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Never A Wasted Vote

Constitution Party candidate Chuck Baldwin recently published an article entitled "A Wasted Vote," in which he expounds the virtue of voting on uncompromised principles, viz. voting for Chuck Baldwin, as opposed to casting one's vote for what Chuck calls "the evil of two lessers."...

Posted to The Eric Simmons Blog by Eric on Fri, Oct 10 2008
Filed under: Chuck Baldwin, voting

Ron Paul's League of NON-Voters

Ron Paul's League of NON-Voters Ron Paul recognizes "principled non-voters" but had no suggestion for HOW they can become vocal. Perhaps sending POSTCARDS to your Senator and Representative and the Supreme Court declaring "I refuse to vote because there is not an inflated dime's...

Posted to Political Theory by DennisLeeWilson on Wed, Sep 17 2008

The President "runs" the country, according to Joy Behar

I was flipping through the channels the other night, and I came upon CNN interviewing the women of "The View". CNN wanted the hosts' opinion on Sarah Palin. The genius that is Joy Behar said that she wasn't too comfortable knowing that with Palin's inexperience, she would be a heartbeat...

Posted to Political Theory by richie2044 on Mon, Sep 8 2008

RNC: Making a non-unanimous vote unanimous

The RNC vote for the presidentially nominee was appalling. John McCain received 2000+, Ron Paul 11 votes, Romney 2 votes. The roll call counted the vote as Ron Paul 5 votes, Romney 2 votes. But at the very end, their was a motion made to make the non-unanimous vote unanimous. The motion passed! What's...

Posted to Free Markets, Free Minds, Free Me. by ViennaSausage on Thu, Sep 4 2008
Filed under: RNC, vote, voting

Voting with our pocketbooks

As an economist I've often thought of how we can express our wishes as a republic in such a way as for them not to be watered down by the time they get to the top as is the case with our current political system of primaries and delegates and super-delegates and state conventions and national conventions...

Posted to Political Theory by doncooper on Sun, Jun 22 2008

The Danger of Political Centrism

It is often assumed that centrists are good because they are not "extreme". Centrists are generally viewed as being preferable to the so-called "far left" and "far right". However, it is my contention that centrists are the most dangerous type of politician and that the...

Posted to Brainpolice by Brainpolice on Wed, Jun 4 2008
Filed under: Democracy, Voting

Bob Barr Nominated At LP Convention

So Bob Barr got the LP's nomination at their most recent convention. There is a lot of dirt on this man from a libertarian perspective, ranging from his past support for the drug war and actually being the author of the defense of marriage act. Like all political oppurtunists, he has claimed to have...

Posted to Brainpolice by Brainpolice on Mon, May 26 2008
Filed under: Voting, Libertarianism, old right, conservatism, Prohibition

Re: Voting anarchist dilemma

Very god captain murphy, its nice to see a guy who can escape from being a moralist long enough to see how things work in the real world, and the slave meal analogy was stunning. but I would give yet another point still; either you can charge the wall over and over again, or, you can use a trojan horse...

Posted to Political Theory by Attackdonkey on Sun, Mar 23 2008