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Swanson Case to Hit Supreme Court

From Ballot Access News:

Swanson v Alabama Secretary of State, the ballot access case filed in 2002, will soon be before the U.S. Supreme Court. The cert petition will be filed in a week. Printing costs are being born half by the Center for Competitive Democracy, and half by the Coalition for Free & Open Elections […]

Posted in Supreme Court, Election Reform, Civil Liberties, Alabama Politics | No Comments »

It depends on what the meaning of libertarian is

If I was to suggest that I’m a libertarian who…

wants to increase taxes and social spending
opposes medical marijuana legislation
thinks gay people should be incarcerated at Guantanamo Bay
wants local police to become empowered to torture suspects
wishes to invade Canada because their dollar is doing better than ours
believes we should outlaw private gun ownership
hopes we outlaw […]

Posted in Bad Republicans, Ron Paul, Libertarian Party, Libertarian Movement | 9 Comments »

Rudy Continues to Draw Big Crowds (of Ron Paul supporters, that is)

If I was Rudy Giuliani, I’d be quite embarrassed if more Ron Paul supporters showed up to my  event than I could muster for myself.
The crowds, however, don’t seem to have gotten the message. A rally for Giuliani in front of Manchester City Hall garnered only a few dozen supporters. Backers of Ron Paul and […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Bad Republicans, Ron Paul, National Politics | 8 Comments »

Wordsmithing Common Sense

“Talking about cutting back on the Patriot Act, talking about cutting back on electronic surveillance, talking about cutting back on aggressive questioning — not torture, but aggressive questioning — wanting to remove our soldiers from Iraq in a way that would require them to give the enemy a time table of their retreat,” Giuliani said. […]

Posted in Foreign Policy, Civil Liberties, Bad Republicans, Ron Paul, National Politics | 1 Comment »

The Imposter

Bob Novak: “The danger is a serious contender for the nomination who passes the litmus test of social conservatives on abortion, gay marriage and gun control but is far removed from the conservative-libertarian model of Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan.”
Is Novak talking about Bush? Giuliani? Romney?
Nope, he’s trashing Mike Huckabee for posing as a fiscal […]

Posted in Economic Policy, Fiscal Responsibility, Taxes, Bad Republicans | 1 Comment »

Your Point-Oh-Two Cent’s Worth

If the morons weren’t already trying to override an election result with a vote of politicians, I’d say this is funny as hell.  Here’s the New York Times version of events:
VOTERS in Upper Freehold Township passed a bond question this month that will raise an additional $264,000 annually to preserve farmland in their Monmouth County […]

Posted in Taxes | 1 Comment »

Hating Hillary Won’t Be Enough

It was a sweltering late spring evening in the District of Columbia. I was tipping back drinks and chatting with Reason’s Dave Weigel about the presidential race. I don’t remember the specific event, as we were at several drink-tipping political events per month around that time of this year.
We both agreed about two […]

Posted in Bad Democrats, Bad Republicans, Ron Paul, National Politics | No Comments »

It Takes a Blue Dog

Remember all of the crap spewed by Democrats during the 2006 elections about how much they care about our civil liberties? How they were going to change Washington? Here is what Jane Harmon has up her sleeve to stick up the collective American orifice:

With overwhelming bipartisan support, Rep. Jane Harman’s “Violent Radicalization and Homegrown […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Bad Democrats | 3 Comments »

Cops Gone Wild (Again)

So what do you do if the cops mistakenly bust into your house, wreck the joint, cause bodily harm, and simply act in an uncivilized manner? What happens if it was their error that caused all of this in the first place? Here’s yet another example of what’s happening with increasing frequency around […]

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Liberty Sith

According to Reason’s Nick Gillespie, libertarians are the Sith Lords of American politics.  I just found photographic evidence to support his claim.

Photo credit: Unknown.

Posted in Libertarian Movement | 1 Comment »

You might be a terrorist if…

…you own a gun.
…you can’t afford much furniture.
…you own a pair of binoculars.
…you are a cartographer.
…you enjoy photography.
…you fly airplanes.

According to Homeland Security, this gunowner must certainly be a terrorist. I even own maps, photographs and a pair of binoculars. My son must be, as he’s away at grad school with little furniture.
They […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Bad Republicans, National Politics | 4 Comments »

Libertarians Getting More Media Attention?

The Sith Lords just hit WaPo, too. The Washington Post and the Washington Times at the same time? It seems the mainstream media is suddenly starting to take the libertarian movement more seriously of late. Must have something to do with that Ron Paul thingie people are increasingly talking about.

Posted in Ron Paul, National Politics, Libertarian Movement | 3 Comments »

Twiggy Claus is Coming to Town

In a new burst of political correctness, the new Santa Claus in Great Britain will be a healthy figure only Mike Huckabee or Hillary Clinton could love.
Santa is being told to shift the pounds before Christmas - because the obese saint is failing to set a “good example” for children.
The traditional children’s hero, best known […]

Posted in Health Care, Culture | No Comments »

Libertarian Sith Lords?

According to Reason editor Nick Gillespie, libertarians are now the Sith Lords of American politics:
“We’re the Sith Lords of American politics. We can show up in any group. We’re both terrifying and devilishly attractive.”
I’m not sure if it’s better or worse than Micheal Kinsley’s impression:
More pessimistically, liberal writer Michael Kinsley recently opined in Time that […]

Posted in Libertarian Movement | 6 Comments »

To Protect and to Serve

Rarely a day passes lately without some new tale of police officers abusing people with tasers. Here’s the latest example:
Authorities are speeding up their investigation of a state trooper who zapped a motorist with a Taser now that video of the traffic stop has been posted on YouTube, the Utah Highway Patrol said Wednesday.
The […]

Posted in Zero Tolerance, Civil Liberties | 11 Comments »