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By DarrenA, on June 30th, 2010
Arizona governor Jan Brewer signed Senate Bill 1070 into law on April 23, 2010. The law, formally known as the Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act, is a hard-line bill designed to identify, charge, and potentially deport illegal immigrants currently residing in Arizona. The legislation mandates that immigrants carry their papers at all [...]
By Jonathan Raof, on June 30th, 2010
If we feel the need to change our constitution, we are free to amend it. In 1817, James Madison reminded congress that the framers had marked out in the constitution a safe and practicable mode of improving it as experience might suggest. Social Bookmarking
By Jonathan Raof, on June 29th, 2010
When the government borrows money from the Federal Reserve or when a person borrows money from a bank, it almost always has to be paid back with interest. In other words, almost every single dollar in existence must eventually be returned to the bank with the principal and the interest as well. However, if all [...]
By Jonathan Raof, on June 28th, 2010
The United States Federal Government decides it needs some money, so it calls up the Federal Reserve and says it needs 10 billion dollars. The Fed replies “Sure, we will buy 10 billion dollars in government bonds from you.” So the government takes some fancy paper and calls it treasury bonds, assigns this paper a [...]
By DarrenA, on June 27th, 2010
Finding in major review of scientific evidence strikes blow to those seeking to reduce upper time limit for abortion. Human fetus feels no pain before 24 weeks, study says. Finding in major review of scientific evidence strikes blow to those seeking to reduce upper time limit for abortion. Ultrasound scan of a fetus, the report [...]
By Jonathan Raof, on June 25th, 2010
Sharron Elaine Angle is an American politician who served as a Republican member of the Nevada Assembly from 1999 to 2005. She is the 2010 Republican nominee for the United States Senate seat in Nevada held by the current Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid. On April 15, 2010 Angle received an endorsement for the U.S. [...]
By Jonathan Raof, on June 24th, 2010
An election for Governor of Illinois will be held on November 2, 2010. The previous elected governor, Democrat Rod Blagojevich, was impeached by the Illinois House of Representatives on January 8, 2009, and removed from office and barred from future elected state office by the Illinois Senate on January 29, 2009. Blagojevich and his chief [...]
By Jonathan Raof, on June 23rd, 2010
The Florida qualifying period for the gubernatorial election to be held November 2, 2010 ended at noon yesterday, June 22, 2010. As such, for the first time in the history of the Libertarian Party of Florida, a candidate for Governor will be on the ballot as a Libertarian. Social Bookmarking
By JimW, on June 22nd, 2010
Three amendments — 5, 6 and 7 — deal with redistricting, due to take place in 2012 as a result of the 2010 census. The political implications are huge, particularly for incumbents. Most Democrats favor Amendments 5 & 6, which would redraw boundaries to create compact districts and reduce gerrymandering. Most Republicans favor Amendment 7, [...]
By Jonathan Raof, on June 22nd, 2010
Gary Earl Johnson is a libertarian-leaning Republican politician who served as the 29th Governor of the U.S. state of New Mexico from 1995 to 2003. He is the chairman of a 501(c)(4) organization called the Our America Initiative. The focus of the organization is to speak out on issues regarding topics such as government efficiency, [...]
By Jonathan Raof, on June 21st, 2010
Tell me forum, whom amongst our nation’s 44 presidents is the best president we’ve had, and the worst president we’ve had? Lptbruce and I starting talking about it on another thread, and I think there should be one for all of us to share. Please explain your choices for it should lead to some interesting [...]
By Jonathan Raof, on June 21st, 2010
The Libertarian Party of Illinois will complete the petition drive to get its state-wide and district candidates on the ballot for the 2010 General Election on June 21st in Springfield. Social Bookmarking
By Jonathan Raof, on June 21st, 2010
Ron Paul says he has not decided if he will challenge President Obama for re-election in 2012, but he does predict Republicans will be more open than they were in 2008 in nominating a libertarian-minded candidate. “I think there’s no doubt about it,” Paul said in an interview with The Daily Caller; We thank the [...]
By DarrenA, on June 19th, 2010
A new bill rocketing through Congress would give the president sweeping powers to police the Web for national-security reasons. Could this be a way to block WikiLeaks? Is cyberspace about to get censored? Confronting threats ranging from Chinese superhackers to the release of secret documents on WikiLeaks and other whistleblowing websites, the Obama administration may [...]
By jim kearney, on June 18th, 2010
Donate Snitker Crashes Press Event, Demands To Be Heard FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: press@snitker2010.com website: http://www.snitker2010.com prior releases: http://pressroom.prlog.org/snitker phone: 727-403-7735 SARASOTA, FLA – When the Florida Press Association invited U.S. Senate candidates to speak to the media at the Ritz-Carlton on Thursday, there was one name absent from the list. Charlie Crist, Republican [...]
By JimW, on June 16th, 2010
Jim Weber FULL TEXT OF PROPOSED AMENDMENT: BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF FLORIDA THAT: Article II, Section 7. Natural resources and scenic beauty of the Florida Constitution is amended to add the following subsection: Public participation in local government comprehensive land use planning benefits the conservation and protection of Florida’s natural resources and [...]
By Jonathan Raof, on June 14th, 2010
The 2010 Texas gubernatorial election will be held on Tuesday, November 2, 2010 to elect the Governor of Texas, who will serve a four-year term beginning on January 18, 2011 and ends on January 20, 2015. In the Republican primary on March 2, two-term Governor Rick Perry faced Kay Bailey Hutchison, the current Senator from [...]
By DarrenA, on June 13th, 2010
The Electoral College is the name given to the process by which the American President is elected. Rather than a nationwide tally of votes being made, votes are counted state by state. States are allotted a certain number of ‘electors’ according to the size of their population. The candidate who wins the majority of votes [...]
By jim kearney, on June 11th, 2010
Please help if you can. Bill Van Allen Jr is running for FL House of Representatives, District 69. A local race with great chances to win. In order to get on the ballot he still need funds. Currently he needs $1781.82 to pay the qualifying fee. Anyone can contribute to a maximum of $500.00. Every [...]
By DarrenA, on June 11th, 2010
The United States of America, contrary to a large majority of all countries (92%), does not not have any official language at federal level, with English holding this place de facto (but not de iure). Is it time for the U.S. to catch up? Should English be the US national language? Should the US even [...]
By JimW, on June 10th, 2010
From Fortune Magazine online, June 9: “For more than 35 years, Matt Simmons has run a Texas-based boutique investment bank, Simmons & Co., which specializes in the energy industry. As BP struggles to permanently stop the gush of oil, Simmons has been warning that the scale of the spill is much bigger and that there’s [...]
By jim kearney, on June 10th, 2010
Former U.S. Representative and 2008 Presidential candidate Bob Barr offers his full endorsement to Alex Snitker in his bid for the U.S. Senate seat in Florida. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jun 09, 2010 In recent decades, Americans have faced a growing threat from the limitless power of the federal government. Our liberties are being stripped from [...]
By jim kearney, on June 9th, 2010
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy So, we have an interesting thing that went on over the weekend. A couple of New Jersey men were picked up for terrorism. Both are American. I bring this up for a reason. You see, in America, you are supposed to have committed [...]
By Jonathan Raof, on June 8th, 2010
Hello to all, here is a list of my top 15 favorite Libertarian blogs: 1. http://www.lewrockwell.com/ 2. http://www.freestateproject.org/ 3. http://www.lp.org/ 4. http://www.humblelibertarian.com/ 5. http://www.libertarianleanings.com 6. http://www.cato.org/ 7. http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/ 8. http://www.thelibertypapers.org/ 9. http://www.independent.org/ 10. http://blog.mises.org/ 11. http://reason.com/ 12. http://politeaparty.blogspot.com/ 13. http://thirdpartydaily.blogspot.com/ 14. http://bloggingfederalist.blogspot.com/ and Humbly… 15. http://libertarianviewpoint.com/ Social Bookmarking
By jim kearney, on June 8th, 2010
It is a two-man race in this poll. Everyone go to the poll and vote for Snitker. http://gainesvilleteaparty.org/state-fl-info/answer-gtps-new-poll/ Yours in Liberty Social Bookmarking
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