Liberty Point: The issue of whether or not to build a mosque near the site of the World Trade Towers terrorist attack has been hijacked for political expediency, said Mike Beitler, Libertarian candidate for U.S. Senate in an op ed on his website. “To collectively blame every Muslim for the actions of a few is [...]

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OnTheWilderSide: The only way that the Green Party can regain ballot status in NY is to get 50,000 votes for their Governor candidate in 2010. This opportunity comes only once every four years, and it only applies to the Governor’s race. Gaining ballot status will enable the Green Party to run more peace candidates, more [...]

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Originally published August 17, 2010 at http://towneforcongress.com/individual-rights/ground-zero-mosque/ On the front page of today’s Morning Call was an article on the mosque to be located near Ground Zero in NYC. Below is a video statement and transcript of those remarks. My comments were misinterpreted slightly, and I absolutely do not speak for all Muslims – just [...]

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Libertarian Party blog: Libertarian Warren Redlich is running for Governor of New York. In this video he points out the problems with his opponents’ position on the New York mosque controversy: Visit the Redlich campaign website. Other takes on the “mosque” controversy: John Jay Myers, Darryl Perry, Wayne Root (1) and (2), John Hospers, Reactions [...]

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By George Phillies: Our National (LP) Party Platforms over the years have been quite clear on this matter. The 2010 Platform includes “We condemn bigotry as irrational and repugnant… We favor the freedom to engage in or abstain from any religious activities that do not violate the rights of others. We oppose government actions which [...]

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Posted by Tom Knapp at Kn@ppster. Knapp has held various internal offices in and sought public office under the banners of the Libertarian and Boston Tea Parties. : People who refer to themselves as “libertarians” spend a lot of time arguing over exactly what they mean by “libertarian.” Personally, I try to be fairly “big [...]

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Originally published at Liberty for All: First, the protagonists. I’ve divided them using James Oaksun’s coalition analysis. Chair Hinkle – very long-time dominant coalition man; Project Archimedes advocate Vice Chair Rutherford – dominant coalition; Root man Secretary Mattson – dominant coalition At-Large Sink-Burris – dominant coalition At-Large Redpath – dominant coalition At-Large Knedler – dominant [...]

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The voting for the chair’s election at the Libertarian Party National Convention of 2010 has started. Each delegate is to write the name of the candidate on the ballot. A group of tellers will circulate around the room observing tabulation of the votes. Tellers are to insure all voters are present, uncoerced, and that they [...]

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The nomination process for chair candidates is their last chance to speak to delegates and to have proxies speak about them to delegates. The speeches occurred in random order. Wayne Root was nominated first, by Indianapolis City Councilman Ed Coleman of Indiana, the Libertarian Party’s highest elected official currently. He said that Root was “the [...]

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According to this article, one of the raging topics at the Libertarian Party National Convention in St. Louis, Missouri, is how best to reach out to, and benefit from, tea party membership. Whether and how to woo Tea Party followers to their party is one of the big issues at the Libertarian Party national convention [...]

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I was unfortunately unable to find an individual picture of George Phillies at the podium, but he was included in the shot of all the candidates at the table and participated during the debate. Thanks to Nicholas Sarwark and Mark Noble for pictures via Twitter.

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Posted by Darryl Perry at Free Patriot Press: As a service to the Delegates to the LP Convention in St. Louis this coming weekend, I sent a candidate questionnaire to the 5 declared candidates for Chair of the Libertarian Party. The candidates full answers are below, a slightly condensed version will be available in hard [...]

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Email from George Phillies: Here are the New Path and Phillies mailers [sent to delegates for the upcoming Libertarian national convention in St. Louis this weekend]. Some people got Liberty for America instead of the delegateLNCletter. Slateletter3 will be arriving today or tomorrow for most delegates. The two delegate letters had in mixed combinations any [...]

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Two of the candidates for Libertarian National Committee Chair are running on platforms that include providing campaign site templates for Libertarian candidates. A third Chair candidate uses such a template for his own State Senate candidate site.  This article compares the three templates. John Jay Myers says “I also propose to create easily customizable website [...]

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Currently at #3 for Google News results for Libertarian (includes articles not related to the Libertarian Party as well), Richard Cooper at Ground Report: On Memorial Day weekend, the Libertarian Party in the United States www.lp.org will hold its biennial convention in St. Louis, Missouri. The principal task will be the election of the Chair [...]

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Posted at idaholibertariantimes.com, by way of http://newpathforthelp.org/: Podcast#32 Sat May 22 2010 George Phillies comments on Proposition 14 in California & gives useful website links to help defeat it & talks about this week in his campaign & the upcoming Libertarian Convention in St. Louis.  https://www.stoptoptwo.org/donate/  orhttp://libertymanager.comcontact: Beau Cain, 1-877 884 1776go to the prop14 [...]

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Originally posted at Gold America Group: Of course, last minute attack letters are the stuff of politics. You learn to live with them. And now I have received mine. (Actually, I did not receive mine. I have not received a copy.) Remember, there will always be reasons for not surfacing the attack until the last [...]

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Email from LNC Region 7 Rep Rachel Hawkridge to contact.ipr@gmail.com: In the Spring of 2009, I became aware that there were inconsistencies between the the FEC filings of the Barr campaign and the LNC. The Barr campaign had reported a $10,000 contribution from the LNC, and the LNC had not reported it. I asked my [...]

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Emailed to contact.ipr@gmail.com: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Atlanta, Georgia, May 20, 2010 — As many of you may have heard, it has recently come to light that the candidate for National Chair I supported, George Phillies, filed a secret criminal complaint with the Federal Election Commission concerning an alleged irregular transaction between the Libertarian National Committee [...]

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Likely delegates to the Libertarian Party’s 2010 national convention are, around this time, receiving a “snail mail” letter from Christopher Barber, a Georgia LP activist and member of the national LP’s platform committee.* Excerpt: When you and I joined the Libertarian Party we proudly signed this statement: “I certify that I oppose the initiation of [...]

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