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Steve Kubby: ‘Tahoe Cultivation Ordinance Unconstitutional, Dangerous & Can Get the Family Dog Shot’

October 16th, 2010 · 4 Comments

“Compliance with the transfer tax provisions would have required petitioner unmistakably to identify himself as a member of [a]…”selective” and “suspect” group, we can only decide that when read according to their terms these provisions created a “real and appreciable” hazard of incrimination.” – Leary v. United States, 395 U.S. 6 (1969), U.S. Supreme Court

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Will Wisconsin voters be ‘partisan or progressive?’ Green Ben Manski hopes for the latter

September 20th, 2010 · 5 Comments

From the Capital Times, via Green Party Watch: “People are probably telling him they like him and they like his ideas,” says Palmeri, who ran as a Green Party candidate in 2004 for a state Assembly seat in Oshkosh, earning 9 percent of the vote. “But once voters get inside the voting booth, it becomes [...]

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Wayne Root: Citizen Revolution- One Nation Under Tea Party Revolt!

September 16th, 2010 · 151 Comments

The Peasants With Pitchforks are Coming.

“And who are these new revolutionaries? Many of them are reenacting the ‘60’s revolution. They have evolved from peace and pot to pitchforks…from tie die to torches…from denim to deficit and debt…and from communes to condos. Today the Holy Grail isn’t Woodstock, it’s Washington. Why the change? It’s called financial responsibility. The “me generation” is now all about THE GRANDCHILDREN. And the same people who changed the world in the ‘60’s with their passion and enthusiasm are about to change the world again.”

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Howie Hawkins on what lies beneath Obama’s “Mission Accomplished” Speech

September 4th, 2010 · 14 Comments

OnTheWilderSide: Howie Hawkins from Green Party New York Obama’s speech affirmed popular slogans: bring the troops home and focus on jobs and economic recovery at home. But it was as disingenuous as Bush’s weapons of mass destruction excuse for starting the Iraq war in the first place. The reality is quite different from what Obama [...]

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Libertarians: Obama is shockingly pro-war

September 2nd, 2010 · 6 Comments

WASHINGTON – Following President Obama’s “end of our combat mission” speech, Libertarian Party chairman Mark Hinkle released this statement: “President Obama needs to stop lying. In his speech, he repeated the ridiculous and false claim that the U.S. combat mission is over in Iraq. He seems to think that if he keeps talking about the [...]

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Wayne Root: ‘A Small Businessman’s Urgent Plea to Obama: Please Play More Golf and Take More Vacations!’

August 30th, 2010 · 18 Comments

By Wayne Allyn Root, Chairman of the Libertarian National Congressional Committee, LNC member, 2008 Libertarian Vice Presidential Nominee, and Best-Selling Author of “The Conscience of a Libertarian” We are in midst of an economic Armageddon. For months I have described it as “The Great Depression II.” The politicians that run our country and economy are [...]

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George Phillies: ‘To Libertarians civil liberties are fundamental’

August 28th, 2010 · 46 Comments

By George Phillies We’re the Libertarian Party. We’re for liberty. We’re against people who believe that the state should be omnipotent, knowing no limits to its powers or deeds. Once again, Mr. Root has missed the boat on positions that a libertarian should take. And when you are on our National Committee, you have a [...]

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CT: Green Calls Out Congressional Democrat for War Hawking

July 31st, 2010 · 1 Comment

From The Day by way of Third Party and Independent Daily: Scott Deshefy, the Green Party candidate running for Congress in the 2nd District, issued a statement on Wednesday criticizing the district’s representative, Democrat Joe Courtney, for voting against a resolution to pull American troops out of Pakistan. The Green Party had urged Congress to [...]

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Socialist Party USA update

July 30th, 2010 · 3 Comments

From City Beat via Third Party and Independent Daily: OH: City Beat Profiles Dan La Botz, Socialist Party Candidate for US Senate As Republicans and Tea Party members continue to throw around the term “socialist” as a sort of epithet, LaBotz, a Clifton resident, is one of just three national candidates from the Socialist Party, [...]

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Jim Burns: ‘Obama, Pelosi, Reid: Lucifer’s disciples?’

July 30th, 2010 · 1 Comment

Email from Jim Burns to supporters. Burns is seeking the Libertarian Presidential nomination in 2012. Dear Paul, Obama, Pelosi, Reid: Lucifer’s disciples? Implementers of the Apocalypse? The triad of Politics as usual on steroids? A Motley Crew? Same stuff, different day? If you think that change in the LP is needed, and the changes we [...]

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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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ROOT Column Goes National! Barack Obama: The great jobs killer

July 5th, 2010 · 46 Comments

WAYNE ALLYN ROOT [on]: Barack Obama: The great jobs killer
As former President Ronald Reagan might have said, “Obama, there you go again.”

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Peace And Freedom Party: ‘Protest Boxer/Obama & raise money too, May 25 in San Francisco’

May 25th, 2010 · 3 Comments

Posted at http://peaceandfreedom.org/: On Tuesday, May 25, President Obama is coming to the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco for a Barbara Boxer fundraiser. Marsha Feinland, Peace and Freedom candidate for U.S. Senate, will hold a $1 per person juice and cheese fundraiser in front. Obama is set to arrive at 4:30. CARA and Single Payer [...]

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New York Constitution Party nominee for Governor, Jan Johnson, presides at Obama Birther ‘trial’

May 20th, 2010 · 6 Comments

Linda Bentley reports in the Sonoran News: ATLAH, N.Y. – Dr. James David Manning has renamed Harlem “ATLAH,” a name “given to him by Almighty God” on Sept. 14, 1991, which means “the land where the people shall walk barefoot, because the land is holy ground.” Manning got the world’s attention through his animated videos [...]

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Libertarians Call For More Finance Industry Freedom

April 30th, 2010 · 1 Comment

April 30, 2010 WASHINGTON – Libertarian Party Executive Director Wes Benedict issued the following statement today, regarding the financial regulation legislation in Congress: “The Libertarian Party opposes the legislation currently in Congress. Instead of removing harmful regulations that reduce competition, create winners and losers, and stifle the choices of consumers and financial firms, this legislation [...]

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Socialist Party Co-Chair Says Obama Isn’t A Socialist, Tea Party Member Says He Is

April 16th, 2010 · 16 Comments

CNN is running a story currently in which the Socialist Party Co-Chair shares his thoughts about the Obama administration thus far. The resounding answer from the card-carrying Socialist Party members is, he isn’t one of them. But Wharton, co-chair of the Socialist Party USA, sees no reason to celebrate. He’s seen people with bumper stickers [...]

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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 [...]

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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 · No 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 [...]

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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, [...]

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