Written by John Jay Myers           So, here we go again. Another president is starting another war in another country that is no threat to us. And our mission will be limited because our goal is not to kill Gadhafi, only to stop him from killing the people who are trying to kill him. Oh [...]

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The great thing about the web is you get a lot of articles written by people who normally are not associated with a news source, and you learn things you didn’t know. The bad thing about the web is you get a lot of articles written by people who normally are not associated with a [...]

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from the Texas LP via LP.org blog and IPR email: HB 418 withdrawn by bill author Berman AUSTIN- In a victory for The Libertarian Party of Texas, State Representative Leo Berman (R -District 6) withdrew HB 418 on Monday. The bill would have imposed filing fees on third-party and independent candidates, resulting in an intimidating [...]

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Photos from St. Patrick’s Day Parade from John Jay Myers and the Dallas Libertarian Party: For more about the parade, see Dallas Libertarians participate in parade with 100,000 attendees, offer customizable video to other local LPs

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From John Jay Myers’ blog: DALLAS LIBERTARIANS LET 100K PEOPLE KNOW… WE EXIST. Parades have always been a really great way for us to reach out to people and let them know we exist. The Key ingredient is having a guy like Richard Forsythe who owns a truck and a trailer. Then you need a [...]

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John Jay Myers via facebook: There was a time for unions, there is even a time for some unions today. I don’t agree with what unions have become, for the most part today they are a complete disaster. There are few things out there that can so damage an economy like an over zealous union [...]

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Press release sent to IPR: LIBERTARIANS OPPOSE “POLL TAX” ON CANDIDATES HB 418 imposes new fees on third parties and independents Last Monday, the Libertarian Party of Texas testified before the Texas legislature’s elections committee against HB 418. This bill would impose prohibitive filing fees on competitors to the Republicans and Democrats (such as Libertarians, [...]

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Via John Jay Myers at facebook and Grassroots Libertarians: Description at youtube (with slight corrections): The Dallas County Libertarian Party wants you to know that all elections are not about the Presidency. With a solid group in Dallas we could influence politics as usual a great deal. Too often voters get hung up believing that [...]

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Following up on prior reports (see here and here): I will not name my source unless he/she wants to step forward, but this is from a member of the LNC. -Paulie 1) Redpath’s motion did not have support. According to George Phillies, that motion was: “We move to appoint Rebecca Sink-Burris and John Jay Myers [...]

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Pat Dixon’s column introduced by Brad Ploeger at Libertarian Party blog: The Libertarian Party of Texas’s Chairman, Pat Dixon, wrote an excellent piece and with his permission I am reposting it here on LP.org the original post may be found here. "I don’t know why you feel compelled to support a queer lifestyle when there [...]

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UPDATE: In the comments, Gene Berkman pointed out that the Daily Paul story was actually from 2008. I relied on my intermediate source, and while I did go back to the original source and read it, I did not notice the date. My apologies. If anyone has any 2012 information about Ron Paul giving a [...]

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2004 Libertarian Presidential candidate Michael Badnarik in Liberty for All: Over the years I have developed a reputation for being a “constitutional expert”. (Referring to myself as “The Stepfather of the Constitution” admittedly may have something to do with that.) Two of the questions that I am asked quite often are: “Didn’t the outcome of [...]

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From John Jay Myers: I gave my “War For Terror” speech to a local mostly left leaning group, it was a huge success. I am giving it again Thursday night at the University of North Texas. During the speech I had mentioned the Libertarian party and or philosophy several times. To my surprise during the [...]

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Chuck Moulton in IPR comments: I had heard several people mention the idea of leaving David Nolan’s at-large seat vacant. It seemed like a good idea to me, but when I read the bylaws I found that the LNC is required to fill the vacancy. LP Bylaws, article 8, section 7: The National Committee shall [...]

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Posted by Ronald Hardy at Green Party Watch: 2010 was a roller coaster year for the Green Party. Mid-term elections proved voter dissatisfaction with the Democrats in power, but the media-darling Tea Party Movement drove voters to reactionary candidates, not helping Greens at the polls. International Greens saw successes in the United Kingdom, Australia, and [...]

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Press release sent to contact.ipr@gmail.com: AUSTIN, TEXAS - January 10, 2011 –The Libertarian Party of Texas has released its Legislative Agenda for the 2011 session.  Libertarians have been effective in introducing and blocking legislation even without elected legislators from their party through their lobbying efforts and grassroots organization. Taxes and spending, election reform, immigration, state sovereignty, and the [...]

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A video from John Jay Myers, and an article from the Dallas Examiner (sent to contact.ipr@gmail.com by Myers): So what does the Libertarian Party of Texas do once the campaign and election season is over? Crawl into a cave like a big brown bear and hibernate for two years? Not so says the Dallas County LP’s [...]

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Sent to contact.ipr@gmail.com: It Is Treason To Call Wikileaks Treason by John Jay Myers Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press.  Now get over it. You might believe some speech gives away national secrets, for instance how we prop up puppet dictators in foreign countries, or how we [...]

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Email from Vicki Kirkland, LP of Florida Chair: The Libertarian Party of Florida voted on their Sunday night, November 14th State Executive Committee phone conference to endorse Dallas, Texas as the site for the 2012 Naional Convention. The vote was unanimous. See previous discussion here. The issue will be decided at this weekend’s LNC meeting.

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Via LP blog: The following is the November 14, 2010 issue of Austin Liberator, the weekly email newsletter of the Travis County (Texas) Libertarian Party. 1. Looking back at a remarkable decade for the Travis County LP December 4, 2010 marks the tenth anniversary of the Austin Liberator (that is,this newsletter) starting publication on Yahoo!Groups. [...]

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