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Posts published in August 2009

Libertarians get attention in health ‘mob’ debate

By PJO on August 6, 2009 4:50 AM

The Libertarian Party is drawing some attention in coverage of Democratic contentions that town hall meetings on health coverage legislation are being infiltrated by “mobs”. On Wednesday, the Democratic National Committee released an Internet video called “Enough of the Mob” that says in part, “Desperate Republicans and their well-funded allies are organizing angry mobs — just like they did during the election.…

Bob Barr’s Atlanta Journal-Constitution Article

By Morgan Brykein on August 3, 2009 10:19 AM

Gates’ arrest reveals loss of rights
by Bob Barr
as published in The Atlanta Journal Constitution
Monday, August 03, 2009

So far, in what has become a mini-drama involving a white cop, a black professor and a president of the United States, we have had a racial confrontation, an arrest, a release, a presidential gaffe, a presidential back-track, a presidential invitation to quaff a brewski, a staged meeting at the White House and a promise of more meetings to come.…

LP Kentucky chair appreciated Bunning’s stance against bailouts

By PJO on August 1, 2009 8:51 PM

A Kentucky Enquirer article on the retirement of that state’s Sen. Jim Bunning contains a brief assessment from Libertarian Party of Kentucky Chairman Ken Moellman, who said, “We certainly appreciated his loud and bold statements against…using taxpayer dollars to ‘bail out’ private companies that engaged in bad business practices.”…