Justice and Fortitude

Someone forwarded this to me, and I think you’ll all enjoy it as well.
We’ve all discussed what it means to be a Libertarian, but hardly any of us discuss with each other (or the public) about how it FEELS. But I bet we’ve all THOUGHT about it…
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What It Feels Like to Be a Libertarian
By John […]

I don’t know about you, but every April I’m pulling my hair out trying to fill out multiple forms and fill in all the blanks as required by the KGB, er…I mean IRS, for purposes of collecting taxes. Yet under the current bailout scheme, a bankrupt bank can get $25 billion (YOUR MONEY) with just […]

GOP Indianapolis City-County Councilor Ed Coleman Joins Libertarian Party
Edward Coleman, a member of the Indianapolis City-County Council, has switched his affiliation from Republican to Libertarian. The change was officially announced when the Libertarian Party of Marion County and the Libertarian Party of Indiana held a press conference Tuesday, February 17 at 10:30 AM in the […]

LPMC Contact: Sean Shepard, 317.513.2406 or by email at sshepard94@gmail.com
LPMC Website:  http://www.indylp.org

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Indianapolis, IN - (February 12, 2009) — Pending legislation in the Statehouse, as well as anticipated legislation in Marion County’s City County Council, seeks to limit choices for all Hoosiers.  What is not clear is if these non-smokers are hoping to eventually ban tobacco […]

Dear Friend of Liberty,
In the 2008 elections our Hoosier Libertarian candidates made great strides in gaining further acceptance and recognition for our party. Rex Bell in eastern Indiana polled over 30% in his effort to win the Indiana State House of Representatives District 54. In Marion County, John Meuser garnered 11% of the vote in […]

Libertarians hate discrimination. We don’t force people to like each other, but we do expect everyone to receive equal treatment under the law. That’s why libertarians are joining with our friends over at Indiana Equality to tell you to:
Ask the Judiciary Committee to vote no on SJR 15!

Indiana’s Marriage Discrimination Amendment, Senate Joint Resolution 15 […]

Mike Kole, the LPIN’s new podcaster, recently invited me into the studio for a podcast he called: “Tim Maguire on Marion County and Libertarians serving on government boards.”
I think I did pretty good…see if you agree by visiting his new site and listening for yourself!
http://web.me.com/mikekole/Site/Podcast/Entries/2009/2/2_LPIN_003_20090202_Tim_Maguire.html

FINALLY, some cooler heads are prevailing: Hopkins Professor Joins Cato Institute to Oppose Stimulus Package, says the John Hopkins Newsletter.
The article basically outlines how the Cato Institute finally decided to run a full-page ad, just to let the President (and readers) know that no, we DON’T have to do something.  Steve Hanke, Professor of Applied […]

Received from freepauljacob.com 1/22/2009:
Free at last! Oklahoma AG Drew Edmondson today dropped all charges against the “Oklahoma 3″—Paul Jacob, Susan Johnson, and Rick Carpenter—in response to the 10th Circuit Court of Appeal’s refusal to approve his request for a rehearing.
Edmondson had asked the court to rehear the case in which the 10th Circuit judges invalidated […]

As a Libertarian, I strive for a peaceful society, but I also understand that there are many others who do not.  I therefore support public safety programs such as the local police force, and hope they can be successful in ridding our streets of crime.
I am also a realist, and understand that even the police cannot do […]