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Video of Ron Paul debating Stephen Baldwin about the legalization of marijuana on Larry King Live March 13, 2009.

On Friday, August 15, the Bob Barr campaign attempted to have the Secretary of State authorize local clerks accept late filings of signatures. Don Cookson of the Secretary of State’s office indicated that there is no provision to authorize such a late filing. The signatures filed by the August 8 deadline amounted to 3,200, short of the 4,000 valid signatures required. The Libertarian Party is expected to go to court to force the state to accept the late signatures.

For conservatives unhappy with McCain as our candidate, I’ve heard a few mention Bob Barr as an alternative for their protest votes. Make sure you know who your voting for before you do so, and make sure if your protest is that of principle that you share the same principles with whom you pull the lever for. For some conservatives, Bob Barr’s teamwork with the ACLU to fight against the Patriot Act and the NSA’s terrorist surveillance program is enough to drop consideration. He has also sided with the ACLU on the immigration issue, opposing local law enforcement from helping...

You read that right. The leader of the Bill Clinton Impeachment Team in the House says Bush is SO much worse than Clinton ever was. Check it out in this fascinating MobLogic.tv video. Barr also talks about the history of his mustache, civil liberties, privacy and other important topics. (video link- http://www.moblogic.tv/video/2008/06/20/bob-barr/)

June 4 - KGO - Senator Hillary Clinton went into that debate in New Hampshire last night as the frontrunner and according to the analysts, she came out of it still leading the pack. Tomorrow night it'll be the republicans' turn. I can't tell you what the republicans are going to say tomorrow night, but it's a pretty good bet their going to repeat many of the things they've said already, and so ABC7 is giving you a preview by fact checking their statements in the last GOP debate. Three weeks ago at the University of South Carolina, Mitt Romney...

Often I see Libertarians refer to themselves as "Conservatives" or "Right". Yet, many times, on many web-boards, I see the libertarians taking the same positions as Demonrats, and they seem to support Demonrats over Republicans. I did a bit of research, and I found why this might be the case. Libertarianism is actually in the same political system as Liberalism. http://www.moral-politics.com/xPolitics.aspx?menu=Political_Ideologies&action=Draw&choice=PoliticalIdeologies.All

The US House of Representatives passed a spending bill last week that contains provisions establishing a national ID card, and the Senate is poised to approve the measure in the next few days. This week marks the American public’s last chance to convince their Senators they don’t want to live in a nation that demands papers from its citizens as they go about their lives. Absent a political miracle in the Senate, within two years every American will need a conforming national ID card to participate in ordinary activities. This REAL ID Act establishes a massive, centrally-coordinated database of highly...

Shocking research reveals teenagers who smoke cannabis are twice as likely to develop psychosis. The ABC's Four Corners TV program tomorrow night airs research that shows the human brain does not fully develop until the early 20s, placing pot-smoking teenagers at risk of suffering significant and permanent damage. The New Zealand research destroys the myth that cannabis is a soft drug and experts say today's hydroponic marijuana is being "morphed" into a different substance from that smoked by the hippie generation. Psychiatrist Dr Andrew Campbell said the widespread use among young people – one in five teenagers uses cannabis –...

Bill Maher: Mel Gibson and Tom DeLay Are Anti-Semites Controversial TV talker Bill Maher attacked religious conservatives in an early morning interview on Wednesday, claiming that movie star Mel Gibson and House Majority Leader Tom DeLay were "anti-Semitic." "I do think Mel Gibson is anti-Semitic," Maher told radio host Don Imus. "So, by the way, is Tom DeLay. So, by the way, are all these Christian right people who pretend to be friends of Israel." Then Maher accused Christian fundamentalists of befriending Israel only because, ultimately, they'd like to see Jews die: "You know, this is the sickest thing. They...

Last year, many of you helped us to stop the misguided RAVE Act from becoming law. Thanks to the work of drug reform activists from many organizations across the country, the original bill lost two of its co-sponsors and was stalled in committee without becoming law. The bad news is that the bill is back, in even more dangerous form. This year, the Senators in favor of the original RAVE Act have inserted its language as an amendment to S.22, a popular new bill introduced only as "A Bill To Enhance Domestic Security." The bill itself is very likely to...