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Kentucky Johnson/Weld Campaign To Host Multiple Watch Parties For CNN Town Hall

8/2/2016

CNN is set to host a primetime one-hour town hall with the Libertarian Party ticket, former Govs. Gary Johnson and William Weld, on Wednesday in New York City.

The candidates will take questions from the audience and from CNN's Anderson Cooper, who will moderate the event, focusing on the current state of the 2016 race and the platform of the Libertarian Party.

KENTUCKY WATCH PARTY LOCATIONS

The town hall will air on CNN, CNN International and CNN en Espanol, and will be live-streamed online and across mobile devices via CNNgo.

Kentucky JOhnson/Weld Campaign To Host Multiple Watch Parties For CNN Town Hall

8/2/2016

CNN is set to host a primetime one-hour town hall with the Libertarian Party ticket, former Govs. Gary Johnson and William Weld, on Wednesday in New York City. Campaign Coordinators across the country

The candidates will take questions from the audience and from CNN's Anderson Cooper, who will moderate the event, focusing on the current state of the 2016 race and the platform of the Libertarian Party.

The town hall will air on CNN, CNN International and CNN en Espanol, and will be live-streamed online and across mobile devices via CNNgo.

Kentucky Watch Party Locations

Who's your vote to unite behind?

7/28/2016

By: Evan Brown, Gamaliel, Kentucky

Unity is a word that has been thrown around a lot this last week or so. The Democratic convention has been all about unifying the left. The truth is the big party establishment abandoned progressive and subverted the democratic process ignoring the voice of the people. Now they want your votes.

What’s better than uniting behind a candidate who has gone against your values? Uniting the country behind another candidate. Unite for good and sound government. Unite for supporting the freedom of personal choice for all Americans. Unite for finally bringing our brave men and women home. Unite for protecting the environment, real criminal justice reform, term limits in Washington, and more.

There is a real alternative to the status quo. Gov. Gary Johnson and Gov. Bill Weld have a history of bringing together people on both sides of the aisle. Both men were GOP Governors in Democratic strong holds (during Johnson's terms New Mexico Democrats held a 2:1 majority and Massachusetts Republicans were only 14% of the electorate). Did I mention that Gov. Johnson won both times by a 10 point margin and Weld was reelected with 70% of the votes?

Did I mention that both men were reelected for second terms? Both men were hugely popular for not raising taxes, promoting job growth, and staying out of people’s personal business.

So how does this happen? Most Americans are for smaller and more responsible government. Most Americans believe they should have the right to make their own decisions. Neither of the “big parties” fulfill both sides of American’s interests. The Libertarian Party stand for both responsible government and civil liberties.

If you are for responsible government, lower taxes, job growth, your freedom to make your own decision, bringing our troops home, then you should be for Governors Gary Johnson and Bill Weld. Two parties have controlled Washington for far too long, neither has an interest in fighting for you and your rights. The only way to affect real and lasting change is to vote Libertarian and vote Johnson-Weld.

Collateral Damage: 'War on Coal' To Blowback On Kentuckians Energy Cost

7/16/2016

By: Anony Mity, Undisclosed Kentucky

Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky; when you see your electric bill double in the next decade; it's because of the Obama administration's war on coal that has now bankrupted 5 of the 6 largest coal mining companies as we purposefully turned away from coal to natural gas and alternative energy.

Here's the chart that best shows the precipitous drop in coal being shipped:

Skeptics Argue most things in your house run off gas. Stove, clothes dryer, boiler, hot water heater, and our electric bill is actually quite low. Many are still looking to put solar panels on the roof, like the many who installed them in SF and within 2 years produced enough to have free electric for themselves and makes about $90 a month selling back electric to pay off the loan for the panels.

However, The electricity you use to turn your lights on and off and most of the energy used to manufacture what you consume is today run off coal but that is quickly changing. Utilities are being allowed to recapture the sunk costs of coal fired plants before the bonds sold to build them have been paid and now utilities are going further into debt to build government mandated natural gas and alternative fueled sources. That will double your electric bill by the middle of the next decade. Your sanitation bill will quintuple to pay for other EPA mandates that Congress never voted on but we're put in place by Executive Branch fiat rulings through Obama's EPA.

The average family in this region will face an extra $5,000 per year in after tax costs for no material benefit in their lives in order to make the Green Lobby happy, crushing the lifestyle of blue collar workers. The Democrats have to make up their minds who they represent, the working man or the costal elites who smirk at their concerns.

Infact, right now our region pays between 8-10 cents per Kw Obummer & friends wants us in par with the rest of the country and that's 16-20 cents per Kw and we have some of the cheapest electricity prices in the country.

Data Suggest Police Winning 'The War On Cops'

7/7/2016

In the wake of two more police induced terminations of compliant civilians it's important to find perspective, we feel it's appropriate to give these unfortunate statistics context so that the public may gain some insight regarding these all to frequent atrocities.

In theaters of war and military conflicts, 'winning' is some times gauged by something known as a 'kill-to-death ratio'. When this simple formula is applied to domestic law enforcement deaths in contrast with civilian casualties incurred by LEOs in 2016 the ratio yields a staggering 10.79 Civilians killed per LEO lost in the line of duty. Clearly the state is winning the war on cops at the expense and blood of those it's sworn to protect and serve.

In response many local legislators are lobbying and ratifying bills that make the death of any officer (including K-9's) a capital offense, which in the case that it's legitimate is absolutely appropriate, however codifying this blanket policy in law sends a clear and resounding message that "police lives matter more" according to one Kentucky legislator, that is not public service nor congruent with the mission of many in law enforcement and should not be justifiable just because they wear a badge and boots.

Is it inappropriate to wonder what would happen if a civilian defended themselves from the aggression of the state? We think not

All lives matter and murder is murder regardless of wether it's sanctioned by the state or not

*K/D Ratio statistics were obtained via 'The Officer Down Memorial Page' and 'The Counted: the definitive map of US police killings'

Gary Johnson: Why you should vote Libertarian

6/15/2016

Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson says his party offers a good alternative to the Democratic and Republican parties and makes his case to be on more ballots nationwide.

This Memorial Day, Remember the Victims of Democide

5/30/2016

Today, Americans will seize the opportunity to sleep in an extra day, fire up the family grill, and maybe – probably not, but maybe – wheel out to a family cemetery, lay flowers on graves, and contemplate the memories of their beloved for a few minutes.

Veterans’ organizations will parade in celebration of their own fallen comrades with star-spangled patriotic spectacle, and families out shopping last-minute for brats, steaks and cold beer may encounter American Legionnaires taking donations for red paper poppies evoking the memory of World War One and Flanders Fields:

In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

Once upon a time, Memorial Day – previously known as Decoration Day – was set aside as a day of remembrance for war dead. The holiday was established after the American Civil War, which counted 3% of the combined populations of the Union and the Confederacy as casualties. 8% of white males of military age – 6% in the north and 18% in the south – died in the war.

I suppose there’s something to be said for the contraction of the holiday into just another weekend of shopping and recreation. War is horrible to contemplate and there’s a strong case for the proposition that long weekends are really for the living.

But to be honest, I’d rather expand the holiday back to its original purpose – mourning and remembering all those killed in war and by state violence, not just those in uniform. And, furthermore, resolving to put a stop to the carnage.

The late and lamented Rudy Rummel, a professor at the University of Hawaii and the acknowledged expert on the phenomenon of “democide,” estimated that governments murdered more than 260 million human beings in the 20th century alone. That figure excludes – and is six times as large as – military casualties in the century’s wars.

As Americans, we’ve enjoyed a certain insulation from the horrors of war since the middle of the 20th century. We occasionally see a flag-draped coffin, or encounter an amputee on the street, but our concerns with, for example, terrorism, simply aren’t in the same league as the reasonable fears of those around the world living with American planes and drones constantly overhead or American troops on their streetcorners.

This Memorial Day, let’s set aside a moment to think about them.

These are the words of Thomas L. Knapp who is director and senior news analyst at the William Lloyd Garrison Center for Libertarian Advocacy Journalism. He lives and works in north central Florida. This article is reprinted with permission from William Lloyd Garrison Center for Libertarian Advocacy Journalism.

Libertarians Delegates Select Gary Johnson As Presidential Nominee

5/29/2016

It’s official! Gary Johnson just won the Libertarian Party Nomination for President! The voting just concluded on the floor of the Libertarian Party National Convention and we have the official delegate vote totals:

1. Gary Johnson – 56%
2. Austin Petersen – 22%
3. John McAfee – 14%

Gary Johnson is now the Libertarian Party’s nominee for President of the United States. This is the second Presidential election that Gary Johnson will be the party’s nominee for President.

Governor Johnson, the former two term governor of the state of New Mexico, has won the nomination for President by the Libertarian Party.

Johnson faced some tough opposition this year from other candidates, but in the end the Libertarian delegates are comfortable enough with his leadership and ability to bring forth the principles of the party to the mainstream public.

The 2016 election will be one of the most important elections this country has ever had. With the unpopularity of both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, the Libertarian Party is in a historic position to make a mark this election.

Johnson will now sell his platform to the American people and gain enough attention to get into the Presidential debates later this fall. He will be able to pull voters from both parties and put the Libertarians on a footing to make a historic showing in the 2016 election.

After a well-fought campaign the race for the Libertarian Party nomination is over. Each of the candidates toured the country meeting with state parties and their members at their conventions. They did their best to get the media to cover the race and earn the support of libertarians nationwide. All of that hard work has paid off for the party.

Gary stood head and shoulders above the rest during that campaign. Thanks to the the credibility of his two terms as Governor, Johnson was able to get earned media that put him another level. Libertarian delegates recognized that. They realized that his was the campaign that could get them into the Presidential debates. They saw that he was the only one who had the profile to be included in the polls.

They acknowledged that he was the only to be able to fundraise the millions needed to run a true national campaign. That’s why the delegates rewarded Gary Johnson with the Libertarian Party nomination.

Now there will be a short break before the delegates return to vote separately for Vice President. The delegates must realize that every advantage that Gary Johnson brings to the table is doubled by adding Bill Weld to the ticket. And doubling is necessary.
Only Weld is able to get hundreds of millions of dollars worth of media attention. Only Weld is able to raise the tens of millions of dollars needed to run a true national campaign. Anything less will not get us where we need to be. That’s the truth.

Furthermore, by #FeelingTheJohnson, delegates are acknowledging that they respect his judgement. It’s now time to respect his choice for Vice President. It’s time to unify the party and send a message to the country that we are a real major party that respects their Presidential nominee

May 29th, 2016

5/29/2016

Clinton Campaign Allegedly Complicit In Kentucky Voter Fraud

5/21/2016

The Pike County Clerk’s office told local Kentucky station WKYT there were issues with one of their card readers which caused a delay in the numbers and as a result, the AP then erased Sanders’ votes, pushing Hillary to the lead by over 4,000 votes.

According to several reports the Hillary Clinton Campaign cheated in order to give her the win in Kentucky.

According to Real Clear Politics Clinton eventually received 212,550 votes in Kentucky to Bernie Sanders’ 210,626 votes for a difference of only 1,924 votes. The 4,000 vote discrepancy gave Clinton the Primary.

There were more than 76 reports of election fraud in 31 different counties called into Kentucky’s Attorney General hotline during the closely contested Democrat primary, according to Attorney General Andy Beshear. The Sanders campaign was expectedly outraged by the reports which were similar to what has occurred in other states – and many are pointing the finger at the Clinton campaign.

The subject of the calls coming in to the hotline included procedural and legal questions, voter assistance, voting machines, voter identification, residency, election officials, electioneering, poll disruption and vote buying.

Locally, the Attorney General’s office didn’t report any calls from Kenton County. But, Boone and Campbell Counties each had one call for voter identification and a procedural question, respectively.
In Jefferson County, there were 25 calls made to the hotline.

The Office of the Attorney General, by law, cannot provide details regarding specific complaints or possible pending investigations, Beshear said.

Here’s a breakdown of all the calls that came in on Tuesday:

Anderson County: Procedural question
Barren County: Procedural question
Bath County: Procedural question
Boone County: Voter identification
Bourbon County: Voter assistance
Boyd County: Voting machine
Boyle County: Procedural question
Breathitt County: (five calls) four vote buying/selling, and one procedural question
Calloway County: (two calls) Procedural questions
Campbell County: Procedural question
Clark County: Procedural question
Daviess County: Voter assistance
Fayette County: (nine calls) Seven procedural questions, one residency and one voter assistance
Floyd County: (two calls) Special or absentee ballot and one electioneering within 100 feet of polls
Franklin County: Procedural question
Hardin County: (two calls) Procedural questions
Harrison County: Election official
Jefferson County: (25 calls): 10 procedural questions, four legal questions, three voting machine, two election official, two electioneering within 100 feet of polls, two vote buying/selling, one voter assistance and one disrupting polls
Jessamine County: (two calls) Procedural question and voter assistance
Johnson County: Procedural question
Laurel County: Legal question
Lincoln County: Procedural question
Madison County: (three calls) Electioneering within 100 feet of polls and two procedural questions
Morgan County: Legal question
Oldham County: (two calls) Procedural question and election official
Pike County: Election official
Powell County: Voting machine
Pulaski County: Procedural question
Rockcastle County: Electioneering within 100 feet of polls
Rowan County: (two calls) Election official and procedural question
Shelby County: Procedural question