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“He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our People, and eat out their substance.” – Declaration of Independence, 1776 The below pictures were from a presentation given at yesterday’s “Towne” Hall on May 24.  I’ve added a few comments with documentation links.  The quote above from [...]

Below is an ad published in today’s Sunday Express Times newspaper to advertise the next several campaign events, including a Towne Hall tomorrow (Monday, May 24) at the Bethlehem Township Community Center from 7-9 PM at 2900 Farmersville Road. The campaign invites volunteers to gather signatures for ballot access on Monday, May 31st Memorial Day [...]

“In questions of powers, then, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution.” – Thomas Jefferson Yesterday, May 20th, I gave a short talk to the Concerned Citizens of Upper Perkiomen Valley for Smaller Government on the concept of nullification.  Nullification is [...]

Today, May 18th, was the Republocrat primary in Pennsylvania.  The campaign covered as many of the polling stations as possible, and reports are still coming in as to the success of signature gathering at the polling exits.  The day was marked by rainy, bone-chilling weather and low turnout that probably was between 15-20%, though this [...]

“I remember a German farmer expressing as much in a few words as the whole subject requires; ‘Money is money, and paper is paper.’” – Thomas Paine America’s monetary situation is becoming fairly ridiculous.  This Monday, the Wall Street Journal carried “Will Nickel-Free Nickels Make a Dime’s Worth of Difference?” on its front page.  The [...]

Please check out this video and share it with your contacts on Facebook, Twitter, email, or however you can!!  Feel free to leave any comments below.  The YouTube link is here.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiEsAwws4Ls Many thanks to Adam Temple of A.R.T. Productions for providing this great 30-second video ad!!  This local firm is based in the Lehigh [...]

The below article was originally published April 30, 2010 at Mises.org. The author, Troy Camplin, teaches English composition classes at Richland College and Collin College.  Feel free to leave any comments below – does the author have a point? Zoning laws are a violation of property rights. They destroy the sense of community in neighborhoods, [...]

“The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.” – H.L. Mencken Yesterday Congressman Charles Dent, the incumbent in my congressional race, offered a comment to the Associated Press: “I suspect [...]

“Apres moi le deluge. After me, the deluge.” – Jeanne Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour, falsely attributed to King Louis XV Today the Dow Jones Industrial Average crashed by nearly 1,000 points over several minutes before recovering.  About 800 points of the drop occurred in about 5 minutes. Meanwhile, gold spiked over $1,200, closing at a [...]

Jake Towne, independent candidate for US Congress in PA-15, is pleased to announce he is selected to join The Freshmen 50, a coalition of 50 candidates around the country dedicated to fiscal and legislative responsibility. This non-partisan PAC is a simple platform of six reforms – reforms that Americans are demanding. - Apply the Law Equally: All [...]