[News] Libertarian Party of Oklahoma Website Updated

[David Splinter]

Latest News posted at www.OKLP.org
   
    "Whenever the political laws of the United States are to be discussed, it is with the doctrine of the sovereignty of the people that we must begin." 
  -Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America

   
  "The issue today is the same as it has been throughout all history, whether man shall be allowed to govern himself or be ruled by a small elite." -Thomas Jefferson
   
  Primary Results and more responses added to the 2006 Libertarian Candidate Survey.
   
  Tulsa Libertarian Chair, Joe Cristiano, discusses the occupation of Iraq in his weekly program. "If we would have taken history as our guide, we never would have gone into Iraq." Listen.
   
  More about America's heritage of Non-Interventionism here.
  
   
  Tulsa Libertarian Chair, Joe Cristiano, discusses yesterday's terrorist threat.  What are we talking about? What are we not talking about? 
   
  Find out what happened at the last OKC Libertarians meeting.
   
  Edmond Libertarians Meet Tuesday, August 22nd
   
  Texas Libertarians will run 170 candidates, including Michael Badnarik, who has already raised $300,000 for his Congressional campaign.
   
  Nevada's version of the Protect Our Homes Initiative goes to court (Oklahoma's was thrown out by the courts).
   
  Oregon's version of the Stop Overspending Initiative qualified for the ballot Monday.
   
  SAFER submits 129,000 signatures to put the Colorado Alcohol-Marijuana Equalization Initiative on the ballot.
   
  OCPA publishes results of an inquiry to all school districts about compensation, vehicle use, fees for legal counsel and lobbying, and any outsourcing.
   
  Harvard professor responds to a faulty Department of Education report.
   
  Paul Jacob of Common Sense says "Education is an opportunity. Not a right."
   
  "Nearly two decades of Israeli military presence did not root out Hezbollah. The only thing that has proven to end suicide attacks, in Lebanon and elsewhere, is withdrawal by the occupying force." says Robert Pape, author of Dying to Win: The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism"
   
  ...Want to stop Hezbollah's funding from the hashish trade? David Borden wants to Legalize the Drug Trade to Cut Off Terrorism Funding.
   
  AFSCME, representing some 1.4 million American workers in both the public and private sectors, endorses Medical Marijuana. 
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  Latest Events posted at www.oklp.org/events
   
  Thurs., Aug. 17th
  Tulsa Libertarians Discussion Group
  6:00 PM- Dinner and Conversation
  7:00 PM-  Meeting begins
  Gypsy Coffee House - 303 N. Cincinnati 
(downtown just NW of Spaghetti Warehouse)
Tulsa, OK
  918-447-1776 for more information
  or write Joe Cristiano at px150 at sbcglobal.net
   
  Tues., Aug 22nd
  Edmond Libertarians
  6:30 PM
  Java Dave’s (Downtown Edmond on Broadway)
Edmond, OK
   
  Wed., Sept. 6th
  Tulsa Libertarians
  6:00 PM- Dinner and Conversation
  7:00 PM-  Program begins
  Panera Bread - 71st and Lewis
  Tulsa, OK
  918-447-1776 for more information
  or write Joe Cristiano at px150 at sbcglobal.net
   
  Tues., Sept. 12th
  OKC Libertarians
  6:30 PM - Dinner
  7:00 PM – Program begins
  Chen’s Chinese Buffet
  4537 NW 23rd St 
Oklahoma City, OK
  RSVP on MeetUp: http://libertarian.meetup.com/288/
   
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