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I got this email from Governor Bobby Jindal (along with thousands of others of course!) but I wondered:  Maybe the GOP nominee should consider this governor as Vice President: Friends – It is time to give President Obama credit for keeping a commitment. This is, for this President, a pretty remarkable achievement.  I am not [...]

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• NOT ONE CENT for UNICEF this HALLOWEEN!
• LET BE CONGRATULATE GOV. JINDAL ON HIS RE-ELECTION as GOVERNOR of LOUISIANA!
• CONFLICTED LIBERTARIAN READERS – COME TO VIRGINIA RIGHT FOR NEW MATERIALS!
• LIBERTY ACTIVISTS MUST NOT FORGET TRUE LIBERTY! GO SEE THE GRACE CARD FEB 25!
• AND THIS IS A TORY GOVERNMENT? HATE TO SEE WHAT LABOUR WOULD DO!
• UKIP SURGES IN NEW POLLS ESPECIALLY AMONG YOUTH!
• ICLEI CANNOT BE CONSTITUTIONALLY JOINED BY ANY CITY OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT!
• MY HEROES OF THE WEEK ARE THE CARROLL COUNTY (MD) COMMISSIONERS! WHY?
• ROMNEY WINS NH STRAW POLL OF GOP LEADERS; PAUL SECOND!
• CHILD MARRIAGE BILL IS ANOTHER FORM OF INTERVENTION
• HANUKKAH: A GREAT HOLIDAY FOR LIBERTARIANS AND CHRISTIANS, TOO!
• YOUNG TURK ALERT!
• CHRISTIANS, TAKE BACK HALLOWEEN!
• A CONSERVATIVE IS A LIBERAL FIRED BY NPR!
• GO SEE “I WANT YOUR MONEY”!
• CHRIST AND THE CHILEAN MINERS
• MORE ON ICLEI: HOW BAD IS IT?
• DELEGATE MARSHALL’S NEW GOOD IDEA!
• FOR LIBERTY SHOWN TONIGHT IN MECHANICSVILLE!
• AND THE STRAW POLL WINNER IS – A SURPRISE!
• WE DID IT! MET CONG. RON PAUL! (AND LOTS OF OTHER NICE PEOPLE!)
• AT THE TEA PARTY CONVENTION!
• FIRST DAY AT THE TEA PARTY CONVENTION!
• MEET DR. B. J. LAWSON – THE RON PAUL-ENDORSED CANDIDATE IN NC-4!
• CHINA’S CURRENCY IS WHO’S BUSINESS AGAIN? NOT OURS!
• FOR LIBERTY MOVIE TO PREMIERE IN VIRGINIA!
• GOOD NEWS ON THE GLOBAL WARMING FRONT!
• GOOD LIBERTARIAN NEWS FROM AN UNUSUAL SOURCE: SWEDEN
• THESE VIRGINIA COMMUNITIES VIOLATE THE CONSTITUTION; IS YOURS ON THE LIST?
• A NEW YOUNG TURK OF THE TORY PARTY? MEET DAVID NUTTALL, MP
• HELP IS ON THE WAY! THE TEA PARTY IS HELPING ITS UK COUNTERPART!
• YES THE UK OUGHT TO GET OUT OF THE EU!
• MORE BAD NEWS: THE UN WANTS TO STRENGTHEN ITS AUTHORITY!
• IPCC REBUKED ON CLIMATE CHANGE ERRORS AND METHODOLOGY – BY ITS OWN ACADEMIC GROUP!
• STEPHEN HAWKING SAYS NO NEED FOR GOD; IS HE RIGHT?
• JOHN BOLTON FOR PRESIDENT?
• SAVE THE COINS: SUPPORT MIKE CASTLE FOR US SENATE!
• MORE THOUGHTS ON THE AGENT ISSUE
• A FREE MARKET PROPOSAL FOR THE SPORTS AGENT ISSUE
• PROPOSED SOLUTION TO THE NFL 18 GAME SCHEDULE: PRESEASON TIEBREAKER!
• STOSSEL IS RIGHT ABOUT SOCIAL SECURITY!
• RAND PAUL MONEY BOMB TODAY AND TOMORROW!
• WELCOME TO THE RON PAUL PLANET, SPEAKER PELOSI!
• RON PAUL COMING TO RICHMOND!
• FIRST SIGN OF FALL! NEW SAINTS BUMPER STICKER ON CAR IN MECHANICSVILLE!
• FORMER MI5 CHIEF SAYS IRAQ WAR MADE UK LESS SAFE! CAN YOU SAY BLOWBACK? RON PAUL PROVEN RIGHT AGAIN!
• VOTE IN THIS POLL FOR PAUL/JOHNSON 2012!
• WHAT ELSE IS NEW: SAN FRANCISCO VIOLATES THE CONSTITUTION!
• THE DeMINT RESOLUTION IS UP TO 25 OPPOSING THE UN CRC! WHERE’S SENATORS LIEBERMAN, NELSON and WEBB?
• CLINT DIDIER ENDORSED BY RON PAUL FOR US SENATE IN WASHINGTON STATE
• A NEW YOUNG TURK of the TORY PARTY: STEVEN BAKER!
• RUN RON RUN! PAUL/JOHNSON in 2012!
• HAS ANN COULTER JOINED THE NON-INTERVENTIONIST CAUSE?
• THE REAL ISSUE BEHIND THE STEELE CONTROVERSY: SHALL THE GOP GO NON-INTERVENTIONIST?
• THE HASTINGS CASE: WHY EVANGELICAL CHRISTIANS NEED TO JOIN THE CAUSE OF LIBERTY!
• GOP CHAIR STEELE COMES AROUND TO THE RON PAUL POSITION!
• UNITE AGAINST THE UN CHILD TREATY! CALL THESE SENATORS!
• GREAT NEWS: PETER SCHIFF is ON THE CONNECTICUT GOP BALLOT!
• DID TORI SPELLING CONTACT FARRAH FAWCETT FROM THE DEAD?
• FOR LIBERTY MOVIE TO BE BROADCAST IN WISCONSIN!
• RON PAUL/GARY JOHNSON in 2012! SAID HERE AT CONFLICTED LIBERTARIAN FIRST?
• LIBERTY IS ON THE MARCH AT THE WORLD CUP!
• CURLING IS SWEEPING THE SOUTH!
• GOOD NEWS FOR RON PAUL LIBERTARIANS! THE JUDGE IS ON FOX BUSINESS CHANNEL!
• MORE EVIDENCE RON PAUL IDEAS ARE TAKING OVER THE GOP!
• THE CONCORDE COULD (AND SHOULD) FLY AGAIN!
• WHAT’S SO RADICAL ABOUT THAT MAINE GOP PLATFORM – Part 4
• WHO SAYS YOU CANNOT BUY YOUR FRIENDS!
• WHAT’S SO RADICAL ABOUT THE MAINE GOP PLATFORM – Part 3
• WHAT’S SO RADICAL ABOUT THAT MAINE GOP PLATFORM – Part 2A
• WHAT’S SO RADICAL ABOUT THAT MAINE GOP PLATFORM – Part 2
• WHAT’S SO RADICAL ABOUT THE MAINE GOP PLATFORM – PART 1
• HURRAH FOR THE TEXAS BOARD OF EDUCATION!
• MY HERO JOHN BOLTON SAYS: EU NOT OUR FRIEND!
• CONFLICTED LIBERTARIAN ON IMMIGRATION
• RAND PAUL WON! RAND PAUL WON! RAND PAUL WON!
• VOTE FOR RAND PAUL TODAY!
• SENATOR LEAHY (D-VT) DRAWS A LIBERTARIAN OPPONENT!
• WHAT IS SO RADICAL ABOUT THAT MAINE GOP PLATFORM?
• HURRAH FOR MAINE GOP!
• YOUNG TURKS OF THE TORY PARTY: RORY STEWART
• YOUNG TURKS OF THE TORY PARTY: LOUISE BAGSHAWE
• YOUNG TURKS OF THE TORY PARTY: SAJID JAVID
• YOUNG TURKS OF THE TORY PARTY: KWASI KWARTENG
• 917,832
• A REFRESHING WORD ON AFGHANISTAN
• MORE GARY JOHNSON EVENTS IN THE COMMONWEALTH!
• HOW CAN I BEST HELP RON PAUL?
• LET’S CALL THE BIOMETRIC ID CARD WHAT IT IS: THE MARK OF THE BEAST
• GARY JOHNSON AND RON PAUL COMING TO VIRGINIA!
• EARTH DAY NEVER! TROUBLE AHEAD?
• DC SHOULD HAVE REPRESENTATION BUT NOT THIS WAY
• TIM TEBOW, THE BYU WOMEN’S RUGBY TEAM AND BRIAN DAVIS
• JUSTIN RAIMONDO’S FASCINATING COLUMN ABOUT RON PAUL
• GREAT ARTICLE IN REASON MAGAZINE ON RAND PAUL: RASMUSSEN’S SHOCKING POLL!
• HOWARD FINEMAN’S TAKE ON THE SRLC
• SANDY SHOULD HAVE BEEN AT SRLC! PAUL LOST BY ONLY ONE VOTE! ALSO A NEW GOP HERO.
• SRLC ON C-SPAN!
• PLEASE RENOUNCE THE BIOMETRIC ID CARD, SENATOR GRAHAM!
• NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE ATTACKS BOTH RAND PAUL AND RON PAUL!
• THIS IN THE WEEKLY STANDARD? I HARDLY BELIEVE IT!
• HAVE A BLESSED EASTER!
• HAPPY BIRTHDAY, WHITTAKER CHAMBERS!
• INGENUITY IS DEEP IN THE HUMAN CREATURE – FREE MARKETS BRING IT OUT!
• PROGRAMMING NOTE!
• THE ANSWER TO THE DESPAIR ABOUT THE HEALTH CARE BILL
• RAND PAUL MONEY BOMB YESTERDAY IS SUCCESSFUL!
• MY RESPONSE TO AN OBJECTION TO MY CREATION POST
• REMIND ME AGAIN, HOW DID CHANCE EVOLUTIONARY FORCES DO THAT?
• NO CANDIDATE SHOULD RELEASE TAX RETURNS
• IMPOSSIBLE MISSION: CONVINCE SANDY TO BECOME NONINTERVENTIONIST
• TWO OUTRAGEOUS POLITICAL DECISIONS BY SENATOR GRAHAM
• CAN A CONSTITUTIONALIST PRESIDENT DO ANYTHING, part 5
• CAN A CONSTITUTIONALIST PRESIDENT DO ANYTHING, part 4
• CAN A CONSTITUTIONALIST PRESIDENT DO ANYTHING, part 3
• CAN A CONSTITUTIONALIST PRESIDENT DO ANYTHING, part 2
• CAN A CONSTITUTIONIST PRESIDENT DO ANYTHING?
• RON PAUL’S MANIFESTO (FOR 2012 PERHAPS?)
• GOV. JINDAL SEEN AS “NERD” IN WHAT IS A GREAT YEAR FOR NERDS!
• GREAT ARTICLE IN THE BALTIMORE SUN!
• THAT BIG BLOG ANNOUNCEMENT I PROMISED! SANDY JOINS AS BLOGGER AT VIRGINIA RIGHT!
• SUPPORT FOR FREE MARKET VICTORY IN OLYMPICS! BIG BLOG ANNOUNCEMENT COMING!
• GOV. JINDAL’S BOOK CAN BE PRE-ORDERED NOW
• NIGHT TRAIN BOBSLED OF USA-1 WINS GOLD!
• INDIANA US SENATE CANDIDATE OFFERS TWO COURAGEOUS PROPOSALS
• GREAT ARTICLE EXPLAINING CURLING’S APPEAL
• BOBSLED SHOWING AT GAMES ANOTHER VICTORY FOR FREE MARKET PRINCIPLES!
• THE NORDIC COMBINED MEDALS SHOW POWER OF FREE MARKET
• SALAD DAYS FOR RON PAUL! ON COVER OF REASON MAGAZINE and ARTICLE TOO!
• CURLING IS GREAT! AN EXCITING BRAINY SPORT MORE SHOULD TRY!
• BIG UPSET TODAY! RON PAUL WINS CPAC STRAW POLL!
• CONG. RON PAUL’S SPEECH AT CPAC WAS WELL-RECEIVED BUT CONTAINED A WARNING TO FELLOW CONSERVATIVES: PROTECT RIGHTS OF ALL!
• COMMON (BUT UNWISE) PRACTICE TO MIX SPORTS AND POLITICS
• GREAT BLOG NEWS! CONFLICTED LIBERTARIAN IS NUMBER 41 AMONG TOP RON PAUL SITES!
• AN AMAZING STRAW POLL FROM CPAC! JINDAL STRONG SECOND AND PAUL FOURTH!
• CANADIAN OLYMPIC PROGRAM PARTLY PAID BY (CANADIAN) TAXPAYERS!
• THAT AUDI COMMERCIAL MAY WELL BE THE WAVE OF THE FUTURE!
• BEST PART OF THE WINTER OLYMPICS HAS ALREADY OCCURRED!
• WE’RE ALL MONEY BOMBERS NOW!
• SAINTS WIN THE SUPER BOWL!
• AUDI’S GREEN POLICE AD TOO CLOSE TO REAL LIFE!
• AN EXAMPLE OF A CONFLICTED LIBERTARIAN
• CONSERVATIVES WORRIED ABOUT WHAT? A POLITICAL TRIAL! THEY MIGHT HAVE IT.
• RACHEL MADDOW SHOWS THE “NO RIGHTS” ARGUMENT WRONG BUT…
• I AGREE WITH THIS BLOG: TRY CURLING! (OR FENCING!)
• LECH WALESA ENDORSES WHO?
• MODERATE GOP SENATOR COLLINS PLAYS THE “NO RIGHTS FOR TERROR SUSPECTS” CARD
• MORE SUPPORT FOR RON PAUL IDEAS – THIS TIME IN THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
• A BRIEF LIBERTARIAN TAKE ON NEWT GINGRICH’S NEW CONTRACT
• INTRIGUING ARTICLE ABOUT THE DEFICIT/DEBT
• GOV. McDONNELL WANTS TO PRIVATIZE THE ABC STORES – GOOD! ALSO PRIVATIZE THE STATE LOTTERY!
• WHAT SHOULD PRESIDENT OBAMA DO? CALL RON PAUL!
• SAINTS FINALLY IN THE BIG GAME!
• SCOTT BROWN WINS! EXCITED BUT CONFLICTED; LIBERTARIANS MUST UNITE!
• THE CONFLICTED LIBERTARIAN STRIKES AGAIN!
• A GREAT QUESTION AND SANDY’S ANSWER
• SUPPORT FOR NON-INTERVENTION (AND RON PAUL’S IDEAS) FROM GLENN GREENWALD!
• RON PAUL PROVEN RIGHT AGAIN…
• LIBERTY IS ON THE MARCH!
• IF GOV. DANIELS CAN DO THIS, MAYBE HE’S THE CHOICE FOR ’12!
• A REPORT CARD HALFWAY THROUGH GOV. JINDAL’S TERM
• CLOSER TO THE RIGHT CALL ON COLTS
• MORE EVIDENCE CONG. PAUL’S VIEWS ARE GAINING FAVOR
• HOW TO FIX THE ROSE BOWL!
• NOT ENOUGH BUT A START
• MORE EVIDENCE THAT RON PAUL’S IDEAS ARE TAKING OVER THE GOP!
• GOOD NEWS! GOVERNOR JINDAL FIGHTS GLOBAL WARMING SCAM!
• SOMEBODY SHOULD BE FINED AND/OR SUSPENDED IN INDY
• THE WINNER OF THE 2008 ELECTION WAS NOT OBAMA BUT…
• MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL MY READERS!
• NICE ANALYSIS ON GOV. JINDAL
• WELCOME TO THE GOP, REP. GRIFFITH! MAY CONG. SHULER FOLLOW SUIT!
• I DON’T AGREE OFTEN WITH BILL KRISTOL…BUT
• A THIRD PARTY WORTH WATCHING
• GARY JOHNSON EDGES CLOSER TO RUNNING IN 2012
• YES THEY CAN! I AGREE WITH WILBON…
• JINDAL GETS CREDIT FOR GOOD GOVERNMENT IN NEW MEXICO!
• APPARENTLY I AM NOT ALONE
• JINDAL GETS POSITIVE MENTION IN WASH POST ARTICLE!
• WHY THE NEW NAME AND TAGLINE?
• SUPPORT FOR SANDY’S OBAMA NOBEL BLOG…
• PRESIDENT OBAMA’S NOBEL SPEECH – HE DOESN’T GET IT…
• US MUST NOT INTERVENE IN KNOX TRIAL
• I WAS FOR RON PAUL BEFORE HE WAS COOL….
• WILL SAINTS AVOID A LETDOWN AT WASHINGTON?
• TWO STORIES RELEVANT TO 2012
• AN ENCOURAGING POLL
• COULD IT HAPPEN?
• ENDING STATE-SUPPORTED GAMBLING IS A GOOD IDEA
• DON’T COUNT GOVERNOR JINDAL OUT YET IN 2012!
• ON THE FIRING OF COACH GROH AT VIRGINIA
• BIG BIG GAME TONIGHT!
• A NEW POLITICAL REALIGNMENT?
• SPREAD THE THANKSGIVING WEALTH AROUND – IN NFL!
• THE TRUE MEANING OF THANKSGIVING
• FIRST OF TWO GUEST BLOGS!
• GOVERNOR AND MRS. JINDAL AT OBAMA STATE DINNER!
• IS SARAH PALIN BECOMING A CULT ICON?
• LOOKS LIKE THE CLIMATE CHANGE EMAILS ARE AUTHENTIC!
• WILL THE BLOG MOVE IN NEW DIRECTIONS?
• PERHAPS JINDAL/McDONNELL 2012?
• MORE AUDIT THE FED NEWS! PAUL WINS COMMITTEE VOTE!
• FINALLY RON PAUL IN A POLL! PERHAPS PAUL/JINDAL 2012?
• MORE PRAISE FOR THE NEW LOUISIANA!
• YOU AND I KNOW REAGAN DID IT (WITH HELP!)
• ASSISTANT BLOGGER COMES OUT FOR DOUG HOFFMAN!
• SAINTS WIN! SAINTS WIN! SAINTS WIN!
• AS PROMISED! GOVERNOR JINDAL ON HANNITY
• GOVERNOR JINDAL ON HANNITY TONIGHT!
• A WORRYSOME GAME THIS WEEK FOR SAINTS
• MORE ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR GOV. JINDAL AND LOUISIANA!
• CONGRESSMAN CANTOR HAS A PAC TOO! GAVE OUT OVER A COOL HALF MILLION!
• SAINTS STILL UNBEATEN AFTER 48-27 WIN OVER GIANTS!!!!!
• POLL SHOWS GOVERNOR HUCKABEE LEADING GOP HOPEFULS FOR 2012
• CHRIS CILLIZZA SUGGESTS MAYBE VP FOR GOVERNOR JINDAL IN 2012!
• WHO SAID WHAT ABOUT GOVERNOR JINDAL?
• REP. CASTLE AHEAD OF BEAU BIDEN IN DELAWARE
• GOVERNOR JINDAL’S HEALTH CARE INITIATIVE!
• THE KINGFISH LIVES AGAIN AT THE ROOSEVELT HOTEL!
• SAINTS DEE-FENSE SAVES THE DAY! SAINTS 4-0! WHO DAT!
• MORE MIGHT RUN BUT PROBABLY NOT IN 2012
• PROBABLY NOT RUNNING BUT COULD RUN IN 2012
• LOOKS LIKE PAWLENTY IS RUNNING…
• HUGE SHOWDOWN IN SUPERDOME SUNDAY – UNDEFEATED SAINTS FACE JETS!
• JINDAL RETURNS TO VIRGINIA TO HELP McDONNELL!
• SAINTS CRUSH EAGLES 48-22!
• PROBABLES BUT NOT CERTAIN IN 2012
• BREAKING NEWS! PETER SCHIFF ANNOUNCES RUN FOR SENATE IN 2010!
• AN EARLY LOOK AT 2012
• Congressman Ron Paul at Loyola University of New Orleans
• DID YOU KNOW?
• DISCOURAGED?
• INTRIGUING COMMENTARY ARTICLE
• NO STALIN BUST FOR BEDFORD D-DAY MEMORIAL! FOR THAT MATTER AX CLEMENT ATTLEE, TOO!
• I AGREE WITH SENATOR APPEL’S LETTER
• GOOD FOR LOUISIANA; A GREEN PIPELINE AND GOVERNOR JINDAL
• SAINTS DEFENSE NOT ABLE YET TO TOUCH BREES
• SHOULD GOVERNOR JINDAL HELP CONGRESSMAN CAO? YES!
• SITE FOR GOVERNOR JINDAL’S WSJ OP-ED
• NOW IS THE TIME! STOP OBAMACARE IN THIS WAY! THOSE IN BLUE DOG DISTRICTS MUST ACT!
• Looks like Governor Jindal had CNN’s John Roberts for lunch early yesterday!
• Early reports on the Governor’s health care emphasis
• Exciting details from the Governor’s Politico op-ed!
• The Governor was wonderful and passionate on Hannity tonight!
• Jindal to the rescue of health care!
• Jindal supports Second Amendment rights in Louisiana!
• Jindal for jobs for Louisianians!
• Innovative Jindal-supported entertainment tax credit act approved!
• Governor Jindal signs conscience protection bill!
• My comments on the “Jindal for President” PAC issue
• Jindal reports third Fortune 500 company comes to Louisiana!
• Jindal supported efforts to end speed traps in Louisiana
• Palin quits as Governor of Alaska! UPDATED!
• Louisiana is Number One! (Thanks to Governor Jindal!)
• Weather Channel documentary on Katrina gives Jindal’s Gustav effort high marks
• Looking for interesting Pro-Jindal sentiment around the USA…
• HOW GOVERNOR JINDAL CAN WIN THE RON PAUL VOTERS (HINT: START WITH REAL ID)
• Pawlenty appears to be running in 2012! (How Jindal can take advantage of it)
• My take on the Palin-Letterman controversy
• Newt Gingrich endorses whose health plan?
• Louisiana GOP Central Committee votes to endorse HR 1207
• JOHN McCAIN, BOBBY JINDAL and TWITTER
• The convention was great! Cuccinelli was nominated for VA AG
• The Jindal/McDonnell 2012 sign goes up at the convention!
• First Night at the VA GOP Convention for the Assistant Blogger
• More On the 2013 Super Bowl in New Orleans
• The Alexandria Town Talk Says It Right: Support Jindal
• How Governor Jindal Could be the Next Jack Kemp
• Mission Accomplished: How I Met Governor Jindal
• Jindal Saves the Saints! (and Saves the State Tax Money!)
• Governor Jindal’s Evangelical Bonafides
• Why I Admire Governor Jindal as a Potential President