Date: 05/25/2011
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Ron Paul: I appreciate you holding these hearing. You know, since World War II we’ve embarked in the wrong direction. We’ve been fighting all these wars with no declarations. So the War-Power issue is a key issue, and hopefully we can get to the bottom of it and not expand this power. But I think we get a pretty good idea about where the executive branch comes from, and I’m not so sure it would be unique for one party or the other. But the current office of the legal council to our president has said that it was necessary, it was okay to go to war to defend the credibility of the United Nations Security Council. I think that is an outrage. We’re supposed to be defending the constitution, not the United Nations Security Council. But this is not new, we did it in Korea, we ignore it sometimes, now we ignore it in Libya. The War powers resolution, which was set up in 1973, was supposed to curtain this. Technically, it was deeply flawed, but it actually legalized war for 60 days, which always drifts into 90 days, and even our presidents ignore that. So this is a mess, and you know, it’s not all that complicated. Why do we complicate this for ourselves unless it’s deliberate? Because we have a law, the law is called the constitution. We’re not supposed to go to war unless there’s a declaration. We’ve been fighting this a long time and the American people are sick and tired of it, it’s draining us, it’s draining us financially, and now we’re into … how many wars are we in now? Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, now Libya. We don’t even know to the extent to how much we’re involved in these countries. So we in the Congress demand or should demand our responsibilities again. It should be up to us when we go to war and not to the executive branch.
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I have a question for you since you are in the armed forces. Obama has passed the NDAA and FEMA camps are being built across the U.S. If the president were to impose martial law in this country, would you follow orders or stand with the american people? what of other members of the military that you know?
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RON PAUL 2012!!! DO YOUR DUTY & PASS THE WORD!!!
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This man makes me cry…..
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This man makes me cry…..
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Write Ron Paul on your dollar bills. Money travels a lot.
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This is wonderful. Thank you, Ron Paul for fighting for freedom.
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Wonder why we go to all these wars? Read a free book online at Doc Stoc it’s titled “One World Order Socialist Dictatorship” Written by an American Patriot who wants you to know the truth for FREE!!! In 1994 87% of congress was Fabian Socialist,No wonder poor Ron can’t get any sense out of them.Also you need to see what top Politicians get upto on their Holidays go and watch “Dark Secrets Inside Bohemium Grove”.Ron Paul was not there so don’t worry!
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Right on right on!!!! that man would be the best president in history but it may be to late wake up people listen to this man or it’s all gonna fall apart it’s well on it’s way
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Pakistan war?
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Pakistan war?
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Ok fine…. Paulie gets my vote
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Ok fine…. Paulie gets my vote
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as am I, in the armed forces active duty and I WANT RON PAUL for president
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As a current member in the armed forces, I agree entirely with you as well as the majority of armed forces service members.
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It doesn;t matter if it concern with different levels of whatever organization or sovereignty concepts, it certainly wouldn’t stand out to ensure the United States would be bound for freedom for millions of people at home and at work.
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I don’t think Ron Paul would be as remarkable as people would think he is in terms of attempting to restore the rights of constitution just to establish an entirely desireable utopia. Just for the record if he didn’t understood the extent of various principles of constitution concepts then he wouldn’t have a personal problem by agreeing to conform to a Zionist propaganda.
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Hope your people realize taht yes ww2 was bad but your nations past that rule yourselves dont be made a botch out of by the EU like you were the USSR. Get out of the UN, EU, and anything else your in Germanys too good for it.
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I had respect for Dr. Paul. He is a Gentleman and presents himself with class & dignity. I lost that respect for Dr. Paul when I learned he, as an intern, watched a baby be cut from his/her mothers’ belly, thrown in a bucket on the floor, and put in a corner to die while they all watched. What prevented him from taking that LIVE, CRYING baby out of that trash can and walking a few steps over to the Intensive Care Unit and saving it? He’s lost my respect
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What? That was decades ago and before he was converted to the pro-life side. Additionally, how do you know what happened in that situation? The medical facility would have forcibly prohibited him from rescuing the baby. I cannot imagine this being a reason to not support him; we are not looking for perfection, are we?
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What this gentleman is not saying is , Who benefits from war .( the one who make the bullits . and bombs) and then sell to both sides . then move in on the vanquished and steal ther oil . or what ever they have left to steal . chosen people ? chosen by satan.
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What a mess this world is in PLEAS ,,. VOTE FOR RON PAUL ,AND A RETURN TO SANITY
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We are the United States of America, bound by our promise to support and DEFEND the Constitution of the United States of America. As a veteran, I did not swear to defend the constitution of the UN– I swore to protect the Constitution of the United States of America. We MUST elect this man President.
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We are the United States of America, bound by our promise to support and DEFEND the Constitution of the United States of America. As a veteran, I did not swear to defend the constitution of the UN– I swore to protect the Constitution of the United States of America. We MUST elect this man President.
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You know he is about to lay and ass whooping when he takes off his glasses
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Congress on unemployment soon.
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War w/ out parliament approval is impossible in Germany today. Would be against the constitution.
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Time to cut foreign aid, end the Feds, bring the troops home, and defend our Constitution. Ron Paul’s alligiance is to the USA not to the UN, NATO or AIPAC which is a slush fund for dirty US politicians! We need to protect our borders not borders in the middle east where we are engaging in illegal wars and spending billions on humanitarian bombs! I can’t wait to vote and if Ron Paul is not elected you will find me floating on a raft in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico screaming out “Why God”?
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On July 24, 1929, the Senate ratified the Kellogg-Briand Pact. It has never been repealed, and so according to Article VI of the constitution remains the supreme law of the land. It thus remains illegal to use war as an instrument of foreign policy, even if Congress does officially declare it. A reservation in the ratification allows us to declare war when doing so is required for our nation’s self defense, but there is nothing to justify going to war to defend a UN security council resolution.
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12 people nned a plane ticket outta here!
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Fuck the UN and their usless shitty socialist council.!
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Well said sir!
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Well said sir!
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