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Posted on 08.23.09 by Thomas L. Knapp
Check our sidebar calendar for this week’s freedom movement events. Don’t see your event? Drop us a line at info@rationalreview.com … or see: www.rationalreview.com/add-your-event-to-our-calendar … for instructions on adding your events directly! Link: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/group/4042/ Filed under: RRND Events | |
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Source: ABC News Posted on 04.09.07 by Mary Lou Seymour “Have you ever defended yourself from a crime in your home, in your business, or in public by using a gun? Perhaps you warded off a potential attacker by simply showing a gun?40 states now allow their citizens to obtain conceal-carry permits for handguns. Some people say that’s dangerous, while others say it allows them to protect themselves.If you have a story of self-defense involving the aid of a gun and would like to tell it to 20/20, please fill out the form below. A ‘20/20′ producer may contact you.” (04/06/07) Link: http://www.abcnews.go.com/2020/story?id=3015150 Filed under: 2AM News and LAND News and RRND Events | |
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Source: JPFO Posted on 03.27.07 by Mary Lou Seymour “How important do you consider your Second Amendment rights? We want to find out! Visit here to take part in our Second Amendment voter poll. You can only vote once, so make sure you answer all of the questions before submitting your response. And make sure to tell others to vote in this critically important poll!” (03/27/07) Link: http://www.jpfo.org/alert20070327.htm Filed under: 2AM Events and LAND Action Items and RRND Events | |
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Source: Filibuster for Peace Event Date(s): ongoing Posted on 03.08.07 by Mary Lou Seymour Petition calling on the U.S. Senate to filibuster and end the war in Iraq. (03/07) Link: http://www.filibusterforpeace.org/ Filed under: LAND Action Items and PND Events and RRND Events | |
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Source: United for Peace and Justice Event Date(s): 01/27/07-01/29/07 Posted on 01.26.07 by Mary Lou Seymour “Help Mobilize for Jan. 27-29! We are inviting you to sign up to be a local coordinator for people coming from your area to Washington, DC. Being a local coordinator means doing the things we hope you are already doing — spreading the word and encouraging people to come to DC, helping to arrange buses, car caravans or rideshares, hosting a sign-making party — but it also will mean following up with people in your area who will find you through the coordinator’s listing on our website.” Link: http://www.unitedforpeace.org/article.php?id=3468 Filed under: LAND Action Items and RRND Events | |
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Source: Wikileaks Posted on 01.25.07 by Thomas L. Knapp “Wikileaks is developing an uncensorable Wikipedia for untraceable mass document leaking and analysis. Our primary interests are oppressive regimes in Asia, the former Soviet bloc, Sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East, but we also expect to be of assistance to those in the west who wish to reveal unethical behavior in their own governments and corporations. We aim for maximum political impact; this means our interface is identical to Wikipedia and usable by non-technical people. We have received over 1.2 million documents so far from dissident communities and anonymous sources.” [A website for government whistleblowers] (01/07) Link: http://wikileaks.org/ Filed under: LAND Action Items and PND Events and RRND Events | |
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Source: Liberty For All Posted on 01.24.07 by R. Lee Wrights “This bill provides, in the form of grants, about $1 billion to the states to ‘provide the National Instant Criminal Background Check System [NICS] with all records concerning persons who are prohibited from possessing or receiving a firearm under subsection (g) or (n) of section 922 of title 18, United States Code, regardless of the elapsed time since the disqualifying event.’ Covered under this bill are records pertaining to the Lautenberg misdemeanor gun ban, lists of persons under indictment, mental health records, records relevant to the identification of illegal aliens and other records.” (01/23/07) Link: http://www.libertyforall.net/?p=485 Filed under: 2AM News and RRND Events | |
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Source: The Agitator Author: Radley Balko Posted on 01.19.07 by Mary Lou Seymour “Bob Evans, Cory’s lawyer, writes to say that Cory’s justice fund is now at a zero balance. As I’ve previously written, legal expenses for Cory are no longer a problem. Covington and Burling is footing the bill for his defense. But Cory’s family is rather poor. And he of course can’t support his kids from prison. … So once Covington came on board, Cory used the fund to help his family make the trip from Monticello, Mississippi to Parchman Farm where he’s imprisoned. … If you’re interested in contributing, the information is below. But please do so knowing that you’d be contributing to more of the same sorts of expenses. This is not a legal defense fund. Cory Maye Justice Fund c/o R.E. Evans P.O. Box 636, Monticello, MS 39654, or PayPal to corymayejusticefund@gmail.com.” (01/17/07) Link: http://www.theagitator.com/archives/027419.php#027419 Filed under: 2AM Commentary and LAND Commentary and PND Commentary and RRND Events | |
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Source: Campaign for Innocent Victims in Conflict Posted on 01.17.07 by Mary Lou Seymour “CIVIC is a Washington-based organization founded by the late Marla Ruzicka, a passionate humanitarian killed by a suicide bomb in Baghdad while advocating for war victims in Iraq. CIVIC believes that civilians injured and the families of those killed should be recognized and aided by the governments involved, and is working toward smart, compassionate policies for civilians caught in the crossfire of conflict.” Link: http://www.civicworldwide.org/ Filed under: LAND Action Items and RRND Events | |
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Source: Liberty Loop Posted on 01.12.07 by Thomas L. Knapp A new Digg-style “post and vote” site for libertarians, from Austin Cassidy, proprietor of Third Party Watch. Link: http://www.libertyloop.com/ Filed under: RRND Events | |
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Source: The Libertarian Enterprise Author: Mike Rster Event Date(s): 01/30/07 Posted on 01.07.07 by Mary Lou Seymour “The Libertarian Solutions (LS) Network is proud to announce its first round of prizes. We are offering a one-ounce coin of pure silver for the ten best ideas submitted. We are searching for actions that would serve as stepping-stones to a libertarian society in the United States of America! Time limit: 1/30/07.” (01/07/07) Link: http://www.ncc-1776.org/tle2007/tle400-20070107-05.html Filed under: LAND Action Items and PND Events and RRND Events | |
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Source: Marijuana Policy Project Posted on 01.04.07 by Thomas L. Knapp “As you can see in the 2007 strategic plan below, this year is an ambitious and bold one for MPP. … Lobbying Congress to pass medical marijuana legislation …. Expanding medical marijuana laws in Rhode Island and Vermont …. Medical marijuana initiatives in up to four states …. ‘War on Drug Czar’ Campaign …. ‘Decriminalization’ initiative in Massachusetts …. Building a coalition of supporters in Nevada …. Recruiting celebrities …. Ending marijuana prohibition in California …. Passing medical marijuana bills in Illinois, Minnesota, and New York …. Working with doctors and medical organizations to pass resolutions and set internal policy supporting medical marijuana access …” (12/06) Link: http://www.mpp.org/2007plan Filed under: LAND News and RRND Events | |
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Source: Out Now Posted on 01.02.07 by Mary Lou Seymour Signable online petition. (01/07) Link: http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/OutNow/ Filed under: LAND Action Items and PND Events and RRND Events | |
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Source: Muncie Free Press Posted on 01.02.07 by Steve Trinward “It’s been said that ‘when dog bites man, that’s not news, but when man bites dog, that’s news!’ While it doesn’t appear there was any biting going on, there was an unusual occurrence in Hagerstown on January 1st, when Susan Bell, judge of the Hagerstown Town Court, administered the oath of office to Conley Tillson and Steve Coffman. ‘What makes this so very special is that this is the first time this has ever happened to my knowledge in the United States. Never before has a judge elected as a Libertarian given the oath of office to any newly elected officials elected as a Libertarian’ said Mark Rutherford, State Chairman of the Libertarian Party of Indiana. … Susan Bell was elected to the Town Court in 2003. Tillson was elected to the Clay Township Advisory Board, and Coffman was elected to the Liberty Township Advisory Board in last November’s election.” (01/02/07) Link: http://www.munciefreepress.com/news/story/2007/1/2/171410/3675 Filed under: CANDi News and PND News and RRND Events | |
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Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal Posted on 01.02.07 by Thomas L. Knapp “He’s rich, telegenic and knows the odds. Why not run for president? A movement is afoot among libertarians, gamblers and right-wing blogs to draft Las Vegas sports handicapper Wayne Allyn Root to run for president in 2008. … Root said he has a meeting scheduled for later this month with Libertarian Party officials. ‘I’d have to be convinced I had a realistic chance, not to win the presidency, but to build a base; that it wouldn’t hurt my standing with the Republican Party; and that I could continue to run my business …. My ultimate goal has never changed: to be the Republican senator for the state of Nevada.’” [editor’s note: This is one of Eric Dondero’s windmill tilts, and it should boost his already formidable reputation for coming up with truly bizarre ideas - TLK] (01/01/07) Link: http://tinyurl.com/y5dd5f Filed under: RRND Events | |
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Source: Freedom Movement Events Posted on 10.30.06 by Thomas L. Knapp Don’t miss this week’s secession conference in Vermont — and essayists, remember that tomorrow is the deadline in the Mont Pelerin Society’s competition. Check out our sidebar calendar for all your freedom movement events. Don’t see YOUR event listed? Drop us a line at info at rationalreview.com. Link: http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=info%40rationalreview.com Filed under: RRND Events | |
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Source: Springfield News-Leader Posted on 10.23.06 by Thomas L. Knapp “It’s a Dubie-Smith-O’Donnell contest on Nov. 7. Bringing a little diversity to the race for representative from the 150th district is Libertarian candidate Chief Wana Dubie — with the campaign slogan ‘Put a hippie to work in ‘06.’ Complete with marijuana leaf tattoo on his forehead, Dubie will face off against incumbent Republican Majority Assistant Deputy Whip Jason Smith and Democrat challenger Jim O’Donnell. … Dubie, 47, of Salem admits right up front that he’s not a politician. But his candidacy is setting the stage for a Dubie vs. Blunt race in ‘08, he said.” (10/22/06) Link: http://tinyurl.com/yf2lz7 Filed under: RRND Events | |
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Source: VOTE NOW Event Date(s): thru 11/07/06 Posted on 10.18.06 by Thomas L. Knapp “1. Download the PDF Poster 2. Print it, and post it around town and in your cubicle. 3. Tell your friends. Send it to your mom. Email them the link: votenow.pbwiki.com/f/votenow.pdf 4. On Tuesday, November 7, 2006: grab a group of friends. Get your ID. Go VOTE. BE HEARD.” Link: http://votenow.pbwiki.com/ Filed under: LAND Action Items and PND Events and RRND Events | |
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Source: Keene Free Press Posted on 10.17.06 by Thomas L. Knapp “Supporters rallied for Winchester resident Lauren Canario in CT on Sunday. Canario was arrested on 9/22 for sitting on the porch of a friend’s house reading a book. The home had been [stolen] by the City of New London …. About 20 supporters held signs outside her jail on Sunday for 4 hours, asking for her release and bringing attention to the eminent domain injustice in New London, and around the county. Kat Kanning is fasting for Lauren’s release. She began fasting the evening of Friday the 13th and plans to continue until Lauren’s release.” (10/16/06) Link: http://tinyurl.com/yzkg72 Filed under: LAND Action Items and RRND Events | |
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Source: Arizona Republic Posted on 10.10.06 by Steve Trinward “Two percent of the vote. That’s all the polls say Libertarian Barry Hess is good for in the race for governor this election season. Those kinds of odds would sink most people seeking political office. Not Hess. Those kinds of numbers make him grin. Hess is running for governor as a Libertarian, going up against Democratic incumbent Janet Napolitano and outspoken Republican challenger Len Munsil. Although many pollsters write Hess off as a non-factor, he considers himself Napolitano’s and Munsil’s peer. ‘I’m a legitimate candidate … representing a legitimate party,’ said Hess, 49. Don’t blame yourself if you haven’t heard of Hess or much about his politics. As a Libertarian, he shuns the use of public money to campaign. So don’t expect to see any TV commercials with him throwing the catchphrase, ‘I’m Barry Hess, and I approved this message.’ But the Phoenix father of one believes he speaks to most voters’ sensibilities on such topics as immigration and education, while also embracing the phaseout of taxes and preserving gun rights as key priorities.” [editor’s note: A relatively balanced news story - SAT] (10/10/06) Link: http://tinyurl.com/fgzc2 Filed under: CANDi News and PND News and RRND Events | |
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Source: Keene Free Press Posted on 10.10.06 by Thomas L. Knapp “[L]auren Canario was arrested while sitting reading a book on the porch of one of the homes [stolen] in the Kelo vs. New London case. … Canario is being charged with Criminal Trespass and Refusal to be Fingerprinted. To further protest the outrages of the city and state governments, Canario refused to cooperate in her arrest, and refuses to speak to any of her captors. Judge Kevin McMahon, after giving a speech on prisoners having the right to remain silent, ordered her held for a month in York Women’s Prison psychiatric ward for her refusal to speak …. Canario was arrested almost a year to the day earlier for trying to attend a public City Council meeting debating the eminent domain issue. Judge Kevin McMahon did the same to her last year for her refusal to speak. … she reported that she was held in ankle shackles the whole time, under bright lights 24 hours a day and that most days she was kept extremely cold. Mrs. Canario has scars on her ankles from this treatment, according to her husband, Jim Johnson. York Prison officials refuse to answer whether Canario is again being held under these inhumane conditions …” (10/09/06) Link: http://tinyurl.com/qxnlp Filed under: LAND News and RRND Events | |
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Source: Hammer of Truth Posted on 10.09.06 by Thomas L. Knapp “After several days of uncertainty, District 2 candidate Sara Chambers won more absentee- and questioned-ballot votes from Tuesday’s city election than Jean Christian to earn a seat on the Juneau Assembly. Chambers had a 67-vote lead before the counting of the 1,420 ballots on Friday afternoon by the Ballot Review Board at City Hall. As votes were tabulated, Chambers’ lead slowly grew for an unofficial victory of 3,587 to 3,356. The results become official after the Canvass Review Board certifies the election on Tuesday.” (10/08/06) Link: http://tinyurl.com/rzuh3 Filed under: RRND Events | |
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Source: The Olympian Posted on 10.03.06 by Thomas L. Knapp “Bruce Guthrie, a Libertarian candidate for U.S. Senate, says he plans to spend his life savings of nearly $1.2 million challenging Democratic Sen. Maria Cantwell and her Republican challenger, Mike McGavick. Guthrie, a former Western Washington University instructor, filed paperwork with the Federal Elections Commission on Saturday saying he will loan his campaign $1.18 million. … Guthrie still has far less money than either of the major-party candidates. Cantwell has raised $16.8 million so far. McGavick has raised $7.7 million, including $2 million of personal money he loaned his campaign. Guthrie sent written notice of his personal spending plans Saturday to his opponents in the race, as required by the Federal Election Commission.” [editor’s note: Well, nobody can say this guy doesn’t put his money where his mouth is! - TLK] (10/02/06) Link: http://tinyurl.com/p3aoh Filed under: RRND Events | |
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Source: ASU Web Devil Posted on 10.02.06 by Thomas L. Knapp “A Superior Court judge is expected to decide today whether to grant an inspection of write-in ballots from last month’s primary election after a lawsuit was filed last week alleging the votes were not correctly counted. The Arizona Libertarian Party filed the suit against the Maricopa County Elections Department when an investigation revealed 70 of the 141 precincts in Maricopa County recorded zero write-in votes for any candidate of any party. … The AZLP launched the in vestigation after they found it odd that Maricopa County reported Cobb received one vote in the primary election, when he needed four. ‘Joe knew something was not right because [other than himself] three of his family members voted for him,’ Kielsky said. Kielsky said he hopes the lawsuit will force the elections department to go back and recount the write-in votes from the precincts where none were reported. The lawsuit also issued an injunction that would stop the county from printing more general-election ballots until the primary ballots are reviewed.” (10/02/06) Link: http://www.statepress.com/issues/2006/10/02/news/698001 Filed under: RRND Events | |
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Source: New York Sun Posted on 09.28.06 by Mary Lou Seymour “Here come the new Green Mountain Boys. The Middlebury Institute, a think tank devoted to the study of separatism, secession, and self-determination, is planning the First North American Secessionist Convention in Burlington, Vt.More than a dozen secessionist organizations are likely to send representatives to the gathering on November 3 and 4, the director of the institute, Kirkpatrick Sale, said.” (09/27/06) Link: http://www.nysun.com/article/40456 Filed under: LAND News and PND News and RRND Events | |
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Source: Johnson County Sun Posted on 09.28.06 by Thomas L. Knapp “City officials want to know why police ejected Jason Peck, Libertarian candidate for the 24th District in the Kansas House, from the Mission Arts and Eats Festival. During the festival’s second night, Peck conversed with event goers and distributed campaign literature. Peck said no one objected until Councilwoman Suzie Gibbs approached him with a Mission police officer. ‘They told me that I had to leave and that if I came back they would cite me for trespassing,’ Peck said. … Gibbs did not respond to messages left on her residential and mobile phone voicemails, nor e-mail. She also could not be reached at City Hall. Mayor Laura McConwell said in a press release that city officials should not have ejected Peck.” (09/28/06) Link: http://tinyurl.com/ph8wt Filed under: RRND Events | |
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Source: The Free Liberal Posted on 09.25.06 by Thomas L. Knapp “There was a time when Democrats stood for smaller government. As time went on, the Republican Party under Ronald Reagan and the ‘revolutionaries’ of 1994 took the small government mantle. In a post-9/11 world, both political parties have embraced big-government, thus leaving large numbers of Americans who are serious about smaller-government, without a political home. Enter Frank Gonzalez, a Democrat running against an incumbent Republican, Lincoln Diaz-Balart, in Florida’s 21st district. By maintaining an independent, pro-liberty platform, against a ‘tax-and-spend’ Republican, Gonzalez is effectively working to use Bill Clinton’s strategy of triangulation to steer clear of unpopular positions typically taken by politicians in both political parties while appealing to the large numbers of mainstream voters who he hopes will turn out on Election Day.” (09/25/06) Link: http://www.freeliberal.com/archives/002326.html Filed under: RRND Events | |
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Source: Classically Liberal Posted on 09.25.06 by Thomas L. Knapp “It’s official: Angelina Jolie has been cast for the role of Dagny Taggart in the upcoming film version of Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged.” (09/25/06) Link: http://tinyurl.com/j78lx Filed under: RRND Events | |
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Source: Ballot Access News Posted on 09.20.06 by Thomas L. Knapp “U.S. District Court Judge Martha Vasquez upheld New Mexico ballot access procedures for minor parties, in a decision dated September 18 but not released until September 20. The decision is Libertarian Party of New Mexico v Vigil-Giron, 06-0615. The law requires one petition to qualify a new party, and then separate petitions for each of its nominees (after they have been nominated). No other state except Pennsylvania requires the nominees of a qualified party to submit petitions. As a result, New Mexico will be the only state in the western half of the nation to have a Democratic-Republican ballot monopoly on all the statewide races.” (09/20/06) Link: http://tinyurl.com/oa6uh Filed under: RRND Events | |
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Source: Toledo Blade Posted on 09.20.06 by Thomas L. Knapp “[Two of] Ohio’s gubernatorial candidates traded soft shots on education today, agreeing on the need to improve state schools but differing widely on how to do it. In the course of the hour-long debate [sic], aired live locally (and on cable statewide) from the WEWS television studios, neither candidate detailed a plan to make the state’s school funding system constitutional in the eyes of the Ohio Supreme Court. Both promised to make college more affordable. … The biggest fireworks came outside the studio before the debate began. Police carried away two men dressed in chicken suits, who were running up and down the street in front of a battalion of [one of the cowardly candidate’s] supporters, protesting the exclusion of Libertarian candidate Bill Peirce from the debate.” (09/20/06) Link: http://tinyurl.com/p9j3v Filed under: LAND News and RRND Events | |
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Source: Las Vegas Sun Posted on 09.20.06 by Thomas L. Knapp “Opponents of a Nov. 7 ballot question aimed at curbing eminent domain abuses have lost in a bid to get the Nevada Supreme Court to scrap the stripped-down version of the proposal that it approved on Sept. 8. The high court issued a brief order rejecting a rehearing petition that had been filed by attorneys for Nevadans for the Protection of Property Rights Inc., a court representative said Tuesday. The order gave no explanation for the denial. The coalition of local government agencies and business groups had said what’s left of the question was ‘considerably different’ than the version circulated for voter signatures. … Most of the funding for the ballot question has come from Americans for Limited Government, a Chicago-based libertarian organization headed by New York real estate mogul Howard Rich.” (09/19/06) Link: http://tinyurl.com/gzs4l Filed under: LAND News and RRND Events | |
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Source: Libertarian Party Posted on 09.20.06 by Thomas L. Knapp “Benjamin Todd and Jeff Manney are running for Vermont State Representative seats on a Libertarian-Republican fusion ticket. As their races were uncontested, they easily won Tuesday’s Republican primary elections for their districts. Vermont’s other four LP fusion state representative candidates had to fight a bit harder, but still pulled off an impressive win/loss ratio. Vermont Libertarian Party Chair Hardy Machia was responsible for recruiting most of the candidates and orchestrating the state representative campaigns. He stated that he is ‘very pleased with the showing of our candidates in the major parties’ primaries.’” (09/14/06) Link: http://www.lp.org/media/article_404.shtml Filed under: RRND Events | |
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Source: Third Party Watch Posted on 09.19.06 by Thomas L. Knapp “Upon returning from a recent fact finding mission to New Hampshire, former Libertarian and Republican candidate for Illinois State Representative Scott Bludorn has announced that he has signed the Free State Project’s Statement of Intent as well as the First 1000 Pledge. The Free State Project was founded by Dr. Jason Sorens in September 2001 as a new strategy for restoring individual liberties. The Free State Project is an effort to concentrate 20,000 liberty-oriented activists in a small state so participants could exert the fullest practical effort toward the creation of a society in which the maximum role of civil government is the protection of life, liberty, and property.” (09/15/06) Link: http://tinyurl.com/pyf2c Filed under: RRND Events | |
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Source: Phillies 2008 Posted on 09.19.06 by Thomas L. Knapp “Loretta Nall, 32, founder of the United States Marijuana Party, today joined the Phillies 2008 Campaign as Media Coordinator. Nall will play a variety of roles in developing the Phillies 2008 media campaign, building first to the 2008 National Convention and then to Election Day.” (09/17/06) Link: http://www.phillies2008.org/nall_joins_phillies_2008_team Filed under: RRND Events | |
