Ron Paul was interviewed by Alan Colmes on FOX Radio this evening. They discussed the bailout and some rather detailed positions by Ron Paul on what can be done to help fix the economic problems we face. Of course, both Alan and Ron agreed that the good Doctor’s solutions are probably too fundamental to be implemented any time soon. Towards the end of the interview Colmes asks Ron Paul if he will run for President again. Listen below for the answer.
In disbelief that with all the financial fallout last week there were no bank failures? Believe again, on Friday a FDIC team closed Ameribank, a small bank in West Virginia. The Associated Press reported “Ameribank ran into trouble because of “excessive growth” in the construction loans for property rehabilitation, mainly in low- and moderate-income housing markets, according to the federal Office of Thrift Supervision.” The bank had been “critically undercapitalized” for the past year.
This bank failure will cost the FDIC $42 million, just 0.1% of the FDIC’s remaining funds of somewhere in the mid-40 billions. However, $42 million is $42 million.
Be on the lookout for further failures. Is the day when YOUR bank goes under and the FDIC posts a page like this on its webpage? Washington Mutual in particular has notable recent issues with its share price and capital, but Citigroup, Wachovia, Wells Fargo, Bank of America and many others are also not doing well.
Welcome to next evolution of the Global War of Terror (GWOT) in Pakistan. Open your eyes and see the blowback possibilities for a Marriott Bombing on American soil. Bush is reducing our national security, as he has done since taking office in 2000.
It is pretty hard to miss a war, but the American press is trying their best. Since the American mainstream media is (mostly) ignoring this war, I will do my best to inform you. As I am short on time, I refer you to my past articles, which are at the end of the article. This article will take the form of a timeline, which will be incomplete but still hopefully give you a good idea of what is occurring in Pakistan. Quite frankly, it’s a mess. But first let’s start with a couple quotes:
Dr. Ron Paul (when permitted to speak) at the 07 Republican Presidential Debate on our logic in attacking Iraq instead of Bin Laden following 9/11
“Let me see if I get this right we need to borrow $10 Billion from China, and then we give it to Musharraf, who is a Military Dictator, who Overthrew an Elected Government, then We Go to War, Losing all these Lives, Promoting Democracy?”
Jake, the Champion of the Constitution, on 9/22/2008, in a vehement, furious tone to his unrestrained, unconstitutional government:
“Let me see if I get this right. We borrowed $10 Billion from China, then gave it Pakistan’s military dictator, and now we send in our troops into harm’s way KNOWING that the Pakistani military is going to fire at them with warplanes, bullets, and missiles they bought WE SUPPLIED TO THEM, just to give Bush a n extra chance to manipulate the November election by killing this bin Laden fugitive who has been living in caves for seven years that the Taliban wanted to handover to us for free^ - a guy we do not even have the legal evidence to prove in a court of law that he caused 9/11!”*
Today, the masses in the U.S. believe that America itself is (figuratively) at the center of the world. The modern U.S. government acts like this is true more and more as time moves onward. With overseas military interventions, overseas diplomatic interventions, and the self defeating welfare of foreign aid America has positioned itself as a kind of God country to all the other countries on earth. The problem being not all of those countries wish to worship God America. Ron Paul is trumpeting the folly of this philosophy.
Copernicus published a book introducing his theory of the universe called “On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres“.Ron Paul has given us his own treatise on the modern day political universe with “The Revolution: A Manifesto“. Copernicus was obsessed with astronomy but it was not his main occupation. He was also as mathematician, physician, classical scholar, translator, governor, military leader, diplomat and economist. Likewise Paul is not just a Congressman. He is also an economist and physician.
The financial sector bailouts mounting week by week signals a surge towards socialism/fascism and away from the America of our founders. The more melodramatic among us claim that it is the end of America as we know it. Ron Paul has been warning about such things since the 1970’s citing his own firm knowledge in Austrian economics.
MensNewsDaily.com is reporting that the LNC has been debating the “Bob Barr” issue and hasn’t been able to come up with enough support to take action:
The Libertarian National Committee (LNC) was reported to be in a deadlock Sunday night over how to address the growing controversies surrounding their party’s U.S. presidential nominee, former congressman Bob Barr.
Many libertarians have spoken out against Barr since his last minute refusal to attend former Republican presidential hopeful Congressman Ron Paul’s third party unity conference at the National Press Club in Washington, DC on Wednesday.
Apparently, the effort to replace Barr as the nominee has been rejected. Not a single person on the 17-member LNC was willing to make the motion.
However, at-large representative Dr. Mary Ruwart — who lost the Libertarian Party’s presidential nomination to Barr at the National Convention in May by only a few votes — is supporting a resolution to apologize to Paul.
This is being countered by Treasurer Aaron Starr, who favors a resolution to chastise Paul for not endorsing Bob Barr and “splitting the Freedom Movement.”
Currently, neither resolution has enough votes to pass.
Ron Paul, a Republican, had a press conference to which all the main 3rd Party Candidates were invited (and all agreed to attend). All show up except Bob Barr, whose campaign decided at the last minute (when they learned what it was all about) that it wasn’t right for them. Some defend this, and some (who are very loud) are pissed off about it. Whether or not it was the right move for Bob Barr, it’s really not that big of a deal. Of course, sensationalist sites like independentpoliticalreport.com are going way overboard with the topic, even pushing a petition to remove Barr/Root as the LP nominees. When will the madness end? Am I the only one who thinks that most of the press/bloggers are making a mountain out of a molehill here?
As many are aware I’m a strong supporter of both Ron Paul and Bob Barr. Ron Paul was the inspiration for the creation of this web site. When Bob Barr decided to run I had high hopes for his campaign and his ability to spread the liberty message. Today I feel like I have two best friends in a fight and I’m stuck in the middle being asked to side with one or the other.
I believe both Ron Paul and Bob Barr are at fault in this situation. They are both responsible for dividing their freedom and liberty loving supporters. My strong support for Bob Barr has waned as part of this. My steadfast support of Ron Paul and his Campaign For Liberty has also dwindled. In the end I realize even more emphatically than I did before that what I support is not a man, but a message. That message is liberty, of course.
From now on to anyone who asks, “Who are you voting for in the election?” I will say, “I’m voting for liberty.” The actual candidate I cast my ballot for will be Bob Barr. As much as I’m disappointed in his actions today his website’s issues page hasn’t changed. He is the still the liberty candidate on the ballot that has the best chance at getting the message out to the masses. He is on the ballot in 43 states at this time. That being said, his campaign’s behavior today reminds me of my 4 year old daughter whining when she doesn’t get her way. This immature behavior will lose Barr many votes, but it won’t lose mine.
Ron Paul and Ralph Nader had a sit down today with Wolf Blitzer on CNN’s The Situation Room regarding Paul’s big announcement today. As Wolf Blitzer says some may say they “are the ultimate odd couple.” I agree. When one half of Nader’s policies are in direct conflict with the other half I’m not sure he is any better than John McCain or Barack Obama. Ron Paul focuses on the areas of agreement and pushes forward even at the risk of his own party shunning him even more than they already have. Perhaps he feels he has nothing to lose at this point. Watch them discuss it below.
Although Ron flounders a little at the end there, he pretty much sums it up in a way that I think a lot of us have never fully considered: 16% of the country votes for one candidate, and the rest of us, the true majority, are all left feeling like “the minority”. Footage below, including what we can and need to do about it:
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