FSP Hits 1,000 “Early Movers”

FSP Hits 1,000 “Early Movers”

Continue Reading January 24th, 2007

The Free State Project has officially signed up 1,000 early movers who have agreed to relocate to New Hampshire within the next 2 years. These first 1,000 will lay the groundwork for a planned wave of 19,000 other liberty lovers.

The press release follows…

The national movement to recruit pro-liberty, small …

Oregon LP Fight Goes to Court

Continue Reading January 24th, 2007

Oregon Libertarians are fighting for control of the state party, and now they’re taking their battle to court. The Oregonian has the story…

Perhaps best known for wanting to kill taxes and legalize pot, Libertarians believe government governs best when it governs least.

But in Oregon, some members of the live-and-let-live …

Lance Brown Drops Out

Continue Reading January 24th, 2007

Not that he was a major contender for the LP’s nomination, but Lance Brown has decided to officially drop out of the race.

His official campaign site has the announcement:

Due primarily to developments in my career path over the past few years, I have decided to withdraw from the 2008 race …

Reason Interviews Ron Paul

Continue Reading January 24th, 2007

Reason has a great interview with Congressman Ron Paul about his plans to run for President, his stance on immigration and prescription drug reform, and some other key issues.

Here are a few sample points that might be important to Libertarians…

Reason: Does launching an official exploratory committee necessarily mean you will …

Preserving Constitutional Liberties

Continue Reading January 24th, 2007

This was an article from the State Chair of the Arizona Constitution Party. While I heard from Minutemen Corps Leader, Chris Simcox, that this legislation doesn’t have the chance of becoming law. It’s sad how some lawmakers will go to pass unconstitutional laws in stopping the defense of our Borders. …

Conference of independents in New York City on January 28th

Continue Reading January 23rd, 2007

On Friday the Worcester Telegram & Gazette ran an opinion piece by Jacqueline Salit concerning the upcoming conference of independents in New York City on January 28th. You can read it here. She writes, “independents also have a need and desire to be organized — not just as …

Brad’s Interview with Potter & Perdue

Continue Reading January 23rd, 2007

The following is an interview I conducted with William Potter and Ray Perdue. Mr. Potter is the chairman of the Jefferson Republican Party and Mr. Perdue is the state chairman of the JRP of North Carolina and a columnist for LewRockwell.com

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TPW: Tell me a little bit about your personal …

Jore Pushes to End Same Day Registration

Continue Reading January 23rd, 2007

Constitution Party state legislator Rick Jore has introduced a bill in Montana to end same day voter registration. Jore’s bill, if passed, would alter the law to allow Montanans to register up to 14 businesses days before an election and still be able to cast a ballot.

The new “same …

Kentucky Elected Indy State Senator

Continue Reading January 23rd, 2007

Ballot Access News reports that Kentucky elected an independent candidate to the State Senate in last November’s election.

On November 7, 2006, voters in Kentucky’s 2nd State Senate district elected an independent candidate to represent them in the State Senate. Kentucky almost never elects independent candidates to state or federal office. …

MORE ANTI-SURGE SENS; KY GOV NEWS; POLITICAL STORM; OBAMA ATTACK DEBUNKED.

Continue Reading January 22nd, 2007

TUESDAY NEWS UPDATE.

MORE ANTI-SURGE SENS; KY GOV NEWS; POLITICAL STORM; OBAMA ATTACK DEBUNKED.
On the eve of the President’s State of the Union Address, more Congressional leaders lined up against the Bush Administration’s plan for an escalation in the Iraq War. On Monday, US Senator John Warner (R-VA), Ben Nelson (D-NE) and Norm Coleman (R-MN) announced they were introducing a resolution opposing the President’s plans to send an additional 21,500 American soldiers to Iraq. The proposal is similar to the Levin-Hagel-Biden proposal last week, but with much less confrontational language. Warner, the ranking Republican on the Armed Services Committee and a former US Navy Secretary, said he does not want to see US troops caught in the crossfire of sectarian violence, “the origins of which sometimes go back thousands of years.” Meanwhile, the VoteVets.org group released a statement Monday saying US Senators Arlen Spector (R-PA) and John Sununu (R-NH) were opposed to Bush’s troop “surge” plans for Iraq … In Kentucky, US Senator Jim Bunning (R) endorsed former Congresswoman Anne Northup on Monday in her primary challenge to Governor Ernie Fletcher (R). Also, former Lieutenant Governor Steve Henry (D) and State House Speaker Jody Richards (D) will both announce gubernatorial candidacies this week. Richards’ runningmate will be former Secretary of State John Y. Brown III … Speaking in New York over the weekend, former FEMA Director Michael Brown said the White House played “disgusting” partisan politics in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Brown said he recommended the President federalize all 90,000 square miles along the Gulf Coast impacted by the hurricane. In response, Brown explained, “certain people in the White House were thinking, ‘We had to federalize Louisiana because she’s a white, female Democratic governor, and we have a chance to rub her nose in it. ‘We can’t do it to [Mississippi Governor] Haley [Barbour] because Haley’s a white male Republican Governor, and we can’t do a thing to him. So we’re just gonna federalize Louisiana.’” A White House spokesman was quick to respond: “It is unfortunate that Mike Brown is still hurling false statements about the events surrounding Hurricane Katrina.” Governor Blanco had a different reaction: “Karl Rove was playing politics while our people were dying. The federal effort was delayed, and now the public knows why” … CNN reported Monday that the conservative Insight Magazine article which claimed US Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) was educated in Indonesia at a radical Muslim madrassa school was false. Fox News and others also repeated the false allegation from the Insight story. Rather than rely on second-hand info, CNN sent a reporter to find the school and former classmates. Obama briefly lived in Indonesia for as a child and attended the school in 1969-71. It turns out the school Obama attended was a regular “mixed” public school not involving any religious teachings. Insight — which says it is sticking with their report — attributed the original allegations to an “unnamed source … connected to Senator Clinton.” The Clinton campaign denied any involvement. CNN noted the school was not even a Wahhabi Muslim school, as the students were Muslim, Christian, Buddhist and Confucian and the teacher’s wear traditional Western-style clothes. Obama’s campaign said the Insight article was “appallingly irresponsible.”
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