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Last Free Voice · 1Y ago

LEE WRIGHTS FOR PRESIDENT 2012 EXPLORATORY COMMITTEE

For more information: Brian Irving, press secretary Phone: 919.538.4548 E-mail: press@libertypoint.org Wrights pledges a ‘wise and frugal’ principled campaign BURNET, Texas (Dec. 4) – In the four months since R. Lee Wrights began exploring the idea of seeking the Libertarian presidential nomination
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Last Free Voice · 1Y ago

The Audacity of Hoping for Change: Barack Obama’s Broken Promises to America

On March 26 [2009], only two months after Barack Obama had been sworn in as President, I wrote and posted an article on "Constitutional Oaths". I also sent an email message to friends and family about the article with this message: "I proudly voted for Barack Obama for President of the United Stat
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Last Free Voice · 2Y ago

Boycott the Census

When the founders drafted the U.S. Constitution, they included the sentence, “The actual Enumeration shall be made within three Years after the first Meeting of the Congress of the United States, and within every subsequent Term of ten Years, in such Manner as they shall by Law direct.” Nevertheless
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Last Free Voice · 2Y ago

Earl Ofari Hutchinson Scares Me

Three days ago, Mr. Earl Ofari Hutchinson posted a piece at The Huffington Post concerning Ron Paul, the man who won the straw poll at the 2010 CPAC thanks largely to the huge number of young people who attended the event. Unfortunately, Mr. Hutchinson’s post contains a number of errors as well as a
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Last Free Voice · 2Y ago

Confused Man Crashes Plane

A Confused Man This morning, a confused man named Joseph Andrew Stack, crashed a plane into a building in Austin, Texas that housed IRS offices. The man, before crashing his privately-owned plane, wrote a message on his website, which is now being called the Stack Manifesto.  In reading this manifest
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Last Free Voice · 2Y ago

Margaret Chase Smith’s “Declaration of Conscience” (1950)

Mr. President: I would like to speak briefly and simply about a serious national condition. It is a national feeling of fear and frustration that could result in national suicide and the end of everything that we Americans hold dear. It is a condition that comes from the lack of effective leader
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Last Free Voice · 2Y ago

Why I Reject Mike Gravel’s National Initiative

For some time now, Mike Gravel, a former Democratic Senator representing Alaska, has been advocating the National Initiative for Democracy (NI4D).  It was, in fact, the main focus of his 2008 campaign for the U.S. presidency. The NI4D is a proposal, put forward by The Democracy Foundation, to create
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Last Free Voice · 2Y ago

The Libertarian Party’s Quest for Ballot Access and The Sin of Onan

“Onan… spilled his seed on the earth, lest that he should give seed to his brother.” Ballot access is a major goal of the Libertarian Party, so much so that we seem to be more concerned with keeping or gaining ballot access for whatever election is next rather than with any Libertarian actually win
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Last Free Voice · 2Y ago

The Party and the Pendulum

When we meet another libertarian we often spend the first few minutes sizing them up and trying to determine the nuances of their philosophy. Once we have this piece of the puzzle we too often create a relationship based on if a person is one of “us” or one of “them”. The fact of the [...]
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Last Free Voice · 2Y ago

Constitutional Oaths and A Plea to President Obama

“I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.” This simple thirty-five word Oath of Office is specified by The Constitution of The
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