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Libertarians say government shares blame with BP for oil spill

For Immediate Release Friday, June 18, 2010 WASHINGTON – Wes Benedict, executive director of the Libertarian Party, issued the following statement today: “The federal government and BP share the blame for the large oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. “When the CEO of BP appeared at a Congressional hearing yesterday, Republicans and Democrats predictably […]

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Bob Barr: Financial ‘Reform’ Imperils Consumer Privacy

2008 Libertarian presidential candidate Bob Barr writes in Roll Call: There may be a number of reasons to oppose the financial services “reform” legislation passed recently by both houses of Congress and now headed to conference committee to work out differences — its length, its complexity and its many regulatory mechanisms. One of the strongest […]

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Libertarians in the news

The Salisbury (Maryland) Daily Times writes about Libertarian Mike Calpino: SALISBURY — Mike Calpino, a Nanticoke resident who says government needs a philosophical makeover, will run against Stevie Prettyman for her Wicomico County Council seat. "We need to change the way we do government. Trying to be all things for all people is too expensive," […]

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Coverage of Texas Libertarian state convention

The Texas LP held its state convention June 11-13 in Austin. News 8 Austin writes: “The main order of the day is to nominate a candidate for governor and other statewide offices. We’re also going to be nominating people for our internal positions and adopting rules,” Texas Libertarian Party spokesperson Robert Butler said. The Austin […]

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LP Monday Message: Call for candidates, county chairs, T-shirts

June 14, 2010 Dear Friend of Liberty, We’ve received orders for 478 of the $10 Libertarian T-shirts. One Libertarian candidate ordered 100 shirts! What a great gift for volunteers! The deadline is this Wednesday, so order today. We’re listing over 700 Libertarian candidates here. It’s still not too late in about half the states to […]

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Still At-Large and Running for Ballot Access!

Dear Friends and Fellow Freedom Seekers, At the 2010 National Libertarian Party Convention in St. Louis, I was returned (with your help!) to the LNC as an At-Large member.  Since I am YOUR representative, please feel free to contact me with your issues. At the first meeting of the new LNC, held shortly after the […]

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Moving Forward

This, my first contribution to the LP blog, will be short and to the point. In St. Louis we elected a strong LNC, with Libertarians representing several major philosophical and strategic perspectives. The one thing we all agree upon, I believe, is that we want our party to grow and our ideas to gain wider […]

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Type the title of your blog here

Put the body of your blog here. Above is a WYSIWYG toolbar, similar to those used in other websites and blogging systems, that can help you add formatting. The toolbar is supposed to make things easier on you. Sometimes it can be difficult. Feel free to experiment, however, keep your content clean in case you […]

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