No more "Hokey Cokey" says the UKIP leader

From Eric Dondero:

Nigel Farage, leader of the Tea Party/libertarian-like UK Independence was interviewed by The Spectator two days before local elections nationwide. One of his questions came on France's version of UKIP. Farage called Marine Le Pen "a very, very interesting figure, fascinating. She’s different..."

Though acknowledging that her Party has a lot of "baggage" from the past, Farage went on to praise her new direction:

Her euroscepticism is genuine, more so than her father’s certainly: he used to do the hokey-cokey with us: one minute a friend, the next cast into outer dark.

It’s encouraging to hear her say the things she says on immigration and repatriating power

Marine Le Pen comes along and she says a lot of things that are different, she even said in the Telegraph over the New Year that wants to model her party on Ukip not the BNP.

Le Pen was quoted from the London Telegraph, Dec. 26, 2010:

The FN, she insisted, was neither racist nor xenophobic but simply a "patriotic" party with more in common with Britain's Ukip and its "opposition to the totalitarian character of the EU and its desire to remove people's sovereignty"

From Eric Dondero:

From thisiskent.com.uk:

UKIP have won their first ever borough council seat in Tunbridge Wells.

Victor Webb, the party's local leader, will represent Rusthall after edging out the sitting Tory Barry Edwards.

In a closely-fought contest, Mr Webb won 634 votes compared to Mr Edwards' 560.

Just 20 votes behind was Thomas Snook for the Lib Dems.

Mr Webb's victory brought gasps from the election count at Tunbridge Wells Town Hall.

Nationwide, UKIP won 7 Councilor seats, and is now the 2nd largest "third party" in the UK behind the Greens:

UKIP: 7
BNP: 2
English Democrats: 2

BNP = British Nationalist Party.

From Eric Dondero:

In the last go around, UK Independence Party received 1.5% in a very far left district in the London burbs.

This time they ran Abhijit Pandya who called for the expulsion of illegal Muslim immigrants on welfare. He gained nationwide and even worldwide publicity for his brash style and frank talk.

According to the Euro-based libertarian blog Gates of Vienna, Pandya made opposition to increasing Islamization of Great Britain a centerpiece of his campaign. Detractors inside the UKIP who felt he marginalized the Party by placing too much emphasis on the single issue of fighting Islamism labeled him a "libertarian." (UKIP Discuss Forum).

However, Pandya received 2.9%, a gain of 1.4% for the UKIP.

From Eric Dondero:

UK Police try to hold them back. But Muslim demonstrators in London, stormed the US Embassy, and violently protested at other locations throughout the city yesterday.

One Muslim cleric leads a chant:

USA you will die! Barack Obama you will die!

1865: Miscegenation [Statute]
Unlawful for officials to issue marriage licenses to persons of African descent and the other a white person. Penalty: A misdemeanor that carried a fine between $200 and $500, or confinement in jail for three months, or both. Ministers who married such persons also guilty of a misdemeanor, and fined between $500 and $1,000, or confied in jail for six months, or both. -- JimCrowHistory.org

From Eric Dondero:

The Muslim Brotherhood has been campaigning for upcoming Egyptian elections on a platform that includes strict adherence to fundamentalist Muslim ideology. In a recent interview party leader Essam Elarian made homophobic statements and "specifically excluded gay rights" from human rights.

But the MB is taking their discriminatory policies one step further. Under MB rule, if they prevail in the elections as is largely expected, Christian Coptic men (and presumably members from any other non-Muslim faith) will be prohibited from marrying or having relations with any Muslim female.

From afrol News, Afrol.com:

At a recent rally attended by about 25,000 people in Tanta, north of Cairo, Mohammed Badie, leader of the Muslim Brotherhood was reported to state that "it is not permissible for democracy to allow what is forbidden (haram) or forbid what is allowed (halal) even if the entire nation agreed to it."

we will not allow under the pretext of national unity that a Muslim woman would get married to a Christian man which violates the Islamic law."

Ironically, as faith-based blog Crosswalk.com reported in 2010, Muslim men across the Islamic world are more than permitted to marry Christian woman, even if the woman are unwilling, and even if they are underage.

Christian girls throughout the Islamic world are being abducted and trafficked for commercial sexual exploitation and coerced into domestic servitude. Equally shocking is that Muslim men are offered financial incentives when they marry a Christian girl - a technique designed by Islamic fundamentalists to convert young girls to Islam forcefully.

Of course, many people would simply call that Slavery.

The Ayn Rand Party?

From Eric Dondero:

Pamela Geller, a friend of this website, may now be the most well-known spokesperson for the pro-defense wing of the libertarian movement.

In response to a question about the name of her blog by Stage Right (Breitbart.com), Pamela Geller tells how her political activism all got started - in response to the attacks on her native New York by Muslim extremists on 9/11. And she describes her dedication to Ayn Rand, and her philosophy:

INTERVIEWER: Before blogging about Islamic extremism, were you focued on free market issues, as well?

GELLER: Let me say this. Atlas Shrugs or Ayn Rand is more than about politics or ethics or capitalism. It is philosophy. I mean I consider her to be, in my mind the absolute number one philosopher, even surpassing Aristrotle.

I named the blog... Atlas Shrugs was my favorite book. So, I named it Atlas Shrugs so, you would know the nature of my knowledge. You'd understand my epistomology. If you read the book. And you would share the affection and the love that I have for her... And at the time very few people were interested in Rand.

And then Barbara Branden would write to me. And when Atlas Shrugs was 50 years-old, ya know, the Ayn Rand Institute sent me a beautiful book. It was kind of cool.

It's based on, look, my premise is individual rights. This is my premise. And this was you know the founding principle of America. The first moral government in human history... was America based on individual rights.

And everything noble, and just was the logical fidelity to that principle. And that's what I'm fighting for.

My political party is capitalism. That's my political party.

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Stepfather felt she was "becomming too Westernized"

From WNEM.com, Saginaw:

Authorities said a Minnesota man killed his 20-year-old stepdaughter in Michigan because she left home and wasn't following Islam.

Forty-five-year-old Rahim Alfetlawi was being held in the Macomb County Jail without bond after being charged with first-degree murder in the death Saturday of Jessica Mokdad at her grandmother's home in the Detroit suburb of Warren.

Warren Police Detective Lt. Michael Torey said the Coon Rapids man went to police in neighboring Center Line to report the shooting... [He] told police the gun accidentally discharged when he pulled it out, but police believe he intentionally shot her in the head.

He forced her to wear a traditional Headscarf

More from Fox News WJBK, Warren:

Jessica Mokedad’s friends and family told us that for the first time in her life, she was finally happy. She had friends and freedom, but her stepfather is accused of taking that all away.

He forced her to wear a traditional head scarf instead of allowing her to make that decision on her own, and when she stopped wearing a scarf, friends say he became furious.

“She just wants to express herself the way she wants and not what he wants,” said friend Kayla Chuba.

Stop Islamization of America SIOA.com

Mission Accomplished

From Eric Dondero:

A stunning remark last night, by America's best-known non-interventionist.

Quoted by the National Review, interview prior to South Carolina debate, asked about his foreign policy views:

“Every day we see more people moving in that direction,” he says. “I don’t think that it will be a difficult argument to make. We have accomplished what we went over there for.”

See related LR article "Ron Paul gets fired from Board of YAF (over foreign policy views)," Feb. 13.

The Senator is "terrified" by a Tea Party challenge from the Right

From Eric Dondero:

The Hill reports that the Senator from Maine "Facing possible Tea Party challenger, Snowe moves right."

They quote the former Young Americans for Freedom Executive Director:

“Clearly the senator has been voting more conservative over the past few months,” said Brian Darling, senior fellow for government studies at the Heritage Foundation.

“I wouldn’t consider her all of a sudden to be a conservative but she’s voting more conservatively,” he said.

Her recent votes include: against further EPA regulations; against Planned Parenthood funding; for losening restrictions on small business to boost employment; and, even a in favor of an amendment by "Tea Party favorite" Republican Senator Rand Paul seeking full congressional authorization before any presidential actions in Libya.

Democrats accuse Snowe of scrambling to appease conservative voters at home in anticipation of a possible Tea-Party challenge next year.

“For good reason, Olympia Snowe is terrified of a conservative primary challenge,” said Shripal Shah, spokesman for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. “Today she tried to score political points with her base at the expense of Maine’s economy and small businesses.”

Andrew Ian Dodge - electthedodge.com, is a regular reader of Libertarian Republican, and member of the Maine Republican Liberty Caucus. He is also a former statewide chairman for the ME Tea Party. He is Olympia Snowe's main challenger for the GOP nomination.

Important Note - Senator Snowe is a friend of libertarian Republicans in Maine. She even attended a recent RLC meeting to field questions from the groups members. Some libertarian Republicans, notably Governor Le Page, and stalwart Lewiston libertarian Stravos Mendros, are going against their friend Andrew Ian Dodge, and supporting Ms. Snowe. This website supports the Senator, but hopes that Andrew will continue to have a positive impact on moving her more to the libertarian position.

From Eric Dondero:

The Travis County Libertarian Party candidates bi-annual forum has grown into an influential, and must attend ritual for Austin office-seekers.

This year virtually all the candidates for Austin City Council showed up. And by all accounts lots was learned and the candidates had a fun time.

One incumbent - Randi Shade pronounced she's more "Libertarian" than we may think. Significant, as she's a Democrat. A quick check of her records shows she's mostly about affirmative action programs for special interest groups, and expanding city services. But she does have a libertarian streak on one single issue - she fought against more regulations imposed on street vendors.

The Austin Post has full coverage of the forum, with some zany highlights fitting for a city that espouses itself on bumper stickers "Keep Austin Weird." Like, who ever knew flouridation of city water was such a hotly contested issue.

But a bit of a controversy has enused post-forum. The Post leads its coverage:

Did you know Max Nofziger enjoys pat downs? Did you know Kathie Tovo and Randi Shade have used marijuana, but Kris Bailey has not? That and much more was on display Wednesday night at the Travis County Libertarian Party (TCLP) forum for Austin City council candidates.

In the comments section a Bailey supporter quickly shot back:

I believe it would be more accurate to say Kris Bailey "does not" (smoke pot)...he said "it's been a long time." So we can't fault him for never having given it the ol' college try 😉

And the next day Bailey himself corrects the record:

The question was "Have you ever smoked pot" and my answer was in fact "it's been a long time." I certainly have done this in the past but it has been many years, so that would be a slight error in the article here. I was making the point that even though I do not smoke marijuana, I believe firmly that the laws surrounding it are wrong and create criminals as opposed to stopping crime. Hence, I am trying to loosen the laws and reduce the amount of resources being used to pursue marijuana related arrests.

Photos - candidates Shade and Bailey.

Fmr. PA Sen.: Majority will over Individual Rights

From Eric Dondero:

The long-awaited South Carolina GOP debate occured last night in Greenville. Both Ron Paul and Gary Johnson took strong stances in favor of drug legalization. Paul even acknowledged he favored legalizing heroin. Johnson emphasized marijuana.

From Greenvilleonline.com "GOP debate airs libertarian views":

“I think as a result of my candidacy, a lot of people will be talking that wouldn’t be talking about it otherwise, and it’s an issue that does really well under the light of day, with a little light shined on it.”

He continued with some surprisingly encouraging words for the Republican Party.

“I’m trying to grow the Republican Party,” he said in response to a question from GreenvilleOnline.com. “I do believe that the Republican Party is the only party capable of fixing what’s going on right now, which is the fact that we’re bankrupt.”

One GOPer was not happy with Johnson and Paul's stance.

The drug issue was distasteful to former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania, who claims to hold to moral values of the nation’s founders.

“Laws reflect the collective morality of our people,” he said. “This idea that people should be able to go and do whatever they want and it doesn’t really matter as long as it doesn’t hurt anybody, that’s not our founders’ view of freedom.”

Sidenote; Herman Cain, Johnson, Paul, Tim Pawlenty and Rick Santorum were the participants. The overwhelming consensus from the right blogosphere, and from a flash poll by Frank Luntz on Hannity's show, was that Herman Cain was the clear winner.

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"Young people in the Middle East are just lapping up Bollywood; the songs, the dance, the hot babes... they just love this stuff"

by James Fryar

Some time ago Libertarian Republican featured a Muslim model and actress, Veena Malic, who earned the ire of Clerics by appearing in an Indian reality show. When challenged by one of them she fought back and became something of a heroine across the web.

From LR, "Hot Pakistani Actress taunts prudish Muslim Cleric on Indian National TV" March 18:

Veena Malik fled to India for her acting career. Now Pakistan's Culture Police are on her tail, attempting to lure her back to Pakistan.

Notes the narrator in this Reason video:

The Number of people who watch Bollywood is larger than Hollywood, 4 billion to 3.6 billion

Islamic radical clergy have been railing about the effect of western music, which they wanted, banned as it distracts youth from their religious duties. I have always advocated that we hit them with rock and roll; they have no defense mechanisms against it.

The new threat to them seems to be Bollywood. I can’t say I’m surprised, damn nice chicks, and catchy.

James Fryar lives in central Australia. He is publisher of Real World Libertarian, which covers world events from a pro-defense libertarian view.

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