Michael Salvi County Coordinator Location: Elkins Park, PA Last login: 02/08/10 RSS feed
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Campaign For Liberty's Mission Statement: To promote and defend the great American principles of individual liberty, constitutional government, sound money, free markets, and a noninterventionist foreign policy, by means of educational and political activity.
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That Whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness." -the declaration of independence
"the greatest revolution of our generation is the discovery that human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives"
In this MegaVote for Pennsylvania's 2nd Congressional District:
Recent Congressional Votes
Senate: Debt Limit Extension
Senate: Confirmation of Ben S. Bernanke to be Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
House: Castle Nugent National Historic Site Establishment Act of 2010
Upcoming Congressional Bills
Senate: Patricia Smith, of New York, to be Solicitor for the Department of Labor
House: Cybersecurity Enhancement Act
House: Debt Limit Extension
Recent Senate Votes
Debt Limit Extension - Vote Agreed to (60-39, 1 Not Voting) The Senate passed this resolution that would raise the federal debt limit to $13.029 trillion. It now goes to the House for approval. Sen. Arlen Specter voted YES......send e-mail or see bio Sen. Robert Casey Jr. voted YES......send e-mail or see bio
Castle Nugent National Historic Site Establishment Act of 2010 - Vote Passed (240-175, 18 Not Voting) The House passed this bill that would establish the Castle Nugent national historic site in St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands and authorize the Interior Department to purchase land for the site with appropriated funds. It now goes to the Senate. Rep. Chaka Fattah voted YES......send e-mail or see bio
Cybersecurity Enhancement Act - H.R.4061 The House is scheduled to vote on this bill that intends to advance cybersecurity research, development and technical standards.
Debt Limit Extension - H.J.Res.45 The House is also expected to vote on this resolution that would raise the federal debt limit to $13.029 trillion.
MEXICO DRUG WAR UPDATE Prohibition-related violence takes no breaks in Mexico. Another 162 people were killed in that country's drug wars in the past week.
MARYLAND BILL WOULD BAN SWAT TEAMS FOR MISDEMEANORS Those SWAT cops really shouldn't have shot the mayor's dogs. Last year, a raid gone bad led to ground-breaking Maryland legislation to begin reining-in aggressive SWAT teams. Now, the author of that bill is back with another. It's about time.
THIS WEEK'S CORRUPT COPS STORIES Cops punching drug suspects, deputies smuggling dope to a jailed gang leader, a probation officer trading clean drug tests for sexual favors, a cop who got in trouble when he overdosed on the dope he stole, a cop whose Oxycontin habit got the best of him, and, of course, more crooked prison and jail guards.
BAN ON SPICE, BZP PASSES KANSAS SENATE The Kansas Senate acted in fine prohibitionist form last week when it moved to ban a pair of synthetic cannabinoids and a synthetic stimulant without any evidence there was any problem with them.
Stop the Drug War (DRCNet) is an international organization working for an end to drug prohibition worldwide and for interim policy reform in US drug laws and criminal justice system. Read more about DRCNet.
Founded on March 16, 2002, LEAP is made up of current and former members of law enforcement who believe the existing drug policies have failed in their intended goals of addressing the problems of crime, drug abuse, addiction, juvenile drug use, stopping the flow of illegal drugs into this country and the internal sale and use of illegal drugs. By fighting a war on drugs the government has increased the problems of society and made them far worse. A system of regulation rather than prohibition is a less harmful, more ethical and a more effective public policy.
The mission of LEAP is to reduce the multitude of unintended harmful consequences resulting from fighting the war on drugs and to lessen the incidence of death, disease, crime, and addiction by ultimately ending drug prohibition.
LEAP's goals are:
To educate the public, the media, and policy makers, to the failure of current drug policy by presenting a true picture of the history, causes and effects of drug abuse and the crimes related to drug prohibition and
To restore the public's respect for law enforcement, which has been greatly diminished by its involvement in imposing drug prohibition.
LEAP's main strategy for accomplishing these goals is to create a constantly enlarging speakers bureau staffed with knowledgeable and articulate former drug-warriors who describe the impact of current drug policies on: police/community relations; the safety of law enforcement officers and suspects; police corruption and misconduct; and the financial and human costs associated with current drug policies.
MEXICO DRUG WAR UPDATE Last weekend saw the single deadliest 24-hour-period ever in Mexico's drug war, with 69 people killed. And that's just for starters.
THIS WEEK'S CORRUPT COPS STORIES A sticky-fingering, meth-snorting cop goes away for awhile, and a trio of jail guards get in trouble.
OREGON GROUP ON TRACK TO PUT DISPENSARY MEASURE ON BALLOT With the Obama administration having removed the threat of federal prosecutions, the door is swinging open for an expansion of medical marijuana dispensaries. Activists in Oregon are walking through that door, and they are carrying a whole bunch of gathered signatures with them. Look for a dispensary initiative on the ballot there this fall.
Stop the Drug War (DRCNet) is an international organization working for an end to drug prohibition worldwide and for interim policy reform in US drug laws and criminal justice system. Read more about DRCNet.
Founded on March 16, 2002, LEAP is made up of current and former members of law enforcement who believe the existing drug policies have failed in their intended goals of addressing the problems of crime, drug abuse, addiction, juvenile drug use, stopping the flow of illegal drugs into this country and the internal sale and use of illegal drugs. By fighting a war on drugs the government has increased the problems of society and made them far worse. A system of regulation rather than prohibition is a less harmful, more ethical and a more effective public policy.
The mission of LEAP is to reduce the multitude of unintended harmful consequences resulting from fighting the war on drugs and to lessen the incidence of death, disease, crime, and addiction by ultimately ending drug prohibition.
LEAP's goals are:
To educate the public, the media, and policy makers, to the failure of current drug policy by presenting a true picture of the history, causes and effects of drug abuse and the crimes related to drug prohibition and
To restore the public's respect for law enforcement, which has been greatly diminished by its involvement in imposing drug prohibition.
LEAP's main strategy for accomplishing these goals is to create a constantly enlarging speakers bureau staffed with knowledgeable and articulate former drug-warriors who describe the impact of current drug policies on: police/community relations; the safety of law enforcement officers and suspects; police corruption and misconduct; and the financial and human costs associated with current drug policies.
"I speak as one who loves America, to the leaders of our own nation, the great initiative in this war is ours...the initiative to stop it, must be ours"
The Federal Reserve is trying to ensure that what happens at the Fed, stays at the Fed.
In the first of two brewing legal battles, the Federal Reserve is trying to avoid disclosing the details of the $2 trillion U.S. loan program that kept banks afloat after Lehman Brothers Holdings collapsed in September 2008. Bloomberg News sued the Fed under the Freedom of Information Act, seeking the names of those institutions that were given loans under the program and details about how much they received. On Aug. 24, 2009, U.S. District Judge Loretta Preska ordered the release of the information, but postponed implementation of her ruling pending an appeal; the U.S. Court of Appeals in Manhattan will hear the case today.
"Educate and inform the whole mass of the people... They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty."
—Thomas Jefferson
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