While I did NOT personally vote for Barack Obama, because I had determined before the election, to vote my pure conscience this time 'round, I am, however, extremely encouraged by at least one of the recent decisions made by our new President-Elect, Barack Hussein Obama.

If any reader can recall, my biggest reason for turning away from my former strong support of the Bush administration and its Neocon philosophy, was my gradual discovery of massive abuses of human rights, and of the wholesale abandonment of our Bill of Rights, citizen privacy, and of the Constitution in general, by Bush and friends.  I wrote about my private moral/political journey out of the bondage of Neocon mentality, in my VERY FIRST BLOG ENTRY to this blog.  For what it is worth, I have now officially joined—and support—the Libertarian Party, because it is the party that dares to require the pledge from all joining members that:

To validate my membership, I certify that I do not advocate the initiation of force to achieve political or social goals.

This was exactly what Neocons were all about; the initiation of force at home and abroad, to achieve POLITICAL and SOCIAL goals, rather than as a defense of true liberty.  They cherry picked which American "liberties" they liked, and those that they didn't care for, or that got in the way of some pet agenda, they violated without remorse, using "national security" as a convenient front.

In light of the grave concerns I have had for the continuance of LIBERTY in America, I was especially heartened as I did the research,
 


to find out just what kind of philosophy is behind Obama's recent pick of Eric Holder to be our new attorney general, and to head up the domestic branch responsible for "initiation of force" WITHIN AMERICA ITSELF.  I was pleasantly surprised to hear Holder articulate his OWN philosophy of liberty in the following speech, and it gives me some hope for America, after all, to realize that, despite my disagreements with elements of the Obama platform, this one BIG element is not being ignored.  In fact, it made me wonder if it wouldn't be a good idea for Ron Paulites to work WITH Obama, rather than continue to tear him down, now that the elections are all over.  We do not have to agree with his big government positions, but I think it would be helpful for fellow supporters of liberty to work together at least on the issues we can see eye to eye on.  It would also be quite helpful to America's future for people of libertarian viewpoints to be actively engaged with a President-Elect who is claiming that even though he did not win your vote, he has heard your voice.  I HOPE this is true, and I hope he will at least be open to dialog with the likes of Ron Paul, for instance.  But this one thing I know IS true: he HAS heard our voice, at least where human rights and personal liberties are concerned.  Check out the Eric Holder speech for yourself by clicking on the following link.

http://wm.nmmstream.net/genasx/acs/receptionwmv55514.asx

        

I HAVE DECIDED TO VOTE FOR BOB BARR

        

Ron Paul has trounced his Neocon opponent in the Texas battle to retain his seat in congress!



Maybe now, this means that the tired doctor can finally focus all of his attention and energy upon the presidential race still at hand, and get onto some national media outlets to inform the country that he is NOT out of the race, and that there is still a whole lotta racing going on!

Maybe (my private wishful thinking???) Ron Paul can also have some breathing space, now, to rethink the eventual possibility of making a third—or dual—party run (in order to give all voters a real choice come November), at the universal urging of his dedicated supporters everywhere?  I am all in favor of working to reform the Republican party, as well as going the full distance with the Republican party primaries, and even for making a big splashing statement at the convention.  However, I am also in favor of making absolute sure that Ron Paul's name IS on the ballot for every single American voter, because only the tiniest fraction of Americans has really been given any choice, yet.

Please, Dr. Paul, keep letting our suggestion and alternate strategies grow in your mind!  If you do end up changing your mind, and giving in to our urgings, then you can just blame us, your fervent, fun, funding followers, for your change of heart.  All individuals—even politicians—have a right to change their minds.

U. S. Representative District 14

...	Ron	W. Chris	...	...	...
County	Paul (Incumbent)	Peden	Total	Precincts	Total
...	...	...	Votes	Reported	Precincts
ALL COUNTIES	37,220	15,813	53,033	269	269
Early	16,951	7,926	24,877	...	...
ARANSAS	2,575	1,401	3,976	7	7
Early	1,445	857	2,302	...	...
BRAZORIA	11,463	4,411	15,874	51	51
Early	6,099	2,376	8,475	...	...
CALHOUN	618	166	784	26	26
Early	210	66	276	...	...
CHAMBERS	2,397	733	3,130	14	14
Early	953	278	1,231	...	...
FORT BEND	3,778	2,106	5,884	12	12
Early	1,772	1,168	2,940	...	...
GALVESTON	7,962	4,134	12,096	80	80
Early	3,128	1,899	5,027	...	...
JACKSON	681	217	898	10	10
Early	681	217	898	...	...
MATAGORDA	1,280	423	1,703	19	19
Early	469	201	670	...	...
VICTORIA	3,896	1,320	5,216	36	36
Early	1,043	446	1,489	...	...
WHARTON	2,570	902	3,472	14	14
Early	1,151	418	1,569	...	...

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"If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen."

-Samuel Adams

Thank you, David Hoyt, for sharing the above quote.



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Got this from Ron Holland:

Breaking News: Today Ron Paul Just Confirmed To Speak at FreedomFest 2008

My name is Ron Holland & I’m Concerned About My Assets in This Scary Economy!  -
New fears of stagflation, skyrocketing oil prices, the falling dollar, the American housing & credit meltdown and panicky financial markets are the key ingredients in a potential nightmare scenario that could end up being far more than just an ordinary recession. Add to this the future terrorism risks, the uncertainties of the 2008 election and the global instability in foreign affairs and you have 9 reasons why global diversification is so important today. Successful investors should protect and grow some of their wealth outside the narrow confines of American real estate, investment markets, our legal and regulatory system and the dollar before it is too late!

Who would have thought home prices would fall 8.9 % in the final quarter of 2007. Or that the Swiss Franc would almost reach parity with the US dollar as its status as the world’s reserve currency evaporates as quickly as your housing equity, reasonable gas prices or our civil liberties and financial freedoms since 9/11. I want to invite you to join us at two upcoming conferences on the coast of in Belize and our FreedomFest Conference in Las Vegas.

First Learn To Protect Your Wealth - Join Tami and I along with Mark Skousen, Peter Zipper, President of Caye International Bank and other speakers and experts at the Belize Financial Advantage Conference at the Princess Hotel & Casino on the March 26 – 30, 2008. This will be a small, private, intimate conference that combines finance, investments and economics with interesting excursions around Belize from the jungles to the beach.

Here you will learn how to profit from the dollar weakness and benefit from global diversification to protect your wealth and reduce dependence on the dollar and American investment and real estate markets.  For more  details go to the following URL http://www.hollandworldseminars.com/cayebank/index.html and read the additional conference details but time is short so call or e-mail Tami today for more details.

Second, Defend & Expand Your Liberty – Join us and 100 plus speakers and over a thousand attendees at FreedomFest 2008. This is an annual festival described in many ways:  The world’s largest gathering of free minds…..The Trade Show for Liberty….An intellectual feast in a fun town…Three glorious days of “great ideas, great books, and great thinkers.” FreedomFest invites the "best and the brightest" from around the world to talk, strategize, socialize, and celebrate liberty and we want you to join us. In addition most of the speakers in Belize will also participate in the financial topics covered at the conference. See http://www.freedomfest.com for more information. Act fast because the Early Bird Special Registration Rate ends March 15, 2008.

We hope to see many of you at the conferences. You can call Tami Holland toll-free at 866-266-5101 or e-mail her at tami@freedomfest.com if you have questions or to register for either conference.

Best regards,
Ron Holland

PS  If you want to know my opinion on the dollar, the necessity for global diversification as well as  political and foreign policy risks to our wealth, read “The Swiss Preserve Solution” online at http://www.swissconfederationinstitute.org/swisspreserve1.htm

PPS  The credit crisis and housing meltdown offers serious risks but also some opportunities to Americans. I have a report on the crisis entitled “From Real Estate Bubble To Buyers Market” if you want my opinion and recommendations, just e-mail or call Tami for your copy of the free report.

        

Here is the latest Liberty Dollar Update (for historical background use the search function):

February 27, 2008

Dear Liberty Dollar Supporters:

FLASH: Without a doubt, the BIG News is the electronic Liberty Dollar is Back! I am thrilled to announce that the NEW eLibertyDollar (eLD) - Liberty Dollar in digital form - is now available. Very new. Very improved. Check out these key features:

• Low rates based on silver spot
• Available now on our shopping cart. Click HERE
• Instant funding of eLDs to your account
• Exchangeable back into USD
• Spendable via your debit card
• Storage in Switzerland
• Still 100% silver backed
• 100% redeemable in silver

I just posted a blockbuster STATEMENT that details the NEW eLD. Simply CLICK HERE and login with your old eLD username and password to find out how you can lockin silver before the Liberty Dollar Moves Up to the $50 Silver Base and DOUBLE+ your money.

The Liberty Dollar is already two weeks into the Move Up! Its 1/3 the way through the 45 days to the $50 Silver Base. Are you ready to 2.5XY$ on March 23?

As most of you know, when the government raided the warehouse in Idaho and confiscated the silver that backed the original eLD, now referred to as OLD eLDs, those eLDs cannot be redeemed until YOUR silver is rightfully returned to the warehouse. Please note your account is still active and you can still transfer eLD between accounts. You just can't redeem your eLD for your silver at this time.

But that has not stopped the silver market. It seems like the silver market just won't listen to the government, nor should our money! Nor should we be barred from the phenomenal potential that precious metals and the Liberty Dollar now presents. Who doesn't want to double their money? In fact, when the Liberty Dollar Moves Up to the $50 Silver Base, all your Liberty Dollars will increase TWO AND A HALF TMES! Want to 2.5XY$? Get some Liberty Dollars!

Thirty Day Moving average (30DMA) on Friday, February 22, 2008, was $16.76. A long way from the Move Up point of $16 and showing every sign that the Liberty Dollar will indeed arise to the $50 Silver Base on Easter Sunday, March 23, 2008!

Wake up America and arise too a new future of sound money that will bring about limited government and the return of individual liberties! We are rushing head long into the future of private voluntary barter currency… regardless if the government likes it or not. If there is a god in economics… it is the marketplace. Please click HERE for all the info on the new eLD and what it can do for you and America.

In other news…

Merchant services are now available on the Shopping Cart. Now you can order and use your bank card for eLDs which are instantly put into your account, get 2008 Silver Liberty Dollars and everything else on the Shopping Cart. Unfortunately, while card service is now available… it is very expensive at 5%! Please understand that is a significant cost that Liberty Dollar must bear to provide you this service. As the vast majority of orders are place on line, that cost must be reflected in all our pricing. Just another way the power-to-be act against your interest to protect your purchasing power and support the Liberty Dollar.

I regret to inform you that the attorney I retained failed to make any progress toward the return of YOUR silver to the warehouse. In fact, Robert C. Huntley acted un-ethically and was terminated, unfortunately and unjustly he kept an unreasonably large part of the retainer. I have nothing good to say about the disgraceful attorney, Robert C. Huntley in Boise Idaho. If you know an honest attorney in Idaho, please let me know.

Regarding Ron Paul. I support Ron Paul's presidential campaign and enjoy him "popularizing"* the Liberty Dollar before Congress but his statement before the US House of Representatives on February 13, 2008 was incorrect. Congressman Paul said, "The second step to reestablishing competing currencies is to eliminate laws that prohibit the operation of private mints." There are approx. a dozen legal private mints in the United States. Osborne Mint of Cincinnati, America's oldest, dates back to 1835. Plus there is no need to legalize "private currencies". They are legal already! There is NO law against any of the private currencies including the Liberty Dollar… and we don't need any damn approval in a Republic form of government. We need a lot less government, please, Congressman Paul!

Here are two incredible videos about Hitler vs. Ron Paul:
http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/Feature-Article.htm?InfoNo=029305&From=News

Annual National Tour: As we get close to "March"… it is not too early to organize an event in your area and invite me to stop by this summer. The event can be almost anything… legal. This year will be my "Tenth Annual Tour". It is sure to kick ass and be packed with lots of fun… if I am not in jail! Quite frankly, given how slow the government is… and how fast the market is running… I have already started planning the Tour. So if you would like me to stop by, please take the lead, organize an event and let me know your plans. My Tour, just in case FBI Agent Andy is reading this, usually starts in Florida, runs north to New England, Evansville, Midwest, LA, Vancouver, Idaho, Midwest, Texas, and back to Florida from Mid July to mid November, four months, driving 20,000 miles of fun, fun, fun in support of the Liberty Dollar. Please let me know if your are going to take action and participate with an event… because if I don't hear from you… you will probably not hear from me… as there is a lot happening…

If you are headed to IRS Tax Court… you may want to attend the legendary Robert Clarkson's upcoming Tax Court Preparation, March 15-16 in Columbia, South Carolina. The two day-long seminar will explain how to handle your case and conduct yourself in any court action. Visit www.PatriotNetwork.info for more info or contact Robert Clarkson at robert@patriotnetwork.info or 864.225.3061 in Anderson SC. Please mention the Liberty Dollar to Robert who was also raided by Agent Andy who raided the Liberty Dollar.

On a very positive note… There are many many Good Americans who had a great amount confiscated in the Raid and still see the benefit of the Liberty Dollar. Here are the unsolicited comments ofMatt Pitagora, just such an individual and fellow RCO who has made a stand with his own EVERGREEN Hallmarked Liberty Dollar:

A summary of my Liberty Dollar pilgrimage:

Thanks to a friend, I discovered REAL MONEY that is gold and silver, back 1998.

Upon completing G. Edward Griffin's chilling expose of the Federal Reserve, "Creature from Jekyll Island" in 2001, I sprung into action and immediately discovered the Liberty Dollar.

In 2004 I became an LD RCO.

In 2005 I wrote a short book entitled "The Liberty Dollar Story" which I published in January 2006, and still hand out freely to this very day (I can mail a few copies if you wish).

In February 2006 I quit my job in electronics and took over a water store (www.evh2o.com) so that I could better understand the Liberty Dollar from the perspective of my primary customer: the local, retail merchant.

My merchant list expanded until September 2006, when I (and all RCOs) received a letter from the United States Mint claiming that I was engaged in illegal activity per anonymous "prosecutors" within the justice department. Concurrently, the Mint published a damning public warning on their web site.

As Bernard has stated often, "merchants are chickens," which held true in that not only was it virtually impossible to add merchants, I also had merchants asking to be removed from my directory.

Thus began the interminable "wait and see" period.

I began focusing my efforts towards gaining Liberty Associates, and picked up a steady stream of discount customers, while at the same time I have encountered relative success in handing silver and copper Libertys as change to my regular retail customers.

In March 2007, the Liberty Dollar sued the U.S. Treasury and DOJ, and a glimmer of hope parted the oppressive darkness of "public servant" market intervention.

November 14th, 2007 changed it all. On that day, I personally lost, without arrest, indictment or any due process:
3203 ounces of silver
2000 ounces of copper
8 ounces of gold

This seizure of my personal assets essentially equates to the elimination of my retirement fund, although thankfully I still maintain sufficient inventory with which to keep my Liberty Dollar business functioning through these dark times.

Ironically, or appropriately, the raid has garnered more positive publicity than (arguably) the $1.2 FRNs worth of metal could have purchased, and the Ron Paul phenomenon has assisted us greatly in this regard.

Business IS good, and now that we have a new product, while continuing to maintain the moral high ground, the Liberty Dollar will ultimately prevail against the forces of "public service" who seek in vain to eliminate our Constitutionally compliant, and noble business endeavors.

Please peruse my web site in order to better understand my perspective on the Liberty Dollar. www.libertydollarofsanjose.org

Matthew Pitagora
hardcash4hire@yahoo.com

 

*Quote: "Cowardice asks the question: is it safe? Expediency asks the question: is it political? Vanity asks the question: is it popular? But conscience asks the question: is it right? And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor political, nor popular - but one must take it simply because it is right."
Martin Luther King, Jr.

Thank you for your support of the Liberty Dollar - returning America to value - one dollar at a time.

Bernard von NotHaus
Monetary Architect / Editor

 

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This received today:

February 26, 2008


What thrilling rallies we've just had in Texas. First there were the Students for Ron Paul at the University of Texas in Austin. The media said 4,000 came. Our people think there were more like 7,000. In any event, it was a very enthusiastic gathering of our revolutionaries, as even the media admitted.

You will not be surprised to know that the young people there cheered the pure message of liberty: no preemptive wars, no Federal Reserve, no income tax, no police state, no drug war. Just American liberty and the Constitution, in the tradition of the framers.

But the rally in Kileen, though much smaller, may have been just as significant. Kileen is near Fort Hood, and among the 300 people who attended were many active-duty soldiers (though not in uniform) and their families. Whether it was the young man going back to Iraq for his fourth tour, or the sister of a soldier just killed there, they all wanted change in our foreign policy. Most heartbreaking was the young mother who asked for a signed copy of the Constitution for her son, "who will never know his dad." He too was just killed in Iraq.

How can we ask one young American to die for a neocon empire? The soldiers and their families agree with us, which is why our campaign gets more financial support from active-duty and retired military than all the rest combined. They want to defend America, not be part of some globalist scheme to take away our country's independence. And by the way ,at both rallies, nobody was for the monstrous Trans-Texas Corridor or the North American Union.

Coming up soon are the Texas and Ohio primaries, with others like Pennsylvania not long afterwards. We are contesting every one, and we will be heard at the Republican national convention in Minneapolis and beyond. A substantial minority of Americans in all parties, not to speak of Independents, agree with you and me. Until November and beyond, I want to work to turn that minority into a majority, with your help. https://www.ronpaul2008.com/donate/

Sincerely,

Ron

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Dear Dr. Paul,

The other day, a man I had introduced your campaign to, asked me this question:

"I am determined to remain independent," he said, "but I will vote for Ron Paul if he is on the ballot come election day.  Do you think there is any chance that Ron Paul will be on the ballot next November?"

That is the 20, 30+ (?), million dollar question.  I wished with all my heart that I could absolutely assure him, and so many like him, that YES, Ron Paul will for certain be on the ballot come election day, 2008!  Especially do I wish this, given the amazing wildfire of ground support (and sky support, don't forget), record-breaking fundraising efforts, and all of the heartfelt sacrificial effort—strenuous unforgiving effort—which has attended your campaign.  It attended your campaign, that is, up until the time when many got the hopefully erroneous idea, that your campaign is essentially winding down now, following the unofficial coronation of McCain by the GOP, as their nominee (even while Republicans in my own state, and in many others, have still had absolutely no say in the process).

While I urge you to keep running Republican, for the time being, in order to give EVERY state a say—at least in theory (because masses turn, when told that the contest is over)—I also plead with you to PLEASE reconsider all of your options for an eventual third party run.  I ask you to do it for the sake of the principles, which ignited a rEVOLution, and in light of the enormous efforts and the unprecedented expense already put out by your supporters.  Many of your supporters deep down never expected you to actually obtain the Republican nomination, given the great deal of corruption and suppression taking place in corporatized party politics.  However, most of those same supporters knew exactly why you had to START with the Republican party, in order to be taken seriously at all; and in order to build a real support base—which you have, if you will only run with it beyond the Republican party confines.

We love you, Dr. Paul, because you gave multitudes of disillusioned voters, a hope for the preservation of America's core values, in a dark time, when we had lost nearly ALL hope that America could again return from its increasingly high-handed abandonment of its own fundamentals—its own DNA of real liberty (the kind, which means more than president Bush's speech-writer rhetoric).  The other candidates still running for president leave the more principled of American voters cold—even icy—those voters who still believe in the revolutionary concept of personal liberty, ensured by an absolute Bill of Rights! 

Many of us are now feeling an indescribable let down, after hearing your repeated refusals to even consider an eventual third party run (we knew that you HAD to say it, but we hoped you didn't HEARTILY mean it, when you said it), because that has been the secret hope we've been harboring all along, and basing our fervent continued support for you upon.

I sense this is true of the majority of your supporters, who in reality come from circles far wider than the Republican party can possibly encompass.  Your appeal is much wider than this Republican primary run has given you credit for, too, and your ability to reach out to your total possible base has been stymied by your party's hostility toward your most foundational principles.  Liberals, and all of those who like to label themselves "progressives", are as much secretly—sometimes openly—attracted to you as are real conservatives, but they have not been given the opportunity, yet, to even choose you, because of your Republican attachment.

Justin Gardner of Donklephant.com once pointed out that your demographics are vastly different from the demographics of past third party candidates—even from your own prior third party bid—and he was RIGHT!  You have at your disposal—if you will take it, and run with it—the energies of a true rEVOLution in American politics.  No past third party candidate, has ever experienced the populist fervor that you have tasted, but the first wave of, in the last year.  If any person ever had a chance to do well in a third party bid, it is YOU, NOW!  Your running third party in this election, could just possibly be the very thing to help America finally break itself out of the confining narrow mold of our two-party big government exclusionary gridlocked system!

Adding to other reasons for you to consider taking this unique opportunity, is the fact that there are leftist politicians now throwing their hats into the third party ring.  The very presence of a widely known—and feared (why else would they work so hard to suppress you?)—conservative to balance the third party offering, might in itself open minds to a genuine consideration of the outside-of-the-box contest, to a greater extent than ever before.  Millions are now longing for an "OTHER" option in this race, and if you deprive those voters of having your name at least on the ballot next November, as an official option, then you may have taken away their only possible incentive to even cast their ballots at all!  The spirit in America is ripe for you, if you will only dare to open your sail and harness it!

Your campaign has needed more time, anyway, to inform more Americans about our message of liberty!  They STILL don't know you, because you've been widely blacked out.  This is your chance to GET the additional time you need, to make up for the media's refusal to fully inform their trusting viewers about all their options.

It is with the deepest sense of respect for YOUR intentions, Dr. Paul, that I remind you just how your campaign began, and how it has been driven by, the urgings of your supporters—in spite of your intentions—who saw in you a rare politician of principle, and possibly the last best hope to turn our country back from the dreadful brink we are now teetering upon.  It was not your intention to run, then, but you still responded to the urgings of supporters, as to a voice of prophetic urging.  So now we appeal to you, again—a great deal MORE supporters than knew you then—in much the same spirit, to PLEASE open yourself up to a third party—or even dual party—run!

I will still vote for you, come November, whether you are on my ballot or no, but so many millions MAY just vote for you—in an overwhelming surprise to the arrogant establishment—if you simply make sure that your name somehow GETS there!  Please give Americans a REAL CHOICE!  The Republican primary gives but a handful that real choice, and the most influential of the handful end up being media-washed neocons living in Iowa—hardly a representative sample of the entire rest of the country (which was told, following Iowa, that you had NO chance—a self-fulfilling prophecy).

Please think about it.

Cordially,
"Paul Bear" (www.RonPaulite.com)

        

What can YOU do about this (story below)?  You can donate immediately to Ron Paul's congressional campaign!  Donating to that campaign, IN NO WAY signals that you have given up on the presidential campaign.  On the contrary, the congressional campaign has EVERYTHING to do with the continuing presidential bid, because a congressional defeat would be used to every wicked advantage by our less-than-principled opponents on the national stage, as well.



This from www.LewRockwell.com:

The Texas Attack on Ron Paul

by Thomas E. Woods, Jr.

On January 12, 2007, a Texas city councilman named Chris Peden told the Galveston Daily News, "I have an immense amount of respect for Ron Paul. Politics has a way of forcing people to go against their core principles for political gain. That has never been the case for Ron Paul."

In case you don’t know, Chris Peden is now Ron Paul’s congressional challenger in the Republican primary in Texas’ 14th District.

What happened to make Peden go from an admirer to an opponent – and not just an opponent, but one who is running a vicious and (as he surely realizes) dishonest smear campaign against the very man he so recently praised?

I have no idea.

But here’s an indication of just what a classy guy he is: all throughout Peden’s campaign website, his professional head shot sits next to a silly photo of Dr. Paul – the kind of photo every human being on earth has taken a zillion times, but which in this case is presumably intended as a stark contrast to the sobriety and deep thinking of Chris Peden.

That’s one of the benefits of running for public office against a gentleman: you can do childish and dishonorable things all campaign long in the full knowledge that your opponent is too decent to reciprocate.

Thankfully, you don’t even need to visit Peden’s website. We’ve already heard every thought he’s ever had every fifteen seconds for years and years.

Thus we read: "I think Islamo-Fascist terrorists were responsible for the 9/11 attacks; the incumbent thinks America’s Middle East policies were responsible for the attacks." (Yes, he really is talking down to his potential constituents like this.) The terrorists "wish to destroy our way of life because they abhor freedom, democracy, and liberty." We should continue to encourage democracy around the world "even if it takes the remainder of the century."

You know what that means – lots and lots of war. And you know what it also means: the politician uttering these inanities has no intention of disclosing the tiniest hint as to where the money for these fantasies is going to come from, what with bankruptcy on our very doorstep.

Being a neoconservative means never having to explain, well, anything.

Assuming Peden has an IQ above 50, he knows he is misrepresenting Ron Paul’s position. Dr. Paul’s argument, which is shared by top terrorism experts, is that our government’s expensive and counterproductive foreign policy has stirred up more trouble than it has alleviated. He’s saying kind of what Russell Kirk – the founder of the modern conservative movement, and no "liberal" – said after the first Persian Gulf War. Good thing for Peden he’s never heard of Kirk.

When the Ayatollah Khomeini called for jihad on the United States in the early 1980s, it went nowhere. When bin Laden called for the same thing but on the specific grounds that the US refuses to leave the Muslim world alone, fighters flocked to his banner. Could it be that our government’s dumb foreign policy, in addition to wrecking our economy, is actually making us less secure?

I’ve explained all of this here.

We also learn that Ron Paul, who has been married to the same woman for 51 years and has five children, 18 grandchildren, and one great-grandchild, doesn’t believe in "traditional family values." Peden draws this conclusion on the basis of Dr. Paul’s votes against unconstitutional legislation that would decide social policy at the federal level – you know, the kind of voting record you compile when you favor the "smaller government" that Peden himself falsely claims to support.

Ron Paul "weakens our economy," Peden says, because he doesn’t believe in supranational trade bureaucracies that can dictate tax and regulatory policy to member states – the very thing Republicans rightly opposed half a century ago when it took the form of the International Trade Organization. In those days, supporters of the free market knew a boondoggle when they saw one.

Peden says that opposing the World Trade Organization and NAFTA is "exactly the approach that led us to the Great Depression." Now much as I’d love to hear Peden’s entire collection of learned insights into the Great Depression – really, Peden has done us all a grave disservice over the course of his career by confining his remarks on the subject to this single sentence – I’m still inclined to stick with Ron Paul, who could write a treatise on the causes of the Great Depression off the top of his head.

Of course, as the Federal Reserve’s policies lead the country and the world to the brink of another depression, it is Ron Paul alone who stands tall as the one politician who told the truth all these years about what the geniuses who run our monetary policy have been up to. It is Ron Paul who spoke truth to power, and who understood what Austrian business cycle theory has to teach us about the inevitable devastation that results from expanding the money supply through credit markets.

I wonder, on the other hand, whether Chris Peden even knows what business cycle theory is, but if his bumper-sticker thoughts on the economy are any indication, I probably already know the answer.

As with so many other politicians, the message of "change" turns out to be more of the same. The Federal Reserve has wrecked the dollar and inflated the housing bubble? Then more of the same is just what we need. Or at least that’s what I assume Peden’s position is. Like every other politician in America, he is completely silent on the issue of money and the Federal Reserve, standing idly by while ordinary Americans are silently ripped off year after year. Chances are, he (again like most politicians) doesn’t know the first thing about it. How else can we explain his failure, in the midst of a Fed-induced downturn, to utter a single word about how we got here?

Over $50 trillion in unfunded entitlement liabilities is coming due in the next few decades. The national debt keeps skyrocketing, the dollar keeps plummeting, the prices of necessities are rising, and the housing bubble is bursting. Ron Paul understands these issues – in fact, he’s the only one in the presidential race who’s bothered to bring them up.

A Martian glancing at Chris Peden’s political positions, on the other hand, could be forgiven for assuming that these problems do not exist. It’s all business as usual, full steam ahead. A financial catastrophe is coming? Why, let’s carry on as before! Is this the Peden message that Republican Party hacks in Texas are so excited about?

The rest of Peden’s propaganda is the same old establishment boilerplate, along with a complaint that Ron Paul doesn’t vote for the pork and the corporate welfare that Peden himself promises to support.

This is the genius who is campaigning against Ron Paul. And not merely campaigning against him, but misrepresenting and smearing a man with a voting record unmatched in all of American history in its commitment to freedom, and whose knowledge of economics, foreign policy, and the Constitution makes him an intellectual giant among Washington’s pygmies.

Now instead of being honored and privileged to be represented by a statesman as accomplished and knowledgeable as Ron Paul, State Republican Executive Committee Chairwoman Kathy Haigler supports the city councilman. "For far too long," she says, "[Congressional District] 14 Republicans have been denied the opportunity to be represented by someone who actually believes in and practices the Republican Party Platform, and now they have the opportunity to vote for a solid conservative who will go to Washington D.C. and vote Republican."

Poor Kathy. She’s had to be represented by a constitutionalist for 12 consecutive years. There’s some serious withdrawal for you: twelve whole years without a business-as-usual, platitude-uttering hack as her congressman. She must be getting the shakes.

All that time, her congressman has been the only constitutionalist in the entire Congress, arguably the greatest congressman in all of American history, and a man who is loved and admired all over the world. Only a city councilman mouthing slogans and propaganda and promising pork and bankruptcy can rescue longsuffering Kathy Haigler from this unspeakable ordeal.

Now I don’t care how much you loved Mitt Romney, but no one, not even members of his own family, compared him to Thomas Jefferson. Yet Ron Paul has been compared to Jefferson and the Founders more times than anyone can count. Judge Andrew Napolitano calls him "the Thomas Jefferson of our day."

Running against him – and, it has to be said, running a vigorous campaign that cannot be taken lightly – is not another Thomas Jefferson, to put it kindly. It is a forgettable city councilman who, if his campaign website is any indication, has never had an interesting thought in his life, and for whom the history books will not have a single thing to say. Well, maybe one thing: how did the American people become so debased that the intellectual and moral mismatch between City Councilman Chris Peden and Congressman Ron Paul could actually have been a contest?

Pretty maddening, isn’t it?

Want to let off some steam? Then go here right now.

I’d say we already have just about enough mouthpieces of official propaganda serving in the US Congress. Is it so much to ask for one – just one – congressman who tells the truth?

February 19, 2008

Thomas E. Woods, Jr.
Copyright © 2008 LewRockwell.com

Read the article in its original context: http://www.lewrockwell.com/woods/woods85.html

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The two biggest priorities right now, is precinct leadership and gaining Ron Paul delegates to the conventions!  If you have not yet signed up as a district leader, or if you CAN sign up as a delegate, and have NOT yet, then PLEASE DO SO NOW!

Many states, such as Nebraska (a May primary state) have deadlines for signing up as a delegate (Nebraska's deadline is March 3), which are rushing up on your calendar, so check your local possibilities before it is too late!

In ANY case, Ron Paul 2008 needs YOU to be a precinct leader (I would say, even if your state has already had its primary, because there are other options coming up, which I will report on shortly, and this campaign isn't over ANYWHERE by any stretch of the imagination!).

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This from Ron Paul:

February 18, 2008


The DC neocons think their old dream is about to come true. They think they can defeat me in the Republican congressional primary in Texas on March 4th. And you know what? They may be right.

My opponent, who describes himself as a traditional conservative, is a dedicated servitor of all the special interests who have given us the disaster of recent years, from unconstitutional wars to a looming recession, from huge deficits to massive new welfare programs.

A Republican operative allied with the worst forces in DC recently said: "Give what you can [to Ron Paul's opponent]. Ron Paul is running scared — using his Presidential campaign's donors' money to subsidize a desperate last-minute attempt to save his Congressional seat."

That is a lie, of course. It is illegal to use presidential campaign donations in my congressional race. The congressional campaign has to stand on its own. But so far, we have raised only about a third of what a well-funded effort would need.

In my 10 terms in Congress, I have not only been able to serve my constituents, and help them, for example, negotiate federal red-tape. I have also been able to defend our principles of less spending, lower taxes, no inflation, and strict adherence to the Constitution. Some people in DC laugh at the idea that I should obey my oath of office, and ask first of any proposed legislation, is it constitutional? But I know that you share my support for the vision of the framers.

My friend Congressmen Wayne Gilchrest (R-Maryland) was just defeated in his primary election by a neocon fraud similar to the one I face. My friend Walter Jones (R-North Carolina) is under heavy pressure as well. People like our hand-picked opponents will do anything to gain and keep power. They represent everything that is wrong with DC.

If I am defeated in the upcoming congressional primary, our ideas will be held to have been defeated as well. It will be proclaimed from the rooftops in DC that such "ridiculous and outmoded notions" as the free market, sound money, personal liberty, limited government, and a pro-American foreign policy are through.

I am determined not to let this happen. All that you and I believe in is far too important to the future of our country, and to everyone and everything we love, to let the neocons dance on its grave.

Please, help me stop the lies, the distortions, the pressure groups, the special interests that benefit from DC rip-offs. There is still time to run radio and tv ads, to set up phone banks, to get out the vote. But unless you help, my reelection to Congress may be in jeopardy. Please help me return to Congress to fight for the people of my district, and for the ideas that can save our country from the path to trouble we are now on.

I hesitated to ask you, since you have already done so much. But my wife Carol said, "When you need help, you ask your best friends." So I do ask you, to hold out your hand in support.

Please give today http://www.ronpaulforcongress.com, as generously and as quickly as you can.

Sincerely,

Ron

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This from Trevor Lyman:

Update No. 1: Taking Back The Media

Posted: 18 Feb 2008 01:04 PM CST

Breakthematrix.com

Update No. 1: Taking Back The Media—Here’s How

Unless there’s a delegate revolt at the convention, Ron Paul will not be on the presidential ballot in November, 2008. The mainstream media has done its job, and Dr. Paul’s message has been effectively stifled, ridiculed, marginalized and ignored by the powers that be. The result? Those many millions of Americans who receive their news from mainstream media sources were shut out from the opportunity to hear the wonderful words of freedom, prosperity, peace and hope. We congratulate our adversaries. They appear to be closing in on an important victory. But in fact, they’re not winning at all. It’s only for the moment. Because we’re taking our country back.

To Our Subscribers and Supporters: We Say Thank You

In less than a week since our initial website posting of Breakthematrix.com we have received nearly 3,500 stock subscriptions and many hundreds of emails offering support, advice, talents and help. To our friends and colleagues in the grassroots, we say a heartfelt “thank you.” Your expressions of encouragement are inspiring indeed.

Please continue to write to us. It is not yet time to respond individually to your emails, but we’re reading and considering every one. We are creating a database with your ideas, suggestions and skills. Patience please. We’re moving forward one step at a time, and not everything can happen at once. The directions and goals are clear to us—but, of course, it’s implementation that presents the challenge. So these are our ideas.

This Is What We Plan To Do

We’re starting up a media company through the vehicle of an initial public offering of stock. Go to our website at Breakthematrix.com for an overview outline of our thinking. And here’s more.

Our plan is to develop and broadcast high quality radio and television shows on the Internet, and then distribute/market that content “off Internet” to the mainstream American audience in their households, cars, and daily lives. Our shows will be wide ranging: radio talk; comedy; satire; music; history; human interest—the list of potential show topics is endless. We plan to start out modestly, focusing first on the easier formats and then working our way up to the more challenging (and expensive) genres. Similarly with our distribution strategy, we will begin with those “off Internet” specialty audiences and specific test market locations that can be reached most easily and cost effectively, then build from there. Obviously, our content must be entertaining if it is to succeed in a highly competitive marketplace. We’ll need to develop media personalities, and stars, and talent, and artists. So we’re trying to build a community. Social networking will be an essential component of our business plan. Creative people are out there, all across our great country, and we’re convinced they are looking for opportunity to develop and share their talents. They will find us; and we will find them. Content creation and community building—our first and most important goal.

The development of a high quality technical platform for producing and distributing our shows is an essential step in the process. On this key point, the news is good. Existing technologies for production and distribution of radio and television content are already in place and available for use. All across the web we find systems, entities and individuals with creative ways and means of producing and transmitting content. There’s no need to reinvent the wheel. Our plan is to utilize the tools that are out there; to build a platform with existing technology; and to use mainstream media outlets that are presently available and are themselves seeking and searching for high quality content. There is no need to buy and own high overhead terrestrial radio stations, TV networks, large studios or the like. Not in the beginning, at least. Web based content creation and cost efficient distribution strategies are the way of the future, in our opinion, and this approach frees us to capitalize quickly on newly developing content delivery technologies as they emerge down the road.

Advertising and marketing will be at the core of our revenue model, just as they are for the old media entities. The logic of marketing is simple and straightforward. If our content captures an audience, the advertisers will follow. The reverse, of course, is equally true. If our content is dull and pedestrian, there will be no audience, and there will be no advertisers. So it all comes full circle. Our success will be dependent on the quality of our content. And we believe this is precisely the area where our competitive advantage exists. We have the freedom message—the old media doesn’t. Do people really want to listen to the aging, empty words of Limbaugh, Hannity, Couric, and the like? Do people actually want more tired productions from the old Hollywood culture of Britney Spears, Steven Spielberg and (sadly) Disney Studios ? Or are they looking for something new; something fresh; something that carries with it a message of optimism and hope for the future? We believe the answer is obvious.

A Few Words for the Naysayers

Some commenters about Breakthematrix.com have told us it can’t be done. They write that our plans are unworkable; that we’re going to fail; that we’ll be corrupted by the system; or that Rupert Murdoch and his ilk will buy us out. To these commenters we say: we recognize your concerns. Breakthematrix.com proposes to develop a startup entity that’s still in formation. Only the best startups succeed; the ones with strong leaders and great ideas. The rest go bankrupt and fail. So the pessimists have a point. There is no guaranteed or easy pathway to success for our new entity. And the world of the media is a challenging place.

But to our pessimistic commenters, we offer some additional thoughts. Some thoughts about the times we live in, and the power of optimism and positive message. We believe our adversaries are weak, not strong. Our message of freedom, prosperity, peace and hope is fresh and compelling—theirs is old and tired. Our grassroots subscribers and supporters are motivated and creative—theirs are from the aging past. They control the government and media today—but we are the future. If you want some evidence on this point, just look at their champions in government, their leaders. Ben Bernanke and Henry Paulson in the finance sector. Laughingstocks; buffoons. John McCain and Mike Huckabee in the Republican Party. Warmongers; charlatans. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama in the Democratic Party. Ridiculous socialist fools. The very existence of such people creates endless opportunities for satire, amusement and delightful commentary. If this is the best our adversaries have to offer, we have every reason to be optimistic about our chances for success. They (and we) should be thinking of us buying out their media—not the other way around.

Join With Us—Here’s How

If you’re interested in what we have to say, go to Breakthematrix.com. Click on the “pledge” button and become a subscriber. Send us an email with your thoughts and your skills. This is the non–binding “solicitation of interest” stage of our stock offering, and we are still in the early process of shaping and forming our startup entity. Join with us, and become a part of it. Also, please note the applicable rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission:

1. No money or other consideration is being solicited by this document , and if sent in response, will not be accepted;
2. No sales of the securities will be made or commitment to purchase accepted until delivery of an offering circular that includes complete information about the issuer and the offering;
3. An indication of interest made by a prospective investor involves no obligation or commitment of any kind.

We close with a few words that Ron Paul has spoken often on the campaign trail. Dr. Paul says: “Economic freedom IS freedom.” How right he is.

Basic Media, Inc. (in formation)
Rick Williams

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

rdw2008@gmail.com
Trevor Lyman

Vice Chairman and Chief Operating Officer

Lyman.trevor@gmail.com

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Here is a fair and positive article published by Georgetown University News, following Paul's recent speech there:

Ron Paul Says U.S. Weakening Constitution

Republican Presidential Candidate Calls For an End to Federal Income Tax and Less Concentration on Foreign Matters

Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul called for stricter adherence to the Constitution during an impassioned speech about his political ideologies on Feb. 13 at Georgetown.

The Texas congressman positioned himself as leader of a revolution that would tout a return to constitutional principles with a small federal government, no income tax and more concentration on domestic, rather than foreign, matters. He blamed many of the country's problems on a willingness to ignore the founding fathers' intent and a willingness to weaken the Constitution with amendments.

"We've made one serious mistake — we've ignored our Constitution," Paul said in a speech frequently punctuated by cheers and chants from the audience. "If you want to get back to the basics and restore the principles of this country and this republic, we have to obey the Constitution."

Though he is running on the Republican ticket, Paul identifies as a Libertarian, who advocate minimal government and social programs in favor of individual rights.

Freedoms are rapidly disappearing, Paul said, and Georgetown students should ask themselves one question: What should the role of the government be?

"The founders asked themselves that question and came up with a pretty good answer. They said the role of government should be one thing, to protect liberty," he said. "That should be the only purpose of government."

Freedom used to mean "freedom for you. You were in charge of your life and if you messed it up, it was your fault," he continued. "If there is one thing I hope to achieve in this campaign, it's to get people thinking what freedom is all about. The purpose of freedom is for us to lead our own lives, to promote our own virtue … Government interest destroys everything."

He pinpoints the start of trouble when the government declared rights to include access to education, jobs and medical care.

"What you have is a right to your life. That's what you have," Paul said. "If that were fully understood, you'd have a right to the fruits of your labor, and you would be able to keep everything you earn and not have to share it with the big government."

Paul came to Georgetown as part of the university's presidential candidate lecture series. He is the second candidate to speak after Democrat Bill Richardson, who has since dropped out the race.

Enthusiastic supporters greeted Paul in Gaston Hall by chanting his name. Much of Paul's base includes younger voters who have flocked to his Web site and set donation records — a $4.2 million take on Nov. 5, 2007 is most a GOP candidate has raised on a single day. The congressman said his message resonates strongly with Americans who want a different form of government that puts its citizens above foreign engagement.

Paul said military personnel are embracing that point in particular, and claimed he has received more donations from that group than all other candidates combined. However, research from the Houston Chronicle found this is only from donors who self-identified as military personnel, something that is not required, and many donors are civilian employees.

In a wide-ranging speech that touched everything from the war in Iraq to abortion to tax policies, Paul reiterated that the current generation of Georgetown students will pay the price for what he called mistakes of the government. He pointed to overspending, borrowing money from foreign governments and a financial strain on the middle class as unsustainable practices that will have significant fallouts.

While acknowledging he is not the front runner for the Republican nomination, Paul said his principles are stirring supporters' passion about what the United States could accomplish.

But the night was not without detractors. To a mix of applause and boos from the audience, one Georgetown student questioned the candidate about racist and homophobic slurs that appeared newsletters published by Paul in the 1990s. Though Paul has since said he did not write the articles in question, the student pushed to know why Paul did not denounce the writings years ago when first confronted.

The congressman said it was a mistake and blamed the comments getting published on time constraints during his time as publisher. Paul also called himself "probably the biggest champion of rights for everybody."

"A true Libertarian," he said, "is incapable of being a racist."

Source: Blue & Gray (February 15, 2008)

Read the article in its original context: http://explore.georgetown.edu/news/?ID=31291

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I wonder what took congress so long to start doing SO LITTLE in the way of checking the run amok abuses of the executive branch (King Bush and Co.)?

Anyway, the following, while late in coming, is still a positive sign for checks and balances in our nation—pray that it is only the tip of the iceberg!

This from the American Freedom Campaign (Feb. 14):

Dear [Paul Bear],

It is a crazy day here at the American Freedom Campaign, but I wanted to share some great news with you.  Today, the U.S. House of Representatives finally passed the contempt resolution against White House officials Josh Bolten and Harriet Miers!  As you know, the American Freedom Campaign — backed by all of you — has been pushing for this vote for months.  Congress has taken a stand in support of our system of checks and balances and we all have reason to celebrate.

I would personally like to thank everyone who took the time to send an email to Congress, urging passage of this contempt resolution.  Over the past few months, AFC supporters have sent about 19,000 emails on this issue.  This caught the attention of the popular Capitol Hill newspaper, Roll Call, which this morning cited these 19,000 emails as part of the reason the resolution made it to the floor.  We are a young organization, but we are having a serious impact in Washington!

As my time is limited, I thought I would paste below much of our press release we sent out today.  It provides some additional information about the vote along with our reaction to it.

As always, thank you for all of your support.  If this victory inspires you to help support our organization financially, please click on the following link.

https://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/2165/t/2629/shop/custom.jsp?donate_page_KEY=2644

Best,
Steve

Steve Fox
Campaign Director
American Freedom Campaign Action Fund

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 American Freedom Campaign media release, February 14, 2008

WASHINGTON - Today, by a margin of 223-32, the U.S. House of Representatives, through the adoption of a self-executing rule, passed two resolutions related to the refusal of two White House officials to comply with congressional subpoenas to testify before Congress last year.  The first resolution directed the U.S. Attorney in Washington, D.C. to bring criminal contempt charges against White House chief of staff Joshua Bolten and former White House counsel Harriet Miers to a grand jury.  The second resolution authorizes the House general counsel to bring a civil suit against the White House to settle the question of whether the testimony of Bolten and Miers should be covered by executive privilege.

 "After months of frustration, we are pleased that the House has finally passed these important resolutions," said Steve Fox, campaign director for the American Freedom Campaign.  "In order for our system of checks and balances to be effective, Congress must have oversight over the executive branch.  When Bolten and Miers — with the encouragement of the President — refused to comply with the congressional subpoenas last summer, they were tacitly saying that this oversight power no longer existed.  If they are not held in contempt — and prosecuted in the courts — our Constitution will have been defiled."

While the American Freedom Campaign is pleased by the outcome of the vote, it is disappointed by the fact that only three Republicans voted in favor of these resolutions.  Worse, House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) stood on the floor of the House and asked members of his party to walk out of the chamber and skip the vote entirely.  All but 34 Republicans complied with this request.

"This should not have been a partisan issue," Fox continued.  "This is an historic dispute between two branches of government.  Both Democratic and Republican members of Congress should stand up for the American people and for the institution in which they serve.  Any Republican who failed to vote in favor of this resolution has expressed his or her support for an impotent Congress during an Obama or Clinton administration.  Such a development would be just as damaging for our nation as an impotent Congress under President Bush."

"Those members of Congress who walked out on this vote, have turned their back on the Constitution itself," Fox added.  "They have violated their oath to 'support and defend the Constitution' and do not deserve to represent the American people.  Again, this is not a partisan matter.  We would say the exact same thing if Democrats walked out on a vote to defend the oversight powers of Congress under the Constitution."

The American Freedom Campaign has been one of the most aggressive organizations in the country pushing its members to stand up for our system of checks and balances.  Since November, nearly 19,000 emails have been sent from AFC supporters to their U.S. representatives, urging them to pass the contempt resolution.

For more information, visit the American Freedom Campaign Web site - http://www.americanfreedomcampaign.org

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I received the following from Ron Holland:

FREEDOMFEST
The Trade Show for Liberty
July 10 - 12, 2008
Bally's/ Paris Resort, Las Vegas
www.freedomfest.com  
88 Speakers, Over 100 Exhibitors, and More Than 1,000 Attendees Expected!

Re: Consider Attending FreedomFest 2008 - The Trade Show for Liberty  
To: Friends in the Freedom Movement and the media
From: Ron Holland 

You are on my Ron Paul e-mail list as you’ve either written about Ron Paul, discussed his campaign in the media or written to Fox News in my Protest Fox News effort when they excluded Paul from the debate.  He has been invited to the FreedomFest 2008 conference and I hope he is available to speak again this year as his debate in 2007 was a highlight of the conference but this will depend on his campaign schedule.

Heritage Foundation has its annual Resource Bank…  State Policy Network has its annual gathering of state think tanks…  and there are many excellent conferences for those of us who desire a return to the Constitution, free markets and sound money, but I want to tell you about FreedomFest put on by my wife Tami and Mark Skousen.

FreedomFest is happy to announce THE TRADE SHOW FOR LIBERTY , “the one stop” conference for investors, the media, business leaders, Ron Paul supporters and all lovers of liberty, to learn, network, and celebrate with their favorite think tanks and organizations in the freedom movement.

FreedomFest 2007 was a roaring success with 1,027 attendees, speakers, and sponsors. And they are planning for a bigger crowd in 2008—88 speakers, 100 exhibitors, and over 1,000 attendees.  You are invited to attend and also exhibit if you have a website, service or political group that could benefit from this unique conference, scheduled for July 9-12, 2008, at Bally’s/Paris Resort.

So far several dozen organizations have already signed up as sponsors and exhibitors at this year’s event, including the Fraser Institute, Heritage Foundation, Hillsdale College , FLOW, National Center for Policy Analysis, Universidad Francisco Maroquin, Regnery Publishing , and Laissez Faire Books.

Past speakers have included Congressman Ron Paul, Tom D’Lorenzo (Mises Institute), David Boaz, José Piñera and Dan Mitchell (Cato Institute), Nick Gillespie and Brian Doherty (Reason Foundation), Muhammed Yunus (Grameen Foundation), Dinesh D’Souza (Hoover Institution), John Mackey (Whole foods Market and FLOW), Jerry O’Driscoll (Heritage Foundation), Charles Murray (American Enterprise Institute), Steve Moore (Wall Street Journal), Bill Westmiller (Republican Liberty Caucus), David Thereux (Independent Institute), Richard Vigerie, Art Laffer, Ben Stein, Ted Nicholas, Harry Browne, Nathaniel Branden, and many more.  Plus speakers from the Goldwater Institute, Foundation for Economic Education (FEE), Pacific Research Institute, among others.

If you register before March 15, registration is only $395 per person and $595 per couple. Details on our three levels of sponsorship can be found by going to http://www.freedomfest.com/sponsorships.htm 

To register or to answer your questions, please contact Tami Holland, conference coordinator, at 1-866-266-5101, or email her at tami@freedomfest.com

Thank you for your time in reading my personal e-mail about the plans and opportunities for FreedomFest 2008 For liberty & a return to limited constitutional government in our lifetime.

Ron Holland, Editor
FreedomFest News www.freedomfest.com/news.htm

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SFGate's Mark Fiore has blown a hole through the middle of arguments for telecom immunity. His latest cartoon featuring "Snuggly, the Security Bear" is more eloquent than any newspaper editorial could ever be:

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While we continue to campaign for Ron Paul, to the VERY best of our time, talent, resources and ability, we MUST NOT FORGET TO FIGHT—AND EXPOSE—THE CONTINUED OUTRAGES TAKING PLACE ON CAPITOL HILL AS WE SPEAK!

As we campaign, Telcom Immunity, for the most wide-spread egregious constitutional breach in American history, has been getting closer and closer to becoming LAW!  See www.eff.org.

Plus, here is the latest update I've gotten from the American Freedom Campaign:

With your participation, the American Freedom Campaign can help stop one of the most outrageous political power grabs in this nation's history.  At stake is not only our Constitution, but also the lives of Americans.  Please continue reading this alert and then take immediate action by clicking on one of the links below.

Recently, I wrote to you about President Bush's plan to sign an agreement with the Iraqi government, making long-term economic and military commitments, without congressional approval.  The negotiations over this agreement continue and the final outcome may not be known for months.

What is known for certain, however, is that the Bush administration cannot be trusted.  That is why three members of the U.S. House of Representatives are poised to introduce a resolution that would make it absolutely clear that President Bush CANNOT, under the Constitution of the United States, make long-term, binding military or economic commitments to a foreign government without congressional approval.

Click on the following link to urge your U.S. representative to co-sponsor this resolution and push for its immediate consideration on the House floor:

http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/2165/t/1027/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=22955

Since my last email on this subject ("Tell Congress: George Bush is not king," January 28), the Bush administration has started to backtrack on its contention that it could make certain military commitments to Iraq without congressional approval.[1]  While this is certainly a good sign — and we should all be proud that we helped change their tune — it would be foolish to take the administration at its word.  Instead, Congress must proactively assert its own authority under the Constitution and clearly convey its position to the public.

A resolution proposed by Congresswomen Barbara Lee, Lynn Woolsey, and Maxine Waters would accomplish these objectives.  As stated in the resolution itself, its primary purpose is to reaffirm "the importance of following constitutional processes when the United States Government makes national commitments regarding the use or maintenance of the United States Armed Forces."  This resolution is not "anti-war;" it is "pro-Constitution."

The House needs to pass this resolution.  And the more co-sponsors it has, the more likely its passage becomes.

So please send an email to your U.S. representative today and urge him or her to co-sponsor this important piece of legislation.  Just click on the following link to get started:

http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/2165/t/1027/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=22955

Thank you for taking action in support of the Constitution.

Best,
Steve

Steve Fox
Campaign Director
American Freedom Campaign Action Fund

[1]  "Gates seeks to reassure Senate on Iraq agreement," Boston Globe, February 7, 2008.

http://www.boston.com/news/world/articles/2008/02/07/gates_seeks_to_reassure_senate_on_iraq_agreement/?page=1

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Hey, why don't you in the already primaried states, take advantage of this bang up pricing for the latest Ron Paul DVDs and send DVDs to people in the states where primaries have not yet taken place!

I remember that those early states received a lot of help from people outside of their states, and now is the time to return the favor, whether by this method or by traveling, or by the purchase of advertisements in unprimaried areas, it does not matter.  What DOES matter, is that we all ignore the detractors and make as large a showing for Ron Paul in the yet remaining primary states—my state doesn't primary until the end of May—as we possibly can. 

Don't do it just for Ron Paul.  Do it for LIBERTY!

Here is the message from Ron Paul DVD:

Hello Everyone,

Unfortunately, since the 5th of February, DVD orders have slowed.  Hoping that Ron Paul supporters haven't lost hope, and hoping that they still understand that it's the message of freedom and liberty that's important, and not the man himself... we have decided to take a loss on our end, in hopes that we can stimulate supporters around the country (and globe) to take courage, and try like never before to get the message out.  We have thousands of DVDs on hand, and the last place we want them sent to is the dump.  Ron Paul may or may not win the Republican nomination.  Like he says, however, "it's not over till it's over".  Honestly, it doesn't matter how the dust settles.  He has permanently changed literally hundreds of thousands of people for the better, by standing up for what we believe in.  We have been educated on the proper role of government, and the importance of the right to life, liberty and property.  We will never give up, even if some do.  When I feel a bit discouraged in our fight for freedom, my mind reflects back to a quote by Mark Twain, and it gives me strength:

"In the beginning of change, the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for it costs nothing to be a patriot."

Oh, please... let us be like the patriot described in the verse above.  Our children will thank us.  Our grandchildren will thank us.  And, many generations to come will thank us, and look back in awe on the time in U.S. history when we the people took back what was rightfully ours in the first place.

Ron Paul DVDs, from www.RonPaulDVD.com, are now just 25¢ each, plus postage and fees.  Some of you may have noticed the new order page, that allows you to figure the exact cost on the exact quantity of discs you would like to order.  If you experience any difficulty using the new checkout method, don't hesitate to contact me via phone or e-mail.

Keep at it.  Anything worth having, is worth fighting for.

Your Friend in Liberty,

Nate Jones
208-904-0938
New Plymouth, ID
www.RonPaulDVD.com

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America, get used to us, we're here to stay!

Posted by Paul Bear (www.RonPaulite.com)

        

Dear Readers,

Rob Kall of www.OpEdNews.com has asked for supporters of various candidates to please submit articles to his prime 'progressive' site.

If you've followed Rob at all, you know that he is privately very favorable toward Ron Paul, and has even 'endorsed' Ron Paul for the Republican nomination, before he had realized that such a personal statement on his site could put his non-profit organization under legal scrutiny, even though he was only stating a personal opinion and wasn't actually endorsing Paul to be the only candidate he liked for president.  Never-the-less, the history is clear—in spite of Rob's pull-back on semi-official sounding endorsements—that Rob has been VERY friendly to Ron Paul.

Please, if you have positive things to say about Ron Paul, consider submitting your thoughts in an article to the OpEdNews site.  This will keep Ron Paul's name and message before an extremely large and vital audience, as we come toward the spring and summer season of this surreal campaign, which is sure to bring some amazing surprises, yet, to all of us.

Who do we want?

Ron Paul!

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This is something I will support LONG after this presidential election is over, no matter who ends up winning!

We are in such a sorry state in this country, largely because the people are kept in ignorance—by design—of reality.

Our OWN media outlet—IMAGINE IT! MAKE IT HAPPEN!

BreakTheMatrix.com <– Take back the media!

Posted: 11 Feb 2008 05:16 PM CST

http://www.BreakTheMatrix.com

To All Ron Paul Supporters And Our Friends In The Grassroots

This is the beginning, ladies and gentlemen. The beginning of the end for the stranglehold of the mainstream media. The beginning of the end for the masters in high places. The beginning of the end for the media blackout of the values and philosophies expressed by Ron Paul and other political candidates that share his views. The beginning of the time when we take our country back.

It starts right here, at BreakTheMatrix.com. We are forming a grassroots organization and movement that will carry the words and values of freedom off the Internet and out to those millions of Americans who only receive their news and entertainment from mainstream radio and television. As Dr. Paul himself said so well on February 9, 2008: “The neocons, the warmongers, the socialists, the advocates of inflation will be hearing much from you and me.” Indeed. The tired, empty mantras of “right and left,” of “conservative and liberal,” of “Democrat and Republican,” will no longer stand unchallenged in our mainstream media outlets. Freedom, prosperity, peace, hope—the great ideas are coming to America.

Here’s How

We’re starting our own grassroots media company. Basic Media, Inc. (in formation) will create, build and connect Internet based radio and television outlets for freedom voices and faces around the United States and worldwide. The newly forming company will develop a wide ranging array of interesting and entertaining content on the web, and transmit our shows to mainstream “off the Internet” people through a variety of communications technologies and strategies. We’re talking right now to syndicators, producers, advertising specialists, and our many grassroots friends about how this goal can best be achieved. These are friends with ideas; with skills; and with vision. Friends who understand how to develop and utilize top of the line content and the technologies needed for creation and transmittal of entertaining and informative radio and television shows to a “non Internet” mainstream audience. Very simply, we’re creating a new media network. And we’re inviting you to be part of it.

The Internet prototypes are already in existence. We in the grassroots have watched them take root over the course of the Ron Paul presidential campaign—and what tremendous work the early media pioneers have been doing! Two online radio stations have been up and running for months at ronpaulradio.com and rprradio.com. These volunteer radio outlets have provided a platform for dozens of outstanding radio hosts who spread the news of our Ron Paul movement 24/7 across the worldwide web. And the growth of online video capability has been even more impressive. The spontaneous creation of Youtube content about Ron Paul and his message is a grand story in its own right. Myspace.com has provided some powerful tools. And Justintv.com has broken new ground every day with video streams broadcasting in real time from events in the Ron Paul campaign. The core technologies are already in place for high quality content creation and delivery on the web, and Basic Media, Inc. will take this process to the next higher level with syndication and delivery platform strategies that carry our message to the radios and television sets of every household in America. Break the monopoly of the establishment media! Break the wall of silence that stifles voices of truth in our nation! Break the matrix. With Basic Media, Inc.

While “off Internet” content delivery is our first and most readily achievable goal, there is a second core aspect to what we’ll be doing in the new company. This whole process is all about organization, and communication, and the implementation of social networking tools that will bring people together as a positive force for change in America. There are many of us now. We are all across the country. So we need to find each other; to do business together; to share stories and strategies; and to build this grand freedom movement on a going forward basis that will flourish and thrive long after the 2008 presidential campaign is over. The inspiring work of grassroots organizers at ronpaulforums.com; at dailypaul.com; at meetup groups; and at other locations all across the Internet has shown us the great power of networking tools that are already in existence. The early organizers have started a process, and there is much to build upon. But the movement for change is barely beginning, and there’s so much more that we can do to bring people together. Building a nationwide/worldwide community—the second key goal of Basic Media, Inc.

Rick Williams and Trevor Lyman are the initial organizers and executive officers of the new entity in formation. For over 34 years, Mr. Williams has been a practicing lawyer in Los Angeles, California. He is a graduate of UCLA School of Law (JD 1973), where he served on the Board of Editors of the UCLA Law Review. Mr. Williams was a business administration major at Washington State University (BA 1969), and he worked in the finance and accounting group at Shell Oil Company before entering law school. Mr. Williams is an avid student of the Austrian school of economics, and he hosted radio shows throughout the Ron Paul presidential campaign talking about the Federal Reserve system and the practices of our bankers. Trevor Lyman became widely known as a grassroots fundraiser for the November 5 moneybomb, the Teaparty moneybomb, and RonPaul Blimp.com. Mr. Lyman has been the subject of numerous media profiles and interviews as a result of his efforts, and he is perhaps the most recognizable name and face in the grassroots movement. You’ve seen what Trevor Lyman has done, and you know the results that he achieved for the Ron Paul campaign. Rick Williams and Trevor Lyman have been two of the activists, but we’re not here to speak of the past. The future is what matters. So this is what we’re planning to do.

Here Are the Specifics

Basic Media, Inc., the new corporation in formation, will be structured to create and transmit top quality radio and television shows using Internet technology platforms. We hope to draw from the enormous pool of talent that already exists in the freedom movement, and capture the very best content for packaging and distribution to mainstream radio and television outlets off the web and across the United States. Our “off Internet” distribution opportunities are wide ranging and diverse—everything from nationwide/worldwide satellite delivery to locally owned radio and television stations. We’ll pick and choose. We’ll select and utilize the most valuable and efficient delivery strategies that are available for our content.

How about cash flow? Like any other media outlet, our revenues will derive primarily from the sale of advertising time. Basic Media, Inc. will be operating as a “for profit” business, and isn’t that what it’s all about? Our goal and objective is to create and deliver high quality content, spread the values and philosophies that we believe in, and make a profit in the process. There are no guarantees of profitability, of course, and we all must recognize that media advertising is a highly competitive market. The effort to achieve profitability will be challenging, and we should not fool ourselves into thinking that high paying advertisers will magically appear on our doorstep. But advertisers are constantly looking for emerging markets and new ways to get their messages out to the community. And for the most part, existing media entities don’t own their advertisers. If we capture a mainstream audience, we believe the advertisers will follow. This is how the matrix can be broken.

Basic Media, Inc. is not a political entity, and we will not affiliate with existing or future campaigns of Ron Paul or any other candidate for elective office. We will fully and cheerfully comply with all “equal time” requirements of the Federal Election Commission and other election authorities. Indeed, we welcome the opportunity to compare (and contrast) our values and philosophies of freedom, prosperity, peace and hope with those of candidates seeking election under the banner of any political party. We can sponsor debates; host candidate forums; and provide analysis of candidate positions. Our content delivery platform can be used to shed the light of truth on any serious candidate for office, and we will work to replace the existing closed media system with a free marketplace of political ideas. Picture, for example, a debate session organized by Basic Media, Inc. where Ron Paul, John McCain and Hillary Clinton/Barack Obama all receive “equal time.” An intriguing thought, isn’t it? Nothing more need be said on the subject of political activism.

This document is an initial “solicitation of interest” issued pursuant to section 254 of Part 230–General Rules and Regulations, Securities Act of 1933. We are preparing a Regulation A initial public offering of stock over the Internet through the medium of electronic delivery of securities information. Basic Media, Inc. (the newly forming company) will offer a total of 500,000 shares of common stock to the public at a price of $10 per share, with a minimum purchase requirement of 10 shares per individual purchaser. If the offering is fully subscribed and sold, the public shareholders of Basic Media, Inc. will own a total of 41.67% of the outstanding common stock of the company as of the closing date. You may indicate your interest in participation in the stock offering by visiting the website, entering your email address and pressing pledge at the top of the page. Thereafter, you might wish to visit this website at BreakTheMatrix.com for information as to when the Offering Circular will be ready for review, and when binding stock subscription documents will be available for delivery. To the extent needed, we will also provide email updates regarding our progress.

Basic Media, Inc. is organizing as a grassroots response to the deficiencies that are so glaringly obvious in our existing mainstream media structure. The company founders are confident and hopeful about our prospects for success, but none of us should underestimate the scope of the challenge that lies ahead. It’s a big task, and our success depends on your help, your talents, your energy, and your commitment to the goal of bringing real change to America. So tell us your ideas for the new venture. Write to either of us at the email addresses on this page. Share with us your talents, and let us know your views about how the new entity might best fulfill its mission. This document is the first step in a lengthy securities offering process, and please take careful note of the following rules and requirements issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission:

(1) No money or other consideration is being solicited at this time, and if sent in response, will not be accepted;

(2) No sale of the securities will be made or commitment to purchase accepted until delivery of an offering circular that includes complete information about the issuer and the offering;

(3) Any indication of interest made by a prospective investor involves no obligation or commitment of any kind.

We’re looking forward to hearing from you, and we close this letter with a few simple words that Ron Paul has spoken often on the presidential campaign trail. Dr. Paul says: “Let’s have fun!”

Very truly yours,

Basic Media, Inc. (in formation)

Rick Williams
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
rdw2008@gmail.com

Trevor Lyman
Vice Chairman and Chief Operating Officer
lyman.trevor@gmail.com

We are not associated or affiliated with Ron Paul or his campaigns for President and Congress.

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Posted by Paul Bear (www.RonPaulite.com)

        

To read the full article by Doug Wead, mentioned by Ron Paul in his recent video: http://dougwead.wordpress.com/2008/02/06/the-mouse-that-roared-why-ron-paul-won-the-election/

Here are a couple of excerpts:

...Ron Paul made a classic political mistake.  He told the truth.  In debate after debate he pointed at his party, his president, his fellow contenders for the GOP nomination, shouting aloud like the little boy in the proverbial story, “they have no clothes” and lo and behold, we looked and they didn’t.  They were all naked....

...But in the process, Ron Paul showed us, that we have lost our way.  We are no longer conservatives.  We are fighting for power not for principles....

...John McCain...will be the answer to the trivia question, who was the Republican candidate who lost to the ticket that claimed the first woman and black for the presidency?  Another question may very well be, “What other candidate ran that year and launched the movement that has dominated national politics for the last generation?”

And the answer will be Ron Paul.

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Posted by Paul Bear (www.RonPaulite.com)

        

THIS FROM THE OFFICIAL CAMPAIGN BLOG:

If You’re for Ron Paul, Vote for Ron Paul

In a few supporter forums the idea is going around that one way to help Ron Paul might be to vote for Mike Huckabee in the hope that if Huckabee wins enough delegates we might get a brokered convention in the fall. Most of the supporters who like this idea at least say that it should only be tried in those winner-take-all primary states where Ron Paul has the least favorable odds.

I strongly advise against this tactical voting. Ron Paul is serious when he says he wants to win every possible vote as well as every possible national delegate. That includes your vote, even if the state you’re in presents seemingly unsurmountable odds against Dr. Paul. Our candidate is fighting hard for the nomination, and his goal, which should be our goal, is not to try to create a brokered convention, but to win every vote he can. The nomination is at stake, and much more is at stake too, including the future of the Republican Party and the future of the Republic. To build up the Ron Paul revolution, we need to show as much strength as possible in every contest, and we need the support and loyalty of everyone who wants to get back to the Constitution.

The deal worked out between our delegates and Mike Huckabee’s in West Virginia was one thing. Ron Paul was eliminated in the first round of voting and did not appear on the ballot in the second round, so our delegates who voted for Huckabee were not deserting Ron Paul — and, crucially, they were voting for Huckabee only because Huckabee’s people promised three national delegates for Dr. Paul. That kind of bargaining is sound. But voting for a candidate other than Ron Paul when there isn’t any chance of getting delegates for Dr. Paul, merely in the hope of having a brokered convention, only weakens the Ron Paul movement rather than strengthening it. We need every vote.

The same goes for leaving the Republican Party and registering as something else. Ron Paul has said how much he respects third parties. But Dr. Paul is in a fight to take back the Republican Party, and to do that he needs all of us to stay with him. I know this can be unpleasant — I registered as an independent when I moved to Delaware last year, and had to switch my registration back to the Republican Party that had left me years before in order to vote for Ron Paul. But however large the problems of the Republican Party may be (and they’re titanic) the one man in whom I have confidence to bring the party back to small-government, non-interventionist, constitutional principles is Ron Paul. If he’s not going third party, neither am I.

Tomorrow there are critical contests in Virginia, Maryland, and the District of Columbia. If you live in those states, get out and vote — for Ron Paul.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryMliyeIDp4



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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfUf_Gyth2E



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STOP THE FALSE PRESS REPORTS!  Ron Paul does NOT quit!  Pass this on to MEDIA OUTLETS!

There's been a terrible misunderstanding, and Ron Paul is trying to set it straight!

This just in from the official Ron Paul campaign blog:

This Candidate Doesn’t Quit

February 9th, 2008 by Dan McCarthy

A few news sources are misreporting Ron Paul’s e-mail from last night. The presidential campaign is not ending, not being suspended, and not even drawing down. It’s slimming down and ramping up — with over twenty states having already voted, we’ve shed staff, and we’re concentrating financial and organization resources on the remaining states. We’re going to the convention, and we’re fighting for every vote and every National Delegate along the way.

Republicans do not want John McCain to be their nominee. He has only been able to become the front-runner because the field was so divided and because he’s a media darling. We can see just how unpopular McCain is in the heartland by his performance in the Kansas caucuses today. Kansans resoundingly rejected the Arizona senator, and McCain’s big wins so far have mostly been in blue states — states he won’t win in November if, heaven forbid, he’s the Republican nominee.

Republicans want and need an alternative. Some people think Mike Huckabee provides an alternative to McCain. But Huckabee, who now tries to sound like Ron Paul when he talks about abolishing the IRS, raised taxes in Arkansas and vastly expanded spending in that state when he was its governor. Huckabee is no alternative at all. Ron Paul, on the other hand, has never voted for a tax increase, never voted for an unbalanced budget or for an unconstitutional war or government program.

At stake here is not just the Republican nomination — which McCain still has not locked up — but the future of the Republican Party and, much more importantly, the future of our liberties. We have to organize in every single state, including the ones that have already voted in the primaries and caucuses, to continue the fight to take back the Republican Party and to ensure that Ron Paul’s principles, the principles of Washington and Jefferson, prevail. For the sake of that cause, Ron Paul’s campaign continues, all the way to the convention.

To the trenches, troops!  COURAGE!

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Posted by Paul Bear (www.RonPaulite.com)

        

This has been an eye-opening election season—eye-popping—in exposing the election-ary corruption taking place behind the scenes, the organized crime mentality truly gripping Washington, our present government and his secret gestapo-like agents, the rush to surrender liberties in favor of handouts, power and empire, the collusion of corp-stream media to black out candidates (now still running) in favor of those who aren't even around any longer, and the UTTER HATE exhibited by the Republican party toward the only candidate running on a platform of true historic conservative principles!

The crime bosses running the behind-the-scenes conspiratorial operation, which has been shafting Ron Paul and his call to return to liberty, have clearly NOT gotten the message, yet, that WE WILL NOT TAKE IT ANY MORE!

So I urge you, my fellow Ron Paulites, to PLEASE REFUSE TO TRANSFER YOUR VOTE TO ANY OTHER SOUL, EXCEPT FOR RON PAUL!  Write him in, if necessary!

THIS ALONE WILL SEND OUR MESSAGE LOUD AND CLEAR TO THE TYRANTS USURPING OUR GOVERNMENT, and THIS ALONE will make the so-called establishment take Ron Paul dead serious!

PLEASE DON'T QUIT, EITHER!  DON'T SCALE BACK YOUR EFFORTS!  YOU are the campaign!  THE BATTLE ISN'T OVER!  IF WE EVEN SUPPOSE SUCH FOR ONE MINUTE, THEN WE HAVE CEDED AND CREATED A SELF-FULFILLING PROPHECY!

GO FOR THE NOMINATION!  Win the nomination for Ron Paul.  BUT!  If he doesn't get the nomination, then finally URGE him to change his mind about third party in the end!  If he FINALLY won't run third party, then PLEASE join me in a vow—a movement—to vote ONLY for Ron Paul, no matter what!  Spearhead a final write-in campaign, and make our political enemies tremble at its effect!  Ron Paul is attractive to voters on the right AND on the left, for different reasons, and this is as likely to send a message to Democrats, as to Republicans.

PLEASE DON'T DISREGARD ALL THAT HAS BEEN DONE, THE SACRIFICES, THE TIME, THE EXPENSE!  VOTE FOR YOUR TRUE CONSCIENCE—FOR LIBERTY—FOR RON PAUL!  We've come too far, too fast, to peter out!  We're NOT the same as the other campaigns, because WE ARE ACTUALLY RUNNING ON PRINCIPLE!  It matters LITTLE if the others peter out, because THEY'RE ALL ESSENTIALLY THE SAME!  They're all big-government, imperialist, corporatized, new world order, war-mongering, spying, meddling, control-freak, Bill of Rights undermining liberty sell-outs to one degree or another!

Are you HEARING??? 

Then PLEASE pass this on, and MAKE THIS MESSAGE GET HEARD!

God save LIBERTY!

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To find past updates and stories about Liberty Dollar, and the Ron Paul Dollar FBI Raid, use the search function.

February 08. 2008

Liberty Dollar Set to DOUBLE+

BINGO!!! Yesterday, February 7. 2008, the 30 day moving average (30DMA) for silver closed at exactly $16.00 for the first time…. And catapulted the Liberty Dollar into the 45 day slot to Move Up to the new $50 SILVER BASE!

Buckle UP! Silver is going to the moon and we want you all to come along. This is without a doubt - the third most important event for the little currency that could… Of course the first was its birth on October 1, 1998 and second was its serendipitous Move Up to the $20 Silver Base on Thanksgiving Day, November 24, 2005.

Liberty Dollar will Move Up on Easter Sunday, March 23 if the 30DMA for silver stays over $16 for 45 consecutive calendar days. Behold a new monetary system arises just as the US dollar descends into a pit of debt. Serendipity may strike again!

If you were onboard for the first Move Up then your money DOUBLED! This time it is even better! Now you can TWO AND HALF TIMES (2.5XY$) your money!!

Just imagine… In the same timeframe that Bushwacked has been president, the $10 Base Liberty Dollar will have Moved Up to the $50 Base and increased 500%…while the US dollar has lost 50%! What would you rather have? A currency that has increased FIVE TIMES or one that has lost HALF its purchasing power? Do you need a calculator?

Is there anybody opposed to doubling your money? Isn't 'protecting your purchasing power' one of the key benefits of the 'inflation proof' Liberty Dollar? Absolutely! Just imagine what it could do for your family, your business, or your community! Just image what it could do for our great country!!

Is the Move Up some wild wacky idea to defraud you of your hard earned US dollars? Hell No. The Liberty Dollar defrauds nobody. It is the government money that is defrauding you!!! Since the day the Liberty Dollar was introduced on October 1, 1998, I have specified the exact monetary structure for the new currency to respond to higher silver prices and published the "Move Up" points:

Move Up point from the $10 to the $20 Silver Base is $7.50 30DMA completed
Move Up point from the $20 to the $50 Silver Base is $16.00 30DMA pending
Move Up point from the $50 to the $100 Silver Base is $41.50 30DMA future1
Move Up point from the $100 to the $250 Silver Base is $84.00 30DMA future2
Move Up point from the $250 to the $500 Silver Base is $211.50 30DMA future3

When the Liberty Dollar Moved Up to the $20 Silver Base all Liberty Dollars DOUBLED. Now, when the 30DMA for silver stays over $16 for 45 consecutive calendar days the Liberty Dollar will Move Up to the $50 Silver Base and all Liberty Dollars that you have will increase TWO AND HALF TIMES!!

Now for the mechanics: It would be beneficial for you to understand that time is a critical factor when designing or even considering money. Just as $20 today does not buy the same twenty gallons of gas as it did ten years ago, I incorporated time into the Liberty Dollar model twice. First by using the 30DMA instead of silver spot rate and second by lengthening the time the 30DMA must be maintained to Move Up to each new Silver Base. Whereas the Move Up to the $20 Silver Base was achieved after the 30DMA was maintained for 30 days, the Move Up to the $50 Silver Base now requires 45 days. The Move Up to the $100 requires 60 days and an additional 15 days per each Move Up.

As the Move Up point is so important, the Liberty Dollar uses an independent, third party source for its 30DMA. This definitive information is readily available, total transparent and easily verifiable by everyone. The 30DMA is one of the econometric stability-inducing features that protect the Liberty Dollar from the erratic actions of free market silver. You can check the 30DMA by simply going to ScotiaMocotta, which is a division of the Bank of Nova Scotia, a Canadian Bank, at: http://www.scotiamocatta.com/prec/pdfs/pm_daily.pdf. The 30DMA is listed at the bottom of page 2. And just above the List of Moving Averages, please note the chart for silver. All averages are up and the 100 day moving average is up very sharply. Double since March 2006! There is no doubt silver is headed to the moon and the US dollar is… well we all know… headed down.

And on the technical side, please note the Commentary on page one that states: "Silver's outlook is more bullish than gold's as it didn't break its short-term up trend and most studies have yet to turn outright bearish. In addition, open interest has increased, which implies that the market remains somewhat confident on further upside in silver. Support comes in at the upward trend line of $16.44, while resistance comes in at intraday congestion of $16.93." (Please note that both figures are well over the $16 Move Up point.)

Do you want to 2.5XY$? Get some Liberty Dollars… BEFORE it Moves Up. The last day may be Friday March 21 at 5:00 PM CST... as the Office will be closed on Saturday and Easter Sunday.

Remember: Doesn't it just make sense that when the underlying commodity that backs the currency increases in value, shouldn't the purchasing power of that currency also increase in value? Of course. And isn't that the essence of an "inflation proof" currency? Absolutely! In fact, when you think about it, the only way the Liberty Dollar can accommodate higher commodity prices is to increase its Face Value.

The Liberty Dollar is a private voluntary barter currency. It is specifically designed to function dollar-for-dollar with the US dollar - regardless of how much it depreciates or how much silver appreciates - so you can protect your purchasing power in the market place. Does that mean that the Liberty Dollar should be used as "Legal Tender", "Current Money" or "Coin"? No! Absolutely not! It is only to be used between consenting adults. You cannot pay taxes with it. Nobody is forced to accept the Liberty Dollar. But why would you want to use anything else?

So you don't have to use the Liberty Dollar? Of course not! You can keep your head in the sand and your money in depreciating US dollars and lose your ass, your home, your business, everything that is denominated in US dollars. Is the Liberty Dollar opposed to the US dollar? Absolutely not! We love the US dollar as defined by the Mint Act of 1792. We love the US dollar that made the United States the greatest economic power in the world. We love the US dollar that represented real value and maintained its purchasing power. We are opposed to any money that is made out of thin air and rips off The People. That is morally wrong. And for the government to use that fiat money primarily for a 'war of aggression' is a sin against The People and an assault against world peace.

So what are We The People supposed to do? PROTECT YOUR PURCHASING POWER! Don't sit around and watch your nest egg, retirement funds, college saving account, or even your weekly allowance disappear. You have no obligation to go broke to save the country, or the government money that is ripping you off!

Sure buying silver is the best thing possible. Yes, it is much better than gold. Sure it will be good for you and your family. But it will do nothing for our great country. Our country needs a value based currency and it needs it damn quick. That is why I designed and developed the Liberty Dollar in spite of being under criminal investigation by the FBI. So if you think I am a criminal, please do NOT get any Liberty Dollars!

CLOSING: A lot of great things are happening with the Liberty Dollar. Walk-in customers are way up. Two new RCOs just joined and others are in the wings. A new digital Liberty Dollar will be available soon so it will be easy to 2.5XY$ BEFORE it Moves Up!!! Amir Hirsch is closing out the last Ron Paul Chocolate Dollars for Valentine's Day. Please order from http://ronpaulchocolate.com before Saturday and they should arrive by Thursday the 14th.

Can you type? You are invited to the Move Up Party!!! The biggest problem with the Move Up to the $20 Silver Base was keeping up with the orders. Seems like everybody wanted to DOUBLE their money. We anticipate this will happen again and are looking for about six people to come to Evansville for the Data Entry Party... Come for a day or two or more during the last two weeks of the 45 day slot: from March 10 to March 21. Your costs will be covered and you may even get a few 2008 Liberty Dollars to boot. Please email Sarah@LibertyDollar.org with PARTY in the subject field for particulars if you are interested in partying with the Liberty Dollar Team. Karen, no undercover agents need apply.

My fellow Americans: It is critical that we address the monetary problem in this country. But how? The government does not listen. All the politicians are a bunch of CFR "bellybuttons" except for Ron Paul. The IRS is a criminal gang. I am even under criminal investigation for trying to return America to value - one Liberty Dollar at a time!

The simple solution is for you to take your monetary matters into your own hands. After all - it IS your money. The quicker the better!! Buy silver if you want to protect your ass-ets. Get some Liberty Dollars if you want to return our great country to value. Just don't sit there! Either change your money or lose it!

I know not what course you may take, but for me -
give me Liberty (Dollar) or give me death!

Bernard von NotHaus
Monetary Architect / Editor

Additional info about the Move Up is available at: http://www.libertydollar.org/ld/about/liberty-dollar-doubles.htm

 

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Pass this to news outlets, big and small!

While Romney bows out of the race, Ron Paul silently advances, gaining delegates/cash while still ignored by the media.

February 06, 2008

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Expanding the Ron Paul movement to the U.S. House and Senate. Posted: 06 Feb 2008 11:29 PM CST Our government consists of three major branches. Each of them are bound with the task of keeping the other in line and in accordance with the constitution. Today all three branches have failed at this task in one way or another. The difficult truth is that fixing just one branch of our government will not solve our nation’s problems. As the promise of Ron Paul’s 2008 Presidential election draws near, another opportunity also presents itself: the congressional elections. If we are going to be a movement, stronger and more likely to succeed than any one man or any one political race’s outcome, then we must seize all opportunities to fix our government. Ignoring this year’s congressional elections, at a time when our country needs real change more than ever before, is not a mistake we can afford. To help us start our reclamation of congress, Ron Paul has endorsed two candidates for the upcoming elections. Murray Sabrin is running for the United States Senate in New Jersey, and Jim Forsythe is running for the House of Representatives in New Hampshire. Now we have two additional opportunities to send a message to Washington. These candidates need our help. We have shown when we act together we can accomplish incredible things. Let’s prove that the message of liberty will bring us together not just once, but again and again, until the calls of her distress are silenced forever. Please visit Murray Sabrin’s fund raising pledge site ScholarOfFreedom.com and Jim Forsythe’s pledge site at FlyToFreedom.com and confirm your commitment to restoring honor, integrity and the constitution to the United States government. “Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.” - George Bernard Shaw

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Could Ron Paul lose his seat in congress? Posted: 05 Feb 2008 09:17 AM CST No one can know the outcome of this years presidential election, but we do know that congressmen Ron Paul has a neo-con rival aiming to take his congressional seat. Congressman Ron Paul must raise $400,000 by the 9th of February to assure he has the funds needed for victory in the Republican primary. Once he secures the Republican nomination his congressional race will go uncontested. Over $100,000 has already been raise but more is still needed. Click here to go directly to Ron Paul’s Congressional donation page. Click here to watch the donation counter. We must act now to Defend the District!

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—- Forwarded Message —-

Bev Harris
Board Administrator

Posted on Tuesday, February 5, 2008 - 12:14 pm:

There are now anecdotal reports on other Web sites that voting machines were not delivered on time throughout Los Angeles. Because Los Angeles has a very heavy ethnic population, such tactics are of great concern. Unless they plan to count by hand at the polling place — and they do not — these tactics serve to centralize vote counting and introduce beastly new chain of custody and procedural issues.

Los Angeles has an especially heavy ethnic component to its voting population, which may affect one candidate disproportionately.

Posted on Tuesday, February 5, 2008 - 12:30 pm:

Teri Berry
Voting Rights Forum Participant
Username: Teri9543

Bev, I just voted in Ramona (San Diego county). It was
a paper ballot which was put directly into a box via
the slit on the side. I had seen your video on the
seal used on the boxes and went over to the box after
my ballot was placed in there and easily peeled down
the seal to the horror of the workers there. It is
indeed a post-it note seal! What a joke!

Bev Harris
Board Administrator

Posted on Tuesday, February 5, 2008 - 1:39 pm:

Wait a minute - San Diego uses Diebold optical
scanners, doesn't it? Or did San Diego go to central
count? This stinks to high heaven — between
Sacramento ("testing inconsistencies in op-scan
causing them to bring ballots in for central count),
Los Angeles (machines 'not working' and 'not delivered
on time' causing them to put ballots in boxes for
central count), and now San Diego reports (putting it
in a ballot box, not running it through a scanner at
the polling place) — It sounds like California is
going to be one big central count game.

Which means every bit of what we just did in New
Hampshire applies directly to everyplace in California
where they start toting ballots around tonight.

And they're using the Post-It seals.

Now check this out: Polling place ballot box secured
only by a paper clip (paper clip is stuck into a
yellow thing) - and it's sitting within arm's reach by
a poll worker's feet.

Jody Holly
Voting Rights Forum Participant
Username: Jody126
Post Number: 3
Registered: 1-2008

Posted on Tuesday, February 5, 2008 - 9:07 pm:

I registered a complaint with the California Secretary of State's voter fraud department and she said there have been complaints from throughout the state. Let's see what happens. I hope the MSM does not start projeting (sic) the winners in California. This State is a MESS!

Bev Harris
Board Administrator

Posted on Tuesday, February 5, 2008 - 9:51 pm:

Yep, they called it already. The media likes to call the race before all the numbers are in, then say they're all done reporting as the glitches and mismatched reconciliations arrive.

http://www.bbvforums.org/cgi-bin/forums/board-auth.cgi?file=/73/71691.html

—-

Bev Harris
Board Administrator
Posted on Tuesday, February 5, 2008 - 9:40 pm:
Subject: Eye witness report of ballot stuffing in
Colo. caucus

COLORADO - I just interviewed a gentleman in Boulder,
Colorado who provided a detailed report. He was one of
the caucus officials (chairman? captain? not sure of
the lingo). They hand counted the ballots and the two
elderly ladies counted them wrong. He corrected them.
He carefully wrote down the correct information. While
he was doing this, one of the elderly ladies was
grabbing at the envelope; she ultimately did take the
envelope and hurry away with it.

She then dropped the envelope and as she was picking
it up, the gentleman I interviewed (who does have a
name, which I'll release with his permission when he
signs an affidavit) — anyway, he witnessed her take a
ballot (which he had NOT seen fall out of the
envelope) and put it into the envelope. He noticed
that, while all the ballots were folded, this one was
not folded.

She stated that she was bringing the envelope to where
the Republicans were putting all the ballots together.
He asked her where this would be, so he could go there
too. She said she might "stop at her home" on the way.

He called me initially, quite shaken, trying to learn
where the Boulder County Republicans were convening. I
do not know.

The miscounts were against Ron Paul. The extra ballot
inserted was for Romney. He expressed amazement that
these two seemingly nice elderly ladies were involved
in cheating, both on the count and, the one lady, with
the ballot stuffing. I should mention that the
attendance in his precinct was low, and even a few
ballots would skew the count.

As we know, in Iowa it was quite a delay before we
could get precinct results from the caucus. I am
unsure as to how promptly Colorado will release
precinct results, or even IF they will.

http://www.bbvforums.org/cgi-bin/forums/board-auth.cgi?file=/73/71718.html

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February 04, 2008

Ron Paul Beats McCain in Maine Caucus, Primed to Win Over 1/3 of State Delegates

In the race for delegates, Ron Paul appears to closely trail Romney for first place

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 4, 2008

ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA – While most reports about this past weekend’s Maine Caucus focused on the purely symbolic presidential preference poll, in the meaningful race to secure delegates to the state convention Ron Paul is primed to finish second with likely 35 percent of the total delegates.

Delegates to the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis are elected by the state delegates.  Internal results from 10 of 16 counties, including the largest cities of Portland, South Portland, Lewiston, Auburn, Augusta, Waterville, Bangor, and Brewer, show Ron Paul picking up 215 of 608 State Convention delegates so far reported, or 35%.

“Ron Paul’s strong second place finish in Maine, in which he beat John McCain, is proof that this race is far from over,” said Ron Paul campaign manager Lew Moore.  “We’ll continue to battle for every delegate in this wide-open race for the Republican nomination.”

In the presidential preference poll, with 70 percent reporting, Ron Paul is in third place just two percentage points behind John McCain.  However, the Maine preference poll is purely a beauty contest, and in the actual election of state delegates the so-called “frontrunner” McCain is far behind Ron Paul.

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Here is a letter of thanks from Carol Paul:

February 4, 2008

Dear friend,

Wow. What an anniversary present you gave us with all your wonderful donations! Ron and I can't thank you enough. Someone asked me where we would have our special dinner, and I said with box lunches on the airplane. When I saw the person's face fall, I said that I couldn't imagine a more wonderful event—with Ron, and fighting for our country's freedom. What could be better? Then more than 2,000 people came to help us celebrate on February 1st in Denver, and they stood up and cheered every sentence out of his mouth. You know, sometimes I have wondered if there was enough love of liberty left in America. I wonder no longer. We can do it!

With all my thanks,

Carol

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The media, the Republican party operatives, and the agencies of the sitting United States government, have all colluded together to commit some of the most corrupt actions of political suppression in recent history, during this campaign season.  'They' say organized crime is in decline, or dead.  I say, that it has simply put on more respectable clothing, and walked right into the mainstream of American life, and into our living rooms!  The actions of my party, my government and of the mainstream media during the last year, have blown much of the little faith I had remaining, in our political system, to check its own excesses.

The Republican party IS going to lose the national election (not because the Democrats are worthy, mind you!)—unless Ron Paul is nominated—based solely upon the dismal way the party machine has treated Ron Paul!  The party has systematically suppressed Ron Paul in such blatant moves throughout the last year—consistently—all while Ron Paul's message was drawing record recruiting numbers into the lagging Republican party!  Go figure!  The Republican party has thus chosen to cut off its own nose to spite its face.  Even if Paul should NOT finally achieve the Republican nomination, a great swath of his followers may still have transferred their votes to the Republican nominee, IF the Republican machine had treated Ron Paul as a 'family member' so to speak, instead of like some kind of Frankenstein in the house!  Now you can COUNT US OUT!

Count ME out!

Following my own state's primary, I am now LEAVING THE REPUBLICAN PARTY—for good.  I keep getting clueless Republican fund-raising letters from headquarters, saying that they have not heard from me since mid-2005—that they are worried they've lost my former strong support (ha ha)—and that now it is more important than ever for me to send them more money.  I am sorry, the check is NOT in the mail!  Not with the way you've treated Ron Paul!

What?  Did you think you could be the way you've been to one of your own candidates, and then expect his followers to loyally support your crooked machine, after you've finished crucifying him???

There's a reason I've not been heard from since mid-2005.  It is because that is when I started really waking up, and realizing the tyrannical actions being taken by the present Republican government, in the name of conservatism—in the name of America!  I kept hoping, though, even after that time, that the keener consciences in the party would take a stand to check the draconian police state mentality creeping in, at first undetected, then blatantly and high-handedly!  A check never materialized!  Those who should have known better, seemed to be mesmerized—bewitched!  I couldn't figure it out at first—now I recognize that the hypnotic influence, is a vision of raw unbridled power, not unlike that, which has led empires of the past to overreach until they self-destructed.

Then I discovered Ron Paul—no thanks to the media—and I hoped against hope, that Ron Paul—the voice of one crying in a desert of lost liberty—might be heeded—the only Republican voice that has given me any reason for hope, since I first woke up.  Alas!  Methinks I was wrong to give my party one more chance!

The government has taken part, as well, as I've described in former blog entries, even to the point of sicking the overbearing powers of our bloated and not always non-partisan federal justice system, on one who dared to mint a Ron Paul gold, silver and copper piece!  That is the tip of the iceberg, however, as such visible actions almost always are.  There have been many not-so-subtle whisper campaigns, as well, to insinuate that Ron Paul was a subversive, and even to attempt a correlation between Ron Paul's peaceful followers and terrorists!  And it has already been shown, how the sitting government targets dissenters, such as war protesters (and Ron Paulites???), with illegal surveillance, unwarranted investigations, SECRET LISTS, and even at times trumped up legal charges.

Why the government has been so obstinate is beyond me.  Don't they know that such overreaching always comes back to bite any government, eventually?  Their actions in recent history have simply created a broad swath of public that no longer takes what government mouthpieces say at face value—many who are now so distrustful, that it becomes difficult to trust government even when the government is acting completely straight forward!  This present government, too, has chosen to cut off its nose to spite its face.

Which brings me to the media!  You would think that the most treasured possession media outlets would want to protect, would be the trust of their viewers!  You would THINK that, but the corporate behemoth we call 'news' media, has sold its soul to the devil, in order to hold back the message of liberty at any cost!  They used to even dispute this fact (in the earlier stages of the campaign season), and just to make a show, they would once in a while allow Ron Paul a brief basking in their spotlight—just to silence critics, mind you.  But now, it seems, they don't even make any bones about how MUCH they hate Ron Paul and the message of liberty!  If they had had their way, not even ONE American would have known Paul existed, but even without their help, they saw that at times he was 'catching' like a wildfire, and so they've done their darnedest to keep that fire localized and under control, so that THEY might control American democracy (yes, we ARE supposed to be a democracy—a democratic republic—for those who dispute our democratic nature).

Again, while they MAY have harmed Ron Paul's ability to be known by many Americans, what a price they have paid!  They have purchased their "power" at the expense of their credibility!  Even many of those who don't espouse Ron Paul's political views, have noted how blatant has been the media bias, and their high-handed efforts to destroy him!  Sometimes even in the debates they can scarcely hold back their biting sarcasm, and their evident demonic rage at the fact that Ron Paul stands in their spotlight against their will!  They too have chosen to cut off their noses to spite their collective face.



I used to love to watch the "news", but lately it just makes me sick to watch these bubble-heads claiming to be newscasters, but who are really political operatives for an elitist corporate agenda.  I've already blocked the FOX channel, and I am in process of eliminating all of their stock in my retirement portfolio.  But in the near future, I will probably begin saving a bundle of money, by eliminating ALL of my paid media services.  Yes, ALL!  The reality is, that I am not alone in this attitude, and even if Elephants do forget (like Republicans have forgotten the Bill of Rights—some Donkeys, too), I can guarantee that Ron Paulites and their sympathizers will NOT FORGET this treatment by the corporate media, or which companies stood behind the manipulative treatment so unbecoming to "news" organizations.

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This from the American Freedom Campaign on January 31:

Just six months ago today, we launched the American Freedom Campaign with the mission of building a grassroots movement to restore our Constitution and our system of checks and balances.  In a short time, we have made tremendous strides.  But we now need your help to keep the momentum going.>>

If you support our mission and our work, please consider making a contribution to AFC today.  Any amount would be appreciated and would go toward supporting the activities described near the bottom of this email.

To make a contribution, just click on the following link:

https://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/2165/t/2629/shop/custom.jsp?donate_page_KEY=2644

In six short months, the American Freedom Campaign has grown from an idea to a true movement.  Here are some of the highlights:

We have partnered with some of the most prominent organizations in the country, including Human Rights Watch, Alliance for Justice, Brennan Center for Justice, Center for Constitutional Rights, National Lawyers Guild, Equal Justice Society, Electronic Frontier Foundation, MoveOn.org, Amnesty International USA, and many others.  Along side these organizations, we are addressing issues from torture to warrantless wiretapping to President Bush's proposed agreement with Iraq.

We launched a campaign called American Lawyers Defending the Constitution, which has brought together prominent individuals — from former New York governor Mario Cuomo on the left to former Reagan administration official Bruce Fein on the right — along with more than 100 law professors.  Overall, more than 2,000 lawyers and law students have signed the campaign statement calling for more vigorous congressional investigations into abuses of the Constitution carried out by the Bush administration.

We have built an email list of more than 35,000 activists like yourself.  While many other start-up organizations spend money to build their email lists, we are proud to say that we have not spent a penny on this effort — aside from covering staff time.  Rather, our list has grown as people have been drawn to our site either by reading about AFC online or by having our action alerts forwarded to them by friends or family.

We are having an impact in Congress.  Collectively, AFC supporters have responded more than 50,000 times to requests to send emails to Congress.  Recently, AFC was one of the first organizations — if not the first — to ask supporters to contact Congress about President Bush's plan to negotiate and sign an agreement with Iraq, making long-term economic and military commitments, without congressional approval.  We have also been one of the most active organizations in the country pushing for contempt citations against Bush administration officials who defied Congress and refused to testify about the U.S. Attorneys scandal.  AFC supporters have sent almost 19,000 emails to their U.S. representatives about this issue!  Combined with our additional work behind the scenes, this has helped keep the issue alive and we hope that a vote in the House occurs in the near future.

If you want to help keep this momentum going, please make a contribution today.  One click on the link below will get you started:

https://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/2165/t/2629/shop/custom.jsp?donate_page_KEY=2644

Your contribution will support the American Freedom Campaign as it fights to reverse constitutional abuses that have occurred over the past seven years and to restore checks and balances in Washington.  Specifically, AFC will direct its energy toward the following battles:

Contempt.  Holding Bush administration officials in contempt for defying congressional subpoenas is necessary in order to maintain our system of checks and balances.  As noted above, we are already pushing for final passage of a contempt resolution in the House and will continue to do so.

Iraq.  Future commitments in Iraq cannot be determined by the President alone.  AFC will fight to ensure that any agreement between the two countries is approved by Congress.  We will also oppose a recent "signing statement" by President Bush, with which he expressed an intent to ignore a congressional prohibition on using federal funds to establish permanent military bases in Iraq.

Torture.  Congress is considering legislation that would require the CIA to adopt the same standards for interrogations as the military, which would effectively put an end to many of the "enhanced interrogation" techniques employed in the past by the CIA.  The House has already approved this legislation, but it has been stalled in the Senate.  AFC will work with our allies to push for final passage of this legislation.

The American Freedom Agenda Act.  Reps. Ron Paul (R-TX) and Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) are co-sponsors of this act, which would reverse many of the constitutional abuses that have occurred over the past seven years.  It reflects many of the goals expressed in our 10-point agenda and we are therefore committed to building support for the legislation.

In addition to addressing these issues, we are certain that others will arise during the year.  We will keep on top of developments and take action when it is necessary and appropriate.  Whether you are able to help us financially or not, we hope that you will remain involved in our movement and will take action when we send out alerts.

We really appreciate your support and look forward to fighting with you in the future.

Best,
Steve

Steve Fox
Campaign Director
American Freedom Campaign Action Fund

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From Carol Paul (wife of Ron Paul for 51 years, as of today):

February 1, 2008

Dear Friends,

Ron and I are so honored that you all are contributing to the campaign in honor of our 51st wedding anniversary. That is very special.

We are celebrating our special day as we travel from the California debate to Seattle, Washington and Denver, Colorado for the cause of liberty. We are not giving up our day but sharing it with the voters as you are sharing the fruits of your labor for freedom. Ron says "Freedom works!!" and I believe it does.

Thanks again for your support in prayers, letters and donations. Here are two letters I've received so far that really touched the hearts of me and Ron:

Shellie Singleton from Hampstead, NC says:

"We love you, we treasure you, and we revere you. For the first time ever, my family has finally realized that we are not alone in our desire for the government of the founders. Thank you for bringing so many believers in liberty and freedom together. What an amazing feeling it is to belong to a true revolution, what an awesome responsibility! HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!"

Colin Mahon from North Ridgeville, OH writes:

"The two of you may never fully understand how many lives you have touched and changed. I now have great hope for my daughter as I now feel I am making a difference in her world. I went from a disenfranchised, non-voting, angry American citizen that had lost all hope for our country to a political activist in the last 6 months. Thank you for your honesty, integrity and patriotism. You did more than cure my apathy, the two of you saved my life."

We wish we could thank each one of you individually but maybe one day our paths will cross and we will do just that. Ron is so sorry that he could not make it to every event that you have worked hard and planned for. I wish for a few more hours in the day, but since that is not an option we make do with what we are given.

With love to all our wonderful supporters,

Carol Paul

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This from Chad Elwartowski, one of the OTHER money bomb leaders (see HERE) of today's multiple-perspectived money bombing:

Today is the day!!!  Let's show Fox News and all of the other media that Ron Paul has the backing and the support to go all the way this election.

 

The 4th Quarter numbers came out yesterday and they show that the other Republican candidates didn't even come close to Ron Paul's donation

numbers. None even made half of what Ron Paul brought in. This is huge considering Clinton and Obama both raised over $20 million each. How

do the other candidates hope to compete with the Democrats if they can only raise $8-9 million. Ron Paul raised $19.5 million in Q4. And Romney

has said that he's done tapping his own money to fund the campaign (He borrowed $18 million from himself and still has less money on hand than

Ron Paul). McCain is $2 million in debt. This is the big news today...it will be huge with a great turnout of donations to add to the story.

 

But Ron Paul needs to be able to make it to the end. This is a marathon not a sprint. He needs your donations.

 

Please donate $100 today at https://www.ronpaul2008.com/donate and show them that Ron Paul is in it until the end. Also, the campaign has sent

out a message that if you donate $201 today you will receive a personal letter from Ron & Carol Paul in thanks for donating on their 51st wedding

anniversary. Let's give them an anniversary to remember.

 

Give Ron Paul that last burst of energy he needs to win this like Dave Wottle in the final stretch at the '72 Olympics.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=5LHid-nC45k

 

Let's do it.

 

Thank You,

Chad Elwartowski

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January 31, 2008

We know that many of you already are aware that Friday is Ron and Carol's 51st wedding anniversary. We thought now might be a nice time to share a little bit of their wedding story, from the words of Carol Paul.

"I actually came into the picture about 1952 when Ron was my escort to my 16th birthday party. Don't tell anyone - but I asked him... actually my birthday is February 29th and it was a Sadie Hawkins-type party where the girls asked the boys... and I asked him.

...

"We went away to college (different colleges in different states), but always kept in touch. On February 1, 1957, we married in an all-white wedding with the bridesmaids carrying armloads of red roses. The flower girl wore a white dress and sprinkled rose petals down the aisle. A fraternity brother of Ron's sang "The Wedding Prayer" and the "Lord's Prayer." Both are very special to us, even today.

"We spent his last semester in college married, and living on the third floor of an old home in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. For one year Ron was manager of the college coffee shop called "The Bullet Hole." He worked as steward and house manager for his fraternity, and had a small scholastic scholarship to help finance his way through college.

You can read more about Ron and Carol's life story in her article, "The American Dream," on our website.

For those of you who will be contributing on Friday in honor of Ron and Carol's many loving years together, we've included an added bonus: Everyone who contributes at least $201 (since Friday is, after all, 2/01) will get to write a personalized anniversary message to Ron and Carol!

In the coming days, we'll display some of these messages on our website, and we're also going to present every one of them, along with your names, as a gift to Ron and Carol!

Thank you in advance for your help in giving Ron Paul one big fundraising and media push before Super Tuesday!  https://www.ronpaul2008.com/donate

Jonathan Bydlak
Fundraising Director
Ron Paul 2008

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Df1n-0K5apk



Now is the time to knock one home for liberty!  Don't ease up now, we are at the point of urgency!

Tomorrow—Feb 1—is a money bomb of many names, but of one purpose—to give Ron Paul the staying power to last throughout the primary season, which, despite Super Tuesday, has several months left!  I should know.  My state doesn't have its primary until May!

Here's a message from Trevor Lyman:

We have power.

The Ron Paul community is pretty amazing isn’t it? In just five days we’ve worked together to sign up almost 4,000 pledges to donate on February 1st in honor of Ron and Carol Paul’s 51st wedding anniversary. Many more than this will give on that day.

Can the media ignore Ron Paul in a two person republican debate?

Supporting the Ron Paul candidacy means more now than it ever has before. Huckabee and McCain have very little money left. If they don’t do well on Super Tuesday they will both drop out. Ron Paul will stay.

Just a little bit more effort and we’ll have the media pulpit for Ron Paul (and the freedom message) that we have been dreaming of since the very start of our efforts.

Give all you can on February 1st. We’re just about to knock this thing out of the park.

Please tell everyone you know about http://www.FiftyOneYears.com

Sincerely,

Trevor Lyman

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We need a more robust and FAIR electoral system than we now have in America.  By that, I mean one that carefully counts ALL votes, and does not allow the few to decide for the many, as our present primary/caucus system enables.

How does our present system enable the few to decide for the many, you ask?  By allowing a VERY few state elections to unduly influence the ability of equal citizens in OTHER states to have any say AT ALL, in whom they will have an opportunity to vote for!  Presently the MAJORITY of voters in America are being disenfranchised by our skewed system!

You might think that, being a Ron Paul supporter, I would be happy that the field of candidates for president has been drastically narrowing this early in the primary game (even before the so-called "Super Tuesday"!), because it leaves fewer opponents of Ron Paul remaining in the lineup.  While I am happy for the reduced field, I am NOT happy about what the rapid reduction—LONG before my state, and many others, have even had a chance to weigh in on the choices—says about our election process.  The fact that so many have dropped out, based solely upon the decisions of a VERY FEW VOTERS, gives THOSE VOTERS a super-voter status, and it discriminates unjustly against the voters in MANY remaining states who, given the chance, might have chosen very differently.

Is it truly democratic to elect our leaders based upon privileged isolation voters, whose over-weighted decisions prematurely drive out many valid candidates, thus preventing the majority from having any say about THOSE candidates?  I think NOT!  It is no more fair than when media outlets discriminate prematurely (at ANY step in the process) against ANY candidate who happens to show poorly at one time or in one particular region.  The net effect of both of these inequities is that equal justice under law—election law—is subverted.  Some citizens—the majority, in fact—are effectively DENIED AN EQUAL VOTE with a very few other unlawfully powerful citizens (and in the case of media outlets, even NON-citizens, such as Rupert Murdoch).

I find this unjust enough, that I would even call it unconstitutional discrimination, and I challenge any serious lawyers reading this, to please consider challenging this corrupt system all the way to the Supreme court, for democracy's sake.  America—the beacon of liberty and democracy in recent centuries—deserves a more fair, robust and equitable voting system than it presently enjoys!

I also strongly urge Ron Paul and ALL OF THE REMAINING CANDIDATES not to even consider dropping out of seeking their party's nomination, until EVERY STATE GETS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE FULLY COUNTED AND ENFRANCHISED!  It's only fair!  Of course it will matter little to me on a PERSONAL basis, since I'm voting Ron Paul NO MATTER WHAT, but so many others fatally look about them to see what OTHERS are doing, rather than voting truly conscientiously.  These weaker-willed follower voters are unduly influenced by the present undemocratic system, and they are too easily herded about by the king-like power brokers in the shadows of de-MOCKERY-cy.

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So much for the Feds trying to destroy the maker of the Ron Paul dollar with their draconian unconstitutional theft of last fall, directed by the same Neocons who are now supporting John McCain and Mitt Romney!  (see



This latest update from Liberty Dollar (to find past updates, use the blog's search function):

January 30. 2008

Dear Liberty Dollar Supporters:

FLASH: I am pleased to announce that we are in discussions with a noted attorney in Boise, Idaho to secure the return of the material seized by the FBI at Sunshine Mint, Fulfillment office in Evansville, printers in California and material in Asheville, North Carolina. We will announce this development asap.

Please note it now appears that we will pursue a Class Action Lawsuit. If you have any paper certificates or digital Liberty Dollars you were damaged. Please sign up for the Class Action Lawsuit at: http://www.libertydollar.org/classaction/index.php. This will also entitle you to be a Liberty Associate for FREE when we move up to the new $50 Silver Base.

The new 2008 Silver Liberty Dollar with a face value of $20 is HOT!!! Seems like with all the added publicity from the Raid and sharply higher silver prices, the market is hot for Liberty Dollars. Of course, I never wished for the Raid, but we are certainly making lemonade out of that lemon! And you should too. In fact, many people are making a lot more than lemons or peanuts on eBay with the Liberty Dollar.

PRICING: As silver is over $16 per ounce and we are quickly advancing into the 45 day slot to Move Up to the $50 Silver Base, the one ounce $20 Liberty Dollar is currently Spot + $5. While this pricing is for everybody at this time, after the Liberty Dollar Moves Up, only Liberty Associates and Merchants will receive the commissioned rate and profit. All non-Associates will exchange at face value without the commission. You are strongly urged to take a stand for value and become a Liberty Associate for FREE by joining the Class Action Lawsuit as the cost to become a Liberty Associate at the $50 base will be $500!

Announcing the 2008 Arrest Dollar. Thank you for your interest and orders for the specially hallmarked Arrest Dollar on previously issued Liberty Dollars. As that material is now exhausted the price has risen from $30 to $40 and will probably be $50 soon. So as I have not been arrested…. yet… and I still need to raise money for our legal expenses, I am pleased to announce the 2008 Arrest Dollar - a new 2008 Liberty Dollar with the famous "Handcuff" hallmark is now available at the introductory price of $30 each. Please mail your order with your check or money order made out to BERNARD to 225 N. Stockwell Road. Evansville. Indiana. 47715. This offer is for a limited time… limited until I am arrested… or will be re-priced as silver rises. Please order now at only $30 each and help support our legal defense fund.

So what is a regular Brilliant Uncirculated 2008 Silver Liberty Dollar worth? Would you believe $41.00?! Just ask Dave Gillie because that is what he got on eBay! The Liberty Dollar is now trading over face value! Check out Dave Gillie's eBay store at: http://stores.ebay.com/Dave-Gillies-Silver-Liberty-norfed for more high-end Liberty Dollars.

But you don't have to pay $40 bucks for a $20 Silver Liberty Dollar! Order direct from the National Fulfillment office for only $5 over spot. Spot is published and updated hourly on the Liberty Dollar home page at www.LibertyDollar.org. Print out this Order Form and mail your check or money order made out to BERNARD to Liberty Dollar, 225 N. Stockwell Road, Evansville, Indiana. 47715. Shipping and Handling is $6 (up to 12 items) $1 of each additional item. Also consider becoming a Liberty Associate before the currency Moves Up to the $50 Base.

WAIT… GOOD NEWS: The Shopping Cart is back up with AlertPay, PayPal's chief competitor. It is now easier to get the Liberty Dollar! Unfortunately at this time they are upgrading their card services. So to use AlertPay, you need to open an account and link it to your bank account. This is easily done but takes a couple days to verify your bank account. So please go to http://www.alertpay.com.

Unfortunately, with only Sarah on hand, the phone service is seriously limited so we cannot take phone orders…. very easily. If you wish to order by mail, please send a check or money order made out to BERNARD. We will ship asap… currently about three weeks. Order Form should be included and can be downloaded HERE.

To PayPal's credit, they finally returned all funds for Liberty Dollars ordered on our shopping cart using PayPal… except for the eight people who filed a dispute. It only took two weeks, countless emails and eight long phone callsL! We are working to get the last eight disputed claims paid ASAP.

So, with higher metal prices, is this the worst time to get Liberty Dollars? NO!!! This is the best time! This is the time to bet the farm on silver and get as many Silver Libertys as possible. The Liberty Dollar "brand" has broken out of the "currency" mode and become "bullion" with a Mission… to return our country to value… the same values established by our Founding Fathers… the same values that Ron Paul campaigns on… the same value that made America great… and hand you a fortune!

Best time or worst time to get Liberty Dollars? Just look at the 30 day moving average (30 DMA) for silver. On Friday, January 25 it was $15.29. Check it out for yourself at: http://www.scotiamocatta.com/prec/pdfs/pm_daily.pdf. The Liberty Dollar will Move Up to the $50 Silver Base when the 30 day moving average stays over $16 for 45 consecutive calendar days. Liberty Dollar could enter that slot in less than 30 days!

Doesn't it just make sense that when the underlying commodity that backs the currency increases in value, shouldn't the purchasing power of that currency also increase in value? Of course. And isn't that the essence of an inflation proof currency? Absolutely! Tell a friend about the Liberty Dollar… let the fun begin!

Bottom line… this IS the best time to get the Liberty Dollar… BEFORE it Moves Up!

Have you ever wished you had lived during the American Revolutionary War? Yes, it was an exciting and historic time. But very few Americans actually participated then and it is not much different now. But if you ever yearned to be a part of American history… this is your opportunity. "What is that?" you ask. Opening a Regional Currency Office (RCO) and actively distributing the Liberty Dollar. Currently, 15 brave men have taken the stand to have their own Hallmark made and are actively distributing the Liberty Dollar. All across the country, "Good Americans" are doing what is right to get America back on track with the ideals of our Founding Fathers. Will you be one? Would you have joined the first American Revolution? Will you open a RCO and help return American to value - one Liberty Dollar at a time? I so pray.

Click HERE to see the Original 15 Hallmarks by the brave men who have chosen to stand for value at this dark moment of the Liberty Dollar. Please consider opening a RCO and getting a custom Hallmark for your town, family, business, church, organization, almost anything and use the Liberty Dollar today. Or collect all 15 Hallmarked Liberty Dollars by contacting one of the RCOs. For the serious collector a Limited Numbered Edition is also available. You can collect one or all 15 by contacting a RCO or the Evansville office. Prices for the special LNE vary. This is a limited time offer. Please take action now.

The federal government is accused of gold-price manipulation in a full page ad past Thursday in the Wall Street Journal by my friends at GATA: http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/Find-Freedom.htm?At=029310&From=News

Looking for a good source for unbiased info about the coin collecting and the metals market? Of course we all go to Kitco.com but I also prefer to read "Liberty Outlook" by Pat Heller. Liberty Outlook is published by Liberty Coin Service, a bullion and numismatic coin dealer in Lansing, Michigan. 800.527.2375. Please mention the Liberty Dollar when you call and encourage them to find some courage and start dealing in Liberty Dollars! To their credit, Pat recently mentioned the Liberty Dollar as the Ninth Factor supporting the precious metals boom.

Check out two very short but incredible videos with Hitler and Ron Paul at:
http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/Feature-Article.htm?InfoNo=029305&From=News

Understandably tempers run high, especially when you send in money and don't get your order. I certainly understand! As I have said before, my number one job is getting your money back and filling your order. So I am very happy to announce that PayPal recently returned over $30,000 to people who ordered Liberty Dollars from our shopping cart using PayPal. But that does not stop the flood of angry emails asking about their orders. Often this spills over into the public ALD Forum users group. Here is an unsolicited, typical inquiry and response by Dave Gillie who operates a RCO in Michigan:

QUESTION: Why would you support an organization (LIBERTY DOLLAR) that steals from the so called people it wants to help? My reason, I purchased from them (LIBERTY DOLLAR) and they have not delivered my order, refuse to contact me, return my calls or e-mails, and are now they (LIBERTY DOLLAR) wants to sell me and everyone else more, give me a break.

RESPONSE: IN CASE you really want an answer, here it is:

I agree that Liberty Dollar is responsible for delivering what they were paid for (or refund). I strongly *disagree* that when a FORCE completely outside of their control forcibly and illegally interferes with their business that it constitutes "stealing" in ANY way.

I DO support LD in their effort to get their and yours and MY STUFF back. I'm not so naive to think that they are a magic turnip that can possibly replace the material now that their product AND money was all been seized.

Remembering the SERENITY PRAYER, there ARE some things they can do (hence the legal defense fund) and some things that are absolutely impossible (fill orders and/or refund them at this time).

The contact problem is understandable IMO, but I agree that they should at least post more info on their website. Note, there IS a TON there now. So all their past and current customers really should know what's going on.

As to currently selling more material? I can see how that would irritate a past customer who didn't get the stuff they paid for. However, ya gotta keep in mind that they are NOT using money that should be refunded (IMO) because (1.) the new 2008's don't even involve LD (other than they allow use of copyrighted material). RCOs get them *directly* from the mints scattered around the country. (2.) Hallmarked items LD is selling have been DONATED back to LD to raise funds for their LEGAL fight to get theirs and mine AND YOUR stuff back.

In fact, a fraud WOULD occur if they took donations for legal fund and used it for other purposes, like refund past customers, as you seem to want.

Hope this answers your question. And I hope you will support the Liberty Dollar, they need our help to get everything back.

DaveGillie: http://www.GilliesConeyisland.com/

Thank you Dave for coming to Liberty Dollar's defense. I couldn't have said it better.

Chick HERE for a great little sermon on Dishonest Scales by Rev. Larry Beane.

As we prepare to Move Up to the $50 Silver Base… the "Collectors Special" two ounce $50 Pietfort is in the works with a custom Hallmark. Please let me know if you are interested in this special, limited issue. The obverse die will feature a special "deep dish" ultra high relief portrait of Lady Liberty. This specimen will be a showstopper!

Please order a 2008 Silver Liberty Dollar online today. We have no idea when an indictment will be issued and the Liberty Dollar will be silenced. Please take action before it is too late. We need your support now, please. Only $5 over spot plus shipping.

Thanks again for your support, donations and orders - Liberty Dollar lives!

Bernard von NotHaus
Monetary Architect/Editor

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This from the Ron Paul campaign:

January 30, 2008

We received this message this morning from a Ron Paul supporter in Florida. Because it is so important, we are sharing it with you, too.

I wanted to share my experience canvassing here in Broward County, South Florida.

As you know, Dr. Paul took 3% of the vote yesterday in Florida. A friend and I signed up on the campaign's website to be a precinct leader, and took it upon ourselves to canvass 13 precincts in Broward County. I'm proud to report that in the precincts that we canvassed, Dr. Paul came in second to John McCain.

That's right; Dr. Paul beat Romney, Giuliani and Huckabee. This happened with almost NO media coverage of Dr. Paul. It's particularly noteworthy, because Broward County is a stronghold of Rudy Giuliani.

We know of other Dr. Paul supporters in Broward County who were waving Dr. Paul's signs, but they did not do that well in their precincts. Sign waving does NOT get votes, BUT PRECINCT WORK DOES GET VOTES!!! Please do the precinct work in your area so that Dr. Paul will win. God Bless You.

Help us by signing up today to be a precinct leader in your area. If you really want to make Ron Paul our next president, sign up and begin canvassing right away. You're counting on Ron Paul to do his part, and he's counting on you to do yours.

This is work that any dedicated supporter can do, and, along with donating, is the most important thing you can do to ensure a Ron Paul victory.

Sign up yourself, and then encourage all your friends to sign up here: https://voters.ronpaul2008.com.

Daniel McCarthy
Internet Communications Coordinator
Ron Paul 2008

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***Prior Article Highlight! Check out: WHY THEY HATE HIM***




It is impressing me more and more every day that NOW is not the time to lose any of our steam, or to ease back on our support for Dr. No.  NOW is the time when the presidential field is narrowing, and when many more voters are starting to see Dr. Paul as their ONLY OPTION!  Check out this off-hand comment by Rob Kall of OpEdNews fame (from his e-mail newsletter).  It speaks volumes on the situation that is now developing in his camp, for those who love the constitutional protections outlined in our Bill of Rights:

...This has been a tough week, with, first Dennis Kucinich and next John Edwards dropping out of the presidential race— generally, the two candidates considered, in the order I listed them, the most progressive. That leaves two Democratic candidates who are more centrist. I know some of our readers will be unhappy with the remaining choices. Some will go green, some will shift their hopes to Ron Paul, some will hope for a third party candidate entry like Bloomberg, Nader, or perhaps even Paul/Kucinich. (I'm just recapitulating what has been written on the site in articles, diaries and comments...

...In a way, there is a feeling of writing an obituary here, because the truly progressive candidates are now, really, finally out of the picture....

...Now, we have two democratic candidates and four republican candidates to choose from (OpEdNEws is a non-profit, therefor non-partisan site.) Among those, three are actually considered by our readers— Clinton, Obama and Paul...

And on the conservative side, I've already shared with you how some of the most famous of conservatives are taking notice of Ron Paul (see HERE and HERE).  Cal Thomas said that Ron Paul is the only Republican acting like a true conservative; Paul Harvey, the other day pointed out that Ron Paul was the only candidate who alerted the public that congress just voted themselves another pay raise.  So many true fiscal conservatives are disgusted with the stop-gap Federal Reserve measures, which in the end only put Americans to sleep about our real condition and drive our dollar even lower.  In an effort to appease the national discontent driving Ron Paul's successes, Mr. Ben and the neo-corporate-con government he works for are now playing Santa Claus!



There are conservatives all over the place who, if they truly believed Paul could win, would throw their enthusiastic support onto his campaign.  But here is the NEWS FLASH!  Paul CAN win!  LET IT BE KNOWN!  And now is the time when a Ron Paul surge is the most LIKELY!

Hang in there and do EVERYTHING YOU CAN!  Things are lining up for the possibility of an overwhelming surprise to this nation and to the world!  Believe it, act it, donate for it, sacrifice to make it happen!

It may be cold outside right now, but it will be an even COLDER day for America—for LIBERTY—if one of our opponents wins the White House!



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"Necessity is the plea for every infringement on human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves".
    —Paul Revere, House of Commons

Thank you Kathryn Smith for sharing the quote on your diary page:
http://www.opednews.com/maxwrite/diarypage.php?did=5875

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0nJH6zB9VM



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...then it is about to be shaken to its core!

Unbelievable revelations from NH!  This is about much more than Ron Paul, alone.  This is about whether or not citizens can have ANY confidence in official vote tallies, anywhere, or if our voting system is wide open to blatant criminal tampering with the electoral process (which stark evidence suggests may have happened)!  It is democracy-destroying organized crime at its EASIEST!

You will NOT believe your eyes or ears!  Just watch:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHL_YMBolRs



BTW, I have added whole objects to shipping packages, myself, by just opening a slit on the side (exactly as the video evidence of tampering suggests happened with the NH "sealed" vote boxes), when I had forgotten to insert something prior to labeling.  If I can add whole OBJECTS through those slits, then how EASY it would be to simply add and/or subtract paper ballots!  FISHY!  SHOCKING!

This story is about the very validity of our so-called democratic process, you need to alert media outlets about the fiasco in New Hampshire!

Please pass this on to others and...

...CONTACT THE MEDIA

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Another bomb is dropping on the first of February, and it's all about family values; Ron Paul's family values!  In honor of Ron and Carol's fifty-first wedding celebration (now-a-days that deserves a "WOW!!!") we are being asked to each donate at least $51 to the rEVOLution on the day of their amazing anniversary.

Please give all you can, because the present government is pulling strings—illegally (just look what the feds did to the maker of the Ron Paul dollar—when they were just about to deliver the Ron Paul coppers—and mark my word, that's not all they've been doing behind the scenes against Ron Paul and his followers)—to squelch our message of Life and Liberty.  They won't give liberty any breaks, nor will the miserable media monopoly, nor any of the one-world-government crowd, who stand to lose their fascist strangle-hold of absolute control over what they view as the mindless masses!  Whatever breaks we get, will be from God and from individuals like you, who love liberty so much, that you WILL NOT GIVE UP ON RON PAUL NO MATTER WHAT!

Don't give up the good fight!  We will WIN if we go the distance without letting up!  RIGHT is on our side, CONSTITUTIONAL CORRUPTION and MEGALOMANIA are the hallmarks of our big government opponents—every last one of them wants to practically control your every move!  Some lean left, some lean right, but NONE lean toward LEAN government!  Some want to control your money and property for you, while others want to install cameras (or other means of "harvesting information") into every crevice of your life, so that big brother can keep you down...um...I meant under control—like the gestapo!  Many want to do BOTH, and the more invasion, the better; they come up with every imaginable plausible excuse for why the government MUST "monitor" everything, everywhere, because the world is such a dangerous place (hmmm, I wonder why they try to keep fear whipped up?); there are so many "bad guys" "out there"!

Do you REALLY buy it???  When did the world suddenly become so much more dangerous than it has already been for more than a century???  And when did the presence of a few "bad guys" "out there" render the Bill of Rights null and void???  Yes, there IS a much worse danger arising, than we've seen in a long while, but it isn't that there are more "bad guys" (though media obsession would GIVE you that impression), it is the looming threat of "BIG BAD GUY BIG GOVERNMENT CONTROL"!

If you feel good about ceding all of your personal rights, property and privacy over to an anonymous GOVERNMENT control (where will it stop?); if you don't mind losing your sacred "self", to become a manipulated cookie-cutter cog in a globalist regime, then by all means bow out now, and let this election just take its course.  But if you have a shred of self-respect left, you've GOT to fight for Paul!  You've GOT to join the battle in the thick, when the going is hard, to lend a hand to valiant warriors whose arms grow tired!  Don't sit on the sidelines—YOU ARE NEEDED!

I KNOW that there are many out there who have not yet begun to fight for Ron Paul.  What are you waiting for???  NOW is the time!

Here's the money bomb info you need, but also, please go to www.RonPaul2008.com  and sign up as a volunteer, so that you can be counted in the active fray!

FiftyOneYears.com - The Next Ron Paul Mass Donation Day

Posted: 26 Jan 2008 07:20 PM CST

February 1st is the 51st anniversary of Ron and Carol Paul’s wedding. On February 1st let’s donate $51 each (or more) in honor of their lifelong commitment to one another, to their families and to this great nation. Conservatives need to know about the only candidate who has true family values. Let’s make this a record day so the media will tell their story.

The donation day is only FIVE days away and it’s a wonderful cause. Please visit FiftyOneYears.com, sign up and forward this email to every Ron Paul supporter you know. Thank you!

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Message from Ron Paul:

January 28, 2008


When I started this campaign more than a year ago, I was a somewhat reluctant candidate. I knew our message of freedom, peace, and prosperity was the right one for our country, but frankly, I didn't know how many people today would have ears to hear it.

Well, did I learn a lesson! Millions of Americans understand what ails our country, and what is needed to fix it. So, with you at my side, I am in this effort to win. Not only by building the ideas of liberty, but by getting the nomination. Our opponents would call that nuts — you know, the advocates of more inflation, more spending, more taxes, more war. But let me explain why they are, as usual, all wet.

For one thing, for the first time since 1952, we are headed towards a brokered convention. Instead of a coronation of one of the establishment candidates, the delegates, influenced by the people, will decide. And I am afraid that this will take place in a time of heightened economic crisis. That means even more Americans will be ready to hear our message. But it also means I am really going to need your help.

One would never know this from the mainstream media, but we've only had a few primaries and caucuses, and even after the extremely important date of February 5th, we will still have more than half to go. And the Republican nominee will not be decided by the popular vote among the "leading candidates" in a few states also handpicked by the media. The nominee will be decided by the delegates. So let me tell you a little about our "under-the-radar" strategy to get those delegates.

On "Super Tuesday," February 5th, there will be 22 primaries and caucuses. I have a hunch that we're going to do very well. But, of course, the media and the rest of the establishment refuse to recognize that. It's the attitude of the small child who covers his eyes to make something scary go away. But we are not going away.

While the media focus on the couple of states they claim are important, we're competing everywhere. And the reason that we're able to do that is because of your grassroots support. You all are an asset that no other campaign has: donors, and activists who want no special deals from the government, just the Constitution.

We're competing very strongly in all the caucus states, and in all other states where delegates are up for grabs. And we're going to keep picking up delegates. Our strategy's already working.

And we're committed to winning states. I have little doubt that if we can double our efforts in this coming week, we're going to grab many delegates from other candidates. Then we'll start getting ready for the biggest moment of all - the convention in September.

The path to the convention is twisty, however. When we were in Iowa, we got 10% of the vote. But no delegates were awarded that night. That's because voters didn't directly choose national convention delegates; they selected the county and state delegates who will make that decision. And if another candidate like Mike Huckabee is no longer in the race at the time of the state convention in June, his delegates are free to support whomever they want. If we work extra hard, we can convert them into delegates for our campaign!

A similar thing happened in Nevada. We won 14% of the straw poll vote that the media reported on, but what they didn't tell you was that we may have gotten up to a third of Nevada's delegates to their county conventions! I always laughed when I heard some people say Nevada didn't matter. Nevada chooses more delegates to the national convention than South Carolina.

So, while the media will focus on the results from Florida, and probably take down the campaign of my friend Rudy in the process, those results are less important to you and me. Let them fight in Florida while we bring our message to Americans in other areas, like the economically hard-hit state of Maine.

We want to win as many delegates to the Republican National Convention as possible, even if other campaigns don't see some areas of the country as "important. But in this work, I need your help. Help me get many, many delegates to this historic convention, by these three methods.

1. Donate. Your generous contributions are essential if we're going to keep going until September. We need, frankly $5 million by February 5 to run more TV and radio ads in the Super Tuesday states. Your help means everything: https://www.ronpaul2008.com/donate.

2. Canvass. You can help us identify those who support our message in your precinct. You can help us to convert others, too. After all, your neighbors pay attention to you. I am going to visit as much of the country as I can, but I need you as my partner in your area: https://voters.ronpaul2008.com.

3. ASK others to sign-up on our website. I meet so many people on the campaign trail who don't even receive my letters! I've told my campaign to make communication with you, the engine of all this, much better. But if people don't sign up for my e-mails, that won't happen. If you could just get one extra person to sign-up, that would be great. More would be tremendous.

Help me by forwarding this e-mail to every other Ron Paul supporter you know, and urging them to join our efforts! https://www.ronpaul2008.com/join.

We've come so far, but now the fun is really starting! I have a feeling the mainstream media will move from ignoring us to attacking us. But that will be a sign of our success. Join me as we continue this great movement into year two, and to a hot convention in Minneapolis-Saint Paul. We can do it!

Sincerely,

Ron

BTW, if you haven't already, why don't you go on over to www.RonPaul2008.com and sign up, so that you will get information and updates from Ron Paul 2008 in your e-mail inbox.  It is really important that good communication happens in the Freedom rEVOLution.

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On January 14, I posted an article about my observations of the subtle and corrupt 'stopping game' that media outlets have been playing all through this crooked election season, in order to keep Ron Paul's progress under control—under THEIR control, not the voter's.  I pointed out how the media will occasionally allow Ron Paul to bask in the media spotlight, to make it appear as if they are indeed fair, but that as soon as he shows any signs at all of actually succeeding, they collude to apply hard brakes—by ignoring, if not attacking, and pretending Ron Paul does not exist—just long enough to drastically draw back the campaign's progress, to levels they feel comfortable will keep him from winning.

Ever since I wrote the article, it seems as if the corrupt media outlets' braking of the Ron Paul campaign has been nearly non-stop—they aren't letting up!  They are braking like a truck driver on a 7% downhill grade!  I wonder why?

Could it be that as we came around the last curve into the primaries, they realized that Ron Paul had a REAL chance of winning the Republican nomination???

YES!  He has proven to have a much GREATER chance than a number of the most zealously supported media darlings (Thompson and Rudi, for starters).  He has consistently shown well in the primaries, and consistently outperformed the national polls.  Despite suspicious activity in the voting process of several states, Paul shows way better than the media expected, so they are scared.

It has not been pointed out enough, that while Hillary may have "won" Nevada on the Democratic ticket, Ron Paul actually received MORE votes than Hillary Clinton in his second place Republican win of Nevada!  Few people are talking about this.  Unless there is massive fraud in Nevada, then there must have been Democrats who were able to vote for Mitt Romney, because the numbers for Paul are in line for the numbers of ALL DEMOCRATS and all OTHER Republicans.  The usual explanation for Romney's exaggerated numbers, is that all of the Mormons came out to vote in a block for a fellow Mormon, which may indeed be true in a state like Nevada.  That means Ron Paul won the NON-MORMON vote, however.  And guess what, there aren't that many Mormons in other states.

Now the news comes trickling out, from out-of-the-way outlets, that Ron Paul PROBABLY won Louisiana, but YOU PROBABLY HAVEN'T HEARD IT ON A NEWS BROADCAST!

The delightful fact is that Ron Paul probably DID win the state of Louisiana handily.  Here is one of the earlier reports:

Ron Paul Victorious in Louisiana Caucus.

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Ron Paul beats out all other Republican nominees for president in yesterday's Louisiana Caucus.

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by World
(Libertarian)

 The unofficial results of over 10,000 individuals participating in the 2008 Louisiana Caucus are in and the winner is... RON PAUL !!!  Garnering more votes than any other candidate, Ron Paul gathers a strong boost of momentum heading into the Florida and Super Tuesday primaries.  This momentum comes atop another solid $2 million fundraising effort on Martin Luther King Jr. Day leaving Paul with enough money and support to challenge the more publicized front runners. Dr. Paul's platform can be viewed here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_positions_of_Ron_Paul

 Mitt Romney scored a respectable second place. A large number of voters were also uncommitted at this late stage in the process. The official press release of the Louisiana GOP office is quoted below:

On Tuesday night, approximately ten thousand Louisiana Republicans caucused in 11 different cities across the state. Those attending the caucuses cast their vote for 15 delegates and 15 alternates to represent their congressional district at the 2008 Louisiana Republican Convention. Results were tallied on site late into the night and then reported to Republican Party Headquarters in Baton Rouge. Of the thousands of ballots cast, approximately 650 were cast provisionally.

Before these provisional ballots are counted, LAGOP staff must verify that the voter was a registered Republican voter in his or her congressional district as of November 30, 2007. The counting of provisional ballots in the 3rd and 7th Congressional districts is not needed to verify the results as the margin of victory for all winning candidates is larger than the number of provisional ballots casts. For the other five Congressional districts, Republican Party staff members will begin the process of verifying the results through each parish's registrar of voter's office. Once that process is complete, the Secretary of the Republican of Louisiana will certify the official results.

Read the article in its original context: http://www.nolanchart.com/article1392.html

But something fishy has happened since then, and severe irregularities have surfaced.

This from a Ron Paul 2008 Newsletter:

But now the bad news: Not surprisingly, the political and media establishment are trying to stop Ron Paul's message from getting out. Just look at what's happening in Louisiana. The Louisiana Republican Party has only posted "unofficial" results from the state's Jan. 22 caucuses on their website. And they are claiming that John McCain won with Ron Paul in second.

But we suspect that when all of the provisional ballots are counted, Ron Paul's showing will be even better. For more information on the "boondoggle in the bayou", read ABC News' coverage here.

There's a ton going on, and as always, more news will be coming. But as you know, we are competing against an entrenched media and political elite. For that reason, it is even more important that we have the war chest necessary to get Dr. Paul's message - our message - out to the rest of our country. Donate as generously as you can now: https://www.ronpaul2008.com/donate.

The fight has just begun.

Jonathan Bydlak
Fundraising Director
Ron Paul 2008

At the very least, Ron Paul again came in a CLOSE second—which by itself deserves notice—but I think NOT!

I'm strongly suspecting that Ron Paul DID win this one, as all indications suggested, originally.  Please be polite, but don't let the wool be pulled over the nation's eyes!

CONTACT THE MEDIA 

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This sent to me from the LiveSmarter Blog:

10 Ways a Ron Paul Presidency would Affect Health Care

Topic: Health Care

Op. Editorial by Sarah Andrews

If Republican candidate Ron Paul wins the 2008 presidency, Americans could see a health care system that puts more dollars back into taxpayer wallets and allows for more individual choice in selecting a health care provider.

Paul, a constitutionalist and staunch supporter of a free-market system, opposes HMOs and the managed-care system now in place, saying it is too controlled by the government and is set up to benefit corporations and not individuals. Also an opponent of the universal health care plans touted by some of his Democrat opponents, Paul is calling for several measures that will give individual citizens the power to manage their own health care, limit the federal government’s role in the US health care system, and increase competition among providers in the private market.

1. Abolishment of HMOs
Paul believes that government involvement in HMOs has created a convoluted system of red tape that has consistently driven up the cost of health care by its lack of accountability. He also criticizes federal laws that provide tax incentives for employers who offer employee health care plans, saying those incentives should be provided to the employees directly.

Paul wants to abolish HMOs completely and rewrite tax codes so individuals are given a dollar-for-dollar tax credit on their monthly health care premiums. This system, he says, will motivate both medical providers and patients to keep costs low, since neither party will be reliant on a third party, currently the HMOs, to pay the bills. Paul also believes opening the system to the free market will give individuals more freedom to choose a plan that best suits their needs, rather than be limited to the plans offered by an employer.

2. Cheaper drugs for seniors
Paul supports the rights of seniors to purchase cheap, foreign prescription drugs and believes that individuals should have complete control over such medical choices, especially when government regulation of these decisions can have a negative impact on a person’s finances. He also supports the establishments of tax credits for seniors who require costly prescriptions.

3. Allowing state governments to rule on marijuana for medicinal use
Paul wants the legalization of medicinal marijuana to be decided on a state level. Once again, he stays consistent about non-federal, localized decision making, saying federal intervention is unconstitutional.

In fact, Paul believes decisions about the legalization of all narcotics should be made at the state level and is opposed to the government’s War on Drugs, calling it an ineffectual and harmful policy.

4. Allowing state governments to rule on abortion
Though Paul is personally an opponent of abortion and has called it “an act of violence,” he believes that abortion laws should be determined by state governments. In 2005, Paul sponsored the “We the People Act”, which would prohibit federal courts from ruling on issues like abortion, same-sex marriages, prayer in school, and sexual practices.

Paul defends this policy as being fairer to the individual taxpayer. Much of the discontent among pro-lifers, he says, can be traced to the fact that federal courts are allocating portions of their tax dollars to policies that they abhor without taking it to popular vote.

5. Opening stem cell research to the private market
While acknowledging the sensitivity of the issue, Paul generally supports stem cell research in the private market, but does not believe it should be prohibited or funded by the federal government. During a recent interview with the Nashua Telegraph in New Hampshire, Paul said the choice in Washington is often “to ban it or to subsidize it.”

Using the same rationale he uses when discussing abortion, Paul says the federal government should not fund such controversial social issues since it is unfair to the taxpayer. Paul supports stem cell research using amniotic fluid and other methods that do not involve abortion, but believes it’s a subject for the private market.

6. Creating tax-exempt Medical Savings Accounts
Paul supports allowing individuals to set up a tax-exempt savings account to be used solely for paying medical expenses, and he voted for a bill to establish Medical Savings Accounts.

The bill also contained provisions that would allow self-employed persons or persons paying for their own insurance to claim their health care premiums as tax deductions. Paul supports the creation of Healthmarts, which would allow small businesses and individuals to come together in a group or association and purchase insurance plans like large corporations and at similar rates.

7. Insuring patients against malpractice suits
Paul is in favor of allowing patients who require surgery or other major health procedures to purchase insurance protecting them against malpractice before the procedure. The insurance would guarantee that the patient is covered for additional treatment in the event that something went wrong. This would have the dual effect of eliminating the costliness of malpractice suits.

8. Limiting the powers of the Federal Drug Administration and Federal Trade Commission
This year, Paul reintroduced the Health Freedom Protection Act, which aims to reduce the current legal powers the FDA has to regulate what information is and is not released to the public regarding dietary supplements, foods, vitamins, and natural remedies.

For example, under the current system, the FTC has the power to prosecute marketers who make absolute claims about a food’s, vitamin’s or mineral’s health benefits even if those benefits have been proven. Paul says this inhibits individuals from learning how to improve their health by changing or supplementing their diet rather than turning to prescription medications.

9. Less reliance on government programs, such as Medicare
Expensive federal “trust fund” programs like Medicare and Medicaid are not sustainable, says Paul, who believes that Congress should repeal its approval of the 2003 Medicare prescription drug bill. Paul believes in putting more emphasis on establishing savings programs in the free market, saying that the government’s spending on Medicare is irresponsible and impossible when looking at the country’s current debt.

While Paul does not specifically call for the abolishment of Medicare, he is adamant that there are few solutions to the damage already created by the program and said the focus now needs to be on transitioning younger taxpayers out of Medicare.

10. Tax breaks for individuals who have cancer or are terminally ill
Paul supports legislation that would exempt individuals who have been diagnosed with cancer or a terminal illness from Social Security payroll taxes. This tax break would also apply to persons who are the primary caregiver and are married to or are the parent of an individual with cancer or a terminal illness.

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Paul runs his campaign on a platform of less government and more accountability to taxpayers and state governments, and his positions on the country’s health care system are consistent with that platform.

If Paul is elected, US citizens would likely see a health care system that affords them more options, is more affordable, and that is more reliant on and susceptible to the free market. While programs like Medicare would not disappear overnight, policies moving away from such government-heavy systems would likely be developed.

Read the article in its original context: http://www.ondd.org/10-ways-a-ron-paul-presidency-would-affect-health-care/

Thank you Amy Quinn

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This from Trevor Lyman:

Update from Trevor Lyman

Super Bowl Sunday Commercials, DownsizeDC.org and more.. Posted: 25 Jan 2008 12:39 AM CST Super Bowl Sunday Commercials Super Bowl Sunday Commercials for Ron Paul are available here! Help us buy ads on local networks before, during and after the Super Bowl! (brought to you by the Liberty Political Advertising LLC of RonPaulBlimp.com) Help decide the next money bomb by casting your vote/opinions in this thread at RonPaulForums.com Ron Paul endorsed, (soon to be) Congressional Candidate Jim Forsythe recently introduced me to DownsizeDC.org. DownsizeDC.org is a great way for pro-freedom/limited government persons such as ourselves to act together to send a loud message to congress about the type of legislation we’d like them to support.Get started by supporting Ron Paul’s efforts for honest money and a restoration of our freedoms. Then consider supporting anti-realID and repeal the Patriot Act efforts or any of these other important initiatives. We’ve seen what we can do with our money bombs.. now it’s time to get going with message bombs to congress. It’s simple to do and it works. Our voices CAN and WILL be heard whenever we act together!

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Paul releases comprehensive economic stimulus plan:

Ron Paul Unveils a REAL Economic Stimulus Plan

Four-pronged approach will strengthen the economy by reforming taxes, cutting spending, improving monetary policy and eliminating burdensome regulations

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

January 24, 2008

ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA –Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul has unveiled a comprehensive economic revitalization package. The four-pronged plan is designed to stem the current economic slide and address the unsound governmental policies that are harming Americans’ pocketbooks.

“Real economic reform must address the underlying reasons for the current economic malaise,” said Ron Paul. “This plan is more than just a band-aid for our economy; it fundamentally reforms four areas where government policies are damaging our national economy. When enacted, my plan will provide both short-term stimulus, and lay the groundwork for long-term prosperity.”

The comprehensive economic revitalization plan is available online at: http://www.RonPaul2008.com/Prosperity.

The four areas that the plan covers are:

1. Tax Reform: Reduce the tax burden and eliminate taxes that punish investment and savings, including job-killing corporate taxes.

2. Spending Reform: Eliminate wasteful spending. Reduce overseas commitments. Freeze all non-defense, non-entitlement spending at current levels.

3. Monetary Policy Reform: Expand openness with the Federal Reserve and require the Fed to televise its meetings. Return value to our money.

4. Regulatory Reform: Repeal Sarbanes/Oxley regulations that push companies to seek capital outside of US markets. Stop restricting community banks from fostering local economic growth.

Congressman Paul has written or co-sponsored numerous bills to enact the policies in his plan. In Congress, he has been a champion of lower taxes and limited government.

Congressman Paul is the ranking member on the House Financial Services Committee's Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology. In Congress, Dr. Paul has never voted for a tax increase or for an unbalanced budget.

Read the article in its original context: http://ronpaul2008.typepad.com/ron_paul_2008/2008/01/ron-paul-unveil.html

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This is late, as I've been away from the blog, but this is an URGENT MESSAGE from the American Freedom Campaign:

Consider for a moment that your government has engaged in widespread spying on Americans' phone calls and emails.  Consider further that many of this nation's telecommunications companies knowingly helped the government with this surveillance.

 

Now how would you feel if these telecommunications companies were granted complete immunity against lawsuits brought by customers whose privacy rights were violated?

 

We hope you feel — as we do — that this would be entirely inappropriate.  If you do, we urge you to take a minute and send an email to your U.S. senators before they vote on this issue as early as tomorrow (January 24). 

 

Take action by clicking on the following link:

http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/2165/t/1027/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=22486

 

Starting in 2001, the Bush administration's National Security Agency engaged in a massive warrantless wiretapping program in violation of our Constitution.  The administration blatantly ignored laws and procedures under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) designed to protect the privacy rights of citizens.

 

The government could not have conducted this warrantless surveillance without assistance from the nation's telecommunications companies, which willingly — and, quite likely, illegally — turned over customer records to the government.  The claims by these companies that they were acting in the best interests of the country in order to enhance national security have been undermined by recent reports that government wiretaps have been cut off by the very same companies when the government failed to pay its bills on time.[1]

 

It seems the telecommunications companies care more about their profits than our protection.

 

The U.S. House has already passed an update to FISA that does NOT include immunity for the telecommunications companies.  As the Senate considers its own legislation, it is imperative that it exclude immunity, as well.

 

Please convey this message to your two senators by clicking on the following link:

http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/2165/t/1027/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=22486

 

Thank you for taking action.

 

Best,

Steve

 

Steve Fox

Campaign Director

American Freedom Campaign

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Important Release From the Ron Paul 2008 Campaign:

Your work is paying off! (1/22/08)

Yesterday, you raised over $1.85 million for Ron Paul. Congratulations, and thank you so much!

It's been a great few days to be a supporter of Ron Paul, and not only because of the successful fundraising day or our great second-place showing in Nevada.

On the endorsement front, Ron Paul has won the support of three significant public figures in the last two days.

Yesterday, former New Mexico Governor Gary "Veto" Johnson announced that he is supporting Dr. Paul for president. Governor Johnson is an icon to small-government conservatives and libertarians for his long-standing commitment to the principles of the Founders. You can read our press release here.

This morning, Ron Paul also received the glowing endorsement of Donald L. Luskin, a prominent financial commentator on CNBC and Chief Investment Officer for Trend Macrolytics LLC. You can read Don's editorial in National Review about why Ron Paul is right for America here.

Finally, Dr. Paul hosted a press conference this morning with well-known pro-life activist Norma McCorvey, better known as 'Jane Roe' from the infamous Supreme Court decision, Roe v. Wade.

Much more good news about the campaign is coming soon, and all of it is made possible by your support. Here are some ways that you can immediately help to keep building our momentum:

1. Become a Precinct Leader: We really need to fill spots for precinct leaders around the country. Outside of donating, this is the most critical thing you can do to get Dr. Paul elected. Help us by signing up in your area.

2. Spread the Word: We've created a great tool to help you get the word out to your friends about why Ron Paul should be our next president. Check it out here.

3. Donate: Keep in mind that we need financial contributions from our loyal supporters every day - and more so now than ever. Remember, there are an astounding 22 primaries and caucuses coming up on Super Tuesday. If you didn't get a chance to give yesterday, you still can help us compete in all of the upcoming primaries and caucuses by donating today: www.ronpaul2008.com/donate

Thanks again!

Jonathan Bydlak
Fundraising Director
Ron Paul 2008

P.S. For those of you who haven't heard, Mike Huckabee's campaign is broke. Don't let the same thing happen to Ron Paul. After all, where else would Mike Huckabee get all of his ideas? Contribute today!

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You CAN'T BURY LIBERTY!  It will rise...



...AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN, and one day we SHALL "live out the true meaning of our creed".

Enemies are attacking left and right, because Ron Paul is the ONLY candidate running, who would put an immediate halt to our country's draconian plunge into downright tyranny.  The deals being made in the halls of government with our privacy, lives and freedom make the world shudder!  And the Pollyannas want you to sleep, or to settle for an 'evolutionary' solution to an URGENT crisis of liberty!

Why do they hate him?  For some, it is because he opposes this bloody misguided war, which some estimates say has already taken the lives of more than a million—yes a MILLION—fathers, mothers, sons, daughters, grandmothers, grandfathers, brothers, sisters, wives, precious children, adorable priceless babies.  Beyond that it has disfigured, maimed, shattered and destroyed the lives of an even larger number who survived traumatic injury.



Some hate him, because he calls the callous murder of unborn babies by its right name.

The great majority, however, hate Ron Paul, because he ALONE among this season's candidates, exposes for what it is, the treasonous complicity of the elites in this nation, with a wholesale premeditated undermining of the very foundational principles America is built upon!

Liberty is the threat, because it prevents the sinister agendas of those who want to control the people: THAT, my friends, is why they hate him!  They try to pick him apart, personally, but it is nothing but a smoke screen.  Mark my words.  If he were backing the tyranny—or at the least hushed up about it—he would be no threat—no embarrassment—and therefore would not sustain such vicious attacks!

"Woe unto you, when all men speak well of you..." —Jesus



Nearly two million dollars in one day is nothing to sneeze at!  Awesome job!  Yesterday was the third highest fund raising day of the campaign so far!

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Here's a BIGGIE!

It was the irony of ironies back when Roe—Norma McCorvey—of Roe V. Wade, changed her earlier tune about abortion, and actually became and anti-abortion activist.

Now, guess who she is supporting for president of the United States?

That's right, Ron Paul:

January 22, 2008 1:57 am EST

Pro-Life Activist Norma McCorvey (‘Jane Roe’ of Roe v. Wade)

Endorses Ron Paul for President  

“Ron Paul doesn’t just talk about being pro-life, he acts on it” 

WASHINGTON, DC – On Tuesday, January 22 – the 35^th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision – Norma McCorvey has endorsed Texas Congressman Ron Paul for president. 

Norma McCorvey runs Crossing over Ministry – formerly Roe No More Ministry – and is best known as “Jane Roe” in the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision.  McCorvey, who is now a pro-life activist, issued the following endorsement of Congressman Paul: 

“Ron Paul states, ‘The right of an innocent, unborn child to life is at the heart of the American ideals of liberty.’ 

“I support Ron Paul for president because we share the same goal, that of overturning Roe v Wade.  Ron Paul doesn’t just talk about  being pro-life, he acts on it. His voting record truly is impeccable and he undoubtedly understands our constitutional republic and the inalienable right to life for all. Ron Paul is the prime author of H.R. 300, which would negate the effect of Roe v. Wade. As the signor of the affidavit that legalized abortion 35 years ago I appreciate Ron Paul’s action to restore protection for the unborn. Ron Paul has also authored H.R. 1094 in Congress, which seeks to define life as beginning at conception. He has never wavered on the issue of being pro-life and has a voting record to prove it. He understands the importance of civil liberties for all, including the unborn. 

“After taking all of the presidential candidates into consideration, it is obvious that Ron Paul is the only one that doesn’t just talk the talk. For this reason and those stated above, I am publicly endorsing Ron Paul for president.”

Read the article in its original context: http://www.ronpaul2008.com/press-releases/159/pro-life-activist-norma-mccorvey-%e2%80%98jane-roe%e2%80%99-of-roe-v-wade-endorses-ron-paul-for-president/

NOTE: This would be a great article to send into local newspapers.  Everyone knows Roe—she is at the epicenter of one of the biggest continuing sagas of contemporary times, instantly recognized throughout our nation and the whole world.



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This from the San Francisco Chronicle:

(01-21) 15:47 PST San Francisco — Today is the last day to register to vote in California's Feb. 5 presidential primary.

Any new or revised registration cards have to be filled out, signed and postmarked by tonight, or would-be voters will find themselves sitting on the sidelines when the rest of the state picks candidates for president.

The deadline is particularly important for decline-to-state voters who want to cast ballots in the Republican primary. Party leaders decided last year not to open their primary to independent voters, so only registered Republicans will be able to pick from among the GOP presidential hopefuls.

Independents, who make up about 20 percent of the state's voters, are welcome to register as Republicans for the primary, said Hector Barajas, a spokesman for the California GOP.

"In this election we're selecting delegates to the national convention, which will decide on party rules for the next four years," he said. "The (state party) board and members thought that members of the party should make that selection."...

Read the article in its original context: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/01/22/MNOEUJ22F.DTL

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Watch the Free At Last 2008 money bomb progress:

http://www.RonPaulGraphs.com




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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSQh8ZLFNpg



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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAWClI8zsH4



Please go to pledge as much as possible!

The corrupted media is trying to bury Ron Paul, and with him, life, liberty and the Bill of Rights, along with the people's power to choose their OWN elected officials.  Mitt is one of the elites, he has his billions, Ron Paul has ONLY YOU!!!  If his message—which is historically AMERICA'S MESSAGE—is to go forth, it must be funded ASAP by YOU!!!

YOU are the American national treasure!  Don't let this light be hid under an MSM corporate Neocon Empirialist BUSHEL!

Let even your LITTLE light shine!  A great river has MANY tributaries!  Let us
ACT on our dream, and FLOOD this land, together, with the light of liberty once again!

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Read it and take courage, my friends!

Credit God, hard work and liberty, but no thanks to the MSM.

http://ronpaul2008.typepad.com/ron_paul_2008/2008/01/breaking-news-a.html

Here's another:

Paul Happy With 2nd in Nevada

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Texas Rep. Ron Paul said his second-place finish in Nevada's GOP presidential caucuses on Saturday showed his message is being heard and that he has more supporters than he thought.

"Millions of people have heard this message and this is why coming in second is very great, it sends a great message," Paul said to loud cheers. He conceded that South Carolina's primary, where he was running a distant fifth, was not his to win.

Paul took several swipes at former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who got fewer votes than Paul in Nevada and was trailing Paul in returns being tabulated Saturday night in South Carolina. He told the audience about a confrontation with Giuliani during this month's debate in South Carolina. He said Giuliani "cut me down."

"Tonight, if this is the final tally on that confrontation, we got three times as much vote as the mayor got," he said, referring to Nevada.

Paul collected four delegates from the Nevada caucus to Giuliani's one.

Paul's campaign supports low taxes and reduced government spending.

Read the article in its original context: http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jwrBZ9wfM_WFXZB29q9BYF8hGozAD8U9C0F00

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If you are a Christian considering voting for Ron Paul, check out this site:

www.ChristiansForRonPaul.com

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CAL THOMAS!  Of ALL People!  THANK YOU!!!

This excerpt taken from www.RonPaul2008.com:

Cal Thomas on Ron Paul

Bestselling author, syndicated columnist, and renowned conservative commentator Cal Thomas praised Ron Paul yesterday on his website.  Here's some of what he had to say:

"Where are we after the Michigan primary and just before South Carolina this weekend?

"Mike Huckabee... sounds like a big government Republican.  The only one behaving like a real Republican is Ron Paul, who actually wants to cut spending and get government out of our lives.  He won't win the nomination because too many Republican are into handouts and redistribution, just like Democrats.

"It's a sad political season if you are a conservative... Maybe a miracle will happen and Republicans will start behaving like Republicans again."

Read all of his comments here.

But why not take it to the next level???  Have the guts to officially endorse???

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This from CCN:

MSM Corruption Censors Paul

Author: Michael Kraft
Published: January 19, 2008
 

I just got done earlier posting how MSNBC changed the leaderboard graphic for the Nevada Caucus to only show the top 2 once Ron Paul was solidly in second place.

Well to take the matter one futher, once he dominated McCain and took second place I never again saw his face or heard his name mentioned EVEN ONCE in almost 2 hours of watching Nevada coverage on MSNBC.

Not once did they show the leaders or say the words “Ron Paul” even though he is one of the biggest money raisers and was solidly in second place in Nevada today.

This is not a joke, I have not seen an image or heard the name Ron Paul even one time today though he got 2nd place in the Primary.

The media is corruptly against Ron Paul, and to say otherwise is ignorant.

Here is the end all example and proof from FOX news. Fox actually does not even show the results of Ron Paul and removed him completely though he is the 2nd highest vote getter.

Look at this and tell me FOX, MSNBC and all other corporate owned news outlets are not corrupt.

Read the article in its original context: http://www.charlotteconservative.com/index.php/2008/01/msm-corruption-censors-paul/

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Well, I'm already in boycott of Fox (see HERE).  I blocked out their channel this last week, and I will be calling my investment manager this coming week, to rid myself of ANY connection with the Fox family of companies.

But FOX is simply self-destructive at this point.  We already know that they aren't fair and balanced, as they claim, but their actions, lately, are like someone possessed or out of their mind.  There is no longer even a shadow of a doubt about Fox's hostility toward Ron Paul: it is beyond the pale!

Check this out (below).  No, I didn't get it myself, because as I said, Fox is now blocked (until they stop THEIR boycott of Ron Paul).  I was tempted to spread some BAD BAD info about a Fox personality, which was found by following an unsolicited e-mail link, but I don't want to stoop to that same level.

I will say one thing about the shocker that I read and studied: the legal document exposes, among other things, a corrupt behind the scenes business atmosphere at Fox News that would blow your mind, even hinting that the Fox president uses his government connections to get OUR justice department to go after any personality who criticizes Fox, as a form of vendetta!  Unbelievable!  And this corrupt government connection goes "all the way to the top", according to a certain very famous Fox personality, meaning it goes up to George Bush and Dick Cheney (his exact claim).

This pic is worth a thousand words:



I used to be such a HUGE Fox fan!  I had it on every waking hour that I was home, nearly, at one point.  I used to lobby cable and satellite companies to make Fox more readily available.  I've even had my comments show up on Fox shows (under my real name).  But you've LOST me, Fox!

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I briefly tuned in to a JustinTV chat with "Blimpette" (Katherine), who is the blimp project manager for the Ron Paul Blimp.  She indicated that the blimp project still needs to raise around $65,000 by tomorrow (Friday) midnight, in order to ensure that it will remain aloft going toward super Tuesday.


If you can donate, please do your best!  http://www.ronpaulblimp.com/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcTp-WRKl-Y



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Great article found on Connie Talk Dot Com!  Click on the pic below, to go:



Also, check out THIS post: http://ronpaulite.com/2008/01/17/time-to-boycott-fox-faux-newssell-stock-block-channel-boycott-advertisers.aspx

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Calling All Americans,

    We the people! It's a great feeling to hear these
words over 200 years later. I am writing this to
remind all voters where our country has come from.
Our founding fathers established this country because
they knew they needed to dissolve political bands and
come together as one people to throw off corrupt
government. I believe we the people must come to the
same realization and come to terms with our country's
current condition.

    Our country is in need of our founding fathers'
ideals and morals. The founders new the only way our
constitution would work, is if our country was
comprised of moral and honest people. I believe we the
people are all the above, and more, but we must remember
that with great freedom comes great responsibility.

    When I say freedom, I mean all freedoms! When
making your decision of whom to vote for, please search
for a candidate that will truthfully and honestly
follow our Constitution of the United States. I know of one
honest politician! Ha ha! I have good news! There is one
honest candidate out there running for president!

    Our founders believed in separation of church and
state because they knew if they followed the
Constitution, personal beliefs would never come into
play. If you catch a politician using religion as a
campaigning tool, stop, and move on to the next
candidate! We the people have lost faith in our
Constitution, because lobbyists and special interest
groups have corrupted our politicians. There is one
candidate, however, who knows how to effectively fix
this problem.

In closing, I urge everyone, please pick up a copy of
the Declaration of Independence, and the Constitution of
the United States. Read and follow the words that have
sustained this country for over 200 years! Now is NOT
the time for politics as usual, it is time to stop
being good Republicans and good Democrats, and to start
being great Americans!

The presidential candidate I am writing about is Ron Paul.

P.S. His candidacy is no laughing matter, I'm sure our
founding fathers had their doubts, when they
established this country that we the people have come to
love and cherish.

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It is time to SERIOUSLY boycott Faux News!  Sell the stock, warn advertisers who place ads on their channel, block the channel, or even have it removed from your cable or satellite lineup if that option is available to you.  Better yet, switch to a programming package that LACKS Fox News.  Boycott ALL of the cable and satellite media, if you are able at this time, by simply ENDING your relationship with paid media outlets (I know this may not be an option for many at this time, so do what you can).

PASS THIS ON

Fox is once more trashing Ron Paul, because he has outstripped at least two of their coronated candidates in recent primaries (favorite sons Fred and Rudi), even though Fox keeps pushing THEIR candidacies and HIDING Ron Paul's, in the run-up to this weekend's primaries.

To add insult to injury, after Paul was EXCLUDED from a debate, which included Fred and Rudi: even after Ron Paul once again won the recent Fox debate texting poll, Fox re-broadcast the debate footage, with Ron Paul's most poignant comments of the debate EDITED OUT—his VERY well put answer to their asinine question about his "electability"!  What TRUE journalist edits out portions of a debate, when those portions make a candidate they DON'T like, shine???  "Fair and Balanced" on WHAT PLANET???

LET ALL OF THE MEDIA KNOW HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT THIS!: http://ronpaulite.com/2007/09/04/contact-the-medialet-your-voice-be-heard.aspx

Here's the debate portion Fox edited out (You Tube footage), followed (below the video) by the official campaign's write-up of this complaint about Fox News:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlacFmRGPgI

Is Ron Paul Electable?

That is the question that Carl Cameron asked Ron Paul in last Thursday's Fox News debate in South Carolina.

How did Ron Paul respond?

Well, you wouldn’t be able to find his answer if you watched the rebroadcast of the debate, because Fox News cut Dr. Paul’s response!

But don’t worry… Thanks to the wonders of YouTube, you can see Ron Paul respond here.

And for what it's worth, the charge that Ron Paul is somehow unelectable in the Republican party sounds awfully similar to the charges levied against Ronald Reagan in 1980. As this Time Magazine article shows, another Republican — Gerald Ford — branded Ronald Reagan as "unelectable" as late as March of 1980.

Read more about Fox News' censorship in Daniel McCarthy's post on the Daily Dose Blog.

Read the article in its original context: http://ronpaul2008.typepad.com/ron_paul_2008/2008/01/is-ron-paul-ele.html

Want to get even angrier?  Then click the Daily Dose button to read more about not only this editing out of Ron Paul but ALSO about the Wall Street Journal's editing out of Ron Paul's monetary proposal!  If you recall, the Wall Street Journal was recently purchased by the parent company of Fox News!

Let's boycott the Wall Street Journal TOO!

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Posted by Paul Bear (www.RonPaulite.com)

        

This is the BIGGIE!  We've GOT TO GET PAUL IN THE WHITEHOUSE!!!

CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVES AND SENATORS TO OPPOSE THIS ASAP!

Action Alert

	Oppose Government Surveillance of All Internet Activity

Mike McConnell, Director of National Intelligence, is drafting a plan calling for the federal government to secretly watch America's cyberspace, a proposal that will raise obvious personal privacy issues. McConnell tells The New Yorker in the issue which just hit newsstands that his plan will make the current debate over surveillance law look like "a walk in the park."

McConnell acknowledges that, in order to accomplish his plan to protect the Internet from being abused, the government must have the ability to read all the information crossing the Internet throughout the United States. Congressional aides have reported that they are anticipating a fight over civil liberties that will rival the battles over the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.

Part of what has irked members of Congress, according to aides, is the meager amount of information the administration has provided. The cyberspace security initiative was first reported in September by The Baltimore Sun, and some congressional aides say that lawmakers have learned more from the media than they did from the few top secret briefings they have received.

Basically, McConnell wants to funnel everything that happens online through the National Security Agency, which would deprive everyone of anything resembling online privacy. According to the author of The New Yorker article:

In order for cyberspace to be policed, Internet activity will have to be closely monitored. Ed Giorgio, who is working with McConnell on the plan, said that would mean giving the government the authority to examine the content of any e-mail, file transfer, or Web search. "Google has records that could help in a cyber-investigation," he said. Giorgio warned me, "We have a saying in this business: 'Privacy and security are a zero-sum game.'"

That would be a clear violation of the Fourth Amendment, which protects Americans against unreasonable searches and seizures, and requires that any searches be conducted only upon issuance of a warrant under conditions of probable cause.

The Executive Branch has already been working for many years in almost complete secrecy, with no oversight and no recognition of legal limits, to spy on Americans, first in the name of the War on Drugs, and then in the name of the War on Terror. Despite the blatant illegality of its actions, the federal government wants to see the present situation not only continue, but grow even larger.

Use the alert below to contact your legislators and ask that they vote against any legislation that violates the constitutional protection of Internet privacy.

Please use the following message as a guideline to contact your senators. You can edit it, in order to make it more personal and original. Please take advantage of the editing function, to avoid the appearance of a form letter, which experience shows to be less effective.

Read the article in its original context: http://capwiz.com/jbs/issues/alert/?alertid=10811666&queueid=[capwiz:queue_id

Pass this on, to everyone you know!  Spread this alert!  They can't get away with this in SILENCE!  It's the very foundations of liberty DOWN THE TOILET!

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Posted by Paul Bear (www.RonPaulite.com)

        

This from Tea Party Newsletter:

Ron Paul’s family at the blimp, FreeAtLast2008.com, RonPaulFriday.com

Posted: 17 Jan 2008 06:27 AM CST

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Ron Paul’s family will be at the blimp location for a press event in South Carolina on Saturday the 19th (South Carolina Primary day). More details to come..

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Part 1: http://youtube.com/watch?v=G7FwULXnM_E

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Posted by Paul Bear (www.RonPaulite.com)

        

While it is no surprise that money boy Romney showed well in his famous daddy's state of Michigan, many are doing double takes at the fact that the supposed Dr. "NO-BODY", who was unceremoniously left out of a pre-primary debate, is consistently trouncing candidates who were included in ALL DEBATES!  And the trend shows no signs of stopping!

Take courage Paulites, and help Ron Paul to GREATER victories by working like sled dogs, to pull him ahead in this COLD race!  The elements are against us, but I believe GOD is for our PRINCIPLES!  WE STILL HAVE TIME TO MAKE THE DIFFERENCE IF WE PULL TOGETHER!  Don't stop now—Paul is IN this race for the haul!  YOU be there too, with your most valiant efforts, and combined with prayer, I can see some pleasant surprises up ahead!

God, graciously grant us another chance at liberty, in the land of liberty!

Check out this article in the L.A. Times:

Ron Paul, Dr. No-body, beats Rudy and Fred — again

Well, he's hanging in there. Not only that, but Rep. Ron Paul thumped two reputed Republican heavyweights in the Michigan primary — former Sen. Fred Thompson of Tennessee and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani.

Who'd have predicted that a couple of months ago?

Giuliani, you may recall if you can remember anything as distant as last summer, was the longtime GOP national front-runner in polls. He ran strongly against everybody in his party, even former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, who won one last night, taking his home state from Sen. John McCain, who won there in 2000. Everybody wondered if anyone had a chance against the hero of 9/11, who defied standard Republican theocracy with his liberal social views.

But guess what? Ron Paul, the 72-year-old Texas congressman and ob-gyn who delivers babies and a strict view of the Constitution, beat Giuliani in Michigan. And beat him good. Not only that ...

he doubled Giuliani's totals of 24,000 votes, or 2.8%, getting more than 52,000 votes, or 6.3%, of the total Republican ballots.

Paul even beat Thompson this time, the real consistent conservative who was supposed to be the next Ronald Reagan until he actually announced his campaign in September. Thompson got about 31,000 votes, or 3.7%, which is more than Rudy but still less than the nobody congressman with the libertarian views whom few people but his passionate partisans took seriously months ago. He's often called Dr. No for his consistent congressional votes against spending.

Paul was so written off that Fox News banned him from its recent debate in New Hampshire. Oops, now the Paulunteers are organizing a boycott of Fox sponsors in return for the snub, a move that Dennis Kucinich's fans are now calling for against MSNBC for barring him from Tuesday's Democratic debate in Las Vegas.

True, Romney killed all his Republican competitors in Michigan, as he had to, with more than 326,000 votes, nearly 39%, with McCain trailing at 29.7%, or 248,000. Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee garnered less than half of Romney's votes, 135,000, or 16%.

And it's also true that Thompson and Giuliani didn't really campaign seriously in Michigan. Or New Hampshire. Or Iowa except for a last-minute Thompson bus tour. Obviously, both Giuliani and Thompson are intentionally laying back, trying to make the rest of the Republican field overconfident. No doubt.

Paul hasn't won anything yet, either, except the continued devotion of his followers and growing national attention, including two national TV appearances on "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno" plus a full hour on "Meet the Press." On Tuesday, Richard Viguerie, the noted conservative author, announced he's launching a website to support Paul. Viguerie called Paul "truly a principled conservative in the grand tradition of Robert Taft, Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan."

Paul just keeps picking up his 6% to 10% each time there's a vote. But Paul also beat Giuliani in Iowa. And he came pretty close to Giuliani in New Hampshire and did, in fact, beat Thompson there. And now in Michigan, Paul beat them both rather handily. He does it by going against virtually all the views of his GOP colleagues, including opposing the Iraq war.

Fueled by the generous donations of Paul believers, the congressman was probably the most successful GOP fundraiser in the fourth quarter, acquiring nearly $20 million then and, according to his website, more than $834,000 more so far this month. He's already launched an eight-state ad blitz and has been campaigning in recent days in South Carolina, where he has three offices and will return later this week, and across Nevada. He got skunked in Wyoming, where Romney won, but imagine if Paul scored big one day in the wild West, where many people believe government got too big about 100 years ago.

Paul's website and new campaign blog claim to have quietly organized more than 7,800 precinct captains around the country. Meantime, Giuliani's top staff is going unpaid this month to save dwindling funds. Is there a pattern here?

So, while the "front-running" Republicans each win one state and no one builds up a head of steam, Paul just keeps hanging around, like a bad cold. Some of the other Republican candidates should be careful, lest they get the sniffles one of these days.

— Andrew Malcolm

V for VICTORY!

Read the article in its original context: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/01/ronpaulscores.html

Posted by Paul Bear (www.RonPaulite.com)

        

Thank you to those who contacted me about the Liberty Dollar status, and thank you, Bernard, for sending out another Liberty Dollar update to let us know your status:

Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Dear Liberty Dollar Supporters:

FLASH: I just receive the first 2008 Liberty Dollars! And they are terrific! Check out the images and order HERE! With silver over $16 per ounce, please read this whole Alert and then place your order to support the Liberty Dollar and protect your purchasing power with the new hallmarked, "inflation proof" 2008 Liberty Dollar.

PAYPAL: If you ordered via PayPal, please be sure to read the update below.

TAKING THE HEAT: We have received a few calls asking if we can make new Dollars, why can't we fill the old orders. The simple reason is because we don't have the product and to make matters worse, the bank account is frozen so we can't return the money. New orders are financed by donations or from new orders. I would like nothing better than fill or at least return all your money. We are seeking to retain an attorney to do just that ASAP! But even that has proven problematic as all the funds are frozen.

BIG NEWS: Silver is UP! Liberty Dollar is set to Move Up to the $50 Silver Base!
Get ready to double your money… again!

Please read this important statement: Doesn't it just make sense that when the underlying commodity that backs the currency increases in value, shouldn't the purchasing power of that currency also increase in value? Of course! And isn't that the essence of an inflation proof currency? Absolutely! In fact, when you think about it, the only way the Liberty Dollar can accommodate higher commodity prices is to increase its Face Value. And that is why the ALD Moved Up to the $20 Silver Base, on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 24, 2005.

We are preparing now to Move Up from the $20 to the $50! WOW! Whereas the first Move Up was only a ten dollar difference (20-10=10), this second Move Up will provide a thirty dollar difference (50-20=30). This will give the currency a much wider window of operation and much larger margin of profit for you. And while early Liberty Dollar supporters doubled their money on the first Move Up, this time your purchasing power will increase two and half times! Or 500% if you started with the $10 Base. Is there anybody who does not want to double his or her money? If so, please continue to use the depreciating US dollar.

With such a dynamic currency model, there is usually a bit of confusion as newbies retrofit their economic heads around the free market Liberty Dollar. Of so, please re-read the "important statement' above. Usually, it's the "educated" economists that have the most difficulty and especially anybody with a PhD. But I am happy to report that most Americans, like myself, simply understand that the price of gasoline is not going up, it is the value of the US dollar that is going down, and want to protect their purchasing power. Please don't over intellectualize the money problem. You are being ripped off, clear and simple. Either you want to take action or don't.

As stated when the Liberty Dollar econometric model was first introduced on October 1, 1998, the Liberty Dollar would Move Up to the $50 Silver Base when the 30 day moving average for silver stayed over $16 for 45 consecutive calendar days. Now with the spot price of silver over $16, this is the currency's first test to Move Up to the $50 Base.

Will it happen? That's anybody's guess. When the Liberty Dollar Moved Up to the $20 Base it happened the third try. But as government spends money like a drunken sailor, and more of your purchasing power is stolen (deceptively labeled "inflation" by the government)… prices will "rise" and you will be poorer… unless you take action. Trust me, sooner or later, the Liberty Dollar will Move Up to the $50 Silver Base.

But the currency will not Move Up until the 30 day moving average for silver has stayed over $16 for 45 consecutive calendar days. With silver over $16 and the 30 day moving average already at $14.71 last Friday, January 11, the Liberty Dollar could conceivably Move Up within 75 days or about April 1, no joke!

As the Move Up Point is very important, the Liberty Dollar uses an independent, third party source for its 30 DMA so there is a definitive point that is readily available and easily verifiable by everyone. The Liberty Dollar provides total transparency for this econometric stability-inducing feature that protects it from the erratic actions of a free silver market. The 30 DMA is available from ScotiaMocotta, a division of the Bank of Nova Scotia in Canada, at: http://www.scotiamocatta.com/prec/pdfs/pm_daily.pdf. The 30 DMA is listed at the bottom of page 3.

For more info and history on the Liberty Dollar Move Up and its disciplined econometric features, please visit: http://www.libertydollar.org/ld/about/liberty-dollar-doubles.htm
And http://www.libertydollar.org/ld/faqs/crossover-twenty.htm.

The Move Up to a new base could be painful as we enter "No Man's Land". Why is it called "No Man's Land"? Because nobody wants to be there! As the Liberty Dollar is a "free market currency" it's pricing is market driven. So while the spot silver price is over $16 per ounce, the MSRP for the $20 Silver Liberty will be spot plus $5. Discount and commissions for Liberty Associates will return after we pass through "No Man's Land" and Moved Up to the $50 Silver Base.

Now, as we experienced during the first Move Up, some people thought that the time just prior to the Move Up was the worst time to get a Liberty Dollar. Exactly the opposite! NOW is the best time to get the Liberty Dollar. Do you want 2.5 times your money? If you were going to buy a stock, would you want to buy it before or after it split? Before, of course. Ditto with the Liberty Dollar! Now is the best time to get the Liberty Dollar.

Want to get the best deal? Open a Regional Currency Office and get the $20 Liberty Dollar at only $3 over spot. Plus you can regionalize your Libertys with a custom Hallmark with the name of your town, business, family, organization, almost anything! Hey, are you serious about returning the country to the original founding principles… or not?! Liberty Dollar provides you that vehicle with a profit!

Do you think we will have inflationary times in the future? Were you aware the United States had 5,000% inflation over two hundred years ago?

It's true - when the Continental Congress declared war on England, it had no means to pay for the American Revolution because it had neither money nor the power to tax. America began with little more than the hope and a prayer by a few strong willed people who wanted to be free at any cost. The American war effort was largely financed by inflation and meager contributions from the States. In 1775, when the Revolutionary War began, the total money supply in the United States stood at only $12 million. In June of the same year, the Continental Congress started printing "paper" and said it was "money". By the end of that first year, Congress had printed $6 million in "paper money" called "Continentals". In total, $425 million was issued in just five years that expanded the money supply more than 3,500%. Plus the States printed their own currency, bringing inflation in America to over 5,000%!

To America's credit, it was the only country to recover from such an inflationary hardship without bloodshed. Will our current country "fathers" measure up to the original Founding Fathers? Will YOU hold them to the same standard? Will the United States come back from this precipice? We so pray!

As Ron Paul stated on December 13th when he introduced the, Free Competition in Currency Act, H.R. 4683, that would protect the Liberty Dollar and competing currencies, Paul said, "Investors around the world are shunning the dollar, and millions of Americans see their salaries, saving accounts, and pensions eroded away by rising inflation. We stand at the precipice of an unprecedented monetary collapse, and as a result many people have begun to look for alternates to the [US] dollar."

A precipice indeed. I have mentioned this "precipice" many times in my presentations. It would appear that those damn "bellybuttons" at the Federal Reserve have no idea what they are flirting with. Of course, they need only read "Fiat Inflation in France" by Andrew Dickson White to learn what hell their money can create.

For more info on "Inflation through History" please click HERE.

NEW exciting way to support Ron Paul and save money too… with your own Ron Paul Card! Joby Weeks, RCO for Denver, has created the RON PAUL REWARD CARD.
Joby asks, "If you could save between $80-$150 a month at places you are already shopping, would you pay $20 a month, knowing that a portion of that money goes to finance Ron Paul Revolution campaign efforts?" Joby says that when you become a Ron Paul Rewards card member you can save up to 50% off at over 175,000 stores around the country plus you can earn money as a single tier affiliate program.

Please check it out at HERE and see if it is right for you. Initial cost is $49.00 for the card and the first month, then $19.95 per month, so you would want to use this card enough to cover your monthly service fee.

How to order the 2008 Liberty Dollar? Since the FBI Raid on November 14, it would seem everything is conspiring to make it as difficult as possible for the Liberty Dollar. Certainly the government, their handmaiden banking institutions, and now PayPal are making orders more difficult. So I am happy the resolve of Liberty Dollar supporters and the staunch RCOs have refused to let the Liberty Dollar die. Remember the harder it is to protect your money, the more you need real money like the Liberty Dollar! THANK YOU for your support and your orders!

As mentioned, the new one ounce $20 Silver Liberty with MSRP and PVBC is available at silver spot plus $5. But with prices changing daily, if not hourly, we simply ask you to send in your order based on the spot price on our web site: www.LibertyDollar.org plus shipping of $6 Up to 12 items, $1 each additional item. If the silver price has moved outside of range by the time we receive your order and we cannot fill your order, we will return your money. If the silver price is a bit less, we will keep the difference as a donation.

Orders for the 2008 Liberty Dollar, with the custom Tenth Anniversary hallmark, are available by check or money order made out to BERNARD. We have the new $20 Liberty in stock and orders are usually filled within three weeks AFTER we receive your order. Please send all orders to: Liberty Dollar. 225 N. Stockwell Road. Evansville. IN. 47715. Please note the office is understaffed, and your call may not be returned. If you have a question, an email would be best, please. For more information on ordering the 2008 Liberty Dollars Click HERE!

During these difficult times, you may get better/faster service from a RCO. Please contact any RCO regardless of where you live. Now, RCOs are not regionally bound. If you wish to open your own RCO, please email me with RCO in the subject field.

PayPal freezes Liberty Dollar account
Unbeknown to us, PayPal does not allow its system to be used for currency exchanges. So when we attached PayPal to our shopping cart, they froze our account and informed us that they would not refund the money for 180 days! After careful negotiations PayPal was willing to refund all your money on unfilled orders. I just spoke with PayPal again and it now seems that all the problems have been resolved and you should have your money in the next couple of days. Actual time of funds transfer vary as ACH transfers vary from bank to bank. So if you placed an order on our shopping cart using PayPal, please check your account, as you should receive your money by Friday. If not, please send an email to: Order@LibertyDollar.org. Then we would hope you would order directly with the Liberty Dollar office in Evansville via check or money order.

WOW!!! You should have been at the Liberty Forum! Of course Ron Paul was there for a Keynote address on Sunday and it was a rousing time. I was supposed to give the Keynote address on Friday but at the last minute was replaced by Cap't Roughseas, a Revolutionary War officer who appeared at the request of the Founding Fathers. It was a HOOT! Just watch one of these videos… Get involved… Plan to come next year!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKIrm8Whmak
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8511096301237747138
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3015412299543089772&hl=en
http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2008/01/06/death-to-fiat-money/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WB3ey2RUco

PLEASE NOTE: We are just too busying dealing with all the legal issues and added demands, so no more Liberty Dollars will be accepted for hallmarking. Many thanks to all the associates and RCOs who took advantage of the unique offer and got their Libertys hallmarked. This offer is now discontinued.

NEW COLLECTOR SPECIAL: As you may recall, we issued a two ounce $20 Silver Liberty Piedfort as a numismatic item shortly before the Liberty Dollar Moved Up to the $20 Base. I am pleased to announce that a special two ounce $50 Piedfort will be issued shortly. This special Limited Numbered Edition will feature the $50 design in Proof condition with a serial number. This LNE is limited to only 1000 Piedforts and only before the Liberty Dollar Moves Up to the $50 base. Initial price is only $50 but that is sure to change as the market advances. Limit five per order, please.

The $20 Arrest Dollar for $30 is SOLD OUT. We have a few left for $40 each. After they are gone it will be much more. The $10 Arrest Dollar is still $20 and the $5 Arrest Dollar is still only $15…. But not for long.

My Lawsuit against the US Mint and DOJ was dismissed without prejudice and can be re-filed at any time. This was the best course of action given the criminal investigation.

Remember you can become a Liberty Associate for FREE by signing up for the Wrongful Seizure Lawsuit. Just click HERE to sign up.

To say that 2007 was a hell of a year is an understatement! Record sales, lawsuit against the US Mint, the FBI Raid and all the banking problems made Liberty Dollar a hot news item with many many articles and thousands of Americans discovering the truth about money and how to protect their purchasing power while returning America to its original founding ideals. Liberty Dollar was also voted one of the Top Ten Stories in 2007 by Coin World.

2008 promises to be another "great" year. Will I be arrested? Most likely. But as federal grand juries often take a year or more, we certainly have time and intent to provide as many Liberty Dollars as possible. We have a country to save and greatly appreciate your support, orders and donations… we can't do it without you!

As Cap't Roughseas mentioned in his presentation at the Liberty Forum, while money is the common denominator to restrain the government within the US Constitution… it is not the key. YOUR action is the key. Desire without action is folly. <