{"id":2548,"date":"2011-02-17T11:43:53","date_gmt":"2011-02-17T16:43:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=2548"},"modified":"2011-02-17T12:09:50","modified_gmt":"2011-02-17T17:09:50","slug":"speaking-at-maryland-libertarian-party-conf-on-march-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/17\/speaking-at-maryland-libertarian-party-conf-on-march-12\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaking at Maryland Libertarian Party Conf on March 12"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I will be speaking after dinner at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.md.lp.org\/\"><strong>Maryland Libertarian Party<\/strong><\/a> convention on March 12 in Dundalk, Maryland.  Dundalk is down the road from the old Sparrow Point steel mill, and just after the Baltimore tunnel.<\/p>\n<p>Topic will be the Patriot Act, TSA, and other outrages against Americans&#8217; liberty.<\/p>\n<p>My spiel is scheduled for 7:30.   <strong>Jim Lark<\/strong>, the former LP national chairman, will be speaking at 2:30.  Lark is one of the most inspirational libertarian speakers around, and he has done great work with college students and other young people for the last 20 years. <\/p>\n<p>Details on the MD LP convention are available <a href=\"http:\/\/www.md.lp.org\/newsletters\/v33n1.pdf\"><strong>here<\/strong>.<\/a>  There are a number of other speakers and it should be a lively show. <strong> BEER <\/strong>will be available throughout the day. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I will be speaking after dinner at the Maryland Libertarian Party convention on March 12 in Dundalk, Maryland. 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