“The Second Amendment Protects Our LibertyTo help keep your family safe and your country free, go buy a gun.”
“The right to keep and bear arms is guaranteed by the Second Amendment to the Constitution; it may not properly be infringed upon or denied. Therefore, a Baldwin Administration will uphold the right of the citizens to keep and bear arms and will oppose attempts to prohibit ownership of guns by law-abiding citizens, and, further, will stand against all laws which would require the registration of guns or ammunition.’
“Judge Roy Moore, recently noted that ‘Our ancestors firmly believed in God-given ‘unalienable rights’ and had no reservation about using guns, when necessary, to defend those rights against tyrannical oppression. Before there was a Constitution, our guns guaranteed the rights God had already given us, including the right to bear arms. The Constitution was written and designed to protect, not preclude, those very rights.’
“Richard Henry Lee, a signer of the Declaration, once said, “To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them.”
“Just as the right to bear arms is necessary in the defense against tyranny, so to is that same right vital for the purpose of self-defense. American citizens use a firearm to defend themselves more than 2.4 million times EVERY YEAR. That is more than 6,500 times EVERY DAY. This means that, each year, firearms are used 60 times more often to protect the lives of honest citizens than to take lives. Furthermore, of the 2.4 million self-defense cases, more than 192,000 are by women defending themselves against sexual assault. And in less than eight percent of those occasions is a shot actually fired. The vast majority of the time (92%), the mere presence of a firearm helps to avert a major crime from occurring. That is what Congressman Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD) concluded after extensive research. According to Rep. Bartlett, the number of defensive uses is four times the number of crimes reported committed with guns.’
“In conclusion I would again quote Judge Moore, who wrote, ‘Liberty and freedom are gifts of God, and not the government. The means by which we secure those gifts are ultimately in the hands and the “arms” of the people.’”
Saturday, May 31, 2008
Sunday, May 25, 2008
Rendell vs. Specter in 2010?
By Robert Novak
Sunday, May 25, 2008
WASHINGTON
Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell is reported by party sources to be considering a race for the Senate in 2010 even if his friend and fellow Philadelphian, Republican Sen. Arlen Specter, seeks re-election.
Specter has indicated that he wants a sixth term in the Senate, but that may depend on his health. He is suffering from a recurrence of cancer.
Republican insiders believe that Specter might decide to run as an independent if conservatives launch another serious Republican primary campaign against him, as they did in 2004. A three-way election would all but guarantee the election of a Democrat.
www.pittsburghlive.com
Sunday, May 25, 2008
WASHINGTON
Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell is reported by party sources to be considering a race for the Senate in 2010 even if his friend and fellow Philadelphian, Republican Sen. Arlen Specter, seeks re-election.
Specter has indicated that he wants a sixth term in the Senate, but that may depend on his health. He is suffering from a recurrence of cancer.
Republican insiders believe that Specter might decide to run as an independent if conservatives launch another serious Republican primary campaign against him, as they did in 2004. A three-way election would all but guarantee the election of a Democrat.
www.pittsburghlive.com
Saturday, May 24, 2008
Special Alert!!!
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The Baldwin/Castle 2008
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And, don't forget....
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Monday, May 26, 2008!!
"For Your Freedom,
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For The Future Of
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Vote Baldwin/Castle in 2008!
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
City-county merger could be on ballot next year
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
By Rich Lord, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Pittsburgh and Allegheny County officials expect to have legislation ready by the end of the year on their way to seeking a voter-approved merger of their respective governments, the two leaders said yesterday.
Allegheny county Chief Executive Dan Onorato and Mayor Luke Ravenstahl met Saturday with state legislators from throughout the county and found receptiveness, if not enthusiasm.
"No one said, 'Let's block this,'" Mr. Onorato said. "They agreed that if the two of us want to push this, they shouldn't block it."
The next step is to identify a handful of local legislators -- Democrats and Republicans -- willing to keep the rest of the General Assembly informed while they work with the mayor and executive on the language of legislation allowing a consolidation vote. State law on municipal mergers specifically excludes Pittsburgh and Allegheny County.
"So I would say in the next two weeks, we'll sort of coalesce around some names" of legislators, Mr. Onorato said. "We want it to be bipartisan. We want it to be county and city [legislators], too, all at the table."
If the General Assembly passes a law this year allowing a voter referendum on the merger of the city into the county, the two will try to get it on the ballot in November 2009, said Mr. Onorato. But he acknowledged that the time frame set at an April 3 announcement of the push could prove overly ambitious.
He said that "obviously our goal was to do it by November of [2009]." But he'll have to see the "politics of how that goes forward" before determining "when that [vote] actually happens."
Mr. Ravenstahl said a 2009 referendum "is a goal. If we're not able to reach that, that doesn't mean we won't continue."
Mr. Onorato has long favored melting the city into the county, but Mr. Ravenstahl's conversion was a surprise when a committee headed by University of Pittsburgh Chancellor Mark Nordenberg released a report recommending that step. The report set parameters for a merger, but left many details undecided.
Rich Lord can be reached at rlord@post-gazette.com or 412-263-1542.
By Rich Lord, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Pittsburgh and Allegheny County officials expect to have legislation ready by the end of the year on their way to seeking a voter-approved merger of their respective governments, the two leaders said yesterday.
Allegheny county Chief Executive Dan Onorato and Mayor Luke Ravenstahl met Saturday with state legislators from throughout the county and found receptiveness, if not enthusiasm.
"No one said, 'Let's block this,'" Mr. Onorato said. "They agreed that if the two of us want to push this, they shouldn't block it."
The next step is to identify a handful of local legislators -- Democrats and Republicans -- willing to keep the rest of the General Assembly informed while they work with the mayor and executive on the language of legislation allowing a consolidation vote. State law on municipal mergers specifically excludes Pittsburgh and Allegheny County.
"So I would say in the next two weeks, we'll sort of coalesce around some names" of legislators, Mr. Onorato said. "We want it to be bipartisan. We want it to be county and city [legislators], too, all at the table."
If the General Assembly passes a law this year allowing a voter referendum on the merger of the city into the county, the two will try to get it on the ballot in November 2009, said Mr. Onorato. But he acknowledged that the time frame set at an April 3 announcement of the push could prove overly ambitious.
He said that "obviously our goal was to do it by November of [2009]." But he'll have to see the "politics of how that goes forward" before determining "when that [vote] actually happens."
Mr. Ravenstahl said a 2009 referendum "is a goal. If we're not able to reach that, that doesn't mean we won't continue."
Mr. Onorato has long favored melting the city into the county, but Mr. Ravenstahl's conversion was a surprise when a committee headed by University of Pittsburgh Chancellor Mark Nordenberg released a report recommending that step. The report set parameters for a merger, but left many details undecided.
Rich Lord can be reached at rlord@post-gazette.com or 412-263-1542.
Friday, May 16, 2008
Liberty and Justice Assoc.
The PA Council of Censors has changed their name to the Liberty and Justice assoc. inc. Please click on the tab provided to the left to go on the discussion page.
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Chuck Baldwin Moneybomb!!!!!
Please donate whatever you are able to on the memorial day weekend. There is a push to have a "moneybomb" to help get funds to start the campaign. Any amount will be appreciated, please help Chuck Baldwin get his campaign going in the right direction. You can go to :http://www.freedommoneybomb.com/ for the information.
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