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Back on the air...ternet

2010-04-24T23:04:00.000-07:00

Teddy and I interviewed Rob McNealy, a Libertarian candidate in Colorado's 6th Congressional district.

As soon as we get the bugs worked out of our UStream.tv broadcast outlet, we'll be doing internet TV interview shows with our local candidates and our statewide candidates as soon as we can. Ahh, the wonders of a government-free internet!

Stay tuned, folks... political season is ramping up soon.

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...aaaand we're on the air!

2010-01-09T20:34:00.000-08:00

Hey, folks, sorry I've been out of the blogging loop lately, lots of non-political things going on in the humdrum day-to-day existence department.

However, I did want to put up a note regarding a new project with my recent Blogtalk co-host, which can be found here:

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/the-teddy-fleck-show

Bear in mind, this was our first show on Ustream, so we had some sound issues (nothing a little knowledge of the mixing board won't cure) and a minor hiccup in the Skype phone connection (only a few times, otherwise the sound quality was superb for the equipment involved). Once we get over those hurdles, we'll be doing more "studio" shows and - if all works well - live remotes.

Anyway, give our first show a spin. We interviewed Glenn Nielsen, Chairman of the Libertarian Party of Missouri, with lots of good information and shameless promotions of the political kind strewn throughout.

Speaking of promotions, coming up in a few weeks will be a special election in the 62nd House district (Branson, MO area), so if you live in that area please check out Patty Tweedle's website and hear what she has to say. You'll be glad you did. You can catch our audio interview with Patty here.

See you soon, and remember: Have a government-approved day!

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Oath Keepers - We need these folks.

2009-10-27T21:45:00.000-07:00

I can be a bit behind the curve at times, so I cop to just finding out about Oath Keepers in the last couple of weeks... and in so doing, my faith in the survival of this country has just gotten a much-needed boost.

Especially when I found out the Southern Poverty Law Center has it in for the Oath Keepers, likening them to racist militias. Well, t'hell with you, SPLC - it figures your bunch of idiots (who had a hand in the MIAC report earlier this year)would take the side of bully government, Obama-style.

Good on ya, Oath Keepers. Don't let the bastards drag you down.

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States' rights vs. Drug Worriers

2009-10-20T17:12:00.000-07:00

First off, let's dispense with this old wives' tale:

When conervatives speak of states' rights they do it as a code word for keeping the races separated. Reagan started it in 1980 when he gave a speech at then whites only Bob Jones University. That is as far as they want state rights to go.

To those who still cling bitterly to the above ideal of federal vs. state power... knock it off. It was an old and tired argument twenty years ago, let alone twenty minutes.

Now, back to the meat of this story:

Posted Oct 19, 09 5:31 PM CDT in Science & Health, Crime & Courts, Politics

(Newser) – The Obama administration’s decision to respect state laws on medical marijuana is good policy—and not just because it demonstrates compassion toward cancer and AIDS patients, writes Glenn Greenwald. Despite his critics’ charges of “socialism” and “fascism,” President Obama is showing that his administration, unlike the Bush White House, is willing to stick its neck out for states’ rights. ...

FINALLY, Obama does something right. Let's see if he caves in like GW Bush did in 1999, when he said states should have the right to determine their own medical-marijuana laws.

For another states' rights story, link here.

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Well, fine, Senator...

2009-10-13T19:09:00.000-07:00

...keep pushing the GOP further towards oblivion:

"I love this party," [Sen. Lindsey Graham] responded. "I'm not going to be let it be hijacked by Ron Paul."

Senator, that same Ron Paul is probably the ONLY decent member of the Gang of 535. He has his flaws, to be sure, but at least he's not a tax-and-spend Democrat/tax-cut-and-spend Republican/big-government RepubliCrat.

I reluctantly took a Republican ballot in last years' primary, Senator. I made exactly one mark on that ballot - for Ron Paul. I'd have been damned if I'd voted for John McCain... or Obama, for that matter.

You Republicans don't know how to be fiscally responsible - nor, for that matter, do Democrats - or how to govern without being bullies who regard the Constitution (especially the Tenth Amendment).

I really don't care if your party survives, Senator. It damn sure won't if you keep acting like that.

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Gosh, and here it's supposedly only right-wingers...

2009-08-25T23:45:00.000-07:00

...that commit violence, or so we're led to believe:

Warrant connects Ohlsen to bombing in Clayton

ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
08/24/2009

A federal search warrant obtained by the Post-Dispatch connects a former Democratic campaign strategist to a bombing last year that injured a Clayton attorney.

About two months after the October bombing, federal law enforcement officials searched a downtown loft rented by Milton H. "Skip" Ohlsen III, seeking "evidence related to the planning, execution, and/or cover-up of the bombing in Clayton, Missouri, on Oct. 16, 2008." ...

Ohlsen is the former Democratic operative involved in the federal investigation into the failed 2004 Congressional campaign of Jeff Smith. Smith, now a state senator from St. Louis, and Steve Brown, a state representative from Clayton, have been involved in that federal inquiry, according to state government sources.

The FBI has said it will neither confirm nor deny an investigation involving Smith’s 2004 run for Congress against eventual winner Russ Carnahan. During that race, Carnahan filed a Federal Elections Commission complaint alleging the campaigns of Smith and Joan Barry skirted federal law by helping produce anonymous fliers that were critical of Carnahan.

FEC investigators determined Ohlsen was responsible for the fliers. Ohlsen told investigators he had numerous connections to the Smith campaign.

From former Springfield newspaper dude, Tony Messenger:

JEFFERSON CITY — State Rep. Steve Brown, D-Clayton will plead guilty in federal court today to a single count of conspiracy to obstruct justice, according to his attorney, Art Margulis.

The charge is related to Brown’s work on the 2004 Congressional campaign of Jeff Smith. In that campaign, Smith and 9 other challengers lost to Russ Carnahan, now a U.S. Congressman from the 3rd District. Brown and Smith were involved in the distribution of anonymous fliers criticizing Carnahan, according to an FEC complaint filed by Carnahan in 2004. ...

Now, it's the Republicans' turn to commit some crimes. Meanwhile, this quote from a commenter on the last story above, sums things up quite nicely:

You can’t swing a dead cat without hitting a crooked politician of either party.

Got that right.

If America doesn't wake up soon, and vote out EVERY incumbent - without regard to party affiliation - things are just going to get worse. And it won't be just because a few people yell at incumbents at health-care townhall meetings - that will be the LEAST of our worries.

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Just a NORML episode

2009-08-14T09:34:00.000-07:00

Click here for our latest episode of Show-Me Libertarians. Teddy and I interviewed Brandon Boatman from the Springfield-area NORML group, with the subject being legalization/decriminalization of marijuana, and other related topics.

Enjoy the podcast, and have a government-approved day!

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Thugs vs. protesters

2009-08-09T19:52:00.000-07:00

Kenneth Gladney, it appears, was attacked by SEIU thugs at a recent St. Louis protest against president Obama's socialism-laden healthcare plan.

Here's a comment from a sympathetic (to the administration) MediaMatters commenter:

Author by harley (August 08, 2009 10:57 am ET)
6 1
Teabagging anti-Democracy hicks should be treated like terrorists and combatants captured on the battle field. Gag them, bag them, tranquilize them, arrest them, and toss them in prison indefinitely. Teabagging anti-Democracy hicks are terrorists and anti-American.

Where's the love, liberals?

And where's the consistency of "staged, 'Astroturfed' events"? Your side is far more guilty of interrupting than the supposed "paid, Brooks Brothers-suit wearing Tea Party" protesters.

Don't like the concept of dissent when it's your party in power, do you? (To be honest, Republicans didn't like dissent when THEY had power, either.)

Too bad. This is still America, and people still have the right to disagree with their government. Paid or unpaid.

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Back on the air

2009-07-30T23:45:00.000-07:00

Click here for our latest installment of the Show-Me Libertarians program on BlogTalkRadio. We had a catch-all, many-topics episode, with a call-in from Springfield Councilman Doug Burlison, with whom we talked about sensitive issues like the police/fire pension problem, eminent domain, the Henry Louis Gates arrest, and the (unfortunately) misunderstood rescinding of an anti-gay ordinance that has gotten some local handwringers spooked so badly, they probably think they'll be forced to witness gay weddings in the future.

As usual, we had our fun, broaching serious topics and being irreverent and politically-incorrect, mostly at each others' expense.

Folks, we're under no illusions that we'll have millions of listeners... we're amateur internet radio hosts (some of which do rather well, however). The main reason we do it is because the FCC can't mess with it - at least, not yet.

Freedom is worth talking about, and that's what our main goal is on our show.

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Reminder: Our local Libertarian Party branch will be meeting at 6 PM, this Saturday, at the Library Station, 2535 N. Kansas Expressway. Feel free to drop by for a boost of liberty.

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New addition

2009-07-29T00:08:00.000-07:00

My compatriot over at Kn@ppster turned me on to Two-Four, and I'm gonna hype said blog(s) with this short-but-sweet posting.

Gave me an opportunity to tweak the blogroll, whilst I was at it.

Anyway, check out these postings on the Gates-Gate incident, here... and here. And tune in to Reason Online for more analysis on this unfortunate episode in the human tragicomedy genre, and on other stoopidity as it arises - and it will.

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