Libertarian Party of Pittsburgh

Bob Barr Coming to Pittsburgh Friday, October 10 at CMU!

Bob Barr's campaign has announced that Libertarian Presidential Candidate, Bob Barr, will be speaking on the CMU campus for the CMU political lecture series on Friday evening. The event is open to the public, and there will be a meet and greet afterwords where you can have a chance to meet with Bob Barr. Stay tuned for more details! (Wondering how different Bob Barr is from the same, old Democrats and Republicans?  Consider Bob's comments on business as usual causing the economic crisis....

Republicans anti-Democracy When it Comes to 3rd Party Choice

From the Campaign of Libertarian Candidate for President, Bob Barr: August 25, 2008 6:32 pm EST Atlanta, GA - Bob Barr's presidential campaign has recently learned of an action by the McCain campaign and the Pennsylvania Republican Party to have Barr removed from the state's ballot, this despite McCain's promise in the 2000 election that he would, "never consider, ever consider, allowing a supporter of [his] to challenge [his opponent]'s right to be on the ballot in all 50 states.''...

A Note to Disgruntled Republicans About Liberty

Every Republican I've spoken to is mystified that John McCain has sewn up the Republican nomination. For his entire career, he has been more statist on both domestic and foreign policy than even the typical Republican. He has been considered a "liberal," and not in a good sense. He doesn't share any of the values that are said to make up the Republican consensus on economics or culture or religion. His personal baggage is heavy and a mile long. He had no dedicated constituency within the party...

It is Good to See Freedom is Still Valued

Above is the Ron Paul donation clock as the hours pass for the Boston Tea Party fund raiser. at 12:00 p.m. today it was at $13.85 million, having already raised over $2 million. By 4:38 p.m. it was at $15.213 million. Libertarians are about freedom and liberty... We're for you're right to say "no thanks" to bureaucrats and meddlers (and worse) who like to round up voters so they can hijack democracy and rife into to your wallet and rights. To libertarians, the government has one job: ...

Ron Paul: Libertarian or Republican? Does it Matter?

That's Ron Paul on a recent episode of CBS's "Meet the Press." Libertarian ideas are libertarian Ideas, and Ron Paul generally speaks them well. That's what makes the Libertarian Party different than other political parties. We are not about power and political convenience "just to get elected." We are about a belief system of freedom, liberty, and the right to say no thanks. We believe the government's sole role is to protect your freedom to live consensually among your fellow citizens ...

Tired of Republican and Democrat Hypocrisy?

David is right! If you happen to live in California, give that number on the video a call. Otherwise, help strengthen your local libertarian party in Pittsburgh and in Pennsylvania -- a region currently dominated by collusion between the big two Parties and their same old pork spending ideas -- by contacting us as soon as possible!

More Ron Paul: On the Colbert Report

If Paul's comments are new to you and sound a bit extreme, we encourage you to read up on well reasoned arguments behind such thinking. It is very much in line with the thinking of the Founding Fathers, who understood liberty and its relationship to your right to say "no thanks" to government meddling you don't like.