NDAA floor speech jan 18, 2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tg69QM1yXQQ&feature=uploademail
"My campaign, and the entire freedom movement, would not be as strong as they are today without a free Internet, and that's just one of the reasons why the establishment hopes to censor it with SOPA and PIPA. I'm proud to see so many taking a stand today. Contact your representative and senators and tell them to oppose these disastrous bills."
Taxation is theft and elections are an advance auction on stolen goods. -Mencken
More SC Senators Come Forward to Endorse Ron Paul for President!
Ron Paul is America's leading voice for limited, constitutional government, low taxes, free markets, sound money, and a pro-America foreign policy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZF2PVeZfJI
has the republican party become an echo of the democrat party? what does conservative mean? more or less spending, more or less government agencies, more or less debt, removing or protecting civil liberties?
Senator Rand Paul promises to filibuster SOPA / PIPA legislation!
The best way to save money is to concentrate our defenses here at home. -Senator Jim DeMint on FreedomWatch
Rumble in South Carolina! Tea Party Titans Demint and S.C. Senator Tom Davis tell the GOP to go libertarian!
Urgent: House refuses to raise debt ceiling, votes to "disapprove" Obama's request
Military wife tells off neocon Kristol
Last week on a C-Span morning call-in show, a military wife took issue with William Kristol's disconnect from the personal strains of military families. Kristol was almost speechless
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=io6lRzz1JVw
I've received a lot of email about SOPA, PIPA, and blackouts, but I do not think readers should be penalized for the latest evil from the government. Should we also go dark over the drug war or NDAA or torture or the predator drones or 1 million dead in Iraq? Better that we speak out, and never silence ourselves.
"The world knows an emergency is coming [in West Africa] but ignores it until confronted with TV pictures of desperately malnourished children..." - Justin Forsyth, save the children
"slow response to east africa famine 'cost lives'
http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120118/ap_on_re_af/af_east_africa_famine
weird thought we just did a humanitarian thing right in libya, but we can't help these people hmmmm maybe what we did in libya wasn't humanitarian aid!
The neoconservatives — a name they gave themselves — diligently worked their way into positions of power and influence. They documented their goals, strategy and moral justification for all they hoped to accomplish. Above all else, they were not and are not conservatives dedicated to limited, constitutional government. There is now a recognized philosophic connection between modern-day neoconservatives and Irving Kristol, Leo Strauss and Machiavelli.
We've Been Neo-Conned
http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul110.html
This post has been removed in accordance with the H.R.3261 "Stop Online Piracy Act" and S.968 "PROTECT IP"
I just returned from S. Carolina and talked to those soldiers, and they like Ron Paul. It's the Military contractors who I speak to that don't like Ron Paul. The soldiers really like him. -Juan Williams on FreedomWatch
"Let's have our troops come home and defend our country. That's not draconian, that's very responsible. Our debt is greater than our GDP, it's time to come home." -S.C. Senator Tom Davis on FreedomWatch
CHARLESTON, South Carolina—Ron Paul's presidential campaign has a message for Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum, and Rick Perry after they failed to get on the Virginia ballot — "it's over."
The three candidates joined in a lawsuit seeking to challenge the signature requirement for the Virginia primary ballot, but were unsuccessful in winning the right to appear.
“It’s over,” said Ron Paul 2012 National Campaign Chairman Jesse Benton in a statement to the press. “Ron Paul, the candidate of real change, will face off against establishment flip-flopper Mitt Romney in the Virginia primary, making that that Tuesday less ‘super’ for serial hypocrite Newt Gingrich, counterfeit conservative Rick Santorum, and Rick Perry, who I should mention is marginally attached to the presidential race.”
Here is the full statement from the Paul campaign:
It's Over – Only Two Republican Candidates on Virginia Ballot
In the Commonwealth, real change candidate and Champion of the Constitution Ron Paul will face down establishment flip-flopper Mitt Romney
LAKE JACKSON, Texas – 2012 Republican Presidential candidate Ron Paul, the constitutionally-observant candidate of real change, will face down establishment candidate and notorious flip-flopper Mitt Romney in a head-to-head matchup in the Virginia primary.
The Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied four candidates’ appeals to appear on the ballot after their glaring failure to comply with the Commonwealth’s stringent, but widely-known, ballot access requirements.
Former candidate Jon Huntsman and Rick Santorum did not file signatures with the Virginia State Board of Elections at all. Rick Perry and Newt Gingrich did file signatures, but fell short of qualifying. Rick Perry then brought a suit against the state challenging the ballot-access requirements to which all candidates were held, and others failing to qualify joined the suit. When the suit was struck down, an injunction was filed in part to reconcile whether and when paper ballots would be printed, and today the final decision was handed down.
Virginia is the nation’s 12th-largest state and its primary election takes place on March 6th – Super Tuesday. The absence of any other candidates on the ballot aside from Paul and Romney, including serial hypocrite Gingrich and counterfeit conservative Santorum, is sending ripple effects throughout key early voting states including South Carolina where Palmetto State voters now are concerned about how their vote will affect the nominating process going forward.
For example, some voters might vote for a candidate with an organization too weak to comply with ballot access requirements. Voting for that candidate would result in a vote wasted, as were the votes of many for candidates who exited the race like Michele Bachmann and Jon Huntsman. Others ponder that only one veteran of the armed forces – Ron Paul – will be on the ballot in Virginia, a state so steeped in military tradition. Still others have observed that only one Evangelical Christian will appear on the ballot there. Indeed, there are many questions.
One thing is certain. And that is, the decision has upended what plaintiffs against the Commonwealth and voters nationwide had expected just hours ago when plaintiffs held onto thin hopes of a reversal, or a convenient exception to the rule of law.
“It’s over,” said Ron Paul 2012 National Campaign Chairman Jesse Benton. “Ron Paul, the candidate of real change, will face off against establishment flip-flopper Mitt Romney in the Virginia primary, making that that Tuesday less ‘super’ for serial hypocrite Newt Gingrich, counterfeit conservative Rick Santorum, and Rick Perry, who I should mention is marginally attached to the presidential race.”
“This legal development affirms that this Republican nominating contest has always been a two-man race between the candidates with the resources and organization required for a 50-state race. Voters nationwide should get behind the candidate of real change as he competes nationwide – and nationwide means a lot of states, including large ones like Virginia,” said Mr. Benton.
“Right now South Carolina voters have vital information helpful for deciding not only who the authentic conservative in the race is – Ron Paul – but whether that candidate leaves South Carolina with a ticket that actually gets him somewhere,” added Mr. Benton.
RTRorg RTR is offline in Protest of - Call Congress now and demand they oppose the SOPA act