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Friday, February 3, 2012
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
I'd like to comment on those saying that Ron Paul is more of a movement and less of a candidate.
They are absolutely right.
Now that's not to say that he is less qualified or less electable, not by a long shot. Instead, Ron Paul has awakened, not created a movement. His supporters, his embrace of ideas and his ability to accurately layout whats to come will not disappear regardless of if he wins the presidency or not. His supporters are more fervent than what have been seen in a presidential process because they, we, know that we have the most at stake and the most to lose.
Our opponents like to cast us as having such a negative outlook on the state of the United States and its future but its really quite the opposite. An awareness of whats threatening to what it means to be an American is not a negative state. To be aware of the faults means to be knowledgable of those faults opposites and to appreciate what we have and could have.
The liberalism and neo-conservatism experiment has failed at great cost to our economic prospects and personal liberties. For too long, we have been lied to and our politicians bought and our government turned against us. What ever happened to the concept of the government fearing the people, not the people fearing the government? Fear and lack of personal accountability have caused people to give up their rights to a government that has and will abuse them.
Not too long ago in the course of human history, the U.S was subjected to overtaxation, a massively overreaching and intrusive government, a strong internal occupational military presence, lack of basic human rights and privacy and corruption. It all started small but little by little grew to where it became simply unbearable. A group of men knew that the concept of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness were worth fighting for. Out of this powder keg grew the United States.
Today we see a great complacency amongst a large percentage of our people who would not blink to see a constitutional right simply abandoned, a president who is incompetent and a top republican candidate who would make the founding fathers roll over in their graves.
The only question is, in 20 years, will you look back and ask yourself why?
When your children no longer enjoy the constitutional rights granted to them? When the opportunities we once enjoyed are gone? When the American Dream is just that, a dream?
Optimism in the United States has plunged, even in the short 21 years that I have spent here. I have been on ALL sides of the political spectrum and I understand where people come from. But paramount to all political ideals are the core fundamentals that were created in the depths of tyranny that should never be eroded.
Yes, Ron Paul represents a far greater movement than a simple candidacy, one that will not be going away for my generation is becoming more and more aware of exactly what the problems are and what the solutions are.
“An idea whose time has come, cannot be stopped by any army or any government.”
They are absolutely right.
Now that's not to say that he is less qualified or less electable, not by a long shot. Instead, Ron Paul has awakened, not created a movement. His supporters, his embrace of ideas and his ability to accurately layout whats to come will not disappear regardless of if he wins the presidency or not. His supporters are more fervent than what have been seen in a presidential process because they, we, know that we have the most at stake and the most to lose.
Our opponents like to cast us as having such a negative outlook on the state of the United States and its future but its really quite the opposite. An awareness of whats threatening to what it means to be an American is not a negative state. To be aware of the faults means to be knowledgable of those faults opposites and to appreciate what we have and could have.
The liberalism and neo-conservatism experiment has failed at great cost to our economic prospects and personal liberties. For too long, we have been lied to and our politicians bought and our government turned against us. What ever happened to the concept of the government fearing the people, not the people fearing the government? Fear and lack of personal accountability have caused people to give up their rights to a government that has and will abuse them.
Not too long ago in the course of human history, the U.S was subjected to overtaxation, a massively overreaching and intrusive government, a strong internal occupational military presence, lack of basic human rights and privacy and corruption. It all started small but little by little grew to where it became simply unbearable. A group of men knew that the concept of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness were worth fighting for. Out of this powder keg grew the United States.
Today we see a great complacency amongst a large percentage of our people who would not blink to see a constitutional right simply abandoned, a president who is incompetent and a top republican candidate who would make the founding fathers roll over in their graves.
The only question is, in 20 years, will you look back and ask yourself why?
When your children no longer enjoy the constitutional rights granted to them? When the opportunities we once enjoyed are gone? When the American Dream is just that, a dream?
Optimism in the United States has plunged, even in the short 21 years that I have spent here. I have been on ALL sides of the political spectrum and I understand where people come from. But paramount to all political ideals are the core fundamentals that were created in the depths of tyranny that should never be eroded.
Yes, Ron Paul represents a far greater movement than a simple candidacy, one that will not be going away for my generation is becoming more and more aware of exactly what the problems are and what the solutions are.
“An idea whose time has come, cannot be stopped by any army or any government.”
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Obama and Spending
What do Greece, Ireland, Portugal, Italy, Japan and now the United States all have in common? A federal debt that surpasses the total production of the country.
What else do those countries have in common, especially Greece, Ireland, Italy and Portugal? They have economically collapsed.
The Obama administration projects a 70% increase in current debt to a total of $26 trillion within a decade. Is that the presidents fault? No, its liberalism. And its not too late.
Repeating the same action over and over again expecting different results. Theirs a definition for that.
What else do those countries have in common, especially Greece, Ireland, Italy and Portugal? They have economically collapsed.
The Obama administration projects a 70% increase in current debt to a total of $26 trillion within a decade. Is that the presidents fault? No, its liberalism. And its not too late.
Repeating the same action over and over again expecting different results. Theirs a definition for that.
Monday, January 9, 2012
What If Transcript
Ron Paul: “Madam Speaker, I have a few questions for my colleagues.
What if our foreign policy of the past century is deeply flawed and has not served our national security interest?
What if we wake up one day and realize that the terrorist threat is the predictable consequence of our meddling in the affairs of others, and has nothing to do with us being free and prosperous?
What if propping up repressive regimes in the Middle East endangers both the United States and Israel?
What if occupying countries like Iraq and Afghanistan and bombing Pakistan is directly related to the hatred directed toward us?
What if someday it dawns on us that losing over 5,000 American military personnel in the Middle East since 9/11 is not a fair tradeoff with the loss of nearly 3,000 American citizens no matter how many Iraqi, Pakistanian, Afghan people are killed or displaced?
What if we finally decide that torture, even if called “enhanced interrogation technique”, is self-destructive and produces no useful information and that contracting it out to a third world nation is just as evil?
What if it is finally realized that war and military spending is always destructive to the economy?
What if all war-time spending is paid for through the deceitful and evil process of inflating and borrowing?
What if we finally see that war-time conditions always undermine personal liberty?
What if Conservatives who preach small government wake up and realize that our interventionist foreign policy provides the greatest incentive to expand the government?
What if Conservatives understood once again that their only logical position is to reject military intervention and managing an empire throughout the world?
What if the American people woke up and understood that the official reasons for going to war are almost always based on lies and promoted by war propaganda in order to serve special interests?
What if we as a nation came to realize that the quest for empire eventually destroys all great nations?
What if Obama has no intention of leaving Iraq?
What if a military draft is being planned for for the wars that would spread if our foreign policy is not changed?
What if the American people learned the truth, that our foreign policy has nothing to do with national security, that it never changes from one administration to the next?
What if war in preparation for war is a racket serving the special interests?
What if President Obama is completely wrong about Afghanistan and it turns out worse than Iraq and Vietnam put together?
What if Christianity actually teaches peace and not preventive wars of aggression?
What if diplomacy is found to be superior to bombs and bribes in protecting America?
What happens if my concerns are completely unfounded?
Nothing.
But what happens if my concerns are justified and ignored?
Nothing good.
And I yield back the balance of my time.”
What if our foreign policy of the past century is deeply flawed and has not served our national security interest?
What if we wake up one day and realize that the terrorist threat is the predictable consequence of our meddling in the affairs of others, and has nothing to do with us being free and prosperous?
What if propping up repressive regimes in the Middle East endangers both the United States and Israel?
What if occupying countries like Iraq and Afghanistan and bombing Pakistan is directly related to the hatred directed toward us?
What if someday it dawns on us that losing over 5,000 American military personnel in the Middle East since 9/11 is not a fair tradeoff with the loss of nearly 3,000 American citizens no matter how many Iraqi, Pakistanian, Afghan people are killed or displaced?
What if we finally decide that torture, even if called “enhanced interrogation technique”, is self-destructive and produces no useful information and that contracting it out to a third world nation is just as evil?
What if it is finally realized that war and military spending is always destructive to the economy?
What if all war-time spending is paid for through the deceitful and evil process of inflating and borrowing?
What if we finally see that war-time conditions always undermine personal liberty?
What if Conservatives who preach small government wake up and realize that our interventionist foreign policy provides the greatest incentive to expand the government?
What if Conservatives understood once again that their only logical position is to reject military intervention and managing an empire throughout the world?
What if the American people woke up and understood that the official reasons for going to war are almost always based on lies and promoted by war propaganda in order to serve special interests?
What if we as a nation came to realize that the quest for empire eventually destroys all great nations?
What if Obama has no intention of leaving Iraq?
What if a military draft is being planned for for the wars that would spread if our foreign policy is not changed?
What if the American people learned the truth, that our foreign policy has nothing to do with national security, that it never changes from one administration to the next?
What if war in preparation for war is a racket serving the special interests?
What if President Obama is completely wrong about Afghanistan and it turns out worse than Iraq and Vietnam put together?
What if Christianity actually teaches peace and not preventive wars of aggression?
What if diplomacy is found to be superior to bombs and bribes in protecting America?
What happens if my concerns are completely unfounded?
Nothing.
But what happens if my concerns are justified and ignored?
Nothing good.
And I yield back the balance of my time.”
Friday, January 6, 2012
My first post on my first blog
Of Liberty will likely become a compendium of knowledge on topics such as Liberty, economics, domestic issues etc. I feel that it will more than likely simply be a stream of thought that I can finally place in writing. But beyond that, a little about myself:
My name is Tony, I manage a handful of departments at Walmart and I am a cavalry scout with the Army National Guard here in Iowa. I have a handful of interests such as economics, capitalism, the role of liberty in our lives, computers and automobiles. I consider myself a capitalist libertarian, as if that was a real term. I have no background in writing whatsoever so I absolutely guarantee spelling and grammatical errors. I hope to write clear enough so that a basic understanding of my rambling can be achieved. I also doubt that I will ever proofread a post. You may call it unprofessional, I call it unapologetically lazy.
I am currently in college studying for a degree in Business Administration though I hope to expand that into entrepreneurship.
I will focus primarily on economics and politics although do not be surprised to occasionally see a random computer or automotive post for I simply can't help it. As a human I make mistakes. Feel free to email me them or else I will never learn.
My name is Tony, I manage a handful of departments at Walmart and I am a cavalry scout with the Army National Guard here in Iowa. I have a handful of interests such as economics, capitalism, the role of liberty in our lives, computers and automobiles. I consider myself a capitalist libertarian, as if that was a real term. I have no background in writing whatsoever so I absolutely guarantee spelling and grammatical errors. I hope to write clear enough so that a basic understanding of my rambling can be achieved. I also doubt that I will ever proofread a post. You may call it unprofessional, I call it unapologetically lazy.
I am currently in college studying for a degree in Business Administration though I hope to expand that into entrepreneurship.
I will focus primarily on economics and politics although do not be surprised to occasionally see a random computer or automotive post for I simply can't help it. As a human I make mistakes. Feel free to email me them or else I will never learn.
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