David Farrer: A Scottish Libertarian Deconstructs the Independence Vote
Jeff Deist and David Farrer deconstruct Thursday #39;s referendum vote from a libertarian perspective. http://wealthynation.org/ http://freedomandwhisky.blogspot...
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Libertarian Scientist Doesn #39;t Know the Nazis Were Supported by Big Business #ClimateMarch
Corporate funded Libertarian scientist claims demonizing Carbon Dioxide emissions is just like the Nazis demonizing the Jews and carrying out a holocaust. Outrageous. Where is the ADL on this...
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KERRY LESTER, Associated Press
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) The Libertarian running for Illinois governor recognizes he has little chance of winning the November election, but he could play a significant role in deciding who does.
Chad Grimm, the third name on the ballot in one of the nation's hardest-fought governor's races, is a fiscal conservative who believes in minimalist government. The race is expected to be very close between Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn and Republican challenger Bruce Rauner so if Grimm pulls away more than a few votes from Rauner, his candidacy could be instrumental in tipping the scales.
Illinois Republicans have used party attorneys and private investigators to try to get Grimm knocked off the ballot. While the effort has been unsuccessful so far, Grimm says it has cost him nearly $100,000 in legal fees, exhausting his war chest and limiting his ability to campaign.
Grimm, a 33-year-old gym manager from Peoria who has dabbled in acting, said his realistic goal is neither to win the governor's race, nor to be a spoiler. It's to build support for the Libertarians and boost third party candidates' chances in future elections, because he believes the main two parties don't offer a real solution to Illinois' urgent problems.
"I really do believe, and this goes back to the spoiler scenario, (that) whoever wins, unless it's me, we're not going to get anything different in Springfield," he told The Associated Press in an interview.
Libertarian candidates traditionally attract few Illinois voters. In 2010, the party's candidate for governor received 1 percent of the vote while all third-party candidates drew 7 percent. In that race, Quinn beat Republican state Sen. Bill Brady by a margin of less than half of one percent, and this year's race could be just as close.
The Libertarians also have a candidate for U.S. Senate on the ballot Sharon Hansen of Pontiac, a 63-year-old innkeeper who says Republicans and Democrats have "ruled the country for far too long." Her name will appear on the ballot alongside Democrat Dick Durbin and Republican state Sen. Jim Oberweis.
The state Board of Elections approved putting the Libertarians on the ballot, but ruled that candidates for the Green, Constitution and Independent parties had not gathered sufficient petition signatures. Last week, a Sangamon County judge rejected an appeal by Republicans seeking to have Grimm thrown off the ballot.
Rauner's campaign says it doesn't see Grimm as a real threat.
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Albany, New York (PRWEB) September 23, 2014
The Libertarian Party of New York submitted over 35,000 signatures last month to afford New Yorkers an alternative to the policies of the two major parties.
Libertarian Party State Chair Mark Axinn commented, "Once again, the Libertarian Party has amassed enough signatures so that voters have a third choice rather than only the Democrat and Republican Parties this November. The Libertarian Party candidates will actually slow the growth of government."
New Yorks Libertarian ticket will be headed by Long Island Real Estate Broker Michael McDermott for Governor. Michael is joined by fellow Libertarian candidates Chis Edes for Lt. Governor, U.S. Navy veteran John Clifton for Comptroller, Manhattan defense lawyer Carl Person for Attorney General, Grant Lally for Congressional District 3 (Long Island), Gigi Bowman for Senate District 5 (Long Island) and Mark Glogowski, Assembly District 139 (western New York). In all, twelve Libertarians filed for public office in New York State.
Speaking for the 42 year-old Libertarian Party of New York, which defends constitutionally limited government, individual freedom, and an end to all prohibition, Gubernatorial candidate Michael McDermott stated, Now 12 million New Yorkers will not be limited to choosing only between the two major parties. Instead, New Yorkers can cast their votes for a balanced budget, real growth in private sector jobs, an end to the welfare state, and an end to needless suffering caused by drug prohibition."
The Libertarian Party is the 3rd largest political party and is committed to promoting individual liberty and freedom, a truly Free Market and adherance to the US Constitution.
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The Great Libertarian Paradise Experiment Has Failed
Richard Eskow, Campaign for America #39;s Future / The Zero Hour, joins Thom Hartmann. Believe it or not - there actually is a real-life Galt #39;s Gulch populated by real people who hate the government...
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Julie Fox, Libertarian For Illinois Comptroller 2014 - Ad 1
Julie Fox is the 2014 Libertarian candidate for Comptroller in Illinois. She is a Certified Public Accountant, and the ONLY accountant running for the accounting position of comptroller. More...
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JACKSONVILLE BEACH, Fla.
Beer containers aren't usually a topic in Florida gubernatorial races, but for Libertarian candidate Adrian Wyllie the state's ban on small brewers filling half-gallon jugs illustrates how regulations reward campaign contributors and stifle competitors.
Sipping a pint of Count Shakula chocolate oatmeal stout, Wyllie chatted with a Green Room Brewing customer about how the Republican-led Legislature blocked the legalization of half-gallon growlers or refillable beer jugs when quart and gallon growlers can be filled and sold in limitless amounts at Florida breweries. Behind the defeat was one of the state's Budweiser distributors, who is a longtime supporter of Senate President Don Gaetz and could lose business if craft brewers gain customers.
"Tallahassee shouldn't be setting up road blocks for small businesses, they should be clearing them out of the way," said Wyllie, who visited the Jacksonville Beach pub during a month-long tour of Florida craft breweries to promote his campaign.
Wyllie, 44, of Palm Harbor, is a longshot, but he is gaining support as voters are turned off by their choices in what's become one of the most negative campaigns waged in Florida. Republican Gov. Rick Scott still struggles with his approval rating and polls show many voters also don't trust Republican-turned-Democrat former Gov. Charlie Crist.
Recent polls show Wyllie getting about 5 percent of the vote, which would be a Florida record for a statewide Libertarian candidate. Wyllie is the first Libertarian to run for governor in Florida, but the party's presidential and Senate candidates have never topped a half-percent. Wyllie has raised about $80,000, a fraction of the $24 million Crist has raised and the $45 million Scott has received.
"Voters are so frustrated by both parties that I wouldn't be surprised if the third-party candidate did better than they usually do," said Matthew Corrigan, a University of North Florida political science professor. "If Wyllie gets 5 to 10 percent, that could have a major impact on our governor's race depending on which way voters go."
As a Libertarian, Wyllie believes government should stay out of most personal and business affairs as long as no one is harmed. He wants to cut state spending, taxes and regulations but he also supports gay marriage, the legalization of marijuana and abortion rights. It's a philosophy that appeals to some Democrats and some Republicans.
Wyllie, who owns a small information technology consulting firm, believes the Legislature's treatment of craft brewers shows what's wrong with government. Instead of helping a rapidly growing industry, Republicans agreed to lift the ban on half-gallon growlers but only if the small brewers agreed to additional regulations that would have restricted their growth. The bill died.
"Some of these brewers would actually have to sell their beer to a distributor and buy it back at an increased cost before they could sell it in their own establishment. That's ridiculous," Wyllie said.
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Published September 21. 2014 4:00AM
Of the three candidates challenging U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney, D-2nd District, as he seeks a fifth term in Congress, at least two think many of the nation's problems can be solved by reducing the size of the government.
Congressional hopefuls Dan Reale, a freelance paralegal from Plainfield, and Lori Hopkins-Cavanagh, a real estate broker who ran for mayor of New London in 2011, don't hide their libertarian leanings. They speak of limiting the federal government and talk about the Constitution with reverence. Neither has held political office before. Each of them sought the Republican endorsement in May and the Libertarian endorsement in late June.
Although their philosophies are similar, Reale, who is running as a Libertarian, and Hopkins-Cavanagh, who is on the Republican ticket, bring different platforms, priorities and backgrounds to the race against Courtney and Green Party candidate Bill Clyde.
Hopkins-Cavanagh beat out Reale and a third candidate for the Republican nomination. Although she is affiliated with the Connecticut Libertarian Party, which requires her to pay dues of $25 a year and sign a nonaggression pledge, Hopkins-Cavanagh is a registered Republican and describes herself as a "constitutional conservative."
"If (former President Ronald) Reagan's a libertarian, then yes, I'm the same Republican that Reagan was," said Hopkins-Cavanagh, 54, who said she is primarily interested in the emphasis libertarians put on "fiscal responsibility."
Although Reale, 32, lost his bid for the Republican nomination, he won the support of Libertarians for the third time in a row. This will be the first time Reale won't need to petition to get his name on the ballot, because he received more than 1 percent of the vote in 2012.
He's thrilled that he has automatic ballot access this year, because petition drives "take pieces of your soul out."
Reale said he sought the Republican nomination at the request of friends in the party who said they were dissatisfied with their choices and didn't seem deterred by his loss.
"I'm a Libertarian. I don't just believe in it, I live it," said Reale, who stayed in the race in 2012 despite going through a divorce, dealing with his mother's death and suffering from pneumonia.
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Capitalism BAD Replace It With Libertarian Communism says Retard
Rights to Vladimir Jaffe Anarchist talking to Former Soviet Citizen. One talks about Ideas the other lived through such stupidity.
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Robert Sarvis, Libertarian Candidate for Senate, On VA Military and Veteran Affairs #1
In an era of military and defense cutbacks, how does Virginia continue to leverage our proven record as the best host state and preserve our military assets?
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Michael McDermott, Libertarian, for New York State Governor.
Hello, Michael McDermott is Libertarian running for New York State Governor. He is running because he believes that for decades our future has been dictated by the failed policies of the...
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David Farrer: A Scottish Libertarian Deconstructs the Vote
Jeff Deist and David Farrer deconstruct Thursday #39;s referendum vote from a libertarian perspective. http://wealthynation.org/ http://freedomandwhisky.blogspot.co.uk/
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What #39;s a Libertarian Life and How to Live it Now? - More Liberty Now Podcast 0003
+John Tyner, +Alejandro Vidal, Steven Handel and +George Donnelly are talking about how to lead a libertarian life in the here and now. Our focus is on concretes and practicalities so please...
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Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback and Democratic challenger Paul Davis sparred over education, taxes, economic development and more during their second debate, before 250 business leaders Friday, Sept. 19, 2014, in Overland Park.
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Overland Park All three candidates for governor faced each other Friday during a debate in Johnson County, answering questions about tax policy, economic development, education funding and a variety of issues.
For the most part, though, the major candidates stuck to their key talking points, with Republican Gov. Sam Brownback boasting that his tax cuts are producing economic growth, while Rep. Paul Davis, the Democratic candidate from Lawrence, promised to restore cuts in base aid to public schools that have occurred under the Brownback administration.
Meanwhile, Libertarian candidate Keen Umbehr used the debate to promote his fair tax that would eliminate income taxes for everyone and replace them with a statewide consumption tax.
The candidates also tailored their remarks to the Johnson County audience, especially when criticizing each other.
Representative Davis talks about more money for schools, but hes not talking about your schools. He is talking about your money, Brownback said, suggesting that Johnson County as a whole accounts for a large percentage of the taxes paid into the state and therefore helps subsidize the school budgets of less populous, less wealthy areas.
Davis fired back, saying Johnson County has suffered under the education cuts, which he blamed on Brownbacks policy of cutting taxes.
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VAIL Libertarian candidates for the state Legislature are taking their campaigns to a new high.
Lee Mulcahy for State Senate is hosting a fine dining cannabis exploration in the Vail Sonnenalps Garmisch-Munich room.
My populist campaign is about government overreach and making government work for the people, Mulcahy said.
Mulcahy is running to represent Colorados state Senate District 5, seven counties including Eagle and Pitkin. The longtime Aspen resident will be biking over with friends from Basalt.
Thom Haupt is running for the state House District 26 seat, Eagle and Routt counties.
Sundays Fine Dining Exploration will educate diners on the benefits of marijuana and showcase the how marijuana can be incorporated into the fine dining experience. The event will feature recipes from the Food & Wine Fine Dining Cannabis Exploration presented by chef Randy Placeres, of Aspen Culinary Solutions.
Placeres said he will use a variety of infused oils and butters on the food he prepares. The first course, for example, is a yellowtail crudo with coconut-ginger sativa oil.
The THC levels will be minimal, Placeres said.
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Mulcahy said its just plain wrong for Colorado to spend more on prisons than higher education.
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Rand Paul insists hes not an isolationist. Luckily for him, many in his libertarian base are willing to let him keep saying that.
A movement that often demands ideological purity is, for now, largely giving the potential 2016 presidential contender a pass, even as he appears to take some foreign policy positions well beyond traditional libertarian limits.
Libertarians say theyre willing to look the other way because the Kentucky Republican the son of isolationist iconoclast Ron Paul is their best hope for taking their views into the mainstream and all the way to the White House. In more than a dozen interviews at a libertarian conference this week in Alexandria, Virginia, many attendees said they understand if Paul, who recently came out in favor of airstrikes against militants in Iraq, has to hedge on some issues to gain broader appeal but that they still believe hes one of them at heart.
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Hes playing two games, said John Walsh, a former professor of physiology at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Hes trying to position himself so he doesnt get tripped up and ruled out [of 2016], and at the same time, maintain his anti-interventionism.
Paul already faces deep skepticism from many establishment Republicans. They are quick to note that he once espoused isolationist-leaning views, including arguing for ending all foreign aid, including to Israel; reining in defense spending and expressing deep reluctance to intervene in the Middle East. He has since distanced himself from some of those positions saying, for instance, that he would not support ending aid to Israel anytime soon but hawkish members of the GOP donor class remain unconvinced.
When people meet Sen. Paul in person, theyre impressed by him, and he exceeds the expectations they have based upon the rantings of his father, said one Republican who works closely with hawkish GOP donors. He can change his positions now and come across as friendly in one-on-one meetings, but he still, at some point, is going to have to explain for his previous positions. And by the way, if he actually flips to a pro-Israel or more interventionist foreign policy, hes going to lose a lot of his base libertarian isolationist supporters.
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But at this weeks Liberty Political Action Conference, it was clear that, for now, Paul maintains a large reservoir of support even among the most hardcore libertarians.
More than 600 ardent libertarian activists gathered for the event, which is tied to Ron Paul, who is idolized at LPAC. Those gathered were far from mainstream Republicans: Many are deeply anti-war and pro-pot; several could be heard muttering conspiracy theories about how past presidential elections were stolen from Ron Paul; one screamed at a reporter for ruining America. Yet they represent an energetic segment of the grass roots that would be vital to a Rand Paul presidential bid.
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Vote Michael McDermott, Libertarian, for Governor
Michael McDermott talks about how to turn New York State around this November. Check out his website and Donate at: http://VoteMcDermott.org.
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