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Shameless, Free Infomercials for Two Guilty Parties: Obama’s State of the Union and the Republican Response

Staff — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:03:49 -0500

“Sponsors of even the most embarrassing, inane and fraudulent infomercials have to pay for their own air time. They can’t force TV stations to run their ads for free by threatening to shut them down.

“Through the Federal Communications Commission and other government coercion, Democratic and Republican politicians run their shameless infomercials on prime time TV free of charge. Tonight’s infomercial hand-outs were the State of the Union address and the ‘opposition’ response.

2012 Libertarian Nominating Convention May 2-6

Nigel Lyons — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:12:06 -0500

Dear Fellow Libertarians,

Mark your calendar!

The 2012 National Libertarian Party convention will be held on May 2-6 in Las Vegas, Nevada, featuring:

Libertarians Welcome Governor Gary Johnson to Party, Presidential Race

Nigel Lyons — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 12:11:11 -0500

Today at 10:00 am MST, Governor Gary Johnson is expected to announce his candidacy and to join the Libertarian Party with Mark Hinkle, Chair at a press conference at the State Capitol in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

The event will be live streamed at the Gary Johnson for President web site.

Libertarians say Bill of Rights Day is reminder of need to downsize Big Government

Carla Howell — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 13:36:56 -0500

WASHINGTON - Today, December 15, libertarians celebrate Bill of Rights Day.

On December 15, 1791 the Bill of Rights was ratified, creating the first Ten Amendments of the U.S. Constitution.

The Libertarian Party platform expressly supports the Bill of Rights and calls for restoring our freedoms lost as a result of laws passed in violation of the Constitution by Democratic and Republican politicians.

Indefinite detention provisions are wrong

Staff — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 18:43:51 -0500

WASHINGTON - Libertarian Party Chair Mark Hinkle released the following statement today regarding the indefinite detention provisions of Senate version of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2012.

"The Obama administration has already claimed that the president has the authority to kill Americans overseas, if he believes they are terrorists.