Brushfires of Freedom

The House just killed the bailout, 228 against to 205 in favor. This great news!!! However, they will reconsider.
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Jazz Shaw at The Moderate Voice says that the voices of sanity on the bailout are being ignored:
When it comes to matters of fiscal conservatism, it often becomes a lonely business to stand on the beach by yourself, shouting at the ocean with these foul tasting, sandy pebbles in your mouth. Readers have made their […]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Barr, a voice of fiscal sanity, left out of discussion”, url: “http://blog.bobbarr2008.com/2008/09/29/barr-a-voice-of-fiscal-sanity-left-out-of-discussion/” });

The Libertarians among us who are also college football fans can find humor in this:
What’s next, a Libertarian in the White House?
Impossible, you say. Well, probably so.
Then again, the last Saturday in September of 2008 ended with the banks running out of money, Southern California’s football team winless in the Pacific-10 Conference and Duke undefeated […]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “If Oregon State can beat USC, maybe there is hope…”, url: “http://blog.bobbarr2008.com/2008/09/29/if-oregon-state-can-beat-usc-maybe-there-is-hope/” });

A couple of days ago, I mentioned that I would be providing commentary over at Blogging the Debates, a project of Voter Watch. I finished it last night around 1am and it has been posted this morning.
You can watch and read here. It’s the second video down on the site. It’ll open into a […]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Blogging the Debates commentary”, url: “http://blog.bobbarr2008.com/2008/09/28/blogging-the-debates-commentary/” });

I was looking over the appeal to the Supreme Court on the Louisiana ballot access case (you can read it here). This section of the petition is just excellent:
The Secretary of State took an emergency appeal to the Fifth Circuit on September 25, 2008. The following day, the Fifth Circuit entered its Order […]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “On the Louisiana case…”, url: “http://blog.bobbarr2008.com/2008/09/27/on-the-louisiana-case/” });

The full counter-debate will be posted as soon as it is available, but here is the Q&A from last night with Bob, with reason’s editor Matt Welch moderating. It’s just a little teaser for those of you who missed the counter-debate.

We are told that anywhere between 175 to 200 […]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Q&A with Bob at reason HQ”, url: “http://blog.bobbarr2008.com/2008/09/27/qa-with-bob-at-reason-hq/” });

The Firth Circuit Court of Appeals has removed Bob Barr from the Louisiana ballot. Shortly after the lower court decision, the state filed an appeal to the federal appellate court.
We are appealing directly to the United States Supreme Court today. You can read the 17 page appeal here.
It is very difficult to work in […]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Appellate court removes Barr from Louisiana ballot”, url: “http://blog.bobbarr2008.com/2008/09/27/appellate-court-removes-barr-from-louisiana-ballot/” });

Bob will be speaking today at the Gun Rights Policy Conference in Phoenix, Arizona. Other speakers include Alan Gura and Bob Levy, the team that argued the Heller case at the Supreme Court, Wayne LaPierre and John Lott.
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Atlanta magazine has a very lengthy (well over 5,000 words) profile of Bob in their October issue. It’s much too lengthy to chop and repost here, but head over and check it out.
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Bob Barr has thrown in his two cents about last night’s debate over at the Huffington Post and says the tone of the debate would have been much different had Liberty had a voice:
There’s not a dime’s worth of difference between Senator McCain and Senator Obama. The viewers of this first presidential “debate” missed the […]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Barr: The Debate That Wasn’t”, url: “http://blog.bobbarr2008.com/2008/09/27/barr-the-debate-that-wasnt/” });