"The outrageous story of the hapless city of Bell, California is now widely known across the nation. A group of city politicians led by City Manager Rizzo allegedly colluded to pay themselves obscene salaries in a poor city of under 40,000 residents. The disgraced city manager has resigned, losing his $790,000 salary. But not to […]
Many Libertarians throughout the U.S. have noted the recent death of Libertarian Fred Childress. Fred Childress was a friend to many Libertarians and a co-founder of the Tennessee Liberty Alliance. From the Tennessee Liberty Alliance: Tennessee Liberty Alliance President Fred Childress was tragically killed in a motorcycle accident on Saturday July 24th. He had embarked […]
In the past two days, my Arizona campaign for U.S. Senate has received coverage from two additional news media. First, an interview by Jesse Mathewson at Examiner.com, and then another interview by James Burns on American Freedom Radio. Both went well, and each provided an opportunity to spread libertarian ideas to the American people.
For Immediate Release Wednesday, July 28, 2010 WASHINGTON – The White House’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) recently released its Mid-Session Review . On reviewing the report, Libertarian Party Chair Mark Hinkle called the report’s spending projections “disappointing and troubling.” According to the report, federal spending was 24.7% of GDP in 2009, and is […]
When ultra-right Republican Sharron Angle won the GOP primary in Nevada on June 8, a number of Tea Party types were crowing about it, and heralding her victory as a harbinger of things to come. Even some libertarians, who should know better, were proclaiming Angle’s victory as “proof” that liberty lovers should work within the […]
July 26, 2010 Dear Friend of Liberty, The War in Afghanistan has dragged on for almost nine years. According to the Washington Post, there have been 1,189 American military deaths, which is more than two per week. And of course, today’s big news about WikiLeaks raises a lot of questions about whether we’ve been honestly […]
Libertarian candidate Travis Irvine, running for Congress in Ohio, has made several campaign videos. This one features LP executive director Wes Benedict: Click here for the YouTube page.
A Rasmussen Reports poll released today says that 43% of Americans support legalizing marijuana, while 42% are opposed. Additionally, 75% of respondents favored the legalization of doctor-prescribed marijuana. The Libertarian Party sides with mainstream America on this issue. The LP has supported legalizing marijuana for decades.
Recently, there has been uproar over plans to build an Islamic cultural center blocks away from Ground Zero in New York City. While the city council and Mayor Bloomberg are in favor of this project, conservative leaders such as Sarah Palin and other media pundits criticize its location by stating it’s “ too raw, too […]
On Thursday July 15th, Libertarian Party member and small business owner Debbie Schum stood up against Colorado’s big government establishment at an Orchard City public forum. The forum was intended to educate citizens on upcoming ballot measures designed to close loopholes in the state’s ‘Taxpayer Bill of Rights." Regarding the local news coverage on the […]
From Grannis for Congress: Congress fiddles while the economy burns by Mark Grannis, Libertarian for U.S. Representative, District 8, Maryland This afternoon the White House once again availed itself of the rather sophomoric tactic of scheduling the release of really important but really bad news on a Friday afternoon so that fewer people would notice […]
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