1.2 The purpose of the MoLP shall be the promotion of Libertarian candidates for election to public office and the promotion of libertarian ideas and philosophy.

When a prepositional phrase unites the two subjects, it means they are of equal value. Somewhere along the line, the Missouri Libertarian Party has lost the first half.

Any political party that no longer wants to elect candidates to public office should close up shop and go home.

Today Bill Lower and I testified before the Missouri House Interim Committee concerning the MIAC report. Because our other fine Libertarian officials had already testified I pretty much keep it short. I did file my written testimony to support what all of us had said already. I also filed the facts from the ACLU Cisse had made about the DOD concerning protesters being low level terrorist.. There were a total of about 14 speakers, of them 4 were law enforcement officials from the MO. Highway Patr… Continue

I have heard it said that the Libertarians can be divided into left and right. The Left is more concerned about Personal Rights than Property Rights and Taxes. The Right is more concerned about Property Rights and Taxes than Personal Rights. Now being a poor man who has not had to pay income taxes for 20 years, but always has to pay 16% for Social Security Taxes which I may never get, I do have a concern for taxes. I have to pay sales tax, personal property tax, communication taxes, cable taxes,… Continue

The State Chair is pushing an election strategy. He believes that if you build the party, you will build the vote total at the November General Election. So, he proposes a grassroots marketing campaign that "pushes" the voters to the August Primary in 2010. He proposes spending $65,000 for this program, but he is spending most of that money in a way that does not support grassroots marketing. He proposes spending this money for radio, television, and Internet advertisements.

First, let me say t… Continue

This Thursday August 13 th at 9 pm Teddy and Keith will be interviewing Brandon Boatwright. Brandon is the President of Springfield's Chapter of NORML (National Organization for Reform of Marijuana Laws) Feel free to join our chat room or call in with your questions or comments. www.blogtalkradio.com/showmelibertarians or www.blogtv.com/people/teddyfleck