October 28: Bob Barr to speak at Duke and UNC

Come join others around the area to listen to the former Congressman and Libertarian presidential candidate discuss his plans to restore the country.

Duke at 5 pm: Bob Barr will speak at Duke University in room 139 of the Social Sciences building this Tuesday, October 28, at 5 pm. The Social Sciences building is between the Allen and Soc/Psych buildings on Flowers Drive. Parking is available at Duke Gardens or in the parking lot at the Bryan Center.

UNC at 8 pm: Bob Barr will also speak at UNC-Chapel Hill at 8 pm this Tuesday in 103 Bingham Hall. For help with finding it, please consult the UNC campus map and this UNC visitor parking map. This little map with directions to Bingham Hall may also be useful.

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Update 10-29-08: Both the News & Observer and the Independent Weekly reported on Bob Barr's visit to NC. The picture below is from the Indy story.
The N&O article contained this quote from Barr's talk at Duke:

“The lack of understanding that the job of the president of the United States is to protect, defend and expand our liberty, and not to protect, defend and expand their power, is dangerous.”

At UNC, Bob Barr talked about the bailout that he opposed, and how after adding hundreds of pages and more money to the bill, the bill passed with Paulson put in charge of overseeing Paulson.

Barr also talked about the criteria set up by the presidential debates commission that works to exclude most third party candidates from the debates. The commission requires a 15% level of support in 5 national polls that often don't even include third party candidates. So, it's a Catch-22, with the “nonpartisan” Commission on Presidential Debates actually working to promote the Democratic and Republican candidates while effectively keeping out all but the wealthiest competition.

Before he spoke at Duke and UNC, Bob Barr was also a guest on the Allan Handelman show on FM 101.1 WZTK in the afternoon. You can still listen to the podcast of that show.