From Michael Badnarik's campaign website ( www.badnarik.org ): FOUR VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES TO DEBATE IN OHIO September 29 Unscripted Debate Offers Voters a Rare Opportunity to Hear Issues Not Discussed in the Exclusive, Two-Party Controlled Debates A rare debate among four vice presidential candidates - from the Libertarian, Constitution and Green parties, as well as Ralph Nader’s independent ticket - will take place on Tuesday, October 5, at the John Patrick Theatre at...

I am relieved that 186 people in the House of Representatives have some sanity left. The Republican controlled House voted 227-186 in favor of the same sex marriage ban, enough to muster a simple majority, but far short of the 2/3 needed to pass the Bush backed proposed amendment. While it is sad that over 200 representatives support such authoritarian intrusions on personal life and liberty, it is somewhat relieving to know they don't enjoy enough support to legislate it at this time. Sa...

I am looking forward to November 3. On that day, we will begin to see the true results of the election, and get beyond the mindnumbing speculation that has been inaccurate by pollsters' consistent refusal to include candidates such as Badnarik, Cobb, and Peroutka in their polling data. My theory is that this election will be rather interesting due to the internet. As I speak with the average joe on the street, I find a larger percentage of them have heard of Badnarik, even if they do not supp...

With the "official" results barely in, it has been no surprise to see the outcry and protests decrying a "stolen" election; and I am neither convinced of it nor convinced that the idea is altogether ridiculous; I straddle the fence on this one. But there are some issues that we should consider. If the electoral process has truly become so utterly corrupt, it is fair and reasonable to assume that nothing but violent revolution could see an end to it. Violent revolution is not an outcome for wh...

Many liberals in America feel put off by the results of this past election. It bears mentioning that the reason the Republicans won does have something to do with the feelings of a good number of Americans towards the liberals who have insisted that we not only accept, but embrace their values as they decry our values as anachronistic. The fact of the matter is, the conservative values are no less valid than the liberal values. I stand firm against the liberal values because I have seen their...

This is a bit delayed due to my limited access, but in light of the comments made by the left about why people didn't vote for them, I would like to hit some more high points. I will try not to repeat the points from my earlier post. First of all, my dislike for Bush is one of the worst kept secrets on the internet. But just as equally poorly kept is my stance as a Libertarian. While I would not and did not vote for Bush, the latter stance makes it highly unlikely I will ever vote for a Democ...

In my last two blogs, I outlined some of my opinions regarding the recent election. I did this in part to lay out some reasons why I feel the Libertarian Party is the most sensible choice to represent a nation as large and diverse as we are. The elections underscored how a majority opinion can easily ostracize holders of a minority opinion. This does not make the majority opinion wrong, however, and it is equally appalling for holders of the minority opinion (in this case, gay marriage) to tr...

I was reading an article in the paper on our state senator's proposals for Texas' educational system. EVERY ONE of his proposals revolved around a tax increase. Sadly, this senator was allegedly a Republican. As a private citizen, I base my budget off of my income. I do not spend as I damn well see fit and approach my employer demanding a raise. I expect my government to do the same. Another thought that came to mind is that this is yet another example of the fact that the "small governmen...

Those who know me know me as a dove, generally. I believe war to be morally reprehensible, and live in the hope that we can one day find ourselves able to find a less utterly stupid way to solve our problems by training our young men of unknown political affiliations to get out on a field and point lethal weapons at others in the hopes of terminating their life. But I live in a world of reality, not idealism, and that's just not the way things work. I have nothing but respect for the soldi...

Well, the election results are cold and hard, and it's all over but the suing. The Democratic and Republican parties can take a well deserved break. But, the brief respite for third parties should be over immediately following the holiday season. We have much serious work to be undertaken between now and November 2006, if we have hope of being taken seriously. Third parties usually enter people's minds immediately following the party primaries when they realize their favorite candidate didn't...

I rambled over to one of my favorite "conspiracy theory" sites, www.truthout.org , to see what I could see about an unrelated story, and uncovered the following "proof" of Ohio voting fraud. I do not stand by the story's veracity, but simply offer it as a further "talking point" for debate on JoeUser, as we have a number of able, competent debaters who may wish to handle the "latest". I also stand by my original contention that if there WAS such massive fraud in Ohio, we are so far gone as to n...

To those who don't wish to read on about the continuing controversy, I'll give a fair warning that this is a further answer. But I feel that some rather disparaging and inappropriate comments have been made regarding my character, and will respond as I feel appropriate. In the original article entitled "Get Foreign Nations off of Welfare", I made a snide comment that India and other countries had won the lottery. I do not apologize for the comment, and although I probably could have phrased i...

India and many other countries just hit the lottery. In addition to being able to conveniently rid themselves of many of their homeless, they are getting a bonus check from the US government this year for the tsunami disaster. OK, folks, it seems to have trouble sinking in: GOVERNMENT MONEY means YOUR TAX DOLLARS AND MINE get to be spent taking care of India's problems, as usual. But added to that is the UN's criticism that the aid is "stingy". Apparently, they won't be happy until the ...

I am not a fan of George W. Bush's policies in most areas. I can't say I dislike the man, I've never met him. Frankly, he seems like he'd be a halfway decent partner for quail shooting or cards, or some such activity. But I WILL defer to what I have been taught since I was old enough to have an opinion on such things, and that is that a certain respect for the office is my DUTY as a citizen of this country. While the 2000 election may have been questionable, it doesn't change the fact t...

The national election of 2000 brought it to the forefront of our minds. And, if you are living in the state of Washington, you're even more compelled that our nation's electoral system needs a MASSIVE overhaul. Two recounts in Washington gave the governor's seat to the Republican candidate, the third went to the Democratic candidate. All were by extremely narrow margins, all were highly contested. Now, the state GOP is demanding a new election because of the concern that provisional ballot...