On March 3, 2009 the Libertarian Party website issued a press release and published a blog clearly stating that earmarks in the 2009 Omnibus Spending Bill were pork, and the politicians responsible for them were not fiscal conservatives, nor libertarians. LP Press Release – Tuesday, March 3, 2009 Libertarians urge Obama to veto pork-ridden spending [...]
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Is The LP Covering For Porkulator Ron Paul?
Posted in Libertarian, Libertarian National Committee, Libertarian Party, Libertarian Posers, Ron Paul on 2009.03.18 | Leave a Comment »
Indianapolis councilman quits GOP for Libertarians
Posted in Libertarian, Libertarian Party, Reason Magazine, Republican, Republican Hacks on 2009.02.17 | Leave a Comment »
City-County Councilman Ed Coleman is leaving the Republican Party to become a Libertarian. Coleman will make his official announcement today during a speech at the Columbia Club, where he will be flanked by members of the Libertarian Party of Indiana. “This is not a decision I take lightly, nor did I come to it without [...]
Liberaltarian Dialog – February 2009
Posted in Libertarian, Libertarian Posers, LibertyMix, media on 2009.02.15 | 6 Comments »
A bit of background about the term, “Liberaltarian”. In December 2006, Brink Lindsey, Cato Institute’s vice president for research, penned an essay in which he posited that Contemporary Conservatism had betrayed its own roots, and no longer truly represented a libertarian worldview. Lindsey went on to muse that liberals had at least, and probably more [...]
Sponsor for Alabama ballot access bill found; update on Libertarian Party of Alabama
Posted in Alabama, Libertarian, Libertarian Party, politics, tagged Alabama, ballot access, state legislature on 2009.01.25 | 4 Comments »
Ballot Access News: Alabama Representative Cam Ward (R-Alabaster) has agreed to introduce a bill to lower the number of signatures needed for minor parties and non-presidential independent candidates. He has been in the legislature since 2003. Thanks to Steven Gordon for this news. Posted to IPR by Paulie. Disclosure: I am a member of the [...]
Technical notes on the LNC “LP-SPAN” broadcast
Posted in activism, blogging, freedom, Libertarian, Libertarian National Committee, Libertarian Online Community, Libertarian Party, liveblogging, media, political corruption, politics, protest, tagged Libertarian, Libertarian Party, LP, media, politics on 2008.12.09 | 2 Comments »
I’ve returned from the great adventure I call “LP-SPAN” and here are my thoughts on the technical side of the issue. It is my hope that we can take this and build on it to make the next round of LNC insanity even better in terms of the broadcast quality. All suggestions are definitely appreciated. [...]
The Hill Blames Lib For Rep’s Nevada State Senate Loss
Posted in 2008 Elections, complete fucking stupidity, Libertarian on 2008.12.03 | 1 Comment »
Nevada’s Republican Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki was indicted today by a grand jury on four felony counts related to his previous stint as state treasurer: 2 counts of Misappropriation and Falsification of Accounts By Public Officer, and 2 counts of Misappropriation by Treasurer. Krolicki had just last week announced he planned to run against Harry [...]
Seeking developers!
Posted in freedom, Libertarian, Libertarian Online Community, Libertarian Party, prostitution, recruitment, Science, technology, weird shit, tagged berlios, BSD, FOSS, free software, freedom, Libertarian, Libertarian Party, libertarianism, liberty, lptools, mysql, open source, php, technology, technology for liberty, unix, web design, web development on 2008.11.13 | 3 Comments »
OK, so this is a bit off-topic, but since Paulie graced me with the ability to post here, I figured I might as well use it to promote something good. And it is good, and free, and once complete, will benefit our movement. So perhaps it’s not that off-topic after all. Anyway, George Donnelly and [...]
LibertarianPartyCandidates.US tracks races all over the country
Posted in 2008 Elections, awefuckingtacular, blogging, campaigns, Congress, congressional campaigns, House of Representatives, LFV Bloggers, Libertarian, Libertarian Party, local politics, personal responsibility, politics, tagged 2008 Election, 2008 Elections, Attorney General, Auditor, ‘08 Elections, Constable, Election 2008, Election ‘08, Governor, Judge, Libertarian, Libertarian candidates, Libertarian Party, Libertarian Party Candidates, Libertarians, local candidates, Local races, LP, LP candidates, Paulie Cannoli, sheriff, State House, State Senate, Treasurer, US House, US Senate on 2008.08.04 | 1 Comment »
I’ve previously listed the LP candidates here, here, here and here. Now, George Donnelly has turned this list into its own website with graphics and continuous updating. George explains: An Effort to List all LP Candidates We Libertarians need to know how many candidates we’re fielding for office. Which states are fielding full slates? no [...]
Starchild instrumental in putting prostitution decriminalization on the ballot
Posted in 2008 Elections, activism, awefuckingtacular, Big Brother, campaigns, civil liberties, coercion, Constitution, constitutional rights, Cops Gone Wild, corruption, Courts and justice system, crime, distress, draconian legislation, economics, Entertainment, First Amendment, free your mind, freedom, Law, law enforcement, Libertarian, Libertarian Party, local politics, nanny state, People in the news, personal responsibility, police state, politics, press release, property rights, regulation, self defense, starchild, Uncategorized, women, tagged activism, Big Brother, civil liberties, constitutional rights, Courts and justice system, crime, economics, Entertainment, First Amendment, Law, law enforcement, Libertarian, Libertarian Party, local politics, nanny state, People in the news, personal responsibility, petitioning, police state, politics, property rights on 2008.07.24 | Leave a Comment »
Press release posted on the LP Radicals yahoo group. Starchild has had various offices in the San Francisco and California LP, and is one of the spokespeople for this initiative. The San Francisco Department of Elections announced today that the measure prohibiting city officials from spending money arresting and prosecuting people for prostitution, and mandating [...]
LPNY chair to BTP: Drop dead
Posted in 2008 Elections, campaigns, elections, freedom, Libertarian, Libertarian Party, POTUS '08, Presidential Candidates, secession, Thinking of Denver 2008, tagged 2008 Elections, campaigns, elections, freedom, Libertarian, Libertarian Party, POTUS '08, Presidential Candidates, secession, Thinking of Denver 2008 on 2008.07.24 | Leave a Comment »
In this essay, LP radical and LPNY state chair Eric Sundwall advocates that radical libertarians avoid the BTP and stay in the LP. It is entitled Party Like It’s 1973, an apparent ironic reference to Party like it’s 1773 by BTP interim chair Jim Davidson. I was somewhat intrigued when popular Libertarian blogger Tom Knapp [...]
LNC Member Rachel Hawkridge: Open Letter to Bob Barr
Posted in Libertarian on 2008.07.24 | Leave a Comment »
This was posted at LP Radicals Mr. Barr – My husband and I were delegates to Denver. I spoke to you, outside of the convention floor, where I asked you about the Patriot Act, and DOMA, and you said that you were misled about USAPatriot, and you apologized for DOMA. In your nominating speech, I [...]
Blogosphere of the Libertarian Left Non-Update
Posted in Libertarian, Libertarian Party, politics, tagged Libertarian lists on 2008.04.24 | 5 Comments »
Nothing new since the last time I posted this; just keeping up my commitment to keep it on the front page since I will be posting more articles today. I still haven’t been able to figure out how to make it work properly. Help would be appreciated. Well, I figured out how to put it [...]
Candidate Endorsement: Chris Bennett for Vice President
Posted in 2008 Elections, activism, campaigns, Constitution, constitutional rights, drug war, elections, Libertarian, Libertarian Online Community, Libertarian Party, platform, politics, POTUS '08, Presidential Candidates, Ron Paul, Thinking of Denver 2008, war, tagged Aaron Russo, abortion, activism, African-American, anti-tax, anti-war, Badnarik, ballot access, Bernard Schoenburg, Bill Clinton, blogosphere, brochures, campaign brochures, candidacy, candidate, Candidate Endorsement, Cedar Rapids, Chris Bennett, civil liberties, civil rights, college, Colorado, concentration camps, Constitution, constitutional rights, credit card, debit card, declaration of war, Denver, donation, drug war, economics, education, Evonne Bennett, fair tax, First Amendment, Fuhrer Bush, George Phillies, goal, government control, health care, Heritage high School, Hitler, Illinois, Internal Revenue Service, Iowa, IRA, Iraq War, IRS, Jesse Jackson, legalize drugs, Legislative Chair, Libertarian, Libertarian Convention, libertarian movement, Libertarian Party, Libertarian Party Convention, Libertarian Party of Illinois, libertarian philosophy, Littleton, LP, Marrou, Matt Stone, media, Military Commissions Act, Minorities, nomination, North American Union, Oral Roberts, Patriot Act, PayPal, Political studies, politics, presidential campaign, pro-life, race relations, Real ID, Richard Boddie, Richard Roberts, Ron Paul, Scheduling Coordinator, Second Amendment, South Park, Springfield, Springfield State Journal-Register, Steve Kubby, Taxation, television evangelist, third parties, third party, University of Illinois, US Government, Vice President, volunteer, vote, war, women on 2008.03.26 | Leave a Comment »
[NOTE: Originally posted on Last Free Voice] As you are hopefully all by now aware, longtime LFV contributor Chris Bennett is seeking the LP’s Vice Presidential nomination. While he would have my support simply for being an LFV contributor and a great guy, there is so much more to his candidacy that I have decided [...]
From The Moderate Voice: None of the Above, Part I
Posted in Democrats, Libertarian, Republican, tagged American Conservative Union, bipartisan, Cincinnati, Congress, conservatism, conservative, Democrats, elections, Elections '08, foreclosure, free market, government, H Rider Haggard, House Minority Leader, John A. Boehner, liberal, liberalism, Libertarian, libertarianism, lower taxes, Ohio, Politico, politics, pork spending, POTUS '08, prejudice, Republican, smaller government, Steve Chabot, The Moderate Voice, US Government, William James on 2008.03.08 | Leave a Comment »
The Moderate Voice, “None of the Above” March 5, 2008 by Pete Abel —————————————————————————————————– “As I grow older, I regret to say that a detestable habit of thinking seems to be getting a hold of me.” – H. Rider Haggard “A great many people think they are thinking when they are really rearranging their prejudices.” [...]
Libertarian Party’s Resolution on Iraq War
Posted in Libertarian, Libertarian Party, war on 2008.02.26 | 1 Comment »
WHEREAS the government of the United States should return to its historical libertarian tradition of avoiding entangling alliances, foreign quarrels, and military adventures and; WHEREAS the armed forces of the United States have invaded Iraq, a foreign nation that neither directly attacked nor imminently threatened to attack the United States and; WHEREAS the injustice and [...]
My response to “Ode To Imperato”
Posted in 2008 Elections, Libertarian, Libertarian National Committee, Libertarian Online Community, Libertarian Party, Libertarian Posers, politics, POTUS '08, Presidential Candidates on 2008.02.26 | Leave a Comment »
There has been a discussion over at Third Party Watch, regarding whether Daniel Imperato should be listed as a Libertarian on the official Libertarian Party website. Among other statements by Stephen Gordon, owner of TPW, he didn’t call the media to cover a Libertarian presidential candidate debate, due to the participation of Mr. Imperato.Just as [...]
The UK starts its own Libertarian Party
Posted in Libertarian, Libertarian Online Community, Libertarian Party on 2008.02.08 | Leave a Comment »
Libertarianism is growing the world over, and is no longer a singularly American ideal. As of January 1st, even the United Kingdom has started a Libertarian Party. Unlike the politicians at Westminster, the Libertarian Party looks at the world in the same way that most people do. Libertarians understand that you, and your family, should [...]
Southwest Michigan LP launches new website
Posted in Libertarian, Libertarian Online Community, Libertarian Party, local politics on 2008.02.08 | 1 Comment »
The new website for the Libertarian Party of Southwest Michigan, launched January 1st, is well worth a look. My good friend Jason Gatties is on the Executive Committee, and his beautiful and very talented wife Priscilla is their webmaster. She’s done a great job on the website, and I’m sure Jason will do a real [...]
Outright Libertarians endorses George Phillies
Posted in 2008 Elections, gay rights, George Phillies, Libertarian, Libertarian Online Community, Libertarian Party, POTUS '08, Presidential Candidates, tagged gay rights, Outright libertarians on 2008.01.18 | 2 Comments »
Posted by Rob Power on Outright Libertarians blog:Thursday, January 17, 2008 I recently saw a message from Log Cabin Republicans entitled “Who Can Log Cabin Endorse for President?” The article described how this may be the first brokered GOP convention in 60 years, and that Log Cabin would be working to see that the lesser [...]
Liberty Decides
Posted in 2008 Elections, campaigns, Daniel Imperato, Kubby, Libertarian, Libertarian National Committee, Libertarian Party, Mike Jingozian, politics, POTUS '08, Presidential Candidates, Ron Paul, Steve Kubby, Thinking of Denver 2008, Wayne Allen Root, tagged , 2008 Election, Daniel Imperato, Election 2008, George Phillies, Imperato, Jingozian, Kubby, Libertarian, Libertarian National Committee, Libertarian Party, Liberty Decides, LNC, Michael Jingozian, Phillies, politics, POTUS '08, Presidential Candidates, Ron Paul, Root, Steve Kubby, Susan Hogarth, Wayne Root on 2007.12.20 | 2 Comments »
The Libertarian National Party has a new program, Liberty Decides ’08 designed “to promote our pre-nomination presidential candidates as they engage in a competitive process. To participate in the program, candidates must cross three thresholds: meet the LP bylaws requirements; file with the FEC; and raise at least $5,000 for the LP or LP state [...]
George Phillies campaign gets mainstream media news coverage
Posted in 2008 Elections, George Phillies, Libertarian, Libertarian Party, politics, POTUS '08 on 2007.10.31 | 9 Comments »
According to this network’s website: New England Cable News (NECN) is the largest regional news network in the country, serving more than 3.6 million homes in over a thousand cities and towns throughout New England. Launched on March 2, 1992, NECN is a partnership between the Hearst Corporation and Comcast Corporation. NECN is available exclusively [...]
Michelle Shinghal on Tucker Carlson: (Ex-)Strippers for Ron Paul
Posted in 2008 Elections, activism, awefuckingtacular, blogging, celebrities, civil liberties, constitutional rights, elections, evolution, freedom, Kubby, LFV Bloggers, Libertarian, Libertarian Online Community, Libertarian Party, media, Media appearances, Michelle Shinghal, politics, POTUS '08, press release, recruitment, Republican, rock, Ron Paul, smoking, Steve Gordon, Steve Kubby, texas, The Rapture, Thinking of Denver 2008, Too Many Categories, women on 2007.08.29 | 1 Comment »
Sorry folks, been too busy to post. But I thought I’d post this since no one else has yet. Our own Michelle Shinghal on Tucker Carlson, thanks to posts by our fellow blogger Steve Gordon.
Kent McManigal interviewed by Eric Sundwall
Posted in awefuckingtacular, candidate interviews, Kent McManigal, Libertarian, Libertarian Party on 2007.08.24 | Leave a Comment »
Since Kent and I are very good online friends, and talk every day (sometimes several times per day) via IM and email but have never met or spoken in “real life”, this was a very big treat for me. After you watch this, you’ll see why I’m proud to call Kent my friend, and why [...]
Ride/room share board for Denver?
Posted in 2008 Elections, activism, Libertarian, Libertarian National Committee, Libertarian Party, politics, POTUS '08, recruitment, Thinking of Denver 2008, transportation, Uncategorized, wanker food fight on 2007.08.12 | 11 Comments »
I’d like some help with setting up an internet forum of some sort to hook people up with shared rides, group rooms, camping, hostels, cheap motels, and other ways of getting to the Denver LP National Convention affordably. A lot of what happened in Portland may have had to do with the fact that it [...]
Atlas! PAC
Posted in 2008 Elections, Alabama, congressional campaigns, FaceBook, Federal Election Commission (FEC), freedom, House of Representatives, Libertarian, Libertarian National Committee, Libertarian Party, politics, recruitment, self defense, Steve Gordon, Uncategorized on 2007.07.24 | 10 Comments »
Here is an organization I hope everyone will get more active in supporting…I received a notice from its chairman, Mark Rutherford, through facebook. July 23rd I’ll be flying to Atlanta and having dinner with current Libertarian Party of Alabama Chairman Stephen Gorden, Deborah Gordon and a very influential national political figure. Stephen and I will [...]
Robert Milnes, Steve Kubby, Ron Paul, fan letters, and prison
Posted in 2008 Elections, crime, Libertarian, Libertarian Party, politics, POTUS '08, Robert Milnes, unusual behaviors on 2007.07.20 | 22 Comments »
First I’d like to say that by far the most important development in the libertarian race thus far is “The Libertarian Vote” study published by The Cato Institute. See: http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=6735 Briefly, 20% of voters are libertarian leaning at the beginning of the election cycle (Gallup Governance Survey). 13% are reliably libertarian. 1% wind up actually [...]
Jason Gatties blog recognizes LFV contributions to his Tribal Council campaign
Posted in Jason Gatties, Libertarian, Libertarian Party, local politics, Tribal Council on 2007.07.14 | 2 Comments »
Hours Away…Well now there is literally nothing more for me to do but sit and wait. I’ve met many fine people and I’ve enjoyed every minute of this campaign. Tomorrow I will find out if I touched any of them with my words, vision and actions. I didn’t think I would be nervous about this [...]
Fun with LFV’s google ads …..
Posted in Adolf Giuliani, Ann Coulter, general silliness, Google, Libertarian, Ron Paul on 2007.07.09 | 21 Comments »
Thanks to Google, LFV links to a site which reports only negative things about candidates, including Ron Paul. Here’s a taste, with some dirt on Rudy Giuliani: Keeps priest accused of rape Giuliani’s consulting firm continues to employ a priest — Msgr. Alan Placa — who has been accused of rape by multiple former students. [...]
A note from Jason Gatties …..
Posted in Jason Gatties, Libertarian, Libertarian Party, local politics, Native American, politics, Tribal Council on 2007.07.09 | 4 Comments »
I just wanted to take a moment to thank all the Libertarians out there who have sent me supportive emails over the past few weeks. I also want to thank LastFreeVoice.com for their contributions. Running for Tribal Council was a unique experience in that I had to attempt to reach over 3000 members spread over [...]
MSNBC smartasses review third-party prez candidates’ Myspace pages
Posted in 2008 Elections, general silliness, humor, Kubby, Libertarian, Libertarian Party, Libertarian Posers, MySpace, politics on 2007.06.22 | 4 Comments »
Third-party candidates take to the Web They don’t have a chance in hell, but they’ve got awesome MySpace pagesBy Helen A.S. Popkin & Guest Avatar Ree Hines MSNBC contributorsUpdated: 6:56 p.m. ET June 21, 2007What Third Party candidates lack in funds, MySpace friends and a snow ball’s chance in Hades, they more than make up [...]
Let Freedom Grow! for 06/17/07
Posted in 2008 Elections, civil liberties, constitutional rights, gay rights, Kubby, Libertarian, Libertarian Party, politics, POTUS '08 on 2007.06.19 | 1 Comment »
In this week’s “radio address,” Steve Kubby appreciates Massachusetts and looks forward to the day when Libertarians can routinely do what Democrats and Republicans rarely do: It’s not very often that I find good reason to thank Democrats and Republicans for standing up and defending freedom, but I like to seize that opportunity when it [...]
Ron Paul on Colbert; Steve Kubby and Wayne Root debate on Angela Keaton’s Show
Posted in 2008 Elections, awefuckingtacular, candidate interviews, Constitution, Kubby, Libertarian, Libertarian Party, media, politics, Republican, Ron Paul, Uncategorized, Wayne Allen Root on 2007.06.15 | 4 Comments »
Meanwhile, in Libertarian Party news, Steve Kubby and Wayne Root debated on Liberated Space.
Survey Allegedly Reveals Your Ideal Candidates, Lists Kent McManigal as LP Choice
Posted in 2008 Elections, Kent McManigal, Libertarian, politics, Ron Paul, Survey Says on 2007.06.13 | 8 Comments »
All you have to do is answer 25 questions. Admittedly the site could be improved, since it lists no LP candidates except Kent McManigal (who’s no longer even running except as a write-in candidate) and references a lot of organizations that I’ve never even heard of (but they expect me to say whether I agree [...]
LTE: Jason Gatties For Pokagon Tribal Council
Posted in 2008 Elections, awefuckingtacular, civil liberties, constitutional rights, democracy, free your mind, Jason Gatties, Libertarian, Libertarian Party, local politics, media, Native American, politics, recruitment on 2007.06.12 | 3 Comments »
I wrote: Dear Editor, I am writing in support of Jason Gatties For Pokagon Tribal Council. Jason stands for both individual and tribal sovereignty. He believes that a truly free people can not take money and services from an occupying state and retain its independence and dignity at the same time. He believes the flow [...]


