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January Meeting

Happy New Year! The First Philadelphia Libertarian Meeting of 2012 is tomorrow, MONDAY JAN 16 7:00 PM We’d love to see you there. Higher Ground Coffee Shop 631 North 3rd (1 block north of Spring Garden). El Stop: Spring Garden.

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December Meeting

Higher Grounds is a nice little coffee shop located near the Spring Garden Station on the Blue Line. See you there! Monday, December 19, 2011 7:00 PM Higher Grounds 631 N 3rd St Philadelphia, PA 19123

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Washington Post confuses Ron Paul for Fred Karger

The following images may have simply been an oversight on the part of the Washington Post. See if you can spot anything fishy. How anyone could confuse the radical libertarian Ron Paul for a moderate liberal like Fred Krugar is … Continue reading

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September Meeting

Monday, September 19th, 7PM @ Joseph’s Pizza 7947 Oxford Ave

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Safe Driving

While riding a bus from Philadelphia to New York (I won’t mention which company), I noticed that the driver was a little distracted. In fact, he was talking on his cell phone almost the entire trip. Was he just chatting … Continue reading

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Meeting 8/15

LPPhilly will be having a meeting next Monday, 6:30pm at: Higher Grounds 631 N 3rd St Philadelphia, PA 19123 Check out the meetup page for more details.

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Extremism

Media bobble-heads and the political zombie hordes take it for granted that being extreme is bad and being moderate is good. Politicians would agree, since that is the easiest way to maintain power. Yet, there is nothing inherently wrong with … Continue reading

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Lessons from the Egyptian Rebellion

Egypt is in rebellion, and this is a good thing for those of us who recognize the State for what it is.  As Lew Rockwell states: Those of the young generation, people too young to remember the collapse of Soviet … Continue reading

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A Tale of Two Bloggers

Our story begins with Aaron Proctor, author of the Philadelphia Libertarian Examiner blog.  Proctor is a self described “conservatarian”, which is a contradictory combination of conservatism and libertarianism. He seems dedicated to confusing people who are interested in libertarian ideas. … Continue reading

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Critique of the LPPA Platform

How is it that libertarians can have a political party, ostensibly dedicated to principles, when libertarianism is fundamentally opposed to the use of political power?  This seeming contradiction arises both on convention floors, where delegates debate whether or not to … Continue reading

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