tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56878393747139386632024-03-04T08:18:16.688+00:00Portugal for Ron PaulUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger647125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687839374713938663.post-90489047357500404962013-02-17T01:33:00.002+00:002013-02-17T01:33:56.543+00:00Líderes políticos democráticos (4)Não esquecer Obama, claro, o responsável pelo maior decaimento dos valores das liberdades civis de sempre nos EUA. Um preto de esquerda claro. Articulado, fala bem, nada como o Bush.CNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05702704702566656466noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687839374713938663.post-77947193477374526892011-05-06T08:42:00.000+01:002011-05-06T08:42:00.291+01:00Ron Paul Complete Highlight Reel At The FOX News 2011 South Carolina Debate<iframe width="425" height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/X2qqNQM6Els?fs=1" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><br /><br />Se o texto for longo, usar a quebra de salto abaixo. Se for curto, removê-la.<a name='more'></a>CNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05702704702566656466noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687839374713938663.post-63454261443608789012011-04-27T08:41:00.000+01:002011-04-27T08:41:06.523+01:00Ron Paul Explains Why He Wants To Be President<iframe width="480" height="295" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ILbFajYk3C4?fs=1" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><br /><br />Se o texto for longo, usar a quebra de salto abaixo. Se for curto, removê-la.<a name='more'></a>CNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05702704702566656466noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687839374713938663.post-33278346875721705522010-04-27T20:42:00.000+01:002010-04-27T20:42:03.875+01:00Ron Paul's Transition Plan<object style="background-image:url(http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/x3iK6Hy6xMA/hqdefault.jpg)" width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/x3iK6Hy6xMA&hl=pt_PT&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/x3iK6Hy6xMA&hl=pt_PT&fs=1" width="425" height="344" allowscriptaccess="never" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object>CNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05702704702566656466noreply@blogger.com83tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687839374713938663.post-25307391179142700002010-04-16T11:25:00.000+01:002010-04-16T11:25:17.368+01:00"Looks Like Magic" - Ron Paul on the Fed's Money Machine<object style="background-image:url(http://i4.ytimg.com/vi/CtvHAqK8P14/hqdefault.jpg)" width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/CtvHAqK8P14&hl=pt_PT&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/CtvHAqK8P14&hl=pt_PT&fs=1" width="425" height="344" allowscriptaccess="never" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object>CNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05702704702566656466noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687839374713938663.post-79971700548271459522010-04-15T19:14:00.000+01:002010-04-15T19:14:12.884+01:00Election 2012: Barack Obama 42%, Ron Paul 41%<object style="background-image:url(http://i3.ytimg.com/vi/B7jyYpYgOeE/hqdefault.jpg)" width="480" height="295"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/B7jyYpYgOeE&hl=pt_PT&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/B7jyYpYgOeE&hl=pt_PT&fs=1" width="480" height="295" allowscriptaccess="never" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object>CNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05702704702566656466noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687839374713938663.post-74383769198640696802009-06-25T22:06:00.002+01:002009-06-25T22:10:47.094+01:00Ron Paul: Obama 'Goal' Is Economic Collapse"U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, says he was dismayed that Congress passed the war supplemental appropriations bill so easily last week.<br /><br />“An economic collapse seems to be the goal of Congress and this administration,” Paul said during his weekly radio address Monday.<br /><br />“Washington spends with impunity, domestically bailing and nationalizing basically everything they can get their hands on,” Paul said.<br /><br />Mocking the idea that Obama was a “peace candidate,” Paul pointed out that hisadministration will be sending another $106 billion it doesn't have "to continue the bloodshed in Afghanistan and Iraq without a hint of a plan to bring American troops home."<br /><br />Paul noted that many of his congressional colleagues who previously voted with him in opposition to every war supplemental request under the Bush administration seem to have changed their tune. He maintains that a vote to fund the war is a vote in favor of the war.<br />“Congress exercises its constitutional prerogatives through the power of the purse,” Paul said. “As long as Congress continues to enable these dangerous interventions abroad, there is no end in sight: that is until we face total economic collapse.”<br /><br />Paul noted that, as Americans struggle through the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, the foreign aid and International Monetary Fund appropriations in the spending bill passed last week can be called an international bailout:<br /><br /><br />The emergency supplemental appropriations bill sends:<br /><br />$660 million to Gaza<br /><br />$555 million to Israel<br /><br />$310 million to Egypt<br /><br />$300 million to Jordan<br /><br />$420 million to Mexico<br /><br />$889 million to the United Nations for so-called “peace-keeping” missions<br /><br />$1 billion overseas to address the global financial crisis outside U.S. borders<br /><br />$8 billion to address a potential pandemic flu, which he said could result in mandatory<br />vaccinations “for no discernable reason other than to enrich the pharmaceutical companies.”<br /><br />Perhaps most outrageous, Paul said, is the $108 billion loan guarantee to the IMF.<br />“These new loan guarantees will allow that destructive organization to continue spending taxpayer money to prop up corrupt leaders and promote harmful economic policies overseas. Not only does sending American taxpayer money to the IMF hurt citizens here, evidence shows that it even hurts those it pretends to help.”<br />Paul said that IMF loans require policy changes called “structural adjustment” programs, which amount to “forced Keynesianism.”<br />“This is the very fantasy-infused economic model that has brought our own country to its knees,” Paul said, “and IMF loans act as the Trojan horse to inflict it on others."<br />Leaders in recipient nations tend to become more concerned with the wishes of international needs than the needs of their own people, he said.<br />“Argentina and Kenya are just two examples of countries that followed IMF mandates right off a cliff. The IMF frequently recommends currency devaluations to poorer nations, which has wiped out the already impoverished over and over.”<br /><br />Paul noted a long list of brutal dictators the IMF happily supported and propped up with loans that left their oppressed populaces with staggering amounts of debt with no economic progress to show for it.<br /><br />The continued presence of U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan does not make America safer at home but, in fact, undermines national security, he said.<br />“We are buying nothing but evil and global oppression by sending [our] taxpayer dollars to the IMF — not to mention there is no constitutional authority to do so.”<br /><br />fonte: <a href="http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/ron_paul_obama_economics/2009/06/24/228873.html?s=al&promo_code=8224-1">http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/ron_paul_obama_economics/2009/06/24/228873.html?s=al&promo_code=8224-1</a> .Carlos Emanuel P. Sacramentohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06156437012273713289noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687839374713938663.post-65593393124497389332009-05-03T22:46:00.000+01:002009-05-03T22:47:02.237+01:00Remembering Keynes“By a continuous process of inflation, governments can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part of the wealth of their citizens. By this method, they not only confiscate, but they confiscate arbitrarily; and while the process impoverishes many, it actually enriches some” - John Maynard Keynes, Economic Consequences of the Peace, 1920.Carlos Emanuel P. Sacramentohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06156437012273713289noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687839374713938663.post-54018512136058418652009-04-24T19:46:00.000+01:002009-04-24T19:47:25.565+01:00Universal Obamacare: Will It Bankrupt America?“Once the economy gets going and business sees a real opportunity to invest and expand again, they’re going to bump up against the fact that the feds are spending an enormous amount of money,” Bandow says. “This is just going to transform the credit marketplace, and we can’t assume the Chinese will forever be helpful in buying all of our debt. What that does to interest rates, and what that does to private investment, could be quite significant.”<br /><br /><a href="http://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/obama_health_care_plan/2009/04/22/206196.html?s=al&promo_code=7E96-1">http://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/obama_health_care_plan/2009/04/22/206196.html?s=al&promo_code=7E96-1</a>Carlos Emanuel P. Sacramentohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06156437012273713289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687839374713938663.post-4143261215724395902009-04-22T23:05:00.002+01:002009-04-22T23:09:55.270+01:00Texas on the way to independence<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyFRrkv_oyNt3fcLKV6p2npKmZppA7bDMVBNarLtS4QlRdpHhahJT3d6unwXLhQrt4CYFETW417Kq5RZRO5oseVquNBqZdHVnSrLnXd5YBzzCly-YVaMv7ZItVeVhpUo6aHzi2nmIyBQA/s1600-h/TEXAS.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327641371241082754" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 195px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyFRrkv_oyNt3fcLKV6p2npKmZppA7bDMVBNarLtS4QlRdpHhahJT3d6unwXLhQrt4CYFETW417Kq5RZRO5oseVquNBqZdHVnSrLnXd5YBzzCly-YVaMv7ZItVeVhpUo6aHzi2nmIyBQA/s320/TEXAS.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1170447/Texas-bid-independence-says-Governor-fury-Obamas-spending-rises.html">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1170447/Texas-bid-independence-says-Governor-fury-Obamas-spending-rises.html</a> </div>Carlos Emanuel P. Sacramentohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06156437012273713289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687839374713938663.post-61966323602672254172009-02-16T09:36:00.001+00:002009-02-16T09:38:38.908+00:00Ron Paul: What if<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/4fTVn2tMI3E&hl=pt-br&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/4fTVn2tMI3E&hl=pt-br&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />What if we wake up one day and realize that the terrorist threat is a predictable consequence of our meddling in the affairs of others?<br /><br />What if propping up repressive regimes in the Middle East endangers both the United States and Israel?<br /><br />What if occupying countries like Iraq and Afghanistan – and bombing Pakistan – is directly related to the hatred directed toward us and has nothing to do with being free and prosperous?<br /><br />What if someday it dawns on us that losing over 5,000 American military personnel in the Middle East since 9/11 is not a fair trade-off for the loss of nearly 3,000 American citizens, no matter how many Iraqi, Pakistani, and Afghan people are killed or displaced?<br /><br />What if we finally decide that torture, even if called “enhanced interrogation techniques,” is self-destructive and produces no useful information – and that contracting it out to a third world nation is just as evil?<br /><br />What if it is finally realized that war and military spending is always destructive to the economy?<br /><br />What if all wartime spending is paid for through the deceitful and evil process of inflating and borrowing?<br /><br />What if we finally see that wartime conditions always undermine personal liberty?<br /><br />What if conservatives, who preach small government, wake up and realize that our interventionist foreign policy provides the greatest incentive to expand the government?<br /><br />What if conservatives understood once again that their only logical position is to reject military intervention and managing an empire throughout the world?<br /><br />What if the American people woke up and understood that the official reasons for going to war are almost always based on lies and promoted by war propaganda in order to serve special interests?<br /><br />What if we as a nation came to realize that the quest for empire eventually destroys all great nations?<br /><br />What if Obama has no intention of leaving Iraq?<br /><br />What if a military draft is being planned for the wars that will spread if our foreign policy is not changed?<br /><br />What if the American people learn the truth: that our foreign policy has nothing to do with national security and that it never changes from one administration to the next?<br /><br />What if war and preparation for war is a racket serving the special interests?<br /><br />What if President Obama is completely wrong about Afghanistan and it turns out worse than Iraq and Vietnam put together?<br /><br />What if Christianity actually teaches peace and not preventive wars of aggression?<br /><br />What if diplomacy is found to be superior to bombs and bribes in protecting America?<br /><br />What happens if my concerns are completely unfounded – nothing!<br /><br />What happens if my concerns are justified and ignored – nothing good!<br /><br />http://www.house.gov/apps...CNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05702704702566656466noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687839374713938663.post-26334474702923945712008-11-07T16:41:00.000+00:002008-11-07T16:42:11.840+00:00Ron Paul: Let The Revolution BeginNovember 5, 2008<br />A message from Ron Paul:<br /><br />Dear Friends,<br /><br />Our journey together has been truly historic. As the final votes are tabulated and the curtain closes on this election, we must take time to reflect on our successes even as we turn our attention to the task before us.<br /><br />Our campaign has stirred the sleeping giant by showing millions that freedom, peace, and prosperity are achievable. We know that these things can come about only through sound money, limited government and a respect for the inherent rights of every individual. We have awakened the political class to the popularity and viability of Liberty. And, most of all, we have awoken within ourselves a spirit of freedom and independence that cannot be suppressed by any ruler, army, or philosophy of subservience and fear.<br /><br />Yet we must not reflect long. We must press our efforts and lay the groundwork for the future of our movement and our country. The 2010 election cycle is just around the corner. We must redouble our efforts to educate our fellow citizens, recruit and support liberty candidates, and marshal our resources for the battle ahead.<br /><br />Ours is the most solemn charge of all: to defend Liberty in this bleak hour lest the very notion that man might best govern himself be scoured from this land and from the conscience of mankind.<br /><br />In our campaign for liberty, we’re just getting started. Let the Revolution begin.<br /><br />Ron PaulUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687839374713938663.post-75442792813647660622008-11-05T10:58:00.001+00:002008-11-05T11:00:31.858+00:00«Let the Revolution begin»<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vUAL8ixKwJ4/SRF8dSFv-7I/AAAAAAAABNo/1-SC21wpKuM/s1600-h/rp-final.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 412px; height: 600px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vUAL8ixKwJ4/SRF8dSFv-7I/AAAAAAAABNo/1-SC21wpKuM/s400/rp-final.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265126281886825394" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687839374713938663.post-60465276131053166032008-10-15T21:54:00.002+01:002008-10-15T22:00:44.604+01:00RP: «You Can’t Save Free Markets by Socialism»<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_qzUtPq8pLE&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_qzUtPq8pLE&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687839374713938663.post-25360730504482891922008-10-13T09:53:00.000+01:002008-10-13T09:54:30.951+01:00E também ....«<a href="http://www.thetowntalk.com/article/20081012/NEWS01/810120333">Paul added to Louisiana presidential ballot</a>»Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687839374713938663.post-51741340383239892642008-10-11T17:54:00.001+01:002008-10-11T17:56:01.316+01:00RP candidato, no Montana«<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; ">On September 5, the ballot-qualified Constitution Party of Montana submitted its presidential elector candidates to the Secretary of State. The party informed the Secretary of State that its electors are pledged to Ron Paul for president and Michael Peroutka for vice-president. Ron Paul was aware that the party planned to do this, and has said that as long as he can remain passive and silent about the development, and as long as he need not sign any declaration of candidacy, that he does not object.»( <a href="http://www.ballot-access.org/2008/09/05/montana-constitution-party-submits-presidential-electors-pledged-to-ron-paul-and-michael-peroutka/">fonte</a>)</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687839374713938663.post-66951054405272772202008-10-09T23:24:00.005+01:002008-10-09T23:38:36.577+01:00Apesar de tudo, está na hora de Baldwin e Barr desistirem!<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4tLQ1DHuLgo/SO6FNAuudmI/AAAAAAAAAAM/IK06up0YlwM/s1600-h/Im_a_Republican_and_Im_ashamed.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255284273768724066" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4tLQ1DHuLgo/SO6FNAuudmI/AAAAAAAAAAM/IK06up0YlwM/s320/Im_a_Republican_and_Im_ashamed.jpg" border="0" /></<></a>
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<br />E Paul terá de dizer se prefere McCain ou Obama!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687839374713938663.post-54554282432282179892008-09-29T22:22:00.000+01:002008-09-29T22:23:15.490+01:00Ron Paul's Take on the Bailout Vote!<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/lFh6PU6qM9Q&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/lFh6PU6qM9Q&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687839374713938663.post-5822618128142511842008-09-27T15:07:00.002+01:002008-09-27T15:18:50.796+01:00Luz na crise:«<a href="http://www.smallgovtimes.com/2008/09/ron-paul-bailout-is-a-slipshod-proposal/">Ron Paul: Bailout is a “slipshod” proposal</a>»; discurso de RP no Joint Economic Committee;<div><br />«<a href="http://www.libertymaven.com/2008/09/25/ron-paul-responds-to-president-bushs-address/2125/">Ron Paul Responds to President Bush’s Address</a>», no Liberty Maven<br /><br />«<a href="http://www.usnews.com/blogs/alpha-consumer/2008/09/26/ron-paul-dont-ask-for-a-bailout.html">Ron Paul: Don't Ask for a Bailout</a>», no U.S. News;<br /><br /><div><br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687839374713938663.post-1776952717990856102008-09-23T22:10:00.000+01:002008-09-23T22:11:47.905+01:00Ron Paul takes Bob Barr's advice«<a href="http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/023001.html#more">I’m supporting Chuck Baldwin, the Constitution Party candidate</a>»Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687839374713938663.post-67179830238161333632008-09-10T23:02:00.000+01:002008-09-10T23:03:06.329+01:00We Agree - Paul, Baldwin, McKinney, Nader Statement<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: verdana; font-size: 14px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><div class="content" style="font-size: 92%; padding-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 5px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; "><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.5em; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">The Republican/Democrat duopoly has, for far too long, ignored the most important issues facing our nation. However, alternate candidates Chuck Baldwin, Cynthia McKinney, and Ralph Nader agree with Ron Paul on four key principles central to the health of our nation. These principles should be key in the considerations of every voter this November and in every election.<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center; line-height: 200%; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.5em; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><strong>We Agree</strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 200%; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.5em; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><strong>Foreign Policy:<span> </span></strong>The Iraq War must end as quickly as possible with removal of all our <span style="text-decoration: underline; ">soldiers</span> from the region.<span> </span><strong>We </strong>must initiate the return of our <span style="text-decoration: underline; ">soldiers</span> from around the world, including Korea, Japan, Europe and the entire Middle East.<span> </span><strong>We </strong>must cease the war propaganda, threats of a blockade and plans for attacks on Iran, nor should we re-ignite the cold war <span style="text-decoration: underline; ">with Russia</span> over Georgia.<span> </span><strong>We </strong>must <span style="text-decoration: underline; ">be</span>willing to talk to all countries and offer friendship and trade and travel to all who are willing. <strong>We</strong> must take off the table the threat of a nuclear first strike against all nations.<strong></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 200%; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.5em; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><strong>Privacy:<span> </span>We</strong> must <span style="text-decoration: underline; ">protect</span> the privacy and civil liberties of all persons under US jurisdiction. W<strong>e</strong> must repeal or radically change the Patriot Act, the Military Commissions Act, and the FISA legislation.<span> </span><strong>We</strong>must reject the notion <span style="text-decoration: underline; ">and practice</span> of torture, eliminations of habeas corpus, secret tribunals, and secret prisons.<span> </span><strong>We </strong>must <span style="text-decoration: underline; ">deny </span>immunity for corporations that spy willingly on the people for the benefit of the government.<span> </span><strong>We</strong> must reject the unitary presidency, the illegal use of signing statements and excessive use of executive orders.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 200%; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.5em; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><strong>The National Debt:</strong><span> </span><strong>We </strong>believe that there should be no increase in the national debt.<span> </span>The burden of debt placed on the next generation is unjust and already threatening our economy and the value of our dollar.<span> </span><strong>We </strong>must pay our bills as we go along and not unfairly place this burden on a future generation.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 200%; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.5em; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><strong>The Federal Reserve:<span> </span>We</strong> <span style="text-decoration: underline; ">seek</span> a thorough investigation, evaluation and audit of the Federal Reserve System and its cozy relationships with the banking, corporate, <span style="text-decoration: underline; ">and other</span> financial institutions.<span> </span>The arbitrary power to create money and credit out of thin air behind closed doors for the benefit of <span style="text-decoration: underline; ">commercial interests</span> must be ended. There should be no <span style="text-decoration: underline; ">taxpayer</span> bailouts of corporations and no corporate subsidies.<span> </span>Corporations should be aggressively prosecuted for <span style="text-decoration: underline; ">their crimes and frauds.</span></p></div></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687839374713938663.post-87759387032326439212008-09-10T22:58:00.002+01:002008-09-10T23:01:56.488+01:00Ron Paul Statement to the National Press Club<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">The American Majority</span><br /></div><span style="font-style:italic;"><div style="text-align: justify;">The argument that the two parties should represent opposed ideals and policies, one, perhaps of the Right and the other of the Left, is a foolish idea acceptable only to the doctrinaire and academic thinkers. Instead the two parties should be almost identical, so that the American people can ‘throw the rascals out’ at any election without leading to any profound or extensive shifts in policy.<br /></div></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span>Carroll Quigley – Author of Tragedy & Hope<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The coverage of the presidential election is designed to be a grand distraction. This is not new, but this year, it’s more so than ever.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Pretending that a true difference exists between the two major candidates is a charade of great proportion. Many who help to perpetuate this myth are frequently unaware of what they are doing and believe that significant differences actually do exist. Indeed, on small points there is the appearance of a difference. The real issues, however, are buried in a barrage of miscellaneous nonsense and endless pontifications by robotic pundits hired to perpetuate the myth of a campaign of substance.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The truth is that our two-party system offers no real choice. The real goal of the campaign is to distract people from considering the real issues.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Influential forces, the media, the government, the privileged corporations and moneyed interests see to it that both party’s candidates are acceptable, regardless of the outcome, since they will still be in charge. It’s been that way for a long time. George Wallace was not the first to recognize that there’s “not a dime’s worth of difference” between the two parties. There is, though, a difference between the two major candidates and the candidates on third-party tickets and those running as independents.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The two parties and their candidates have no real disagreements on foreign policy, monetary policy, privacy issues, or the welfare state. They both are willing to abuse the Rule of Law and ignore constitutional restraint on Executive Powers. Neither major party champions free markets and private-property ownership.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Those candidates who represent actual change or disagreement with the status quo are held in check by the two major parties in power, making it very difficult to compete in the pretend democratic process. This is done by making it difficult for third-party candidates to get on the ballots, enter into the debates, raise money, avoid being marginalized, or get fair or actual coverage. A rare celebrity or a wealthy individual can, to a degree, overcome these difficulties.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The system we have today allows a President to be elected by as little as 32% of the American people, with half of those merely voting for the “lesser of two evils”. Therefore, as little as 16% actually vote for a president. No wonder when things go wrong, anger explodes. A recent poll shows that 60% of the American people are not happy with the two major candidates this year.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This system is driven by the conviction that only a major party candidate can win. Voters become convinced that any other vote is a “wasted” vote. It’s time for that conclusion to be challenged and to recognize that the only way not to waste one’s vote is to reject the two establishment candidates and join the majority, once called silent, and allow the voices of the people to be heard.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">We cannot expect withdrawal of troops from Iraq or the Middle East with either of the two major candidates. Expect continued involvement in Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Georgia. Neither hints of a non-interventionist foreign policy. Do not expect to hear the rejection of the policy of supporting the American world empire. There will be no emphasis in protecting privacy and civil liberties and the constant surveillance of the American people. Do not expect any serious attempt to curtail the rapidly expanding national debt. And certainly, there will be no hint of addressing the Federal Reserve System and its cozy relationship with big banks and international corporations and the politicians.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">There is only one way that these issues can get the attention they deserve: the silent majority must become the vocal majority.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This message can be sent to our leaders by not participating in the Great Distraction—the quadrennial campaign and election of an American President without a choice. Just think of how much of an edge a Vice President has in this process, and he or she is picked by a single person—the party’s nominee. This was never intended by the Constitution.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Since a principled non-voter sends a message, we must count them and recognize the message they are sending as well. The non-voters need to hold their own “election” by starting a “League of Non-voters” and explain their principled reasons for opting out of this charade of the presidential elective process. They just might get a bigger membership than anyone would guess.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Write-in votes should not be discouraged, but the electoral officials must be held accountable and make sure the votes are counted. But one must not be naïve and believe that under today’s circumstances one has a chance of accomplishing much by a write-in campaign.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The strongest message can be sent by rejecting the two-party system, which in reality is a one-party system with no possible chance for the changes to occur which are necessary to solve our economic and foreign policy problems. This can be accomplished by voting for one of the non-establishment principled candidates—Baldwin, Barr, McKinney, Nader, and possibly others. (listed alphabetically)<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Yes, these individuals do have strong philosophic disagreements on various issues, but they all stand for challenging the status quo—those special interest who control our federal government. And because of this, on the big issues of war, civil liberties, deficits, and the Federal Reserve they have much in common. People will waste their vote in voting for the lesser of two evils. That can’t be stopped overnight, but for us to have an impact we must maximize the total votes of those rejecting the two major candidates.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">For me, though, my advice—for what it’s worth—is to vote! Reject the two candidates who demand perpetuation of the status quo and pick one of the alternatives that you have the greatest affinity to, based on the other issues.<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A huge vote for those running on principle will be a lot more valuable by sending a message that we’ve had enough and want real change than wasting one’s vote on a supposed lesser of two evils<br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687839374713938663.post-43884970358011323122008-09-07T15:30:00.001+01:002008-09-07T15:30:51.339+01:00RP<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; "><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font: normal normal normal 13px/19px 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; padding-top: 0.6em; padding-right: 0.6em; padding-bottom: 0.6em; padding-left: 0.6em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; background-position: initial initial; "><p> «<a href="http://5dias.net/2008/09/07/surpresa-nas-eleicoes-norte-americanas/" mce_href="http://5dias.net/2008/09/07/surpresa-nas-eleicoes-norte-americanas/" target="_blank">Surpresa nas eleições norte-americanas</a>»?, por Palmira Silva</p></div></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687839374713938663.post-24459743049510704572008-09-05T22:37:00.002+01:002008-09-05T22:40:08.212+01:00Candidato?«<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; ">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Jesse Benton<p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.5em; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">September 5, 2008</p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.5em; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA – On the heels of his historic three-day rally in Minneapolis that drew over 12,000 attendees, Congressman Ron Paul will make a major announcement next week in Washington at the National Press Club.</p></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; ">More details will be announced Monday.»</span><div><br /></div><div>No <a href="http://www.dailypaul.com/node/60483">DailyPaul</a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687839374713938663.post-35462497969606369772008-09-05T21:54:00.000+01:002008-09-05T22:55:56.134+01:00RNC«<a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/culture/palin-did-not-bring-expected-clean-sweep-mccain-rnc">In a surprise vote, Ron Paul (Texas congressman and former Republican presidential candidate) came in second with 15 delegate votes, including Oregon, West Virginia, Washington, and of all places...Alaska</a>.»Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0