Point to a single article that made the front page of USA Today concerning the election of a Green Party candidate at the local level.

From what I’ve seen in the past, when the Green Party sneezes they got front page coverage in USA Today, Time, Newsweek and every liberal newspaper in the country.

Example: The liberal media is ALWAYS talking about how the Green Party has elected legislators and town councilmen in Maine, Vermont and other New England states.

You NEVER hear about elected Libertarian Party officials in the liberal media. And the LP has at least twice as many as the Green Party.

My face is as straight as it can be.

If this had been the Green Party or the Black Muslim Party or some other leftwing entity you would have seen this splashed all over the front page of USA Today, Newsweek, Time, Washington Post, and reported by CNN and MSNBC.

There’d be headlines: “3rd Party gains major ground: New trend to sweep the Nation.”

But as it is it’s just a bunch of “Right-wing” libertarian white folks in rural Indiana, so the leftist politically correct media has completely ignored this story on a national level.

The Liberal media only pays attention to libertarians when they’re useful tools in bashing Republicans. I wish my fellow Libertarians would wake up and smell the coffee on this. How much more proof do you all need.

Think about this for one second. Imagine if you will if this was the Green Party? A Green Party Judge swearing in two locally-elected Greens to public office: an historic first.

Now tell me with a straight face that you don’t think that would have gotten splashed all over the front page of USA Today?

Mclaughlin’s quote from Sunday’s TV show

“Erosions of civil liberties, religious fundamentalism also, have created a backlash. Personal freedom will now be in demand. Our culture and our politics will be modified by an attitude of favor toward libertarian thinking. This translates into political support for moderates and liberals. Authoritarianism is on its way out. The shackles are off, Pat. The mirth revolution is underway, along with the libertarians….”

a real american hero, refusing to follow the illegal orders of the MIC.

Phil Smart released a statement to The Ellis County Observer after the hearing:

“Today I appeared in Gene Calvert’s Court at Law No. 2 on two charges, one on possession of a dangerous drug, and another civil charge of possession of a controlled substance. Sometime ago I provided evidence that these were actually my own personal prescriptions. The charges were dismissed. I had already spent 20 days in county jail to was never charged with anything more than allegedly failing to stop at a designated point at a stop sign in Red Oak by David Rogers. Rogers correctly dated the 7th of the month [October 2006]. Since this was the weekend, [Municipal Judge] Scott Kurth did not see it [warrant until the following Monday morning which was three days later and swore to it.

“I do believe by living here for as long as I have, there’s definitely no coincidence that every time I ran for office, I get arrested on some [phony] charge.”

When asked if Smart will run for office in the future: “You can bet on it.”

Smart, who refused a search of his vehicle and was then put in cuffs (and then once in cuffs, Smart said, Rogers searched his vehicle—is this not unconstitutional?), was asked by Rogers if the CPA from Palmer would fix his motorcycle. A conversation between Rogers and Smart went on for, Smart said, an estimated 45 minutes before Rogers put him under arrest. Smart also said Rogers failed to read him his Miranda rights (Strike 2). The good thing is, the charges for possession of a controlled substance and possession of a dangerous drug (Smart’s prescription drug pills were in a different bottle that was not marked) were dismissed. The bad thing is, Ellis County has a history—in 2004, Smart was arrested for allegedly waving a knife in the Waxahachie Wells Fargo—of harassing political candidates, or political activists altogether.

How can you obtain a search and arrest warrant on someone three days after arresting him or her? Another thing worth noting is that the court sent him a notice to appear at the wrong address. Instead of 222 Americana, it was sent to 221. Had his mail carrier not recognized the mistake, Smart might not have gotten the notice to appear, and thus, a warrant would have probably been issued for his arrest, circulating the problem. (this is a theory floated by Smart and others) Still kinda fishy though. Then a guy I graduated high school with was sitting in the court room and asked me if he should get a lawyer for his criminal mischief charge. His name wasn’t James, even though the court paperwork listed him as that. I said, in my opinion, I would move to dismiss over that mistake alone, but a “public defender” lawyer said, “well the lawyers are allowed to make those mistakes.” Hahaha. (just for good measure, I gave him Dan Altman’s phone number) If city attorneys can pick apart a lawsuit for not having the word “resident” in it and get a case dismissed, never listen to someone say you can’t get a case dismissed on another mistake in paperwork.

Then a woman who was sitting across from me, having already been out of jail, bonded, etc., was told to appear before Calvert this morning but Calvert and one of the prosecutors asked why she was there if she was already bonded; she said she had a notice to appear sent to her anyway.

What in the world is going on here (the prosecutor later said she couldn’t speak for other departments sending out paperwork—typical bureaucracy).