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Examiner editorial: Hardest choice of all is scaling back government

The Washington Examiner challenges Barack Obama to turn his pretty words about "change" and "hard choices" into some kind of real action. "After a relentless expansion of big government for decades under both Republican and Democratic administrations, the nation’s economy is finally buckling under the load. In his inauguration address, President Barack Obama blamed “greed […]

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“Dim Bulb” or silly goose?

If your carry-on bag is sitting on the bottom of the Hudson River right now, The Washington Examiner suggests New York senator Chuck Schumer may be partially to blame. In its daily "Dim Bulb" feature, the Examiner takes Schumer to task for a 2004 earmark that may have gone unnoticed were it not for last […]

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Indianapolis City-County Council Reappoints Two Libertarians

For Immediate Release Tuesday, January 27, 2009 Press release from the Libertarian Party of Marion County, Ind. INDIANAPOLIS, IN — The Indianapolis City-County Council has voted to reappoint two Indianapolis Libertarians to the Metropolitan Board of Zoning Appeals in Indianapolis for a one-year term. Timothy J. Maguire was confirmed in a 29-0 vote on January […]

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Barr in the AJC: “Change” means more of the same

Constancy of government intrusion unlikely to change By Bob Barr For the Journal-Constitution Read the entire column for yourself at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution "Clearly, much has changed since the early spring of 2008. But, as I scan the news, there remains an eerie constancy to goings on in Washington, in Atlanta and elsewhere.

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Libertarian Party asks Congress to give everyone a ‘Tim Geithner tax break’

For Immediate Release Monday, January 26, 2009 Nominee’s problems a sign tax code should be scrapped Washinton, D.C. — Congress should give all taxpayers a ‘Tim Geithner tax break’ by significantly simplifying the Internal Revenue Code, Libertarian National Committee chairman Bill Redpath said Monday. ‘Congress should make sure what happened to Mr. Geithner, a finance […]

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Congress blocks 15,000 ticketholders from inauguration — and they want to run health care?

The Politico reports California senator Dianne Feinstein is trying to make it up to as many as 15,000 inaugural ticketholders who were blocked from entering the event — by sending them a photo of Barack Obama. Thousands of now-angry people secured tickets to the historic inauguration of Barack Obama through the Joint Congressional Committee on […]

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Barr hails Obama orders on Guantanamo, torture, tribunals

For Immediate Release Friday, January 23, 2009 Says steps start process to restore rule of law in America Former Republican Congressman and Libertarian Presidential Candidate, Bob Barr, today issued a statement praising executive orders signed yesterday by President Obama ordering the closure of the military detention center at Guantanamo, restoring the practice of treating detainees […]

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Obama inaugural’s “carbon footprint” five times larger than a coal-fired power plant.

Even though Obama proposes job-destroying tax hikes on employers who emit carbon dioxide, the Institute for Liberty reports his $170 million inauguration had a total "carbon footprint" of 575,000,000 pounds. According to the EPA, the average American coal-fired power plant produces 10,237,509,070 pounds of CO2 per year. That’s 112,191,880 pounds of CO2 every four days. […]

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Libertarian Party Congratulates President Barack Obama

For Immediate Release Tuesday, January 20, 2009 America’s Third-Largest Political Party Comments on Obama’s Inauguration as the 44th President of the United States ‘Congratulations to President Barack Obama on his inauguration as the 44th President of the United States,” says Libertarian Party National Chairman William Redpath. “I think all Americans ultimately want what libertarians want […]

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