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There is a great song by John Mayer called "Belief" that sums it up nicely, it's basically about how everyone believes that they are right (in whatever situation) and no one ever really changes their mind.

I find this to be utterly true when it comes to politics. I have talked to lots of people about Dr. Paul, and they fall into two distinct groups:

1. People that "believe" they know everything
2. People that "believe" they don't know enough

Group 2 are the people who are receptive to Dr. Paul and humble enough to hear/learn about his message. Group 1 are the people (seemingly the majority, sigh) who support McClintonObama and believe they know what is best, based on what they hear in the MSM, etc. These people are completely at ease with their apathy, they feel as if they know what's important because the media tells them so. These people like to think that they're smart, but they don't want to actually have to learn anything.

I have a friend I talk politics with regularly and he's definitely in group 1. I've shown him so many things and he almost always agrees with Ron Paul, but he just can't let go of the fact that he thinks he knows everything. Just when I think he's seeing the light he busts out the 'ol "Yeah, but Ron Paul will never win, he's kooky, isolationist, McCain will be tough on the terrorists, plus I think he's got a good economic plan, I heard on the news the other day..." stuff. It's exhausting really.

In the end, it's tragic, but we are the minority (Group 2) I don't think it will ever change, it's just human nature.

ignorant, uninformed or too self-absorbed to understand or care what's going on around them.

Unfortunately, it'll take a major crisis (e.g. depression, home foreclosure, SUV repossessed, etc) to get sheeple to wake up and understand.

Where Liberty is, There is my Country - Ben Franklin

and the rest will hear the truth and follow.

we need to have a clearer understanding than even the Founders had. WIth all due respect to them, mankinds understanding of human nature, philosophy, ethics, economics, psychology and of nature has advanced since our country won its freedom.

But right from the start laws began to be passed which were inconsistent with a free society and the government began to grow and to assume unauthorized powers.

Ron Paul has advocated what he refers to as Austrian Economics. He means the thoughts of certain Austrian academics who lived in the last Century who sought to understand how the marketplace worked when the government was limited to making sure no one initiated force or fraud and that signers of contracts kept their side of the bargains.

The founders of Austrian Economics were Carl Menger and Eugen von Bahm-Bawerk. Their student Ludwig von Mises wrote many books and essays explaining the theory and the laws of economics.
Murray Rothbard taught Austrian Economics for many years as did Hans Sennholz. Many of their books can be found at www.lfb.org

I first encountered book reviews of the works of von Mises in The Objectivist Newsletter written by Ayn Rand and Nathaniel Branden.
Rand wrote Atlas Shrugged which dramatizes the clash of a rational view of man and existence, with a rational code of ethics on the one hand, with the irrational view of man, reality and a moral code which is inappropriate for anyone who wants to live on earth.

Rand's essays include: The Virtue of Selfishness, Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal, The Romantic Manifesto, For the New Intellectual, for those of you who care to assume the responsibility of learning how our country has reached this point, what irrational premises are responsible for it, and the antidote.

www.mises.org is another source of info on economics
But Rand's works provide a source of emotional fuel as well as a rational perspective needed to get at the root of our difficulties as well as the ideas necessary to defeat the prevailing mistaken ideas you will encounter.

Wm

"I swear by my life and my love of it that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine" Ayn Rand in Atlas Shrugged p731

The reason most people don't get it is because they reflect what has been drilled into their head via school, friends, relatives, or over heard in public places, MSM, & local media.
School, home, churches usually teach you to learn what they teach.
Most of them use words like listen, ...listen to me, ...listen to this, ...pay attention, ...sit still and pay attention, ...this is for your own good, ...learn from me ...learn from him, ...learn from her, ...your young we are older and we know what is right, ...what is true, ...what is best, ...read this, ...read that, ...don't read this, ...don't read that, ...believe this ...don't believe that ...etc. etc. etc.
Advertising company's know that to sell via the media they need to put the ad in front of the people at least 9 times regardless of the type of media they are using. Any sale before 9 exposures is like a bonus. For some reason the customer that buys your product before 9 exposures was ready because of other things that have influenced before they sere exposed to your ad.
Advertisers also know that because we are bombarded with ads daily that it takes at least 3 exposures before the average mind registered that it recieved that ad.
Since it takes 9 exposures for a person to consider the product (candidate) a legitimate offer and might be worth trying and it takes 3 exposures to = 1, that means 3x9 =27times to get a person to maybe try your product.
1+1=2 2+2=4 repetition, repetition, repetition, is the key for parents, teachers, churches, advertisers, to make the sell.
The reason "we" get it is because of the other exposures what ever they were, that prepared our mind for Ron Paul's message.
We need to give repeat exposures to people of Ron Paul's message so that (as they say) can have it sink in. Once they get it they will join us in this campaign. This campaign is not over!! Listen to this and share the message. ........................ http://www.youtube.com/wa...
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Go Ron Paul ! By the way I am a delegate for Ron Paul!!

The crudity of your grammer,syntax, spelling, etc

Is far exceeded by your truth, power and sincerity.

Thank you.

"Liberty and Freedom for our Grandkids"

...... most will bealive it is .......

We just have to keep on bealiving and gettin the message out ... people will listen , even if it is a small percent ...... so much shit people . Me included sumtimes , get cought up in and dont even see this movement and these truths as an actual reality

A global shift in concioussnes is in need ..... a peace and love concioussness

Ron Paul 2008

Drugs in the water, drugs in our people through Big Pharma.

Complacency and apathy because it's been so good for so long.

Main stream media tells them everything is ok when it's not.

They are too busy trying to keep up with the Joneses and survive that they don't realize they are having to work harder to maintain their lifestyle, when everything should be getting easier because of technology.

And some of it has to do with the fact that we are mainly conservative in America. That means way too many of us watch Fox News which is just a neo-con brain-washing device.

I took the opportunity to CORRECT Meistersinger's SPELLING!! Go down and take a look! You'd a thunk he would have checked his spelling before correcting you!

The "tween" generation is taking care of critically ill parents that even with insured medical costs are wiping out their finances, in addition to the severe emotional strains on the entire family.

The "tween" generation is simultaneously trying to get their kids through college.

How many of you in college do not know to what extent your tuition and room/board are rapidly using up your parents' "retirement" savings? I've seen one post where a person is paying $500/month for ***30 years*** to repay student loans! And they're supposed to pay rent and buy a car (with expensive gas), as well?

How many of the "tween" generation are having critical illness issues of their own?

How many people are raising children as single parents? My child was a competitive swimmer for *ten full years*. I picked her up straight from work and we got home at 9:30 every night, with meets on Friday nights and about 6 hours each on Sat/Sun.

Married couples with 2 or more children are spending that kind of time and effort with 2 or more sports/music/whatever activities.

And that was when everyone had "plenty of money".

Now, when people have $10/hour jobs (many without medical insurance coverage included) and it takes 2 gallons of gas each way for their commute, how much of a "net" income decrease has there been?

If both parents are having to work *two* jobs each, who is watching their children, if at all (and for how much)? Do they even see their children by bedtime?

One older commuter I knew worked an office job in the Loop and had a second job as a hairdresser on the weekends!

And these are the people you expect to have time to do research into politics vs. whatever they get on their car *radio* news blurbs while they're driving all over the place?

Even with time to watch, the debates for both parties were an absolute *joke*, so exactly where are people supposed to get "reliable" information at all?

More importantly, even if they get information that was "reliable" at the time, what if the GOP national convention changes everything?

Ironically, who is less stressed out? The "sheeple" or the DP people who *see* all the catastrophes that are developing?

For example, I'm waiting for my Sunday night world financial market updates on DP, just before I go to sleep:(

Did you know most Americans actually think Iraq attacked us on 911?

I took my kids out of Government warehousing (public school). I suggest everyone else do the same. If the courts say I am breaking the law, I say come and try and get me.

What a long infamous list of reasons all the smart
people here at DP have assembled.
Until the Sheeple experience real pain and loss
they will continue to sleepwalk through the contrived
Great American Dream.
There is no easy simple answer.
Just a long list of the manipulations by a few of
the many.

"Liberty and Freedom for our Grandkids"

Who is there to teach kids to value self-responsibility and liberty? We FORCE them to attend government schools for thirteen years, which should prove to any thinking human that freedom is a myth. The schools teach them that the state is the highest social value, and individuals are of value only insofar as they serve the government (Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.) Government schools cannot even teach children to read competently, and certainly do not teach them to love reading, let alone learning. Most willl never discover the political and economic knowledge stored in books. Politics does not interest them, except as a personality cult and sometime spectator sport -- which explains Obama's popularity.

We forbid them to work for a living until they are 18 years old (child labor is generally criminalized) and wonder why they believe that the only ways by which human beings can deal with one another are government edict, outright force, or begging. They never learn the value of the free market, BECAUSE IT IS CLOSED TO THEM, until they become "adults" -- by which time it is too late for them to adopt it as a central value in their lives.

In their free time, they watch television which turns them into passive little androids with no capacity for critical thinking. Or they become involved in "sports" which teach them to identify with some nationalistic or geographical group, instead of basing their associations on shared values like love of liberty.

We "get it" because we read, and think about what we have read. We take ideas seriously. Most people don't read, think, or much care what they might be missing.

The difference between Ron Paul supporters and the average voter is that when we heard Ron Paul for the time, we felt as if we had been hit with a ton of bricks. We recognized that we were hearing the truth. It must be a rare thing in this country that the simple truth - no spin, no voter pandering, no doublespeak- would come as such a shock to us.

But the average voter in America seems to have to wait to hear what the party leaders or the evening news has to say before they make their own decisions.

I think it was Maslow who said, "A satisfied need does not motivate." The majority of people in our country have enough food to eat, shelter and plenty of comforts. Humans respond to PAIN. When they are in pain, they do something to get out of the pain. Those of us on DP are in pain, either we have known for a long time that things are bad or we recently became aware. Our awareness is painful and so we are MOTIVATED to do something about it.

Watch the people around you. When gas or food gets too expensive, when the jobs go away, then you will see some action out of the rest of the population.

At that point, we may have a captive audience more receptive to Dr. Paul's message.

Hang in there...And watch.

Proud member of Ron Paul's Revolution

for which I'll be flamed off the forum for, but it does deserve consideration.

As much as we like to think that we are an evolved and civilized nation, we fall prey to our R-brain. Americans are basically at the end of the day still ruled by some pretty primitive drives. A really basic one is the need for an Alpha in the pack. Ron Paul is the least Alpha-acting of the current pack.

So it is not the message we have to get past in this case, the message makes perfect sense. It is Ron's image, specifically the image that the MSM has tailored for him.

Hate to bring it up, but it really is a logical answer. Keep in mind the blind polls... everyone agrees with RP there. It is the image.

Most people will blindly follow the Alpha, reguardless of the message. It is something that makes the majority of people comfortable, reguardless of the reality. Which doesn't say a lot for the majority of Americans, but there you go.

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Remember: Debt is a form of slavery.

"One ring to rule them all, one ring to find them. One ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them"

People can't imagine the enemy we are fighting. We know what they are capable of now. Their time is short and just about up.. They will be getting more and more careless now. More people will awaken. We are the ones we have been waiting for !!!

to me, that we are a brainwashed nation. I feel that people know that washington is filled with dishonest people as is the rest of the world , but they are unable to understand that the currency is dishonest because the media is dishonest. A dishonest currency means we are not a free people. We have been taught all our lives that we are free. The older the person,the harder it is to reverse this lie, that has been thier reality for so long. I don't know how this can be reversed with a dishonest media that is controlled by the same people, that controls dishonest currency.

Lazy = path of least resistance, They think = Beliefs, Wrong = who likes to be wrong? Personal responsibility! Human reaction.

Politics, Religion, and Money! Three strikes and your Out!
Only you yourself can say what is right and what is wrong, only I can say what is right and what is wrong. We can each do our best to sell our beliefs. Though in the end, with time, the truth will be told. Your question is heartfelt and I thank you for asking it, it is trulely understandable.

Ps. "Power" is linked to > Politics, Religion, and Money!

Sad truth is a lot of republicans compare this war to Jesus dying on the cross to forgive our sins and set us free. They view this in holy terms and I find that a hard nut to crack. They are afraid of non-intervention because they see that as abandoning Israel. What they don't understand is that we are also subsidizing all of Israel's enemies. Even though I am a Christian myself, I am afraid of Christian extremists who have hijacked our foreign policy. I heard on a Christian TV show that some of these crazies blame hurricanes on the US not supporting Israel. That's Crazy!!!!

Most smart Republicans "get it" with domestic issues, but they want to lay waste to the world with our foreign policy. I don't get it. I thought the same way until I first heard Ron Paul in the May 15th debate. He floored me and made so much sense.
I just say to them, "so you're not pro-life for everyone," and that seems to get them thinking.

I think people are lazy and just want to believe what they hear. It is so easy just to go on day to day. Ignorance is bliss. I have been screaming Ron Paul since last August, when I woke up, and yet my friends are amazed when I tell them what is going on around us. ID, what id? they ask. and don't even criticize Bush, they are so stuck in the old GOP they can't get past it to see all the illegal activity and rights being taken away from us. You can't really blame bush, they tell me, it was the democratic congress' fault. They really think that there is a big difference between the two parties, and as long as a republican gets in, everything will be all right. Many references have been made here, to the Matrix, and I really believe it is so much like that. when all is said and done then, I remember the "God Factor" God is still on the throne and is not wringing His hands over any of this.

Recently someone posted a comment about how Ron Paul supporters first heard or read something by Ron Paul that compelled them to research the man. They went on to become strong supporters.

So why did some Ron Paul backers leave after the MSM declared McCain the winner? It seems to me that the the people who left have started to let the MSM decide who they support. In that regard they have become part of the majority of American voters who will only vote for whom they think will win. Issues have become unimportant. Integrity has become unimportant. The future of our country has become unimportant.

The other candidates seem to have the majority of the votes. But these voters can not give a good reason for why they support them. Maybe we are just more idealistic. Or maybe the rest of the voters are just more easily manipulated.

America has been drinking tap water for too long. =)

Huge response here, can't read all, but wanted to say that my 36 year old daughter with a brand new baby just has melted down a few times with me telling her what is going on. It scares the hell out of her and she cannot handle it. It is a very helpless feeling that these things are happening and no one in our huge government is opposing it except Ron Paul. Mercy, that is an incredible reality. Incredible.

most are not. I went to my senatorial district convention yesterday, and frankly, it reminded me of nazi rally. I'm not going to go into detail here, but it was absolutely disgusting. What I found most disturbing was the fact that it was headed up by a small-group of jingoistic pro-McCain cheerleaders towing the party line, while completely ignoring the problems we face in our nation, AS IF THEY DO NOT EXIST. The majority of the audience bought it hook, line, and sinker. Despite this, I was informed that we were able to place a number of Ron Paul supporters as delegates to the state convention.

After the convention, I got a call from a friend of mine from high school. This guy is a life long Republican, and originally thought that McCain was okay as a candidate. I never thought that he would figure it out, but he is starting to. Although he doesn't know the details, he's starting to do his research. He's a smart guy, so he's going to figure it out pretty quickly. Already he wants to buy guns, and a place in the country.

So, some people are waking up. It is my belief that once the majority of the people start to get hungry, then they are going to be more accepting of our message. This will work to our advantage. The biggest problem we are going to face in this fight are the true believers, the ones who are in control, and the politically active who follow them. If cornered, expect their leaders to invade another country and instill martial law. I could see the hatred in their eyes yesterday, they know they have everything to loose, and they're not going to go down without a fight.

They actually get it. They all know something is wrong, but we are NOT presenting solutions. At least, they are not convinced with our solutions.
They think our solutions are way too risky or too much trouble.

Let's say a person has some kind of illness and he's not feeling so good. He thinks something is wrong. A group of doctors says, he will be mildly sick once in a while, but he will likely live for a long time if he just takes some conventional medicine. Then, you tell him, no no no, they are lying, you are going to die!!! What would this person tell you?

A lot of Ron Paul supporters were apathetic before Ron Paul.
But, you've seen the sign, "Dr. Paul cured my Apathy."
That's because we understood that his solutions are quite realistic.

The rest of the people still think his solutions are too risky.

Even Ron Paul supporters support Ron Paul at different levels that they feel not too risky.

We should focus on explaining the solutions, instead of trying to scare them.

G. Edward Griffin realized this and explained it in his video.
http://video.google.com/v...

I can't even wake up my friends. They think I'm crazy and they won't even do any research. The first time I heard Dr. Paul speak was so great because it was finally someone who was expressing exactly what I was thinking. The Daily Paul is so important to me because at least here I learn and it confirms that my reasoning is sane. Being around sheeple is depressing. Thank God for Dr. Paul and his supporters. Anyone with children please educate them so that they are aware of what is happening so they won't fall for propaganda
and be manipulated.

are people. The folks in the other side(s) have probably asked themselves the same question(s).

at home. There are books that contains a lot of pictures and drawings which children will love.

Lessons in constitution must start at home. Do you remember when you first started learning about the constitution in school? It can be learned earlier than that through simple story telling. Parents should device simple yet effective ways to teach it.

I'm mentioning this for the purpose of prying off the next generation from the sheeple mentality.

"He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star, which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it." Confucius

1.)Many know that the system is corrupt but say to themselves " What can I do ?"

2.)Many just don't want to know what's really going on in the world as long as they have their TV room and food in the fridge.

3.)Many know what's going on but they like the way it's going ( Yes imagine that ) ,They like the killing, they like that the US is aggressive it makes them feel "patriotic Power" My country is stronger than your country sort of thing.

4.)Many only know the military so it's all they know.

5.)Alot of Rich people don't like the middle class so they see this as a way to get more powerful.

6.)Then of course there are the many who don't know or have the IQ of a piece of toast ( Drug addicts etc. ) this group comprises a huge portion of the population.

I cannot believe how difficult it is to wake people up. I thought for sure that my closest friends and family would join the fight. I have completely allinated myself, and strangley it doesnt bother me.

I blame the WWII generation for raising the baby boomers to be so spoiled. Each generation has become more complacent ever since.
My own father (baby boomer) is a perfect example. He is in debt up to his eyeballs, and he is almost 60yrs old. I was never taught to save, never taught about politics, etc. My parents are embarrasing to talk politics with. Their common response is, " I am only one person, what can I do?"

Its pathetic to learn that such a large generation is so out of touch. As a contractor who had it all and lost it all, I have never fealt more on top of my game. No more credit cards, no more auto loans, thats the first step to being able to sit back and absorb whats really happening.