Ron Paul for President 2012

Ron Paul is a very rare Congressman. He actually wants the people to be informed and have power in their own hands.

It is not often that a Presidential Candidate captures, and holds, my attention. There are those, like Obama, who make high promises of hope, peace and economic improvements. Then, after time passes, it is revealed that what they really have to offer is more war, a worse economy and very little hope.

The more I learn about Ron Paul, the more I like him. He has been consistent for over three decades in his views, especially on Foreign Policy. The United States empire has troops in different countries throughout the world. Ron Paul wants to get all of them out. It is an enormous expenditure and it does nothing but cause hostility with the countries these soldiers are stationed in.

He also wants to end the War in Iraq, and has said that the official reasons for going to war are almost always false. When the USA declared war on Iraq the reason given was that there were members of AlQuida there, and weapons of mass destruction. Ron Paul said that now we know AlQuida members were not in Iraq (they were in Saudi Arabia) and there were no weapons of mass destruction. He wants us to stop throwing away our money, sinking our economy and sending our men off to die in a war that shouldn't even be happening.

He is also the only Congressman who stood up to defend Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks. He is the only one to point out how there was a much bigger fuss over Assange publishing the documents, rather than the startling content of the documents. Ron Paul said that no person working for the USA has been harmed as a result of the information that has been published via WikiLeaks, but there is a lot of embarrassment for the government who has had their gaping flaws revealed.


Below are two links of Ron Paul addressing Congress.

The link below is the first I ever saw or heard of Ron Paul. He caught my attention when he said, "what if the American people woke up and understood that the official reasons for going to war are almost ALWAYS based on lies and promoted by war propaganda in order to serve special interests"

Ron Paul's What If? Speech

The link below is Ron Paul defending WikiLeaks and Julian Assange; he is essentially defending our First Amendment Right- Freedom Of Speech.

Ron Paul defending WikiLeaks

Ron Paul wants to legalize freedom in the United States of America. He wants people to keep their Constitutional Rights. He has shown repeatedly that he is not afraid to go against popular opinion in order to be a voice of truth and reason.

When a person starts listening to Ron Paul it becomes clear that he is the best candidate to win the 2012 Presidential Election.

John F Kennedy And The Formula For Freedom

John F Kennedy was a unique President and individual. He, unlike many heads of State, encouraged people to question the government, to get themselves informed and have their own ideas and opinions. He empowered American people to be aware and make sure that their Constitutional Rights were in no way compromised. He understood that people have to be actively involved in keeping their freedom, and encouraged an entire nation to do this.

It is very interesting to read some of the things that he said fifty years ago. It is interesting how applicable these ideas are to today's world.

On April 16, 1959, John F Kennedy said the following passage:

"The Bill of Rights is the guardian of our security as well as our Liberty. Let us not be afraid of debate or dissent- let us encourage it. For if we should ever abandon these basic American traditions in the name of fighting Communism, what would it profit to win the whole world when we have lost our soul?"

What really caught me about in this quote is that the world "Communism" could just as easily be "Terrorism." It seems that there is always some boogy-man movement that is threatening to come in and destroy our nation. There is always some reason to give up our rights for a bit of "security" from these terrible, elusive movements.

We have come, as a Nation, from having a President who wanted a truly empowered and free people to having a President who is annoyed when asked to simply present his birth certificate. We are a nation who's headline news revolves around celebrity lives and scandals rather than the slow disappearance of our fundamental Constitutional Rights.

John F Kennedy knew that freedom is not a given. Total power corrupts totally. People have to be active participants in order to maintain what is rightfully theirs. He said repeatedly what we need to do to hold onto our rights, he gave us the formula. He said there needs to be debate, meanwhile the new Patriot Act is passed with very little debate. Right now there is a new Bill presented in Congress that that will allow any person who is a threat to "national security" to be arrested without a trial. A direct violation of the 6th Amendment. Not only is it not being intensely debated, the media is not even informing the nation that this is happening.

We are a nation that is losing its soul. The essence of freedom and liberty is dissolving, being replaced with a mixture of fear and apathy. It is time, as a nation, for us to wake up and claim what is rightfully ours. To insist on no less than what our forefathers intended for us to have.

"Thomas Jefferson once said that if you expect a people to be ignorant and free you expect what never was and never will be" -John F Kennedy

Wake up America! When a sex scandal becomes bigger news than losing our Constitutional Rights

A few days ago a new Bill was discretely introduced by Congress. This Bill permits the US government to arrest and detain terrorist suspects indefinitely with no charge or trial. This Bill makes no distinction between US citizens and non US citizens.

This Bill goes against our Constitutional Rights. A direct violation of Amendment VI, which states, "In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State..."

So naturally this is being greatly debated and people are talking about it across the nation, or that is what would be expected.

Instead, turn on any political television or radio station and Rep. Anthony Weiner sending pictures of his weiner on the Internet is what is being spoken about, ad nauseum.

Type into google search "anti terrorist bill June 2011" and it is difficult to find any information on the Bill. Type in "Rep. Anthony Weiner" and his full drama is right there.

This is a joke, right?

This Bill gives the US military the right to detain American Citizens in the name of "National Security." If the person is detained in error there is nothing in the Bill about correcting this error. To view a five minute interview talking about what this Bill could potentially mean to the American people, watch the link below.

Terrorist Bill Interview

This Bill needs to be a hot topic on the debate table. This is no light matter. Many people post explicit things on the internet, no it is not appropriate, but that will not effect every citizen of this country. This Bill has the potential to take away what our for-fathers intended us to have. What this country was based on, freedom.

As Benjamin Franklin said over two hundred years ago, "Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety."

As a country we need to wake up and hold on to what belongs to us. Demand the Constitutional Rights that are rightfully ours.