UK Telegraph: Ron Paul, The politician who cannot tell a lie
By Daniel Hannan
Ron Paul is an unusual phenomenon: a politician who always answers questions fully and honestly. This tendency often gets him into trouble: although people say they want straight-talking representatives, they often react with horror when they get one.
Dr Paul’s ruthless application of his convictions - minimal government, localism, personal freedom and adherence to the letter of the US Constitution - alienates many of the conservatives who might have been expected to back him.
For example, although he doesn’t agree with abortion - as a GP, he says, he delivered thousands of babies, and never came across a case where a termination was necessary for the mother’s physical or psychological well-being - he insists that abortion law ought not to be a federal prerogative and, during his 2008 presidential bid, resolutely refused to give the Pro-Lifers the assurances they wanted.
Similarly, when almost every conservative legislator, including a great many Democrats, supported a law to prevent gun-shops being sued for crimes committed with weapons they had sold legally, he voted against the measure on grounds that it represented a usurpation of jurisdiction from the 50 states
Many Republicans regarded his opposition to the Iraq war as almost treasonable. Although the issue is no longer the shibboleth it was - plenty of conservatives, knowing what they now know, wish that they had kept the trillion dollars to spend on something else - Ron Paul is still treated with suspicion.
... Read the full story on UK Telegraph: http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/danielhannan/100010607/the...
9/11 Investigations -- Councillor Fujita & NYC CAN
"It is anticipated that Mr. Fujita will continue, and likely intensify, his demands that Japan withdraw from the so-called 'War on Terror,' and that the government of Japan initiate its own thorough, unbiased, and scientific investigation of what really happened on 9/11, and who is really at fault for the collapse of the Towers of World Trade Center, including Building 7." Indy In Asia
NYC Coalition for Accountability Now, started by victims' families, survivors and first responders, has 80,000 + signatures on a petition to have a referendum for a new 9/11 investigation on the ballot this November. There is a March For Answers on the 27th starting in Battery Park.
"As the world moves further and further away from the actual events of 9/11/2001 both in time and spirit, and as 9/11 effaces into yet another simple story cast in history, as the parent of Vanessa Lang Langer lost as the towers fell, I want to let it go. I want to stop talking about 9/11. I am tired of the questions unasked and unanswered. I am tired of the effort to burst yet another happiness bubble in our collective American psyche. And, too, I am tired of talking about Vanessa's death. Better for my family, in the immediacy of trying to live out our present days, to focus on Vanessa's life. To laugh at her memories and revel in pictures of her beautiful face. If it were only for the present and the joys I can still share with my children, my family and my fellow citizens, not just of this country but the world, I would let it go. I would so let it go.
"But there is, after all literally, the future. And the future never relied so heavily on redress of questions unanswered in the present. To first ask and then answer what happened that day. Who committed this crime? Who should be held accountable? That is why I support the NYC CAN Ballot Initiative, and I ask for your support as well. It is beyond time for an investigation. It is beyond time."
Donna Marsh O’Connor, Mother of Vanessa Lang Langer
http://nyccan.org/
Janet Holmes
wow..
some venomous comments!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OO18F4aKGzQ
'Peace is a powerful message.' Ron Paul
"Cannot tell a lie"
Not quite the same as defending the truth, though, is it?
I still bless him for what he has done and does.
Truth exists, and it deserves to be cherished.
Awesome!
Send this article to all your neocon mainstream conservative friends. Daniel Hannen is beloved by the Limbaugh/Hannity/Beck worshipping crowd.
Fair and positive! Very nice!
"The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money."
-Alexis de Tocqueville
"The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money."
-Alexis de Tocqueville
Daniel Hannan, my favorite foreign politician.
Daniel Hannan in the US:
Part 1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOVCJvDWsyU
Part 2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OB0b2k70d5M
Part 3 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QB-x1wxuKbk
Part 4 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPWlHtXhKzM
wooooooohoooooooo*)))
seeing this article in UK MSM makes my day.
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"How can we justify to the unemployed and underemployed in the United States the incredible cost of maintaining a global empire?" - Dr. Ron Paul
one would like to set him straight on the C4L
as representing the movers and shakers of the ron paul grassroots.
Actually most of the grassroots activism is alienated from the campaign for liberty...
I disagree.
It is not perfect, but most of the Ron Paul grassroots movers and shakers I know are involved in it.
Ron Paul 2012
www.josiahgarber.com/blog
www.heirloomgardenpro.com
www.mennonitesforronpaul.com
Unlike McCain
Unlike the "straight talk express" he tells the truth.
Remember when McCain laughed at Adam Kokesh during the convention speech and said "Ignore the noise and the static my friends."
Man I can't stand that McCain.
By Heaven I'm Glad Ron Paul's Here Also.
I wish there was a big enough rock on my property to hire a sculptor to make a statue of him, since he is like the Rock of Gibraltar in his convictions, and I admire that greatly !
beesting
That was great
The comments posted afterwards were very odd. They appeared to be highly educated bloggers, but they still couldn't see the beauty in a politician who tells the truth.
Billy: Yes, very odd comments mostly from one or two....
people about 911 truth. Actually, I found the story itself odd. Like this excerpt:
"As you’d expect, Ron Paul has fanatical supporters, who make up in fervor and in high principle what they lack in numbers. They are called the Campaign for Liberty, and they comprise an extraordinary coalition, ranging from prim Republican matrons to dreadlocked peaceniks. The one thing they have in common is a dislike of state coercion."
Talk about stereotyping a movement. Shouldn't all political groups dislike "state coercion?" I believe that he is trying to give us a complement, although we are dread-locked peace-niks. Thank God!
Now this is sexy...
Now this is sexy...