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By Seth Mann at 5:59AM

May 18, 2010

International Liberty Movement: An Idea Whose Time Has Come

In the YAL "I Pledge " video, two young men, with English and Russian accents respectively, pledge to "spread the message of liberty throughout the world" and to "join the libertarian revolution in Russia." I have thought about these pledges more than the others. Which brings me to this recent article:

Is an international liberty movement an idea whose time has come?

Tea Partiers of the World, Unite!

by Nick Rizzuto

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While international organization might have been deficient for the liberty movement historically, it appears that that is on the verge of changing. For the first time, there appears to be a growing international liberty movement, springing forth from the roots of our current American civic reawakening.

In recent months, inspired by what they are observing here in the states, Tea Party organizations have begun to rise in up the furthest corners of the world. While these organizations might have different concerns, ones that are specific to their particular nations, it is clear that each has formed around the same concepts: limited governance and individual liberty.

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By Devon Minnema at 5:14PM

Apr 18, 2010

Dixon High Chapter Hosts On-Campus TEA Party

On Friday, 4/16, the Dixon High School YAL Chapter held a TEA Party event on campus just for students. The event earned quite a bit of local media and attracted over 150 attendees. Liberty Republican Congressional Candidate for Solano County Gary Clift came and spoke and I said a word or two, too. It was pretty awesome.

Disclaimer: Young Americans for Liberty does not support or endorse any candidate for election.

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By Matt Cockerill at 11:33AM

Apr 12, 2010

Chomsky Urges "Madison Crowd" to take Tea Party Movement Seriously

Noam Chomsky recently spoke at the University of Wisconsin Madison. A local newspaper covering the event reports that he advocated the leftish Madison crowd reach out to the Tea Partiers:

But, Chomsky, the firebrand liberal who spent most of his life critiquing and attacking US hegemony and foreign policy, said the left is failing the country by not reaching out to those in the Tea Party movement, who are frustrated and fed up with American government.

“They shouldn’t be laughed at. It’s not a joke,” Chomsky told the packed theater. “Ridiculing the Tea Party shenanigans is a terrible mistake. Why are those voices of discontent being mobilized by the extreme Right?”

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By Wesley Messamore at 7:02PM

Feb 24, 2010

The Tea Parties Are More Diverse Than MSNBC

The Dallas Tea Party answers Keith Olbermann's criticism that the Tea Parties are an exclusively "white" protest movement:

Hat tip: Matthew Hurtt.

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By Gerald Dalebout at 9:20AM

Feb 15, 2010

Captain America Busts Up Tea-Parties

Teabaggers

Captain America has a new enemy: Teabaggers. In Captain America #602, the Cap and his African-American sidekick, the Falcon, infiltrate a tea party protest to find the leader of a militia group called the Watchdogs. The Falcon is skeptical of infiltrating the protest, "I don't exactly see a black man from Harlem fitting in with a bunch of angry white folks."

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By Kelse Moen at 6:23AM

Jan 19, 2010

A Dictatorship of the Hip

My apologies for the old video, but after watching this I take back both of the laughs Scrubs ever got out of me.

"Rock the Vote," which they refer to at the end, is the group that made this gem, threatening to withhold sex from any guy who opposes socialized healthcare.

While Ron Paul, the Tea Parties, various liberty candidates have benefitted from a youthful surge of populist anger that is authentic and principled, the hip MTV crowd continues to create these contrived ads in an effort to keep the young in their own camp. Granted, polls consistently show that youths are disproportionately liberal; nevertheless, groups like YAL have much more to offer than the trendy but vapid "Rock the Vote"-ers. Because while idealism is a trademark of youth, this bunch continues to stand for the status quo.

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By Matt Cockerill at 7:31AM

Jan 7, 2010

Ron Paul Still Making the MSM Rounds

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By Jihan Huq at 12:22PM

Jan 6, 2010

Taxpayer Money Used To Ridicule "Teabaggers"

Sponsered by none other than the notorious, state-affiliated National Public Radio (NPR). I'm wondering if there is any attempted intelligent message behind this humorless video?

In a new video posted online, NPR called teapartiers "teagbaggers." The mockery on the NPR webiste begins with :

Learn to speak teabag. Finally, learning a new language doesn't have to be hard. You can be fluent in conversational teabag in just a few short minutes.

The cartoon character enthusiastically shouts: "I think the public option and the competition it would foster would … really … socialist, socialist!" The narrorator replies: "Good. Lesson 2: If you're having trouble understanding the words of others or being understood yourself, use teabags' stronger, more descriptive words."

Then the ever baffled cartoon character yells: "Nazi! Nazi! Nazi!"

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By Shaun Bowen at 5:01PM

Dec 7, 2009

The Fall of the GOP and Why It's Good for Us

In the 2008 elections the GOP took major damage. This was a continuing trend from the 2006 mid-term elections, when the Democrats took over the House. In 2008, with the Dems in charge of both the House and the Senate as well as taking the Presidency, it seemed that the country had shifted from center-right to center-left. However, as we saw with the explosion of town hall protestors, the 9/12 March, and the Tea Party protests, the general conservatism that the American public favors was not lost.

That is why when a new Rassmussen poll results were released there was a bit of a surprise. In a Generic Ballot Poll, the Democrats received 36%, the Republicans 18%, and a Tea Party candidate received 23%. Any Republican or Democrat should see this and cringe. This is direct information that shows the fractures in the base of the Republicans are bigger than the mainstream media would portray. It also shows why the Republican leadership is desperately attempting to grandstand and associate themselves with every Tea Party rally.

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