Ron Paul's predictions from 2002: So good that at first I thought the speech was faked
Submitted by DeMolay on Sun, 07/15/2012 - 20:57When I first saw the above video, I thought perhaps someone had edited it to make it seem like Ron's predictions from 2002 were more accurate then they were.
Nope.
When you watch the C-SPAN version below you see the exact same remarks verbatim, without the added commentary.
Just to make sure, I sourced this back to the original page on C-SPAN.Note at the 1:28 mark where he predicts "Some of our moderate Arab allies will be overthrown by Islamic fundamentalists."
Got that right.
And then there's this from the CNN transcript (which is in all CAPS for some reason):
THE UNITED STATES, WITH TONY BLAIR AS HEAD CHEERLEADER, WILL ATTACK IRAQ WITHOUT PROPER AUTHORITY AND A MAJOR WAR, THE LARGEST SINCE WORLD WAR II WILL RESULT.
MAJOR MOVES WILL BE MADE BY CHINA, INDIA, RUSSIA, AND PAKISTAN IN CENTRAL ASIA TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE CHAOS FOR THE PURPOSE OF GRABBING LAND, RESOURCES, AND STRATEGIC ADVANTAGES SOUGHT AFTER FOR YEARS.
Go to the bottom of this page for a rolling transcript of the entire speech (with some typos). Another fun line:
http://blog.nj.com/njv_paul_mulshine/2012/07/ron_pauls_predi...
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Correction
You should add a comment that a blogger has finally discovered the video that we have known about for years, and is blown away by it. Otherwise, it looks like you, yourself, have just now discovered a video that has been posted here many times.
Incidentally, my guess as to why the transcript is in ALL CAPS: it's probably downloaded from a Teleprompter, and was in ALL CAPS for that.
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Even a stopped clock
is right 87 times a day. Er, wait.
He probably wondered
if anyone was even listening at the time. Isn't it wonderful, that the speech is now viral.
RP amazing predictions should be read to the House AND Senate
Ron Paul before the House of Representatives, April 24, 2002 - after presenting a whole host of SPECIFIC PREDICTIONS re foreign & domestic issues/crises: "I have no timetable for these predictions but, just in case, keep them around and look at them in 5-10 years - let's hope and pray that I'm wrong on all accounts. If so, I will be very pleased." Okay, it's 10 years later. He was RIGHT on all accounts.
In calling Romney the "only man' who could lead the country through a crisis like 9/11," Dick Cheney said: "There is always, sooner or later, a crisis, totally unanticipated. You can't plan on it, you don't know what it's going to be, but if you go through the campaigns and study the history books and talk to all the experts, sooner or later there's going to be a big surprise, usually an unpleasant one." (http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/OTUS/cheney-calls-romney-man-...)
Actually, if you're observant enough, intelligent enough, and have a solid grasp of how things operate and interrelate, sometimes you CAN plan on it, you DO know what it's going to be, and it's NO surprise.
Senile old fool
is what his worst critics call him in blogs, forums, and comment sections. For many this is just a reflex piling-on after hearing Limbaugh, Hannity, or Levin show Ron Paul disrespect. They obviously have no idea...
New Hampshire and Ecuador.
That's the purpose of propaganda
And our mainstream media is pure propaganda. It's not that they have no idea, they know exactly what they're doing and they're getting paid to do it.
They're propagandists.
Ron Paul's Convention Speech
Sure,
the media know exactly what they're doing. But small-time bloggers and people who post comments under articles are often just swept up in the herd mentality.
New Hampshire and Ecuador.
I was agreeing with you
And just adding further info. But the first time I read your comment it was not clear to me who you meant by "they." It is now.
Ron Paul's Convention Speech
That is the case..
90% of the time.I like to believe that some people have not had the opportunity to wake up yet and cling to silly political stances out of ignorance.
www.youtube.com/truefictions
I try to change people every day. Do You?
THEY have no idea - true . .
however their owners have a real good idea that Ron Paul was right and couldn't be bought, so they sick the dogs on him.
Gwinnett County Georgia
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