A recent Gallup poll finds that 50% of Americans favor the legalization of marijuana. This is a record high among Gallup polls going back to 1969.…
Posts published in October 2011
Ralph Nader: Let Our Farmers Grow
By IPR Contributor on October 23, 2011 9:11 AM
Ralph Nader at Nader.org:
Congressman Ron Paul introduced H.R. 1831, the “Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2011” on May 11th of this year. It is a simple bill at just two pages in length, and it would legalize the growing of industrial hemp in the United States.…
Louisiana Election Returns
By Ryan Brennan on October 23, 2011 7:06 AM
Source: Ballot Access News
The Louisiana Secretary of State’s web page has election returns for the state election of October 22 here. Scott Lewis, the Libertarian candidate for Governor, polled 1.22% in a race with ten candidates.…
Bill Still: Libertarian for President
By Ryan Brennan on October 22, 2011 8:40 PM
Source: Conservative Heritage Times
This site is generally not libertarian, although we tend to be very friendly to Ron Paul, and we don’t necessarily follow Libertarian Party politics closely, but I decided to post this announcement by Bill Still because it highlights an important historical divide on the issue of money that many people may not be familiar with, but that seems to be arising again lately.…
Reality TV star Rupert Boneham announces Libertarian candidacy for Indiana Governor
By Jeremy C. Young on October 22, 2011 6:46 AM
It appears the Indiana Libertarian Party has found its candidate for Governor in 2012: Rupert Boneham, a former contestant on the reality TV show “Survivor.”
From the article:
Boneham, 47, is set to officially announce his intentions at an event Saturday, but told RTV6’s Todd Connor during a Friday taping of “Indianapolis This Week” that he’s excited to seek the Libertarian Party’s nomination.
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Former WI Libertarian Gubernatorial Candidate Ed Thompson Has Passed Away
By on October 22, 2011 5:35 AM
Ed Thompson, 66 at the time of his death, lost his battle with pancreatic cancer early this morning. From his Facebook page:
Ed Thompson passed away early Saturday morning at his home in Tomah.
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Libertarian presidential candidates forum live from Bloomington, Illinois
By Brian Irving on October 21, 2011 11:38 AM
The Libertarian Party of Illinois will be streaming a presidential candidates forum live from their state convention Saturday, October 22 beginning at 2:30 p.m. (CDT).
Participating candidates include RJ Harris, Roger Gary, Lee Wrights, Carl Person, and Bill Still.…
Grassroots Ron Paul supporters organize “Rock The rEVOLution Tour”
By Starchild on October 21, 2011 6:33 AM
Inspired by Ron Paul’s quote that “I always knew that if you were going to have a revolution you needed two things, young people and music”, some of the libertarian Republican presidential candidate’s supporters have launched a multi-city benefit tour featuring pro-freedom bands, musicians, rappers, and libertarian speakers.…
Lee Wrights: The sun never sets on the U.S. military
By Brian Irving on October 21, 2011 12:05 AM
by R. Lee Wrights
“This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears he is a protector.”- Plato
BURNET, Texas (Oct.…