The Republic Strikes Back! Liberty Has a Constituency!
Submitted by Liberty_Belle on Tue, 04/21/2009 - 10:43*** Enjoy this excellent article by Bill Kauffman! Please read the full article!! There are some interesting comments about Gary Johnson running in 2012... but mostly I LOVE what he wrote about us here:
"Ron Paul started something. Or, rather, he revealed something: liberty has a constituency. I was heartened mightily by the crowd in Minneapolis, which was overwhelmingly young. What a rousing sight: bright and enthusiastic kids afire with the spirit of liberty, of resistance to regimentation and the tyranny of standardization. Homeschoolers, homebrewers, punk rockers, evangelical Christians, radical Kansans, and reactionary New Englanders. These were American girls and boys, beautifully stained in the American grain, hip to Republican lies and numbing Democratic statism. Hell no, they won’t go. They’ll not be cannon fodder for the wars of Bush-Cheney or Obama-Biden. They demand honesty and liberty and respect for all things small and smaller; they have nothing but scorn for the liars and whores who run the empire."
http://amconmag.com/article/2009/apr/20/00035/
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Liberty Belle...read your email
Liberty...please take a look at the last email I sent you.. has talking points of what I'm presenting at the steering committee meeting. I welcome any comments you might have! It's fine to ignore my other silly emails:)
Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny.
Thomas Jefferson
Malo periculosam libertatem quam quietam servitutem. ("I prefer the tumult of liberty to the quiet of servitude"). Thomas Jefferson to James Madison, 30 January 1787.
Hey! Will do!
Sorry! ...with all the traveling lately...I'm behind on responses!! Will do it now and email you back! ; - )
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"I truly wish that real life would no longer surpass the worst excesses of my nightmarish imaginings... Arthur Silber **
"I think we are living in a world of lies: lies that don't even know they are lies, because they are the children and grandchildren of lies." ~ Chris Floyd
Gary Johnson 2012!
I was in Santa Fe last week and got to hear Gary Johnson speak at the Tea Party. We really need to get behind this guy!
Bugg and Dumped
Dugg and Bumped!
The Kids are Alright, and Won't Get Fooled Again!
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Bump for a voice of optimism! We will prevail!
Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny.
Thomas Jefferson
Malo periculosam libertatem quam quietam servitutem. ("I prefer the tumult of liberty to the quiet of servitude"). Thomas Jefferson to James Madison, 30 January 1787.
Bill's Always Been A Good Read
Even some of the lefties like him. Very engaging.
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"Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it." -- Joseph Goebbels
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"Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it." -- Joseph Goebbels
I loved this article. Every
I loved this article. Every time I see these types of articles about the supporters of Ron Paul I keep them. Thanks for posting Liberty Belle.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emaeln--tzo
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http://www.dailypaul.com/152976/diebold-vs-paper-ballots
http://www.ncel.w4sp.com/
http://www.blackboxvoting.org/
http://www.votefraud.org/
http://www.hulu.com/hacking-democracy
Here is Gary Johnsons Rally Speech
posted here:
http://www.dailypaul.com/node/90563
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"I truly wish that real life would no longer surpass the worst excesses of my nightmarish imaginings... Arthur Silber **
"I think we are living in a world of lies: lies that don't even know they are lies, because they are the children and grandchildren of lies." ~ Chris Floyd
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"The essence of freedom is the proper limitation of government". ~ Founding Fathers
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"The essence of freedom is the proper limitation of government". ~ Founding Fathers
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"The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government -- lest it come to dominate our lives and interests."
-- Patrick Henry
Twitter: http://twitter.com/LibertyPoet
My website: http://www.libertypoet.com/
STAND WITH RAND 2016
Thanks! I love posting good news!!
I have been gone quite alot lately ...so here is a hug back * )
Heading down to the garden...got to be a hoe! lol!
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"I truly wish that real life would no longer surpass the worst excesses of my nightmarish imaginings... Arthur Silber **
"I think we are living in a world of lies: lies that don't even know they are lies, because they are the children and grandchildren of lies." ~ Chris Floyd
love this quote from the article
“The new race is stiff, heady, and rebellious; they are fanatics in freedom; they hate tolls, taxes, turnpikes, banks, hierarchies, governors, yea, almost laws.”
I think this sums most of us here up quite well.
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Peace, Freedom and Prosperity should be our motto as Americans. Keep the American dream alive no matter how dark or difficult our circumstances seem.
Ron Paul is my President.
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Peace, Freedom and Prosperity. Not War, Welfare and Bankruptcy.
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38 Diggs!!
Need some more diggers please!
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"I truly wish that real life would no longer surpass the worst excesses of my nightmarish imaginings... Arthur Silber **
"I think we are living in a world of lies: lies that don't even know they are lies, because they are the children and grandchildren of lies." ~ Chris Floyd
Awesome
But there they go with the young people thing. I think the young/ older ratio is pretty close in the Ron Paul movement. I can tell you our area meet up are are for the majority made up of over 35. At least the ones I see taking any action. Most of us (and I mean almost all) are over 45. Many in the 50-0ver 65 range. I saw just as many middle aged and older folks in Minneapolis. I'm 47, My husband is 55 and we are some of the younger ones in our group. I'd say the youngest active member is 35 tops
Its a compliment~libertarians look younger! lol!
For sure we are a mixed age ...but maybe the perception that we are younger is because we look so damn good!! lol!!
( and thanks to the moderator for the front page sticky! )
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"I truly wish that real life would no longer surpass the worst excesses of my nightmarish imaginings... Arthur Silber **
"I think we are living in a world of lies: lies that don't even know they are lies, because they are the children and grandchildren of lies." ~ Chris Floyd
that put a BIG smile on my face :)
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"The essence of freedom is the proper limitation of government". ~ Founding Fathers
Boycott Israeli goods!
http://www.inminds.co.uk/boycott-leaflet.html
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"The essence of freedom is the proper limitation of government". ~ Founding Fathers
Yes! This should be front page
for more to see and enjoy before it slides off into the black hole here!
Could a moderator please sticky this article?
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"I truly wish that real life would no longer surpass the worst excesses of my nightmarish imaginings... Arthur Silber **
"I think we are living in a world of lies: lies that don't even know they are lies, because they are the children and grandchildren of lies." ~ Chris Floyd
seconded :) - we need positive stories like this
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"The essence of freedom is the proper limitation of government". ~ Founding Fathers
Boycott Israeli goods!
http://www.inminds.co.uk/boycott-leaflet.html
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"The essence of freedom is the proper limitation of government". ~ Founding Fathers
Very nice...
Digg #24 I must remember to "track" this gentleman, keep up-to-date on his activities...
O.P.O.G.G. - Fighting the attempted devolution of the rEVOLution
Ron Paul 2012...and beyond
BAN ELECTRONIC VOTING!!
Front Page on Antiwar.com !
I found the article on Antiwar.com which I try to check in on often! Dr Paul reads that site and contributes there regularly.
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"I truly wish that real life would no longer surpass the worst excesses of my nightmarish imaginings... Arthur Silber **
"I think we are living in a world of lies: lies that don't even know they are lies, because they are the children and grandchildren of lies." ~ Chris Floyd
Go Gary!
Go Gary!
Digg this article!
Lets give Bill Kauffman a big thank you also!!
Sounds like the Rally for the Republic left quite an impression on him!!
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"I truly wish that real life would no longer surpass the worst excesses of my nightmarish imaginings... Arthur Silber **
"I think we are living in a world of lies: lies that don't even know they are lies, because they are the children and grandchildren of lies." ~ Chris Floyd
It's good to hear that Gary
It's good to hear that Gary Johnson is looking at running for President in 2012. I think Gary Johnson is as close to Ron Paul as it gets.
Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.
-P.J. O'Rourke, Civil Libertarian
AKA GIVE ME FREEDOM
Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.
-P.J. O'Rourke, Civil Libertarian
AKA GIVE ME FREEDOM
Gary Johnson 2012 !!!
from the article above by Bill Kauffman....
"He told me that he may take a shot at the Republican presidential nomination in 2012 as an antiwar, anti-Fed, pro-personal liberties, slash-government-spending candidate—in other words, a Ron Paul libertarian."
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"I truly wish that real life would no longer surpass the worst excesses of my nightmarish imaginings... Arthur Silber **
"I think we are living in a world of lies: lies that don't even know they are lies, because they are the children and grandchildren of lies." ~ Chris Floyd