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Chapters: Libertarian Party of Texas, Green Party of Texas, Republican Party of Texas, Texas Democratic Party. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 20. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Libertarian Party of Texas is the state affiliate of the Libertarian Party in Texas, USA. The state chair is Patrick Dixon. In 1971, Texas was one of the 13 original founding state parties at the first LP convention in Denver, Colorado. Over the next five years, county affiliate parties were founded in Travis, Harris, Dallas, and Bexar counties. In February 1980, Charles Fuller of Houston becomes the first Texas Libertarian to appear on the ballot as a Libertarian. (Previous candidates ran for write-in votes or as independents.) Fuller ran in a Special Election for State Representative District 80. The party first qualified for statewide ballot access on September 1, 1982 with 41,000 petition signatures. The party ran 122 candidates that November. Legal issues making signature collection more difficult prevented the party from achieving ballot access in 1984, but it was able to collect the required 32,000 signatures in 1986 to once again make it on the ballot. Three statewide candidates achieved at least 5% of the vote that November, automatically granting the party ballot access for 1988. In the 1990 statewide elections, gubernatorial candidate Jeff Daiell achieved 3.34% of the vote and Comptroller candidate Gill Grisham received 5.8%, guaranteeing ballot access through 1994. On March 9, 1998, U.S. District Judge James Nowlin stopped the State of Texas from requiring voter registration numbers alongside ballot access petition signatures in Pilcher v. Rains, brought by the Libertarian Party of Texas. In every election since except that of 2002, at least one of the party's candidates achieved 5% of the vo...http://booksllc.net/?id=10083285 ... Read more

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Chapters: Libertarian Municipal People, Laholm Party, Popular Movement for the Good of Borlänge, Folkhemmet I Hofors-Torsåker, Falu Party, Hedemora Party, Left Democrats, Rotpartiet, Axel Ingmar's List - Avesta Party, Kommunens Bästa - Ölandspartiet, Social Radical Democrats, Stockholm Party, Solidarity - Work - Peace - Ecology, Ronneby Party, Drevviken Party, Aktiv Politik, Independent Democrats of the Municipality of Lindesberg, Citizens Party: School - Health Care - Care, Bopartiet, Sölvesborg Party, Municipal Party Vdm, Stop E4 West - Culture Party, Environmental and Left List in Tanum, Municipal List, Berg Party, Alvesta Alternative, Frihetliga Ljusdalsbygden, Independent Municipal Party of Ljusnarsberg, Kiruna Party, Bergas Bästa - Partipolitiskt Obunden Lista, Voice of the People - Vox Humana, Free Democrats of Arjeplog, Life Quality in the Municipality of Högsby, Free Trade Party of Norrbotten, Leisure Time Party, Future Party, Älvdalen Party, Cooperation in Mullsjö, Independents of Hällefors, S-Alternative, Leksand Party, Vimmerby Party, Future of Mullsjö. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 98. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Frihetliga Kommunalfolket (Libertarian Municipal People), a candidature used by syndicalists in Sweden to contest municipal elections. FKF surged in the 1950's, mainly in municipalities in central Sweden (areas like Dalarna, Värmland, Härjedalen and Gävleborg). In 1959 FKF won three seats in Ekshärad municipality. FKF won municipal representation in Ljusdal in 1976. A text published by SAC in 1963 defined the role of FKF in the following way: "Syndikalismen bildar alltså inget politiskt parti, men utanför SAC har syndikalister bildat Frihetliga Kommunalfolket som har haft relativt stora framgångar, bland annat i vissa områden i Dalarna. Den kommunala ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1059028 ... Read more

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An Early Sociological Analysis of the Libertarian Party
Strauss's study on the sociology of the Libertarian Party was a pioneering work and many of his findings remain relevant today.The introduction by Michael Hoy is an excellent participant observation account of the Michigan Libertarian Party.Libertarianism is asignificant sociological phenomenon in the United States, which is often at odds with the Libertarian Party.Strauss's study shows why.He explains that "Party" libertarians are of three basic types and shows howthe sociological relationships between these various types sometimes culminate in some very unlibertarian, and at times comical, behavior.As an insider's account, it is quite valuable.It is also an example of some of the advantages of participant observation as a research method. ... Read more

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Chapters: United States Congressional Delegations From Indiana, Political Party Strength in Indiana, Libertarian Party of Indiana, Indiana Democratic Party, Indiana Republican Party. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 43. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Since its statehood in 1816, the U.S. state of Indiana has sent congressional delegations to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives. Each state elects two Senators statewide to serve for six years, and their elections are staggered to be held in two of every three even-numbered yearsIndiana's Senate election years are to Classes I and III. Before the Seventeenth Amendment in 1913, Senators were elected by the Indiana General Assembly. Members of the House of Representatives are elected to two-year terms, one from each of Indiana's nine congressional districts. Before becoming a state, the Indiana Territory elected delegates at-large and sent three to Congress, but the territorial delegates were restricted from voting on legislation. The longest-serving of any of Indiana's Congressmen is Senator Richard Lugar, incumbent since 1977. The longest-serving House member is Lee H. Hamilton, who served from 1965 to 1999. There have been 342 people who have represented Indiana in Congress: 315 in the House, 27 in the Senate, and 17 in both houses, with an average term of seven years. Indiana has elected five women and three African Americans to Congress. Each state elects two Senators, and Indiana's come from classes I and III. Senators are elected by statewide popular vote every six years, though before the Seventeenth Amendment in 1913 Senators were chosen by the Indiana General Assembly. Recent class I Senate elections in Indiana were in 1992, 1998, 2004, and 2010; recent class III elections were in 1994, 2000, ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=948508 ... Read more

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Chapters: Libertarian National Socialist Green Party, American Nazi Party, National Renaissance Party, National Socialist Party of America, White Patriot Party. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 22. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Third PositionWhite nationalismWhite supremacyPeronism Pan-European nationalismThe American Nazi Party (ANP) was founded by retired U.S. Navy Commander George Lincoln Rockwell. Headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, Rockwell initially called it the World Union of Free Enterprise National Socialists (WUFENS), but Rockwell renamed it the American Nazi Party in 1960 to attract maximum media attention. The party was based largely upon the ideals and policies of Adolf Hitler's NSDAP in Germany during the Third Reich but claimed that it was in conformance with the Constitutional principles of the U.S.'s Founding Fathers. It also added a platform of Holocaust denial. The WUFENS headquarters was first located in a residence on Williamsburg Road in Arlington, but was later moved as the ANP headquarters to a house at 928 North Randolph Street (now a hotel and office building site). Rockwell and some party members also established a "Stormtrooper Barracks" in a farmhouse in the Dominion Hills section of Arlington at what is now the Upton Hill Regional Park, the tallest hill in the county. After Rockwell's death, the headquarters was moved again to one side of a duplex brick and concrete storefront at 2507 North Franklin Road which featured a swastika prominently mounted above the front door. This site was visible from busy Wilson Boulevard. Today the Franklin Road address is often misidentified as Rockwell's headquarters when in fact it was the successor organization's last physical address in Arlington (now a coffeehouse). After several years of living in impoverish...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=364176 ... Read more

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Praise for The Elephant in the Room



"This funny, sobering, smart book reminds Republicans that having beliefs isn't good enough. You have to act on them. Winning isn't enough; you have to win with a purpose in mind. Ryan Sager sounds a real call to arms. The party would be wise to hear it."
--Peggy Noonan, columnist, The Wall Street Journal

"An insightful and eminently readable account of the current conservative crackup. Anyone who wants to understand American politics today needs to read Sager's chronicle of the ongoing civil war in the conservative ranks."
--Paul Begala, coauthor of Take It Back

"Two feisty American factions are at daggers drawn. No, the fight is not conservatives versus liberals. Rather, it is libertarian conservatives versus 'social issues' conservatives. In this illuminating examination of the changing ideological geography of American politics, Ryan Sager suggests that the conservatives must choose between Southern and Western flavors of conservatism. He prefers the latter."
--George F. Will, syndicated columnist

"Sager picks up where Bruce Bartlett left off with Impostor. The Elephant in the Room tells us how libertarians and the Christian conservatives are at swords' point over Bush's 'big government conservatism.' Anyone who wants to understand this important debate should get a copy of Sager's book."
--John B. Judis, coauthor of The Emerging Democratic Majority

"Ryan Sager offers an eloquent, elegant argument that the GOP has lost its way--an argument that even those of us who disagree with many of his criticisms and object passionately to many of his characterizations must take with the utmost seriousness."
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Worthy political roadmap for conservatives
I'm ambivalent whether we conservatives need to be moral or money makers.What's the point of the free market without the Decalogue?Rabbi Daniel Lapin has written a book showing how both can be one and the same.

I lean libertarian as does the author Ryan Sager, who like me is a former intern with the Cato Institute, the libertarian's Heritage Foundation.

But the right's stance on moral issues such as abortion, euthanasia, pornography, Terri Schiavo, drug use, etc. may have come to the detriment of the party's success outside the South.Why can't a hippie cancer patient take a puff on a joint, asks Sager? (I'm paraphrasing)

There's the American West ripe for the taking, argues Sager somewhat convincingly, for freedom-loving, pro-growth politicians who publicly embrace the Second Amendment.I think that's about right.Too often in recent years Republicans gave only lip service to these American ideals.He uses as a colorful example the governor of Montana who is a Democrat who loves guns.Not what one sees in the Northeast where gun rights people are almost exclusively Republican.

The "fusionism" first espoused by Frank S. Meyer needs to be trumpeted by the conservative rooftops. Ryan Sager has beaten others (Jonathan Adler, we're waiting.) to the punch in doing just that in a way that wittily recounts past political events in a charming, even elegant way.

The growth of spending under Bush is scary. On page 191 Sager writes: "An analysis published in USA Today in March 2006 found that federal entitlement spending had grown more between 2000 and 2005 than in any other five-year period since the Great Society."What a disaster!

But the pessimism luring between the lines of the book is borne out by demographics.Whites in the West may lean libertarian, but not the immigrants who definitely list to the Democratic party. If only Sager could be joined by Mark Steyn (America Alone) and Lawrence Auster (The Path to National Suicide) one would have encountered a book even more profitable.

Refusing to Take his Share of the Blame
I once thought of myself as a libertarian, until I actually starting trying to interact with them.This may sound harsh, but the only word I can use to describe the libertarian philosophy is, well, shallow and materialistic.Ryan Sager pretty much proves my point in this book.I agree with his general sentiment that we should avoid religious extremism within the party, but Sager takes it one step beyond that. He basically thinks that Republicans ought to be totally indifferent to ANY kind of questions about culture and religion.

This is why I can't quite embrace the libertarian ideology- they seem to have little concern with anything other than money and self- gratification.

One way this was brought home to me was withcase of a senator in my home state of Louisiana: David Vitter. Whenit came to light that he'd been having affairs with prostitutes, I made the mistake of saying some less than flattering things about him in front of a self- described "libertarian Republican."

This person hada different reaction to Vitter's escapades. That is, anyone who expressed any kind of concern, AT ALL about Vitter paying for sex was aReligious nut job and was destroying the Republican party.

This person told me that he literally didn't give a damn about who Vitter slept with, as long as he "kept his handsoff mymoney."

This person hadn't bothered to think through the implications of what Vitter's actions meant for him and his fiscal priorities. It didn't cross their mind that a guy who lied to his wife and paid for sex (which is illegal) may be less than trust worthy.

My concern was that if he is willing to lie and break promises to his wife, (and values voters), then he can just as easily do the same thing to fiscal conservatives.

This isn't the argument of a religious nut-it's the argument of a person who thinks about more than his immediate, short- term self- interest. It's the kind of thinking that Ryan Sager and many other libertarians seem incapable of.

I don't consider myself a part of the "religious right" or even a "social conservative."But I often find myself defending them when people like Sager insist that they shoulder ALL of the blame for GOP'S losses.

They deserve some of the blame to be sure for things like the ridiculous Terry Schiavo debacle.

But Libertarian ideas have done more than their share of alienating the middle class.

Sager manages to miss another "elephant in the room" called "free-trade." Libertarians aggressively promote the kind of trade deals that handed Michigan, Pennsyvlvania and Ohio to the Democrats.

Millions of manufacturing Jobs have been lost to off shoring in those states,made possible by libertarian-inspired trade deals.

Open borders with Mexico is another staple of Libertarianism- and hugely unpopuplar with middle America and another reason we lost in '06.

Superb!
Before coming across this book, I had never heard of Ryan Sager.What a pleasant surprise when I began reading!I will definitely keep my eyes out for anything else published by him.

Mr. Sager has written -- excellently, by the way, and often with laugh-out-loud humor -- all the things that I'd been thinking (and often getting frustrated & angry about) politically for the last 6+ years.It was like reading my own nebulous thoughts and feelings on the hijacking of conservatism by big-government Evangelicals, only done in a much more articulate and well-researched way than my own ramblings could ever have managed.

His primary thesis is that the alliance between 'social conservatives' (those concerned primarily with 'values' issues rather than individual rights or small gov't, and who are often Southern & evangelical) with 'libertarian' or 'fiscal conservatives' (those focused more on small gov't and individual rights, more likely to be from the interior West), is in danger, primarily as a result of the Bush Administration and the 2000-06 Congresses, combined with historical changes.According to Sager, this alliance, first begun in the 1950s, first brought to national prominence in the Goldwater campaign ('64), and brought to electoral victory by Reagan in the '80s and Gingrich in the mid-90s, was a marriage of convenience.The two strands of 'conservatism,' which in fact seem contradictory when you think about it, allied first against communism (and the aftertaste of the New Deal), and then, in the '90s, against the Clinton administration.Now, however, without a foe both strands recognize (libertarian conservatives tend to be less hysterical about the Islamic threat than social conservatives), the marriage is on the rocks.

As a former registered Republican, turned off from the Party by the Bush Administration's and the Hastert/Lott/Frist Congresses' big spending (they made Clinton look like a fiscal conservative!), religious pandering, government enlargement(NCLB, Prescription Drug entitlements, anyone???) and Wilsonian interventionism (make the world safe for democracy!), I have now been a proudly registered Libertarian for several years.

It is here that I differ with Mr. Sager (and agree with several other reviews of this book) because I don't share the author's optimism that the alliance between libertarian and social conservatives can (or, even moreso, should) be fixed.Instead, I think the Republican party may well be on its last legs if it continues to pander to Southern Evangelicals at the expense of the rest of the party.Many people like myself don't like the fact that the two options in major parties today are a big government party that takes the Bible literally (GOP) and a big government party that doesn't (Dems).If these trends continue, I think we can expect more Democratic electoral victories.Whether the Libertarian Party or some other option will take the place of the GOP if it does indeed disintegrate(like the Whigs in the 1850s) remains to be seen......

Still, this book is excellent, very well-written, and I think vital to anyone who wants to understand what's going on in the Republican party & conservative movement today.I couldn't put it down and read it very quickly.This is the best book on current politics I've read in a while.

What about the Corporate CEOS?
Everything is accurate in the book and the commentaries on it except the fact that both the book and everybody here is overlooking >> there is a third and extremely powerful faction in the Republican Party that straddles both Libertarian and Big Government factions. And they are the faction in power.That is the Corporate CEO big money bigwigs who get far more of their agenda enacted than either the social conservatives or the libertarians.And they do it by having it both ways.Huge tax cuts aimed at them?Why that's 'libertarian', isn't it?Big subsidies such as the medicare drug plan, which shuts out any 'free market' competition while at the same time granting new entitlements forever?Why that's 'compassionate (social) conservatism'! Gigantic No-bid contracts for Halliburton, Bechtel, etc? That's Republicans 'Strong on defense'!No regulation for pollutors? No increase in mileage standards to free us from oil dependence on our enemies? Libertarian! Both libertarian and social conservatives are played for suckers by these guys, and they are the ones (literally) running the White House and controlling the actual Republican agenda.
The deep contradictions in the Republican 'coalition' have been there all along. It's corporate 'big government socialism for the corporations and the rich, capitalism for the poor and middle class' Privatize social security to pump billions of taxpayer money to Wall Street con artists? Libertarian AND big government compassionate conservatism at the same time! Huge tax breaks for the world record breakingly profitable oil companies >> NONE of which is passed on to the consumer (about as likely to reduce oil dependence on our enemies as tax breaks for alcohol production would end alcoholism) ? Strong on defense! That's been the real 'social engineering' that's been going on in the last 10 years. A giant Amazon river of public money for these guys, and a $500 tax 'break for the rest of us". A piece of red meat thrown to one side or another has kept this unholy alliance alive as improbably long as it has. The dustbin of history is sweeping the whole mess away, since the American people more and more realize whose agenda is REALLY being brought to life by the monied elite that actually runs the party.

Illuminating
Wow, it's so clear to me now!An unpopular war wasn't the half of how the Republican leadership self-destructed.

This book presents a stunningly eloquent exposition of the current state of the Republican Party, from the perspective of 'before the fall'.Essential information for voters on the motivating ideas of US federal leadership.This book will make the Republican half of the story strikingly clear.

The writing is entertaining and an 'easy read' while covering what could be a dry subject.The book is of modest length but impressive depth.It reads like a conversation with a master of the subject conveying a rich scope in a terse 250 pages.

I can understand Kristen's review below but it hardly seems fair to criticize a book for doing what it promises, explaining the battle for control, so well that the reader wishes there was an easy answer.Sager could have given us one, as we are so accustomed to hearing from political candidates.I'm glad he did not.It would have encouraged readers to consider the `problem solved' and slip back into our daily complacency.Having seen and understood the Republican dilemma I feel motivated to address it and armed with the clarity to push through pat answers for real actions.

Now where's the book that will explain the Democrat malaise, including why their leadership seems to hate the central values of the American Experiment?
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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Log Cabin Republicans, Lgbtory, Outright Libertarians, National Stonewall Democrats, Lgbt Labour, Delga, Lavender Greens, Gay Republicans, Gaylib, Rainbow Labour, Homosexualités et Socialisme. Excerpt:DELGA is the LGBT organisation of the British Liberal Democrats political party, the full name being Liberal Democrats for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Action . Delga was founded shortly after the formation of the Liberal Democrats and is a Specified Associated Organisation , which gives it special status within that Party. The Chair since January 2010 is Benji Starr. The honorary president of Delga is Dr Evan Harris MP . Organisation Name When the Liberal Democrats party was formed, it was initially called the Social and Liberal Democrats, sometimes referred to by the shortened version 'Democrats'. As such when a lesbian ... Read more

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2008 is a presidential election year. And Most Americans will be complaining--again--about similarities between the major candidates.This book helps readers understand why they're so frustrated by their lack of choices in American politics today. In the shadows of Islamic terrorism and a bankrupt social welfare system, Americans need to reframe the debate. ... Read more

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A fine and recommended read for those who wish to better understand modern America
Could the partisan awards on the political stage make Americans ignore the real debate? "Libertarian Nation: The Call for a New Agenda" is a discussion of the rise of statism in recent politics from both major political parties, and how it is slowly sapping liberty from America. Criticizing the Bush, Clinton, and Obama administrations, author James Walsh argues his points and calls for America to stand against the advancement of statism. Stating the current libertarian agenda simply and clearly, "Libertarian Nation" is a fine and recommended read for those who wish to better understand modern America.
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Essential reading for the libertarian with a mind, and a heart as well
This books serves as an excellent primer on geolibertarian ideas. It's targeted towards other libertarians, so if you're not already libertarian this book probably won't change your mind, other than to convince you that not all libertarians would let the poor eat cake. I can't recommend it highly enough.
What's excellent about the book is its emphasis on classical liberal thinkers to show how the LP has strayed from its roots. Even Chodorov, author of "taxation is robbery" gets behind the land value tax. An easy, conversational style makes the book easy to read and understand. At the end of the book, there's a list of websites to check out and even the author's email address. I shot him an email and got an instant response, wherein he told me to look up www.savingcommunities.org.

Excellent geolibertarian introduction
Full disclosure is necessary before beginning this review: Harold Kyriazi is one of the people who got me active in Libertarian politics, and I've discussed the matters in this book with him previously. So this is not what you'd call an unbiased review (if one exists). That said, Kyriazi has written a book that is an excellent introduction to the issue of the land-value tax, or "LVT".

While taxation is generally shunned by the Libertarian Party and others generally freedom-oriented, the question of "Yes, but how would you fund government?" has resulted in a hodgepodge of answers, and no clear consensus. Kyriazi here makes the case thatland tax, or "land rents" is both the pragmatic and moral answer to this question. In doing so he covers all angles, from logical foundations to real-world examples to quotes from other liberty-oriented thinkers; the long quote from Winston Churchill is especially relevant and well-chosen.

In doing so Kyriazi does hopskotch a bit. His defense of this principle tends to jump from one idea to another, and thus it is necessary to keep an eye on the overall picture that is developing. For that reason this isn't the best book for those who know about LVT, are against it, and are looking to be convinced otherwise. On the other hand, it does call upon a great many notable works, including religious references, so for those who want a more exhaustive approach to some part of the issue this book should provide enough pointers to them.

What then winds up emerging is the best introductory approach to geolibertarianism available today. In some circles this is a very hotly debated topic, and what is needed to accompany this debate is a book well-written enough to serve as a starting point to constructive conversation. Kyriazi's freshman effort has given us exactly that. A very good first effort all around.

Thoughts on Libertarian Party at Sea on Land
I was much impressed with the aptly titled book "Libertarian Party at Sea on Land" by Harold Kyriazi.  It is surely controversial, but presents the Georgist view with care and clarity.  The evaluations of other writers on the subject described in later pages is quite original and eminently fair.  If the author's purpose was to make the reader re-think the issues, it has surely been achieved.

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I was much impressed with the aptly titled book "Libertarian Party at Sea on Land" by Harold Kyriazi.  It is surely controversial, but presents the Georgist view with care and clarity.  The evaluations of other writers on the subject described in later pages is quite original and eminently fair.  If the author's purpose was to make the reader re-think the issues, it has surely been achieved.

A must-read for anyone interested in libertarianism
I can't recommend this book highly enough. I consider it a must-read, not just for all members of the Libertarian Party (LP), but for anyone who has an interest in libertarianism, but who finds his (or her) concern for the poor getting in the way.

Dr. Kyriazi makes a convincing case that, by embracing the idea that land can be treated as the unlimited property of a relative few, the LP has strayed from its classical liberal roots, and, in doing so, has alienated itself from the very people who have the most to gain from the reduction of big government -- the working poor.

By returning to those roots; by adopting a position on private land tenure that, unlike its current position, is logically consistent with the principle of self-ownership; by professing openly that land is that to which all individuals have an equal right of access; and by advocating as a means of upholding this right the community-collection of land rent, the LP will have finally ridded itself of the glaring logical fallacy in its otherwise consistent platform that has plagued it from its inception. Only then will the LP be able to unify "labor" and "capital," i.e., wage-earners and entrepreneurs -- groups that Georgists have long held to be natural allies, with land monopolists being their mutual adversary. ... Read more

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Chapters: Lgbt Political Parties, Lgbt Wings of Political Parties, Log Cabin Republicans, Lgbtory, Outright Libertarians, National Stonewall Democrats, Ang Ladlad, Lgbt Labour, Delga, Lavender Greens, Gay Republicans, Gaylib, Rainbow Labour, Homosexualités et Socialisme, List of Lgbt Political Parties. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 54. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Log Cabin Republicans (LCR) organization works within the Republican Party to advocate equal rights for all Americans, including gays and lesbians in the United States with state chapters and a national office in Washington, D.C. The group's constituency supports the Republican Party and advocates for LGBT rights. In May 2010, the National Board of Directors named R. Clarke Cooper as the organization's new Executive Director. Cooper also serves as President of the Liberty Education Forum, a non-partisan educational foundation that is associated with Log Cabin that informs conservatives and people of faith about issues affecting gay and lesbian Americans. Cooper is a veteran of the George W. Bush Administration. He last served as a Counselor at the United States Mission to the United Nations (USUN) for U.N. management and reform where advocated for transparency, accountability and reform of the UN. Prior to Cooper, Patrick Sammon has led the organizations on an interim basis since September 1. Previous presidents have been Patrick Guerriero (January 1, 2003 to September 1, 2006) and Rich Tafel (? to January 1, 2003). Guerriero had stepped down as leader of the Log Cabin Republicans on September 1, 2006 to lead the Gill Action Fund. The name of the organization is a reference to the first Republican President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, who was born in a log cabin. Many of the persons involved in Log C...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=561722 ... Read more

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Chapters: Mountain Party, Libertarian Party of West Virginia, West Virginia Democratic Party, West Virginia Republican Party. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 20. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Mountain Party is a political party in the state of West Virginia that on July 8, 2007 at its state convention, voted to become the West Virginia affiliate of the Green Party. At the 2007 Green Party National Meeting the party was admitted to the Green Party as a state affiliate. It is a progressive and environmentalist party. The party platform calls for an end to mountaintop removal coal mining. It also calls for timber regulation that reduces flooding, erosion and eliminates clear-cutting and destruction of old-growth forests. Other platform planks include an end to corporate welfare, and the establishment of small community schools, universal health care and campaign finance reform. As of April 27 2002, the party's platform focused on: The party, similar in its outlook to the liberal wing of the Democratic Party, was created partially in response to the perceived conservative tilt of the state's Democratic Party. Under West Virginia ballot access laws, a party gains automatic ballot access for the subsequent election cycle by gaining one percent of the votes for Governor. Having obtained access by petition in 2000, the party achieved that one percent in that election and again in 2004 and won over 4% of votes in 2008. The Mountain Party was born as a direct result of the Denise Giardina for Governor campaign in the year 2000 general election. Gubernatorial candidate Jesse Johnson unsuccessfully sued to be included in debates between the major candidates in 2004 and again in 2008. As of November 2006, 795 West Virginians had registered as Mountain Party voters and were eligible to ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1467558 ... Read more