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Subscribe to RSSRon Paul’s parting salvo from his farewell speech as a member of Congress: "Our Constitution, which was intended to limit government power and abuse, has failed. The founders warned that a free society depends on a virtuous and moral people. The current crisis reflects that their concerns were justified."
“Representatives Barney Frank, a Democrat from Massachusetts, and Republican Ron Paul of Texas, polar opposites on many issues, joined Wednesday in asking the White House to refrain from acting against marijuana users in Colorado and Washington, which became the first states last week to legalize recreational use of the drug,” the Boston Globe writes.
The Atlantic: “On Wednesday, Ron Paul stood on the floor of the House of Representatives, where he has spent 23 years, to deliver his last speech to the body prior to his impending retirement at year's end. His sprawling, poorly organized, deeply principled remarks lasted nearly 48 minutes.”
The Boston Globe: “Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Wednesday ridiculed outgoing Senator Scott Brown’s call for bipartisanship in Washington and said he is confident that a Democrat could beat Brown in a special election, if Senator John Kerry were to vacate his seat for a Cabinet position.”
Said Reid: “I saw during the campaign his plea for bipartisanship. That is a big joke. It’s a travesty. He was one of the most partisan people that’s ever served here.” More: “He could have saved Citizens United…. He could have been the 60th vote on that and many other things. So I don’t need a lecture from him on bipartisanship.”
His Citizens United comment was because Brown voted against the DISCLOSE Act, “which would have required corporations, unions and nonprofits that spend money on elections to identify themselves in ads and, in some cases, to name their donors.”
“The Senate took a babystep towards considering the defense authorization bill on Wednesday, but key lawmakers are aiming for the real work on the bill to begin after Thanksgiving,” National Journal writes. “Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., made the motion to proceed--asking for members to consent to bring up the legislation-- on Wednesday afternoon. Members have so far given speeches on topics largely unrelated to the legislation. The bill provides $525.8 billion to fund the Pentagon’s general operations and $88.5 billion for the ‘overseas contingency operations’ account that funds the war in Afghanistan.”
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Ron Paul predicted the economic crisis in 2003. Had we listened we wouldn't have had the horrible conditions that we're suffering through and that ushered in 8 years of Obama. Search "Ron Paul" "housing" and "2003" for the video.
Ron Paul might mean well, but I have more faith in the founding fathers than I do him. The Republic will survive for many, many years.
Anybody can predict a crisis or end of the world. If enough people do it, someone will be right. His 3 failed attempts to run for President should tell him something.
And before a RP supporter points out that this is vindication of his prophesy, please don't.
Between 2003 and 2008, If I am not mistaken it was a republican Bush as president.
Last time I checked W was the president till end of 2008.
Republicans could have listened to him then too.
I'll do you one better if you're just looking for a partisan shot against Bush: search "Bush" "Housing". The problem then is that government intervention in the housing market is a *liberal* idea that both parties pushed. See "Barney Frank" "housing bubble". It should be also be added that Barney Frank was the Chair of the Banking Committee as of 2007 (and through 2010) owing to the fact that the Democrats won the House (and Senate) in 2006 elections.
Bye, Wrong Pal!
Who is Wrong Pal??
This article makes a lot more sense:
http://news.yahoo.com/ron-paul-departs-constitution-failed-230217615--abc-news-politics.html
Thanks for your service, Dr. Ron Paul!
got an idear,... lets save money by kicking the UN out and blowing off any treaties obama or his crony joey tries to push. maybe that'll help save the constitution and while we're at it... throw out all those silly executive orders that have been thrown around. Lord knows I've been targeting Interpol just looking for a chance to lower their numbers.
Whoever wrote this article is a complete dbag
The article about RON PAUL some how turned to other totally unrelated events so I have to go along with you, the author either was legion or a hack.
"His sprawling, poorly organized, deeply principled remarks lasted nearly 48 minutes.”
The writers remarks are sprawling, poorly organized and WITHOUT any principles what so ever. Too bad it didn't say who wrote it.
Send Obama a message:
gov/petition/proscecute-bush-cheney-and-obama-war-crimes-iraq-and-afghanistan/SZP82fbc
gov/petition/stop-all-immigration/PLzLzpnc
gov/petition/end-sanctions-and-open-full-relations-iran/Gs7L50Kv
gov/petition/cut-all-foreign-aid-israel-and-everyone-else-too/4FhMlNyP
gov/petition/repeal-federal-income-tax-and-abolish-irs/s8XQx9Hs
gov/petition/have-washington-dc-secede-union-and-grant-automatic-nationhood-all-50-states/nzjYDlGM
Secession talk is BS:
Back when George Bush was president every time I said anything bad about him one of the first things many of his supporters said was “America, if you don’t like it, leave it”, or “Get out and don’t let the door hit you in the ass on the way out.” Called Socialist, Communist, Hippy Peace Freak, you name it. Now apparently, if one doesn’t agree with the President, or thinks Congress is corrupt, then secession is the route?
Secession...How patriotic is that? Can secession petitioners continue to call themselves Americans – I mean think about it: if your intent is to quit America how can you continue to call yourself an American? Besides: It’s not really even doable. What happens to me if my state secedes? Do I get evicted, shot, jailed? What happens to my property, my rights? I'm not leaving without a fight. Do I become a diplomatic island in the middle of a new third world country? There are so many unanswered questions it would take a lifetime to sort them all out (unless mass graves, economic sanctions, starvation, or massive war/bloodshed/reduction of population are a part of it).
If it’s not real, and the whole petition and cheering section for secession is only symbolic, then why not just go ahead and burn the symbol of America? That’s right the Stars and Stripes. By supporting secession, or even entertaining the thought symbolically secessionists require.themselves.to.not.be.an.American. That is the definition of secession.
It doesn’t really make sense if you look at it that way does it? I mean, are you really ready to burn the American flag?
The only trouble with Ron Paul's departure is now we have to put up with Rand Paul. Tennesse do your country a favor in regards to Rand.
What does Tennessee have to do with Rand Paul?
REP. RON PAUL we thank you for 23 years of outstanding services to the nation......may GOD continue to bless you and your family.
Mo - Rand Paul is a senator not a congressman and he is from Kentucky, not TN. Unfortuantley he was elected in 2010, so he will be there at least four more years, probably longer, because KY has a way of hanging on to GOP senators, i.e. Mitch McConnell. It makes one wonder why Kentucky, basically a state about as significant as Idaho, has so much politcal power nationally.
Congressman Ron Paul, from Texas, is guilty of making racial remarks about Americans of African descent in the past. It is not being judgmental to pose the likelihood that Mr. Paul still holds to such racial viewpoints after all he is still Ron Paul merely older. His opinion to secede from the United States is a clear indication that this man is still racist and separatist as an individual. I believe America is better off without his public input in Washington.... www.globalbabbler.com
MuckrakerW- He never has made a remark like that ever. Please show me a speech where he uttered those words. Now I do believe that you are lazy and just rehashing what you heard regarding some questionable opinions from a 1990's article that was written by someone else in a newsletter that he owned. Now since he has addressed that issue several times over, I think you have shown yourself to be one of the many uneducated voters that decide America's president. I bet you actually think Obama and Romney are different lol. I just hope you wise up to the fact that big corporations and banks own both of them and just about everyone in our government. It's laughable how the people in these comment sections actually believe they are smart and informed. You are only informed on the lies they feed you. The internet is right there accessible to everyone. Stop being lazy and do just a smattering of research.
Ron Paul/racism search: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2078217/Ron-Paul-racist-homophobic-newsletters-Video-taking-credit.html
Matthew- Thank you for the link. I read the article and the author was speculating at best. Any quotes he provided was Ron paul saying he doesn't agree with what was written and that he wasn't aware. The videos show nothing of him saying anything inflammatory about African Americans. Having said that, you can youtube many speeches where Ron paul calls for the repeal of the drug war pointing to the fact that it is racist and affects minorities more. He is one of only a few congressmen/senators who are on record against the drug war. Even the president, who I don't need to remind you is African American stepped up the drug war on medical marijuana facilities. I'll take his own documented words and his actions (voting record) over some "news" outlets who are run by giant corporations that are threatened by someone who can't be bought to serve their agenda. But thanks for the effort in engaging in a real conversation.
Muckraker and Matthew act like Joe Biden has never said anything racial.. Oh that's right, his slurs weren't racial, they were gaffes....
So the Republican court dont know what they are doing all this time.
Only one place you can fault.
Not a huge Ron Paul fan, but I'm not a liberal so I'm willing to admit the man can be right some of the time.
And he is right here: "Our Constitution, which was intended to limit government power and abuse, has failed"
I don't care what your politcal persuasion, you have to admit limited government is dead. With a government more in control of our lives, we can only hope corruption and abuse doesn't follow. (or should I say we should hope MORE corruption and abuse doesn't follow...)
The bigget threat to this nation is the assumption that we can not fail, and that no matter what, we'll be ok. That's unique to the current generation - anybody under 60 years old has never had a reason to think otherwise, and therefore accepts it as fact.
Norquist's wife is a Palestinian Muslim that gives money to terrorists.
Norquist, with his wife, Samah Alrayyes, born Muslim, founded the Islamic Free Market Institute which shares office space in Washington, D.C. with Norquist’s lobbying firm Americans for Tax Reform. The Islamic Institute was founded with seed money from Abdurahman Alamoudi, a convicted jailed terrorist who pleaded guilty to accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars from Libya.
Now, she is employed as a public affairs officer at the U.S. Agency for International Development – and so it appears that yet another Islamist finds employment in a branch of the U.S. government.
Grover Norquist is an advocate for legitimating Shariah Compliant Finance as an ethical alternative to capitalism. And second, Norquist's chosen battle ground for this subversive effort has been and remains the chiefly influence- and lobby-based contracts drawn up through USAID.
Good riddance Paul. You might want to spend you retirement getting some mental health treatment for all that conspiratorial thinking.
You need SERIOUS help!
Dr. Paul will be really missed. I don't know if there will be anybody of his caliber or reputation who would be stepping in for some time. Maybe some libertarian if she/he gets elected; not sure. I just hope all the issues he has raised in the past don't get neglected. America, your very constitution is at stake if you don't find another candidate like him soon. Thank you Dr. Paul for all you have done. I wish you a happy retirement. Peace and Love.
Thank you Dr. Paul for giving me a chuckle now and again. Your cockamaimie, unworkable, unrealistic proposals made me wonder why the good people of Texas would elect someone like you and then I remembered you represented Texas, after all which explains a lot.
I've always thought you get a little, just a little wiser with age. I guess not. Can't see over the crest on a high bridge... yet you go forward. You don't turn around in the middle and have a tissy attack. The wealth on this planet as one people working living loving together is beyond imagination. To sense it to believe it to get up in the morning and help make it happen... that's what real faith is about; all the rest is gibberish.
You dummies voted for Romney instead of this guy?
I'm just going to sit back and relax, and watch all the "conspiracy theories" to come true.
You get what you pay for :-)
We could use more like Ron Paul to represent the best interest of all Americans in the halls of Congress, where political expediency often trumps principled solutions & even the rule of law, where every human tragedy is quickly utilized as an excuse to increase the police state. Ron Paul has been that rare statesman who worked his butt off for We the People, not the usual handful of bailed-out banks & billionaires. Unfortunately, the GOP elites cheated us out of a pro-American, pro-Constitution President. Remember the outpouring of hope & optimism after the 2008 election? We could have that with a campaign that's actually built on substance too.
"Let it not be said that no one cared, that no one objected once it's realized that our liberties and wealth are in jeopardy." - Dr. Ronald Ernest Paul
Wow, I have seen more news coverage of Ron Paul in the last few days then both of his campaigns combined (not that he isn't worthy). I really feel that more people like Ron Paul will stand up, put the people before themselves and their self-interests, educate people about and restore our constitution, and save our great nation from becoming what we ourselves hated and were fighting against less than 250 years ago.
Wow! I actually listened to his speech, which I wonder if those who commented here have, and couldn't find ANYTHING to complain about. everything he said was spot on and to say that he was racist or made racist remarks is laughable...for once a politician called it like it is and this liberal lamestream article played right along with what he said. Lies... power=corruption and ppl fall into the two categories he ID'd Envy or Intolerance and that defines the divisiveness in our country.
That speech shocked and inspired me to try to educate this country, bcz its the ignorance and complacency of this country that we are in this position now. We are giving away our freedoms hand over fist and let the fed initiate violence on everyone, our own country(its citizens) and on other countries. And I think that anyone who doesn't see the face value of what he so eloquently articulated needs to go back to school and pull their head from their *ss.
Its a shame he wasn't elected president, bcz of the two major nominee's and now re-elected president. I never heard either of them speak about issues and offer solutions in straight fwd plain english that we all understand. Obama and Mitt, like every other power hungry corrupt politician speak rhetoric and never actually say anything...but oh the ppl of this country love THEIR party's....HAAA.
Im waiting for the next American Revolution and wouldnt be surprised if it happens in my lifetime.
Ron Paul is right. George Washington not only warned the country about political parties, but he also cautioned about letting military interests get too big. He saw this two-party-military-lobbyist-controlled mess coming over 200 years ago.