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In the Antelope Valley, on April 15th of 2010, there were two tea parties.  They were at different locations and had different organizers. It is hard to say if either of them were successful. The first was a demonstration in a parking lot at a busy intersection.  People held signs and waved banners.  Observers honked [...]

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The Antelope Valley Tea Party – Or – A Republican Circle Jerk I hope that in other parts of the country tea parties are more representative of a true anti-tax or anti-government attitude than they are here. In spite of the best efforts of the Campaign for Liberty and the Libertarian Party to focus the [...]

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Disturbing medical marijuana case involving an AIDS patient

Tom Faltynowicz, a 43-year-old gay rancher in Meade County, South Dakota, was diagnosed with Aquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) in 1990, and is currently facing criminal charges for possessing and growing marijuana for medicinal usage.For those of you unaware of the specifics of that disease, a patient infected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) may [...]

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Former National Journal Tech Daily editor Danny Glover (no, not the actor) will be blogging to keep track of every single cent his family pays in taxes for 2008. I have a feeling many people will be shocked. I usually pay attention to how much tax I pay on everything, including hidden taxes such as [...]

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Strip clubs in Texas are all riled up over a $5 per head “pole tax” on entrance into their establishments. Most of the proceeds will go to help rape victims; it is unknown where the rest will go. It is estimated that the new tax will raise about $40 million per year. While helping rape [...]

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Something stinks in the Sooner State. Oklahoma voters were the only voters with no choices for president on their ballot except Bush Skull and Kerry Bones in 2004, and Oklahoma is one of 5 states that doesn’t permit write-ins, so Oklahoma voters who wanted to vote for someone other than Bush or Kerry in 2004 [...]

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According to the website stoptheFETincrease.com, state and federal cigarette taxes have been raised an astonishing 73 times since the year 2000, increasing the average price of cigarettes by 80% per pack. On Wednesday, August 1st, H.R. 3162 which included a $4.50 per carton federal cigarette excise increase was passed by the US House of Representatives [...]

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Yes, I know, I already had this up in the comments section, but more people probably read this than that, so I thought I’d put it up on the wall too…

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hat tip Michelle Shinghal Now, anyone who has not just gotten here just now knows I’m supporting Steve Kubby for President. You know I have some issue position differences with Ron Paul. But, I’m endorsing Ron Paul for reelection to Congress, and I love what he is doing in the Republican debates. Speaking of Republican [...]

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Since Stuart mentioned the Outright Libertarians interview with George Phillies, here is their interview with Steve Kubby, from their blog. Unlike the problem with immigration that Stuart mentioned in George’s answers, Steve’s were traditionally libertarian down the line. Read the interview after the jump.

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Despite what a certain milk shake would like you to believe, Rudolf Giuliani Mussolini is As Far From Libertarian As Possible (click on the link to read about his early history as a psychotically deranged persecutor of victimless white collar “criminals”). Even some of Giuliani’s admirers admit he has fascist tendencies. The amazing record of [...]

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Ed and Elaine Brown have been holed up in their Plainfield, NH house for months, daring federal law enforcement to bother them. While normally that’s not a problem, since I don’t want federal law enforcement to bother me at home either, Ed and Elaine Brown have been not only convicted of federal crimes, but also [...]

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Sorry it’s late. Been busy with work. Tom, let me know if we can sign you up here so you can post these when I don’t have time. In this week’s “radio address,” Steve Kubby commemorates Tax Day 2007 with a campaign promise: Over the last few years, politicians in the “major” parties have put [...]

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In this week’s “radio address” (slightly late due to maintenance at the Gcast site) Steve Kubby discusses former Congressman Bob Barr’s decision to join the Libertarian Party (and the Marijuana Policy Project): I’m sure that Congressman Barr’s ideas about what it means to be a libertarian are very different from mine … and that’s okay. [...]

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From Classically Liberal …sit down with the kids. Warn them. Tell that there will be people who pretend to be their friends. They hang out outsides the schools, at the malls, anywhere where kids hang out. They lurk around the internet. They will even call at home if they know the parents aren’t around. Not [...]

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From Wally Conger by way of LeftLibertarian.org

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Via ElfNinosMom today comes the sad news that one of our favorite Presidential candidates may have to drop out of the race due to government persecution. Gene Dropping Out of Presidential Race? Gene posted the following on his blog today: IRS Finds Chapman Well, the IRS has sent a letter to my employer to take [...]

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I’ve had my share of stories and I’ve heard too many to even begin from other people. It is getting a lot worse with over 100,000 SWAT Team raids a year now, most for simple stuff like routine warrant service, and they get very out of control. http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=6476 http://freedominourtime.blogspot.com/2007/01/get-cuffs-ponch.html Check out http://www.theagitator.com/archives/cat_paramilitary_police_raids.php http://lastfreevoice.wordpress.com/2007/01/09/police-state-of-overkill http://freedominourtime.blogspot.com/2007/01/submit-or-well-kill-you.html If [...]

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by way of LP blog

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posted by Justin Raimondo at AntiWar.com blog This video (hat tip: Lew Rockwell) is revealing in a number of different ways. First of all, it shows up Hillary Clinton for what she truly is: an opportunist who is only tenuously acquainted with the truth. She now claims that if she had known then what she [...]

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An exchange provoked by the Libertarian Response to Bush’s State of the Union Speech Andrew L Sullivan writes… You have a choice of drilling for oil in your own damn country or fighting for it in the Persian Gulf. PICK AND CHOOSE! http://www.terrorfreeoil.org/ Well, yeah, those are a couple of choices. But there are others [...]

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The following reaction to the King George’s latest State of the Union speech at http://kubby2008.com/ got so many hits that it overwhelmed our server yesterday and caused the website to go down for most of the afternoon. We’ve got the site back up now, and Tom Knapp says we will be getting a server upgrade [...]

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Earlier we had a discussion of the Taxes of Evil outreach piece: Taxes of Evil 1 We now have a new update. Final draft of Version1: Susan writes, Send your contributions to help print this to my Paypal account!!! Please! Copies will be sent to all local LPs who request it – courtesy of the [...]

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Here’s something I’ve ben pointing out for quite a while now: Pro-war Clinton candidacy success would mean same mob bosses have ruled U.S. since 1980 “Hillary Heralds 30 Year Plus Control Of America By Interlocking Crime Family” Another Clinton in office would mean America being under the thiefdom of either a Bush or a Clinton [...]

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OK, Free Staters…time to show what y’all are made of and make some serious stink about this out of control politician. This deserves to be in all your letters to the editor, public pickets, call every radio and TV station in the state, hell, make it national news. This psychotic individual is clearly legislating while [...]

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Over at Ground Up Libs Andy mentioned and idea he had which we have been kicking around for years to make a flier to distribute at antiwar rallies and April 15th demonstrations about how taxes fund the war machine. This time, Susan Hogarth of LP Radicals picked up on the idea and come up with [...]

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Can we all say Impeachment together yet? At http://www.infowars.com/articles/iraq/bush_vows_no_matter_what_surge_is_on.htm Bush vows to 60 Minutes that ‘no matter what Congress wants’ surge is on Raw Story | January 13, 2007 In an interview set to air on this Sunday’s 60 Minutes, President George W. Bush vows to send an additional 21,500 troops to Iraq “no matter [...]

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Can liberals and libertarians find common ground on health care solutions? At http://mutualist.livejournal.com/ 01:30 pm – What is worse: socialized medicine or fascist medicine? With the democrats retaking congress socialized medicine (er, “universal healthcare”) will once again take the center stage. While I certainly expect the far left to spew more rhetoric, I do not [...]

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PLEASE FORWARD TO MEMBERS OF THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY [THOSE WHO AGREE: Please add your name to the list at the bottom and forward to LNC Chair Bill Redpath at chair AT lp.org... with CC to hogarth AT gmail.com...] Bill, It is now several days since President Bush announced an escalation in Iraq, and several days [...]

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The Libertarian Party Radical Caucus NEW (9 January, 2007): The LP Radical Caucus offers a press release sketching a Libertarian response to the Bush adminstration’s war escalation. The press release is for the use of any Libertarian Party affiliate or organization wanting a rapid and forceful response to Bush’s call for escalation in Iraq. Please [...]

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