We are writing to you, who have entered our database as third party voters, to recognize the futility of your efforts. The system of voting in the United States is set up as a two party system, and it will remain so despite your fervent efforts to have it otherwise. A vote for a third party is a wasted vote; you would do as well staying home on election day. The candidates of the two leading parties have proven themselves to be the best qualified, most intelligent candidates to lead this n...

In a seperate thread, another user has asserted that the Catholic church is telling its parishioners not to vote for John Kerry. When I pointed out that this was a clear violation of the law, I was challenged with some very strong language but without the facts. I will grant that I did not provide the hard facts on this, but rather my extensive experience as a minister and those of my family who are also ministers. The person since responded by simply stating I was wrong (I have yet to see an...

They are the technological savior of the democratic process. They will make elections quicker, easier, and more accurate. Or...will they? Nevada has implemented its new touch screen voter system, unique in that it actually has a paper trail that will help in the case of recounts or suspicions of tampering. The pundits lauded these systems as they would make election results available instantaneously. A look at yesterday's primary shows otherwise. The newspaper had a press dead...

Albanian: me falni Serbian: zau mi je Czech: je mi lito Farsi: bebakshid French: Je suis desole German: Es tut mir Leid Hawaiian: kaumaha Lithuanian: atsuprasyk Spanish: perdon English: I'm sorry Read it. Learn it. Live it.

I am furious. No, I am beyond furious at the ridiculous insistence that I renounce my Libertarian party affiliation in favor of the Democratic or Republican party on the basis of someone's opinion that I am "wasting my vote". The "wasting your vote" lie is one that has been perpetuated to keep the major parties in play. It is a lie that serves the two major parties, and often works as a disincentive for informed voters who truly want to find a candidate aligned with their issues. When I...

I have blogged before on the Free State Project, basically a group of individuals who are trying to get 20,000 activists to move to New Hampshire to create a state with libertarian ideals. It's a noble effort, and one that I, as a supporter (although one who "opted out" of New Hampshire, and thus, won't be joining them) Have watched very closely. This election year, I figured, would be an important litmus test; I made mention of it on an article I wrote. Well, if this November is a litmus ...

OK, the title necessitates a disclaimer. I don't hate America. Nor do I think any CITIZEN of the United States should hate America unless they are working towards emigrating elsewhere. Hating certain POLICIES is another story, but that's a different blog entirely. No, what I am talking about is the world's attitude towards America. A reference to Time magazine's recent article on Islam suggests that something like 48% of Saudis hate America (or something like that...I haven't read the a...

OK, I know this one has been hit on a lot on this site, but the drudge report has an article linked to the Washington Times that shows the controversial Bush memo side by side with a memo from the Pentagon archives from the same time frame. Comparisons are made between the two. In case the image doesn't come through, I will link the report at the bottom of the page: Link

The following is a press release from Libertarian Party candidate Michael Badnarik. More information on Badnarik can be obtained at www.badnarik.org, and more on the Libertarian Party can be found at www.lp.org What America can learn from Bush's Guard duty scandal =============================== NEWS FROM THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY 2600 Virginia Avenue, NW, Suite 100 Washington DC 20037 World Wide Web: http://www.LP.org =============================== For release: September 15, 2004 ===...

This is a press release from the Badnarik 2004 website: BADNARIK ADDRESS TO THE YOUTH OF AMERICA September 21 — =========================== September 21, 2004 For Immediate Release Contact: Stephen P. Gordon Office: (512) 637-6867 Cell: (256) 227-8360 [email protected] =========================== Below is a statement issued by Libertarian presidential candidate Michael Badnarik to Americans 18 to 30 years of age: Nowhere is the increasing failure of the American p...

12 states this year have amendments before their voters to ban same sex marriage in their quest to legislate morality within their borders. Our reigning president has also championed such legislation on the federal level. This brings me to what I consider to be the most deplorable, most shameful tactic of the political right (the left use it too, in different areas, but that's another blog): The use of emotionally charged issues to blindside voters to the real issues. In short, voters w...

This from the Libertarian party website at www.lp.org :   Libertarian candidate competes in Olympic fencing CODY MATTERN   In August, the Libertarian Party's candidate for Oregon state House of Representatives (District 35) took time to go to Athens for the Olympic Games. But Cody Mattern, the 23-year-old from Tigard, Ore., wasn't sitting in the stands watching others participate in the games. As one of the best fencers in the world, he ...

As I continue to read about Michael Moore, a serious thought has started to concern me. He has become a caricature of the American left, an annoying muppet and a one trick pony. As he presents himself as America's savior, I am seeing a lot of people that I know viewing him more as a pied piper, and a man not to be trusted. Sure, they don't like Bush, but because Michael Moore is so closely tied with the left (and by extension, Kerry), his side is equally appalling. As I stated once befo...

The following is taken from Michael Badnarik's blog at www.badnarik.org . I replied to the people at opendebates.org and told them that I felt they had become as bad as the monsters they set out to fight, and that their entire agenda seems to revolve around getting Nader (on the ballot in 39 states) into the debates, but not other third party candidates (such as Badnarik, on the ballot in 48 or 49, depending on the results of a court decision in Oklahoma). The press release below was posted ...

A couple of my past blogs have focused on the Free State Project, and one previous blog has touched on the failure of libertarians in New Hampshire (the chosen state for the FSP) to put Michael Badnarik, the Libertarian Party candidate, on the ballot, making NH one of only two states (Oklahoma being the other) where Badnarik doesn't appear on the ballot. For those who are unfamiliar with the Free State Project, here is a portion of their mission statement, pulled from their homepage at www.f...