point – and we may be there already– America is going to be [...]

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Posted by Donny Ferguson at LP.org. Reposted to IPR by Paulie. The non-partisan Congression Budget Office reports the current economic slump will end sometime around mid-2009. Keep in mind Obama himself admits any effect he thinks his government expansion will have on the economy won’t take place until 2010 — well after the slump will [...]

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Posted by Donny Ferguson at LP.org. Reposted to IPR by Paulie. Economist, columnist and CNBC host Larry Kudlow reports the Obama administration is considering making the $1 trillion government expansion plan even bigger — throwing in an amazing $2 trillion in additional bailouts for banks. That’s three trillion dollars in expanded government spending. $3,000,000,000,000.00. $10,000.00 [...]

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Originally posted at http://www.bostontea.us/node/568. Reposted to IPR by Paulie. On January 22, the Boston Tea Party National Committee (BTPNC) passed a resolution supporting the February 1st 2009 Tea Party. The Tea Party effort originated at Market-Ticker.org, where Karl Denninger wrote, “It is time for We The People to send a strong message to Washington DC [...]

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