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Modern Whigs: Please cull the wackadoodles

Tuesday, December 30th, 2008

Here’s a good rule of thumb: When someone mentions in a post on a blog or forum that they are “not normally a believer in conspiracies, but … ” you can rest assured that the poster is a wackadoodle and is going to spew forth a particularly idiotic conspiracy theory. No fact or argument presented [...]

‘Separation of charity and state’

Saturday, December 27th, 2008

Oooo, I like the phrase used in this newspaper column about the nature of altruism:
“Altruism is an illusion when it comes to the government,” said Jim Maas of Rothschild, chairman of the Libertarian Party of Wisconsin. “Americans are a generous people who donate to many worthy causes. … When misfortune or disaster strikes, Americans help [...]

More GOP nonsense about being ‘libertarian’

Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008

Every time I hear Republicans or conservatives claim to be “libertarians at heart,” I wanna reach for a barf bag. This is no exception.
A core conservative doctrine is the libertarian idea that we should drastically limit the size of government. In Ronald Reagan’s iconic words, “Government is not a solution to our problem; government is [...]

A plea for muscular moderation

Thursday, December 11th, 2008

From the Wilson Quarterly:
Muscular moderation from our leaders, and a renewed faith among citizens, requires a new American nationalism, with national identity trumping party loyalty. The public’s frustrated yearning for a patriotic and civic revival fueled both Ronald Reagan’s success and Barack Obama’s meteoric rise. Both men captured Americans’ desire for greater faith in their [...]

Another Libertarian with legal troubles

Thursday, December 11th, 2008

Via Baraboo (Wisc.) News Republic, some legal difficulties for Libertarian Party U.S. Congress candidate Kevin J. Barrett: 
According to the criminal complaint, Barrett’s wife told a Sauk County deputy sheriff he was sleeping the morning of the primary election when one of his children was making noise in their home near Arena. Barrett charged out of the [...]

Libertarians want Blago to resign

Wednesday, December 10th, 2008

Via the McHenry County Libertarian Party Blog:
The Libertarian Party of Illinois (”LP Illinois”) condemns the recent actions of Democratic Governor Rob Blagojevich and calls for his immediate resignation for the good of the State of Illinois.
Blagojevich was arrested on December 9, 2008, accused of scheming to profit from the selling of President-Elect Barack Obama’s senate [...]

Libertarians shocked, just shocked to discover GOP isn’t really for free markets and limited government

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008

I mean, what’s next? A press release from the Green Party stating that they kinda suspect there are Democrats who really aren’t as anti-war and anti-corporation as they say they are.
Anyway, here’s the opening paragraphs of the paragraph posted in LP.org:

Following Senator John McCain’s 2008 presidential campaign, and the support of the massive bailouts by [...]

Here’s a YouTube geek-out for Ron Paul idolaters

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008

As I said in the previous post, I’m not a fan of Ron Paul. But a lot of libertarian-minded people are, having overlooked his history — via pal and partner Lew Rockwell — of promoting soft-core Confederate Heritage ideology). So here is a link to a IPR post with lots of yummy Ron Paul clips. [...]

Well, at least he admitted it

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008

Longtime readers of Peoria Pundit know that I do not think highly of Lew Rockwell or his business partner Ron Paul. Both of them spent decades building support for the Libertarian Party in the South by peddling the idea that the Confederacy was a victim of illegal government aggression. It’s as if freeing the slaves [...]

Schaumburg libertarians start online news site

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008

The Schaumberg Freedom Coalition explains itself:
The Schaumburg Freedom Coalition is a group of concerned citizens who are keeping tabs on the government of the Village of Schaumburg to ensure that the people’s rights are protected from overreaching government. We focus on issues such as corporate welfare, tax policy, government transparency and eminent domain abuse.
And their [...]

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