Tag Archives: ron paul

U.S.

Occupy America, World War 3: U.S. Congress about to make your backyard the next War Zone; National Defense Authorization Act will make the Patriot Act look like a joke. Ron Paul is the only Republican candidate against the bill

“The Senate is going to vote on whether Congress will give this president, and every future president, the power to order the military to pick up and imprison without charge or trial civilians anywhere in the world. The power is so broad that even U.S. citizens could be swept up by the military and the military could be used far from any battlefield, even within the United States itself.”-Chris Anders, American Civil Liberties Union

Two U.S. Senators came up with what is probably the greatest threat to our Constitutional freedoms, section 1031 of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2012 (S.1253.RS).  Those Senators are Carl Levin of Michigan, and John McCain of Arizona (I guess McCain’s time as a POW in Vietnam destroyed the concept of American freedom in his mind).

Section 1031 of the bill would “…basically say in law for the first time that the homeland is part of the battlefield…”-Lindsey Graham, U.S. Senator from South Carolina, and supporter of the bill

“America is part of the battlefield.”-Kelly Ayotte, U.S. Senator from New Hampshire, and supporter of the bill

(Note: I’m not sure if the above quotes were actually stated by those Senators.  I found one site that attributed the quotes as actually coming from an ACLU publication.  In the short time I spent trying to confirm the quotes I was not able to find anything directly linking them.  But they do support the bill.)

“One section of these provisions, section 1031, would be interpreted as allowing the military to capture and indefinitely detain American citizens on U.S. soil. Section 1031 essentially repeals the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878 by authorizing the U.S. military to perform law enforcement functions on American soil. That alone should alarm my colleagues on both sides of the aisle, but there are other problems with these provisions that must be resolved.”-Mark Udall, U.S. Senator from Colorado, who opposes the bill

The bill already passed the House of Representatives back in May. Ron Paul was one of five House Republicans who opposed it:  “I have a personal belief that you never have to give up liberty for security. You can still provide security without sacrificing our Bill of Rights. You can prevent crimes by becoming a police state . . . So if you advocate the police state, yes, you can have safety and security and you might prevent a crime, but the crime then will be against the American people and against our freedoms.”

It would “…permit the federal government to indefinitely detain American citizens on American soil, without charge or trial, at the discretion of the president.”-Justin Amash, U.S. Representative from Michigan, one of five House Republicans who voted against the bill

Section 1031 states: “The Armed Forces of the United States are authorized to detain covered persons captured in the course of hostilities authorized by the Authorization for Use of Military Force…”

The Authorization for Use of Military Force was approved under the Bush Jr administration on September 18, 2001.  It specifically says that the President is authorized to take any action “he” feels is necessary to capture those who plotted the 9/11 attacks, and “…to prevent any future acts of international terrorism against the United States…”

This is where critics of S.1253.RS section 1031 say the military could be used on U.S. soil to go after U.S. citizens.  S.1253.RS section 1031 would allow the President to use the military within the United States, if the President felt it necessary to do so, in fulfilling the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force.

S.1253.RS section 1031 also says: “Long-term detention under the law of war without trial until the end of hostilities against the nations, organizations, and persons subject to the Authorization for Use of Military Force.” This is where critics of the bill say you could be held in military prisons indefinitely.

However, the section 1031 does not allow the wanton detention of U.S. citizens: “The authority to detain a person under this section does not extend to the detention of citizens or lawful resident aliens of the United States on the basis of conduct taking place within the United States except to the extent permitted by the Constitution of the United States.”

That part is tricky. Basically you’d have to be found in violation of, or simply suspected of violating U.S. laws to be detained by military forces.  This is where critics say the military could be used as a police force. That’s the sinister part of section 1031, and it’s related sections under Subtitle D – – Detainee Matters, of S.1253.RS: It does not require that you be charged with a crime, let alone being convicted in a court trial, nor does it require any substantial evidence to justify your detention.

The other problem is that section 1031 says detention will last “…until the end of hostilities…” When you’re fighting an open ended, vague War on Terror, how the freak do you know when it’s finished?  Take some political science courses on terrorism and you’ll realize that as long as people get ripped off by the establishment (whether they actually do get ripped off, or it’s just in their minds) there will always be acts of “terror”. 

President Barack Obama claims he will veto the bill if it passes the Senate.  However, there are fears that if someone like Newt Gingrich becomes President in 2012, then the bill would become law.

 

 

 

 

Business/Economics, U.S.

Occupy America, What Economic Recovery? The truth is finally told about how much the Federal Reserve spent to bail out the too big to fail banks; nearly $8 Trillion! Ron Paul is right!!!

“This is an issue that can unite the Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street.”-Sherrod Brown, U.S. Senator from Ohio

Lies, scandals, cover ups, all part of the “too big to fail’s” plan to squeeze the United States dry.  Now there’s proof!

Bloomberg Markets magazine has gotten a hold of a 29,000(!) page document, that shows just how much the big banks lied and cheated to the tune of U.S.$7.77 trillion, and that’s not counting the taxpayer funded bailouts!

The bottom line is everybody close to the process lied like crazy.”-Naked Capitalism

Ever since 2007, when the Federal Reserve (a privately run bank) began bailing out the “too big to fail” banks, like Bank of America, the exact amount of the bail outs had been kept secret.  Ben Bernanke even said it was because if the public knew how much it really cost it would cause more problems.  He’s right!

While the average American in the United States lost their credit, lost their home, and lost their job, Corporate America got a $7.77 trillion bailout from the Federal Reserve. That’s a record!  And that doesn’t even count the taxpayer funded bail outs!!!

By the way, average Americans in the United States are still losing their credit, their homes and their jobs, because of bailed out Corporate America!!!

Here’s some more interesting facts about the Federal Reserve bailouts:

1; On December 5, 2008, a record $1.2 trillion was issued on one day!!! 

2; The Federal Reserve actually set up the supposed bail out “loans” so that some members of Corporate America made a profit off of paying back those loans!  How would you like to be paid for paying back your loans?  Corporate America made an estimated $13 billion off some of the bail out loans!

3; Citigroup made the most money off of the Federal Reserve loans, to the tune of $1.8 billion!

4; In fact the top U.S. banks (JPMorgan, Bank of America, Citigroup, Wells Fargo & Co., Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Morgan Stanley) used the bail out loans to increase their power. By September 2011, their combined assets had increased to $9.5 trillion!!!

5; Most of these bail out loans were issued when the “too big to fail” banks (case in point Bank of  America and JP Morgan Chase & Company) were telling their stockholders that they were in no trouble at all!

6; Most of these bail out loans were issued at the same time that the government was giving away taxpayer dollars to save Corporate America!  Treasury Department boss Timothy Geithner was well aware of how much money the Federal Reserve was loaning to the “too big to fail’s”!

7; The U.S. Treasury Department’s taxpayer funded TARP program cost a record $700 billion, but that is now dwarfed by the newly revealed Federal Reserve bail outs.

8; The six biggest U.S. banks, got $160 billion of taxpayer TARP funds, and, as much as $460 billion from the Federal Reserve!

Bloomberg got the 29,000 page document after winning a lawsuit (amazingly) against the Federal Reserve, and the country’s biggest group of banks, know as the Clearing House Association.

What this proves is that Corporate America is one big ass FAIL!!!  Either they were in the financial hole and really did need the bail outs, which means they had already failed as Capitalist Captains of Industry, or, they were not in the hole, as they repeatedly told their stockholders, and they just pulled off the biggest scam in world history!!!

The result is that the Untied States is now toast: “…we’re absolutely, totally, 100% not prepared for another financial crisis.”-Ted Kaufman, former U.S. Senator from Delaware

Ron Paul is right!!!

 

 

U.S.

Ron Paul says Barack Obama’s inaction is the result of his ignorance, inaction is intentional default mode of our government, office of President now closer to becoming a dictatorship

Ron Paul posted on his RonPaul.com site that President Barack Obama’s seeming inability to get anything done is a result of Obama’s ignorance for how our government works.

Paul says the founders of this country meant for it to be that way, they didn’t want any one person to wield too much power: “Getting something done is proving to be a monumental task. This may be news to the supposed constitutional scholar who is now our president, but if the political process seems inconvenient to the implementation of his agenda, that is not a flaw in the system.   It was designed that way.  The drafters of the Constitution intended the default action of government to be inaction.”

Paul also states that our Federal government was never meant to get big: “The vision of the founders was to set up a government that would remain small and unobtrusive via a system of checks and balances. That it has taken our government so long to get this big speaks well of the original design. The founders also knew the overwhelming nature of governments was to amass power and grow. The Constitution was to serve as the brakes on the freight train of government.”

Ron Paul says President Obama’s use of Executive Orders has gone past Constitutional rules, pushing the office of the President even closer to becoming a dictatorship:  “Executive Orders are meant to be a way for the president to direct executive agencies on the implementation of congressionally approved legislation… …Obama explicitly threatens to bypass Congress, thus aggregating the power to make and enforce laws in the executive. This clearly erodes the principles of separation of powers and checks and balances. It brings the modern presidency dangerously close to an elective dictatorship.”

The same can be said of the President’s increased use of the War Powers Act to go to war without Congress declaring war, but, Obama is not the first President to do so.  In fact, Ron Paul blames Obama’s predecessors as well: “Sadly, previous administrations have set precedents that the current administration is only building upon.”


International, Technology, U.S.

World War 3: Ron Paul says U.S. claims against Iran are overblown, sanctions are acts of war

“For them to be a threat to us and to anyone in the region, I think it’s blown out of proportion.”-Ron Paul, U.S. Congressman from Texas

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is scheduled to come out on November 8 with a new report on Iran.  Some sources say it will accuse Iran of making nuclear weapons.

One week ago, the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee asked to intensify sanctions against the Islamic Republic of Iran.  Ron Paul says that proves we are at war with Iran: “When you put on strong sanctions, those are acts of war.”

If you take some college courses on warfare you’ll discover that economic sanctions really are part of the war making arsenal (that’s why the Japanese say they were justified in attacking the U.S. Navy at Pearl Harbor in 1941).




 

U.S.

Ron Paul might consider leaving the Republican Party, republican Elites trying to run him out of town

“I’m running for president in the Republican party, I’m doing very well. And last time they wondered about it, but, you know the whole thing is, is boy the people are really frustrated. You go to New Hampshire there are more Independents than Republicans or Democrats.”-Ron Paul

There was a time that U.S. presidential candidate Ron Paul was a member of the Libertarian Party, now he’s a Republican, but that could change.

Last week Paul told Fox News that he would not rule out running as an Independent, just that he had “…no intention of doing that.”

However, I think that if Paul continues to win republican straw polls, which are then misreported by the main stream media, and then other republican candidates get endorsed instead, then he should really consider leaving the republican party.  It’s looking more and more like the elites of the republican party don’t want Paul to spoil their fun.

 

U.S.

Ron Paul salutes Wikileaks & whistleblowers, wins Iowa Straw Poll twice but loses Republican endorsment

On October 29, presidential candidate Ron Paul won the National Federation of Republican Assemblies’ (NFRA) Iowa Straw Poll, twice!  Yet they endorsed Rick Santorum!

What’s the point of holding an election if the winner (twice) is the loser?  I wonder how many Iowa republicans are thinking of jumping ship?

Was Paul ignored by the NFRA because of his praise of government whistleblowers?  He said whistleblowers are necessary so that we can get to the bottom of why things don’t go the way we were told they would, but more so because it could prevent war: “But the area that neither the Democrat nor the Republican leadership seems to welcome any whistle blowing is when there is an exposure on our foreign policy, the fallacies of why we go to war and what we do.”

International, U.S.

Ron Paul says let Palestine be recognized, but Palestinians should beware the United Nations

“…I do not believe the U.S. should use its position in the UN Security Council to block their membership.”-Ron Paul, U.S. Congressman from Texas

Ron Paul has written a new post in his Texas Straight Talk, saying the United States should not block Palestine from being recognized by the United Nations.

Ron Paul says anyone who’s afraid of the Palestinians finally getting internationally recognized statehood is a weak minded elitist: “Only a political class harboring the illusion it can run the world obsesses over the aspirations of a tiny population on a tiny piece of land thousands of miles away.”

But don’t think Ron Paul is pro United Nations, in fact he has a warning for Palestinians about reliance on the UN: “When the UN gave NATO the green light to bomb Libya there was no genocide taking place.  It was a purely preventative war.  The result?  Thousands dead, a destroyed country, and extremely dubious new leaders.”