What I've Learned in Four Terms in Congress

delivered on the floor of the House in 1984 by Dr. Ron Paul - I encourage you to read the whole speech for it is so prophetic, he could have said it five minutes ago, and every word would apply.

Mr. Speaker, I shall be soon leaving the House and have asked for this special order to make a few comments regarding the problems our nation faces and the actions needed to correct them. Having been honored by the 22nd District of Texas to represent them for four terms, I have grown to appreciate the greatness of this institution. I only wish the actions performed by the Congress in recent years could match the historic importance of this body.

Thousands of men and women have come and gone here in our country's history, and except for the few, most go unnoticed and remain nameless in the pages of history, as I am sure I will be. The few who are remembered are those who were able to grab the reins of power and, for the most part, use that power to the detriment of the nation. We must remember that achieving power is never the goal sought by a truly free society. Dissipation of power is the objective of those who love liberty. Others, tragically, will be remembered in a negative way for personal scandals. Yet those individuals whose shortcomings prompted the taking of bribes or involvement in illicit sexual activities, have caused no more harm to society than those who used "legitimate" power to infringe upon individual liberty and expand the size of government. Morally the two are closely related. The acceptance of a bribe is a horrible act indeed for a public servant, but reducing liberty is an outrageous act that causes suffering for generations to come.

Since the time of our founding, few who have come to the Congress have been remembered for championing the cause of freedom. This is a sign of a declining nation and indicates that respect for freedom is on the wane.

Serving here has been a wonderful experience, and the many friendships will be cherished. I am, however, the first to admit the limited impact I've had on the legislative process. By conventional wisdom, I am "ineffective," unable to trade votes, and champion anyone's special privilege — even my own district's. It places me in a lonely category here in Washington. If the political career is not the goal sought, possibly the measuring of "effectiveness" should be done by using a different standard.

Quote of the Month

"What the Republican National Committee did to Ron Paul was the height of rudeness and stupidity for this reason: Why would you alienate an individual who has the ability to attract a new generation of voters, who are already skeptical of your institution but are willing to at least listen through the vehicle of this individual and the words that he is saying? Why would you alienate them, get on the floor and not let them speak? Not have his name go up on the board and see the number of electoral votes that he receives? This is crazy! ... They are afraid of that which they cannot control."

-Michael Steele, Former RNC Chairman

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Here is Ben Swann showing the corruption --MUST See to believe.

Doug Wead Explains the Romney Threat of Atomic PR War on RP

Giving us the inside baseball on what happened now that the convention is all over.
Also included is why Ron Paul didn't attack Romney as hard as some though he should.

I love what he said about it's not left and right anymore: they've become about the same thing.
It's not about up or down: rich or poor.
What it is about: in or out: Either you're an insider or an outsider. There are rich outsiders who are fixing to get a lot poorer. There are outsider poor folks fixing to get a lot more trapped. The insiders are locking down everything for themselves using a complex Tholian Web of regulation and fiduciary devices.

Ron Paul Won - Now It's On Them

I had to share this great piece by Robin Koermer of Blue Republicans. The points he makes ring so true.

In all fields of human endeavor, winning by cheating is losing.
In a competition, when someone cheats, he gets disqualified. The disqualification does not make the runner-up the winner. Rather, it reveals that the man who appeared to be the runner-up had in fact been the winner all along.
In the race for the GOP nomination for President, therefore, Ron Paul won.
As the New York Times wrote yesterday,

Delegates from Nevada tried to nominate Mr. Paul from the floor, submitting petitions from their own state as well as Minnesota, Maine, Iowa, Oregon, Alaska and the Virgin Islands. That should have done the trick: Rules require signatures from just five states. But the party changed the rules on the spot. Henceforth, delegates must gather petitions from eight states.

When Mr. Romney and the RNC cheat so blatantly, they make the game no longer about politics: they make themselves ineligible for the vote of anyone who cares about his own morality, his own honesty or his own integrity – regardless of his politics. And from a purely practical standpoint, they invite Americans to ask if they want to live in a nation governed with the same contempt for those who don’t toe the party line as has been displayed both in Tampa and throughout the primary process.
But as a Ron Paul supporter, I can’t remember feeling so invigorated and empowered in my cause.

read the rest by Robin Koermer

Oh, and GET THIS from Lew Rockwell

Ron, Carol, and one of their granddaughters left the GOP snake pit yesterday afternoon, but the State was not yet through with them. At the little airport in Clearwater, 8 TSA agents descended on them and ordered them not to board their private plane. First, the pilots, the airplane, and the passengers would have to be screened in great detail, because Romney might be nearby. After a long examination of the pilots and their credentials, the agents said they had to check the plane for explosives. One of the pilots noted that the plane, full of aviation fuel, was already a bomb. Then Carol Paul, who has a pacemaker, refused to be screened, and an aide started taking video of the whole rotten process. At that point, the TSA backed down and let them through, to Texas and freedom.

That TSA surprise screening was probably the finger the Elite gave Ron for not having the audacity to show up. You guys do know that his name was attempted to be put in delegation by six states, but the RNC broke its own rules again  on the spot and wouldn't allow it. This is thuggery that would make Rahm Emmanuel and Axelrod proud. Keep voting for the lesser of two evils, ya'll --eventually you will vote us all into a concentration camp.

Ron Paul: Unplugged and Unapologetic

With an introduction by Rand, Ron demonstrates his knowledge of history, adherence to principle, and solid understanding of what being an American is all about.

This speech blows away anything the RINO RNC will put on in a million years, and is worth your time.

Oh, and here's why Dr. Paul isn't speaking at the RNC:

"Mr. Paul, in an interview, said convention planners had offered him an opportunity to speak under two conditions: that he deliver remarks vetted by the Romney campaign, and that he give a full-fledged endorsement of Mr. Romney. He declined.
“It wouldn’t be my speech,” Mr. Paul said. “That would undo everything I’ve done in the last 30 years. I don’t fully endorse him for president.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/26/us/politics/ron-paul-passi...

Additional fun stuff:

Paul is Poland's Pick

Wow. Have you seen this? Mitt Romney going on some sort of World Tour to show how world-wise he is or something, but he finds the message of liberty has already beaten him there. The Ron Paul Polish contingent was out at the Mitt rally letting the globalists know that the love of freedom is universal.



 Check out  how Mitt's operatives respond:

Been Meaning to Write

But my problem is, the info is coming like water from a fire hose. That, and I have this thing called real life, which entails getting the kids ready for school  home education. Been cleaning up the downstairs, throwing out broken bits of crayon and what not, making room for a new year. But I've still been listening to the news, wishing like every woman I could split myself into clones: one cleaning, one supervising the kids, one cooking, one doing whatever she wants, and of course, one blogging. So here's what my blogging clone would have written extensive, backlinked posts on these last few days:

RNC: Ron Paul Has Six States

From investigative reporter, Ben Swann:

3 FACTS ABOUT A CANDIDATES NAME BEING PLACED INTO NOMINATION AT THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION!

I have been in touch with a member of the RNC Rules committee over the past 4 days and have been able to confirm a few FACTS about the nomination process.

1. For a candidate's name to be placed into nomination at the RNC you DO need a plurality of delegates from 5 states.

2. Binding and Non-binding distinctions DO NOT have an affect on nominating a candidates name. If "binding" is allowable by rule, (it is not) it would only pertain to a vote taken on the nomination, not the process of placing a name in nomination.

3. The Ron Paul campaign HAS the majority of delegates in the following 5 states: Nevada, Maine, Minnesota, Louisana, Iowa. He MAY have the majority in Massachusetts and Colorado

The Ron Paul Experiment: Lab Report

Abstract:

The message of liberty is one that comes out only once in a blue moon in American politics. Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan both ran with it. Ross Perot exhibited his American first attitude for a time. But it has been long time since all that, and the people of America have been waiting to run with that message, even if some of them don't even realize it. The idea that men can govern their own affairs without micromanagement from "wise men" is the idea for which Nathan Hale was hung. It's the idea for which the students at Tienanmen died. It's the idea that oppressed people everywhere fantasize about. In short, it's an idea that's bigger than anyone person. It's so grand a thing, how can it be contained in ones own heart? Or better yet, how will the tyrants attempt to keep it from spreading?

Hypothesis:

If Ron Paul, running on a liberty message of restoring the Old Republic by holding true to the spirit and letter of our beloved Constitution, tries to win the highest office in the land, how will he be received by Leviathan? Dirty tricks, media shenanigans, untold political maneuvers are expected, but what form will they take?

BREAKING: Bilderberg Wants Ron Paul Dead!!!

According to Jim Tucker who has been covering the group since 1975. He has spent decades cultivating reliable sources. One communicated to him a conversation in the hotel lobby where an attendee made the comment that he'd like to..

“Get Ron Paul and all of his supporters on an airplane with a Muslim suicide pilot and take ‘em down,"

Other harsh comments toward Ron Paul and his supporters were also overheard. The good news is that we have them on the run. Here is American Patriot and a journalist who would never quit, Jim Tucker telling you about it:

Remember History Kiddos - These people killed Ron Paul's Congressional Mentor Larry McDonald in a plane crash in 1983, four months after he exposed their whole plan on national TV:

Look how cool and calm Larry is just laying it out:

Here is Larry telling us about Terrorism and how our government has dismantled TRUE national security and the blind eye being turned toward subversion

Here is Larry telling you why we don't need any more laws:

Here is Larry telling us what the solution is: EDUCATION. You can't fight an enemy if you don't know about the enemy. That has been the Elite's modus operendi. Five years ago, not one person in a hundred thousand could tell you how government, foundations, and big corporations worked together to manipulate society. It's sounds crazy when you talk about it, because it IS crazy.

Here is Ron Paul giving homage to this brave man, Larry McDonald, who was also a fellow doctor, as Dr. Paul relates:

"The drive of the Rockefellers and their allies is to create a one-world government combining super capitalism and Communism under the same tent, all under their control.... 

Do I mean conspiracy? Yes I do. I am convinced there is such a plot, international in scope, generations old in planning, and incredibly evil in intent." --Rep. Larry McDonald

I'll not forget the bravery and courage of Representative Lawrence McDonald, who never backed down and put the facts out there. He carried the torch in face of ridicule and it ultimately cost him his life. 

I'm not some kook who thinks that plane crash was fishy, Senator Jesse Helms, who wound up taking a later flight, was haunted for the rest of his life, and tried to get more info out of the fallen Soviet Union in 1991. The initial reports said that it had landed, there was no debris, not a body, or a suitcase. The black box returned by the Russians indicates that they cruised down over a span of 12 minutes. The instruments of the plane were awry in a way that veered the plane over Russian airspace. You can do your own search to verify this. When you take the fact that monied interests from Wall Street had been running the command economy of the Soviet Union since 1917, as shown by Sutton's Western Technology series where he documents how Western innovation was deliberately transferred to the Soviets, you can see how this could have been pulled off. You already had the Rockefeller boys flying in and out of commie land for several years, who knows what deals were struck. 

Hey, Elite's you might want to fantasize in a way that doesn't implicate you in your Muslim meme. Of course, this is all as good as Mr. Tucker's source, but I'd trust him over the traitors in that Marriott any day. How many times have I been lied to by the MSM? Hmmm? They didn't even admit Bilderberg existed 5 years ago - they lied. Rush Limbaugh used to pshaw the CFR, but we now know that it is writing all of America's foreign policy, and telling Congress to sign off on it.

Like FDR said, organized money is dangerous, and that's exactly what we've got here.

Winning the Battle - Losing the War

Ben Swann reports from one  of the last of the independently owned TV stations. That's how he can get away with his reporting. Amazing stuff!

Spain Gets It

Daggum, has there ever been a presidnential primary candidate that had grassroots, fan-driven rallies overseas? It's not the man, its the message that we're all being fantastically short-shrifted by the banksters. Check out the Spanish Paul fans - love the Rothschild sign:

Media Blackout Bingo

This is hilarious! Are you ready to have some fun with the MSM?
Step 1: Go to this site and print you out some Bingo Cards.



Step 2: Pull up any random Ron Paul MSM interview - like this one

And see how long it will take to get a BINGO!

h/t Daily Paul

Liberty University Kerfuffle

Wherein, the Romney campaign practices EPIC FAIL in trying to gain evangelical votes. Here is the sum of it from Doug Wead, who seems to be taking the role of reporter regarding the Ron Paul campaign due to the media blackout:

The John McCain, eh sorry, the Mitt Romney campaign replayed a scene from past failed Republican candidates yesterday.  They announced in the morning that Governor Romney would be the commencement speaker at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia.  The school founded, by Jerry Falwell, is touted as the largest Christian University in the world.  And in the afternoon they announced that openly gay, Richard Grenell, would be Romney’s new national security and foreign policy spokesman.
Students at Liberty were in an uproar.  Not over Grenell, but over the University choosing Romney instead of their beloved Ron Paul.  The firestorm began on the University’s own website, where the thread hit 700 comments in a couple of hours.  The discussion was promptly censored and then shut down proving that the University is not very aptly named.  But the discussion moved onto Facebook where it continues to spread.

For reference, Ron Paul beat Romney in the Liberty U precinct 60-40.

Eww, No One Wants Mitt Cooties

According to this report, in order to meet and have your picture taken with Willard in a recent RNC Arizona meeting, you had to sign a loyalty pledge first. Get this, you could check a box, depending on your public support of Mitt or if you want to keep it on the down-low. Yeah, this guy is a dead ringer to beat Obama.  Not all of the super-delegates drank the Kool-Aid:

All three members of Iowa's conservative RNC delegation – party chairman A.J. Spiker and committee members Steve Scheffler and Kim Lehman – attempted to enter the reception but were rebuffed after refusing to sign the delegate pledge.
The dispute became heated in the hallway outside, with the Iowans demanding to know why they had to sign a form to get their picture taken with the former Massachusetts governor.
Several of Romney's deputies on the committee assured the trio that they could keep their support a secret by checking the appropriate box, but they refused to do so.
"They don't trust us," a frustrated Scheffler said after the argument. "I have said I will support the nominee when we have a nominee, no ifs, ands or buts."

Why don't people like me?

And then you've got this from Alabama, where they take vote rigging to a whole other level:

Regardless, they could never account for the Alabama finding, which was the collapse of 300%. That’s right, there were three times the number of votes for Paul delegates than for the candidate himself. Can anyone imagine it? Tens of thousands of Ron Paul voters went in and voted only for the delegates, failing or even refusing to vote for their person they really supported, Dr. Paul. There is no way this could happen. As the data was thoroughly analyzed the real cause became apparent. This was direct and malicious manipulation of the vote count. In other words, votes were electronically stolen from Dr. Paul.
Where did these votes go? Incredibly, they went to two other candidates, notably Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney. This is proven by the analysis, as posted in great detail on RonPaulForums.com. Both these candidates had up to an 8% increase in votes versus delegates. Paul went down, and the vote had to go somewhere, so into the coffers of these candidates. 

And apparently in Alaska, Establishment GOP types are melting the ice with anger, according to Doug Wead:

Alaska is an example where the Romney hardliners pressed their advantage.  Last Monday, GOP state party chairman, Randy Reudrich called a state committee meeting and announced that delegate fees would be accepted no later than 48 hours “from this date” setting a deadline for Wednesday, April 18.  Then suddenly, the next day, the state party changed its mind, saying that delegate fees were required by 6:00 p.m. that very evening.
First Reudrich’s GOP state party told delegates they could pay their $250 registration fee with personal check or by credit card online.  Then they promptly pulled the online link.  Delegates were caught off guard again when the Reudrich’s Rules changed.   Personal checks were no longer acceptable.   One was denied registration by a Party official who declared that even a money order was unacceptable.
The Alaska GOP told individual Ron Paul, prolife, or non-Romney supporters that they were prohibited from sponsoring the fee for surrogate delegates, and prohibited from covering any expenses for airfare or accommodations for anyone else.  Of course, this was not true.  One Ron Paul supporter who quietly, but firmly, pointed out the legality of the process, and listed Romney delegates whose expenses were paid by friends, was then told, “Yes, but they filed a state GOP waiver form.” He was then told that the party was out of forms.  “Sorry.”

Doug also has this great eyewitness tidbit just in from Wyoming:

They had Josh Romney give a speech, who held up a flyer with a Romney slate printed on it, and told everyone there that these were great Americans that his father had handpicked to be his delegates and they proceeded to put the flyers on every table in the convention. With the insinuation obviously being, that you are not a good American if you aren’t willing to vote for that slate.
Not only did those 3 super delegates pass through fraudulent ballots, but the rumor was spread that “Ron Paul supporters filled out multiple ballots and cheated”. So I got up on the stage in front of all 400+ people and announced that the extra ballots came from the Executive Committee. There is of course a media blackout on all of this; it’s unbelievable.
And we [Ron Paul supporters] did take over the Nominating Committee on Friday. We had 16 out of 44 of the votes in the committee but we managed to take 9 out of the 14 preferred delegate positions on the ballot. I actually saw/heard one guy telling that to Senator Enzi and his wife Diana. ‘The Ron Paul people took over the Nominations Committee’ and Diana put her hand over her mouth and gasped, ‘OH NO!’ You would think someone just told her we killed her dog
There was a definite sick feeling at the convention. I didn’t see a rally behind Romney at all. It took all the Senators, the Governor and even the former VP of the U.S. (Dick Cheney) getting on stage and telling them to suck it up and vote for Romney; but the delegates did not vote Romney with excitement. They did it because they were told that there was no other choice that ‘could win.’” 

Just adding a little real reporting to the scene, because you ain't going to be seeing any of this on CNN. The revolution will not be televised, looks like its going to be blogged instead.

Predictions in Due Time

Who's ignorant on foreign policy again? Oh yes, that was me, not Ron Paul.

Navigating the Harding Path to the White House

You're not hearing a lot about Ron Paul because the excititng primary day drama is over in most places. Who wants to watch news stories on the delegate selection processes in the different states? People would rather watch the paint-dry channel. These rules are deliberately convoluted so as to make it difficult for the simple-hearted soul to navigate. Let's look at the election of Warren G. Harding as an example of a man who didn't massively win primaries, yet still became president.

From Wikipedia (I know, but it's a start)

Harding's nomination, said to have been secured in negotiations among party bosses in a "smoke-filled room," was engineered by Harry M. Daugherty, Harding's political manager who after Harding's election became United States Attorney General. Prior to the convention, Daugherty was quoted as saying, "I don't expect Senator Harding to be nominated on the first, second, or third ballots, but I think we can afford to take chances that about 11 minutes after two, Friday morning of the convention, when 15 or 12 weary men are sitting around a table, someone will say: 'Who will we nominate?' At that decisive time, the friends of Harding will suggest him and we can well afford to abide by the result."

On the first ballot, Harding was 6th in delegate count.  On the tenth round of voting, he got the nomination.

Ben Swann breaks down the delegate process:

Combine that with Doug Wead's latest column:

There is something else.  Many of the delegates who have already been selected to go to Tampa and are pledged to vote for Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich are actually Ron Paul activists who were chosen as delegates because they showed up and got elected as such, not because they committed to any of the candidates. We don’t yet have a complete count on any of this but it is substantial.  We are in the process of taking over the GOP at many precinct and country levels.  And that is translating into power at the state conventions where the delegations are chosen.  The GOP establishment is trying to block this by telling their people not to vote for anyone under thirty years of age or anyone who is Hispanic.  But our people are filling those delegate slots.  Even we can’t keep up with the numbers..
This means that the convention floor in Tampa will be loaded with Ron Paul supporters. And it means if Santorum releases his delegates many of them will vote for us because they were never Rick Santorum supporters in the first place.

You really need to check out that piece because it contains gems like this:

Oh, by the way.  For those following the drama in St. Charles, Missouri.  We won last night.  We won ALL the delegates.  And the man they had arrested [for having the audacity to record the proceedings] last month was elected the chairman.  They meant it for evil.  God meant it for good. 

Be sure to check out the Daily Paul for all your liberty news needs.

Delegate Count Far From Settled

Take a gander at this exclusive report from Ben Swann on the Josh Tolley Show. Notes on this clip follows:

Missouri - GOP operative Eugene Dokes admits to keeping Ron Paul people from taking the delegate slots, but he did it for the "greater good." Breaking the rules to "evenly distribute delegates among all the candidates". Uh, how are you suppose to win that way?

Maine - Precinct leaders refusing to record the vote talleys if Ron Paul won.

Alaska -  a faction is saying that the vote recorded is not the vote that was sent in.

North Dakota - ditto

Washington -  the Unity Slate-  delegates who will vote for anyone but Paul. This is a complete deviation from the rules.  (Ben reports that Paul is taking all the delegates in Washington & the RNC-GOP types are freaking out) Santorum people are upset because they are getting shut out along with Paul.

Rule 40 - you need to "win" five states to make it to the convention floor.
The fine print: Winning  is defined by a plurality of delegates in five states.

The Establishment GOP DOES NOT WANT YOU TO KNOW THIS.

According to Ben Swann,  Ron Paul has the plurality of delegates in the following states:

Maine, Missouri, Washington, likely Alaska, Colorodo, Minnesota, Iowa

That's more than five states ya'll. The Establishment is totally freaking out. The only candidate here that will pull people from Obama will also shut down their whole machine, or at least turn public opinion against the machine by talking about the REAL issues in this country. Let's talk about race baiting and little side stories instead. Please, oh please, don't listen to those "krazy" libertarians.  Their days are numbered and they know it.

Mutiny of The GOP Mothership

Paul supporters have a message for all you conservatives out there: We don't give up and we don't give in!!! Daily Pauler ZooAmerica tells you how it is:

We are not leaving. We are here to stay, and we are taking over the GOP Mothership one state at a time. It's a big piece of ship, but we're slowly and methodically taking it over - legally.

Missouri is a prime example - Ron Paul is winning the majority of state delegates, as Rick Santorum won the frothy piggy pageant. Weee! Oik, oik as the old media says...

"Go third party now!" Jump ship! Leave! Go Away!

Wha? NO. Heck no! That's like punting on first and goal. Makes no sense. I SMELL BACON! We are winning the delegate battle in Iowa, North Dakota, Minnesota, Alaska, Nevada, Missouri, Washington, and Maine. That's about 1/3rd of the states that have already voted!

The GOP really kicked themselves in the ass by moving the caucus and primary election dates up a month. They thought they could easily sail candidate captain Romney through the political straights of America earlier than originally planned without encountering a storm.

Now they've got a political storm, and a mutiny on their hands. Romney is a shipwreck that's already happened, as Ron Paul's national delegate template starts taking over the GOP Mothership.

Drat! Ron Paul supporters have cloaked themselves as actual delegates! How could you let this happen!!

 

 "If I became president, it wouldn't matter, if I'm the only one. If you want to change government you need to become government and if we all worked together we could take over the GOP in one or two election cycles." 
-Ron Paul, 2008, Rally for the Republic


So to all you Insider monied men who think you own the Republican Party as your own property---Ron Paul supporters (who by the way, differ immensely from your rah! rah! candidate x supporters in that they actually believe in a set of unwavering principles) have spent a long time studying this thing, and are now pulling out all the stops. You may have more dirty tricks up your sleeve, more mind control, and more, but there is a tireless minority out there watching and anticipating your moves. Even when we loose, we win, because in the process, more people become awake to the sham election process.

TSA and Toddler Terror - Or Why I'm a Ron Paul Supporter

At the Chicago O'Hare Airport

I'll just note that NO OTHER presidential candidate has spoken out on the TSA. While Ron Paul has spoken against it time and again because he realizes that this is how it starts. Ignore him at your peril.