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The Boston Tea Party National Convention will be held at www.bostontea.us from Wednesday, May 26, 2010 at 7:00 PM ET to Wednesday, June 2, 2010 at 7:00 PM ET. Live events at times and places to be determined may also be held in St. Louis, MO, where the Libertarian Party’s [...]
Boston Tea Party national convention may have live events in St Louis while Libertarian national convention is underway
March 3rd, 2010 · 5 Comments
Tags: Libertarian Party · Non-left/right parties
Tom Knapp drops out of Presidential nomination race
February 27th, 2010 · 50 Comments
In a post at Kn@ppster, Tom Knapp explains why he is no longer interested in seeking the presidential nomination of the Libertarian and Boston Tea parties.
I’m sure you’ve heard the analogy of third party electoral politics to a hamster on a wheel — it runs and runs and runs, but never gets anywhwere. It’s [...]
Tags: Libertarian Party · Non-left/right parties
Boston Tea Party of Indiana opposes marriage discrimination
February 21st, 2010 · 22 Comments
Posted at BostonTea.US:
Two days after the Indiana State Senate Judiciary Committee passed a bill that would only recognize marriage between one man and one woman, the Boston Tea Party of Indiana responded with a statement supporting equal rights, privileges, and immunities under the law to all people in Indiana. The party’s state committee called for [...]
Tags: Non-left/right parties
Former writer accuses Independent Political Report of censorship in article at Boston Tea Party website
February 12th, 2010 · 60 Comments
In a blog post at bostontea.us, recently removed IPR writer VTV writes,
I was recently asked to do a news report at Independent Political Report, a decent outlet for third parties to get their news published. The report was in reference to Alex Jones making an ass of himself at a recent event in Texas [...]
Tags: Libertarian Party · Non-left/right parties
Darryl Perry: ‘Is Congress listening to the Boston Tea Party?’
February 10th, 2010 · 1 Comment
Two months ago; December 9, 2009, to be exact; Ron Paul introduced H.R. 4248: Free Competition in Currency Act of 2009, a bill “To repeal the legal tender laws, to prohibit taxation on certain coins and bullion, and to repeal superfluous sections related to coinage.”
Upon introducing the bill the congressman said,
“Madame Speaker, I rise to [...]
Tags: Non-left/right parties
Boston Tea Party update
February 6th, 2010 · 1 Comment
http://www.bostontea.us/node/545
Our chairman reports that the total membership on this site is now 1,656 active (non-blocked) members. Hurray! Our largest Facebook group has 1,467 members. Planning has commenced for our national convention in May 2010. It takes place here on this site.
http://www.bostontea.us/node/776
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The Boston Tea Party National Convention will be held at www.bostontea.us from Wednesday, May [...]
Tags: Non-left/right parties
Boston Tea Party Response to the 2010 State of the Union Address
January 28th, 2010 · 12 Comments
President Obama claims “that if we did not act” on “an economy rocked by
severe recession, a financial system on the verge of collapse, and a
government deeply in debt” that “we might face a second depression.” I’d
like to remind the President that his actions, as well as Congressional
actions and those of the Federal Reserve have [...]
Tags: Non-left/right parties
Boston Tea Party endorses Joe Kennedy for US Senate
December 25th, 2009 · 20 Comments
Boston Tea Party National Committee has, by a vote of 4-0 with two members not voting, endorsed Joe Kennedy for US Senate. Joe Kennedy is running as an independent in the special election to fill the seat vacated by the late Edward Kennedy from Massachusetts (he is not related to the late Senator).
Joe Kennedy recently [...]
Tags: Independents · Libertarian Party · Non-left/right parties
Boston Tea Party National Committee Approves Resolution in Support of “Honest Money”
December 9th, 2009 · 8 Comments
Boston Tea Party National Committee has approved a resolution in support of “Honest Money” by a vote of 5-0 with 2 not voting.
Darryl W. Perry, At-Large Representative to the National Committee, proposed the resolution, which reads:
Whereas, the currency of the United States of America is fiat and not commodity based, and
Whereas, Article 1 Section 10 [...]
Tags: Non-left/right parties
Boston Tea Party Response to the Presidential Address to the Joint Session of Congress
September 10th, 2009 · 7 Comments
Posted at BostonTea.us and emailed to contact.ipr@gmail.com
On Wednesday Sept. 9 President Obama addressed a joint session of Congress to push his health-care agenda. He opened his speech by saying he “would not let up until those Americans who seek jobs can find them…those businesses that seek capital and credit can thrive…(and) all responsible homeowners can [...]
Tags: Non-left/right parties
Neil Kiernan Stephenson: ‘Formation of Resource Based Economy Caucus’ in the BTP.
August 14th, 2009 · 335 Comments
Posted by request from Neil Stephenson
Resource-Based Economy Caucus formed in the Boston Tea Party.
On Wednesday, August 12th 2009 Neil Kiernan Stephenson, a member of the Boston Tea Party’s national committee announced the formation of a new caucus on his blog at Bostontea.us. An excerpt of this post follows:
“Due to the recent changes in my political [...]
Tags: Independents · Non-left/right parties
Coverage varies on the release of FEC 2008 election results
August 9th, 2009 · 5 Comments
As reported here at Independent Political Report by Peter Orvetti, the FEC has released its vote totals for the 2008 election. The information gives important statistics for third party presidential and congressional candidates. There was a wide range of how the numbers were reported in the media. An opinion piece at onthewilderside compares coverage at: Ballot Access News; Independent Political Report; and The Hill.
Tags: Constitution Party · Green Party · Independents · Libertarian Party · Third parties, general
Boston Tea Party becomes 5th party to endorse self-determination for Puerto Rico, and other BTP news
July 8th, 2009 · 18 Comments
Mailed to contact.ipr@gmail.com:
ALLOW SELF-DETERMINTION FOR PUERTO RICO
Boston Tea Party National Committee Endorses HR 2499
The Boston Tea Party National Committee passed a resolution “in support of HR 2499 To provide for a federally sanctioned self-determination process for the people of Puerto Rico” 5-0 (with 1 not voting).
Puerto Rico’s Governor Luis Fortuño says, “The reality is that [...]
Tags: Non-left/right parties
Boston Tea Party at Kansas TEA Party
April 18th, 2009 · 3 Comments
Posted by Jim Davidson at http://www.bostontea.us/node/663. Reposted to IPR by Paulie.
I attended the Tax Day Tea Party in Overland Park, Kansas on Wednesday. It was much fun.
According to the local Fox Snooze affiliate, there were a thousand people there. I did see a helicopter overhead, probably from Channel 9, so someone might even have [...]
Tags: Non-left/right parties
News from two different kinds of Boston Tea Parties
April 16th, 2009 · 13 Comments
Over at http://www.bostontea.us/, Jim Davidson writes
It is with a heavy heart that I report that one of our vice presidential candidates in 2008, Marilyn Chambers, has passed away.
Her story here.
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