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Ron Paul 2012: Iowa Caucus...4 Years Later

2012-01-03T17:10:00.001-08:00

Exactly four years ago from the last time I posted, all eyes are on Iowa again. It has been great to see the growth the past four years, the strengthening of the organization, the maturation of Rand, and last but not least the growth of numbers. Four years ago 15-20% was a dream. Now it would be a disappointment. Let us see....(8:12pm): Good first impression, MSNBC Hosts look a little uneasy.(8:

Thoughts on the Iowa Caucuses (hoping for 15-20%)

2008-01-03T17:16:00.000-08:00

I supported McCain in '99. He stabbed all of us in the back by kissing Bush's ass. Bush's campaign was completely immoral with what he did in South Carolina and McCain took it. The reason that election was so close was because Conservatives, angry independents, and Libertarians stayed home. 9/11 changed politics for a while and we are back to square one, except the Philosophical Conservatives

Weekly Standard calls Ron Paul's military support phony soldiers

2007-10-19T06:23:00.001-07:00

Michael Goldfarb says that Ron Paul's Military support is a fantasy. He doesn't offer any evidence other than speculation as to why he is right. Also not surprising is that the Weekly Standard doesn't know what active military means. read more | digg story

Ron Paul Supporters 'Live in Their Mothers' Basements'

2007-10-04T07:24:00.001-07:00

That's according to National Review's sneering Kate O'Beirne, who erroneously ascribes Ron's support to the pro-tax Fair Taxers. Kate, he's the no-income tax guy. Maybe Ms. O'Beirne needs to spend more time on her computer because her knowledge on the topic is obviously deficient. This is a perfect example of the current problem with the MSM.read more | digg story

NAFTA Superhighway: Name doesn't matter Mexican Truckers free to travel US

2007-08-29T19:55:00.001-07:00

Contact your Congressman, this is basically the end of American Jobs. This is something everyone should be mad about, I know Ron Paul supporters are worried about this. Get those phones ringing. Sleep deprivation causes a lot of accidents, illegal workers will be smuggled, and terrorism worries arise.http://www.congress.org/congressorg/home/read more | digg story

CIA Inspector General Report

2007-08-23T18:44:00.000-07:00

Lots have been made about the CIA OIG Report on the failures running up to 9/11. Frankly it doesn't tell me anything I don't know, it is an executive summary after all and we don't know everything that went on and don't get me started on government "investigations". Anyway there is no way possible that means everything is Tenet's fault even though he deserves plenty. The Talk Radio Right have

Letter to the Editor

2007-08-10T20:35:00.000-07:00

I was perusing the Internet after work on Friday and happened to come across a letter to the editor by a one Bill Herzog. Needless to say I was somewhat impressed with his level of rhetoric no matter how ill informed and faulty the reasoning. Mr. Herzog starts out by saying that anyone who opposes this war is a defeatist and that history shows that isolationism doesn’t work. Unfortunately for

An Apology for Jurisdiction and Limited Government

2007-07-23T18:38:00.000-07:00

This was my response to comments that, to paraphrase, the World would end as we know it if Ron Paul became President. I feel that its subject matter requires repetition: I see a lot of people on this site who are completely ignorant of Jurisdiction. Why is everything this or that? If we operate on the premise that money corrupts politics, why do so many people think we should put all that

Neoconservatve commenters loathe CIA "Family Jewels" Declassification

2007-06-23T04:58:00.001-07:00

Here is a funny piece from Hotair. Neoconservative commenters cry for government secrecy. They want unconstitutional actions to remain classified and come up with "Clintonian and Leftist Conspiracy Theories." I would think that this best illustrates the differences between Neoconservative Republicans and Ron Paul Republicans.read more | digg story

Fred Thompson Internet Candidate?

2007-06-08T20:09:00.000-07:00

Turkey leader backs idea of attack on Kurdish rebels in Iraq

2007-05-25T11:26:00.001-07:00

The prime minister said he would back Turkey's generals if they decide to retaliate for a suicide bombing in the capital by striking Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq.read more digg story

Bush Authorizes New Covert Action Against Iran

2007-05-22T19:16:00.001-07:00

The CIA has received secret presidential approval to mount a covert "black" operation to destabilize the Iranian government, current and former officials in the intelligence community tell the Blotter on ABCNews.com.read more | digg story

Two People I Wouldn't Want as President

2007-05-22T18:21:00.000-07:00

On Liberty and Freedom:"We look upon authority too often and focus over and over again, for 30 or 40 or 50 years, as if there is something wrong with authority. We see only the oppressive side of authority. Maybe it comes out of our history and our background. What we don't see is that freedom is not a concept in which people can do anything they want, be anything

Rudy Giuliani: America's Mayor or American Fraud

2007-05-21T17:47:00.001-07:00

Since 9/11 happened, Rudy Giuliani, more than any other politician has reaped the benefits, both politically and financially, but does he deserve it? If Rudy is running on 9/11 let's take a look at the record.In a 20 May 2007 transcript from Hannity's America Giuliani states:I actually didn't expect it at a Democratic debate. It was sort of the kind of thing that I remember like the Saudi prince

Giuliani Spins, Calls Ron Paul's Debate Statement a "Conspiracy Theory"

2007-05-21T14:01:00.001-07:00

And of course, this was the whole debate that's been going on — were Iraq and Al Qaeda tied with each other? I mean, it seemed like it was so off the wall. And there are so many of these conspiracy theories about September 11, to hear one coming from a Republican was very, very disappointing...I had to step in, somebody had to correct this.read more | digg story

Giuliani has business ties to FOXNEWS, NY Post, and the Saudi Royal Family

2007-05-21T08:55:00.001-07:00

Giuliani has been getting positive press on FOXNEWS and the NY Post after his factually incorrect response of Texas Congressman and Presidential Candidate Ron Paul. Shouldn't both media outlets have to disclose this relationship when they run stories? Last night Giuliani and Hannity called Ron's statement a crazy "conspiracy theory."read more digg story

Open Letter to Sean Hannity

2007-05-20T09:39:00.000-07:00

Dear Sean,Sunday night on Hannity's America you called Ron Paul's statement a crazy "conspiracy theory" when he said in the debates that US Foreign Policy contributed toward western hatred and provided a recruiting tool for Al Qaeda. That 9/11 was "blowback" for US intervention in the Middle East. What is it that compels you to deny reality? Supporters of Ron Paul will help you come to grips.

Amnesty for All?

2007-05-17T18:52:00.000-07:00

To people who still support Bush, the "viable" Republican contenders running and not yet running, and the Republicans in Congress:Apologize for Rockefellers and you get Rockefeller Republican policy. The Libertarians and Paleoconservatives are unreasonable? What did you think we have been complaining about? This President and many in Congress are not Conservatives, they have a track record on

What Global Caliphate?

2007-05-16T21:07:00.000-07:00

How this Global Caliphate is going to happen? Nobody who has ever advocated that position has given me a plausible strategy of how this will come about.Now the AEI which posesses much influence over our current foreign policy are students of Machiavelli. They have written about him with great admiration. They handed this book out to members of Congress. Machiavelli according to Michael Ledeen, in

Hannity scolded Ron Paul for not wanting to Police the World, BUT...

2007-05-16T13:28:00.001-07:00

"But you know what? There's a lot of massacres going on in the world. As you know, 37,000 Kurds in Turkey, over a million people in Sudan. We have hundreds of thousands in Rwanda and Burundi. I mean, where do we stop?"- Hannity, March 24, 1999read more | digg story

FOXNEWS scared of Ron Paul???

2007-05-15T18:36:00.000-07:00

Just follow these simple text message instructions to vote on who won the Republican Debate. I am pretty sure FOXNEWS knows the "internets" exist but for some unforeseen reason they decide not to have a poll that way.Giuliani attacks Ron Paul when he states the fact of why they attacked us, what their recruiting slogan is. Playing the 9/11 card? Waving the bloody shirt? Well those in glass

Rice, Putin Hold Tense Moscow Talks

2007-05-15T08:17:00.001-07:00

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday on a visit aimed at allaying Russian complaints of American interference in both the military and political spheres.read more | digg story

Switzerland investigating BAE over money laundering: report

2007-05-14T08:35:00.001-07:00

"Relating to BAE Systems, the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland confirms having opened its own investigation into possible money laundering," the federal prosecutor's office in Bern told The Guardian newspaper.read more | digg story

MSM Spin: Reuters Makes Big Omission on Iran-US Timeline

2007-05-13T19:50:00.000-07:00

Reuters omits important info in their Iran timeline. Please add any other omissions in the comments.Read the Reuters Article.From Article:Following is a chronology of major events in U.S.-Iranian relations.1953 - CIA helps orchestrate the overthrow of Iran's popular Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh, restoring Shah of Iran, Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, to power.1979 - Revolt forces U.S.-backed Shah to

Bobby Kennedy: America's first JFK assassination conspiracy theorist

2007-05-13T19:48:00.001-07:00

Bobby's phone call to Langley on the afternoon of Nov. 22 was a stunning outburst. Getting a ranking official on the phone -- whose identity is still unknown -- Kennedy confronted him in a voice vibrating with fury and pain. "Did your outfit have anything to do with this horror?" Kennedy erupted.read more | digg story

Terrorism suspects often seem far from al-Qaeda's 'A' team

2007-05-13T19:37:00.001-07:00

When it came to waging holy war, Nuradin Abdi's spirit was willing, according to federal charges filed against him in 2004. But his flesh, all 250-plus pounds of it, was another matter.read more | digg story

FBI says domestic extremists big threat

2007-05-13T19:33:00.001-07:00

The bureau also has spent millions of dollars cultivating paid informants. But in some cases the FBI has been accused of not vetting its sources or of allowing them to pressure suspects into committing illegal acts or even entrapping them.read more | digg story

Israeli Arab ex-MP denies spy charges

2007-05-11T21:39:00.000-07:00

Source ::: AFP JERUSALEM • Israeli Arab former MP Azmi Bishara denied charges of spying for Lebanon's Hezbollah militia but acknowledged criticising its rocketing of Arab villages in Israel, in an interview published yesterday. "I am not a spy," Bishara said, according to excerpts of the interview in the mass-selling Yediot Aharonot. Israeli authorities suspect

Pastor pleads guilty to 15 counts of sexual exploitation of children

2007-05-11T21:24:00.001-07:00

Please Digg this up. "Men of the cloth" that do these things deserve to be made famous.A former Camden pastor pleaded guilty earlier this week to 15 counts of sexual exploitation of children and was sentenced to five years in prison.read more | digg story

Sarkozy in, French delay 10 Billion Dollar Iranian Investment

2007-05-11T20:48:00.000-07:00

PARIS: The Chief Executive of France's Total said a final decision on whether to proceed with a $10 billion natural gas project in Iran was being delayed by diplomatic problems and cost increases. Tehran said last month it hoped for a decision within three or four months, but politicians in the United States, which accuses Iran of seeking atomic weapons, have threatened sanctions if Total or

Fort Dix: FBI Informant Played Big Part in Planning Attack

2007-05-11T08:06:00.001-07:00

He railed against the United States, helped scout out military installations for attack, offered to introduce his comrades to an arms dealer and gave them a list of weapons he could procure, including machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades. These were not the actions of a terrorist, but of a paid FBI informant who helped bring down...read more digg story

Bush signs National Security Directive in Case of Big "Terrorist" Attack

2007-05-10T20:11:00.001-07:00

I do not like the looks of this. Everyone needs to read this, straight from the White House.read more | digg story

U.S.: Iran helping some Sunni insurgents

2007-05-10T18:05:00.001-07:00

I don't know if I buy this. Looks like a convienant way to connect Iran and Al Qaeda. Al Qaeda would love to see the America invade the Shiites: BAGHDAD - A U.S. military spokesman said Wednesday that Shiite-dominated Iran is providing support to some Sunni insurgents fighting American forces in Iraq.read more | digg story

Agent says mom tipped off cop son, still on force

2007-05-10T17:54:00.001-07:00

An FBI agent testifying in federal court Wednesday said the mother of the ringleader of a group of crooked Englewood police officers was suspected of trying to warn her son that he was under investigation while she worked in the Chicago police internal affairs division.read more | digg story

Officer facing drug charges ordered held

2007-05-10T08:46:00.001-07:00

BOSTON - A Boston police officer facing drug and extortion charges admitted after his arrest last week that he helped a drug dealer collect a drug debt on several occasions while in uniform, an FBI agent testified.read more digg story

Voice expert doubts caller was key witness in Poindexter case

2007-05-10T08:39:00.001-07:00

OMAHA, Neb. - A voice expert repeated his doubts that a key witness in a 1971 murder trial of two black radical activists placed the fatal 911 call he says he did. The 911 tape was not played at the 1971 trial. Obtained after the trial, a 1970 memo between Omaha police and the FBI said the tape could affect the prosecution's case.read more digg story

Venezuela Seizes Last Private Oil Fields

2007-05-10T08:23:00.001-07:00

President Hugo Chavez's government took over Venezuela's last privately run oil fields Tuesday, intensifying a power struggle with international companies over the world's largest known single petroleum deposit.read more digg story

Venezuela criticizes DEA as 'new cartel'

2007-05-10T08:18:00.001-07:00

Justice Minister Pedro Carreno said the South American nation suspended cooperation with the agency in 2005 after determining that "they were moving a large amount of drugs." President Hugo Chavez at the time also accused the DEA of spying.read more digg story

Venezuela's President Declares Country will Quit the World Bank and the IMF

2007-05-10T08:16:00.001-07:00

"We are going to withdraw before they go and rob us," he said in a TV broadcast. Venezuela has paid off all its debts so the move is largely symbolic.read more digg story

US and Saudis Sponsoring Covert Action Against Iran

2007-05-10T07:29:00.001-07:00

The governments of Saudi Arabia and the United States are working with other states in the Middle East region to sponsor covert action against Iran, according to a report in this month's edition of The Atlantic. The report also suggests that covert attacks may occur against Iran's oil sector.read more digg story

An Interactive Map of Global Investment in Iran.

2007-05-10T07:22:00.001-07:00

Interactive web site you can check by A) Country Listing B) Global Map or C) Company Listing. Just please keep in mind this is from the same people that brought you the Iraq War. It is very interesting info though.read more digg story

Bush Won't Give up Military Option on Iran Says Rice

2007-05-10T07:17:00.001-07:00

U.S. President George W. Bush will keep a military option on the table as he seeks a diplomatic solution to the standoff with Iran over its nuclear plans, Condi Rice said.read more digg story

U.S. Plans to Attack Iran from US base in Kyrgyztan Denied

2007-05-10T07:10:00.000-07:00

On May 3 Marie Yovanovitch, U.S. Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan, denied reports that the Manas base near Bishkek is being used to store nuclear weapons for a possible attack on Iran. Yovanovitch commented on the “ridiculous” nature of these allegations, which suggested that the U.S. military could use low-yield nuclear weapons to attack Iranian nuclear...Read Story Here.Digg Link.

Those Questioned in the Hazleton Shooting are not Illegal Aliens

2007-05-10T04:48:00.000-07:00

Looks like this won't start up the illegal immigration debate: Ferdinand said none of those involved in Wednesday’s shooting are believed to be illegal immigrants. Yet a small city with historically little to no crime still has to deal with an increase in not only crime but violent crime. The people of Hazleton are fed up and rightly so.Read the story here.

Putin Is Said to Compare U.S. Policies to Third Reich

2007-05-09T19:27:00.000-07:00

If we continue to police the world, the opposition is not just going to be rag tag "terrorist" groups and third world nations, it is going to be Russia and China. Both have invested in Iran. We would be wise to consider that when we remind ourselves of how much of our debt China has bought up. Who thinks they might start dumping dollars if we mess with Iran. Not only that we will face a new front

Shooting in Hazleton Pennsylvania

2007-05-09T17:38:00.001-07:00

Details are sketchy but if the shooters turn out to be illegal aliens, this will heat up the illegal immigration debate:Shots rang out on a street in Hazleton Wednesday afternoon. When it was over, three people were hurt and several men were in police custody. The shooting comes one year, almost to the day, of a deadly shooting just yards away.read more | digg story

Ron Paul and the DC Madam

2007-05-08T19:21:00.000-07:00

ABC "News", owned by Disney, who owns a 37.5% interest of A&E Networks, which owns the History Channel, is where many Americans learn their perception of history. First ABC whitewashes the whole DC Madam story when people with sensitive national secrets may have been running around with prostitutes. The use of prostitutes is a classic espionage and blackmail tactic. Those people should have

Adviser to Duncan Hunter attacks Ron Paul and his Supporters

2007-05-07T19:50:00.001-07:00

John Hawkins, the founder of RightWingNews and an adviser to Duncan Hunter: "Ron Paul’s people spam these polls,” says Hawkins. “We’re actually appealing to conservatives and slowly rising in those polls across the board. Paul’s our Dennis Kucinich. He’s not a conservative. He’s a libertarian. He’s a kook, and his supporters are pretty obnoxious.”read more | digg story

From the Vault: Unconstitutional Warrantless Wiretapping

2007-05-06T10:51:00.000-07:00

Amendment IV"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized. "Since the fourth amendment explicitly calls for all

New Campaign Tactics

2007-05-05T22:20:00.000-07:00

Ron Paul...WOW...he has the same first name as Ron Reagan. You should definitely vote him for President based on this. I think this completely makes him electable.I know it's shallow but I already tried explaining what conservative policy is and has historically been to a lot of fellow Republicans and they just aimlessly stare at me, shaking in fear that Muslims will be under their bed when we

Why are the Terrorists KILLING us?

2007-04-09T17:58:00.000-07:00

Our main problems are the amount of foreign welfare we pump out of our country at the expense of the taxpayer and it is the world policing we have done, especially since the end of the Cold War, also at the expense of the taxpayer. When Bush campaigned he said he would advocate a "humble foreign policy" That is because us conservatives were sick of being the world's policeman, getting involved in

State of The Republic

2007-04-07T07:47:00.000-07:00

I know the speech is from 1998, but it is still relevant today. Please take the time out to read it:http://www.house.gov/paul/congrec/congrec98/cr012898.htm

Fresh from the Mailbox...

2007-04-06T17:05:00.000-07:00

The American Conservative Magazine (Started by Pat Buchanan)Deep Backround by Philip Giraldi (A former CIA Officer)He did a small article, a few issues ago, that we were covertly funding and arming Fatah Militas sympathetic to Abbas, in order to combat Hamas in the Palestinian territories. Then about a week or two later stories start popping up in the MSM about new violence between Fatah and

Another Windsurfing Massachusetts Politician

2007-04-06T09:24:00.000-07:00

From Today's Philly Daily NewsSigne Wilkinson

Why Hugh Hewitt is an Establishment Parasite

2007-04-05T18:02:00.000-07:00

Hugh Hewitt thought he was smart. He really thought people would see it his way. He ambushed Tom Tancredo in an interview with twisted logic and zealous fervor and made a HUGE ASS out of himself. Why? Because he has a boyfriend in the race, Mitt Romney. Romney is backed by Bush's backers, both fundraising and public relations, mainly through Jeb, just in case McCain stays steady. I had a Pro

Ron Paul on Bill Maher

2007-04-01T09:36:00.000-07:00

Ron Paul was on Bill Maher's show Friday and it confirmed some things I suspected about both people.Bill Maher is a joke. He wasn't that good at standup but it is better than his politcal commentating. His viewpoints are very narrow, he's very full of himself, and he get his lunch handed to him whenever someone who actually has a grasp of history and politics goes on his show. I personally