Doing the Right Thing: A Revolutionary Concept!

This last week I witnessed what some are calling a historical event. By standing up and talking for over thirteen and one half hours, Senator Rand Paul did what we elect all of our representatives to do; protect our rights.


Perhaps it is the fault of an education system that is wrought with bureaucracy and corruption; the generations graduating from schools all across America have no knowledge of what liberty is and what it costs to maintain it. It was that commitment and passionate that allowed a small group of people (most claim it was only three percent of the colonists) to defy the mighty British Empire and claim independence from the Crown's rule of government.


The nation we call the United States of America today is nothing like the nation that was created with the ratification of the Constitution for the united States of America. See, back them it was the sovereign States who wielded the power of governing, and the union formed under a federal constitutionally limited government was meant to protect the States of enemies from without and the rivalries among and between them. United we stand and all that.

Great leaders, whether they are political leaders or religious ones, all have a way of uniting people in a common cause. Often times it will be the path that leads to destruction as it had in Nazi Germany and all the way back to the fall of the Roman Empire. Regardless of what propaganda is used, dividing the people only occurs when the united people have identified the "enemy" and the hence their target.

Maybe it is the difficulty that most intelligent people have in admitting they too were fooled. It was not any different for me when I "awoke" to the reality and truth of how my country was being attacked from within.

Do your own investigation. It may be good therapy for those feelings of being dumb. You're not dumb. You have been duped by one of the greatest plots ever devised. And yes, there are many who we have elected who are also unaware or refuse to believe that things are as bad as they really are.

By assassinating a leader, or creating a crisis, the country becomes pliant in the hands of the manipulators. Fear, sorrow, even anger and hate are all emotions that are stoked and manipulated to make people allow the government to "solve" the problem.

Lest we forget, "Governments are instituted among Men, deriving there just powers from the consent of the governed..."  and that We the People can give and take that consent when the powers we conceded are far overreaching the explicit limitations placed upon them, choosing new government through the ballot or by whatever means required to secure the Republic and the Rights of the People.

Senator Paul did his duty and he is praised and ridiculed. I simply acknowledge a man who stands as a Statesman, and a true representative of  the People who elected him.

History Repeats Itself!

It happened to the good people of Germany, when their own economy was in shambles after World War I. A leader emerged who promised the nation a rebirth. Changes for the better. It began in education, creating a movement in the youth to pave the way for a better future. Just like Germany, education was nationalized here in the United States. That was one of the fronts attacked to end liberty.

Soon, there were new laws that were for the "safety" of the people. Guns were confiscated from the evil Jews, then all guns were taken from the public. After all, the Gestapo handled all the security with the "help' of the people who willing turned in their friends and neighbors for just the slightest infraction to the Führer's laws. We have here in America, a media controlled by the government, that will spin the agenda of the current administration unlike any other in this nation's history.

Things never really got better. There were more wars to fight and all of Hitler's Youth Corps became the Nazi soldiers who fought against the Allied Forces throughout World War II. Although there are many differences, at least in general appearances, the parallels are extremely difficult to ignore.

Not unlike Germany, the United States has suffered a broken economy since the ending of Vietnam. Debt had accumulated to pay for the war, President Johnson raided the Social Security accounts in order to get the war past the voters without raising taxes. He would not seek re-election, obviously knowing that the economy would suffer without raising taxes to pay the debts accumulated from all the other "wars" he started.

One was called the "War on Poverty" and what we have now are millions of poor in what was the richest nation in the world.  The war on poverty created more poor instead of ending poverty. Instead of allowing the nation to create and innovate, government regulations curbed growth and created social programs to support those increasing numbers of unemployed.

Groups like the socialist activists of ACORN, taught people how to play the system, which they also lobbied to create. Even the communist countries who tool over the free markets and made them all state run, eventually could not produce enough to break even let alone prosper.

Our elected representatives now are allowing a narcissistic President to have carte blanche control and he ignores the rule of law in order to further his own agenda. Or is it his own?

A Proclamation of Liberty

We the Sovereign Individuals of the Sovereign States of America, gave the Constitution for the United States of America in order to form a more perfect union of the many States, granting certain permissions to protect the sovereignty of the People and the States, and to form a representative government.

The Constitution created three separate branches of government in order to govern by our consent, and duly produce that government to protect the rights and the sovereignty of States and Individuals, those rights articulated but not limited to those documented in the first ten Articles of Amendment of that Constitution.

Over the last two hundred years those rights have been usurped by a government that has taken liberty away from the Individuals and the States in the name of equality and fairness and the general welfare of the People. It was never intended by our founders, nor was it unanimously accepted by the People to give up those liberties and rights to the federal government for whatever cause or reason that government may have seen as proper.

In the most recent several years, the majority of people, most of whom have become wards of the federal government, have seen fit to dictate to the rest of the people, a burden of regulations and taxation that has caused the republic to fail. This is no more acceptable to the current nation of States than it was to the colonists when the Crown also began to inflict injustices and tyranny over the People.

It is not only the right, but the duty of the People, to end the reign of tyranny which the federal government has inflicted upon us. It stands to reason that with cause, we must throw off the bonds that have been placed upon us, and to declare to the nations of the world once again our right to self determination based upon the laws of the land and the laws of nations.

If unable to convince the elected representatives whom we have sent to represent  and protect us from these infringements upon our liberties and well being, it is our duty to renounce that government, to secede from such tyrannical union, and to form a new nation based on the very principles and the law as we ratified at the signing of the Constitution in Philadelphia.

It is also our right and responsibility to hold all those who have disobeyed their oaths of office and conspired as enemies of the People accountable and punish them for their deeds of high crimes and treason against the sovereign States and the sovereign People who reside in them. Without further authority necessary or required by any elected or appointed officers of the Congress or State assemblies, or of the law enforcement departments of any jurisdiction, we shall hereby make civilian arrests of those criminals who by citizen Grand Jury, are presented with such evidence, to issue warrants of arrest.

I swear by the God Creator, that I will perform these acts in a manner which is out of love and respect for all sovereign individuals, to bring those who have been indicted for those acts of high crimes and treason against us, to justice as defined in our Constitution in accordance with the laws of nations. Whosoever stands for liberty and justice for all, will certainly make a declaration to uphold the law, the law of nations as is defined in our Constitution, and repeal those Articles of Amendment which have taken that original Constitution out of its explicit meaning, in order to undermine the very foundations which created this great nation.

I ask that everyone who is a true patriot and liberty loving sovereign individual to add their name as signatory to this declaration and support the cause of liberty by having others of like mind and spirit to add their names and support as well.

Romney/Ryan: Dream Team or Nightmare?

It is apparent to anyone with a pulse that Obama must be removed from office. The privately-owned major media will have you think that Romney is the way to accomplish that task. But perhaps America voters suffer from memory lapses, as they think that Romney can defeat Obama in November.

I count myself among those with memory and reason, as Romney was a distant third behind Mike Huckabee and eventual GOP nominee Johm McCain. We know the dismal results of 2008, and in an attempt to make a course correction in Congress in 2010 by electing "Tea Party" endorsed candidates to break the stronhold of the liberal left.

With promises of reducing spending and debt, America sent many new faces to Washington with a hope that changes will take place.

Results prove the intentions of those elected then and there is no reason to think that Romney along with Paul Ryan will make changes if elected in November. What is really required is radical change, and that is the only way we can restore our representative republic to the limited government conceived and nurtured by our founders.

Buying the propaganda of the party elite will only result in a further slide into a global takeover and the complete loss of national sovereignty. This is not like any other elected in the history of the United States. This is the election that our enemies have been waiting for since the beginning of the Revolution, and their dreams are about to become our nightmares.

In my previous posts I have demonstrated why Romney is not a good choice for America. In Bigger Sharper Teeth  I listed what a Romney cabinet would look like. Romney supports the Patriot Act, the NDAA, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and will support war against Iran. The rhetoric about a 'radical' Islamic nation with a nuclear capability seems to justify a policy of preemptive war. That is a dangerous policy at best and one that has been used by those who promote aggression against sovereign nations not because of their threat towards America, but the competition they produce against the petroleum corporations of Great Britain and the United States.



Support for all the military bases the United States built and populated with America troops comes from borrowing money that the nation does not have. True to the warnings of President Eisenhower in his farewell address the 'military industrial complex' poses the most serious threat to our national security. But he failed to warn us about the threat that the central banks pose on our liberty and sovereignty. That is to me the most eminent threat we face as we approach the November elections.

Having your vote count is not merely voting for the candidate(s) who best  represent your ideology and opinions. It is a matter of the integrity of the election and the counting of the ballots. In recent times we have been using machines to make it easier to vote. The cost of this simplicity is the very integrity of the process. Machines can be programmed to cheat and these fixed elections have been reported in many states of the past several years.

What is more important to you? An expeditious result or an accurate and honest count? I choose the latter and I feel that paper ballots are a priority to that integrity. In my post, Protecting The Vote it is explained in detail how this can be done. The important thing to remember is that wherever there is opportunity to cheat, someone will attempt to do so and some will succeed.



Do your patriotic duty and vote for the best candidate and not the lesser of two evils. Evil is still evil whether it is greater or less.

From Risky Gamble, To Disaster, To Debacle: The Democratic National Committee Plan

I have been reading and following an issue since 2006, with interest and ever growing concern. The rhetoric concerning; Muslim and Christian, black and white, oppressed and free, citizen and foreigner, liberal and conservative, democratic and republican, socialist and fascist, communistic and capitalistic, national and global, sovereign and slave, etc. and any other supposed highly polarized dichotomy is unimportant.

It seems to me that what is important is what our nation is based on which is the penultimate law-of-the-land and what is written in it. Any other argument is unimportant. It supersedes and defines all three branches of governance and their functions and places a self correcting system of checks and balances to prevent the corruption of equal exercise of authority and function of the three branches and U.S. Constitution itself.  The U.S. Constitution spells out and allows everything regarding our government and the rights of the states and all U.S. Citizens. The people are given the ultimate authority to amend or remove parts that are non-functional by way of the procedures contained within U.S. Constitution. The Declaration of Independence is equally important and spells out equally important concepts. Other documents are important and describe or amplify various concepts or beliefs which were imployed by the framers of the U.S. Constitution.

Our American Society is a Society of laws which are to be applied equally to everyone in all of the states and the communities within those states. Each State has a State Constitution which is the document of governance for the citizens of that state and is absolutely necessary to the governance of any rights not specifically stated in the national document of governance.

When any law or procedure that is outlined in the U.S. Constitution is not followed scrupulously, the worth of the U.S. Constitution and its function is reduced. Reductions of worth directly affect the laws, codes, ethics, and morals of the ways governance is applied both internally to the States and their people, and externally to other national entities and there people when in our country.

But enough of my opinions, and proceeding to what I think is important regarding the issue at hand. Namely, the issue of the eligibility of the person occupying the presidency. The qualifications are clearly delineated in the U.S. Constitution for everyone to read and understand. The comprehension of meaning was spelled out in the language and common understanding of the words at the time of composition.

The singularly primary qualification is one of "natural born citizenship" which stipulates both parents must be U.S. Citizens and the candidate must be born in the United States of America. There are other qualifications, to be sure, but they are taken as of secondary importance but must also be met. The person occupying the presidency can not meet the qualification of natural born citizenship regarding either stipulation. His father was not a U.S. Citizen and the candidate was not born in the United States of America. Everything else pales in comparison.

   

For anyone living in Barak's 57 States, the news that a new Birth Certificate has surfaced and has been revealed by the African Press International, API, and shows to be another original, official, certified, genuine and interesting piece of the issue surrounding the location and parentage of birth of the person occupying the U.S. Presidency is at the very least confusing considering the other original, official, certified, genuine birth certificates that have been displayed or uncovered.

The API on March 9, 2012, has reported that since March 6, 2012,they have been in possession of the certificate and a letter of authority from the Office of Registration of the Coast Provincial Hospital verifying its genuine nature. Whether or not the veracity of the API is questioned, the indisputable probity the document presents itself is all that matters, which has yet to be confirmed by any U.S authority or party interested in this issue. What can be said without question is there are too many of these certificates with conflicting facts and that alone is much more than sufficient to warrant a true and honest congressional investigation.

        

After the true facts are determined, and if a fraud is determined to have been perpetrated against the U.S. Constitution and the people of our nation, it should be obvious that all the people that participated in this conspiracy to place an ineligible person into office, be identified and placed in custody without bail until they can be charged with as many charges as can be filed. Then after impeaching and removing anyone the person occupying the presidency appointed to any position, void any and all instruments generated or signed or agreed to by any of these illegally appointed people including the president, and bar them, if any of them are ever released from prison, from holding public office anywhere within the United States of America for the remainder of their lives.

But, that is only what I think, personally I'm going to Disney Land, or maybe fishing or hunting.

What America Means to Me: or Some Essential Parts of It

I was born in the late 1940's and grew up in the '50's. My formal education began with Jacks & Jill's during 1950 and continued unabated with few summer or winter breaks until I graduated from school and enlisted with The U.S. Navy in '68. I attend school during my entire enlistment and received an honorable discharge during '72 and remained on temporary duty (TDRL) until placed on the retired list in 1974. I decided to continue the pursuit of formal education until graduation 1998. Since that time, I have informally continued my education where my interests dictate.

As I became a young man, my day would typically consist of the common household activities, rising, bathing, dressing and taking breakfast at that point school began. My time at school followed a rigid pattern concerning certain traditions. At the commencement of each day, all students gathered, hands were placed over hearts and the national anthem began and the raising of the U.S. Flag commenced. Before the beginning of the first class, the class would stand beside their desks and, with hand over heart, sing the Pledge of Allegiance. Class followed class until dinner and then classes resumed until time for supper. All students then gathered and the lowering of the U.S. Flag and taps was sound. This ceremonial tradition continued daily, until I transferred into public school during the eighth grade,  where there was little tradition and even less respect.

Years later I took the Oath of Military Service when I Joined the U.S. Navy.

I hold great respect for the Flag, the Pledge of Allegiance, and the oath I took;   however, I have even greater respect for the instrument which our Nation was formed under, The Constitution for the united States of America. In detail, it describes the parts of government and their composition. This document also contains the manner in which the parts are allowed to interact. The Constitution for the united States of America also contains a Bill of Rights which applies to all U.S. Citizens. Amendments have been adopted and repealed since its enactment, which may or may not have had worth. It was written in common English of the time in a manner which was expected to be understood by every U.S. Citizen. This does not mean that all citizens could read but could understand what was being said when another read it out loud.

It holds the foundation of ideas and concepts our nation of people represent.

Many other documents of the time contain a much more detailed account and commentary of arguments, both for and against, the various ideas and concepts involved in the composition. The Constitution for the united States of America remains the only single source document that defines America. All other documents of any nature are subordinate. To be sure, there are many other source documents which support its reasoned construction. The United States Declaration of Independence another U.S. sole source document, which itself has many other documents of the time and previous times with which it is supported. These support documents contain many ideals or ideas which were conceptually incorporated in the composition of its construction.

The People of the United States are the primary governing body. They delegate the day to day responsibility of governance to the Federal Republic through representatives and the combination is bound together under the Constitution for the united States of America. The process of selecting representatives is determined by casting individual votes.

Every U.S. Citizen has the right and responsibility to uphold and defend the U.S Constitution against all enemies. If this single source document and the integral components are allowed to be violated in any way, its' worth is in question. If the Constitution for the united States of America falls due to inattention to its maintenance the Nation falls and the American concept and actuality of a United States of America ceases to exist. It becomes something else that is defined by something else. I vote for the most qualified representatives and candidates that will uphold and defend the Constitution for the united States of America above all else.

I do not believe in political parties and have changed my affiliation many times in order to vote for the candidate best qualified with a proven record of decisions ,that will uphold and defend the Constitution for the united States of America, and that will be beneficial to the Nation.

I Trust Statesmen;  I Do Not Trust Politicians.

I cast my vote to maintain the Constitution for the united States of America first, everything else becomes secondary. If a candidate has a record of any unethical, immoral or improper action of any kind while in or out of office that has damaged the letter or spirit of Constitution for the united States of America, I will not and have never voted for that candidate. I will die first before that consideration is undertaken.

The American Dream: Has It Become a Nightmare?

Is there no sanity left in America?  Are we so well socially engineered by the propaganda machines that we no longer can see reality?  

We are quickly approaching the most important election in recent history, many of of the presidential candidates are thumping for war against Iran and dictators and terrorists around the world. This kind of irrational rhetoric of the war-mongering conservative right is a direct reflection of the lobbying influence that has been used since World War II:  remember President Eisenhower's warning concerning the Military Industrial Complex?

As a veteran and Statesman, Dr. Paul stands firm on national defense. He objects to militarism not the defense of the nation against real threats. We were once the richest nation on the planet, had no income tax, did not have a large military, remember the fleet at Pearl Harbor?  Although we were not "prepared for war" we were able to motivate our citizens and manufacture supplies to defeat major enemies on two fronts with the aid of our allies. We could have returned to that pre-war footing after WWII were it not for the vast profit potential of the war footing developed by major corporations.

Dr. Paul opposes the Patriot Act: American citizens need not be treated as criminals and subjected to indefinite detention to prevent terrorism and voted, “Nay.” President Barack Obama's staff has indicated he will sign the indefinite detention bill into law. The bill, called National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for the Fiscal Year 2012, has provisions that explicitly spell out the authority of the U.S. President to indefinitely detain U.S. citizens suspected of terrorism or supporting terrorists. This law completely bypasses the rights (like due process) promised to citizens in the Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. Dr. Paul is equally opposed to the TSA's X-ray, Strip, and Grope behavior which displays an attitude unwarranted toward American Citizens. He explains that the airlines themselves need to make passengers feel safe to fly on aircraft, not the government. In maintaining the appearance of political correctness, we don't "profile" people, who because of their religion, might be terrorists. Dr. Paul points out the fact that Israel does not have a TSA-like "search and grope" but they have a secure airport and airline there. The Israelis do "profile" because it works for them.

Maintaining a secure national border and coast is a constitutional power granted to the federal government by the People. National Border Security is an important concern of the federal government:  But, that does not prohibit nor restrict the law enforcement branches within any state from enforcing State and federal laws to provide protection for its own residents. Illegal immigrants are certainly a problem and a burden on State Revenues and Resources. Dr. Paul being from Texas is well aware of these problems and similar problems faced by Arizona and California. Dr. Ron Paul explains this and demonstrates the respect for State sovereignty and States rights to protect their own borders and Citizens.

Many politicians are reactionary and want to pass laws to prevent every possibility of people harming others and themselves. In the name of a safe and secure citizenry, the majority of both House and Senate representatives we have elected and entrusted with protecting our freedoms which ensure our protection, they have instead usurped the U. S. Constitution and passed unconstitutional laws further eroding the sovereignty of the individual and of the States that comprise the union. Party favorites, Romney, Gingrich, Perry are clearly offering and pushing political agendas that do not include the corrective reduction of the Federal Government and which continue to blur the basic and fundamental rights of the States. During his entire political career, Dr. Paul has stood alone in his convictions and are reflected by his voting record which has demonstrated a solid understanding of the U. S. Constitution and the concepts on which it is based.

The European Union is wrought with debt:  many of its member nations are on the brink of economic collapse. E. U. member nations have followed the policies of the European Central Banks and if they continue they will join all the other bankrupt countries around the the world. If the United States continues to follow these same polices of the central banks and their U. S. representative, the privately owned Federal Reserve Banking System, America will soon join the ever growing number of bankrupt nations that have relied on policies of the central banks. Regardless of which presidential candidate you listen to, save one, all say they will slow the collapse but they cannot prevent it. All the presidential candidates are unwilling to take any action to correct this problem. The exception, Dr. Paul.

Dr. Paul accurately predicted the destruction of the American Economy and offered the reasons for it. He exposed the true nature, a system designed on the basis of debt, of the Federal Reserve System and explained how the United States can regain a sound global and national economic stance for its citizens by returning to a currency backed by real assets. Not on a system designed on the basis of debt. This is the reason that we, our children, and their children can never get out of debt: the debt only increases. Halting the Central banks from creating an unending flood of worthless Federal Reserve Notes is the solution. 

Mitt Romney has been very critical of China's manipulation of its currency and he suggests high tariffs are needed. Dr. Paul has offered what is needed is a solid and sound monetary system to insulate the United States from any effects of what any nation does to manipulate its own currency. Dr. Paul understands the current monetary system and why it cannot be repaired as so many other presidential candidates have insisted. It cannot be repaired because it is designed to be a debt-based system which always increases the national debt. Dr. Paul has stated that Congress should take its constitutional mandate and responsibility to enact a monetary system that is immune from manipulation by other nations and central banks. It has been demonstrated over thousands of years of commerce and trade, a monetary system that is backed with real assets is the only system.

All of the candidates have talked about a balanced budget amendment at one time or another; however, only Dr. Paul explains that balancing the budget is only part of the issue. If Congress wants to increase the budget and remain "balanced" they will have to (as they do now) create a source of revenue (fees/taxes) or borrow it from the Federal Reserve System to pay for it. A balanced budget in and of itself does nothing to curb spending and reign in the spending power of Congress. But Dr. Paul has explained that many of the programs funded by the federal government are unconstitutional and need to be eliminated. 

If We the People are to restore our liberties, to remain a sovereign nation, to rebound from the economic collapse close at hand, we must do something that is radically different from the actions that have led us to this point in history. We must stop choosing between the party favorite candidates that have always done exactly the same thing after being elected. The opposite of what they promised to do or nothing. We need to elect representation that will look out after our interests. We need a revolutionary candidate. There is a glimmer of light shining on the nation's darkest hours. 

There is only one man running for President who has withstood all of the hype and spin, and has been relentless in his defense of liberty, freedom, and upholding his oath of office. As the primaries loom ever closer, a viable presidential candidate is urgently needed but not to the extreme that any one will do. The gathering of presidential hopefuls have now adopted the concepts and ideas that one candidate has been explaining and discussing for thirty years. You have heard his name only occasionally. Romney, Gingrich, and Perry are not presidential material. 

Only one presidential candidate understands that actual change needs to occur. The necessary changes must conform to The U. S. Constitution. Dr. Ron Paul is the only presidential candidate willing to make the changes necessary to return our nation to one of freedom and liberty for all.

American Honor & Nobility Without Title

From : The Missing 13th Amendment

"If any citizen of the United States shall accept, claim, receive, or retain any title of nobility or honour, or shall without the consent of Congress, accept and retain any present, pension, office, or emolument of any kind whatever, from any emperor, king, prince, or foreign power, such person shall cease to be a citizen of the United States, and shall be incapable of holding any office of trust or profit under them, or either of them."


PAPER MONEY
If the colonists forgot the lessons of goldsmith bankers, the American Revolution refreshed their memories. To finance the war, Congress authorized the printing of continental bills of credit in an amount not to exceed $200,000,000. The States issued another $200,000,000 in paper notes. Ultimately, the value of the paper money fell so low that they were soon traded on speculation from 5000 to 1000 paper bills for one coin.It's often suggested that our Constitution's prohibition against a paper economy -- "No State shall... make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a tender in Payment of Debts" -- was a tool of the wealthy to be worked to the disadvantage of all others. But only in a "paper" economy can money reproduce itself and increase the claims of the wealthy at the expense of the productive."Paper money," said Pelatiah Webster, "polluted the equity of our laws, turned them into engines of oppression, corrupted the justice of our public administration, destroyed the fortunes of thousands who had confidence in it, enervated the trade, husbandry, and manufactures of our country, and went far to destroy the morality of our people."

It seems obvious that if the Federal Reserve keeps printing more notes, they will decrease in worth as there are no assets to make them worth anything. The currency of the United States is only backed by the good credit and trust of the People. Since there are more People unemployed and requiring support from the government, there are also less Americans paying taxes, Congress still borrows and spends, and now that the US has had their credit rating downgraded, they are still looking to spend more.

As I listen to Members of the House and Senators speak, and the lectures of "fair share" taxing of the "wealthy" by the President and his Administration, I am reminded of all the great nations that have fallen before us, and being broke is a major cause. Reagan was in office when the military spending of the Soviet Union could no longer sustain itself and take care of its People.
If we wait for a new President or Congress to fix things, I'm afraid it won't get fixed. The government has been unable to fix anything economically and all they do is throw money at it and hope it will change. It didn't work for Bush and it is not working for Obama. No surprise there really, after all, you cannot expect different results when you do the same things over and over. Someone famous called that the "epitome of insanity."

No, this time must be different. This time We the People must choose new representation, but not from the favorite ranks of the two predominant political parties. No, we need to pick candidates that are either not career politicians or have demonstrated by their deeds and words that they stand for liberty, property, and limited government. We need representation that has the courage to tell the truth even when it is not politically correct or motivated by popular support.

I find that very few Americans speak out against "water boarding" and torture in general, claiming that it was "necessary" to save lives. How many Americans were tortured by Nazis and Japan? How many Americans suffered the cruelty as POWs in Vietnam? John McCain knows what that is like. But what makes America exceptional is that we did not use such methods on prisoners and still won the war. Would torture have saved lives? Maybe. But the damage to the nation's character would have lasted for several lifetimes, and if we take that course it will be very difficult to be that example of liberty and humanity that makes the United States exceptional.

One way we can lead by example is to elect a President that supports the Constitution and demonstrates the ethics and morals that made the US a great nation. It wasn't our military might, it was honor and integrity that pushed innovation and invention. We made the products the world wanted and were proud of them too. Now we buy and sell products made in other nations, as more American factories close and jobs never return.

A President nor a Congress can create jobs. The best they can do is create an environment where businesses can be productive and prosperous. But we need to have a stable currency that has worth. When the US dollar had worth, there was no high taxes. In fact, there was no income tax at all prior to FDR and the New Deal. More like a "raw deal" is what we got.

A Simple Truth: Lead By Example

What makes America exceptional? Is it its military might? It certainly is no longer the opportunities for prosperity. A few great men had their own ideas about America. This short video highlights them.

When the privately-owned major media places Mitt Romney as the front-runner, I laugh. He lost in 2008 to John McCain and we know how well McCain did against Obama. Newt Gingrich is an intelligent man and has a strong love for America, but he stands for killing American citizens that are labelled "terrorists" or "enemy combatants" by "intelligence" and that is okay? Santorum wants the government to define marriage and I say that is the province of faith and religion and not government. The marriage license issued by a State is a contract between two people who upon their oaths (vows) pledge to love one another and take of each other. Legally they need to be entitled the same benefits as any other couple relationship.

We don't want our troops to be tortured, so it is only fitting that we do not employ such methods on others. It is not a matter of effectiveness or necessity. It it a matter of leading by example.

JFK said, "Ask not, what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country." What you can do is save the United States, and elect Ron Paul as President in 2012.

What Would Really Happen If Ron Paul Were To Be Elected President?

I received the following in email this morning. Kudos to the author for writing such a concise and elegant piece . I felt it was important enough to share with as many people as possible. Please give credit to the author and source.

What Would Really Happen If Ron Paul Were To Be Elected President?

By pollywog

by Bill Sardi

So what would really happen if Ron Paul were as elected President?

President Paul would immediately push for $1 trillion cut in federal spending (per year, not the $3 trillion that Democrats proposed over 10 years with half of that from increased taxes).

President Paul would have the authority as commander-and-chief to withdraw troops from overseas, within limits of treaty commitments which must be honored (US supplies defense for Saudi Arabia, many other nations). To the extent possible, the US would cease being the world's policeman and plunderer of foreign economies (Iraq, Libya). The US would cease being a war economy. President Paul would also push to eradicate foreign aid which essentially is bribery, often to foreign despots who the US quietly supports because they hold a strong hand over their masses.

President Paul would have some empty chairs in his Cabinet – the Department of Commerce, Department of Education and other Cabinet positions would be eliminated. Civil service employees would be ushered into other government jobs.

President Paul would likely demand, using his bully-pulpit, a regular audit of the Federal Reserve (recall the FED pushed $13 trillion of short-term loans out the door in the world financial crisis without any oversight, which resulted in worldwide inflation and the unrest we now see in foreign countries – Egypt,Libya, etc – as a result of rising food prices.).

You probably don't know that the Federal Reserve bank takes a 6% cut off the top of all interest it collects as middleman between the US Treasury Dept and local banks. (President John F Kennedy realized this, recognized it would result in huge federal debts in the future, which have now materialized, and cut the Federal Reserve entirely out of the equation in 1963 by directly issuing US Notes, not Federal Reserve currency, into the economy. Of course, shots fired in Dallas ceased that practice and all those US Notes were quietly withdrawn from circulation.) That cut for the central bankers would be eliminated in a Ron Paul Presidency.

President Paul would likely demand and personally oversee an audit of the gold at Ft. Knox. Wouldn't you like to be there for that (live cameras please)? If the gold isn't there, who absconded with it and where is it now? (Might not have to look far, it could be stashed in Federal Reserve bank vaults – recall, the Federal Reserve is not federal, it is a bunch of private banks who may have absconded with the nation's gold supply).

With a public groundswell of support, President Paul would oversee the abolishment of the Internal Revenue Service, freeing Americans of the onerous and treacherous task of figuring out the taxes they owe (recall the Secretary of the Treasury couldn't accurately figure out his own taxes). No more debtors prison for not filing tax forms properly (yep, some Americans are in prison for this). That would free-up about 6 billion man-hours and $250-300 billion of money now committed to tax preparation. Real money, not the fractionated loan money, would be returned to the economy.

There would be a re-adjustment period as the nation figures out how to rebuild employment without phony government jobs programs, but anticipate an eventual US renaissance. The US would be spared the fate of Greece which has 40% employment in the government sector, placing those jobs on the back of the remaining tax payers there.

Without an income tax the Federal Reserve would have no conduit to siphon money back out of the economy to limit inflation and it would have to cease its inflationary money printing practices. Mothers of young American children would be told that their struggles to see their kids get ahead in this country will not be futile as the Federal Reserve's planned inflation policy would be put to a halt. If your kids can't earn a better income than the rate of inflation (now 7-11%, government says it is only ~3%) they will surely be impoverished.

For example, if an American child was born in 1990 and her/her mother as sole bread winner was making $35,000 a year on the date of that child's birth, that child would have to earn $60,758 today (2011) to equal his/her mother's salary in 1990. Soccer moms should shout loudly for a Ron Paul Presidency. Your children have no future if one of the other pretenders is elected. Without currency reform, all other reforms become meaningless. The elites will continue to plunder and undermine the wealth that you create.

President Ron Paul would push for the federal government to get out of the real estate lending business. By Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac ensuring home loans, lenders generated loans based upon low teaser interest rates (subprime, ALT-A) and unverified incomes and then funneled these bad loans on up to these quasi-government agencies where the public took the losses (these losses are now on the accounting books of the Federal Reserve). In a Ron Paul Presidency, bad lenders would go out of business, not be given bailouts.

The Federal Reserve now holds over $1 trillion in bad loans on it accounting books – let the Federal Reserve get what it deserves – a giant loss as its banks go out of business due to insolvency, just punishment for allowing low interest rates to prevail and create a real estate bubble in the first place. Stop protecting bankers, start protecting your own wealth – vote for Ron Paul!

Without a government backstop to insure home loans, lenders would be more diligent in checking out lender qualifications and incomes. Thefalse demand for housing that the Federal government created would cease and home values would crash, for a short time. But that would be good news – now homes would become affordable.

It is said, if the Federal Government would get out of housing homes prices would tumble by 50%. While that is not good news for the asset-side of lenders accounting books, it is the only way to bring back the housing market in a short time. This is the mark-to-market value accounting that must be practiced. Interest rates on home mortgages would rise, but so would the interest on saved money – Americans would cease losing money on savings accounts (interest on saved money today is less than 1% while inflation is ~7-11%).

While the US economy is said to be the strongest in the world (~$14 trillion), the US is hiding the fact its Gross Domestic Product is actually in decline and that probably half of the GDP is comprised of financial gains from moving money around. An example is the stock market with 70% of its trades now comprised of high-speed millisecond trading. Financial gains are contrived and there is no real value created out of these phony transactions, nor is any employment created. The lending classes will have to face reality. Phony numbers would not likely be a part of a Ron Paul Presidency.

With a groundswell of public support, President Ron Paul would push for a currency that has limited stretchability by backing it with gold. No more rubber money. The fortunes of Americans would cease being eroded by money printing practices at the Federal Reserve. If you missed Ron Paul's object lesson - he recently held up a pre-1964 silver dime (dimes today have no silver in them) and said it is worth ~$3.00 today, about the price of a gallon of gasoline. That means a gold-backed dollar could buy you a full tank of gas. Imagine that?

But inflationary policies have robbed American bank accounts of wealth. The thief of inflation that is robbing your money out the back door of your local bank would be handcuffed. Ron Paul would also push for competing currencies (if this sounds foreign to you, we already have one – its called a VISA card, and don't forget American Express Checks). Creators of currencies who have the most backing in the form of reserves would have the most desired currencies, those who don't would have currencies of lesser value.

So what would happen worldwide with the announcement of a Ron Paul Presidency? Did you see what happened yesterday when the European Union band-aided its currency and debt problems for the time being. Markets soared with even a hint of sound money. Likewise, a Ron Paul Presidency should cause markets to soar just on the announcement of his Presidency. The International Monetary Fund has been begging the US to cut federal spending or devalue its currency by 30%.

The tax and print-money Keynsians would be ousted from power. Phony money would be a thing of the past. Real jobs, not government-contrived jobs that add a 15% administration burden and place the salaries of government workers on the remaining private sector, would be created. Two bad examples are Solyndra and General Motors, both whom received a government-back loan and then sought government contracts to sell solar panels to the US Navy and Chevy Volt electric cars to the federal government's fleet of automobiles. That is nothing but false demand.

Imagine Ron Paul appoints a new chief at the Food and Drug Administration who turns that institution upside down, who complies with the law (Dietary Supplement Health & Education Act) rather than repudiates or ignores it as the current FDA does, and works to allow health claims for natural medicines that work far more safely and effectively than synthetically made drugs, and at much lower cost. Imagine the National Institutes of Health is forced to generate studies to reveal the true effectiveness of vitamins C and D, as previously documented by this author in the archives at LewRockwell.com, and the life expectancy of Americans soars and their quality of life in their retirement years greatly improves. Dr. Ron Paul is committed to this kind of real change, not give lip service to it.

Imagine for a moment that President Ron Paul, advocate of free markets, calls for a true revamp of the nation's electrical grid unlike the current administration which only gives rhetoric to the idea. With installation of new US-manufactured power cable technology that is able to transmit twice as much power on a single power line with 9-20% greater efficiency (less line loss), averting the need for 98 new fossil-fueled or atomic power plants by stringing just 3000 miles of the nation's power lines with this US-made technology, and bringing $60 billion greater bottom-line profits to power generating companies, your electricity bill would be measurably trimmed instead of continually rising.

Ron Paul – your President. Your vote for RP will cause all of the above and more to happen. This article is just a sampling of what could happen almost overnight. One man, one moment in time, and everything changes on day-one of a RP Presidency. It would the best $39,000 your government could invest (Ron Paul has publicly stated he would take a $39,000/year salary while in office compared to the $400,000/year salary of the incumbent, to set an example).

Don't be dissuaded by bogus claims "Ron Paul is unelectable" or by the menu of wanna-be candidates served up by the news media. The 4th-Estate, the nation's major news sources are not unbiased parties. The news media is in dire financial straits themselves and wants those campaign advertising dollars, particularly the $750 million the incumbent President is likely to raise like he did last election. Ron Paul is electable – by you. Make the election of RP so magnanimous that even vote fraud can't hide it.

Let's recap – no income tax, the Federal government generates revenues by other means; no IRS forms to deal with; no need to send your kids off to phony wars in foreign theatres; no more cut off the top by the Federal Reserve; assurance there really is gold in Ft. Knox; gold-backed money like this nation once had before the banksters cut their own deal at Jekyll Island, South Carolina decades ago and Nixon took America off the gold standard; rising individual purchasing power as inflation is nixed (no need to ask the boss for a raise, your money will buy more), financial gains on your banked money instead of erosion of your wealth via inflation; your chance to own a home will greatly improve rather than the current situation where home ownership is now only a fading American pipe dream; and true reform of healthcare rather than manipulation by those with vested interests.

These are what a Ron Paul Presidency portends. This is Doctor Ron Paul's prescription for the re-installation of sanity in American politics. Entrenched forces and crony capitalism are destroying America. You can fight back. Let the public's voice be heard loud at the ballot box. Vote for Ron Paul so the 99% can have a real opportunity to become the 1%.

You can save your country, save your family, save your nation's future – vote Ron Paul for President.

November 2012

A Message From Ron Paul

 This is an email message from Ron Paul.


Dear Fred,

The most important thing you can do to help me become the next President of the United States, you can do from the comfort of your own home.

Today, I’m announcing the launch of my campaign’s Phone From Home Program in key early primary and caucus states.

Can I count on you to sign up?

You see, my campaign has worked hard to produce proprietary, state-of-the-art technology that will allow grassroots activists to make the hundreds of thousands of calls it will take to WIN!

Besides contributing financially, there’s literally NOTHING you can do to help my campaign more.

In fact, here’s a brief video I made explaining the importance of the Phone from Home Program.  Please take a moment to watch it.

It was our Phone From Home program that helped lead to my historic finish in the Iowa Straw Poll.

Since that day, my message of liberty and constitutional government has continued spreading like wildfire all across America.

And as more and more Americans realize I am the only true constitutional conservative in this race, my campaign to Restore America Now is only going to get stronger.

That’s why I’m personally asking you to help me achieve VICTORY in key early primary and caucus states by signing up to Phone From Home.

Here’s how it works.

My campaign has a list of voters in these upcoming important primary and caucus states.

You’ll just logon to my campaign’s website, call through the names as you are able and then enter information into our system.

My campaign will provide you with a script and everything.

With our state-of-the-art Phone From Home system, making calls to targeted voters has never been so easy.

But it’s critical that as many of my supporters sign up to make calls as possible.

Even if you only have a few minutes each week, participating in our Phone From Home program is the best way YOU can help elect me the next President of the United States.

And you don’t even have to leave the comfort of your own home to do so!

So can I count on you to sign up to Phone From Home? 

Please sign up IMMEDIATELY.

Together, you and I can Restore America Now!

For Liberty,

Ron Paul


P.S.    I’m pleased to announce the start of my Phone From Home  program in key early primary and caucus states.

Making phone calls to targeted voters in these states is the best way you can help me WIN.

So please, help me Restore America Now by signing up to participate in my campaign’s Phone From Home Program

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