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Among all the GOP presidential candidates, he's the only one who stands for constitutionally limited government
The controversy surrounding decades-old newsletters to which GOP presidential aspirant Ron Paul lent his name is regrettable. First, it is regrettable because the sometimes bigoted, intolerant content of those newsletters is inconsistent with the views of the congressman as understood by those of us who know him. Yet, while Mr. Paul disavows supporting those ideas, he refuses to repudiate his close association with their likely source, Lew Rockwell, head of the Alabama-based Mises Institute.
Second, the New York Times editorialized recently that these unsavory writings "will leave a lasting stain on . . . the libertarian movement." That is wishful thinking on the part of the Times, but it adds to the background noise surrounding Mr. Paul's candidacy, obscuring the real libertarian policy initiatives that have made his candidacy the most remarkable development of the 2012 campaign.
Ron Paul's libertarian campaign has traction because so many Americans respond to his messages:
• Tax and spending. If ever there were sound and fury signifying nothing, it has to be the recent "debate" over the budget. Covered by the media as though it was negotiations on the Treaty of Versailles, the wrestling match between Republicans and Democrats centered on the nearly trivial question of whether the $12 trillion increase in the national debt over the next decade should be reduced by 3% or 2%.
Mr. Paul would cut the federal budget by $1 trillion immediately. He can't do it, of course, but voters sense he really wants to. As Milton Friedman once explained, the true tax on the American people is the level of spending—the resources taken from the private sector and employed in the public sector. Whether financed from direct taxation, inflation or borrowing, spending is the burden.
• Foreign policy and military spending. As the only candidate other than Jon Huntsman who says it is past time to bring the troops home from Afghanistan, Mr. Paul has tapped into a stirring recognition by limited-government Republicans and independents that an overreaching military presence around the world is inconsistent with small, constitutional government at home.
The massive cost of these interventions, in treasure and blood, highlights what a mistake they are, as sensible people on the left and right recognized from the beginning. Of course we want a strong military capable of defending the United States, but our current expenditures equal what the rest of the world spends, which makes little sense. It is futile to try to be the world's policeman—to try to create an American Empire as so many neoconservatives promote. And we can't afford it.
• Civil liberties. Libertarians often differ with conservatives over issues related to civil liberties. Mr. Paul's huge support among young people is due in large part to his fierce commitment to protecting the individual liberties guaranteed us in the Constitution. He would work to repeal significant parts of the so-called Patriot Act. Its many civil liberties transgressions include the issuance by the executive branch of National Security Letters (a form of administrative subpoena) without a court order, and the forbiddance of American citizens from mentioning that they have received one of these letters at the risk of jail.
The Bush and Obama administrations have claimed the right to incarcerate an American citizen on American soil, without charge, without access to an attorney, for an indefinite period.
President Obama even claims the right to kill American citizens on foreign soil, without due process of law, for suspected terrorist activities. Meanwhile, the Stop Online Piracy Act moving through the House is a clear effort by the federal government to censor the Internet. Mr. Paul stands up against all this, which should and does engender support from limited government advocates in the GOP.
• Austrian economics. Mr. Paul is often criticized for references to what some consider obscure economists of the so-called Austrian School. People should read them before criticizing. Nobel laureate Friedrich von Hayek and his mentor Ludwig von Mises were two of the greatest economists and social scientists ever to live.
Modern Austrian School economists such as Lawrence H. White, now at George Mason University, and Fred Foldvary at Santa Clara University predicted the housing bubble and the recession that followed the massive, multitrillion-dollar malinvestment caused by government redirection of capital into housing. Mr. Paul, like Austrian School economists, understands that we would be better off with a gold standard, competing currencies or a monetary rule than with the arbitrary and discretionary powers of our out-of-control Federal Reserve.
Mr. Paul should be given credit for his efforts to promote these ideas and other libertarian policies, all of which would make America better off. He'd be the first to admit he's not the most erudite candidate to make the case, but surely part of his appeal is his very genuine persona....
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Texas Gov. Rick Perry offered the broad outlines of his foreign policy philosophy at an annual gathering of veterans Monday, telling attendees that he opposes "military adventurism" while also advocating for "taking the fight to the enemy" and decrying indecision by "multi-lateral debating societies" at times of international crisis.
Link : http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/08/29/7512647-perry-offers-outline-of-foreign-policy-platformTexas Gov. Rick Perry offered the broad outlines of his foreign policy philosophy at... more
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Democrats are often known for loosing their passion after a crowning achievement, especially when our achievement can be somewhat tempered by a weakness in the astounding number of accomplishments that have been made. YES, there have been a huge number of issues addressed; but to no one's satisfaction. Nearly all acts have been so diluted or under funded or not funded at all. Even more threats by the GOP to pull back funding on issues. What are we to do?
Why do we put our tails between our legs and heads down turn away from our fight? Why have we started waving a white flag of surrender when we are still in charge. Why are we not using the power that we have, why is our Senate failing us so miserably, why is our President not using his personal and professional power?
Republicans are meeting all across the country to determine strategy, define plans and develop new “buzzwords” to use against Democrats and to promote Republicans. They are fighting to disallow voting rights, they are forcing issues to rise to the top and exploiting the issues in a negative form against the Democrats even though many of the issues could be easily fought back as positives for our causes. We allow them to call us “baby killers” and Constitutionally inoperative (among others). I have decided to read the Constitution at least once a month; each and every time, I fail to see where the Republicans have a higher level of understanding or claim to its basic principles.
Do phone banks work? I don't think they are very effective use of resources.
Does door knocking work? I don't answer my door unless I am expecting someone. Way too much investment of time for little to no pay off.
What do I think works? I think Grassroots efforts that are made of community events. Such as Cinco de Mayo festivities, recent ethnic gatherings, fairs, rodeos, community functions, community newspapers, and so on and so forth. Where are the local representatives for the communities? Why don't we organize street dances, parties where we can all mingle at exchange information? Shouldn't we be in community centers and in neighborhood streets. Can't we find local talent that would donate a couple of hours of prime time entertainment?
Why don't we get together to discuss our platform and our strategy to include and expand our membership? Brainstroming is maybe an obsolete term today but still it works. We have great leaders but we are not using them effectively.
Where is our presence? What are we doing?Democrats are often known for loosing their passion after a crowning achievement,... more
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Commonly referred to as the FLIP ship, it is actually a 355ft long, spoon-shaped buoy which can be flipped from horizontal to a vertical position by pumping 700t of seawater into the 'handle' end whilst flooding air into the 'cradle', causing it to rise up out of the sea. Once the 28 minute transformation from horizontal to vertical has taken place, 300m of the buoy are submerged underwater, keeping the 700 long-ton mass steady and making it perfect for researching wave height, acoustic signals, water temperature and density, and for the collection of meteorological data. http://www.makeahistory.com/index.php/your-details/42946-flipboatCommonly referred to as the FLIP ship, it is actually a 355ft long, spoon-shaped buoy... more
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The U.S. Coast Guard said this morning that a natural gas and oil drilling platform exploded 80 miles off the coast of Louisiana. A Coast Guard spokesperson said the platform, Vermilion Oil Rig 360, is an oil and gas platform in 2,500 feet of water and is owned by Houston-based Mariner Energy. It is not currently producing oil or gas. (The AP updates its story to note the platform was in production at the time of the fire.) Apache Corp. recently purchased Mariner in a multi-billion dollar deal.
Just yesterday, however, the Financial Times reported that employees from Apache and Mariner, along with thousands of oil industry workers, rallied in Houston to protest the Obama administration’s offshore drilling moratorium that was designed as a safety precaution after BP’s disastrous Gulf oil spill. A Mariner Energy employee chastised the Obama administration for its drilling moratorium, which would not have affected the rig that exploded today:
Companies ranging from Chevron to Apache bussed in up to 5,000 employees to the Houston convention centre to underline to Washington the industry’s contribution to the country. [...]
“I have been in the oil and gas industry for 40 years, and this administration is trying to break us,” said Barbara Dianne Hagood, senior landman for Mariner Energy, a small company. “The moratorium they imposed is going to be a financial disaster for the gulf coast, gulf coast employees and gulf coast residents.”
Apache Corp. recently agreed to buy BP assets in order to help the British oil giant meet its financial obligations as a result of its Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
Thirteen workers were on the rig when it exploded; the Coast Guard has said that “all 13 workers involved in the production platform explosion are accounted for, but one person is injured.”
The Washington Post reports, "In its recent Securities and Exchange filing, the company said that the Interior Department's moratorium on deep-water drilling in the Gulf of Mexico had affected Mariner's operations. It said its operations 'may be impacted in the future by increased regulatory oversight, which may increase the cost of' Outer Continental Shelf wells 'and delay drilling and production therefrom.'"http://www.energyboom.com/policy/one-day-explosion-mariner-energy-employees-rallied-aga... more
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On the evening of the 28th of June at approx 7:15pm, Liberate Tate In protest over BP's sponsorship of the arts performed a "Solemn" oil like spill at the Tates Summer party.
Dressed in black and veiled the performers carrying black buckets with BP logos spewed molasses over the entrance way as onlookers watched in amazement as the Portland stone floor was consumed by the black oil like mess.
Feathers were scattered and filled the air and in the same manner of approach the artists gracefully paced their escape.
Licence to Spill
"Apart from catastrophic spills like the Deepwater Horizon, there are a whole host of adverse impacts that are associated with the production of oil. On the local level, it often involves extreme forms of pollution for local communities, while regionally oil is frequently associated with greater militarization and conflict. Globally, carbon emissions, oil companies, and our collective dependence on the product they push, are taking us ever closer to the edge of climate catastrophe. "
To download Licence to Spill, a new release from Platform, visit http://www.carbonweb.org/showitem.asp...
Info : http://www.artnotoil.org.uk/On the evening of the 28th of June at approx 7:15pm, Liberate Tate In protest over... more
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Harold the Homeboy has decided to climb a huge tower he found the other day. It’s up to you to help him get as high as possible without falling down, and collect extra points by doing cool moves on the way. Icy Tower is a fun and short, yet addictive game, where your only goal is to gain as many points as possible. The best way is to climb really high and make combo jumps on the way. The game brings you custom characters, unlockable floor types, replays to share with your friends, and lots of combo rewards.Harold the Homeboy has decided to climb a huge tower he found the other day.... more
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The United States Air Force (USAF) has launched a secret space plane into orbit, carried in the nose of an Atlas 5 rocket. The USAF is not calling the X-37B a weapon or anything else, and the classified mission was broadcast live, but only for several minutes into the flight. The plane, built by Boeing, was originally part of a NASA programme but was later abandoned and turned over to a secretive USAF unit. http://www.makeahistory.com/index.php/submit-an-article/323-secret-robotic-space-plane-launched-by-us-air-forceThe United States Air Force (USAF) has launched a secret space plane into orbit,... more
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Want an outlet for your creative ideas? Like to share your opinion, tell a story, or write articles on just about anything that interests you? Why not build a blog. No need to worry about those technical computer languages and codes. Learn how to do all these by simply clicking some buttons. Yes, thanks to WordPress Free Blogging Platform Software.Want an outlet for your creative ideas? Like to share your opinion, tell a story, or... more
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In today’s Time Magazine online we learn that in the State of Vermont, among perhaps the most left leaning population in the Union, a secessionist movement has started in the wake of these unpopular wars. They have a slate of anti-war and secessionist candidates and they are running for office in the state. The piece is entitled Secessionist Campaign for the Republic of Vermont .
It seems that roughly 13% of the state’s population presently claims that they support the movement. Here is an excerpt from the article:
“According to a 2007 poll, they have support from at least 13% of state voters. The campaign slogan, Naylor told me, is “Imagine Free Vermont.” In his fondest imaginings, Naylor said, Vermonters would not be “forced to participate in killing women and children in the Middle East.”
This is what happens when our nation continually engages in these ridiculous and unnecessary wars overseas without taking into account the wishes of her citizens.
This is what happens when Amerika places money and potential power grabs overseas ahead of the wishes of the people and instead caters to the whims of the military industrial complex, the emerging market manipulators, the war industry captains, the energy cartels and any other group that the Supreme Court has now given the powers of citizenship.
It is no accident that this is now public knowledge throughout the nation after the Supreme Court decided that money rules our political system.
No it does not.
We now face serious attempts at secession from citizens who have no intention of being ignored by the central government and its manipulating, puppet-master elites who constantly have access to the levers of power, regardless of the will of the citizens at large.
Fascism in our country is now facing a viable and growing citizens’ anti-war and secessionist movement willing to finance candidates who support state secession and an anti-war platform.
We are talking about civil war ultimately if this carries through to its logical end.
Does Washington D.C. understand this?
This is the ultimate result of generation upon generation of rule by the elites, rule by the Robber Barons, rule of money and its supposed power over the will of the people. One man, one vote cannot be ignored forever.
Money and its power is meaningless in this situation if civil war ensues because aware citizens realize that they have been preempted by money, power, position and ignorance of what it means to carry the burdens of working class America.
Don’t anybody ever say that I did not say for years, “I told you so!”
The chickens are coming home to roost.In today’s Time Magazine online we learn that in the State of Vermont, among... more
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If the Italian left did not exist, Berlusconi would have to invent it on purpose. If Italy is in full democratic emergency, that's in part the fault of center-left parties. Between 94 and 96 the commitee for elections of the House saved Berlusconi several times with the votes of the left, even if it should have legitimately prevent a holder of tv concessions to stand for an elective office.
http://www.inaltreparole.net/en/whatpoliticiansdo/sinistrapd291209.htmlIf the Italian left did not exist, Berlusconi would have to invent it on purpose. If... more
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Many of you will definitely want to read this. Those of you who liked the Post hires a whore story will be glad to know that the Post also has Richard Cohen giving counterpoint to Eliot Spitzer's toy.Many of you will definitely want to read this. Those of you who liked the Post hires a... more
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“With Windows Azure you can quickly achieve what, a year ago, would have taken more people, more money, and a lot more time. It’s going to enable applications of types we’ve never seen before.”“With Windows Azure you can quickly achieve what, a year ago, would have taken... more
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Due to Visual WebGui cloud application platform, developers can now deploy their applications to Windows Azure with the click of a button with no re-writes or new programming skills needed.Due to Visual WebGui cloud application platform, developers can now deploy their... more
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Every Monday is the “Wish List,” a blog entry dedicated to one online shopping site where a dream outfit is compiled editorial style from the site. The blogger is a magazine editor so the page is like her dream editorial spread as if she had complete creative rights without any Editor cutting her off! She gives you a great history about the brand, a little story about the look she compiled and then picks the outfit based on the theme of the spread adding captions explaining each item she’s chosen. Really fun and unique. This week it’s classic Calvin Klein and she has chosen really sleek pieces that are perfect for any party or event. The look is for the PR girl or ant profession where you have to wear black but don’t want to look dowdy. Trust me, with this sexy bustier dress, and amazing leopard print heels, you will look anything like wallpaper.
Really fun fashion page that shows off trends in a really eclectic way. Blogger has an amazingly eclectic site with everything from beauty, fashion, diary style entries, poetry, life in the magazine world----this girl has everything. Already winner of the prestigious “Blog Of The Day Award” (some people take years to earn this—she’s only had her blog up 6 weeks!) and on top level blog rolls of awesome bloggers, this girl is amazing. A+++++Every Monday is the “Wish List,” a blog entry dedicated to one online... more
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Every Monday is the “Wish List,” a blog entry dedicated to one online shopping site where a dream outfit is compiled editorial style from the site. The blogger is a magazine editor so the page is like her dream editorial spread as if she had complete creative rights without any Editor cutting her off! She gives you a great history about the brand, a little story about the look she compiled and then picks the outfit based on the theme of the spread adding captions explaining each item she’s chosen. Really fun and unique. This week it’s the cutting edge label MARNI and she has chosen a to die for duster jacket that is a unique take on the trench (it almost looks hand painted), killer heels, 1950’s lingerie, and much, much more!
Really fun fashion page that shows off trends in a really eclectic way. Blogger has an amazingly eclectic site with everything from beauty, fashion, diary style entries, poetry, life in the magazine world----this girl has everything. Already winner of the prestigious “Blog Of The Day Award” (some people take years to earn this—she’s only had her blog up 6 weeks!) and on top level blog rolls of awesome bloggers, this girl is amazing. A+++++
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A computer or a laptop is one of the electrical appliances that eats up a considerable amount of energy. This may increase your electricity bill and cause a financial burden. Below are nine powerful tips that may help to lessen the energy consumption and at the same time, reduce the money you spend on electricity.A computer or a laptop is one of the electrical appliances that eats up a considerable... more
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