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Slate.com: Blimpin’ Ain’t Easy

December 21st, 2007 9:00 pm  |  by Marc Gallagher  |  Published in Activism, Election, Fund Raising, Objectivism, Philosophy, Politics, Ron Paul  |  Comment

Slate.com’s Christopher Beam took a ride on the Ron Paul Blimp yesterday and has an interesting account of his trip. Aside from following the recently uncovered Official Media Guide to Attacking Ron Paul, he covers the event somewhat fairly.

THE SKY, Dec. 20—We’re hovering 1,500 feet above Baltimore in a 200-foot blimp with Ron Paul’s name on it, and I’ve lost feeling in my hands. Elijah Lynn, vice president of the Ron Paul Blimp, passes around heat packets, the kind made for skiers. “Shake it,” he says. Over the past week, temperatures in the blimp have dropped to as low as 28 degrees. As the crew has learned, it’s hard out here for a blimp.

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Penn Jillette Speaks About Libertarianism With Glenn Beck

November 3rd, 2007 12:39 pm  |  by Marc Gallagher  |  Published in Harry Browne, Individual Responsibility, Libertarianism, Liberty, Objectivism, Philosophy, Politics, Social Security, Socialism, Taxes  |  1 Comment

Penn Jillette spent an hour being interviewed by Glenn Beck. He makes the case for libertarian ideas. I was going to just post one clip, but the majority of the interview ended up being compelling enough to include most of the interview separated into clips. Read the full article to watch the clips interspersed with commentary.

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Obama’s Health Care Plan: Wrong RX

May 31st, 2007 10:06 pm  |  by Marc Gallagher  |  Published in Ayn Rand, Election, Liberty, Objectivism, Philosophy, Politics  |  Comment

I keep hearing and reading about how we “need health care for every American”. Several presidential candidates are touting this, and some have come up with a “plan” to accomplish this. As a libertarian minded individual I think this is a very dangerous path. There is an excellent fiction novel by Gen LaGreca called “Noble Vision”.

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