Security is AS important as liberty, and there are many levels of them, and you cannot have one without the other as they depend on each other closely, on every level:
Liberty is required to exercise a certain amount of power, which is required to provide security, which is required to keep existence, which is required to keep liberty...
This relationship can only work when the one who is at liberty to do something also provides for the security for the very same.
@joeseth05 Problem is, too many people think that it's the role of the government to give people individual security, but it's not, like it's not the role of the gorvernment to give people individual liberty.
Individual security is provided best by individuals!
The 'Fast and Furious' action by BHO & DOJ is all part of the agenda to attack the 2nd Amendment rights of Americans. They wag the dog & America's Constitution takes hits
@Littlelemon31the fact that he takes what he wants when he can get is a perfect example for why our civilization needs laws that protect those less defensible of themselves.Do you honestly think that, let's say, the 2nd Amendment should be taken literally, & applied to contemporary fire-arms(& not what it actually applies to,which is rights to form a organized local militia 4 defense)? Would it be wise everyone to wear side arms everywhere? Chaos.You want the slavery/states rights example too?
@Littlelemon31 I wish your taste in literature was as good as your taste in music. Roark is a rapist. He's a blame it on others selfish individualist. Libertarians have some great ideas such as cutting military & entitlement spending drastically. Unfortunately, they would also destroy our civilization by selling off the government infustructure in giant contract bundles(see Iraq). Democracy is to be embraced, but we need to reatain a healthy fear of Capitalism. It must be guided , and managed
Is it just me or is the internet overwhelmingly on the side of Ron and Rand Paul? I sure as hell hope Ron makes it into office. End the Fed! Legalize our right to choose what chemicals we consume! End the wars! Secure our right to bare arms!
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and now we have the fourth amendment stricken down by the US Supreme Court. it will only be a matter of time before then entire constitution will be stricken down and we will be under martial law.
this further proves that when the oaths of office is administered, it is nothing but a joke to those in the federal government.
I thank God for at least one Senator who has God given common sense and intelligence! He speaks for all of us that possess the same intelligence. What's wrong with the other burritos in congress?
What libertarians want to reduce this nation to a "wild-west" situation, where only those who can afford to distance themselves securely from the majority can live safely in the pursuit of happiness. They literaly believe that you should only deserve the American Dream if you have obtained it through financial success. Our civilization is only as strong as the weekest link. It's social Darwinsm they believe in. Read Ayn Rand. Our nation would economically resemble India if it were up to them
@pdawg691 I hate the patriot act, but people need to be informed on Libertarian philosophy. Like Marxism, Libertarianism sounds ideal, with common sense ideas. In reality,on a large scale, It would tip the balance of power so extreme it would reduce our nation to the haves & have nots(much worse than it is now), and weaken our society. We all know that the answers lay in the middle. Sure, I would like more states rights & less entitlement programs, but I still want there to be taxes and order.
You got it all wrong, Liberty and freedom only leads to a great nation, The founding fathers were Libertarians, they were for civil liberties and states rights, and from 1776-1913 our nation experienced a Boom of wealth and freedom like no other civilization. The government we have now is like Nazi Germany on steroids, Bush and now Nobel Peace Prize winning Obama has us in 5 wars soon to be 8 by the end of the year. Look up the definition of World War 3(technically 4)its been going on for awhile
@in4mationtruth hey uhh... social darwinism?.......free market, democratic republic based on principles of creator granted rights... hmmm... yeah if you are willing to go to work you will have to opportunity to do very well.....If you want to have babies and get more welfare, drive $50,000 trucks....go to hell..... Yes it is like darwinism... if you are good at life, then you do well...If you suck or are lazy....better have some friends.... no friends= take your ass to work.
@cnmcalpi I like how you immediately go to the "hand-out" argument, when you have no idea who you're talking to. I've worked my ass off to get where I am, yet I'm still not a selfish prick who would sacrifice a civil society for my own selfish needs. There's a balance. It's called democracy. Your nanny state argument is completely laughable. I'm sure we agree that actual welfare and public housing are flawed to the core, and should be abolished. Stop assuming, start learning.
did anyone happen to cacth steven colbert report show last night about rand paul comment that was made on hannity? and how steven colbert displayed a idealistic view on rand paul comment of anyone who is atendding a rally of anyone detesting the government of there nation should be put to jail or deported? :-/ I hope rand paul can speak to steven colbert about that :(
@UBSCARED Socialism destroys economic prosperity and freedom. Technological advance, huge natural resources, no devastation from wwii and free individuals made the US economy the most powerful in the world, not because of socialism, but in spite of it.
@deficithawker I'll have to look at that. I can understand his point, but speech isn't a crime. Anyway, who needs to "violently overthrow the government"? The politicians are engaged in that very act. Those are the only people I see trying to overthrow the government. . . the government itself. A constitutional republic means that THE CONSTITUTION IS THE GOVERNMENT, so if politicians overthrow the constitution, they are actually violently overthrowing the government. THEY should be arrested.
@zombiefitnezz I see. So, you would have been someone who voted for Adolf Hitler then, right? You DO realize that this is a libertarian country, right? We have a libertarian system of government, and a libertarian cultural tradition. Perhaps you'd rather a communist or fascist dictatorship than our system of government? Rand Paul is vindicated by our very system of government, my friend. You and those who think like you are dangerous radicals and an enemy to America. Sorry, but it's true.
@zombiefitnezz In the 1800s, pretty much the only monopolies were from current/former government contractors. Cartels were attempted, but were typically not successful in application. There were only a few sectors of monopoly, such as with the railroads (built with taxpayer money. . . i.e. government corporate welfare). Now look at us. Almost every sector of society is ruled over by 1 or 2 corporations. That's WITH all of this regulation. What does that show us? Does this strategy work?
@zombiefitnezz . . .and the biggest issue of them all is that all of the bigwig robber barons came to fortune as government contrators either through the railroads (financed with government contracts), or profiteering off the civil war. Why else do you think the decendents of robber barons are current politicians who call for big government and more regulation? Given a level playing field, they couldn't dominate the market, so that's where politicians and regulators come in. Enforcing monopoly.
@zombiefitnezz You see, the "trick" with "regulators" is that they're not actually fighting the financial sector. What happens is that the big boys in the financial sector have the regulators in their pocket. . . so then, their competition can be gone after if/when it becomes a threat to their monopolies, while it looks the other way as they amass power. How many monopolies do you think we had in the 1800s in this country? How many to we have now? Almost everything is consolidated now.
@zombiefitnezz I don't think you really get what FDR was up to as president. He was throwing citizens in concentration camps, he confiscated people's gold and sold it for profit, he ignored intelligence that Japan was going to attack us leading to unnecessary American deaths. Not only this, but he actually helped to enthrone the financial sector, much like TARP under Bush. I can understand that certain deregulation under Clinton helped to create this crisis, but FDR was a creep. So was Teddy.
@PropMonkey87 1. What's wrong with the NRA? All mass killers in history banned guns before slaughtering citizens by the millions. The British did the same thing before the American Revolution as well (one of the reasons for the Delcaration of Indepence, among many)
2. The banks are hardly lobbying for these provisions to end. Every indication is that they're in full support of it.
3. As for "rape-the-public", I concur. Just saying, Rand is doing what he can.
@deficithawker nah it proves that you should not be in America ir better yet you should not exist. You're causing global warming you filthy communist parasite :)
@TheEbonicslover "terrorists" keep these jerks in office and gives lobbyists jobs. Without these unsavory criminals, they don't have an excuse to do 90% of what they're doing. Thus, it only makes sense that they want to encourage criminals to be violent. That's why the system is designed to turn people into violent criminals. That's why there's drug prohibition and other victimless crimes. It makes sure to foster a criminal culture so that tehy have an excuse to run our lives and draw paychecks.
@terramortim We are exactly on the same page and what really makes me feel better that Rand played his campaign very well. Now he's kicking ass while his dad and our president is not a real politician that's why he has no chance of winning a big one. He's just too honest and too knowledgeable about the history and the economy for this retarded and criminal nation.
@TheEbonicslover I refuse to join the mantra of "he can't win". Of course he can. If people are upset over the economy and know he's been right all along, you bet he can win, and will. Obama blew it. He did nothing to help the situation and has a horrable record of keeping promises, and almost all the GOP nominations are totally unelectable. I say, be in it to win and if he doesn't, so be it. Just look at how the liberty message has grown since 2008.
@terramortim Look he's been my president since 2007 but I know reality. They will not let him get to the White House. If more than half of the retarded nation gets something or is promised something from the government WILL NOT vote for him. Please realize this... you live among the most criminal and retarded nation in the world. I agree with my president that maybe some day America will change for better but that's years ahead of us after we go thru hell.
A Republic can be a lot different from having the people's rights are guaranteed under a Bill of Rights, and a democracy is just two wolves and a sheep deciding what to have for dinner. The founders studied all of those governments, but took a giant leap farther toward freedom. Our country prospered in spite of FDR's policies, not because of them. Look to the soviet Union for a lesson on what socialism brings, and we are about to get a refresher course as our own economy collapses.
Some great points. Rand, love ya but I wish you could understand what other politicians don't: when giving a speech, longer is not better. You took nearly 28 minutes to convey a message that could have been conveyed in 15 minutes. There's just no good reason for that. I wish politicians would understand that. .
9/11 was a false flag attack...Look into it & wake up people. That single event was used to take away our liberties & create a Police State through The Patriot Act!
What liberties is Obama or democrats trying to take away, exactly? You afraid of the 'guvmint' taking away yer precious guns? first of all, none of the democrats want to take away that 'liberty', they just want better regulations that will protect people - like the kids from columbine who had their bodies peppered with bullets purchased from their local K-mart at the time. Now back to the Patriot Act. Did everyone forget that the Patriot Act was instituted by a certain Republican president?
@jbindahizee Let's see, he claims he can assassinate American citizens, he's allowing mass surveillence that put Bush's wiretaps to shame, he wants to force the poor/unemployed to purchase health insurance, his supreme court appointees argue that there is no fourth amendment, his AJ Holder is so obsessed with going after Medical Marijuana patients that Bush looks like the spokesman boy for Burning Man in comparison. He's trying to start wars in so many countries we can't keep up. . .
@terramortim Obama does NOT claim he can assassinate US citizens. We've been using wiretaps for years. Our new healthcare system is the compromise made between Obama and Congress, so it's not perfect. It does however, focus on reforming the private health insurance market& provide better coverage to folks with pre-existing conditions - paraphrased from the PPACA page on Wikipedia (i know, wiki, but it works). I do agree that state/Fed laws must be more aligned, concerning MJ. Must fix J.dep
@jbindahizee The Patriot ACt was instituted by Bush. . . Obama could have vetoed it. Even if he would have failed, he could have stood his ground. He didn't. In fact, his DHS appointments now view "non-violent protests" as "low level terrorism", and right AND left PACs/activist groups get harrassed/surveilled with his blessing. He runs off to Europe for a bit of tea, ping pong, and beer drinking when hundreds are dying at home. He provokes the world with threats of violence, making us unsafe.
@terramortim Senate voted 72-23 to renew those provisions, and the house voted 250-153. Obama signed off as well. the 3 measures include enabling surveillance of suspected terrorists’ communication devices (wiretaps, etc), access to business records in cases involving espionage, foreign intelligence or terrorism, and pursuing “lone wolf”/suspected terrorists not affiliated with terrorist organizations. These measures enable law-enforcement to gather enough info for warrants.
@jbindahizee If you can't see what a Judas Obama is, you're just blind. Obamabots don't even care about this country. They are obsessed with their deity, and will defend him no matter what he does. Just look at him. He is literally Bush now. Where was the change? Where was the hope? There WAS NONE. It's even worse now. He could be sending people to death camps and you'd be cheering him on as a "man of the people". Really. Wake up. He's a neocon.
@terramortim Obama is not a judas. Unlike Bush, he's actually doing his job. Nobody worships him or anything, i certainly don't. O gets more unjust criticism than any other american president has ever had to endure, that's for sure. he is NOT Bush, but you also got to remember that he is just a man. He's not perfect and he doesn't claim to be. He does the best he can and makes compromises when appropriate. As americans we should criticize our leadership, but let's not make up stuff. ok?
@terramortim As for "Obamabots", they DO care about America. They care enough that they're willing to pay higher taxes to improve roads/infrastructure, public education and extend aid to the needy (i.e. 'welfare', 'WIC', free lunch subsidies for school, etc). Obama himself cared so much he left his BUSINESS trip in Europe to provide support for the victims in Joplin, so don't say he or like-minded folks don't care about America. Ask the bankers we bailed out if they care while THEY sip tea.
@jbindahizee Yeah. . that's what Obama does. . . sure. Wake up. You are so obsessed with Obama as a hero for your ideology that you don't see that he's turning us into a war mongering police state beyond what Bush ever dreamed of. The bankers we bailed out all funded Obama's campaign in 2008, and make up portions of his cabinet. His own tres. sec. was grilled for committing serious crimes when he was on Wall Street, and Obama said "I've got your back" (reported by the NY Times)
@jbindahizee I guess we'll ignore that he's trying to start wars with half the world, including with allies. He doesn't even care about repealing the patriot act anymore, he supports extra-judicial assassinations (and people thought he'd "shut down gitmo?") I half expect your Obamabots to turn so rabid in your blind support of this guy that you'd allow him to become another Hitler. I've seen comments from you lot recently talking about rounding up conservatices and putting them in camps.
@terramortim dude, i don't know where you're getting your dope, but you need to lay off it and calm yourself down. no one blindly supports obama. like i mentioned before, he is probably the most scrutinized president in our history & in case you didn't know, America's been in the warmongering business since way before our current president was elected. Obama is nothing like Hitler, and he's nothing like Bush. Nobody wants conservatives put in camps. We just want them to stop being mental.
@jbindahizee No one blindly supports Obama, yet despite him being a total hypocrite and liar some people still actually believe in his nonsense? That's blind devotion, when he lies to you on every single campaign promise, does the same things as the politician he campaigned against, and then people STILL blindly support him. What does he have to do to get you folks to realize that he's a modern day Judas? Sometimes I think he could be assassinating people and you'd still worship him as "liberal"
@jbindahizee Obama is not Hitler in that he hasn't been given the opportunity. . . yet. The danger of a president with such a blind cult of personality behind him is that he can get away with a lot worse things than someone who is very unlikable such as Bush. People only remember Hitler in hindsight of what he did, but most Germans didn't know he had death camps. They were sure horrified once they realized just what their "hero" was up to.
@jbindahizee Hitler ran as a "peace candidate" who wanted to "clean up" the corrupt German government and to "fix the broken economy". At first, he was worshipped all over the world. He was TIME man of the year, the British government were quoted saying he was "a great man". Then he started persecuting people, starting wars, and eventually the Holocaust. Just because Obama has not gone full on Holocaust (yet) doesn't mean it's not a danger in the future, especially if he's in his second term.
@jbindahizee Go over to places like "Daily Kos", "Huffington Post" and "TPM". Look at the comment sections. I have never seen so many violent statements that remind me of Nazis in my life. They're talking about how conservatives should be thrown in camps, and that "seal team 6" should start assassinating conservatives, that they should be arrested and fined for not having the same world view. I even saw one saying he wanted to "lynch conservatives", just like the KKK did to people it hated.
@terramortim Obama is not trying to start wars, Bush was. different guy. In Libya, he is currently supporting NATO allies with airpower and CIA initiatives. That's it. Supporting allies. He only signed off on 3 Pat Act provisions (all surveillance oriented). Obama still plans to close Gitmo and Guantanamo, and I agree that he needs to get on that. Oh yeah, the bankers practically funded all of our politicians' campaigns, so let's not forget that. what NY Times article u referring to?
@jbindahizee Man, you are blinded by your hero worship. It's exactly what I'm talking about. Obama disregarded US law bypassing congress to go to war. All the sudden, it's LIBERAL to be in support of NATO and CIA initiatives without examination? Boy how you people cave all the sudden when a Dem is in office. You really don't practice what you preach AT ALL. He "only" signed off on the provisions of the Patriot Act that where the controversial provisions. . . the ones he campaigned against. . .
@jbindahizee Obama has been trying to start a war with Pakistan, has been bombing Yemen, threatening Syria, threatening China, Russia, trying to get involved militarility anywhere in the world that he can. EVEN FREAKING REPUBLICANS are questioning his war mongering and calling for restraint. He'll close Gitmo? He says he wants to assassinate people without even bothering to detain them. You are being played by a two bit hustler, my friend.
@jbindahizee How many bankers fund Ron Paul, ralph Nader, Denis Kucinich etc. . . Wall Street gave more money to the Obama campaign than any other candidate, even more than McCain (who was bad on most issues, even though I appreciate him having a soul in regards to torture recently, as he actually was extensively tortured as a POW)
@jbindahizee I watched the Congressional hearing live on C-Span. It has Geithner, Paulson and a few others. In it, Geithner admitted to crimes that baffle and that warant lengthy jail sentences. He ADMITTED TO THEM UNDER OATH. This is Obama's Treasury Seceretary, the former head of the New York Federal Reserve bank and former Goldman Sachs executive. The NY Times article, from memory was something like "Obama: I've got your back" and showed him practically making out with Tiny Tim Geithner.
@jbindahizee ALso remember that Geithner wasn't even paying his taxes. Yeah. . that's right, you Obamabots act like it's a holy sacrement to pay higher taxes, but half of the Obama people don't even pay them and flaunt it in our faces. If you want a real liberal, at least go for Denis Kucinich or something, not this two bit hustler chicago gangster who will tell you whatever you want to hear for a buck. Fuck Obama.
@terramortim Wowzers, dude. I applaud you! Great investigative work. At least you don't get your info exclusively from Fox News. Obama is indeed the devious mastermind behind all the evil and hate in the world, and republicans are obviously a bright and shining beacon of truth, infallible and always keeping the nation's interests at heart. Obama is apparently picking fights with everyone just to prove how gangsta he is. Obamabots everywhere shall soon submit to your superior intellect.
@jbindahizee I never made that claim. I'm not interested in political parties. I'm interested in if someone is honest, and if their policies are good IN EFFECT for America. With that said, you can't deny that the left's heroes got us into all the World Wars. Obama is trying to get us into WWIII, just like FDR trying to get us into WWII, and Woodrow Wilson trying to get us into WWI. Noticing a pattern here?
@jbindahizee Obamabots are sold on an empty marketing package. It's no more real than "The Pepsi Generation" (similar logo, actually). Obama is a self-obsessed speech giver. He shows up to smile and rattle out a few fancy words for the cameras, and then he returns to the backstage area to give fillacio to anyone worth more than a billion. The fact you can't see that either proves that you have an irrational blind devotion to him, or you are being completely dishonest with your intent.
@terramortim In all seriousness, though, I do appreciate your comments. I also feel it's important to call BS when it comes to unacceptable behavior from our government officials. You certainly have a prickly way of going about, but I like your brutal honesty. I've enjoyed our banter and I feel that I've learned some interesting things from you. I'm liberal, but I appreciate conservative viewpoints as well. Keep up that awesome skepticism of yours, and don't stress yourself out too much.
@jbindahizee Really, I think that Obama is a powerphiliac. He wants to be powerful and he will do whatever, or whoever it takes to get there. Hitler was very similar, actually. If you read enough about Hitler, he wasn't so much the mastermind of everything. He was half crazy, and almost non-functional (locking himself away in his house watching Disney Cartoons, and going into random mad rages). He was the guy who gave the speeches and did whatever his masters wanted. Still a scumbag, but yeah.
@jbindahizee At least you're not one of the "round up dem conservatives an' lynch em!" half KKK half Maoist Death Brigade Change Agents. I'm not sure I'm a "conservative", so much as I am a social liberal that takes the philosophy seriously accross the board, which tends to mean I'll lean towards political conservatism. I realize that wars and social engineering are only possible with a large government with huge tax coffers, and the only way to stop those things is to "restrain the beast".
@jbindahizee I think that Social Liberals who are also political liberals tend to have a schizophrenic ideology, the same as Social Conservatives who are Political Conservatives. If you want a freer population and no wars, the best way to accomplish it is to restrain government so it doesn't have the power to run your life, nor the money to wage war around the world. It used to be just 'liberal" to hold that position. Mark Twain is a perfect example of what "liberal" used to mean.
@jbindahizee Essentially, social liberals call for political liberalism because they claim the government is always good and just and never abuses it's money and power, and social conservatives support political liberalism because it blows the hell out of brown people and siphons money into the military industrial complex, but they pretend they're not in favor of it. Both parties are pretty radical big government types.
@terramortim I also think Mark Twain had the right idea. Awesome guy, too bad we don't have more people like him. I think you make some very valid points, on the other hand I think some of the comparisons you've made between Obama and Hitler is a little unfair. In any case, I agree that there are many things that the Obama administration should be doing better, and things that congress should be doing better as well. Another major problem in America is that it's citizens do not vote.
@jbindahizee As far as Obama=Hitler. I think it's an American tradition to compare our politicians to Hitler. It's one I never want to see go away. ;) I think that Obama is just a lesser degree, but the same type of person Hitler was. People like that will do whatever they can get away with. Germany just allowed Hitler to get away with a lot more, I think. If this were pre-war Germany, and Obama was running for office, I think he would have done exactly what Hitler did.
@terramortim I think that the men and women we elect should hold themselves accountable, and I feel that the American publican should hold politicians to their word. The fact of the matter is not enough people take the initiative to speak their mind with ballots. I will check out those sites you mentioned, and thanks for the responses. Seriously though, don't work yourself up too much. The stress is really bad for your blood pressure, dude. anyways, take care of yourself.
@jbindahizee . . . the real question is how much will Americans let him get away with. He's going to go right to the limits that we place on him, so really, our acceptance decides just how much like Hitler he becomes. If we accept that throwing people in camps for political views and extra-judicial killings of anyone suspected of a crime is okay, that's what we'll get. If we refuse to be turned into a modern Nazi Germany, it won't happen. We just have to think clearly and say no to evil.
@terramortim -- Help Rand Paul. Contact your Senator and ask them to Please vote yes for the Congressional Review Act, Sen. Paul has introduced S.J. Res. 27, a resolution of disapproval that would allow Congress to overturn the costly Air Transport Rule.
Rand Paul strikes out again. Life is not about speeches. It's about action. Rand is all talk and no action. He is nothing more than a whiner and an alarmist. He is just like his daddy. Total waste and a big joke.
@worldnewsbbc1 Is your comment about Obama? At least Sen. Paul is fighting for our rights that the progressives are taking away. if you love big government that tells you what you can eat. who you can love, vote progressive, keep Obama. If you love liberty fight for it or you will loose it.
@zombiefitnezz I will not defend the founders ownership of slaves, and do not pretend to understand the economic and social conditions of the time. The question is: if the principle "All men are created equal, etc" is sound, then does it matter that past generations failed to live up to it adequately? Perhaps we should strive to be the ones who live up to those principles better than any generation ever has. History shows that freedom is the best option for the growth of mankind.
@filmmaker58 "History shows that freedom is the best option for the growth of mankind."
Really? Humans were very free during the paleolithic era. There was not a whole lot of growth. It wasn't until the development of agriculture around 10,000 BC that real growth started to take place. Languages were developed, writing, technology. None of that took place until communities developed and these communities felt the need for government to maximize growth and safety.
@worldnewsbbc1 Really!?? I said freedom not anarchy. "That to secure these rights governments are instituted amoung men". In 6000 years of history, governments were designed so that the many, served the few, until the American experiment. Socialism, which claims to be for the people, just relegates them to poverty. We have deteriorated back into a society where the many serve the few because we were not diligent, and did not educate our people about the principles of liberty.
@worldnewsbbc1 Humans were free? No they weren't. Violent warlords were slaughtering each other and enslaving people. There was no rule of law, except for the biggest thug got all the goodies. That's not freedom at all. That's similar to the system we have been forced into in the 21st century, actually. The system of freedom that our forefathers fought for was one that had a civilized rule of law, where everyone was accountable, even the leaders. It's not perfect, but give me a break.
@worldnewsbbc1 Besides, your world view totally discounts the evolution of mankind. Even if you're right, it would stand to reason that our destiny is to become free and enlightened beings. It is the primitive part of our brains which seek to dominate others, and our advanced abilities that evolved over time that allow us to reason and work out disputes with peaceful logic.
@worldnewsbbc1 In the 20th century, 200+ million law abiding innocent people were directly murdered in cold blood by their own governments. Governments caused wars which killed millions. Governments caused artificial famines, economic hardship and even institutionalized slavery. This is the model we are to take with us into the 21st century? What sort of growth is it if we think that torturing people like the Spanish Inquisition is acceptable? We are doomed as a society, given people like you.
@UBSCARED When I say to "God", I refer to whatever that term means to the individual to define that a person is born with rights, and that they are beyond the reach of usurpation by government. This was the founder's vision. Also, Ultimately we the people determine what rights we have. If the Supreme court rules that they want my guns, like Lexington and Concord, it is up to me whether I give them, or just some bullets to the people who come to get them. Why add "dumb ass" to the debate?
His only mistake: Constitution does not give us any rights, it simply enumerates some of our god given rights. This is important because if government grants rights, government can take them away.
Reid is a snivel fool and Rand Paul is an amazingly powerful speaker! Reid is pathetic at best. He needs to go. Yesterday. Go Rand! Rand Paul is gonna do great things for this country!!!!
This man is one hell of a speaker! I am impressed! He makes a lot of sense and I think everyone should listen closely to his message. It is important! Pass this on to your friends and tell them to LISTEN. Your privacy is at stake!
@001001001X Exactly. We've been hearing that since 2001, but it only seems to have become an issue since 2009. January 20, 2009, to be exact. Remember "If you haven't done anything, you don't have anything to worry about?" That used to work for the right when Bush was in office. Not so much now, I guess.
Senator Paul's father, Ron Paul has announced his candidacy for PRESIDENT for 2012...... vote, go get votes, donate.... DO WHATEVER YOU CAN ! ! ! WE cannot just SIT HERE & watch things erode & our freedoms get struck down one by one while all these elitists figure out our future. SHOW YOUR POWER - not just writing a review, but by CALLING the senators that are voting against your freedoms, and supporting people like the Paul's that have never varied from their FREEDOM RICH stance. HELP THEM!
Everyone should watch this, although the camera should be pointed back at the Congressional body so we can see who is paying attention, who isn't paying attention, and who isn't even there. I'm sure that would get the phones of some of those crooked congressmen ringing off the hook.
I'm glad Sen. Paul is bringing up these important issues re: The Patriot Act.
The ACLU was expressing these very same concerns in 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007, when the Bush administration was pulling every draconian lever they could in the name of national security. But they were the bad guys then, weren't they, and the Republicans lined up behind Bush and Cheney in the "interest of national security." I wonder if the same people are now against government power, what with Obama in the WH.
@bellier20 You're right. With BO now in office "all is safe and good, no worries". Democracy Now posted anti-war videos by the hundreds with Bush/Republicans in power but there hasn't been NOT ONE since BO got in office. They should be renamed Democrats Now!
The voters of this nation are waking up slowly but more and faster are needed. Vote PAct supporters OUT in 2012.
@nalejbank Democracy Now is a private organization, not a group of elected officials actually making policy and passing legislation. There's a big difference between partisan cheerleaders, if that's what DN is, and policy makers, like the GOOPERS that dutifully lined up behind Bush and Cheney and made law. Biiiiiiig difference.
@nalejbank, DN! hasn't reported on anti-war demonstrations with BO in office because liberals have not held any. Where is MoveOn, etc. now? In their love affair with the Obamessiah, he gets away with anything at all with on criticism. DN!, OTOH, HAS criticized BO. The problem lies with the lame left leadership, NOT with FN! who most certainly WOULD report ANY anti-war demonstration if there were one.
@Timbear and Alphabeets: loving one another doesn't mean not being just. Even Jesus advocated self defense as he advocated carrying a sword. Of course Jesus adhered to Jewish law which was replete with the concept of putting those who do wrong on trail and punishing them.
This is the age paranoia. Perhaps it is time to realize that others are just like us and have families and kids and they just want to live in peace like us.
Great speech but WHAT ABOUT THE DOMESTIC TERRORIST CALLED CPS /DFS. Why is the government allowing them to receive Federal Funds that come from ta dollars to VIOLATE the Constitution. All states has some form of law that states FAMILY FIRST. Yet time and time again families are in court FIGHTING for a state agency to uphold state laws. Then comes our federal government and rewards them for violating our rights by giving them money because of the Safe Adoption and Families Act of 1997.
This country will have to be taken back by the people, not the sheeple, the patriots, that tiny minority who understands what it's supposed to be about, Liberty, and that our biggest enemies are right here. No one we elect and send to the district of commie criminals can do it for us. It will take much more than a few election cycles. It's time to stop hunkering down for the apocalypse and start thinking Normandy.
Don't understand? Follow my links. Read the quotes page first.
Thank you Senator Paul for your efforts. I don't believe it will change anything. The welfare/warfare big brother state is entrenched.I'm not particularly religious, but I pray for your success.
I was a CALEA "manager" for a telephone company and I can tell you that we are NOT living in a free society.One phone call from virtually any ".gov" agency and your next phone call is bridged without your knowledge (or warrant) to your friendly neighborhood G-Man's cell phone sitting outside your home.
can someone here shed some light on rand's foreign policy stance? his rhetoric from last year made me believe he will willingly pander to the neocons but lately i've been liking what he's been saying. i just don't know whether he means what he says or not like his father.
The rights granted to human beings by nature, should remain secure and inviolable by the Constitution, but have been whittled away from the moment the Constitution was initially ratified. Government, by its nature, constantly tries to expand its power. What Sen. Paul argues is that liberties that go back to Magna Carta should not be discarded no matter the justification offered for doing so. There should always be an independent unbiased judge between those with police powers and the citizenry.
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This was a waste of tax payer's money. Rand Paul seizing another opportunity to make news. Two weeks ago he was slandering anyone who supports universal health care and now the shoe is on the other foot and he's playing a victim. Rand Paul wants to make it easier for a terrorist to purchase a gun. That is a fact.
@worldnewsbbc1 lol... "This is a fact". Do you even read the shit you type? Furthermore, do you honestly believe it? Maybe, just maybe, this has to do with our fourth amendment rights. I know, I know. Shocking concept... Instead of fearing an "enemy" that our country is responsible for creating, maybe we could ask ourselves why our country has become so despised across the world. It just might have a little to do with our foreign policy.
I find is a little amazing that just a few short years ago in 2005 Reid was doing his best to block the Patriot Act. Now he is fighting for its reauthorization. I guess this was the Change I can believe in.
I don't want a different party in charge doing the same things.
Why not change substance and not superficial team logos.
I support Ron Paul 2012, I am tired of the same old garbage republican or democrat. I need someone with some principle and backbone.
i wanted to give him a standing ovation he deserved for that speech, but i would have looked like a weirdo being in front of my computer at work doing that
I donated to the campaign to help him get elected because I knew he'd be good, but I didn't know he'd be this good! He's the model - along with his father - for what our politicians should be. I hope he's President after his dad. We need back-to-back consecutive Pauls for President... just to put a tiny dent in correcting what Bush, Clinton, Bush, Bush, Obama did to us.
Around four minutes, Rand says that "the second amendment gives you..." and "the fourth amendment gives you..." Of course, the Bill of Rights recognizes and acknowledges these innate unalienable rights but doesn't give us any rights we don't already have. Rand knows better and it was a quick convenience to say it that way.
i love both rand and ron paul, rand paul would make a better president though simply because he is better spoken and makes the case better than his dad. i hope they both run and win at some point in my lifetime though.
If the American government were comprised of people like this man and his father, America truly would be the greatest country on the planet instead of the disgusting, filth-infested, war-mongering, greed-saturated, thoroughly corrupt corporate oligarchy it is.
THIS is a statesman. This is the kind of person we need in Washington DC; one who cares not about his political future, but about the rule of law, and the nature of who we are as Americans and is willing to stand up and truly fight for us at his own peril.
@mersk100 - For sure - I am strugling to get redgistered to vote. I move to a differant state, and have no transportation to get the 18 miles to g et a photo ID so I can vote. - We must put in a person like Rand Paul. Other wise we are just anotherr dictatorship
@mersk100 He must when the republican primary first. In many states this means you must register as a republican. So many people don't realize this. Pass that message along get people to vote for Ron Paul in the primaries. The more people we can convince to vote in the primaries the greater his chances become to take down Obama.
If you completely ignore the facts that the CIA funded, supplied weapons to and established Al-qaeda, during the Afgan/Russian war, then the fear-mongering of "terrorism" makes sense. Even if that didn't happen, the Patriot Act, is STILL unconstitutional and should be stricken immediately.
Excellent! I would like to thank the Kentuckian patriots for voting Rand to congress. Learn about your congress person. If they are voting to trample on your freedoms then actively work to vote them out of congress.
fear and hysteria Ben Franklin right on
rjhgmail 5 months ago
Security is AS important as liberty, and there are many levels of them, and you cannot have one without the other as they depend on each other closely, on every level:
Liberty is required to exercise a certain amount of power, which is required to provide security, which is required to keep existence, which is required to keep liberty...
This relationship can only work when the one who is at liberty to do something also provides for the security for the very same.
joeseth05 6 months ago
@joeseth05 Problem is, too many people think that it's the role of the government to give people individual security, but it's not, like it's not the role of the gorvernment to give people individual liberty.
Individual security is provided best by individuals!
joeseth05 6 months ago
The 'Fast and Furious' action by BHO & DOJ is all part of the agenda to attack the 2nd Amendment rights of Americans. They wag the dog & America's Constitution takes hits
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Obama Executive Orders Impose New Gun Rules
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DOJ announced that all gun shops in 4 SW border states will be required to alert the federal govt to frequent buyers
Executive Orders coming in the middle of the debt limit distractions
Searching4Truth1 7 months ago
@Littlelemon31the fact that he takes what he wants when he can get is a perfect example for why our civilization needs laws that protect those less defensible of themselves.Do you honestly think that, let's say, the 2nd Amendment should be taken literally, & applied to contemporary fire-arms(& not what it actually applies to,which is rights to form a organized local militia 4 defense)? Would it be wise everyone to wear side arms everywhere? Chaos.You want the slavery/states rights example too?
in4mationtruth 7 months ago
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in4mationtruth 7 months ago
@Littlelemon31 I wish your taste in literature was as good as your taste in music. Roark is a rapist. He's a blame it on others selfish individualist. Libertarians have some great ideas such as cutting military & entitlement spending drastically. Unfortunately, they would also destroy our civilization by selling off the government infustructure in giant contract bundles(see Iraq). Democracy is to be embraced, but we need to reatain a healthy fear of Capitalism. It must be guided , and managed
in4mationtruth 7 months ago
Is it just me or is the internet overwhelmingly on the side of Ron and Rand Paul? I sure as hell hope Ron makes it into office. End the Fed! Legalize our right to choose what chemicals we consume! End the wars! Secure our right to bare arms!
anonwoohoo 7 months ago
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nikolayzou 8 months ago
and now we have the fourth amendment stricken down by the US Supreme Court. it will only be a matter of time before then entire constitution will be stricken down and we will be under martial law.
this further proves that when the oaths of office is administered, it is nothing but a joke to those in the federal government.
18dmedic 8 months ago
I thank God for at least one Senator who has God given common sense and intelligence! He speaks for all of us that possess the same intelligence. What's wrong with the other burritos in congress?
letnofleshglory 8 months ago
I'm glad to see that there are still great people in government fighting for our freedoms
dejavuga 8 months ago
What libertarians want to reduce this nation to a "wild-west" situation, where only those who can afford to distance themselves securely from the majority can live safely in the pursuit of happiness. They literaly believe that you should only deserve the American Dream if you have obtained it through financial success. Our civilization is only as strong as the weekest link. It's social Darwinsm they believe in. Read Ayn Rand. Our nation would economically resemble India if it were up to them
in4mationtruth 8 months ago
@in4mationtruth so you love the patriot act or you just like posting the same thing on several Rand Paul videos...
pdawg691 8 months ago
@pdawg691 I hate the patriot act, but people need to be informed on Libertarian philosophy. Like Marxism, Libertarianism sounds ideal, with common sense ideas. In reality,on a large scale, It would tip the balance of power so extreme it would reduce our nation to the haves & have nots(much worse than it is now), and weaken our society. We all know that the answers lay in the middle. Sure, I would like more states rights & less entitlement programs, but I still want there to be taxes and order.
in4mationtruth 8 months ago
You got it all wrong, Liberty and freedom only leads to a great nation, The founding fathers were Libertarians, they were for civil liberties and states rights, and from 1776-1913 our nation experienced a Boom of wealth and freedom like no other civilization. The government we have now is like Nazi Germany on steroids, Bush and now Nobel Peace Prize winning Obama has us in 5 wars soon to be 8 by the end of the year. Look up the definition of World War 3(technically 4)its been going on for awhile
JGhipHOP101 8 months ago
@in4mationtruth hey uhh... social darwinism?.......free market, democratic republic based on principles of creator granted rights... hmmm... yeah if you are willing to go to work you will have to opportunity to do very well.....If you want to have babies and get more welfare, drive $50,000 trucks....go to hell..... Yes it is like darwinism... if you are good at life, then you do well...If you suck or are lazy....better have some friends.... no friends= take your ass to work.
cnmcalpi 8 months ago
@cnmcalpi I like how you immediately go to the "hand-out" argument, when you have no idea who you're talking to. I've worked my ass off to get where I am, yet I'm still not a selfish prick who would sacrifice a civil society for my own selfish needs. There's a balance. It's called democracy. Your nanny state argument is completely laughable. I'm sure we agree that actual welfare and public housing are flawed to the core, and should be abolished. Stop assuming, start learning.
in4mationtruth 8 months ago
did anyone happen to cacth steven colbert report show last night about rand paul comment that was made on hannity? and how steven colbert displayed a idealistic view on rand paul comment of anyone who is atendding a rally of anyone detesting the government of there nation should be put to jail or deported? :-/ I hope rand paul can speak to steven colbert about that :(
DataSerpent 8 months ago
Good speech, but he'd still sell your grandma to the highest bidder.
slakjaw 8 months ago
Bush and Obama don't like this video.
torylelandkirgiss 8 months ago 11
@UBSCARED Socialism destroys economic prosperity and freedom. Technological advance, huge natural resources, no devastation from wwii and free individuals made the US economy the most powerful in the world, not because of socialism, but in spite of it.
RussianMusicBD 8 months ago
Brilliant speech! A shining light in the Senate.
sharka69 8 months ago
"Freeedom is *no direction*"... Ric Ocasek
billhaigh 8 months ago
@deficithawker I'll have to look at that. I can understand his point, but speech isn't a crime. Anyway, who needs to "violently overthrow the government"? The politicians are engaged in that very act. Those are the only people I see trying to overthrow the government. . . the government itself. A constitutional republic means that THE CONSTITUTION IS THE GOVERNMENT, so if politicians overthrow the constitution, they are actually violently overthrowing the government. THEY should be arrested.
terramortim 8 months ago
@zombiefitnezz I see. So, you would have been someone who voted for Adolf Hitler then, right? You DO realize that this is a libertarian country, right? We have a libertarian system of government, and a libertarian cultural tradition. Perhaps you'd rather a communist or fascist dictatorship than our system of government? Rand Paul is vindicated by our very system of government, my friend. You and those who think like you are dangerous radicals and an enemy to America. Sorry, but it's true.
terramortim 8 months ago
@zombiefitnezz In the 1800s, pretty much the only monopolies were from current/former government contractors. Cartels were attempted, but were typically not successful in application. There were only a few sectors of monopoly, such as with the railroads (built with taxpayer money. . . i.e. government corporate welfare). Now look at us. Almost every sector of society is ruled over by 1 or 2 corporations. That's WITH all of this regulation. What does that show us? Does this strategy work?
terramortim 8 months ago
@zombiefitnezz . . .and the biggest issue of them all is that all of the bigwig robber barons came to fortune as government contrators either through the railroads (financed with government contracts), or profiteering off the civil war. Why else do you think the decendents of robber barons are current politicians who call for big government and more regulation? Given a level playing field, they couldn't dominate the market, so that's where politicians and regulators come in. Enforcing monopoly.
terramortim 8 months ago
@zombiefitnezz You see, the "trick" with "regulators" is that they're not actually fighting the financial sector. What happens is that the big boys in the financial sector have the regulators in their pocket. . . so then, their competition can be gone after if/when it becomes a threat to their monopolies, while it looks the other way as they amass power. How many monopolies do you think we had in the 1800s in this country? How many to we have now? Almost everything is consolidated now.
terramortim 8 months ago
@zombiefitnezz I don't think you really get what FDR was up to as president. He was throwing citizens in concentration camps, he confiscated people's gold and sold it for profit, he ignored intelligence that Japan was going to attack us leading to unnecessary American deaths. Not only this, but he actually helped to enthrone the financial sector, much like TARP under Bush. I can understand that certain deregulation under Clinton helped to create this crisis, but FDR was a creep. So was Teddy.
terramortim 8 months ago
YEAH RAND, ADD THOSE AMMENDMENTS!! Gotta slip in a way to help the banks and NRA before we slip this "rape-the-public" bill back into law
PropMonkey87 9 months ago
@PropMonkey87 1. What's wrong with the NRA? All mass killers in history banned guns before slaughtering citizens by the millions. The British did the same thing before the American Revolution as well (one of the reasons for the Delcaration of Indepence, among many)
2. The banks are hardly lobbying for these provisions to end. Every indication is that they're in full support of it.
3. As for "rape-the-public", I concur. Just saying, Rand is doing what he can.
terramortim 8 months ago
@UBSCARED create it yourself you incompetent bitch. You are the waste of my tax money. Out of my wallet now parasite.
TheEbonicslover 9 months ago
@zombiefitnezz it'd be awesome if some low IQ meathead in the uniform busted thru your door and gunned you down LOL LOL LOL LOL
TheEbonicslover 9 months ago
@deficithawker nah it proves that you should not be in America ir better yet you should not exist. You're causing global warming you filthy communist parasite :)
TheEbonicslover 9 months ago
because this criminal government's biggest enemy is these families and business travelers. Their greatest allies are these terrorists whom they fund.
TheEbonicslover 9 months ago
@TheEbonicslover "terrorists" keep these jerks in office and gives lobbyists jobs. Without these unsavory criminals, they don't have an excuse to do 90% of what they're doing. Thus, it only makes sense that they want to encourage criminals to be violent. That's why the system is designed to turn people into violent criminals. That's why there's drug prohibition and other victimless crimes. It makes sure to foster a criminal culture so that tehy have an excuse to run our lives and draw paychecks.
terramortim 8 months ago
@terramortim We are exactly on the same page and what really makes me feel better that Rand played his campaign very well. Now he's kicking ass while his dad and our president is not a real politician that's why he has no chance of winning a big one. He's just too honest and too knowledgeable about the history and the economy for this retarded and criminal nation.
TheEbonicslover 8 months ago
@TheEbonicslover I refuse to join the mantra of "he can't win". Of course he can. If people are upset over the economy and know he's been right all along, you bet he can win, and will. Obama blew it. He did nothing to help the situation and has a horrable record of keeping promises, and almost all the GOP nominations are totally unelectable. I say, be in it to win and if he doesn't, so be it. Just look at how the liberty message has grown since 2008.
terramortim 8 months ago
@terramortim Look he's been my president since 2007 but I know reality. They will not let him get to the White House. If more than half of the retarded nation gets something or is promised something from the government WILL NOT vote for him. Please realize this... you live among the most criminal and retarded nation in the world. I agree with my president that maybe some day America will change for better but that's years ahead of us after we go thru hell.
TheEbonicslover 8 months ago
So now that Rand Paul's amendments failed, does everyone become a slave?
worldnewsbbc1 9 months ago
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@worldnewsbbc1 no you've been a slave and a bootlicker before you knew it. Now they will fuck you up even more peasant
TheEbonicslover 9 months ago
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RON PAUL 2012
pilot358 9 months ago
@zombiefitnezz fascist
BlackNGoldBuff13 9 months ago
A Republic can be a lot different from having the people's rights are guaranteed under a Bill of Rights, and a democracy is just two wolves and a sheep deciding what to have for dinner. The founders studied all of those governments, but took a giant leap farther toward freedom. Our country prospered in spite of FDR's policies, not because of them. Look to the soviet Union for a lesson on what socialism brings, and we are about to get a refresher course as our own economy collapses.
filmmaker58 9 months ago
Thank you Senator Paul for standing up for freedom!
joanofarc24 9 months ago
Some great points. Rand, love ya but I wish you could understand what other politicians don't: when giving a speech, longer is not better. You took nearly 28 minutes to convey a message that could have been conveyed in 15 minutes. There's just no good reason for that. I wish politicians would understand that. .
satanicmechanic11 9 months ago
9/11 was a false flag attack...Look into it & wake up people. That single event was used to take away our liberties & create a Police State through The Patriot Act!
Beowulfsonur 9 months ago
Guns were taken away in New Orleans already during Hurricane Katrina in 2005!!!
Beowulfsonur 9 months ago
vote for his dad now we can vote Rand in 2020 but its refreshing to know not everyone is brainwashed
Imvotingforronpaul 9 months ago
What liberties is Obama or democrats trying to take away, exactly? You afraid of the 'guvmint' taking away yer precious guns? first of all, none of the democrats want to take away that 'liberty', they just want better regulations that will protect people - like the kids from columbine who had their bodies peppered with bullets purchased from their local K-mart at the time. Now back to the Patriot Act. Did everyone forget that the Patriot Act was instituted by a certain Republican president?
jbindahizee 9 months ago
@jbindahizee Let's see, he claims he can assassinate American citizens, he's allowing mass surveillence that put Bush's wiretaps to shame, he wants to force the poor/unemployed to purchase health insurance, his supreme court appointees argue that there is no fourth amendment, his AJ Holder is so obsessed with going after Medical Marijuana patients that Bush looks like the spokesman boy for Burning Man in comparison. He's trying to start wars in so many countries we can't keep up. . .
terramortim 8 months ago
@terramortim Obama does NOT claim he can assassinate US citizens. We've been using wiretaps for years. Our new healthcare system is the compromise made between Obama and Congress, so it's not perfect. It does however, focus on reforming the private health insurance market& provide better coverage to folks with pre-existing conditions - paraphrased from the PPACA page on Wikipedia (i know, wiki, but it works). I do agree that state/Fed laws must be more aligned, concerning MJ. Must fix J.dep
jbindahizee 8 months ago
@jbindahizee The Patriot ACt was instituted by Bush. . . Obama could have vetoed it. Even if he would have failed, he could have stood his ground. He didn't. In fact, his DHS appointments now view "non-violent protests" as "low level terrorism", and right AND left PACs/activist groups get harrassed/surveilled with his blessing. He runs off to Europe for a bit of tea, ping pong, and beer drinking when hundreds are dying at home. He provokes the world with threats of violence, making us unsafe.
terramortim 8 months ago
@terramortim Senate voted 72-23 to renew those provisions, and the house voted 250-153. Obama signed off as well. the 3 measures include enabling surveillance of suspected terrorists’ communication devices (wiretaps, etc), access to business records in cases involving espionage, foreign intelligence or terrorism, and pursuing “lone wolf”/suspected terrorists not affiliated with terrorist organizations. These measures enable law-enforcement to gather enough info for warrants.
jbindahizee 8 months ago
@jbindahizee If you can't see what a Judas Obama is, you're just blind. Obamabots don't even care about this country. They are obsessed with their deity, and will defend him no matter what he does. Just look at him. He is literally Bush now. Where was the change? Where was the hope? There WAS NONE. It's even worse now. He could be sending people to death camps and you'd be cheering him on as a "man of the people". Really. Wake up. He's a neocon.
terramortim 8 months ago
@terramortim Obama is not a judas. Unlike Bush, he's actually doing his job. Nobody worships him or anything, i certainly don't. O gets more unjust criticism than any other american president has ever had to endure, that's for sure. he is NOT Bush, but you also got to remember that he is just a man. He's not perfect and he doesn't claim to be. He does the best he can and makes compromises when appropriate. As americans we should criticize our leadership, but let's not make up stuff. ok?
jbindahizee 8 months ago
@terramortim As for "Obamabots", they DO care about America. They care enough that they're willing to pay higher taxes to improve roads/infrastructure, public education and extend aid to the needy (i.e. 'welfare', 'WIC', free lunch subsidies for school, etc). Obama himself cared so much he left his BUSINESS trip in Europe to provide support for the victims in Joplin, so don't say he or like-minded folks don't care about America. Ask the bankers we bailed out if they care while THEY sip tea.
jbindahizee 8 months ago
@jbindahizee Yeah. . that's what Obama does. . . sure. Wake up. You are so obsessed with Obama as a hero for your ideology that you don't see that he's turning us into a war mongering police state beyond what Bush ever dreamed of. The bankers we bailed out all funded Obama's campaign in 2008, and make up portions of his cabinet. His own tres. sec. was grilled for committing serious crimes when he was on Wall Street, and Obama said "I've got your back" (reported by the NY Times)
terramortim 8 months ago
@jbindahizee I guess we'll ignore that he's trying to start wars with half the world, including with allies. He doesn't even care about repealing the patriot act anymore, he supports extra-judicial assassinations (and people thought he'd "shut down gitmo?") I half expect your Obamabots to turn so rabid in your blind support of this guy that you'd allow him to become another Hitler. I've seen comments from you lot recently talking about rounding up conservatices and putting them in camps.
terramortim 8 months ago
@terramortim dude, i don't know where you're getting your dope, but you need to lay off it and calm yourself down. no one blindly supports obama. like i mentioned before, he is probably the most scrutinized president in our history & in case you didn't know, America's been in the warmongering business since way before our current president was elected. Obama is nothing like Hitler, and he's nothing like Bush. Nobody wants conservatives put in camps. We just want them to stop being mental.
jbindahizee 8 months ago
@jbindahizee No one blindly supports Obama, yet despite him being a total hypocrite and liar some people still actually believe in his nonsense? That's blind devotion, when he lies to you on every single campaign promise, does the same things as the politician he campaigned against, and then people STILL blindly support him. What does he have to do to get you folks to realize that he's a modern day Judas? Sometimes I think he could be assassinating people and you'd still worship him as "liberal"
terramortim 8 months ago
@jbindahizee Obama is not Hitler in that he hasn't been given the opportunity. . . yet. The danger of a president with such a blind cult of personality behind him is that he can get away with a lot worse things than someone who is very unlikable such as Bush. People only remember Hitler in hindsight of what he did, but most Germans didn't know he had death camps. They were sure horrified once they realized just what their "hero" was up to.
terramortim 8 months ago
@jbindahizee Hitler ran as a "peace candidate" who wanted to "clean up" the corrupt German government and to "fix the broken economy". At first, he was worshipped all over the world. He was TIME man of the year, the British government were quoted saying he was "a great man". Then he started persecuting people, starting wars, and eventually the Holocaust. Just because Obama has not gone full on Holocaust (yet) doesn't mean it's not a danger in the future, especially if he's in his second term.
terramortim 8 months ago
@jbindahizee Go over to places like "Daily Kos", "Huffington Post" and "TPM". Look at the comment sections. I have never seen so many violent statements that remind me of Nazis in my life. They're talking about how conservatives should be thrown in camps, and that "seal team 6" should start assassinating conservatives, that they should be arrested and fined for not having the same world view. I even saw one saying he wanted to "lynch conservatives", just like the KKK did to people it hated.
terramortim 8 months ago
@terramortim Obama is not trying to start wars, Bush was. different guy. In Libya, he is currently supporting NATO allies with airpower and CIA initiatives. That's it. Supporting allies. He only signed off on 3 Pat Act provisions (all surveillance oriented). Obama still plans to close Gitmo and Guantanamo, and I agree that he needs to get on that. Oh yeah, the bankers practically funded all of our politicians' campaigns, so let's not forget that. what NY Times article u referring to?
jbindahizee 8 months ago
@jbindahizee Man, you are blinded by your hero worship. It's exactly what I'm talking about. Obama disregarded US law bypassing congress to go to war. All the sudden, it's LIBERAL to be in support of NATO and CIA initiatives without examination? Boy how you people cave all the sudden when a Dem is in office. You really don't practice what you preach AT ALL. He "only" signed off on the provisions of the Patriot Act that where the controversial provisions. . . the ones he campaigned against. . .
terramortim 8 months ago
@jbindahizee Obama has been trying to start a war with Pakistan, has been bombing Yemen, threatening Syria, threatening China, Russia, trying to get involved militarility anywhere in the world that he can. EVEN FREAKING REPUBLICANS are questioning his war mongering and calling for restraint. He'll close Gitmo? He says he wants to assassinate people without even bothering to detain them. You are being played by a two bit hustler, my friend.
terramortim 8 months ago
@jbindahizee How many bankers fund Ron Paul, ralph Nader, Denis Kucinich etc. . . Wall Street gave more money to the Obama campaign than any other candidate, even more than McCain (who was bad on most issues, even though I appreciate him having a soul in regards to torture recently, as he actually was extensively tortured as a POW)
terramortim 8 months ago
@jbindahizee I watched the Congressional hearing live on C-Span. It has Geithner, Paulson and a few others. In it, Geithner admitted to crimes that baffle and that warant lengthy jail sentences. He ADMITTED TO THEM UNDER OATH. This is Obama's Treasury Seceretary, the former head of the New York Federal Reserve bank and former Goldman Sachs executive. The NY Times article, from memory was something like "Obama: I've got your back" and showed him practically making out with Tiny Tim Geithner.
terramortim 8 months ago
@jbindahizee ALso remember that Geithner wasn't even paying his taxes. Yeah. . that's right, you Obamabots act like it's a holy sacrement to pay higher taxes, but half of the Obama people don't even pay them and flaunt it in our faces. If you want a real liberal, at least go for Denis Kucinich or something, not this two bit hustler chicago gangster who will tell you whatever you want to hear for a buck. Fuck Obama.
terramortim 8 months ago 4
@terramortim Wowzers, dude. I applaud you! Great investigative work. At least you don't get your info exclusively from Fox News. Obama is indeed the devious mastermind behind all the evil and hate in the world, and republicans are obviously a bright and shining beacon of truth, infallible and always keeping the nation's interests at heart. Obama is apparently picking fights with everyone just to prove how gangsta he is. Obamabots everywhere shall soon submit to your superior intellect.
jbindahizee 8 months ago
@jbindahizee I never made that claim. I'm not interested in political parties. I'm interested in if someone is honest, and if their policies are good IN EFFECT for America. With that said, you can't deny that the left's heroes got us into all the World Wars. Obama is trying to get us into WWIII, just like FDR trying to get us into WWII, and Woodrow Wilson trying to get us into WWI. Noticing a pattern here?
terramortim 8 months ago
@jbindahizee Obamabots are sold on an empty marketing package. It's no more real than "The Pepsi Generation" (similar logo, actually). Obama is a self-obsessed speech giver. He shows up to smile and rattle out a few fancy words for the cameras, and then he returns to the backstage area to give fillacio to anyone worth more than a billion. The fact you can't see that either proves that you have an irrational blind devotion to him, or you are being completely dishonest with your intent.
terramortim 8 months ago
@terramortim In all seriousness, though, I do appreciate your comments. I also feel it's important to call BS when it comes to unacceptable behavior from our government officials. You certainly have a prickly way of going about, but I like your brutal honesty. I've enjoyed our banter and I feel that I've learned some interesting things from you. I'm liberal, but I appreciate conservative viewpoints as well. Keep up that awesome skepticism of yours, and don't stress yourself out too much.
jbindahizee 8 months ago
@jbindahizee Really, I think that Obama is a powerphiliac. He wants to be powerful and he will do whatever, or whoever it takes to get there. Hitler was very similar, actually. If you read enough about Hitler, he wasn't so much the mastermind of everything. He was half crazy, and almost non-functional (locking himself away in his house watching Disney Cartoons, and going into random mad rages). He was the guy who gave the speeches and did whatever his masters wanted. Still a scumbag, but yeah.
terramortim 8 months ago
@jbindahizee At least you're not one of the "round up dem conservatives an' lynch em!" half KKK half Maoist Death Brigade Change Agents. I'm not sure I'm a "conservative", so much as I am a social liberal that takes the philosophy seriously accross the board, which tends to mean I'll lean towards political conservatism. I realize that wars and social engineering are only possible with a large government with huge tax coffers, and the only way to stop those things is to "restrain the beast".
terramortim 8 months ago
@jbindahizee I think that Social Liberals who are also political liberals tend to have a schizophrenic ideology, the same as Social Conservatives who are Political Conservatives. If you want a freer population and no wars, the best way to accomplish it is to restrain government so it doesn't have the power to run your life, nor the money to wage war around the world. It used to be just 'liberal" to hold that position. Mark Twain is a perfect example of what "liberal" used to mean.
terramortim 8 months ago
@jbindahizee Essentially, social liberals call for political liberalism because they claim the government is always good and just and never abuses it's money and power, and social conservatives support political liberalism because it blows the hell out of brown people and siphons money into the military industrial complex, but they pretend they're not in favor of it. Both parties are pretty radical big government types.
terramortim 8 months ago
@terramortim I also think Mark Twain had the right idea. Awesome guy, too bad we don't have more people like him. I think you make some very valid points, on the other hand I think some of the comparisons you've made between Obama and Hitler is a little unfair. In any case, I agree that there are many things that the Obama administration should be doing better, and things that congress should be doing better as well. Another major problem in America is that it's citizens do not vote.
jbindahizee 8 months ago
@jbindahizee As far as Obama=Hitler. I think it's an American tradition to compare our politicians to Hitler. It's one I never want to see go away. ;) I think that Obama is just a lesser degree, but the same type of person Hitler was. People like that will do whatever they can get away with. Germany just allowed Hitler to get away with a lot more, I think. If this were pre-war Germany, and Obama was running for office, I think he would have done exactly what Hitler did.
terramortim 8 months ago
@terramortim I think that the men and women we elect should hold themselves accountable, and I feel that the American publican should hold politicians to their word. The fact of the matter is not enough people take the initiative to speak their mind with ballots. I will check out those sites you mentioned, and thanks for the responses. Seriously though, don't work yourself up too much. The stress is really bad for your blood pressure, dude. anyways, take care of yourself.
jbindahizee 8 months ago
@jbindahizee . . . the real question is how much will Americans let him get away with. He's going to go right to the limits that we place on him, so really, our acceptance decides just how much like Hitler he becomes. If we accept that throwing people in camps for political views and extra-judicial killings of anyone suspected of a crime is okay, that's what we'll get. If we refuse to be turned into a modern Nazi Germany, it won't happen. We just have to think clearly and say no to evil.
terramortim 8 months ago
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vechorik 3 months ago
Never trade freedom for security sheeple. Read your history.
ACORNSUCKS 9 months ago
Rand Paul strikes out again. Life is not about speeches. It's about action. Rand is all talk and no action. He is nothing more than a whiner and an alarmist. He is just like his daddy. Total waste and a big joke.
worldnewsbbc1 9 months ago
@worldnewsbbc1 Oh look. It's the RonPaul hater guy and one of his 10 alts
mersk100 9 months ago
@worldnewsbbc1 Is your comment about Obama? At least Sen. Paul is fighting for our rights that the progressives are taking away. if you love big government that tells you what you can eat. who you can love, vote progressive, keep Obama. If you love liberty fight for it or you will loose it.
KI6RBW41 9 months ago
@zombiefitnezz I will not defend the founders ownership of slaves, and do not pretend to understand the economic and social conditions of the time. The question is: if the principle "All men are created equal, etc" is sound, then does it matter that past generations failed to live up to it adequately? Perhaps we should strive to be the ones who live up to those principles better than any generation ever has. History shows that freedom is the best option for the growth of mankind.
filmmaker58 9 months ago
@filmmaker58 "History shows that freedom is the best option for the growth of mankind."
Really? Humans were very free during the paleolithic era. There was not a whole lot of growth. It wasn't until the development of agriculture around 10,000 BC that real growth started to take place. Languages were developed, writing, technology. None of that took place until communities developed and these communities felt the need for government to maximize growth and safety.
worldnewsbbc1 9 months ago
@worldnewsbbc1 Really!?? I said freedom not anarchy. "That to secure these rights governments are instituted amoung men". In 6000 years of history, governments were designed so that the many, served the few, until the American experiment. Socialism, which claims to be for the people, just relegates them to poverty. We have deteriorated back into a society where the many serve the few because we were not diligent, and did not educate our people about the principles of liberty.
filmmaker58 9 months ago
@worldnewsbbc1 Humans were free? No they weren't. Violent warlords were slaughtering each other and enslaving people. There was no rule of law, except for the biggest thug got all the goodies. That's not freedom at all. That's similar to the system we have been forced into in the 21st century, actually. The system of freedom that our forefathers fought for was one that had a civilized rule of law, where everyone was accountable, even the leaders. It's not perfect, but give me a break.
terramortim 8 months ago
@worldnewsbbc1 Besides, your world view totally discounts the evolution of mankind. Even if you're right, it would stand to reason that our destiny is to become free and enlightened beings. It is the primitive part of our brains which seek to dominate others, and our advanced abilities that evolved over time that allow us to reason and work out disputes with peaceful logic.
terramortim 8 months ago
@worldnewsbbc1 In the 20th century, 200+ million law abiding innocent people were directly murdered in cold blood by their own governments. Governments caused wars which killed millions. Governments caused artificial famines, economic hardship and even institutionalized slavery. This is the model we are to take with us into the 21st century? What sort of growth is it if we think that torturing people like the Spanish Inquisition is acceptable? We are doomed as a society, given people like you.
terramortim 8 months ago
@UBSCARED When I say to "God", I refer to whatever that term means to the individual to define that a person is born with rights, and that they are beyond the reach of usurpation by government. This was the founder's vision. Also, Ultimately we the people determine what rights we have. If the Supreme court rules that they want my guns, like Lexington and Concord, it is up to me whether I give them, or just some bullets to the people who come to get them. Why add "dumb ass" to the debate?
filmmaker58 9 months ago
His only mistake: Constitution does not give us any rights, it simply enumerates some of our god given rights. This is important because if government grants rights, government can take them away.
filmmaker58 9 months ago
Reid is a snivel fool and Rand Paul is an amazingly powerful speaker! Reid is pathetic at best. He needs to go. Yesterday. Go Rand! Rand Paul is gonna do great things for this country!!!!
RON PAUL REVOLUTION
KillBaddBugz 9 months ago
He learned from his father who IS running for president.
Vote RON PAUL 2012!
CasperFriendly1 9 months ago
This man is one hell of a speaker! I am impressed! He makes a lot of sense and I think everyone should listen closely to his message. It is important! Pass this on to your friends and tell them to LISTEN. Your privacy is at stake!
bpriborsky 9 months ago 6
@001001001X Exactly. We've been hearing that since 2001, but it only seems to have become an issue since 2009. January 20, 2009, to be exact. Remember "If you haven't done anything, you don't have anything to worry about?" That used to work for the right when Bush was in office. Not so much now, I guess.
bellier20 9 months ago
Senator Paul's father, Ron Paul has announced his candidacy for PRESIDENT for 2012...... vote, go get votes, donate.... DO WHATEVER YOU CAN ! ! ! WE cannot just SIT HERE & watch things erode & our freedoms get struck down one by one while all these elitists figure out our future. SHOW YOUR POWER - not just writing a review, but by CALLING the senators that are voting against your freedoms, and supporting people like the Paul's that have never varied from their FREEDOM RICH stance. HELP THEM!
8jaxxon 9 months ago
@001001001X haha, nice
cschopf 9 months ago
Of course, the NRA opposed this amendment.
They were too busy trying to curry favor with Harry Reid (whom they gave money to in the 2010 election).
RMGOfreedom 9 months ago
Everyone should watch this, although the camera should be pointed back at the Congressional body so we can see who is paying attention, who isn't paying attention, and who isn't even there. I'm sure that would get the phones of some of those crooked congressmen ringing off the hook.
nathan9384 9 months ago
I'm glad Sen. Paul is bringing up these important issues re: The Patriot Act.
The ACLU was expressing these very same concerns in 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007, when the Bush administration was pulling every draconian lever they could in the name of national security. But they were the bad guys then, weren't they, and the Republicans lined up behind Bush and Cheney in the "interest of national security." I wonder if the same people are now against government power, what with Obama in the WH.
bellier20 9 months ago
@bellier20
...and rand paul was doing the same things while campaigning for his father in 2007.
myrelative 9 months ago
@bellier20 You're right. With BO now in office "all is safe and good, no worries". Democracy Now posted anti-war videos by the hundreds with Bush/Republicans in power but there hasn't been NOT ONE since BO got in office. They should be renamed Democrats Now!
The voters of this nation are waking up slowly but more and faster are needed. Vote PAct supporters OUT in 2012.
Ron Paul 2012!
nalejbank 9 months ago
@nalejbank Democracy Now is a private organization, not a group of elected officials actually making policy and passing legislation. There's a big difference between partisan cheerleaders, if that's what DN is, and policy makers, like the GOOPERS that dutifully lined up behind Bush and Cheney and made law. Biiiiiiig difference.
bellier20 9 months ago
@nalejbank, DN! hasn't reported on anti-war demonstrations with BO in office because liberals have not held any. Where is MoveOn, etc. now? In their love affair with the Obamessiah, he gets away with anything at all with on criticism. DN!, OTOH, HAS criticized BO. The problem lies with the lame left leadership, NOT with FN! who most certainly WOULD report ANY anti-war demonstration if there were one.
CasperFriendly1 9 months ago
@Timbear and Alphabeets: loving one another doesn't mean not being just. Even Jesus advocated self defense as he advocated carrying a sword. Of course Jesus adhered to Jewish law which was replete with the concept of putting those who do wrong on trail and punishing them.
PraiseYeshua 9 months ago
Learn to live with each other, kids. You learned this in preschool. (I am speaking to ALL the peoples of the planet.)
alphabeets 9 months ago
@handyman 101 that would require free thinkers and a spine people of this country lack both.
darkpatriotx 9 months ago
The fact there's not a 10 million person march in washington just over this patriot act is unforgivable.
we need to remove with our own hands, for violating our rights.
HandyMan101 9 months ago
The only security we could ever have is to learn to love others so that they won't want to harm us. Instead they might love us back.
alphabeets 9 months ago
This is the age paranoia. Perhaps it is time to realize that others are just like us and have families and kids and they just want to live in peace like us.
alphabeets 9 months ago
No reading off a Teleprompter here- unlike Obama, he actually knows what he is conveying to his listeners.
alphabeets 9 months ago 7
Rand Paul is looking out for you and me- the common person. Support him with all your might!
alphabeets 9 months ago
Great speech but WHAT ABOUT THE DOMESTIC TERRORIST CALLED CPS /DFS. Why is the government allowing them to receive Federal Funds that come from ta dollars to VIOLATE the Constitution. All states has some form of law that states FAMILY FIRST. Yet time and time again families are in court FIGHTING for a state agency to uphold state laws. Then comes our federal government and rewards them for violating our rights by giving them money because of the Safe Adoption and Families Act of 1997.
texasstorm166 9 months ago
RAND PAUL = EPIC WINNING!
freshdesh 9 months ago 3
This country will have to be taken back by the people, not the sheeple, the patriots, that tiny minority who understands what it's supposed to be about, Liberty, and that our biggest enemies are right here. No one we elect and send to the district of commie criminals can do it for us. It will take much more than a few election cycles. It's time to stop hunkering down for the apocalypse and start thinking Normandy.
Don't understand? Follow my links. Read the quotes page first.
waypasthadenough 9 months ago 3
Thank you Senator Paul for your efforts. I don't believe it will change anything. The welfare/warfare big brother state is entrenched.I'm not particularly religious, but I pray for your success.
I was a CALEA "manager" for a telephone company and I can tell you that we are NOT living in a free society.One phone call from virtually any ".gov" agency and your next phone call is bridged without your knowledge (or warrant) to your friendly neighborhood G-Man's cell phone sitting outside your home.
ChampaignLibertarian 9 months ago
Forget library books - Google logs all the searches you do, they log all video's you watch,all these records are available to the Government.
PrinceMio49 9 months ago
again.... another sad day in Washington d.c. :(
DataSerpent 9 months ago
can someone here shed some light on rand's foreign policy stance? his rhetoric from last year made me believe he will willingly pander to the neocons but lately i've been liking what he's been saying. i just don't know whether he means what he says or not like his father.
ron paul 2012
wunderbeast 9 months ago
Amen brother! PREACH!!!!
dellwon 9 months ago
The rights granted to human beings by nature, should remain secure and inviolable by the Constitution, but have been whittled away from the moment the Constitution was initially ratified. Government, by its nature, constantly tries to expand its power. What Sen. Paul argues is that liberties that go back to Magna Carta should not be discarded no matter the justification offered for doing so. There should always be an independent unbiased judge between those with police powers and the citizenry.
ddgallion 9 months ago
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Agreed.
Let's support this man.
shadowcii 9 months ago
Bravo Senator Paul.
mikeh0114 9 months ago
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This was a waste of tax payer's money. Rand Paul seizing another opportunity to make news. Two weeks ago he was slandering anyone who supports universal health care and now the shoe is on the other foot and he's playing a victim. Rand Paul wants to make it easier for a terrorist to purchase a gun. That is a fact.
worldnewsbbc1 9 months ago
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Terrorists don't purchase guns, governments give them guns.
rickcain2320 9 months ago 16
@worldnewsbbc1 lol... "This is a fact". Do you even read the shit you type? Furthermore, do you honestly believe it? Maybe, just maybe, this has to do with our fourth amendment rights. I know, I know. Shocking concept... Instead of fearing an "enemy" that our country is responsible for creating, maybe we could ask ourselves why our country has become so despised across the world. It just might have a little to do with our foreign policy.
99Steve 9 months ago
RAND 2016...or 2012?
adelelles 9 months ago
this guy is the truth
POTENTDOMAIN 9 months ago
noticiasmexicocom , he is a member of the tea party. michael from ky
moonpie129 9 months ago
Stick to your guns Rand. No pun intended.
Molan Labe
gunguy54 9 months ago
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TLydon010 9 months ago
Thank you Rand Paul!!! I love you and your Dad! Stay safe our country needs you!!!
1Rennae2 9 months ago 4
I find is a little amazing that just a few short years ago in 2005 Reid was doing his best to block the Patriot Act. Now he is fighting for its reauthorization. I guess this was the Change I can believe in.
I don't want a different party in charge doing the same things.
Why not change substance and not superficial team logos.
I support Ron Paul 2012, I am tired of the same old garbage republican or democrat. I need someone with some principle and backbone.
PipeDream031 9 months ago
I have a feeling your dad would be proud. Great speech
TomH364 9 months ago
Republikkkans suckkk but when they come up with stuff like this I LIKE THEM!
noticiasmexicocom 9 months ago
This guy is stubborn. I like it.
DCUPtoejuice 9 months ago
i wanted to give him a standing ovation he deserved for that speech, but i would have looked like a weirdo being in front of my computer at work doing that
jpdem87 9 months ago 6
Thank you Rand! God Bless! Keep defending our Life, Liberty, and Property! I sure hope you run for president when your father is no longer able to.
electricknight4 9 months ago 3
I donated to the campaign to help him get elected because I knew he'd be good, but I didn't know he'd be this good! He's the model - along with his father - for what our politicians should be. I hope he's President after his dad. We need back-to-back consecutive Pauls for President... just to put a tiny dent in correcting what Bush, Clinton, Bush, Bush, Obama did to us.
SgtTravisBickle 9 months ago 6
Good stuff.
Around four minutes, Rand says that "the second amendment gives you..." and "the fourth amendment gives you..." Of course, the Bill of Rights recognizes and acknowledges these innate unalienable rights but doesn't give us any rights we don't already have. Rand knows better and it was a quick convenience to say it that way.
Liberty4Ever 9 months ago
@UBSCARED LMAO, OKay troll.
kliquid 9 months ago
God bless you Rand Paul! Wish we had more politicians guarding our liberties and freedom!
luscious5150 9 months ago 3
One of only two men who actually stand on principle in D.C.
SingularInfinity 9 months ago 3
I am Proud to have Rand Paul as my Senator, how many of you can say the same thing? He makes more sense than anyone up there.
dfezz1 9 months ago 9
This man is a lone voice in the wilderness of D.C. Why do other representatives not feel as he does?
rctube1958 9 months ago 5
i love both rand and ron paul, rand paul would make a better president though simply because he is better spoken and makes the case better than his dad. i hope they both run and win at some point in my lifetime though.
jpdem87 9 months ago 4
If the American government were comprised of people like this man and his father, America truly would be the greatest country on the planet instead of the disgusting, filth-infested, war-mongering, greed-saturated, thoroughly corrupt corporate oligarchy it is.
Crestryder 9 months ago 12
THIS is a statesman. This is the kind of person we need in Washington DC; one who cares not about his political future, but about the rule of law, and the nature of who we are as Americans and is willing to stand up and truly fight for us at his own peril.
RPftw 9 months ago 9
VOTE LIBERTY! RON PAUL 2012!
mersk100 9 months ago 58
@mersk100 - For sure - I am strugling to get redgistered to vote. I move to a differant state, and have no transportation to get the 18 miles to g et a photo ID so I can vote. - We must put in a person like Rand Paul. Other wise we are just anotherr dictatorship
starfish50 9 months ago
@mersk100 He must when the republican primary first. In many states this means you must register as a republican. So many people don't realize this. Pass that message along get people to vote for Ron Paul in the primaries. The more people we can convince to vote in the primaries the greater his chances become to take down Obama.
teranspecialist 9 months ago
If you completely ignore the facts that the CIA funded, supplied weapons to and established Al-qaeda, during the Afgan/Russian war, then the fear-mongering of "terrorism" makes sense. Even if that didn't happen, the Patriot Act, is STILL unconstitutional and should be stricken immediately.
Keep stirring the pot on the hill, Senator!
4micaman 9 months ago 6
WOW ....This was so wonderful ...and so well put together. and ad lib ..amazing
saltMagic 9 months ago 6
Lead, Follow Rand Paul, Or get out of the way! Rand for Vice-President 2012. Rand for President 2016!
limerickrake2000 9 months ago 3
hes the best too to be president and hes father ron paul
achiapet44 9 months ago 2
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Excellent! I would like to thank the Kentuckian patriots for voting Rand to congress. Learn about your congress person. If they are voting to trample on your freedoms then actively work to vote them out of congress.
jwneuend 9 months ago 4