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WAKE UP! The American Dream (a video)

2012-01-24T22:45:00.000-06:00

Fun with (delegate) numbers

2012-01-22T07:10:00.001-06:00

Listening to the MSM (of course inclusive of FOX News) why you'd think that Newt Gingrich and/or Santorum were not only alternatives to Romney but that they are actually viable candidates for the GOP nomination. What is even more laughable is that they and their faithful viewers continue to promote the idea all the while stating that Ron Paul doesn't stand a chance for the nomination.

The fact of the matter is this is a two man race between Romney and Paul. Santorum and Gingrich are not on the ballot for 560+ delegates worth of states. They are not, and will not be on the ballot in other states besides just Virginia. They have no grassroots support and virtually "zero" ground game. They cannot win the nomination. Period.

All this MSM Propaganda pushing either Santorum or Gingrich is a joke and they're once again playing their viewers for fools. Anyway you work the numbers Gingrich and Santorum are out.

How did the Germans go along with atrocity?

2012-01-17T14:38:00.000-06:00

Answer: They thought they were free.

http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/511928.html

Excerpt:

"What happened here was the gradual habituation of the people, little by little, to being governed by surprise; to receiving decisions deliberated in secret; to believing that the situation was so complicated that the government had to act on information which the people could not understand, or so dangerous that, even if the people could not understand it, it could not be released because of national security. And their sense of identification with Hitler, their trust in him, made it easier to widen this gap and reassured those who would otherwise have worried about it.

"This separation of government from people, this widening of the gap, took place so gradually and so insensibly, each step disguised (perhaps not even intentionally) as a temporary emergency measure or associated with true patriotic allegiance or with real social purposes. And all the crises and reforms (real reforms, too) so occupied the people that they did not see the slow motion underneath, of the whole process of government growing remoter and remoter."

Ron Paul is Crazy!

2012-01-10T09:55:00.000-06:00

Crazy accurate in his predictions.

Why Ron Paul? That's easy.

2012-01-03T14:05:00.000-06:00

Mitt Romney is a pale reflection of Obama. Newt Gingrich is a faded neocon who supports the globalist agenda. Michele Bachmann is a former IRS enforcer who heads up the sabotaged formerly libertarian Tea Party. Rick Santorum is a consummate insider who will attack Iran.

Ron Paul will end the Federal Reserve and restore sound money. He will reduce the size and power of a leviathan federal government. He will end the neocon wars and bring the troops home.

Excuse me Sir but your war propagandists left this on the cutting room floor.

2011-12-19T15:13:00.003-06:00

Elements of Libertarian Leadership by Leonard Read

2011-12-13T08:53:00.000-06:00

What Price Freedom?

What, then, is the nature of the contentions so rife among us? The arguments, stripped of all their semantic inaccuracies, boil down to: How cheaply can freedom be bought?-although it is rarely so stated. Is freedom something that can be had for the wishing? For casual effort? Is it a prize to be won by delegating the chore to some hired hands? Or, is the price of freedom an intellectual and spiritual renaissance with all the hard thinking and difficult introspection required to energize such a revolution in thinking?

Some believe that freedom can be had simply by uncovering card-carrying communists and then calling them names. To these people, our ills originate in Moscow. Be done with Soviet agents and, presto, freedom!

Others believe that the loss of freedom stems from what they call "the ignorant masses." Merely finance educational programs aimed at "selling the man in the street." Teach this ignoramus that there is no such thing as a free lunch or some other such simplicity that can be grasped as he passes a bulletin board or drowsily reads baby talk literature in a barber's chair. Gain freedom by writing a check!

A considerable number offer political action as their highest bid for freedom. Organize "right down to the precinct level" and elect "the right people" to public office. As if freedom could be had by activating the present absence of understanding, so as to shift existing ignorance into high gear!

Another group believes that the price need be no higher than the cost of beaming radio reports behind the Iron Curtain-relating to those slave peoples how luxuriously we Americans revel in our gadgetry. Freedom as a consequence of exciting international envy!

Then there are those who would insure "a free world" by having the federal government coercively take the fruits of our own labor to subsidize foreign governments. As if friendship could be purchased for an exchange of cash; as if subsidized relationships were the essence of freedom; as if this kind of communism at home would discourage world communism!

The highest priced bid, in dollar terms, is the resort to the sword. Outdo the godless states in the hardware of mass slaughter and American freedom will remain intact!

Preservation-or Restoration?

But it is useless to name all the various panaceas as proffered as our bids for freedom-bids aimed at the mere preservation of individual freedom. For we cannot preserve that which has already been so largely lost. We have a restoration job on our hands. Freedom must experience a rebirth in America; that is, we must re-establish it from fundamental principles. Most of the bids aimed at a renewed freedom are far too low. If this were not a fact, freedom would have been restored by now. Indeed, it would never have been lost. The price of freedom is not increased political activity or even economic understanding, nor can the cost of freedom be stated in dollar terms.

Political collectivism, the antithesis of individual freedom, can be likened to a cancer. It is not like a skin cancer that can be treated with relative ease; it resembles the type known as "metastasis"-the wildly spreading kind. The disease has spread through the whole body politic, a fact not likely to be observed except by those who work full time on behalf of freedom. Nothing short of the best therapy ever known to man can cope with this problem!

Freedom To Become What?

Libertarian leadership depends on finding an answer to the question: What is man's earthly purpose? Acknowledged, no two of us can reach precisely similar answers. Nonetheless, the quest and the finding of an answer satisfactory to each of us-this intellectual and spiritual effort-is a part of the price we must pay for freedom. Without a purpose in life, a fundamental datum line, a basic point of reference, no effort aimed at restoring freedom makes much sense. Man needs to be free in order that he may fulfill the demands of his nature. Freedom to become what? is the only relevant question.

Cronyism (a visual)

2011-12-12T19:25:00.001-06:00

How economically stupid are you?

2011-12-07T07:20:00.003-06:00

How Stupid Are You About Economics

Honduran Liberty

2011-12-06T18:54:00.007-06:00

Former "Seasteaders" Come Ashore To Start Libertarian Utopias In Honduran Jungle | Co.Exist: World changing ideas and innovation

Newt Gingrich: Serial Hypocrisy

2011-12-01T08:03:00.001-06:00

Be Honest CNBC [MSM] - You Are Biased Against Ron Paul!

2011-11-10T09:21:00.000-06:00

"If Ron Paul is such a “fringe” candidate with “no chance” of winning, then why all the trickery and subversion? If his political methodologies are so ridiculous or out of sync with the American people, then why not plaster his face on every TV screen in the country and let him destroy his own career? Why hide him from public view?

The answer is simple; because he IS a threat. His position is one of government transparency, limited power, and financial independence. He predicted the credit crisis and the mortgage bubble implosion long before they ever occurred. The guy wants to shut down the Federal Reserve and the cartoonish brute squad otherwise known as the IRS. He wants to end the costly and fraudulent wars in the Middle East and bring the troops home (really bring them home, not make fake statements about bringing them home and then keep them on the ground for another few years). Of course the MSM, a corporately controlled monopolistic sham, is working overtime to keep Paul down!"

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/guest-post-be-honest-cnbc-you-are-biased-against-ron-paul

Be it resolved...

2011-11-06T14:45:00.000-06:00

The GOP still doesn't quite seem to be getting it. They may want to consider adopting the following resolutions...

Remember remember the 5th of November.

2011-11-05T16:02:00.001-05:00

Let there be light (and plastic bottles)

2011-11-03T08:05:00.001-05:00

The best of what human action has to offer.

Turn the dark off by clicking here.

Kent State 2.0?

2011-10-27T15:33:00.000-05:00

Scott Olsen could be the first person to die at a Wall Street protest.

http://www.businessinsider.com/this-veteran-could-be-the-first-person-to-die-at-a-wall-street-protest-2011-10

Disturbia: The Militarization of America's Police

2011-10-26T13:44:00.000-05:00

"To their credit, libertarians have been warning about this dangerous drift of law enforcement for longer than most people have been aware of it. Republicans have too much to gain from any get-tough strategies, and Democrats are too timid to stand against them with any real zeal."

http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/occupy-oakland-6530274#ixzz1bubScW9X

Meet the Bias

2011-10-24T19:00:00.003-05:00

The following is a screenshot of my television from Ron Paul's appearance on Meet the Press (10/23/2011) at about the 13:05 mark.

You will notice from the picture that an excerpt from Ron Paul's book Liberty Defined is displayed on the screen. During the interview David Gregory asked Ron Paul about what he'd penned in the book about there being virtually little to no difference between the candidates.

Nothing wrong here.

NOW let's look at a screenshot from the rebroadcast of the interview (same time of about 13:05) available on Meet the Press official website.

It's not the same excerpt from the book that David Gregory is questioning Ron Paul about.

*Sidenote: your juvenile commentary adds nothing to the discussion Jarhead. It is simply ad hominem attacks. As such those repeated comments will be deleted.

Bobby Jindahl is one of "them".

2011-10-20T08:58:00.000-05:00

They wanted you to believe Bobby Jindahl was this aspiring up and comer, a real beacon of light for the conservative movement. Perish that silly notion. He's as bad as the rest of them.

BEGIN...

If you buy or sell secondhand goods and live in the state of Louisiana, you can no longer use legal tender to complete such transactions. Ackel & Associates LLC (A&A), a professional law firm, explains that House Bill 195 of the 2011 Regular Session (Act 389), which was recently passed by the state legislature and signed into law by Gov. Bobby Jindal, prohibits anyone who "buys, sells, trades or otherwise acquires or disposes of junk or used or secondhand property [from entering] into any cash transactions in payment for the purchase of [such items]."

Besides prohibiting the use of cash, the law also requires such "dealers" to collect personal information like name, address, driver's license number, and license plate number from every single customer, and submit it to authorities. And the only acceptable form of payment in such situations is a personal check, money order, or electronic transfer, all of which must be carefully documented.

The stated purpose of the law, which excludes non-profits and pawn shops, is to curb criminal activity involving the reselling of stolen goods, particularly metals such as copper, silver, and gold. But according to A&A, existing Louisiana state law already requires businesses and other resellers of secondhand goods to account for transactions, and has specific laws already on the books that address the selling of stolen goods.

The new law is so broad and all-encompassing that individuals who buy and sell on sites like eBay or Craigslist using cash will also be in violation of it. Even a stay-at-home-mom who holds a garage sale with her neighbors more than once a month could be required to refuse cash from customers, as well as keep a detailed record of every single purchase made, and who made it.

"Can law enforcement not accomplish its goal of identifying potential thieves and locating stolen items in a far less intrusive manner?" asks A&A. "Why does the Louisiana State Legislature need to enact more laws infringing on personal privacy, liberties and freedom?"

There really is no legitimate reason for banning cash payments, especially in light of the required collection of detailed and excessive personal information. The measure is simply just another excuse for the government to spy on individuals, and take away their economic and civil liberties.

Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/033882_Louisiana_cash.html#ixzz1bKVmmEkV

Presidential Businessman? No thanks.

2011-10-17T09:05:00.000-05:00

Food for thought:

"Amid the din of economic nonsense being bandied about since the collapse of the housing bubble and the steep ramping up of our national debt there has been the persistent refrain that Washington should be “run more like a business”. If only more businesspeople were in charge to wield their business acumen, we would have this country in shape in no time. But is that a good solution? Businesses seek primarily to increase their revenues and profits; government revenues depend on taxes. Government accumulates tax money by squeezing it out of people’s productive earnings with threats of audits, fines and imprisonment. Our government already collects roughly $2.1 trillion annually from the productive taxpayers of America. We hardly need to increase our federal government’s revenues like a private business." - Ron Paul

The Black Angels

2011-10-16T10:00:00.000-05:00

I've updated the playlist over there >>> to feature music by the Austin Psych band The Black Angels.

They will be playing tonight 10/17 at the Fine Line Music Cafe in Minneapolis.

Check it.

Bridging the Divide (OWS/Tea Party)

2011-10-11T07:33:00.000-05:00

Succinctly stated though you probably wouldn't arrive at this point watching your respective propaganda network.

R3VOlution Pac - Imagine

2011-10-07T09:56:00.000-05:00

Occupy MN

2011-10-07T09:40:00.000-05:00

I go where the action is.

On the way down...

And once I got there we ran into an old friend...

Truth on Wall Street

2011-10-04T08:16:00.002-05:00

A fuckery dat. (Police and Thieves)

2011-10-03T15:38:00.000-05:00

http://www.jpmorganchase.com/corporate/Home/article/ny-13.htm

New York City Police Foundation — New York

JPMorgan Chase recently donated an unprecedented $4.6 million to the New York City Police Foundation. The gift was the largest in the history of the foundation and will enable the New York City Police Department to strengthen security in the Big Apple. The money will pay for 1,000 new patrol car laptops, as well as security monitoring software in the NYPD's main data center.

New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly sent CEO and Chairman Jamie Dimon a note expressing "profound gratitude" for the company's donation.

"These officers put their lives on the line every day to keep us safe," Dimon said. "We're incredibly proud to help them build this program and let them know how much we value their hard work."

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700 Arrested After Wall Street Protest on Brooklyn Bridge.
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/take_it_to_the_bridge_y7J79cxIG4jLVHUILORoPO?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME=

The police aren't protecting you. They're protecting JPMorgan Chase

Due Process is DOA

2011-10-03T08:16:00.000-05:00

That whole "marriage" thing.

2011-09-30T13:56:00.002-05:00

Austrian Economics throwin' down

2011-09-30T06:12:00.002-05:00

The economy's not a car.

There's no engine to stall.

No experts can fix it. There’s no “it” at all

The economy's US we don't need a mechanic.

Put away the wrenches the economy's organic.

- Keynes vs. Hayek round 2

Happy Birthday Mises!

2011-09-29T07:01:00.001-05:00

Ludwig von Mises - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Judge Explains Free-Markets

2011-09-27T08:28:00.003-05:00

Leviathan in Action

2011-09-26T14:20:00.000-05:00

Yay for Libertarians

2011-09-16T10:56:00.000-05:00

Mutually Assured Destruction vs Mutually Assured Respect

2011-09-15T14:46:00.002-05:00

Schiff is the shit

2011-09-15T08:42:00.002-05:00

Ignorance is Strength

2011-09-14T09:51:00.000-05:00

Tip of the hat to The Classic Liberal @ http://the-classic-liberal.com/

This is great!

Glenn Beck echoes Ron Paul's Foreign Policy position

2011-09-13T15:06:00.000-05:00

A non-interventionist foreign policy you say?? Hmmm.....

Trust Ron Paul

2011-09-13T08:20:00.002-05:00

Paul/Reagan or Gore/Perry?

2011-09-06T08:33:00.000-05:00

Ron Paul can Win

2011-08-30T10:25:00.000-05:00

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robin-koerner/ron-paul-can-win_b_939993.html
Robin Koerner.
Publisher, WatchingAmerica.com

It's hard to tell if the idea that Ron Paul cannot win in 2012 is more ignorant, in its complete lack of historical sophistication, or more arrogant, in its claim to certainty amid all the complexity of 300 million lives and the myriad issues that affect them.

Sometimes, perhaps once in a few generations, a nation can undergo what a mathematician or physicist would call a "phase change." The classic example of such a thing is a pile of sand. Every grain you add makes the pile slightly steeper and slightly higher without moving any of the other grains inside the pile, until eventually one grain is added that causes an avalanche of sand down the sides of the pile, moving thousand of grains and changing the shape of the pile.

Such behavior can be exhibited by all complex systems, and a nation -- it should be obvious -- is much more complex than a pile of sand.

The important point for those who would presume to make such grand predictions as "Dr. Paul cannot win" is that no examination of the pile of sand before the point of avalanche would tell you that, or when, the avalanche will eventually happen.

But happen it does; indeed, happen it must.

And there are numerous examples of abrupt and dramatic phase change in the politics of great nations.

The U.K., the country of my birth, provides a compelling and closely relevant example. As every schoolboy knows, Churchill led Britain to victory in the Second World War. Indeed, he did as much as any man on Earth ever has to save civilization as we know it.

Three months after the entire nation poured into the streets to cheer this great leader (the man a few years ago voted by Britons the greatest Briton of all time), Churchill went to the country in a general election to retain his position as prime minister. There was simply no way he could lose. The best slogan the Labour party, his opposition, could come up with was, "Cheer Churchill. Vote Labour."

And amazingly, that is exactly what the nation did. Churchill was defeated. No one anywhere -- including the people of Britain who voted in the election -- had even thought about the possibility. No newspaper had considered it. After all, the election was a foregone conclusion in Churchill's favor. And yet an unseen, perhaps unconscious, will of the people caused a cultural and political phase-change in the British nation that they neither knew they wanted nor knew they had the power to cause.

Many historians now say that the unseen sentiment that produced this result that shocked not just the British but the whole world was the idea that all the blood and treasure lost to maintain the freedom of the British empire and the Western world demanded something more than continuation of the old political settlement. After a huge crisis, the people wanted a whole new system. In 1945, the Labour Party, with its vision of state-delivered cradle-to-grave security of health and basic material well-being (welfare state), in some way met that national desire for a grand political change.

Following what was in fact a landslide victory for the Labour party, the character of the nation changed massively, and more change rapidly followed in the British identity, as an empire was lost and the mantle of the world's greatest power was handed to the U.S.A.

Those who have noted that one of Ron Paul's greatest qualities is his humility might also be interested to know that Churchill had put down Clement Attlee, who defeated him, with the words, "A modest little man, with much to be modest about."

Perhaps a more fanciful comparison, but nonetheless indicative: no one in China was predicting that the Long March of Mao, which began in defeat and despair, would end in Beijing with victory and the proclamation of a whole new nation under a whole new political system.

And which newspapers were pondering the possibility of the First World War just a month before it happened?

We cannot see past a phase change. I don't know if the U.S.A. will have undergone one at the time of the 2012 election, but the necessary conditions for one are all in place, as far as I can tell.

One has to reach back a good way in American history for a time of such rapidly rising sentiment that not only are our leaders unable even to think of real solutions to the problems of greatest concern (rather than just making expedient changes at the margin), but also that the prevailing political and economic system is structurally incapable of delivering any long-term solutions in its current form.

The sheer range and interconnectedness of the problems that the nation faces are such that any permanent solution to any one of them will require profound systemic change that will necessarily upset many economic, political and cultural equilibria. And that is nothing more than a definition of a national phase change.

The average American may not know what is to be done, but she can sense when the system has exhausted all its possibilities. At that point, not only does the phase change become reasonable; it becomes desirable -- even if what lies on the other side cannot be known.

As anyone can find out just by talking to a broad cross-section of Ron Paul's supporters, his base is not uniform in its agreement on the standard issues of typical American party-political conflict. In fact, Paul supporters vary significantly even in their views of what in the old left-right paradigm were the "wedge-issues." Rather, they are united around concepts that could almost be called meta-political: whether left and right really exist, and, if they do, whether they are really opposed; whether centralized government should even be the main vehicle for political change, etc.; and whether there are some principles that should be held sacrosanct for long-term benefit, even when they will hurt in the short-run.

For those with eyes to see, such realignments and re-prioritization may even be glimpses of America after its next phase change.

If Ron Paul has committed support from 10 percent of the adult population, and most of that 10 percent support him precisely because they believe he represents a whole new political system, an entirely new political settlement, then we may be close to critical mass -- just a few grains of sand short of the avalanche.

Another piece of evidence that the nation is close to a phase change and a gestalt switch is the very fact that the prevailing paradigm (from which the mainstream media, established political class, etc., operate) has to ignore huge amounts of data about Ron Paul and the movement around him to continue to make any sense. The studied neglect of data as "irrelevant" is invariably indicative that the neglected data are hugely important. If information doesn't really matter, why go to all the effort of ignoring it?

Specifically, on all the metrics that a year ago everyone accepted as useful indicators of political standing, Ron Paul is not just a front-runner but a strong one.

First, and most directly, he does extremely well in polls. The organization of his grassroots support is not just excellent; it is remarkable, by historic and global measures. His ability to raise money from actual voters is second to none. His appeal to independents and swing voters is an order of magnitude greater than that of his competitors. Secondarily, he has more support from military personnel than all other candidates put together, if measured by donations; he has the most consistent voting record; he has the magical quality of not coming off as a politician; he oozes integrity and authenticity, and, as far as we know, he has a personal life and marriage that reflects deep stability and commitment.

To believe that Ron Paul's victory is a long shot in spite of all standard indicators that directly contradict this claim is to throw out all norms with which we follow our nation's politics -- and that is a huge thing to do. The only way it can be done honestly is to present another set of contradictory reasons or metrics that are collectively more powerful than all those that you are rejecting. I am yet to find them.

If it is true that the studied neglect of data to hold tight to a paradigm is the best evidence that the paradigm is about to collapse, then the massive and highly subjective neglect of all things Paulian is specific evidence that the country is moving in Paul's direction.

Of course, none of this means that Paul will definitely win. But it does mean that a bet against him by a politician is foolhardy and by a journalist is dishonest.

It is worth returning to Churchill's career for an even more delicious example: just days before he became the great wartime leader, his career had been written off as that of a kook, and he was being discussed as someone who had extreme ideas and whose thinking did not reflect the mood of the nation. The House of Commons was abuzz with his decline and imminent fall.

And then, rather suddenly, something he had been saying for many years -- that there was something rotten in the state of Germany -- became so obvious that it could no longer be avoided. Once the nation saw that he had been right all along, he became the leader of the free world in very short order. His career changed. Britain changed. The world changed. No one had seen that coming, either. In fact, everyone thought they knew what was coming: the kook was about to disappear into political backwaters, if not the political wilderness.

Do I even need to draw the parallel?

If Paul wins, it won't be because he is the kind of candidate Americans have always gone for. It will be precisely because Americans have collectively decided on a dramatically new way of doing business -- a new political and economic paradigm -- and then he'll not only have ceased to be a long shot; he'll be the only shot.

Does Attacking Neoconservatism Reflect Racism or Reality by Jack Hunter

2011-08-30T07:57:00.000-05:00

MinnPost - State Fair says Ron Paul drummer can't march to candidate's beat outside booth

2011-08-29T15:01:00.001-05:00

I'm the guy with his hand on his hip in the article photo.

MinnPost - State Fair says Ron Paul drummer can't march to candidate's beat outside booth

Ron Paul on FOX News Sunday

2011-08-29T08:30:00.001-05:00

Bravo!! Bravo!!!!

So, you Agree With Ron Paul on everything but Foreign Policy?

2011-08-27T19:04:00.000-05:00

Sit down and have a cup of truth.

“I Agree With Ron Paul on Everything But Foreign Policy.” | Republic Broadcasting Network#.Tll3TmFtkmF.facebook#.Tll3TmFtkmF.facebook

A tale of 2 Texans.

2011-08-26T16:18:00.001-05:00

Ron Paul should take Rick Perry to the woodshed - The Hill's Pundits Blog

Jeffrey Lord gets an educational lesson

2011-08-26T10:05:00.000-05:00

One man. One choice.

2011-08-25T10:37:00.002-05:00

Bachmann=Warhawk=StatusQuo

2011-08-18T16:23:00.000-05:00

Bachmann criticizes Obama's Action [read Inaction] on Syria.

"White House hopeful Michele Bachmann says President Barack Obama has moved too late and with too little force in response to Syria’s crackdown on dissent.

The Republican presidential candidate tells South Carolina residents that “better late than never” is no way to conduct foreign policy."

Continuing...

"Bachmann says the U.S. should expel the Syrian ambassador to the U.S. and recall the U.S. ambassador. She told a rally in Columbia, S.C., that they need a “tough hombre-ette” in Washington."

Bachmann Criticizes Obama’s Action On Syria

Warhawks just got bitch slapped!

2011-08-16T15:50:00.000-05:00

Here's the article:
http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/presidential-campaign/176995-ron-paul-shines-in-iowa-major-media-cheats-him?page=1#comments

And here's the bitch slap:

"I am a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. I support Ron Paul and I support his foreign policy. I am sure you would not dare call me a Paultard to my face.

No, you would give me the same parroted line I hear 100 times a day, "Thank you for your service". When I hear some flabby couch potato like you say that to me it makes me sick. Yes, I serve our country, but our wars do not.

I do my best to keep my men alive while we carry out this sick policy of sticking our noses in other peoples business. When was the last time you had a friend die in your arms or look for the leg that was just blown off of the man next to you? When was the last time you walked past dead children that were killed by U.S. weapons? I'm glad you can sleep at night, because many times I cannot. I have children myself you self righteous SOB. If someone killed my children you can bet I would do everything in my power to seek revenge.

You dare call me rabid and blind? I know what I am talking about. Why don't you grab a gun and head to Iran if you want to fight them so much. Ron Paul is right. They are no threat to us. We need to mind our own business. They hate us not because we are rich and free, they hate us because we are in their countries.

It is people like you that are the biggest threat to this country, not Iran.

BY SgtLewis on 08/16/2011 at 11:06
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FAUX News and other propagandists

2011-08-16T07:07:00.001-05:00

Jon Stewart: Why Is the Media Ignoring Ron Paul? - Gawker

Glenn Beck Is No Ron Paul

2011-08-15T14:59:00.000-05:00

Glenn Beck Is No Ron Paul by Aaron David Ward

Rand & Ron Paul speaking to Ames Supporters

2011-08-14T08:04:00.000-05:00

My apologies for the bumpyness at the beginning. I was trying to text with my right hand while recording with my left.

Rand Paul's speech

Ron Paul's speech

FAUX News

2011-08-12T11:33:00.000-05:00

"Fair and Balanced" my ass.

Pure Propaganda is more like it. FOX News pulls their own polls or ignores their polls or discredits their own polls each and everytime Ron Paul wins them. These are the same antics they used in 2008.

Wake the fuck up and smell the coffee.

http://theswash.com/2011/08/12/breaking-fox-news-ignores-and-pulls-post-debate-poll-that-ron-paul-wins/

http://robrimes.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/poll.png

Hardly Debatable

2011-08-12T08:55:00.000-05:00

"The two best moments of the debate last night was Rick Santorum decrying Iran's treatment of gays, and Chris Wallace talking about people smoking mushrooms. People smoke Mushrooms? These must be the same people that freebase Chicken Nuggets." - Jake Barnett

Ron Paul 8/11/2011 FOX Debate

2011-08-12T07:56:00.002-05:00

Food for thought

2011-08-10T15:05:00.002-05:00

Meet me in Ames!

2011-08-10T07:55:00.000-05:00

I will be in Ames, Iowa this Saturday for the straw poll and all the circus/carnival festivities.

For updates on the shenanigans you may follow my Twitter feed on the right hand side of this here blog where I'll be tweeting throughout the day (until my phone presumably runs out of battery power).

I do plan on bringing the video camera but will not have an opportunity to upload any video until the following week.

It's going to be a, wait for it.....LEGENDARY event.

Ron Paul Vindicated!

2011-08-05T21:34:00.000-05:00

DOWNGRADED!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/sandp-considering-first-downgrade-of-us-credit-rating/2011/08/05/gIQAqKeIxI_print.html

Super Congress = Epic Fail

2011-08-04T09:46:00.002-05:00

Campaign Finance 2012

2011-08-04T08:13:00.003-05:00

"About to thirds of Mr. Romney's donations were for the maximum amount."

More here> http://elections.nytimes.com/2012/campaign-finance?hp&ref=politics&ref=politics#canda=ron-paul&candb=mitt-romney

Riddle me this you dumbass

2011-08-02T15:48:00.000-05:00

Harry Reid finds that the Tea Party is "disconserting". Mitch McConnell says the tea party won regarding the debt debate.

Of course the obvious question no one seems to be asking is this.

If this was a "win" for the Tea Party then why didn't

Michelle Bachmann, Rand Paul, Ron Paul, Justin Amash, or Mike Lee vote YAY in support of this "winning" bill?

Smoke and mirrors and phantom cuts.

2011-08-01T14:42:00.000-05:00

When a Cut is Not a Cut

One might think that the recent drama over the debt ceiling involves one side wanting to increase or maintain spending with the other side wanting to drastically cut spending, but that is far from the truth. In spite of the rhetoric being thrown around, the real debate is over how much government spending will increase.

No plan under serious consideration cuts spending in the way you and I think about it. Instead, the "cuts" being discussed are illusory, and are not cuts from current amounts being spent, but cuts in projected spending increases. This is akin to a family "saving" $100,000 in expenses by deciding not to buy a Lamborghini, and instead getting a fully loaded Mercedes, when really their budget dictates that they need to stick with their perfectly serviceable Honda. But this is the type of math Washington uses to mask the incriminating truth about their unrepentant plundering of the American people.

The truth is that frightening rhetoric about default and full faith and credit of the United States is being carelessly thrown around to ram through a bigger budget than ever, in spite of stagnant revenues. If your family's income did not change year over year, would it be wise financial management to accelerate spending so you would feel richer? That is what our government is doing, with one side merely suggesting a different list of purchases than the other.

In reality, bringing our fiscal house into order is not that complicated or excruciatingly painful at all. If we simply kept spending at current levels, by their definition of "cuts" that would save nearly $400 billion in the next few years, versus the $25 billion the Budget Control Act claims to "cut". It would only take us 5 years to "cut" $1 trillion, in Washington math, just by holding the line on spending. That is hardly austere or catastrophic.

A balanced budget is similarly simple and within reach if Washington had just a tiny amount of fiscal common sense. Our revenues currently stand at approximately $2.2 trillion a year and are likely to remain stagnant as the recession continues. Our outlays are $3.7 trillion and projected to grow every year. Yet we only have to go back to 2004 for federal outlays of $2.2 trillion, and the government was far from small that year. If we simply returned to that year's spending levels, which would hardly be austere, we would have a balanced budget right now. If we held the line on spending, and the economy actually did grow as estimated, the budget would balance on its own by 2015 with no cuts whatsoever.

We pay 35 percent more for our military today than we did 10 years ago, for the exact same capabilities. The same could be said for the rest of the government. Why has our budget doubled in 10 years? This country doesn't have double the population, or double the land area, or double anything that would require the federal government to grow by such an obscene amount.

In Washington terms, a simple freeze in spending would be a much bigger "cut" than any plan being discussed. If politicians simply cannot bear to implement actual cuts to actual spending, just freezing the budget would give the economy the best chance to catch its breath, recover and grow.

- Congressman Ron Paul (TX)

Are you boners about Boehner?

2011-07-29T22:00:00.001-05:00

Gotta love those "conservatives". What a joke.

No Deal! #debtceiling

2011-07-26T07:10:00.001-05:00

A Short History of US Credit Defaults - John S. Chamberlain - Mises Daily

For Liberty!

2011-07-15T09:32:00.001-05:00

Ideas vs. Egos (in pictures)

2011-06-28T10:41:00.002-05:00

Big gov Bachmann v. Ron Paul

2011-06-23T12:11:00.001-05:00

Join FreedomTorch.com - Facebook for Conservatives - Big Gov't, Tax & Spend, Anti-Liberty, Constitutional Enemy: Bac

14 Reasons Why Rick Perry Would Be A Really, Really Bad President

2011-06-22T07:53:00.000-05:00

14 Reasons Why Rick Perry Would Be A Really, Really Bad President

And the winner is....

2011-06-18T15:35:00.001-05:00

Ron Paul Wins RLC Straw Poll « Ron Paul 2012 Presidential Campaign Committee

2011-06-15T18:17:00.001-05:00

Tweet forwarded by @cwhiatt

RT @RonPaulNews Glenn Beck: Ron Paul is the closest to our Founding Fathers http://bit.ly/mGuBK4 | Daily Paul

CNN presents: Fun with numbers

2011-06-15T07:16:00.001-05:00

Who won the GOP debate? The audience thought Ron Paul did

2011-06-14T16:41:00.000-05:00

Who won the GOP debate? The audience thought Ron Paul did

WTF(wjd)? by Michael Roberts

2011-06-10T14:13:00.001-05:00

WTF(wjd)? by Michael Roberts

2011-06-10T14:13:00.000-05:00

WTF(wjd)? by Michael Roberts

Last Nail in the coffin of the Republic

2011-05-31T10:21:00.000-05:00

Presenting..Ron Paul!

2011-05-31T08:28:00.000-05:00

Extremely Delish!

2011-05-30T09:23:00.001-05:00

Church and State

2011-05-30T08:15:00.001-05:00

Signs of the Times by Laurence M. Vance

Are You a Sheeple?

2011-05-19T11:18:00.001-05:00

Are You a Sheeple? Take the Sheeple Quiz and Find Out by Mike Adams

Ron Paul on Abortion

2011-05-19T08:26:00.001-05:00

The Falling Bottom Line by Gerald Celente

2011-05-14T09:28:00.000-05:00

The Falling Bottom Line by Gerald Celente

Popular Vote Chicanery

2011-05-12T13:26:00.000-05:00

It is true we are not a Democracy (yet).

http://www.sunherald.com/2011/05/12/3106436/senator-fred-thompson-and-former.html

1988 Ron Paul 1 of 4

2011-05-11T08:47:00.002-05:00

1988 Ron Paul 2 of 4

2011-05-11T08:47:00.001-05:00

Ron Paul 1988 3 of 4

2011-05-11T08:46:00.000-05:00

Ron Paul 1988 4 of 4

2011-05-11T08:44:00.001-05:00

GOP Debate Bingo

2011-05-06T09:52:00.003-05:00

Had a blast and a half watching the 1st debate lastnight. Did I mention we played bingo? Check it out:

Banksters, crooks, and Herman Cain

2011-05-06T05:43:00.001-05:00

If you haven't figured out the deletarious nature of the

Federal Reserve bank by now and if you weren't aware that Herman Cain is a former board member and present day apologist and you are supporting him....you haven't learned a fucking thing these past 10 years.

Ron Paul on "Moderates"

2011-04-28T09:03:00.002-05:00

"Moderates are somehow convinced that they are the saviors of the country, rescuing us all from the effects of philosophical differences. In fact, philosophical differences are healthy because they lead to the clarification of principles. Genuine progress is going to require more confrontation, partisanship, and serious and honest discussion of the truth about government, the economy, and every sector of American life." Ron Paul Liberty Defined

3rd Time's the Charm!!!

2011-04-25T19:00:00.001-05:00

Game on!

Paul Ryan in TARPville

2011-04-22T17:42:00.001-05:00

BUSTED: Watch TARP Republican Paul Ryan Begging Congress To Vote For The Bailout - Home - The Daily Bail

Gary Johnson Announces Presidential Campaign - Manchester News Story - WMUR Manchester

2011-04-21T08:45:00.000-05:00

Gary Johnson Announces Presidential Campaign - Manchester News Story - WMUR Manchester

Legalize It

2011-04-20T09:07:00.001-05:00

Today is April 20th (420). Let's just legalize it [marijuana] already.

It's Time to Rethink Everything

2011-04-07T08:38:00.000-05:00

It's Time to Rethink Everything

Better than an alarm clock

2011-04-04T13:40:00.004-05:00

Read this and wake the fuck up.

63 Documents the government doesn't want you to read. Jesse Ventura w/ Dick Rusell

http://www.amazon.com/Documents-Government-Doesnt-Want-Read/dp/1616082267/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1301942497&sr=8-1

It just came out today and I picked it up and already cannot put it down. Some of the documents I was already privy to while others I was not.

Forcing their hand.

2011-04-01T19:16:00.001-05:00

Campaign For Liberty — Rand Paul Shuts Down U.S. Senate

Herman Cain and Black populism

2011-04-01T08:03:00.000-05:00

And....there you have it! We're going with the race thing to defeat Obama just like we went with the race thing when the RNC chose Michael Steele.

Void of ideas. Big on populism. Fucking predictable......

Herman Cain: Media Scared A "Real Black Man" May Run Against Obama

Bachmann Doublespeak!

2011-03-30T09:05:00.000-05:00

Bachmann voted in favor of extending otherwise expiring provisions of the Patriot Act under the belief that she feels the executive branch should have the authority to act without the consent and/or authorization of Congress to snuff out perceived "threats".

Given that she voted in favor of furthering this policy, she cannot very well logically criticize Obama when he invokes it.

Bachmann Says She Wouldn’t Have Gone Into Libya « CBS Minnesota#comment-94073#comment-94073#comment-94073

Hennepin County expands no smoking zone to all property | Minnesota Public Radio News

2011-03-30T08:53:00.001-05:00

Spreading freedom with each and every ordinance, statute, piece of legislation, and/or bomb/missile!

Hennepin County expands no smoking zone to all property | Minnesota Public Radio News

Congressman Paul Returns Unused Portion of Office Budget to US Treasury

2011-03-29T14:51:00.000-05:00

Congressman Paul Returns Unused Portion of Office Budget to US Treasury