{"id":15851,"date":"2021-04-28T08:59:39","date_gmt":"2021-04-28T12:59:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=15851"},"modified":"2021-04-28T14:38:00","modified_gmt":"2021-04-28T18:38:00","slug":"my-speech-to-maryland-libertarian-party-full-version","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/28\/my-speech-to-maryland-libertarian-party-full-version\/","title":{"rendered":"My Speech to Maryland Libertarian Party  &#8211; Full Version"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Screenshot-2021-04-28-142957.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-15869\" src=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Screenshot-2021-04-28-142957-800x554.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Screenshot-2021-04-28-142957-800x554.png 800w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Screenshot-2021-04-28-142957-150x104.png 150w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Screenshot-2021-04-28-142957-768x532.png 768w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Screenshot-2021-04-28-142957.png 847w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/MD-lp-from-fb.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-15856 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/MD-lp-from-fb.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/MD-lp-from-fb.jpg 225w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/MD-lp-from-fb-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>Here&#8217;s the full 39 minutes of my speech and Q and A to the Libertarian Party of Maryland convention on April 17. The audio tape includes the zesty question and answer period, at least until the police arrived and shut down the show.\u00a0 I start by thanking Maryland libertarians for being stalwart on the killing of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/opinion\/policing\/2021\/02\/02\/police-killing-shows-dangers-swat-no-knock-raids-column\/4296067001\/\"><strong>Duncan Lemp<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; they stood strong against that atrocity from the start (unlike the Maryland ACLU). The first 14 minutes is a walk-through of the Lemp killing and coverup.\u00a0 I was chagrined that my Biblical reference drew a blank with much of the audience but oh bother.\u00a0 Speech also includes a riff on Biden and\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/19\/waco-anniversary-my-waco-riff-from-maryland-libertarian-party-convention-speech\/\"><strong>Waco<\/strong><\/a> and on why people should <a href=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/23\/the-feds-are-coming-for-libertarians\/\">shut the hell up<\/a> if <strong>FBI agents<\/strong> start asking them questions. The huge crash at the end of the tape was the rowdiest wrap-up I ever had for one of my spiels.<\/p>\n<p>Audiotape is courtesy of the<a href=\"https:\/\/lpmaryland.org\/audiovideo-files\/\"><strong> Libertarian Party of Maryland<\/strong><\/a> &#8211;<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-15851-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/convention2021JimBovard.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/convention2021JimBovard.mp3\">https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/convention2021JimBovard.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Lemp-SWAT-combo-photo-TAC.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-14416\" src=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Lemp-SWAT-combo-photo-TAC-800x278.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Lemp-SWAT-combo-photo-TAC-800x278.jpg 800w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Lemp-SWAT-combo-photo-TAC-1024x356.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Lemp-SWAT-combo-photo-TAC-150x52.jpg 150w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Lemp-SWAT-combo-photo-TAC-768x267.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Lemp-SWAT-combo-photo-TAC.jpg 1146w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/lpmd_logo_v2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15860\" src=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/lpmd_logo_v2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/lpmd_logo_v2.png 540w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/lpmd_logo_v2-150x65.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Tony Smith for the zippety quote jpeg!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s the full 39 minutes of my speech and Q and A to the Libertarian Party of Maryland convention on April 17. The audio tape includes the zesty question and answer period, at least until the police arrived and shut down the show.\u00a0 I start by thanking Maryland libertarians for being stalwart on the killing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15856,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2270,1067,47,2289,30,102],"class_list":["post-15851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-duncan-lemp","tag-entrapment","tag-fbi","tag-libertarian-party","tag-surveillance","tag-waco"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>My Speech to Maryland Libertarian Party - Full Version - James Bovard<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"My speech to the Libertarian Party of Maryland on the Duncan Lemp killing, Waco, &amp; 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