Letter to the editor:
Now that we’re going to bail out the Big Three automakers, perhaps it’s also time for a “Car Czar” oversight pick that would really represent change.
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Independent Political Report
Ralph Nader: a glimpse into the online campaign
By paulie on December 23, 2008 2:30 PM
From 2008 campaign staffer Christina Qura:
I just finished working on Ralph Nader’s presidential campaign- actually in his office in DC where everyone calls him “Ralph” and walks around with no shoes on.
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Chuck Baldwin: The United States of America is the only nation established by Christian people, upon Biblical principles, and dedicated to the purpose of religious liberty
By paulie on December 23, 2008 12:59 AM
THE BIRTH OF CHRIST & THE BIRTH OF AMERICA ARE LINKED
By Chuck Baldwin
NewsWithViews.com
As we approach the celebration of Christ’s birth, I am reminded of the words of John Quincy Adams.…
Libertarian Wes Benedict may have helped oust Republican Travis County, Texas commissioner Gerald Daugherty
By paulie on December 23, 2008 12:27 AM
From an article in the Austin American-Statesman by Marty Toohey:
Partly out of frustration over the lack of progress on roads, Daugherty voted in October 2007 for a controversial toll-road plan that included building express lanes on five roads, among them U.S
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Socialist Equality Party holds conference on auto industry
By Fred Church Ortiz on December 22, 2008 11:26 PM
The Socialist Equality Party held a public conference at Wayne State University in Detroit this past Saturday, presenting its analysis of the current course of the automotive industry and United Auto Workers union, as well as its implications for workers:
In the main report to the meeting, WSWS reporter and SEP member Jerry White began by describing the extreme concessions that will be demanded of autoworkers as a result of the recently announced Bush administration “bailout” of the industry.
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California Greens say Obama should uninvite Rick Warren as inauguration pastor
By paulie on December 22, 2008 8:51 PM
Found at News Blaze
The Green Party of California – noting the Democratic Party’s national platform does not support same sex marriage – is demanding that President-elect Obama un-invite pro-Prop 8 pastor Rick Warren to perform the invocation for the Obama inauguration.
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Libertarian Party of Colorado asks whether Denver police can be trusted to investigate brutality charges internally
By paulie on December 22, 2008 7:24 PM
Posted on the Libertarian Party of Colorado blog:
An investigation into the arrest of nearly 100 protesters on the first night of the Democratic National Convention revealed no “provable” police misconduct, the city’s Office of the Independent Monitor said today.
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9th Circuit won’t rehear Alaskan Independence Party case
By paulie on December 22, 2008 7:01 PM
Posted in Ballot Access News
On December 17, the 9th circuit denied a rehearing en banc in Alaskan Independence Party v State of Alaska, 07-35186. The issue was whether a political party’s freedom of association extends to controlling who can run in its primary.
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Libertarians accuse Obama of ‘hawkish’ foreign policy
By paulie on December 22, 2008 6:58 PM
Press release posted at LP.org
Party Says Obama Following Missteps of Bush Administration
America’s largest third-party is accusing Barack Obama of pursuing the same “hawkish” foreign policy of his predecessor George Bush.…