LP tackles raging Boehner!

originally posted by GE at IPR. Headline by Fred Church in the comments. In response to House GOP leader John Boehner’s comments to Reason‘s Dave Weigel — that conservatives considering a vote for Bob Barr “might as well vote for Barack Obama” — the LP has issued a press release with harsh words for the [...]

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Troy King reported to be dating Troy University homecoming king

Back in November, I made the following comments at Loretta Nall Sends Troy King Appropriate Sex Toy: But reasonable people would not include the Alabama legislature, which in is great wisdom passed a law banning dildos, vibrators, and other weapons of mass stimulation. Not content with the law as it stands, Alabama Attorney General Troy [...]

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Legislators Gone Wild: Heywood Jablome Edition

I’m not exactly sure why someone who sits on a state legislature (where he represents about two and a half obscure rural counties out of 120 counties in the state) thinks that he can legislate what everyone in the world does, but Kentucky Representative Tim Couch filed a bill this week to make anonymous posting [...]

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Bush clueless about the economy

Once again, President Bush proves that he has absolutely no idea about … well, anything. Here, he claims that the economy is not being harmed by the war, and the extraordinary amount of money being spent on the war. Instead, he thinks the war is helping the economy. Um, yeah. That may be true if [...]

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From The Moderate Voice: None of the Above, Part I

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.” [...]

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Will Ron Paul presidential campaign cause him to lose his seat in Congress?

From the Galveston County Daily News (letters to the Editor): District Needs A Better Man To Represent Us Are we really getting the most effective representation with Ron Paul as our congressman? The presidential debates have exposed stubbornness and inability to compromise that is at odds with the intentions of the Founding Fathers. Democracy requires [...]

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Project Vote Smart

I just ran across a website called “Project Vote Smart“. This site gathers information from various candidates for office, so you can view it all in one place, and even very easily compare the candidates if you open them up in side-by-side tabs on your browser. It is very interesting to see the “political courage [...]

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The age of Man is over. The age of the Orc has begun!

H/T Charles W. Johnson Related: Ghouliani or Nosferatu? We report, you decide… The NSGOP Primary Field in Buffy Villains McCain: The Manchurian Candidate DIGG redd.it

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