The Time For Liberty
July 25th, 2008The Time For Liberty
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It’s worth far more than a thousand words. Watch it. Listen to it. The message is clear.
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Latest Barr Polling
July 10th, 2008Latest Barr Polling
Looking Good
Amazingly, with almost no advertising, support around the country is increasing for Libertarian presidential candidate Bob Barr.
A Zogby poll releases on July 9th shows some respectable percentages:
New Hampshire - 10%
Oklahoma - 9%
New Mexico - 9%
Nevada - 9%
Georgia - 8%
Colorado - 8%
Minnesota - 8%
Iowa - 8%
Arizona - 7%
Ohio - 7%
Indiana - 7%
Tennessee - 7%
Texas - 6%
Florida - 6%
Missouri - 6%
Oregon - 6%
Michigan - 6%
Maryland - 6%
South Carolina - 6%
Virginia - 5%
Illinois - 5%
Washington - 5%
California - 5%
Connecticut - 5%
Massachusetts - 5%
Pennsylvania - 5%
For a third party candidate who has not been allowed to participate in any national debates, this is promising. And, more promising, is that these numbers are all going up.
Mr Barr needs to hit 10% nationally to get in the Google/YouTube Presidential Debate on September 18th in New Orleans.
Let’s help him get there!
Barr On Fox
June 30th, 2008Barr On Fox
Spread The Word
Libertarian presidential candidate Bob Barr was on Fox News Sunday (6/29/2008) with Chris Wallace.
Good interview and well-worth your time to watch and listen.
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Issues 2008 - Part IV
June 24th, 2008Issues 2008 - Part IV
Restoring National Defense
For far too long and at the cost of American blood and treasure, our great military has been too willingly and quickly used for purposes other than national defense. Our fighting men and women deserve better and the integrity of our nation must be restored.
Our National Defense policy must renew a commitment to non-intervention. We are not the world’s police force and our long, yet recently tarnished, tradition of respecting the sovereignty of other nations is necessary, not from only a moral standpoint, but to regain the respect of the world as a principled and peaceful nation.
The proper use of force is clear. If attacked, the aggressor will experience firsthand the skillful wrath of the American fighting man. However, invading or initiating force against another nation based upon perceived threats and speculative intelligence is simply un-American. We are better than the policy of pre-emptive warfare.
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Issues 2008 - Part III
June 22nd, 2008Issues 2008 - Part III
Secure The Borders
The current platform of the Libertarian Party paints a bright and accurate picture regarding the issue of immigration: “Our borders are currently neither open, closed, nor secure. This situation restricts the labor pool, encouraging employers to hire undocumented workers, while leaving those workers neither subject to nor protected by the law. A completely open border allows foreign criminals, carriers of communicable diseases, terrorists and other potential threats to enter the country unchecked. Pandering politicians guarantee access to public services for undocumented aliens, to the detriment of those who would enter to work productively, and increasing the burden on taxpayers.”
Resolving this issue will be a challenge for America as it means that we must be aggressive in securing our borders while at the same time, vigilantly fighting the nanny state that seeks to coddle even those capable of providing for their own personal prosperity.
Until all governments are willing to take a unified front to confront this problem, it is the duty of the federal government to secure our borders from criminals, terrorists and those seeking to take advantage of the American taxpayer.
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Issues 2008 - Part II
June 21st, 2008Issues 2008 - Part II
Maximize Individual Liberty & Restore the Constitution
The United States was created for the purpose of securing the liberties of its people. The colonists fled oppressive old world governments. The nation’s founders drafted the Constitution to sharply limit the federal government’s powers. The horrors perpetrated by the many collectivist tyrannies of the 20th Century demonstrate that the danger of government, any government, violating individual liberty is greater today than when America was founded.
Unfortunately, in recent years government at all levels has shown growing disrespect for the Constitution, particularly the Fourth Amendment that protects citizens from unlawful searches and seizures. The sustained government attack on the sanctity of the rights of the individual, including their right to be secure in their privacy and property, has created a moral and Constitutional crisis. America’s elected officials at all levels must renew their respect for the law and work to protect the rights of individuals.
The place to start is restoring the writ of Habeas Corpus, which protects against unlawful detention, and thus stands at the core of individual liberty. Article 1 of the Constitution provides that this right shall not be suspended without clear and necessary cause, such as during an invasion. In passing the Military Commissions Act of 2006, Congress, pushed by President George W. Bush, effectively ended this protection within America. The Constitutional protections of Habeas Corpus should not be sacrificed so easily.
Finally, an increasingly intrusive Nanny State is watching over our nation, meddling in the lives of its citizens. New measures, often rushed through legislatures and regulatory agencies with little consideration or thought, seek to control ever more aspects of people’s lives. Government limits individual actions and choices, from the way in which we educate our children to the food that we eat, from the type of light bulbs that illuminate our living rooms to the benefits that we receive for working. It is time to again trust individuals to make their own decisions. At the core of libertarianism is a trust in and respect for the personal choices of every individual. All Americans should be free to decide what is best for themselves and their families. At the same time, they must bear personal responsibility for the consequences of the decisions that they make, whether those decisions prove to be good or bad.
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Issues 2008 - Part I
June 21st, 2008Issues 2008 - Part I
Big Government and Big Spending - The Root of all Problems
Government spending at all levels is out of control. Most Americans understand the problem of “earmarks,” commonly used by pork-minded congressmen to buy votes. But while earmarks are an outrageous abuse of the taxpayer’s money, they account for a very small percentage of federal spending. Over the past decade, total government spending (state, local and federal) has increased from $2.9 trillion to an astonishing $5.1 trillion in 2008. The $3.1 trillion federal budget submitted by President Bush for next year was greater than the combined 1998 spending of the federal government, all 50 states and over 87,000 local governments.
The federal government must take the lead in making significant cuts in spending. Focusing on earmarks risks distracting attention from the broader problem of a government wildly wasting the money of hard-working Americans. Tens of billions of dollars in corporate welfare — essentially aid to dependent corporations — should be eliminated. Largesse for middle- and upper-income Americans, particularly so-called “entitlement” programs, must be cut. Billions in so-called defense spending, which protects America’s populous, prosperous allies rather than Americans, must be eliminated.
Cutting spending would allow America to implement real tax reform. Our goal should be to reduce both the tax burden on Americans and the intrusion in their lives resulting from IRS enforcement of the income tax. One of the best approaches would be to adopt some form of a consumption tax, like a national sales tax, replacing the Internal Revenue Service and all federal income taxes as well as payroll taxes.
It is not enough to eliminate the income tax. We also must repeal the 16th amendment, which authorizes Congress to levy an income tax. Without doing so, there would be an ever-present danger that a future Congress would attempt to bring back the income tax on top of the Fair Tax or any other alternative to the income tax.
Barr 2008
May 28th, 2008Barr 2008
Learn The Issues
It’s time to send a message to Washington and to America! The “lesser of two evils” can no longer be tolerated! Voters deserve to cast a vote for principle and, in 2008, there is only one hope for true, principled leadership in America and his name is Bob Barr.
Bob served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1995 to 2003 and continually fought to protect your civil liberties. During his service, Bob uncovered wide spread government spying, placed the Sunset Clause in the USA PATRIOT Act and was a House Impeachment Manager that led to the impeachment of William Jefferson Clinton for lying under oath in litigation related to Paula Jones.
Bob was also the first to call for the impeachment of President Clinton by sponsoring H.Res. 304.
Since leaving Congress, Bob continues to fight daily for the rights of all Americans. Bob serves on the board of the National Rifle Association and works with the American Conservative Union as well as having served on the board of the Libertarian National Committee.
I’m asking you to show your support for Bob and his presidential campaign by making a generous donation today. Your donation will help Bob move strongly towards November and allow him to challenge the other candidates and their ’status quo’ politics.
Please donate today and thank you for your time and support.
Think
May 25th, 2008Think
Differently, That Is
The following press release was just posted by the Libertarian Party moments ago.
Libertarian Party selects Bob Barr as 2008 presidential nominee
Former Congressman plans to take the White House as Libertarian candidate
Denver - The Libertarian Party has nominated former Congressman Bob Barr as its candidate for president for the 2008 election.
“I’m sure we will emerge here with the strongest ticket in the history of the Libertarian Party,” Barr stated in his victory speech shortly after being selected as the Party’s nominee. “I want everybody to remember that we only have 163 days to win this election. We cannot waste one single day.”
More than 650 Libertarian delegates met in Denver from May 22 till the 26 for the 2008 Libertarian National Convention. After six rounds of voting Sunday afternoon, Barr was selected as the Party’s presidential nominee.
“We’re proud to present to the American voters Bob Barr as our presidential nominee,” says Libertarian Party spokesperson Andrew Davis. “While Republicans and Democrats will fight for their own power in November, Libertarians will fight for Americans. Bob Barr is one of the strongest candidates in the Party’s 37-year history, and we look for him to have an enormous impact in the 2008 race. Republicans and Democrats have good reason to fear a candidate like Barr, who refuses to accept the ‘business-as-usual’ attitude of the current political establishment. Americans want and need another choice, and that choice is Bob Barr.”
The Libertarian Party is America’s third largest political party, founded in 1971 as an alternative to the two main political parties. You can find more information on the Libertarian Party by visiting www.LP.org. The Libertarian Party proudly stands for smaller government, lower taxes and more freedom.
For more information, or to arrange a media interview, please call Andrew Davis at (202) 333-0008 during normal business hours, or at (202) 731-0002 during any other time. For an interview with the Barr campaign, please contact Audrey Mullen at (703) 548-1160.
Now is the time for a REAL change. Or, do you really just want more of the same two-party monopoly?
Voice Of Justice
May 23rd, 2008Voice Of Justice
Be Careful What You Ask For
As any reader of this blog should already know, I am continuing to follow the Angela Garbarino case as closely as possible, and I will support Angie in any way possible.
Yesterday, Katie brought to my attention an online petition demanding the prosecution of Officer Willis for crimes committed against Ms Garbarino. I assured her that I would check it out, and plug it here with a link.
I just visited the link to the petition, but refuse to add my name to it, despite the fact that I personally feel that Mr Willis should be strung up by his balls. There’s no doubt that the person originating this petition has the best intentions, and her goals are admirable. But, there is something very disturbing about it - in particular, this line:
“We feel that if Officer Willis is innocent of Police Brutality then he needs to prove it in a court of law.”
Mr Willis does not need to prove his innocence. This isn’t Iran or China. This is the United States. In the eyes of the law, Mr Willis is, and should be considered, innocent. It is up to the prosecution to prove his guilt, not the other way around.
Clearly, this shouldn’t be very difficult to prove.
Nonetheless, I can not conscientiously add my name to a request to deny an American their Constitutional rights regarding due process, no matter how obvious the outcome may be.
I do call upon the state of Louisiana to bring Mr Willis to trial, aggressively prosecute him, find him guilt, and then castrate him. But the burden of proof lies in their hands, not his.
