Oct

31

Sex Pistols on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno & Ron Paul

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October 30, 2007

Oct

31

Sex Pistols on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno & Ron Paul

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October 30, 2007

Oct

31

Ron Paul on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

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October 30, 2007

FROM USA TODAY:

Ron Paul to Jay Leno: ‘I could win’

The campaign has been going so well in his view that “there’s probably a risk I could win,” Republican presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul just told NBC-TV’s Jay Leno.

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Oct

29

Ron Paul on Economics

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Oct

29

Ron Paul - Struggling for Relevance in Cuba: Close, Still No Cigars

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“The irony of supposed Capitalist, free-marketeers inducing Communists to freedom with government hand-outs should not be missed.”

Ron Paul’s Texas Straight Talk Column
October 29, 2007

Since Raul Castro seems to be transitioning to a more permanent position of power, the administration has begun talking about Cuba policy again. One would think we would be able to survey the results of the last 45 years and come to logical conclusions. Changing course never seems to be an option, however, no matter how futile or counterproductive our past actions have been.

The Cuban embargo began officially in 1962 as a means to put pressure on the communist dictatorship to change its ways. After 45 years, the Cuban economy has struggled, but Cuba ’s dictatorship is no closer to stepping to the beat of our drum. Any ailments have consistently and successfully been blamed on US Capitalism instead of Cuban Communism. They have substituted trade with others for trade with the US , and are “awash” with development funds from abroad. Our isolationist policies with regards to Cuba , meanwhile, have hardly won the hearts and minds of Cubans or Cuban-Americans, many of whom are isolated from families because this political animosity.

In the name of helping Cubans, the US administration is calling for “multibillions” of taxpayer dollars in foreign aid and subsidies for internet access, education and business development for Cubans under the condition that the Cuban government demonstrates certain changes. In the same breath, they claim lifting the embargo would only help the dictatorship. This is exactly backwards. Free trade is the best thing for people in both Cuba and the US . Government subsidies would enrich those in power in Cuba at the expense of already overtaxed Americans!

The irony of supposed Capitalist, free-marketeers inducing Communists to freedom with government hand-outs should not be missed. We call for a free and private press in Cuba while our attempts to propagandize Cubans through the US government run Radio/TV Marti has wasted $600 million in American taxpayer dollars.

It’s time to stop talking solely in terms of what’s best for the Cuban people. How about the wishes of the American people, who are consistently in favor of diplomacy with Cuba ? Let’s stop the hysterics about the freedom of Cubans – which is not our government’s responsibility – and consider freedom of the American people, which is. Americans want the freedom to travel and trade with their Cuban neighbors, as they are free to travel and trade with Vietnam and China . Those Americans who do not wish to interact with a country whose model of governance they oppose are free to boycott. The point being – it is Americans who live in a free country, and as free people we should choose who to buy from or where to travel, not our government.

Our current administration is perceived as irrelevant, at best, in Cuba and the message is falling on deaf ears there. If the administration really wanted to extend the hand of friendship, they would allow the American people the freedom to act as their own ambassadors through trade and travel. Considering the lack of success government has had in engendering friendship with Cuba , it is time for government to get out of the way and let the people reach out.

Oct

29

My God! I’ve Been Banned From RedState

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Oh the humanity, I have had my comment on RedState obliterated and my account deleted, and I didn’t even shill for Ron Paul. Actually I never paid much attention to the RedState blog, and even forgot that I had registered an account there until today when I saw a link from Google to a blog entry titled “I support Ron Paul [annotated]”. I was intrigued by the title so I decided to check it out. As you can see (if it’s still there) it is a piece by a brave author named WildBill whose article was annotated by a representative from the RedState Ministry of Censorship and Propaganda, named Moe Lane.
What prompted me to comment was some unbelievable comments that insinuated that we have not had our freedoms diminished and even called the author a “complete blithering idiot” and called those that also see the fact that we have lost liberty in this country “Nimrods”. It then struck me why I stayed away from RedState so much, it was the insightful commentary.
Anyway, in a moment of spontaneity, I decided to chime in and make a point to those that don’t keep up on current events. Here it is as well as I can remember from memory:

“Those who think that our freedom and liberties are not at stake should read the latest constitutional aberration to get approved by the House. HR 1955 - the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007 a.k.a. the Thought Crime Bill. What is really amazing is the number of AYE votes that were received from the followers of “disillusioned liberal intellectuals”, those would be neocons.
These phony conservatives were all up in arms against the “Fairness Doctrine”, but where is the outrage against this authoritarian ditty?”

The best I can surmise is that my crime was I exposed the Pro-War for Terror Jacobins of RedState as actually followers of the ideology of former hard left liberal Democrats like Irving Kristol and Norman Podhoretz or it is a crime to point out that many RedState hero’s, phony conservative congressmen vote in mass for liberty stealing legislation, even those sponsored by liberal Democrats.

Oct

28

New Hampshire TV Ad #2

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Oct

28

Angry Yet? Remember the Fifth of November

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Oct

27

Ron Paul’s “American Freedom Agenda Act” Support It Now!

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The ”American Freedom Agenda Act” is a bill . . .

* Created by conservatives
* Supported by progressives
* And introduced in Congress by Representative Ron Paul, Republican of Texas.

The full text of this bill can be found on the Background page. This legislation will . . .

* Repeal the “Military Commissions Act of 2007” and thereby restore the ancient right of habeas corpus and end legally sanctioned torture by U.S. government agents
* Restore the ”Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act” (FISA) and thereby outlaw warrantless spying on American citizens by the President of the United States
* Give Congress standing in court to challenge the President’s use of “signing statements” as a means to avoid executing the nation’s laws
* Make it illegal for government agents to kidnap people and send them abroad to be tortured by foreign governments
* Provide legal protection to journalists who expose wrong-doing by the Federal government
* Prohibit the use of secret evidence to label groups or individuals as terrorists for the purpose of criminal or civil sanctions

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Oct

27

Ron Paul - First TV Ad “Catching On”

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