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Rodger Paxton posted this in Arkansas, Ballot Access, Drug War, Election, Libertarianism, Liberty, LPAR, LPAR Convention, National News, Other LP Affiliates on April 30th, 2011
The video in four parts below is R. Lee Wrights, Libertarian Party Presidential hopeful, speaking at the Libertarian Party of Arkansas 2011 State Convention. watch?v=yClEEPtz0_g&feature=related watch?v=Z-oCjob7lT8&feature=related watch?v=CM3H5Y6kDeQ&feature=related watch?v=kR4loAw9FC0&feature=related Reprinted from The Libertarian Republican blog with permission from Eric Dondero.
On Sunday I joined a group of 8 Libertarians from the Libertarian Party of Arkansas to view Atlas Shrugged. We went to a megaplex in west Little Rock after lunch at the Outback. Rodger Paxson, Chairman of the LPAR and his lovely wife organized the event. There have been many reviews of Atlas in the last few days. Predictably, to a man (and woman) leftists like Roger Eber and Maureen Dowd have hammered the movie. Righty reviewers are all over the map. P.J. O’Rourke wasn’t impressed. But Ed Continue reading Celebrating the release of Atlas Shrugged with some ragin’ Arkansas Libertarians Rodger Paxton posted this in Arkansas, Ballot Access, Libertarianism, Liberty, LPAR, LPAR Executive Committee, National News, Other LP Affiliates on March 8th, 2011
George Phillies monthly newsletter, “Liberty for America, Journal of the Libertarian Political Movement,” mentions the LPAR in the March 2011 issue: After an extremely long period of somewhat limited activity, the LP of Arkansas appears to be getting underway again. Current officers are Rodger Paxton-Chair, David Pangrac-Vice-Chair, Brian Leach-Secretary, and District Representatives Mark Young, Michael . . . → Read More: LPAR in “Liberty for America” Rodger Paxton posted this in Constitution, Libertarianism, Liberty, LPAR Convention, National News, Other LP Affiliates on March 4th, 2011
This is a continuation of the LPAR bringing you blog posts by our upcoming speakers at our State Convention on April 9th. This was originally posted at Liberty for All. by R. Lee Wrights “The only defensible war is a war of defense.” - C.K. Chesterton One of the most misunderstood principles of libertarianism is the non-aggression principle. The belief that no one has the right, under any Most libertarians are not pacifists so our adherence to the non-aggression principle doesn’t mean we won’t defend ourselves. On the contrary, the right to self-defense is inherent in the concept of Continue reading Opposing war doesn’t make you a pacifist Rodger Paxton posted this in Drug War, Health Care, Libertarian National Committee, Libertarianism, Liberty, LPAR Convention on January 16th, 2011
This is a continuation of the LPAR bringing you blog posts by our upcoming speakers at our State Convention on April 8th. This was originally posted at Liberty for All. by Mary J. Ruwart As a consequence of the increasing development times, new drugs often enter the marketplace with only a few years of patent life remaining. Consequently, manufacturers had to charge excessive prices for new drugs in order to make up their increasing research and development costs. To counter this trend, Congress passed the Waxman-Hatch Patent Restoration Act in 1984 to extend pharmaceutical patent life. Companies could recover up to half of the time lost to regulatory requirements, as long as their total patent life at time of marketing didn’t exceed 14 years. (Patents generally expire 17 years from the time of issuance or 20 years from date of patent filing, whichever is later.) The Act estimated the “regulatory review time” as the number Continue reading Congress affirms that regulations account for over 80% of drug development time Rodger Paxton posted this in Libertarianism, Liberty, LPAR Convention, National News on January 13th, 2011
It will be all too easy and popular to claim that the shooting in Arizona that killed six people was caused by the vitriol prevalent in American political discourse, but as usual the easy and popular explanation of this tragedy will avoid the truth, R. Lee Wrights, libertarian writer, activist and potential 2012 presidential candidate said in a statement today. This is reprinted from the Liberty for All blog. “As a father of two daughters myself, I am especially saddened by the murder of a 9-year-old girl, and I mourn the death of all those killed,” Wrights said. “I pray for the recovery of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and all those injured.” “I understand that in our grief it’s naturally for us to want to know why such a terrible thing happened,” Wrights continued. “So it will be easy and popular for people to attempt to explain this awful event by laying the blame on everything from so-called hate speech, to the rhetoric of the Tea Party movement and political talk show hosts.” “Sadly, that won’t give us the true answer. Everyone will conveniently overlook the fact that this was the horrible act of one, very troubled individual,” Wrights observed. “No matter what other Continue reading Blame Arizona shooting on the shooter Rodger Paxton posted this in Libertarianism on January 7th, 2011
Leading up to our LPAR State Convention on April 9th, we will be posting blog posts by our guests speakers, Dr. Mary Ruwart and R. Lee. Wrights. This is the first in that series. If there is one thing that our elected legislators are really good at it is creating flawed social programs designed, with supposedly good intentions, to improve the standard of living for some poor shmuck that cannot seem to make it on his/her own. It is little wonder that the tax burden placed upon American citizens is so great when we consider all the programs we are expected to cheerfully fund, not only at home but also abroad. The budget proposed recently by President Bush exposes an agenda that clearly advocates a socialistic vision, not only for the United States of America but for the rest of the world as well. Americans are being forced into the position of assuming responsibility for all the world’s ills and US taxpayers are being transformed into global welfare providers. For years US citizens have been subtlety and forcibly acclimated to the idea of paying for everything from food stamps to subsidized housing to medical care in their own country, propagandized as everyone Continue reading America: Global welfare provider The Libertarian Party of Arkansas has a radio commercial on the air in Little Rock! Alex Snitker, U.S. Senate candidate for the LP of Florida in 2012 has a radio program named Liberty Underground from 9:00 – 11:00 am every Friday. It is broadcast in Florida, and has recently acquired the time slot on . . . → Read More: LPAR Radio Commercial Rodger Paxton posted this in Capitalism, Constitution, Drug War, Economics, Letter from the Chair, Libertarianism, Liberty, LPAR Executive Committee, National News, Taxes on December 4th, 2010
Rodger Paxton, Chairman of the LPAR, was a guest panelist on Liberty Cap Talk Live tonight. To listen to the podcast, go to Liberty Cap Talk Live and download the .mp3 file. You can also listen to it on your iPod device by going to iTunes. Other panelists were James Oaksun, Treasurer . . . → Read More: LPAR Chair Participates as a Panelist on Liberty Cap Talk Live Rodger Paxton posted this in Capitalism, Letter from the Chair, Libertarianism, The Libertarian Alternative on November 22nd, 2010
“Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.” – Inscription on the General Post Office in New York City, originally a statement written by Herodotus about 500 B.C. to describe the fidelity with which the work of the Persian mounted postal couriers was done Article I, Section 8, Clause 7 of the U.S. Constitution says “[The Congress shall have Power] To establish Post Offices and Post roads.” So there you go. It’s cut and dry. The Constitution says it so Continue reading The Libertarian Alternative – United States Postal Service |
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circumstances, to initiate force against another human being for any reason whatsoever; nor advocate the initiation of force, or delegate it to anyone else including government is the very essence of the non-aggression principle. The misconception starts when we use the phrase “initiation of force.” People tend to focus on the last word and ignore or forget the first.