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I will be serving this year at the Texas State GOP convention as a delegate and I recently received an email warning all delegates in my congressional district of the Ron Paul agenda. I initially thought this was an official email from the GOP, however, it was sent out from a gmail account.

They think that we don't care about about anything other than getting Ron Paul elected. Sadly, it seems that they are the ones who care for nothing else but to get their candidate, Mitt Romney elected.

For those of us who are representing Dr. Paul at our various conventions never forget the lessons he has taught us. We need to prove them wrong with our actions by always being respectful, yet unyielding.

Original email follows below:

BEWARE all Texas GOP Delegates & Alternates!

Many of us in CD3 just received this e-mail (below) on Friday afternoon from the Collin County Conservative Coalition (CCCTX) and we ALL need to be on the alert! This is NOT just a group of conservative organizers... They definitely have an agenda - and their agenda is to FOOL YOU into picking National Delegates / Alternates that will support their candidate: RON PAUL!

It may sound good on the surface, but things are not as they seem. They are hoping that by using key words like "pro-life, pro-liberty & pro-constitution" that you will let your guard down and listen to them. They also want to discredit Mitt Romney, and substitute their candidate, Ron Paul, so he can be the GOP Nominee! They are aware that Collin County is very conservative, so they know that Romney may not have been among your top choices - and it sounds good to say that they want to hold him accountable... but their goal is to REPLACE him. YOU are a KEY par of their plan! They are banking on YOU listening to them - and then voting for THEIR candidates for National Delegate and Alternate as well as other elected positions. They don't care about us or the Republican Party - they are solely focused on getting their guy in and all others out.

This is NOT a joke, unfortunately. They are prepared to fight tooth-and-nail to take Texas, overturn the GOP, throw out our officers, etc. (see videos below)

As TRUE REPUBLICANS (not Libertarians who are posing as Republicans), we do not need their help when it comes to choosing the National Delegates / Alternates - as well as the other elected positions. We can make up our OWN minds. If we want to interview the candidates, we can do that on our own. (They have even co-mingled two Ron Paul supporters amongst the known Republicans on their "candidate list for those running for National Delegate".)

Most importantly, as a Delegate or Alternate to the Texas State Convention, it is important that we really KNOW who we are sending to Tampa to represent CD3. There are several who have already announced that they are running and their body of work is evident. We should BEWARE of ANYONE that cannot show what they have done for our party. Being selected as a National Delegate or Alternate is not only an enormous honor for the individual, it is a responsibility to REPRESENT US. We need to get references and do our homework. We can't depend on others to "help" make our decision. They just want us to join their little revolution. That is specifically why we are not making suggestions on who to vote for - that's your job, not some made-up organization's job to think for you and then feed you with information that will "guide" you to their candidates of choice.

There may be similar organizations cropping up all over the state as well... so feel free to forward this e-mail to others outside of CD3.

Take a look at these videos and articles from RECENT state conventions:

Arizona: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O46x0F_-8AI&feature=youtu.be

Alaska: http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/ron-paul-supporters-ta...

Nevada: http://orrinjohnson.com/blog/2012/04/25/lie-cheat-and-steal-...

Oklahoma: http://www.examiner.com/article/gop-establishment-makes-a-mo...

and http://reason.com/ron-paul-revolution/2012/05/12/follow-toda...

and http://deadlinelive.info/2012/05/13/after-complaints-about-i...

Video of the rump convention in the parking lot:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=sI1aZ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvz5esPEEKg&feature=youtu.be

They have already challenged the Oklahoma Convention: http://www.dailypaul.com/235541/ron-paul-supporters-submit-c...

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In each of these cases, delegates (who did not share the Victory strategy of uniting behind the GOP nominee unless it was the one of their choice) caused many problems at these conventions by disruptive behavior, such as shouting, refusing to yield the floor, calling erroneously for points of order, etc. We can expect the same here in Texas.

Their ultimate goal was to elect their slate of delegates to the national convention where further mischief will probably occur. They are able to successfully take over some of these conventions simply by out-shouting or outlasting the traditional Republicans who were there as delegates, usually in greater numbers than the mischief makers (MMs), but who finally gave up in exasperation and left to tend to family or other personal matters. Thus those who have their own agenda are able to pass that agenda, electing their delegates to the national convention (who do NOT represent the primary vote as cast in those states) while there was still a quorum present.

How can we prevent this from happening here in Texas? There are several key actions:

1) Traditional Republicans (TRs), no matter if you supported Gingrich, Santorum, Perry, Romney, etc., who have been selected as delegates or alternates MUST attend the entire convention and stay until it is adjourned on Saturday NO MATTER HOW LONG IT TAKES!

2) TR alternates most likely will be seated at some point so they should plan to stay for the duration. Their votes can make the difference in a close election for delegates!

3) TRs MUST be present for every vote and expect several roll call votes which are designed to kill time and exasperate us into leaving early. The first caucuses are Senate District caucuses and while they are important, the Congressional District caucuses are where the delegate action will be. A convention agenda may be found here:http://convention.texasgop.org/tentative-agenda

4) The first important votes will be at the CD caucus on Thursday afternoon following the 3rd General Session. At this caucus, the permanent chairman will be elected and also the National Nominations Committee member from each CD. This Committee member will be among the 36 such members who will select the 44 at-large national delegates. THIS IS A VERY CRITICAL ELECTION! This person should be someone known to you who has pledged to support in the Committee meeting a person with a proven track record of conservative activism for the Republican Party. In fact, the CD caucus can choose someone whom they instruct the Committee member to support, and he/she is bound to do so for at least one round of voting in the Committee. It is important to ask the candidates for this Committee member who they plan to support and for how long in the National Nominations Committee. Then vote for the candidates accordingly.

5) The second important votes come on Saturday. The first one is at 8 a.m. when the caucus will elect the national delegates and alternates, three of each. TRs should be prepared NOT to run against one another in this caucus, as the MMs will likely run only one of their group for each spot and if the TR vote is split, then an MM may well win. Those elected are supposed to be proportionately reported at the national convention to represent the primary presidential vote on the first ballot. However, they are unbound on the second ballot, which is where the danger lurks if no nominee is picked on the first ballot. (And that indeed appears to be the MMs strategy since they have elected MM delegates in many states who do NOT represent the vote that was cast in the presidential primary within that state.) In other words, they have elected many rogue delegates.

6) It is important during this election process to ask each candidate for national delegate or alternate if they pledge to be bound by the proportionate primary vote in Texas for the first ballot at the national convention and if there is a second ballot, ask them who they will be supporting. We know that in some states, the MMs have been instructed to lie, in order to achieve delegate status. So perhaps TRs should make some discreet inquiries prior to this caucus as to who is interested in running for national delegate and support only those who will be helping to unify rather than to divide the GOP at the national convention.

7) If a good TR national delegate candidate fails to be elected in the CD caucus, he/she can go before the National Nominations Committee and ask to be considered for delegate or alternate at large. There is a form Click here to download the Application for Consideration. Fill it out completely and legibly, then return it to RPT Headquarters by May 31st. Mail: 1108 Lavaca, Suite 500, Austin, TX 78701 Fax: 512-480-0709. Testify in front of the National Nominations Committee at the State Convention on Friday, June 8th at 6:00pm or Saturday, June 9th at 10:00am. Room numbers will be announced in the official convention program. Please see RPT Rule 38 for nominating procedures. (It might be a good idea to go ahead and fill out this form and get it to RPT by May 31 in order to be considered by the National Nominations Committee. If you are subsequently selected as a delegate from the CD, the application for at-large delegate would be withdrawn.)

8) If you do not feel that the caucus is being run correctly (for instance if the chairman is being overrun by the MMs), then you should raise a point of order and request that the chairman remove the disruptive delegates. That may or may not be done, but you can also put it into the form of a motion for the caucus to vote on and if it passes, then the chairman must do so, using the sgts. at arms if necessary and then seating alternates in the places of the removed delegates.

9) The last important vote will be late in the day on Saturday, during the final general session. It is here that the National Nominations Committee will make its report, which must be voted upon by the delegates in the general session. If many of the TRs have gone home, then the MMs may well control the convention at this point and if they vote the Committee report down, it must be sent back to the Committee and re-submitted to the delegates until it is passed. There will be no substituting of names. It is an up or down vote and its passage will be determined by how many people remain at that point.

10) Have a plan to work within your CD to inform others and convince them to coalesce with you to stand your ground for the TR principles and candidates. Remember that there are four very important elections in your CD: the member of the National Nominations Committee, and the three National Delegates. The alternates are also important, but less so than the Delegates. Find out in advance from the RPT who the delegate/alternates are in your CD and contact them. The number of delegates will determine how many votes are needed to elect a Committee member or a delegate 50% plus 1.

Here are some of the things they are saying about the GOP, the process and YOU:

"This is a numbers game. If more of Dr. Paul's supporters turn out than any other candidate's delegates, we control them. If more of our people show up, we take over the state convention, we change the rules, and we take over the Republican Party. Turnout is key. We vote as a block and never deviate from the voting instructions dispensed by our command center. On every vote, we vote together. We will be informing you via text message on how you need to vote on every vote that comes up. If you have not sent us your cell phone number you will have with you on Saturday, please do so right away. The Santorum, Gingrich, and Romney supporters will be splitting their votes because they will not be communicating with each other like we will be doing. Our internal numbers show that if Santorum, Gingrich, and Romney delegates vote as a block, they have a majority at the state convention. So it is absolutely crucial that we use whatever tactics necessary to promote division and confusion amongst their supporters. We promote confusion and division by:

*Gaining the trust of our opponents supporters and taking advantage of their ignorance so that we can gain control of them and tell them how they have to vote. For example if you are talking to Santorum supporters, tell them you are also pro-life and agree with a lot of what he has to say. Tell them you used to support him but now that he is out of the race you are supporting the only constitutional conservative remaining in the race. Tell them whatever they need to hear so that you gain their trust and establish credibility with them. Once you've done that you will control them.

*Deception and Misinformation - use any means necessary to divide and conquer our opponents.

*Prolonging the convention through parliamentary maneuvers. The longer the convention goes, the better for us. Our opposition will have a majority at the start of the convention but as the day goes on their delegates will have to leave because their baby sitter is only scheduled to watch the kids until 3pm or because they have dinner reservations, or because they just get too frustrated because the convention is taking so long. We will wait them out. We are disciplined and organized while they are weak willed and lazy. So the longer the convention goes, more and more of them will leave. All of a sudden what started out as a majority for them dwindles away and the balance of power shifts to us. We will use every parliamentary tactic in the book to prolong the meeting. Dr. Paul's campaign has sent national lawyers who will run circles over the local Alaska lawyers. Our lawyers are ready to sue anyone who tries to get in our way.

*Despite what the Republican Party wants us to believe, this election is not about beating Obama. This election is about cleansing the Republican Party. The poor excuse for Americans that support Santorum, Gingrich, and Romney need to be run out of the Republican Party. Once we have cleansed the Republican Party and President Paul is elected, we will end America's wars of aggression, we will put an end to American imperialism, and we will end the Fed!"

They have been training for this - putting their supporters through "boot camp" - check out this meet-up group and their comments:

Trending Meetups near Fort Worth

State Convention Delegate Training

Tuesday, May 15, 2012 6:00 PM at Painless Performance Products in Fort Worth, TX

Come learn what all to expect at the state convention so you will be prepared to participate. This will be around 2 hours of presentation followed by an hour for questions. ...

Who's coming?

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a Meetup of: Ron Paul's Campaign for Liberty - Tarrant County

Sung Song: I seriously think Ron Paul has a chance at the nomination. The "secret strategy" is esoteric and available but rarely mentioned in the media. The process for nominations is one that is used by both Dems and Repubs but the average citizen doesn't know them.

The US is a Constitutional republic not a democracy as many would have you think. This is a good thing because then the tyranny of the majority would squelch the voice of the minority (aka mob rule). Before you criticize Ron Paul, please do some research and have an open mind. I hate generalizing but Rin Paul people tend to understand government, economics, and opposing candidates more thoroughly than the blind followers of the Democrats or Republicans.

Vinny Urrabazo Kelly, from what I have read so far... you are the only one talking about conspiracies and delusion. Get outta here. RON PAUL 2012. YOU ARE EITHER WITH US, OR AGAINST US. But, we hope you are with us :)

Christopher Sweet If Kelly wants to believe Paul is unelectable then let him. I don't believe he is unelectable. I think he should be elected and that when there's a will there's a way. He will certainly have some kind of outcome with this delegate strategy, which has largely paid off due to people ignoring the election process and simply believing he has no chance. We'll see what happens.

David Baur hey Kelly, he is not ahead in the media or in the delegate counts, but the Delegate counts are incorrect as they are not factual yet. The nominated Delegates is when it matters, and that is where Ron Paul is winning. The Beauty Contest Vote is nothing, but the delegate is permanent. hence why the hope for Ron paul is growing and strengthing. The Delegate selection is what counts, not the already proven corrupt and false State Vote that occurs first.

RON PAUL DELEGATES: If our goal for liberty and a restoration of the republic is shared, the way forward is no doubt filled with great obstacles and hard work. What we as a team, (and I'm speaking of all of us) have accomplished, is truly awesome.

If you think of all the Delegates we've trained, the Precinct Committeepeople we've elected, and the minds we have changed, then we are successful.

What we must do is to continue to push forward. We want Ron Paul as our next president. Should that not happen - we can continue to multiply the effect in the years to come and continue the R3volution.

Continue to fight by the pen my friends - until your fingers are ragged and the ink runs dry. We will win and defeat tyranny.

Here's an excellent blog entry from a recent delegate to the Oklahoma GOP State Convention:

http://servetopapers.blogspot.com/2012/05/point-of-order.html

Below is the original e-mail that was sent out in order to FOOL the Delegates and Alternates:

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We are pleased to introduce a new website for and by Delegates and Alternates to the Texas State Republican Party Convention.

www.CCCCTX.com

As Delegates to the Texas State Republican Party Convention, we have an awesome responsibility. In addition to an enormous amount of work on Texas state party business, we will also select a slate of Delegates to represent us at the National Convention in Tampa.

During this primary season, we have heard a lot of conservative rhetoric, but like the Etch a Sketch, those promises are sometimes forgotten.

Sometimes campaign rhetoric can cloud the issues. We want to make sure that our Texas Values and Texas Votes are NOT taken for granted. We want to make sure the National Campaign remembers where Texans stand on critical issues that matter to Texans, like ratifying a Balanced Budget Amendment, protecting the sanctity of human life, abolishing the TSA, supporting the 2nd Amendment, repealing ObamaCare, and defending our borders.

That's why the Collin County Conservative Coalition was created.

That's why we are publishing our Texas CD3 National Delegate Candidate Guide.

We want to give all our delegates an opportunity to present themselves to our delegation in a fair and open manner. After all, we know our party is stronger when we invite all conservatives to work together.

Would you like an opportunity to serve as a delegate to the Republican national Convention? The CCCC is dedicated to giving all delegates a fair chance to accomplish just that.

Just send us an email stating your wish to compete for one of the delegate slots. You may include any information you wish to share with your fellow delegates. This can include a political resume, an introduction to yourself, or just a statement about your positions on various issues. We will post whatever you send with no editorial input from us. Your fellow delegates will see exactly what you send us.

Please help us preserve our Conservative principles. We need to send our best and brightest to represent Collin County and our Texas Values at the National Convention.

www.CCCCTX.com
YouTube - Videos from this email

The body of this post was taken from this ource:
http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/ron-paul-lawyers-confi...

There is nothing to stop a Delegate from voting for Ron Paul! NO PERSON HAS EVER BEEN DISQUALIFIED FOR NOT VOTING with the “UNIT” EVER!

Any Delegate Can Vote for Ron Paul on the First Ballot! Voting Rights Law and the Republican Party rules allow a Delegate to vote for whoever they choose on the first ballot. Please read the Law on Delegates which trumps any rules on Delegates:

42 USC § 1971 – Voting rights
http://us-code.vlex.com/vid/sec-voting-rights-19251307

Some of what the law says: b) Intimidation, threats, or coercion No person, whether acting under color of law or otherwise, shall intimidate, threaten, coerce, or attempt to intimidate, threaten, or coerce any other person for the purpose of interfering with the right of such other person to vote or to vote as he may choose, or of causing such other person to vote for, or not to vote for, any candidate for the office of President, Vice President, presidential elector, Member of the Senate, or Member of the House of Representatives, Delegates or Commissioners from the Territories or possessions, at any general, special, or primary election held solely or in part for the purpose of selecting or electing any such candidate. (c) Preventive relief; injunction; rebuttable literacy presumption; liability of United States for costs; State as party defendant Whenever any person has engaged or there are reasonable grounds to believe that any person is about to engage in any act or practice which would deprive any other person of any right or privilege secured by subsection (a) or (b) of this section, the Attorney General may institute for the United States, or in the name of the United States, a civil action or other proper proceeding for preventive relief, including an application for a permanent or temporary injunction, restraining order, or other order.

The Repuplican Party’s rules also prohibit binding delegates to vote according to how a majority of delegates from their state vote.

REPUBLICAN PARTY RULE 38 – Delegates are not Bound
http://www.gop.com/images/legal/2008_RULES_Adopted.pdf

There is nothing to stop a Delegate from voting for Ron Paul! NO PERSON HAS EVER BEEN DISQUALIFIED FOR NOT VOTING with the “UNIT” EVER!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=SkNO9...

Make it go Viral! help convert more People to Ron Paul rEVOLution!

http://youtu.be/EHQ-iU3Ddmk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKpRs7NAQf4

"For years many people have been trying to figure out how our government has become the antithesis of what it was founded to be. The John Birch Society exposes where the battle is the hottest and takes action."

http://www.JBS.org

http://www.JoshTolley.com

Ron Paul's understanding of the economy is a matter of public record.

In 1983 he predicted the 1987 recession.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FmlsK_nJKU&feature=related

In 1998 he predicted the 2000 dot com crash.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4837NXWxpMA

In 2001 he predicted the housing bubble crash and what the Fed would do in response.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KONpt9a6HrI&feature=relmfu

And of course he has told us this year Mar. 2012 about the Bond Bubble currently forming.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0c4QgpEpGM

In fact he has accurately predicted very single economic down turn in the last 3 decades, with an explanation of why he believes they will happen.

No other politician that I know of has this track record. In fact no member of the Federal Reserve has this track record. And most noteworthy there are very few people in the financial sector with this impressive record of accuracy.

To put our trust in the people that never saw these coming to fix the problems makes no sense, especially since their fix is doing more of what Dr. Paul has identified as the cause.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Alx0...

Here is a video message from me that shows the Ron Paul advertisement we placed in the South Carolina Republican State Convention program: http://youtu.be/oBJ41W9CZbE

A picture of the advertisement with the words to the poem can be found at http://www.brushfiresforliberty.com/index.php/sc/43-sc-state...

Also, here is the candidate fact sheet we handed out to nearly every delegate right before the convention began: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B0oRX5D16N4XcnFNUGtCem1ZNE0/...

Whoever created the candidate fact sheet...THANK YOU!!!

share your ron paul liberty videos, this one explains the rights we as americans have lost over the countries history

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-k6kgbmTVhY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vLdB1e3lM4

Fight The Good Fight brothers and sisters. A little inspiration to keep going. Maybe one of our video makers will set this to a Ron Paul themed montage.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PigupJKlOk

http://youtu.be/qwWMIMupx38

Things must be pretty bad when a slate of delegates got to cross every "t" and dot every "i". One of the delegates say they want to keep it on the up & up.

Apparently the Oklahoma GOP left out 1 of the last paragraphs on the affidavits that was to be signed by national delegates. So the Ron Paul backed national delegates on the the conservative values slate inserted the missing paragraph. They don't want to take any chances. This tells me that the level of distrust is REAL DEEP.

The Ron Paul backed delegate in this video read to me the paragraph that was missing.

This video was recorded on May 22, 2012 at the Oklahoma GOP headquarters on North Lincoln Blvd, Oklahoma City, OK that was held in separate conference room where the conservative values slate national delegates were allowed to caucus. The conservative values slate of delegates / alternates are mostly Ron Paul supporters. Oklahoma GOP chairman - Matt Pinnell decided to segregate the Executive Committee slate of delegates (along w/ district elected delegates) in another room of the building, where they seemed to had been sequestered. Whereas, the Ron Paul supported slate (Conservative values slate) caucused openly.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZknSituWT-4

5/22/2012: Conservative values slate delegates (Ron Paul Supporters) stated that Oklahoma GOP is not a private club to the extent that it can not be sued civilly by its card carrying members - especially when they influence presidential elections, receive tax payer funds & its delegates are bound by law.

This video was recorded at the Oklahoma GOP headquarters on North Lincoln Blvd, Oklahoma City, OK that was held in separate conference room where the conservative slate national delegates were allowed to caucus. The conservative values slate of delegates / alternates are mostly Ron Paul supporters. Oklahoma GOP chairman - Matt Pinnell decided to segregate the Executive Committee slate of delegates in another room of the building, where they seemed to had been sequestered. Whereas, the Ron Paul supported slate (Conservative values slate) caucused openly.

http://youtu.be/hgQZ66JQsjY

So the Fed is the dealer supplying the crack to the market, does the DEA know about this :) - eyeswideopennimrod

http://youtu.be/eagfA4WOOSs

"In God We Teach" is a poignant illustration of my own personal concerns regarding the inroads that religious Christians, particularly evangelicals in the United States, have made in the republican party. I will admit that although I have taken great pains to study the links between Christian ideology and real libertarianism I am unable to find much in terms of consistency between both. Indeed, I would argue that the principles of both are not mutually consistent. Religious teaching is based on a pre defined truth regardless of societal needs while true libertarians promote the concept of freedom from all dominating forces, including religion.

It is difficult to argue philosophy especially on a such a contentious subject as the role of Christianity in the constitution and more importantly modern American society. This is why I find this film very educational. It basically describes the issues:

American must become more Christian to be saved (Santorum/fox and friend)

The right of the individual to record and challenge teachers that don't follow the constitution (liberty dude as far as I can see). As quoted in the video "to be a troublemaker is good" in this society.

The right of all and every citizen to public education free of religious brainwashing from zealous teachers (liberally minded people)
Quote from the film: The constitution is a purely secular document"

The right of any teacher to preach religious ideologies regardless of the fact that he is a public school teacher paid by the State on the basis that the bible is truth and it belongs in any and all classrooms including history class.

The question that I continued to ask myself watching this video was this:

Which side would a true libertarian support:

The young student that stood up for his rights and what he believed in even if it meant getting into trouble with officials and other schoolmates

or

The obvious lying Christian "History" teacher preaching his crap at any opportunity he has. Keep in mind that after his preaching became public he defended his preaching with the following comment "What I said was only private opinion. I wasn't preaching". He was willing to preach the word of Jesus so long as it was secret. Once it became public he chose to fight to protect his job and not the word of God. LOL

Yeap, once again...I post a divisive question. Grow up. We are all adults and debate makes us stronger. As for me, I think that student is great and he represents what makes America strong. A 15 year old boy confident enough to take on his teacher and school for what he believes in. He's a true libertarian and defender of the constitution. Awesome example of what makes American great. This begs the question....if you support the teacher in this case what does that make you?

IN GOD WE TEACH
http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=CA&feature=player_embedded&h...!

Student protests in Canada declared illegal before they even began. Governments around the world are out of control. Once again, not much talk of this in the MSM.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQwUc79VGmM&list=UUpwvZwUam-U...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XydKpYR6A_Y&feature=relmfu

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYXvINERnk0&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzD5ip6_KQE

"The forces the surround power is always the real power"...Quote From Tavis Smiley's "We Count! The Black Agenda is the America Agenda" symposium on March 20, 2010.

Jerry Davis from "Lawyers for Ron Paul" confirms Steve Parent and his interpretation of Roberts Rules and the RNC.. PLEASE WATCH THIS!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ty4c5SIOdec

Firstly, let me begin with a massive thank you to all of our uniformed veterans and active duty personnel. Civilians can never truly understand the entirety of what you have given in the service of your country. The current way in which our military has been misused has given me a great deal of strife, anguish, and tears. My heart is constantly on those friends and family of mine whom serve...not all of whom have come back.

Today I would like to discuss (not argue) a subject that has also crossed my mind as a budding liberty minded individual with a libertarian leaning in economic matters.

I am currently a resident in the Hampton Roads area which, for those of you whom are not familiar with it, is a major center of military activity. It is home to an average of 350,000 active duty personnel and %80 the local economy is derived from federal sources.

Needless to say this has a definite impact on the local 'flavor.' Wherever you go you see incentives provided by local businesses to attract military personnel. I should also add at this point that this doesn't bother my economic philosophical outlook at all. If a business chooses to offer a service at a discount to attract patrons, that is a cost benefit analysis undertaken by the business owner.

I also work for the feds in a very different function by working in a local National Park. We have just recently begun to offer all military personnel that are active duty a free pass to all national parks. I can even hedge on this: If someone comes home from Afghanistan and needs some R&R in a scenic park to help overcome his/her PTSD, I could write this off and gov't therapy and a for of healthcare benefit for vets.

However, one issue that irritates me to a great deal is the standard federal procedure with hiring. Any time a position opens within the parks veterans are preference bordering on flat out denial for non-servicemen. We are not allowed to compete with the market and I am often overlooked for jobs which I worked very hard to find employment in as a civil servant.

As a result, I find that almost all my co-workers are vets. Some are excellent at their jobs and bring the outstanding professionalism that comes from the armed forces into their new job. However, a much larger percentage are (and please understand that this comes from some years of experience within the system) completely ill suited for the job and preform terribly even after months of training. I've routinely been subject to bragging by some of these folks about how much money they've managed to milk from the system over the years in tax incentives, gov't loans, healthcare benefits, commissary grocery purchases, access to base gyms, free housing while traveling, air transportation, etc.

In the meantime, I am employed in a 6 month temporary position which I had to travel across the country just to have a job to keep eating. I went to college, pulled night-shifts to pay for it, and by the grace of God made it through with no student loans and a car that I owe only a small amount on. And yet here I am being passed over by people with no qualifications for the job they are employed in. These people also could have also gone to college for nearly free and achieved what I have, but have instead bypassed this that in order to take jobs away from other hard working college grads.

Personally, I would like to believe that Dr. Paul would have my back on this one. Watch the following clip from the South Carolina debate

Time index: 2:55-4:23.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=MJ_...

So here is the question which I would like to open for discussion:

Do you feel that the military are deserving of special benefits beyond healthcare for injuries suffered during their service? If so what and to what extent?

Again this is only for discussion, not as a shot at our brave soldiers. What do you feel is acceptable?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFnPXog4Kt4

"One of the smartest things the two GOP candidates could do is to have one last debate. It goes against common political strategy but it would be a brilliant move!"

Recent interview with Josh Tolley -

http://youtu.be/K9BtEFy4kVM

"Block credits his "conversion" to Libertarianism to personal meetings with Ayn Rand while he was an undergraduate student."

"Block is also a Senior Faculty member of the Ludwig von Mises Institute for Austrian Economics. His most famous work is Defending the Undefendable, of which John Stossel said, "Defending the Undefendable... opened my eyes to the beauties of libertarianism. It explains that so much of what is assumed to be evil--is not."[4] Lew Rockwell of the Mises Institute said this about Walter Block's active role in modern libertarianism:Murray Rothbard, in his life, was known as Mr. Libertarian. We can make a solid case that the title now belongs to Walter Block, a student of Rothbard's whose own vita is as thick as a big-city phonebook, and as diverse as Wikipedia. Whether he is writing on economic theory, ethics, political secession, drugs, roads, education, monetary policy, social theory, unions, political language, or anything else, his prose burns with a passion for this single idea: if human problems are to be solved, the solution is to be found by permitting greater liberty.[5]"

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I remember when my friend told me to quit watching fox news and watch other news channels to get a better feel for both sides, thus have a better argument. I never could really get myself to just sit there and watch those lefty liberal fools without stereotyping that group of people (blacks, socialist, prissy white women, anti south, anti republican, etc...). But after watching Glenn beck (before he got fired) on fox I started to see things in a way that I had never thought of before. So different than what the "right" and "left" views have always been on the topics that he talked about. I was thinking to myself when hearing Glenn preach about the drug cartels in Mexico and how it was our government that was funding this operation and then a few months later his prediction became true. And it was when he mentioned the "NWO" not long after that that made me start to research, which finally led me to Ron Paul. After listening to Ron Paul on Youtube for only two weeks, everything in life started to make sense. Racial issues, war issues, financial issues,the oil situation, what the federal reserve is and how it works, the housing crisis, the great depression situation and what caused it, and on and on and on. Everything started to make since to me and for once I felt so happy and excited to learn about these things, which before I felt that it was WAY too complicated to even understand. But in reality every problem in our country has a very simple solution..
I have always admired the constitution and our fore fathers but this new feeling of real education made me understand why our constitution was put in to begin with. Politics are simple- We shouldn't have our society split and left stereotyped by all of these different views that Republicans and Democrats promote. I mean, I watched MSNBC today just to see how I used to think compared to now and words can not describe how manipulated, controlled, used, and the feeling of disbelief that I felt. They were on there talking about how republicans are the ones to blame for the economy, and how Obama is so great for getting "osama". Then they were talking about how Mitt Romney is saying this and has done that and is for that but used to want this and I was just thinking to myself while watching this, ARE THEY SERIOUS??!!! They are making people believe these stupid ideas and beliefs and somehow find it morally right to do these things to the people and country that they supposedly stand for.
I must say, how things have started to turn out with this movement, my generation is going to grow up with strong real and sensible ideas and solutions. Not to mention, with this will be less race issues, social class wars, gender sterotypes, religion issues.. But I find it much harder to persuade our parents and grand parents that the Ron Paul revolution is much more than just a bunch of "pot head wall street protesters". My dad is so hooked on Fox that it is ridiculous. All that I hear from him is: Those damn muslims! Damn blacks taking all my money! Damn mexicans hate America and how anyone but Obama is all that I care about getting elected! He just can not comprehend how to solve problems in America without degrading a group of people. He has solutions but they only would accommodate him. Now I know what the "assimilation" process was thought to be. If we did not have all of this left and right and Sh** that the media breaths on then we would not have ANY of these issues in our country.

I am praying that Ron Paul gets elected but more than anything I want everyone that has been so manipulated by our media and government to understand that life can be so much easier and understood without this left and right issue.

My question to people is.. How do you get passed the barriers that the media put on my father and brother so I can get them to understand the solutions? I feel that every time I show them a video of Ron Paul, which clearly provides real and simple solutions, they just seem to write it off as I am crazy or too young to understand these issues. It is SO frustrating when you REALLY know for a fact that you are right but can not find a way to give another 10 real explanations to why I am right.. Please help because I am doing everything that I can to help people break free of the chains and think for themselves for once and support the revolution.