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New Tape Blasts Gadhafi, Calls For Retribution For Libyan Leader's Improved Ties With U.S.

[nhprophet]

Ron Paul "is one of the easiest people in Congress to work with, because he bases his positions on the merits of issues," says Barney Frank, who has worked with Paul on efforts to ease the regulation of gambling and medical marijuana. "He is independent, but not ornery." Paul has made a habit of objecting to things that no one else objects to. Put simply, Ron Paul NEVER votes for anything which he feels is not authorized by The Constitution. In October 2001, he was one of only three House Republicans to vote against the USA Patriot Act. He was the sole House member of either party to vote against the Financial Antiterrorism Act (final tally: 412-1). In 1999, he was the only naysayer in a 424-1 vote in favor of casting a medal to honor Rosa Parks. Nothing against Rosa Parks, apparently: Paul also voted against similar medals for Ronald Reagan, who was a close friend to Paul, and Pope John Paul II. He routinely opposes resolutions that presume to advise foreign governments how to run their affairs: He has refused to condemn Robert Mugabe%u2019s violence against Zimbabwean citizens (421-1), to call on Vietnam to release political prisoners (425-1) or to ask the League of Arab States to help stop the killing in Darfur (425-1).

[nhprophet]

In Congress, Ron Paul is not only known for his lack of ego (a rare quality in Washington), he''s widely admired for his resistance to the influence of special interest groups. They don''t call him "Dr. No" for no reason. He consistanly votes against pork-barrel spending. In a rice-growing, cattle-ranching district, Dr. Paul consistently votes against farm subsidies. In the very district where, on the night of Sept. 8, 1900, a storm destroyed the city of Galveston, and where repairs from Hurricane Rita and refugees from Hurricane Katrina continue to exact their toll, he votes against FEMA and flood aid. In a district that is home to thousands of employees of the Johnson Space Center, he votes against financing NASA. Nothwithstanding this, his constituants in the 14th District of Texas continue to re-relect him. Why? You ask? I think one voter I talked to there summarized it nicely when she said, "We may not like his vote. But we trust his heart." Ron Paul is a man with Presidential-like integrity and frugal spending principles which I fully support. That''s why he has my vote.

[nhprophet]

I support Ron Paul and his non-interventionist foreign policy. Hitlery wants to continue our illegal police action in Iraq until at least 2013, and she does not rule out a preemptive (nuclear) first strike against Iran. Ron Paul voted against our (undeclared) war in Iraq, which was sold to us with lies. The area is more dangerous now than when we entered it. We destroyed a regime hated by our direct enemies--the jihadists, and created thousands of new recruits for them. The war in Iraq has cost more than 3,400 American lives and almost a trillion dollars. We need a leader in the White House who will ensure this never happens again. Both Jefferson and Washington warned us about entangling ourselves in the affairs of other nations. Today, we have 750 foreign bases and troops in 130 countries. We are spread so thin that we have too few troops defending America. And now, there are new calls for a draft. We can continue to fund and fight no-win police actions around the globe, or we can refocus on securing our borders against illegal alien who are invading our country from the South. No war should ever be fought without a Declaration of War voted upon by the Congress, as required by The Constitution. Under no circumstances should the U.S. again go to war as the result of a resolution that comes from an unelected, foreign body, such as the United Nations. Too often, we give foreign aid and intervene on behalf of governments that are despised. Then, we too become despised.

[nhprophet]

What we need is a President who will show us the way. Not the old way. Not the same way, but a NEW WAY. Think about this for a minute. What if we pulled all of our troops out of South Korea? They''ve been there for 50+ years. What if we quit worrying about Iran, but instead, realized that its having a nuclear weapon will not mean the end of the world? What if we pulled all of our troops out of the Middle-East, and brought them all home? What if we realistically addressed the National Debt, and paid attention to REALLY DOING SOMETHING about stopping illegal immigration? These are the ideas of Republican Presidential candidate, Dr. Ron Paul. He''s a ten term Congressman and a physician who has delivered over 4,000 babies. He''s an intellectual who''s published four books, three of which are devoted entirely to sound economics and one to foreign policy. He was raised on a dairy farm in Pennsylvania as a pious Lutheran, but now he attends a Baptist church. Paul is given to mulling things over morally. Whenever he recollects the helicopter pilots he treated as an Air Force Flight Surgeon (Captain) during the Vietnam War, a war which he now says was "totally unnecessary and illegal," he laments, "They were gung-ho. I%u2019ve often thought about how many of those people never came back." Candidates with the high level of personal integrity and proven track record of adherance to The Constitution, Congressman Paul has always demonstrated only come around once in a lifetime, if we''re lucky.

[nhprophet]

"The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home."
- James Madison

"Those that give give up essential liberties for temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety."
- Benjamin Franklin

"America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
- Abraham Lincoln

"We have nothing to fear but fear itself, and those who would exploit our fear for power and their own personal, selfish, cynical gain."
- Franklin D. Roosevelt

"Peace is not the absence of conflict. It is the ability to handle conflict through peaceful means."
- Ronald Reagan

"Those who expect to reap the blessing of freedom must...undergo the fatigue of supporting it."
- Thomas Paine

"Liberty, when it takes root, is a plant of rapid growth."
- George Washington

"Commerce with all nations. Alliances with none."
- Thomas Jefferson

"Wars are poor chisels for carving-out peaceful tomorrows."
- Martin Luther King Jr.

"Ron Paul doesn''t represent your Father''s school of political thought. He represents your Founding Fathers."
- Me

[feelfree1]

SlipSter01,

You make a pretty good case for Mr. Paul, but I am not in support of every itm on your list. I would suggest that you pare down your list, then post it as many times as you can, at once (you know, just click "publish" as fast as you can, over and over).

That would stand a better chance of persuading me to support Ron Paul.

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What do you think of this latest "al-CIA''da" report?

[slipster01]

Ron Paul voted against the Do-Not-Call Registry

Ron Paul voted against extending Unemployment Compensation Act

Ron Paul voted against the Supplemental Appropriations Act for Further Recovery From and Response to Terrorist Attacks

Ron Paul voted against stricter penalties for sexual predators

Ron Paul voted aginst the Keeping Children and Families Safe Act

Ron Paul voted against the Child Custody Protection Act

Ron Paul voted against the Internet Freedom and Broadband Deployment Act

Ron Paul refused to recognize A Resolution Honoring the Contributions of Catholic Schools

Ron Paul regularly votes against funding the military (year after year)

Ron Paul voted against the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Response Act

Ron Paul voted against Expressing Solidarity With Israel in the Fight Against Terrorism

Ron Paul voted against the Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act

Ron Paul was the only vote against the Federal Long-Term Care Insurance Amendments Act

Ron Paul was the only vote against the Financial Anti-Terrorism Act

Ron Paul voted against deterring and punishing terrorist acts in the United States and around the world

Ron Paul voted against Urging the Secretary of Energy to Fill the Strategic Petroleum Reserve

Ron Paul was the only vote against the Military Construction Appropriations

Ron Paul was the only vote against the resolution To Promote Freedom and Democracy in Viet Nam

[iceman_1960]

I"m curious about this Ron Paul candidate.

Anybody have any info about him ?

[iceman_1960]

"In a new book released there is damning evidence about the prophet Mohammed. It reports that Mohammed was in fact homosexual."
- Posted by superchez1 at 04:16 PM : Nov 03, 2007

Tsk tsk.

That isn"t "damning" in the 21st Century.

It"s called a personal lifestyle choice.

[iceman_1960]

Small surge in war support.

"Wednesday, October 31, 2007

"A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 57% of Americans would like to see U.S. troops brought home from Iraq within a year. That"s down from 63% a week ago and 64% the week before. It"s also the lowest level of support for bringing the troops home since weekly tracking of this question began in August.

It remains to be seen whether this is the start of a new trend or merely a statistical aberration."

Source:

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/the_war_in_iraq/iraq_troop_withdrawal