Just an update on yesterday's post about the FBI raid on Liberty Dollar:



While I think all Ron Paul supporters, and indeed all Americans, should have grave concerns about what happened, actually on Wednesday morning (I originally thought it went down on Thursday), I never-the-less want to point out for the campaign's sake, that Ron Paul had/has not one thing to do with the conception, production, or promotion of the Ron Paul Dollar, which was being manufactured by the Liberty Dollar organization.  Ron Paul was never asked, nor did he ever give his permission for his image to be placed on the Liberty Dollar "round".  Lew Rockwell puts it well on the LRC Blog:

Terrible news that the company that makes the "Liberty Dollar" and the "Ron Paul Dollar" has been raided by the FBI.

But please note that Ron Paul has no financial or other relationship with this company, and that he was neither asked for his permission, nor gave it, to have his likeness and name used to sell the company's products.

BTW, could the feds' decision to stage this raid have something to do with Ron's raging success?

Read the article in its original context: http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/016920.html

Another interesting consequence of this massively suspect raid, based on government sour grapes (as evidenced by the fact that they are resorting to fuzzy speculative charges, not related at all to their actual beef with Liberty Dollar—they are using the notorious fishing expedition charges of "money laundering" and "wire fraud"—for a pretext to get a judge to OK the invasion), is that now the US Dollar value of Ron Paul dollars has shot up massively on eBay.  How I WISH my own order of Ron Paul dollars had already been shipped prior to the raid!!!

Ron Paul Dollars on eBay
Posted by Manuel Lora
November 15, 2007 06:40 PM

Ron Paul dollars on eBay are going for crazy high prices (here's one; here's another).

Read the article in its original context: http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/016922.html

More information has now been made available by the Liberty Dollar Organization about Wednesday's raid:

Friday, November 16, 2007: Make no mistake, the FBI and Secret Service raid on he Liberty Dollar at 8:00 AM on Wednesday, was a direct assault against the US constitution and your right to own and use gold and silver in any way you chose.

I personally spoke to FBI agent Andrew Romagnuolo shortly after he and his gang invaded the peaceful home of the Liberty Dollar. He told me that the raid was related to the US Mint's warning and the beginning of a criminal investigation. This is the first battle of a long war that I intend to win!

Please note the Search Warrant, Seizure Warrant and Agent info is now posted. Click HERE for that info. If that link does not work the URL is: www.libertydollar.org/ld/legal/raid.htm.

Also posted is the correspondence between US Senator Bill Nelson of Florida and Edmond C Moy, Director of the US Mint. Of particular interest is Moy's statement that the! paper Certificates are not covered by the Title 18, Section 486 and hence legal. So there was no need to raid Sunshine Mint and confiscate all the gold and silver that backs the paper and digital currencies.

No need, unless the government knew their 486 case didn't have a snowball's chance in hell of winning and needed to expand their case into the never-never land of mail fraud, wire fraud and money laundering as mentioned in the Seizure Warrant. I anticipate being arrested on any one or all of these charges.

But I see my arrest and trial as a golden opportunity to win and return our great country to a value based currency. I sincerely believe that the right creative marketer could orchestrate an effective counter attack and win big. I believe the Liberty Dollar will win and become one of the great institutions in America. I have devoted the past ten year to the Liberty Dollar and am willing to risk a few years in federal prison to vindicate it. Winni! ng is certainly possible, even probable with your help.

Wi! nning wi ll require good, dedicated legal support and your support. First, if you are angry and resent the government's assault on your right to own and use gold as you please then call the agents and express your displeasure of their actions in a polite way. Don't kill the messenger, just tell them they are wrong. Add your voice to this movement.

Second: If you are owed an order and want to get your money back or have paper certificates or digital Liberty Dollars, I urge you to demand redemption or the return of your money by joining the Class Action Lawsuit. Your participation is absolutely critical. If you don't join the CAL you will not get your money back. Please click HERE to sign up for the Class Action Lawsuit. If that link does not work, the URL is: www.libertydollar.org/classaction/index.php.

Third: A Legal Defense Fund will be established very soon. Its purpose is to win the cr! iminal case and get your money back. It will take money to make it successful. So your contribution is also critical. Please don't let the government steal your money.

So if you have an existing order, want to redeem your paper Certificates or digital Liberty Dollars, please join the fight to defend our right to own and use gold as you so chose and sign up for the Class Action Lawsuit. This is the
only way you will get your stolen property back.

If you have no standing and want to finally get involved, no problem. There is still $20 million Liberty Dollars in circulation. Simply get some paper Liberty Dollars and sign up for the Class Action Lawsuit. There is still time for all the thick-headed Lewrockwellites, Markskousenites, Dougcaseyites and Agoraites to pull your head out and get 'right' on this important issue.

I regret to inform you that the Liberty Dollar office is now closed. The government boys took everything except for t! he desks and chairs. We have no stock, no records, no money. I! can' ;t even change the phone message because they took the phone manuals. Nor can I answer the thousands of email and calls from a national organization that now numbers into the hundreds of thousands. I am the last man standing. I need your help.

Thank you for your many offers of help. Now is the time for us to help our selves and our great country as it faces the greatest monetary challenge since the Revolutionary War. Buying gold and silver is good for you, but it will not solve our country's problems.

Government requires participation. The problems we have today are because our parents did not participate. Please keep using the Liberty Dollar. Keep the ideals and benefits of real money alive. Gold and silver is going to be very rewarding as the US dollar disintegrates. Please join the Class Action Lawsuit and give something to the Legal Defense Fund when it is established.

But you don't have to wait. Donations can be sent to the old address as the ma! il is now being forwarded. Of course we will still accept Liberty Dollars, but unfortunately due to the current situation, the attorneys require those dreaded depreciating US dollars.

Please make your check or money order out to me as there is no other bank account and mail it to: Liberty Dollar, 225 N. Stockwell Road. Evansville. Indiana. 47715.

Now is the time to band together and support our fight for value based currency as never before. Now is the time to throw off the yoke of a manipulated monetary/tax system and generate a peaceful and prosperous society.

Thank you, thank you, thank you for your offer of help, prayers and support.

The Liberty Dollar and our great country sincerely needs your support.

God bless you and our great country!

Bernard von NotHaus
Monetary Architect

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BTW, did you know, that if you EVER purchased anything from Liberty Dollar, or are in any way in their seized records (which includes perhaps hundreds of thousands of people—including famed Paul Harvey, and even including me!), that YOU are listed on the search warrant as a "co-conspirator", and that YOUR information is now in an FBI database, and possibly being scrutinized?  YES, this is a fact!

Now is the time to be a "wolf" (see HERE), and not to just sit back—selfishly—and think that if we disassociate ourselves well enough, from those whom the current administration has targeted (for suspect reasons), that we will be OK in the end.  Injustice to anyone, is injustice to all, and against all.  We only have as much liberty—"We, the People"—as we ensure for those whom we like the least, and as we grant to those possessing the least power to defend themselves.  "Evil triumphs, when good men do nothing."

Posted by Paul Bear (www.RonPaulite.com)