A MUST Watch! - Amber Lyon on the Joe Rogan Experience Podcast.

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This is a MUST watch!  Joe interviews Amber on his podcast - 10/04/2012.

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Gary Johnson In The News - He's in it to win!

FYI - From GaryJohnson2012.com

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Libertarian VP candidate: ‘We run to win’ August 7, 2012 WJBC.com By Paul Morello The Libertarian vice presidential candidate told WJBC Tuesday he and running mate Gary Johnson want to balance the budget, bring troops home, and repeal the income tax if they win the November election. Judge Jim Gray said an income tax repeal, besides saving the country as much as $600 billion in money spent keeping records for the taxes, could also help the country’s exports. Read More Hotseat: Gary Johnson August 8, 2012 Willamette Week By Mark Zusman Gary Johnson, the Libertarian Party’s nominee for president, isn’t going to win in November. But were we to challenge him to a bike race, a 400-meter sprint or even water polo, the 59-year-old New Mexico ex-governor would skunk us. Johnson’s athletic accomplishments—he’s climbed Mount Everest and finished Ironmans—sound like the bucket list of an obsessive compulsive. But his biggest marathon might be his presidential run. Read More #IAmLibertarian Trending on Twitter August 8, 2012 IVN.us By Jane Susskind Another success for third parties in the social media world: #IAmLibertarian is trending on Twitter. Here are a few tweets from the hashtag. Read More 5 Reasons Why You Might Want to Vote for Gary Johnson August 8, 2012 UpholdLiberty.org By Ron Davis When it comes to individual liberty, there’s no question at all who the best candidate on the ballot is. Johnson is a perfect example of the Libertarian’s stance on individual liberty, and there’s little doubt that he’d advance individual liberty if he were president. Read More Three man race; Can Johnson beat Obama and Romney in Nevada? August 8, 2012 Fox Reno Mitt Romney and President Obama’s visits to Northern Nevada may get all the headlines, but they’re not the only presidential hopefuls visiting the area. Former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson was in town campaigning for president on the Libertarian ticket.  And while Southern Nevada leans blue and Northern Nevada leans red, Governor Johnson thinks the time may be right for a third party candidate to make some noise right here in the Silver State.  He sat down with FOX 11 News for an in-depth, insightful and sometimes funny interview. Read More New Johnson ad: I'm only candidate with you 100% August 8, 2012 Boston.com By Garrett Quinn he new ad (see above) from Libertarian Party presidential candidate and former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson is a significant improvement from the earlier spots his campaign has produced. It's hard to tell at this point where Johnson will "take" most of his votes from but a recent Public Policy Polling survey in Colorado suggests he will "hurt" Obama more than Romney. Read More Johnson receives good news from feds as he leaves Boise: $74k in matching funds August 8, 2012 Idaho Statesman By Dan Popkey Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson left Boise Tuesday after a Monday campaign event with another $73,692 in public financing in his campaign chest. The Federal Election Commission on Wednesday said it certified the payment Tuesday, bringing the total received byJohnson to about $304,000. Read More Gary Johnson To Race Mountain Bikes August 9, 2012 FitsNews.com Libertarian Party presidential nominee Gary Johnson will take a brief break from the campaign trail on Saturday, August 11, to tackle another grueling race: the Leadville 100 mountain-bike race in Colorado. An accomplished cyclist and outdoorsman, Gov. Johnsonwill compete in the high-altitude race for the ninth time since 2002.  Featuring a rugged 100-mile, out-and-back route in the midst of the Colorado Rockies, the race draws riders from around the world who are willing to climb to 12,424 feet from the 10,152-feet starting line. Read More Why Ron Paul Supporters Must Support Gary Johnson Today In Order to Change Election 2012 August 9, 2012 PolicyMic.com By Douglas Goodman Gary Johnson challenges people to let him prove they are Libertarians. As the campaign moves forward more people will accept that challenge and be surprised. Ron Paul supporters don’t need this challenge, but they do need to act now if they want others to have the chance. If Paul supporters have any doubts, Gary Johnson will be speaking at PaulFest before the GOP Convention.  Read More Gary Johnson Interview with Willamette Week August 9, 2012 Willamette Week By Mark Zusman Presidential Candidate and Former New Mexico Governor GaryJohnson came by last week to talk about his  campaign.  We'll be running clips from that interview over the next several days.  The Libertarian Party candidate favors the legalization of pot; he also has unusual views about other drugs. Read More Libertarian VP goes after Obama's Drug War August 10, 2012 Examiner.com By Karl Dickey Visiting a Denver medical marijuana dispensary Thursday, Libertarian Party vice presidential nominee and retired Superior Court Judge Jim Gray urged passage of Amendment 64, the statewide initiative to regulate marijuana like alcohol that will appear on this year’s ballot. Judge Gray was also critical of the Obama Administration’s interference in Colorado’s state-regulated medical marijuana system. Last week, the Justice Department issued letters to 10 state-legal medical marijuana facilities demanding that they shut down. Fifty-seven total businesses have now received such letters. Read More Letter to the Editor: A better choice for president August 13, 2012 Concord Monitor By Howard Wilson The issue difference between Mitt Romney and President Obama is minimal at best. Whether Romney initiated a health-care system in Massachusetts that Obama swiped for his health care takeover, or the two thought up what comes down to government control of medical care, independently means little. Either source is driving medical specialists and generalists to quit the medical profession. Consider the alternative: Gary Johnson, the Libertarian Party candidate for president. He has eight years of experience as governor of New Mexico, saying no to more than 750 bills. Neither Romney nor Obama can say that. Both seem to be yes-men for anything that grows government. Read More

No one has forgotten your dad, Braydon

FYI - From CNN.com.

NEVER FORGET!!!

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Braydon Nichols with his father, Army Chief Warrant Officer Bryan Nichols.

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

• On August 6, 2011, a U.S. helicopter crashed in Afghanistan, killing 30
• Among them was 10-year-old Braydon Nichols' father. Nichols wrote an iReport about his dad
• Since then, readers haven't stopped commenting on Braydon's iReport
• The story made one Army veteran and father recall his close brush with death

(CNN) -- Monday marks one year since a Chinook helicopter crashed in Afghanistan and killed 30 American service members, 22 of them Navy SEALs. Many of the SEALs belonged to Team 6, the unit whose members were involved in the raid that killed Osama bin Laden.

A few days after the August 6, 2011, tragedy, a 10-year-old boy in Kansas City, Missouri, composed an iReport on CNN.com. He uploaded a photo of his dad sitting alongside his fellow soldiers.

My father was one of the 30 US Soldiers killed in Afghanistan yesterday with the Seals rescue mission. My father was the pilot of the chinook. I have seen other pictures of victims from this deadly mission and wish you would include a picture of my father. He is the farthest to the left.

Braydon Nichols' heartbreaking letter urging the world never to forget his father, Army Chief Warrant Officer Bryan Nichols, sparked thousands of comments and at least 230 iReports filled with love and support for the boy.

Read the original iReport

Over the past year, readers have continued to post kind notes to Braydon.

"Thought about you and looked at the picture I have and thought to visit this page and letting you know that you were on my mind. Hope you and your family are doing well," Dennis Stahl from Columbus, Ohio, commented July 12.

"Still on my mind buddy. I hope you and mom are doing OK, thoughts and prayers," Bob wrote June 25.

"I found myself remembering your story and tribute to your daddy this morning Braydon. I just wanted to let you know that people are and will always be thinking about him," another reader wrote in June.

Army veteran Shane Farlin told CNN that Braydon's story made him think about how close he came to losing his life and the chance to watch his son grow up.

Shane Farlin during his time in the U.S. Army.

The 28-year-old from Michigan was wounded in Iraq in 2004.

He left this post on Braydon's story:

"I was wounded and holding on weakly, wanting to meet my son. I cry reading this thinking of my Army brothers who didn't get a chance to come home. Peace to the dead and wounded of this country and their families."

Farlin and his unit were returning from Fallujah in May 2004, speeding along a highway back to Baghdad. The machine gunner was looking out of their truck and noticed the gutter running alongside them was black, scorched.

Then a roadside bomb exploded.

"It felt like someone hit me in the face with a baseball bat. My head snapped back. It felt like someone was pouring thick olive oil down my face. I could feel the metal on my face and I fell into my partner's lap screaming," he said this week.

One eye was hanging out its socket; the other socket was shredded.

"It's what they always say happens. I was thinking about my unit but I was also thinking about my high school sweetheart. She got pregnant right before I deployed. And I'm screaming but I'm thinking, 'I never got to see her pregnant, I never got to feel her belly.'"

Farlin knew he was going to have a son.

His face soaked and his buddies screaming, all Farlin could think was: I'm going to have a son. I'm going to be a father.

He started to feel his body go slack. It felt good, this odd sensation of relaxation.

"I was slipping away," he remembered.

While a medivac rushed to the site, Farlin passed out.

He woke up in a hospital bed in Baghdad's fortified Green Zone.

It took him a week to regain his sight in one eye. The other was too damaged and he lost it.

Farlin recovered, slowly and agonizingly, and made it back home for the birth of his son. He was working at a base at the time, and wearing his uniform, when he rushed to the hospital to help deliver Shane Farlin II.

Shane Farlin and his son Shane Farlin II

That was years ago. Farlin's boy is 7.

"When I read about Braydon, I just ... felt it.Those who are out there, fighting, they have their last moments, or what they believe is going to be their last moments, and they're thinking about home and their kids. I am so glad I made it."

Little Shane is Farlin's "clone," just as Braydon Nichols was so much like his father.

"My son is off the wall," Farlin said. "Spiderman one minute, Ironman the next minute. He's helpful, always wanting to know how he can help Daddy. He wants to be like me. He wants to know what the Army was like."

Farlin has suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder and has a traumatic brain injury, he said. Readjusting to life outside the military and his transition to being a college student hasn't always been easy.

He gets sad. He doesn't like that he cannot be in the Army any longer because of his injury -- he has a glass eye. But Farlin is constantly trying to be positive around his son.

"I know to be careful about what I say in front of him," he said. "I don't want my son to see me sad. I am going to keep him from that for as long as I can."

For the Nichols family, sadness is always there. Some days are better than others.

"We all deal with it differently," said Monte Nichols, Brian Nichols' brother. "So many people have reached out and tried to help Braydon over the past year, to let him know that they care and they're thinking about his dad."

Braydon is getting good grades and doing as well as any kid could, Monte Nichols added.

A memorial service for those killed in the Chinook crash was held at Arlington National Cemetery in June.

"Everyone who was lost," Monte Nichols said, "is very much missed. Nobody is forgotten."

Gov. Gary Johnson on Fox...LET THIS MAN DEBATE!!!

Gov. Gary Johnson on Fox...LET THIS MAN DEBATE!!!

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Gov. Gary Johnson interviewed on Politic It TV.

FYI - Gov. Gary Johnson interviewed on Politic It TV.

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The Latest and Greatest: Gary Johnson In The News!

FYI - From GaryJohnson2012.com

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Want to put a piranha in the political fish tank? Allow GaryJohnson in the Presidential Debates July 23, 2012 The Washington Times The most savvy thing that America’s TV networks could possibly do this year is to promote Gary Johnson with the intent of placing him in at least one, if not all of the Fall presidential debates. Such a move would almost certainly drive viewership and interest in the debates to stratospheric levels, and Johnson’s penchant for snappy redirects and crowd-winning zingers would be the kind of fan service that scratches the itch for spontaneous, unscripted reality TV. Read More Gary Johnson Supporters Protest Media Blackout Across Nation July 17, 2012 IVN.us By Craig D. Schlesinger There is no shortage of love lost between CNN and the libertarian presidential candidate, former two term New Mexico Gov. GaryJohnson, nor is it a secret. The cable news network continues to remain a thorn in his side (for about a year now), carefully and quietly excluding Johnson from its polling.  One small ray of hope emerged on August 29, 2011 when CNN finally included him in their bi-weekly national poll. Apparently Gov. Johnsonpolled a bit too high at 2%, and his name was never to be seen on all subsequent polls during his remaining tenure in the Republican primary. Read More Gary Johnson polls at 5.3 percent July 17, 2012 The Daily Caller By Michael Bastasch Libertarian Party presidential candidate Gary Johnson is making a comeback in the polls, gaining some popularity since his failed bid for the Republican nomination last year. Johnson is polling at 5.3 percent, according to a poll last week by JZ Analytics. “That’s a big deal,” Johnson told Capitol Report New Mexico. “We’re at 5 [percent] today, we could get to 7 tomorrow because people will check it out.” Read More Poll: Obama's lead shrinking in New Mexico July 18, 2012 The Hill By Cameron Joseph President Obama's lead is shrinking in New Mexico, according to a new poll from the Democratic-affiliated Public Policy Polling. Obama leads Mitt Romney by 49 to 44 percent, a dip from the solid 14-point lead he'd had earlier in the year when PPP polled the state in April. When former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson is included in the poll, Obama leads Romney by 42 to 38 percent. Johnson, who pulls 13 percent support, is running on the Libertarian Party ticket. Read More Frustrated with Mainstream Politics, Some Young Voters Turn to Libertarians July 19, 2012 NextGen Journal by Jessica Iannetta From the United States to Spain to Mexico and almost everywhere in between, young people are frustrated with the poor economy and political leaders unable to keep their promises. For American youth, unhappiness with government will manifest itself in the November presidential election, as President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney vie for the affections of young voters. Unfortunately for these two candidates, America’s young people are increasingly turning to a third option: none of the above. Read More Obama’s pot problem July 19, 2012 Salon By Matt Taylor Johnson, the former Republican governor of New Mexico running for president on the Libertarian ticket, has begun holding press conferences from medical marijuana dispensaries and assailing Obama for waging the war on drugs.  When combined with the steady drip of news about the latest massive DEA raids on what many local Democrats consider legitimate small-business owners, his presence in Colorado is poised to cause some headaches for the White House as campaign season heats up. Read More Web Quiz Tells You Which Presidential Candidate Best Fits Your Worldview July 19, 2012 NPR By Frank James Here's a twist: Gary Johnson, the Libertarian Party presidential candidate and former New Mexico governor, has the highest percentage of quiz takers agreeing with him in a number of states that are likely to go for Mitt Romney come Election Day, including Texas and Georgia. Read More Presidential Candidate Gary Johnson - PoliticIt Exclusive Interview July 20, 2012 PoliticIt PoliticIt.com had the opportunity to meet with presidential candidateGary Johnson in Salt Lake City, Utah. Gary Johnson told PoliticIt about his campaign, how he's using social media, and about his stance on a number of issues.  Gary Johnson is the Libertarian nominee for U.S. president and will likely be competing against Barack Obama and Mitt Romney in November, 2012. More can be learned about Gary Johnson by visiting his campaign website at: http://www.garyjohnson2012.com/ Watch the Interview Here Libertarian Candidate Could Cost Obama the Win in New Mexico July 20, 2012 Yahoo! News By Sylvia Cochran Ballot Access reported on May 5 on Gary Johnson's nomination as Libertarian Party candidate for president. Now Public Policy Polling shows that Johnson may cost incumbent President Barack Obama the State of New Mexico in November. Read More GaryJohnson Tries to Inject Pot Legalization Into the Presidential Race July 23, 2012 The Atlantic By Conor Friedersdorf Earlier this month, anonymous associates of President Obama whispered to Marc Ambinder that "if the president wins a second term, he plans to tackle another American war that has so far been successful only in perpetuating more misery: the four decades of The Drug War." The news was greeted with skepticism due to the fact that Obama broke prior promises about federal targeting of medical marijuana facilities and has zealously prosecuted current drug policy. Read More Gary Johnson Could Appear in Presidential Debates July 23, 2012 U.S. News & World Report By Elizabeth Flock After weeks of angry protests on Reddit, Facebook and Twitter to get Libertarian party nominee Gary Johnson in the presidential debates, Janet Brown from the Commission on Presidential Debates tells Whispers he might appear there. Supporters of Johnson, a former New Mexico governor, have repeatedly said their candidate has been unfairly excluded from presidential election coverage by the mainstream media, hurting his chances to appear in the debates. Read More Libertarian Candidate Gary Johnson May End Up Appearing In Presidential Debates July 23, 2012 Mediaite By Josh Feldman You’re all thinking it, so I’m just going to say it: a presidential debate between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney is going to be incredibly dull. However, a third person may be joining them on the stage, because the executive director of the Commission on Presidential Debates told U.S. News‘ “Washington Whispers” that Libertarian party nominee Gary  Johnson might end up debating the two leading candidates, because he is close to meeting the full criteria that allow certain candidates to appear in debates. Read More Johnson reminds voters: Romney authored ‘the blueprint’ for Obamacare July 23, 2012 The Daily Caller By Steven Nelson Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson says that he’s the only candidate who can be trusted to repeal the individual health insurance mandate in President Barack Obama’s health care reform law. Presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney, Johnson said, has proven that he has no qualms about government-mandated health insurance, citing the individual health insurance mandate that Romney proudly signed into law while governor of Massachusetts. Read More Libertarian Gary Johnson aims for presidential debates July 24, 2012 Politico By Katie Glueck Former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson, the Libertarian Party nominee, said Thursday the key to winning his longshot bid for president is getting into the presidential debates this fall. In a wide-ranging interview with POLITICO, the former two-term GOP governor said meeting the 15 percent national polling threshold set by the Commission on Presidential Debates is essential to his campaign since the debates are the only way to effectively get his message out. Read More Elect One of Our Own. One Time. Two-term Governor, Gary Johnson, will end the national nightmare of the IRS. America once prospered without it. It can do so again if we vote sanity into office in 2012. Gary is now our best hope for less government and more liberty. It’s time to put our differences and our parties aside and come together as a nation. We The People are ready to LIVE FREE. Watch the Video Here