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Posts published in October 2011

Lee Wrights: Why I am not running for president

by R. Lee Wrights

BURNET, Texas (Oct. 29) – When someone runs for office, the first question they’re asked is: “Why are you running?” No matter how lowly or lofty the office, the question is the same.…

Chuck Baldwin: Tennessee Joins TSA In Creating Random Checkpoints

Chuck Baldwin at ChuckBaldwinLive.com:

In 1836, former frontiersman and congressman Davy Crockett led a band of volunteers all the way from their home State of Tennessee to San Antonio, Texas, in order to join up with William Travis and his small company of soldiers, and help defend the Alamo–and Texas independence–from Mexican General Santa Anna and his army of over 5,000 seasoned troops.…

Roy Moore to Attend Presidential Straw Poll

Well, this strikes me as a bit of a mixed message, as Moore recently announced he has abandoned his exploratory campaign for President. Maybe he is going to talk up his potential run for his old job of Chief Justice:

Come hear Judge Roy Moore this weekend at the
 
2012 PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE STRAW POLL
 
Sponsored by the:
West Alabama Republican Assembly, UA
College Republicans & Young Republicans
 
Location: Bryant Conference Center
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
 
Date: Saturday – October 29, 2011
 
Time: 9AM – 12 PM
Doors open at 8:30 am
Information booths, breakfast, state candidates
 
Judge Moore is scheduled to speak at 11:45 a.m.

Carl Person: Regulatory Cost of Student Loans Is 95% of the Loan

Emailed to IPR by Carl Person, a candidate for the Libertarian nomination:

New York, NY, October 20, 2011. Carl Person, Candidate for the Libertarian Party’s nomination for President, made the following statement today concerning USA Today’s 10/19/11 lead story “Student loan debt surpasses $1 trillion – Burden could drag economy in future”.…