FOX News reported rather positively (for a change) on Ron Paul’s Rally For The Republic held yesterday. There is a time to give credit where credit is due even in the face of other criticism. This report by FOX was unbiased in its entirety and could even be considered pro-Paul. It would have been nice to see this kind of reporting from FOX during Ron Paul’s primary campaign. Maybe Paul is starting to change some minds. Thank you Kelley Beaucar Vlahos.
MINNEAPOLIS — Ron Paul’s “Rally for the Republic” culminated Tuesday night with a speech from the man himself, who urged his supporters to advance their cause of limited government with “peaceful civil disobedience” and to beware of “counterfeit” ideas of change coming from the two major political parties.
The unsuccessful Republican candidate for president told the estimated crowd of 12,000 boisterous supporters that while he would not take credit for the growth of their movement over the last year, “I would hope that our efforts did a lot to speed up the revolution, which was coming anyway.”
He and earlier speakers throughout the day directed much of their criticism at the other event across the way in St. Paul — the Republican National Convention — where they said Republicans, and specifically conservatives, who had lost their way continued to stifle alternative views within the party.
In fact, they have endured “treatment of exclusion, of marginalizing and just making fun of what we are doing,” said the 10-term congressman from Texas. “It didn’t surprise me much. But the more they did that the more it seemed to energize you more.”
Paul had earlier lamented that not only had he been denied a speaking role at the GOP convention, but he has been given limited access to the floor of the Xcel Energy Center – something he didn’t have o contend with as a simple congressman at conventions past. His candidacy has been less than welcomed by the GOP establishment, and despite getting 1.2 million votes in the state primaries, efforts by his delegates at the convention will likely lose out on attempts to have him officially recognized.
Bruce Fein puts together words with the best of them. During his speech at Ron Paul’s Rally For The Republic he again suggested that some of George Bush’s actions with respect to foreign and domestic policy are grounds for impeachment. Many people felt Fein’s speech was the best of the day. For me it certainly was a great speech, but it was only slightly behind Bill Kauffman’s. Get a dictionary, sit down, and watch Fein give you some liberty. The speech is in 3 parts.
Adam Kokesh is a member of “Iraq Veterans Against The War”. He gave a short but rather inspirational speech today (as he is known to do) at Ron Paul’s “Rally For The Republic”. Check out his power in the video below.
To very little public fanfare from my beloved American media, a Mockery of a Trial of Khaled Sheikh Mohammed, alleged al-Qaeda mastermind, is getting underway in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Is John McCain losing any sleep over it? Doubt it.
Senator John McCain and Khaled Sheikh Mohammed actually share one very important fact in common.
Both have been held as prisoners for the same term, 5-and-a-half years, and have been subjected to hideous amounts of torture.
After a self-professed suicide attempt, McCain survived the ordeal, returned home to his first wife and family, and has gone on to be a US Senator or Congressman for over 25 years, and has a chance to become POTUS this September. However, if McCain’s mind is sane, he would probably see at least a moral similarity to how he as an American POW was treated by the North Vietnamese after dropping bombs on them, and how a captured terrorist/enemy combatant was treated by at the hands of his American government for bombing the WTC. However, after not having batted an eyelid to assist fellow US citizen Jose Padilla when he was tortured for a terrorist/enemy combatant crime that he was never even tried for, I am sure McBama will stay quiet on the human rights violations committed on Khaled Sheikh Mohammed (or KSM as the US government refers to him in dehumanizing fashion in the 9/11 Commission Report).
I want to give John McCain a little something special just before his nomination at the Republican convention. First I wrote about a little known event in 1967 where Israel deliberately attacked an American Navy ship, the USS Liberty, wounding or killing 70% of its crew here. Senator McCain’s father helped the White House cover it up.
A 40-Year Overdue Headline. Israel deliberately attempted to destroy the USS Liberty on June 8, 1967. John McCain’s father hushed it up. Was it also the day America almost nuked Egypt? Read and decide for yourself.
Few are aware of the reality behind the events of June 8th, 1967. Few are aware that Israel during its pivotal Six Day War offensive against Egypt and other Arab powers launched a savage attack against the unarmed USS Liberty, an undefended surveillance ship that was sailing in international waters north of Egypt. The land that Israel annexed the following day still fuels the never-ending feud.
Out of a crew of 294, 34 Americans died and 173 were wounded. In this article, I have tried to separate out the facts, list some of the speculation, and provide you, the Reader, with a source list to make up your own mind. Although the truth is not known for certain, if you do the research with an unbiased mind, and if you weigh the testimonies of the American sailors on board as more or less accurate as I do, the evidence is in favor that the state of Israel suddenly and deliberately attacked our unarmed surveillance ship, the USS Liberty. For the past 40 years, Israel continues to claim this was a case of mistaken identity, but recent declassified top secret documents from the National Security Agency support the opposite. Take a look at the below, research the attached links, and decide for yourself.
Here are some videos from Ron Paul’s “Rally For The Republic” from today. I watched the first 5 hours or so of the festivities and I thought the speaker’s were excellent. I’ll post more as I upload or find them. Here are a few: the introduction by Tucker Carlson, Doug Wead’s excellent speech, and Lew Rockwell’s anti-war, anti-state, pro-freedom speech.
Introduction from Tucker Carlson:
Doug Wead’s “I’m here in Minneapolis to stand up for Ron Paul because…”
Bob Barr gets another hour with Glenn Beck. He demonstrates his moderate libertarianism here. Hopefully he wins over some viewers who were/are on the fence about voting third party. Many topics are discussed. The video below is in 6 parts thanks to YouTube 10 minute limits and commercials on the show.
Ron Paul appeared for about 3 minutes this morning on CNN’s “American Morning”. He spoke the hard truth about the interventionist foreign policies of both McCain and Barack Obama. Many people seem to believe that Obama is the “peace” candidate. I saw a bumper sticker with the ‘O’ in Obama represented as a peace sign. What a ridiculous lie that is. Ron Paul sets the story straight. He also points out the truth about the Russia-Georgian conflict saying that we did in Kosovo exactly what Russia is doing in South Ossetia.
Yet again Ron Paul demonstrates why he should have been the GOP nominee. He is the real change candidate. Watch the video below.
Liberty Maven
” speaking at Ron Paul’s Rally For The Republic. It is in two parts.
