I am outraged by what my country has done to the detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Abu Ghraib and secret CIA prisons elsewhere. Watch the PBS Documentary “Torturing Democracy“ to see for yourself the new circle of hell Bush, Cheney and friends created for people who were never charged with anything. Also on YouTube.
Yvonne Schick, Libertarian candidate for US Senate in Texas, injected sanity into the October 9 League of Women Voters’ debate. This is how they used to do Presidential debates! Good stuff. She enunciated the classical libertarian positions and made some great points, including: If the terrorists of 9/11 wanted to take our freedom away, they […]
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“Spreading the Wealth” is a Net Loss
A commenter named Phillip over at Warren Throckmorton’s blog claims that Barack Obama’s plan to “spread the wealth around” is not socialism, but “capitalism with restraints” and that “spreading wealth is a pre-requisite for the overall wealth of a country“. An Insane Asylum is just a Hospital with Restraints Let’s explore this concept of capitalism […]
How Argentina was Sold Down the River This 59-minute documentary excerpt tells the story of how Argentina experienced financial collapse and what the aftermath looked like. It’s not a pretty sight, especially for Americans, as Argentina was brought down primarily by a ruling class that sold them out and took on a huge national debt. […]
The Libertarian National Committee (LNC) Policy Manual, 44 pages of rules, responsibilities and procedures for the LNC and LP headquarters, was released this week by Marc Montoni of the Virginia LP. Dated June 26 of this year, a close reading of the manual reveals significant differences between policy and practice in the national Libertarian Party.
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I Shared Candidate Data with LP
Terra Eclipse requested the data from Libertarian Party Candidates and I provided it. They had some technical difficulties but it looks like they were able to use it in some form at least. I’m glad to be of help, as small as it is.
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There’s Interest in Libertarian Candidates
During its first month, my libertarianpartycandidates.us website got 968 unique visits and 4800 page views. Not bad. There is interest in Libertarian candidates.
Instead of government-run welfare and entitlements, we need to bring back private mutual aid societies, which have thrived since the dawn of man.
How many voters prefer lower taxes and fewer government services? 59%. Good news! Only 28% want the opposite.
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Libertarian WordPress Themes
I’m looking for liberty-themed political wordpress or just HTML/CSS themes. Political Blog Blue is alright, but I’d like it in yellow. Non-partisan political designs are also of interest. I’m willing to pay for rights to unlimited use. Email me if you’re interested or comment with suggestions. Thanks.