The Libertarian National Committee continues to make the case for its own obsolescence- September 17, 2008 So Ron Paul convened a press event to showcase third party candidates, including the Constitution Party's Chuck Baldwin, the Green Party's Cynthia McKinney, Independent Ralph Nader, and the Libertarian Party's Bob Barr....Only Bob Barr decided not to show up, leading to the usual feeding frenzy among Libertarians of all persuasions, which earned the name snubgate among the blogs critical of the BarrRoot ticket. The most passionate among them began circulating a petition for Barr to be removed..http://delawarelibertarian.blogspot.com/2008/09/libertarian-national-committee.html A de-centralized Libertarian Alliance: an idea whose time is coming- September 16, 2008 First, let me admit a dangerous truth: I have always liked the Articles of Confederation. Perhaps even better than the US Constitution. Those history textbooks that indoctrinate students to believe that the Articles were a failure because they denied the national government the power of taxation annoy the hell out of me.That having been said, I've always wondered why the Libertarian Party chose a hierarchical approach that far more resembled the Federal structure of a powerful State embodied.http://delawarelibertarian.blogspot.com/2008/09/de-centralized-libertarian-alliance.html If nothing else, the nomination of Sarah Palin closes the book on Bob Barr- September 16, 2008 You can go back and forth over the Sarah Barracuda resume and her handling by the press, but it's clear that John McCain scored a twofer with her nomination:1) Throwing the Obama camp into dissarray; and2) Eliminating the serious threat that Bob Barr would draw off sufficient conservatives to bulk up the Libertarian vote and perhaps cost McCain a battleground state or two.Here's the evidence:In Georgia, Bob Barr's JuneJuly high of 6-8% is now down to the 2-3% range. Meanwhile, Libertarian...http://delawarelibertarian.blogspot.com/2008/09/if-nothing-else-nomination-of-sarah.html Delaware Talk Radio - Today is the Launch- September 15, 2008 This exciting new media sensation in Delaware launches today.My good friend Mike Matthews asked me to join him for the inaugural editions of the Mike Matthews Show - Down with Absolutes. I am honored. I love working with Mike. During my hosting days on WDEL, Mike was my favorite guest. He is hilarious and always titillating with his irreverent views of all things political.We go on from 3-5 this afternoon. Stream it right here.Rounding out the DTR crew is also the wonderful vivacious and...http://delawarelibertarian.blogspot.com/2008/09/delaware-talk-radio-today-is-launch.html Today, speaking not as a Libertarian, but as a historian and a futurist...- September 15, 2008 ...I want to think about the implications of the worsening financial earthquake.Partisans of presidential elections will point to Dubya's record and say, Blame the GOP....Libertarians will point to the existence of the Federal Reserve and fiat money, and say Blame the State....People with retirement accounts will look at the huge bonuses of the executives who appear to have run the great banking conglomerates off the cliff, and say, Blame the corporate CEOs....People who didn't go out and...http://delawarelibertarian.blogspot.com/2008/09/today-speaking-not-as-libertarian-but.html Let's Be Like Europe: And go even further in creating a surveillance state- September 14, 2008 As JD Tucille at Disloyal Opposition put together the story, Nicholas Sarkozy's France is only reluctantly backing down on the intrusive use of its universal surveillance and data mining tool EDVIGE, which would have helped the Gauls break into the Big Leagues of European democracies which spy on their citizens:Sweden.......where you can be criminally charged for blogging about domestic surveillanceThe Netherlands.......where cops can wire tap any phone at will as long as the crime they claim...http://delawarelibertarian.blogspot.com/2008/09/lets-be-like-europe-and-go-even-further.ht... Bad writing is just bad writing, no matter whose side it's on...- September 14, 2008 ...and the current AP story on Alan Greenspan criticizing Senator John McCain's tax plan is a case in point.Greenspan critiquing the McCain plan (and even the Democratic glee at hearing that critique) are important pieces of news, and deserve the coverage.But, all of a sudden, about the twelfth paragraph, without any transition, the story jumps into problems McCain has connecting with his base and the impact of Sarah Palin on that process......which has not a damn thing to do with the rest of...http://delawarelibertarian.blogspot.com/2008/09/bad-writing-is-just-bad-writing-no.html A choice of lying politicians The McCain and Obama acceptance speeches...- September 14, 2008 ... as parsed by Factcheck.org, show that nobody has the monopoly on distortion in this election.Of Senator John McCain's acceptance speech, Factcheck found six major whoppers, including this one:McCain claimed that Obamas health care plan would "force small businesses to cut jobs" and would put "a bureaucrat ... between you and your doctor." In fact, the plan exempts small businesses, and those who have insurance now could keep the coverage they have.In Senator Barack Obama's acceptance...http://delawarelibertarian.blogspot.com/2008/09/choice-of-lying-politicians-mccain-and.htm... A rumor out of Moscow: Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State no matter who wins!!- September 14, 2008 The Moscow Post is predicting that either Senator Barack Obama or John McCain will appoint Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State.The article is worth reading in the automated translation for sentences like this:Such a purely campaign speech Clinton and Obama, made by them after the funeral ceremony, led to sharp anger among supporters of the Republican Party who believe that the funeral ceremony - this is not the time for the pre-election campaign.However, it appears that Democrats do not miss..http://delawarelibertarian.blogspot.com/2008/09/rumor-out-of-moscow-hillary-clinton-as.htm... Remind me again why Saudi Arabia is our ally...- September 14, 2008 From Al Jazeera:A Saudi scholar has issued a religious decree saying it is permissible to kill the owners of television networks broadcasting "depravation and debauchery"."It is lawful to kill ... the apostles of depravation ... if their evil cannot be easily removed through simple sanctions," Saleh al-Luhaidan, chief justice of the supreme judicial council, was quoted by the Saudi-owned al-Arabiya news channel as saying."The situation is serious ... the degradation of morals is a form of...http://delawarelibertarian.blogspot.com/2008/09/remind-me-again-why-saudi-arabia-is-our.ht... |