Topic: Political Literature
The Icing Of Ron Paul Creates Burning Questions Why the cold treatment for some great ideas?by Scott from Oregon
(Libertarian)
Saturday, January 19, 2008
I took this picture today outside in the 33 degree temperature. I had this idea for a post about how my guy is being treated in the media coverage during this election season. As you can see, those are Ron Paul coins laying out on sheet ice right before darkness falls. I thought the symbolism apropos. The metaphor, apt.
The point of my essay was going to be on how the media, and I mean ALL of the big three News media organizations, demonstrated and have continued to demonstrate abject bias in how they cover the presidential run. Jaw-dropping, ugly, insincere, blatant bias. The kind of ill-treatment that raises the hackles of protective types like me. If you follow the horse race that is the presidential primaries at all, you will know exactly what I am talking about.
If you don't know what I am talking about, then you aren't going to care much about all of us who do care. My anger will not affect you. You will scratch your head and say something like "politics!", and that will be that.
You people are graciously excused. The rest of this posts deals with politics and governance and boring stuff like that.
But I will be switching gears.
If you know about the political drama of this election season, then you know that Fox News did everything they could to dismiss and/or ignore everything Ron Paul did or said. You know about the boycotts of their advertisers by irate Paul supporters. You know about how Paul supporters had to find new and ingenious ways to get their guys' name out in spite of the media. You know about the scant and derogatory coverage of the other networks, as well. But the thing I find most interesting about all of this, is why I care at all.
Politics only matters when it matters. If a son is being sent off to war. If the government is taking away something from you. If what the government does dictates what you pay for medicine, or food, or shelter. Then you pay attention.
Ron Paul, however, stood up and said a few things that made me sit up and take notice. Simple things. Things I realized I agreed with, without knowing I agreed with them- having never really thought about them before.
Why is the US government taking money from the pockets of Americans by threat of jail, and giving it to Pakistan, which has been harboring Osama Bin Laden for six years?
Why is the US government dismissing and disregarding the very Constitution that gives it its legitimacy?
Why are 300 million Americans reliant on a few thousand in Washington to dictate to us everything from the size of our toilet flushes to the type of vitamins we are allowed to take?
Why do we give the federal government so much power, and then suffer through their human ineptness?
Why do we let our savings be devalued by our very own government? In other words, we let them tax us up front, and then steal our savings out the bottom by knowingly creating inflation.
Why do we let the media dictate to us WHO should be president? Who owns the media? Why do we tolerate their flagrant bias?
Why are we taking a trillion dollars a year out of the pockets of Americans, and sending it overseas to military bases in places like Germany and Korea? Do the Koreans even want us there, and if so, why are they not paying us to be there? That goes for Japan too. Why do we allow the US government to take money from our pockets by threat of jail and give these countries security they aren't willing to pay for themselves? Who are we afraid of? Why do we take out loans from China to continue this nonsense? Why is there ONLY ONE CANDIDATE even asking this question?
Why are we submissively allowing our government to "solve all of our problems" for us? When did they get smarter than we were?
If the number one Accountant of America, the man in charge of auditing America's books, says we can't afford the Medicare and drug entitlements the government has already promised us, why are we even considering having the government manage our health care? Why not start up smaller, local, private health care networks and cut out all of the middle men and women who are taking money from between you and your doctor?
Why do we let the federal government dictate what should and should not be taught in schools? Are they smarter than us? Have they demonstrated that anytime recently? When?
Why do we let the government in Washington tell us what is moral and what is not? Have they shown themselves to be more moral than the rest of us?
Why do we let the federal government take money by force from the coffers of the states, and then dole it out haphazardly back to the states, creating a situation where favors are rewarded and special interests groups favored?
Why aren't Americans asking politicians running for president any of these questions, and why aren't we asking these politicians why they think they are smarter than us? Do you think any of these politicians currently running for president are smarter than you?
Why aren't Ron Paul's notions of giving Americans back the power to decide for themselves resonating more in the hallways of our country?
Why have we let habeas corpus be taken from us, and when did we, as Americans, decide torture was ok?
At what point in our growth as a country did we decide to become apathetic and reliant on a giant nanny-state?
Ron Paul may not have gotten much consideration in the media, but he has surely made me think.
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Posted By: Ivan from Oregon
Date: 2008-01-19 01:33:29
This is a well thought summary of why we need smaller government. I'll be using it as "talking points". Of course, the general answer is that "the government" is not a real person and thus exhibits some of the characteristics of a committee whose collective IQ is their average divided by the number of people in it. A better picture might be a bunch of pigs surrounding the slop bucket into which we are all bleeding.
I grew up in Tigard, Oregon and I remember some crazy ice storms there. Someday--maybe during the second Paul administration--I will move back home with my family.
Great article. Did you know you can ensure your future articles get maximum attention straight away by adding your link yourself as soon as it is up on your site at www.WhatTheySayAboutRonPaul.com.
Alot of us younger people have been asking the same questions....and thanks to Ron Paul feel we have a representative bold enough to ask the questions that, because of our age, would not be taken seriously from us. After this primary is over we will see that 10% of this country supports Ron Paul and is VERY ANGRY at the subtle tyranny that is manifesting. When the media and its corporate and government masters finally bury the Ron Paul revolution that anger will still exist but remain to build without release or expression. All it will take is an economic collapse for that anger to change form into violence and the last thing we will say as chaos ignites rampantly is "we tried it your way."
Alot of us younger people have been asking the same questions....and thanks to Ron Paul feel we have a representative bold enough to ask the questions that, because of our age, would not be taken seriously from us. After this primary is over we will see that 10% of this country supports Ron Paul and is VERY ANGRY at the subtle tyranny that is manifesting. When the media and its corporate and government masters finally bury the Ron Paul revolution that anger will still exist but remain to build without release or expression. All it will take is an economic collapse for that anger to change form into violence and the last thing we will say as chaos ignites rampantly is "we tried it your way."
These questions are this candidates political positions. These are the ideas he has brought to the table for consideration. Rather than answer these question with reasoned debate all he/we have gotten from the "others" is teeth sucking. I've yet to see a cogent, clear educated response as to why these ideas are wrong or subversive or possibly harmful to our republic. At best those who manage popular opinion have condescendingly patted him/us on the head and giggled. At worst they have been down right disdainful, rude, dismissive and belligerent.
Bravo! You neatly laid down all the reasons why so many people have come out to vote for Ron Paul. And we're not going to lay down and take it anymore.
Posted By: No Name Supplied
Date: 2008-01-19 09:32:45
Call me crazy, but when I want to find out exactly what principles this country was founded upon, I don't look to the Bible (like Huckabee does), I don't look to the polls (like Romney does), I don't look to the socialists (like Hillary and Obama do), I don't look to Machiavelli (like Guiliani does), but instead I look to the words of the people that founded our country. And I can say, with some degree of confidence, that Washington, Franklin, Jefferson, Hamilton, and all the others would vote for Ron Paul as well, since he seems to be the only one who shares their opinions on liberty and government.
Exactly! Now, takes these thoughts to your local newspapers and ask the same things in Letters to the Editor. We have to awaken the sleeping giant, that spirit of revolution and freedom that was once instilled in our patriot forefathers, but is seriously lacking in so many apathetic citizens today. We must take Ron Paul's message to ever hill and dale in this Repbulic before we sink into a socialist state. We are practically there now.
Start buying guns and ammo. Dont register them. When the crap finally hits the fan here in America, maybe then Americans will restore liberty to our country.
"Why are 300 million Americans reliant on a few thousand in Washington to dictate to us everything from the size of our toilet flushes to the type of vitamins we are allowed to take?"
Ron Paul (a Medical Doctor) is the ONLY candidate arguing for our freedom to drink raw milk & engage in alternative therapies ('people will make mistakes, but that's their choice') (he even mentions Codex Alimentarius (google it) which means he's done his research, as he's done about so many other issues, whereas the other candidates have not and do dare not even mention these issues). These may be minor issues along with his other major ones, but they are important parts of his overall message of personal freedom.
Ron Paul for the long haul moneybombs:
1/21 - Free At Last (Dr. M.L.King holiday)
4/17[?] - Ron Paul Tax Free Money Bomb! (supporters donate Duuuhbya's alleged paul-try (sic) $600 tax rebate to the Ron Paul rEVOLution
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