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Wayne Root: Lessons Obama Should Have Learned From Watching the Super Bowl

February 8th, 2010 · 46 Comments

Lessons Obama Should Have Learned From Watching the Super Bowl
The Difference Between Las Vegas and Washington D.C.
By Wayne Allyn Root, 2008 Libertarian Vice Presidential Nominee
I am probably the only politician in America whose day job is Las Vegas oddsmaker. I’ve learned many valuable lessons from sports and sports betting. On Sunday I made a fortune [...]

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Green Party congratulates GP Prez cand Cynthia McKinney on ‘Peace through Conscience’ award

February 4th, 2010 · 8 Comments

The Green Party of the United States congratulated former Congresswoman and former Green Party US Presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney on winning the “Peace through Conscience” award. The award will be presented this weekend during the Internationale Muenchner Friedenskonferenz (Eighth Munich International Peace Conference).

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FEC releases official popular vote count from 2008 presidential election

August 9th, 2009 · 45 Comments

The Federal Election Commission has released its “2008 presidential popular vote summary for all candidates listed on at least one state ballot.” The results:
Barack Obama (Democrat) 69,498,516 [52.93%]
John McCain (Republican) 59,948,323 [45.65%]
Ralph Nader (Independent, Peace and Freedom) 739,034 [0.56%]
Bob Barr (Libertarian) 523,715 [0.40%]
Chuck Baldwin (Constitution/Reform/U.S. Taxpayers) 199,750 [0.15%]
Cynthia McKinney (Green, Independent, Mountain) 161,797 [0.12%]
Write-In [...]

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Tags: Constitution Party · Green Party · Independents · Libertarian Party · Non-left/right parties · Right-wing minor parties · Socialist/left parties · Third parties, general

Bob Barr’s Atlanta Journal-Constitution Article

August 3rd, 2009 · 41 Comments

Gates’ arrest reveals loss of rights
by Bob Barr
as published in The Atlanta Journal Constitution
Monday, August 03, 2009
So far, in what has become a mini-drama involving a white cop, a black professor and a president of the United States, we have had a racial confrontation, an arrest, a release, a presidential gaffe, a presidential back-track, [...]

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Libertarians Say “Cancel Stimulus Spending”

June 15th, 2009 · 7 Comments

The Libertarian Party has called on Congress to end the remaining stimulus spending, citing poll statistics that show that a plurality of Americans believe that the stimulus is too big and does not help the economy.
According to the article, “Thirty-six percent (36%) disagreed and 20 percent were not sure. Fifty-five percent (55%) want the [...]

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Libertarians Condemn Obama’s Unemployment Numbers

June 9th, 2009 · 10 Comments

The Libertarian Party is urging Congress to consider alternative solutions to the growing economic issue, in order to create jobs to reverse the growing unemployment rate. You can read the full article here. Here’s an excerpt:
Figures released Friday by the Labor Department show unemployment rose to 9.4 percent in May from 8.9 percent [...]

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Cynthia McKinney: Radio Appearance and Writing About Federal Reserve

April 8th, 2009 · 5 Comments

Cynthia McKinney appears on radio station wpfw to discuss Haiti, Gaza and depleted uranium. And, Ms. McKinney also published an essay about topics such as: the federal reserve system, the economic crisis and voters who are sorry they voted for Barack Obama.

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Green Party: Obama Should Reject Bush-Cheney Policies

March 16th, 2009 · 1 Comment

The Green Party has posted an article on it’s website, calling for President Obama to reverse Bush Administration policies on drugs, surveillance, executive power, and cuts to Social Security. Here is an excerpt:
WASHINGTON, DC — Green Party leaders challenged the Obama Administration to reverse the failed policies and reject the agenda of the Bush [...]

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Keyes warns that “U.S. will cease to exist”

February 21st, 2009 · 115 Comments

Keyes made an appearance at a fundraiser recently where he warned that because of Obama’s policies the “U.S. will cease to exist”. In 2008 Keyes briefly ran a campaign for President, first seeking the Republican nomination, then attempting to get the Constitution Party nomination, and then finally running a the candidate of his own, new, [...]

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Libertarian Party blog: Obama plan damages our economy

February 7th, 2009 · 2 Comments

Posted at LP.org by Donny Ferguson. Reposted to IPR by Paulie.

The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office finds Barack Obama’s $1.2 trillion dollar welfare-and-spending plan causes even more economic damage than if Congress were to do nothing, The Washington Times reports yesterday. Support for the massive long-term expansion of government spending and debt is plummeting, [...]

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Libertarian Party blog: More questionable spending unmasked in Obama plan

January 29th, 2009 · 8 Comments

Posted by Donny Ferguson at LP.org. Reposted to IPR by Paulie.

Syndicated columnist Michelle Malkin is staying busy these days keeping track of some of the more wasteful items included in President Obama’s government spending plan.  Pitched as a plan to create jobs, the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office now estimates its final cost will top [...]

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Libertarian Party blog: Misnamed Obama ’stimulus’ spending package costs could top $1 trillion

January 28th, 2009 · 4 Comments

Posted by Donny Ferguson at LP.org. Reposted to IPR by Paulie.
The Politico today reports when interest costs are added to the $825 billion government spending plan proposed by President Barack Obaama, the total costs to taxpayers could top $1 trillion.
In a letter to Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), ranking member of the House Budget Committee, [...]

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Constitution Party: ‘Game On’

January 28th, 2009 · 21 Comments

by Mary Starrett
Constitution Party Communications Director
http://www.constitutionparty.com/news.php?aid=846

The messiah of the disordered new world is now president of the United States.
With eyes wide shut Americans elected Barack Hussein Obama even though it’s doubtful he was even eligible for the office; even though he promised bona fide socialism; even though virtually every “change’” his supporters thought they were [...]

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Libertarian Party blog: Hardest choice of all is scaling back government

January 27th, 2009 · 7 Comments

Posted by Donny Ferguson on Jan 27, 2009 at LP.org. Reposted to IPR by Paulie.
The Washington Examiner challenges Barack Obama to turn his pretty words about "change" and "hard choices" into some kind of real action.
"After a relentless expansion of big government for decades under both Republican and Democratic administrations, the nation’s economy is [...]

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Libertarian Party: Obama inaugural’s ‘carbon footprint’ five times larger than a coal-fired power plant

January 23rd, 2009 · 4 Comments

Posted by Donny Ferguson at LP.org. Reposted to IPR by Paulie.

Even though Obama proposes job-destroying tax hikes on employers who emit carbon dioxide, the Institute for Liberty reports his $170 million inauguration had a total “carbon footprint” of 575,000,000 pounds.
According to the EPA, the average American coal-fired power plant produces 10,237,509,070 pounds of CO2 [...]

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