[COLUMN] Abortion Trial Reveals Hypocrisy Of Left

Posted on 5 May 2013 by Thomas J. Lucente Jr. | 1 Comment

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It has been three years since a drug raid on an abortion clinic in Philadelphia uncovered a house of horrors disguised as an abortion clinic.

Since then, we have heard very little from the mainstream media about Dr. Kermit Gosnell, the 72-year-old “doctor” who is accused of mass murder in his so-called abortion clinic.

Gosnell, who ran an abortion clinic in Philadelphia from 1979 to 2010, was arrested a year after a 2010 drug raid and charged with killing a patient and seven babies. His trial began in March and finally wrapped up Monday. Jury deliberations began Tuesday and, as this was written, were still underway.

Apparently, according to officials, Gosnell’s clinic was a filthy, foul-smelling “house of horrors” overlooked by regulators.

Officials said Gosnell would induce labor, deliver the viable, living babies, and then kill those babies by cutting into the back of the neck with scissors and severing their spinal cords.

To say that Gosnell’s clinic was a failure of the regulatory system is an understatement. In the 31 years he ran his clinic, state regulators only inspected it five times despite 46 lawsuits filed.

His arrest and trial have all the trappings that usually result in a media feeding frenzy.

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[COLUMN] American Liberty Died In Boston Where It Was Born

Posted on 28 April 2013 by Thomas J. Lucente Jr. | 3 Comments

The American liberty movement, with little argument, was pretty much born and nurtured in the environs of Boston. And that is apparently where it died.

In what can only be called the Siege of Watertown, the government essentially declared martial law in the Massachusetts town, put thousands of law-abiding Americans under house arrest and went from house to house frisking and searching homes while pointing automatic weapons at Americans. All to arrest a single teenager.

In the end, the terrorists won. America lost.

True, the dastardly crime of which the teenager is accused was vicious. Also true, the capture of the perpetrators was an important goal.

Still, in the end, it was just a crime. It certainly did not warrant the behavior of the police and military in the conduct of its “manhunt.”

A house-to-house search to hunt down a criminal is an egregious abuse of power. Your constitutional rights are more important than the capture of a criminal, even a terrorist.

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[COLUMN] Gun Confiscation Already Underway

Posted on 21 April 2013 by Thomas J. Lucente Jr. | 32 Comments

And so it begins.

The gun grab.

Liberal politicians keep telling us they don’t want to take away our guns.

“I will not take your shotgun away. I will not take your rifle away. I won’t take your handgun away,” President Barack Obama has said.

“There’s no way Uncle Sam can go find out whether you have a gun,” Vice President Joe Biden said.

Tell that to David Lewis, 35, of Erie County, New York.

On April 1, Lewis received a letter from the New York State Police demanding he turn in his guns or police officers would show up at his door to take them from him.

Lewis, a law-abiding citizen, turned in his guns. In other words, his guns were confiscated by the government.

Fortunately, 10 days later, on April 11, a New York state court ordered the guns returned because, as it turned out, the police said they had the wrong guy.

Or did they?

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[COLUMN] Judge overstepped common sense in contraceptive ruling

Posted on 14 April 2013 by Thomas J. Lucente Jr. | 4 Comments

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Of all the systems of government ever devised by man, ours has to be the best. At least, it would be if it operated the way it was supposed to operate.

For example, federal judges have far too much power. This would not be the case if the federal government were reduced to its proper constitutional role.

The extent of this power was put on display April 5 when U.S. District Judge Edward Korman, appointed by President Ronald Reagan, ordered that the emergency contraceptive known as Plan B One Step, the so-called “morning after pill,” be sold over the counter to any girl of any age.

This is something that President George W. Bush and President Barack Obama opposed.

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Catch Me On The Radio This Afternoon

Posted on 11 April 2013 by Thomas J. Lucente Jr. | Comments Off

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I will be on the “Talk With Ron Williams” show at 4 p.m. today (Thursday) on WCIT-AM as I am every Thursday.

You can listen on AM 940 in the Lima, Ohio, area or online at http://tho.lu/listen940.

Call in at: +1 419-228-9494 or +1 888-894-3776. You can email questions and comments to talkwithron@wcoil.com.

If you miss it, the show will be archived at Talk With Ron Archives.

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ICYMI: Audio From Thursday’s Radio Show

Posted on 5 April 2013 by Thomas J. Lucente Jr. | Comments Off

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Below is the audio from Thursday’s radio show. Apparently, only the second hour is available. If the first hour becomes available, I will edit this post.

Enjoy!

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Catch Me On The Radio This Afternoon

Posted on 4 April 2013 by Thomas J. Lucente Jr. | Comments Off

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I will be on the “Talk With Ron Williams” show at 4 p.m. today (Thursday) on WCIT-AM as I am every Thursday.

You can listen on AM 940 in the Lima, Ohio, area or online at http://tho.lu/listen940.

Call in at: +1 419-228-9494 or +1 888-894-3776. You can email questions and comments to talkwithron@wcoil.com.

If you miss it, the show will be archived at Talk With Ron Archives.

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Remy: Jim Carrey’s Cold Dead Hand — A Rebuttal

Posted on 31 March 2013 by Thomas J. Lucente Jr. | 1 Comment

I grow weary of the media giving unlimited access to celebrities to express their idiotic views. Certainly, they have the same First Amendment right anyone does, however, the media do not give everyone the same national forum. Idiots like Jim Carrey are given an unbelievably huge forum to express their political views simply because they make movies.

The above video is a rebuttal to Carrey’s recent anti-gun video. I wonder if Carrey would have had the courage to make this music video of Charlton Heston were still alive.

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[COLUMN] Time To Divorce Marriage From The State

Posted on 31 March 2013 by Thomas J. Lucente Jr. | 9 Comments

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Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has heard oral arguments on same-sex marriage, all we can do is wait. The wheels of justice, after all, usually move at a snail’s pace.

What is sad, though, is that it has even come to this point.

The idea that we must beg the government for permission to marry, same-sex or otherwise, should be repugnant to every freedom-loving American. So long as people are not hurting anyone, they should be permitted to marry whomever they wish. That includes same-sex marriages, plural marriages, group marriages and any other combination.

If a transsexual wishes to marry a transvestite and throw in a hermaphrodite as a third partner, why should the government object? That is no more the government’s business than a red-haired man marrying a brunette woman.

There are two points, though, that should be addressed.

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[COLUMN] Facebook Photo Leads To Government Threats

Posted on 24 March 2013 by Thomas J. Lucente Jr. | 2 Comments

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Yet, another story of government thuggery from the jackboot files.

Shawn Moore, a firearms instructor in New Jersey, bought his son, Josh Moore, a rifle for his 11th birthday. Innocent enough, right?

The rifle, though a replica of the AR-15, was only a .22 caliber rifle. And the boy held a valid state hunting license

Well, Moore did what people do today. He took a photograph of Josh happily holding his new rifle and shared that picture with his friends on Facebook.

That was enough to send the gun-grabbers into a tizzy. Before he knew it, the police and agents from the New Jersey Department of Youth and Family Services were knocking on his door demanding to see his guns.

Moore was not home but returned immediately after his wife called him.

He did the exact right thing. He called his attorney and told the agents to leave the home and come back with a warrant. As I tell all my family and friends, never, EVER, let the police or other government agents into your home without a valid warrant. Even if you know you have committed no crime, make them go through the process of demonstrating to a neutral magistrate that they have a valid reason to search your home.

The same holds true for your car. If a police officer asks if he or she can search your car, just say no. If they are asking, they likely do not have the requisite level of suspicion to search your car.

I am amazed by the number of people with contraband in their vehicles who consent to a police search.

But I digress.

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