by Ron Paul
The senseless and horrific killings last week at a movie theater in Colorado reminded Americans that life is fragile and beautiful, and we should not take family, friends, and loved ones for granted. Our prayers go out to the injured victims and the families of those killed. As a nation we should use this terrible event to come together with the resolve to create a society that better values life.
We should also face the sober reality that government cannot protect us from all possible harm. No matter how many laws we pass, no matter how many police or federal agents we put on the streets, no matter how routinely we monitor internet communications, a determined individual or group can still cause great harm. We as individuals are responsible for our safety and the safety of our families.
Furthermore, it is the role of civil society rather than government to build a culture of responsible, peaceful, productive individuals. Government cannot mandate morality or instill hope in troubled individuals. External controls on our behavior imposed by government through laws, police, and jails usually apply only after a terrible crime has occurred.
Internal self-governance, by contrast, is a much more powerful regulator of human behavior than any law. This self-governance must be developed from birth, first by parents but later also through the positive influence of relatives and adult role models. Beyond childhood, character development can occur through religious, civic, and social institutions. Ultimately, self-governance cannot be developed without an underlying foundation of morality.
Government, however, is not a moral actor. The state should protect our rights, but it cannot develop our character. Whenever terrible crimes occur, many Americans understandably demand that government “do something” to prevent similar crimes in the future. But this reflexive impulse almost always leads to bad laws and the loss of liberty.
Do we really want to live in a world of police checkpoints, surveillance cameras, and metal detectors? Do we really believe government can provide total security? Do we want to involuntarily commit every disaffected, disturbed, or alienated person who fantasizes about violence? Or can we accept that liberty is more important than the illusion of state-provided security?
Freedom is not defined by safety. Freedom is defined by the ability of citizens to live without government interference. Government cannot create a world without risks, nor would we really wish to live in such a fictional place. Only a totalitarian society would even claim absolute safety as a worthy ideal, because it would require total state control over its citizens’ lives. Liberty has meaning only if we still believe in it when terrible things happen and a false government security blanket beckons.
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A vote for Obama is a vote for big government, big business, big labor and big war
A vote for Paul is a vote for big freedom, big prosperity, big opportunity and big peace
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Good message, but I wish he would switch to a digital recorder; it sounds like he’s using a tape one, hence that clicking noise you hear throughout the recording.
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well you’re 19, so you would know. believe me, when you’re young it’s really easy to denounce everyone else as crazy and brainwashed without examining yourself. i’ve gone from being democrat to republican and met tons of different people. i’ve been in occupy protests and tea party rallies and seen both sides of the coin. Me, im voting for Romney mainly because I think he’s a better choice for america. But I don’t idolize him. That i dont get with paul supporters. they worship paul like a cult.
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well you’re 19, so you would know. believe me, when you’re young it’s really easy to denounce everyone else as crazy and brainwashed without examining yourself. i’ve gone from being democrat to republican and met tons of different people. i’ve been in occupy protests and tea party rallies and seen both sides of the coin. Me, im voting for Romney mainly because I think he’s a better choice for america. But I don’t idolize him. That i dont get with paul supporters. they worship paul like a cult.
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That experience has conditioned your thinking and made it narrow.
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Ron Paul to WIN — or America to END 2012!
(there are no other options!)
All REAL Americans, and ALL People around the world— that believe in Liberty, Peace, Prosperity, Honesty, Truth, Goodness and Self-determination —are for Ron Paul.
President Paul wants to save our Nation and heal the World, and desires nothing for himself — making him a True Patriot (unlike the megalomaniacs that want The Presidency, so they can get a bigger pie, and engorge themselves further at the people’s expense — marking them as Leeches on the path to suck US dry)!
Ron Paul has awoken the Sleeping Giant that is We, The People! We are growing in numbers and our voice is no longer distant thunder — but a Roaring Storm that’s approaching and eventually will wipe out the PUPPETEERS that have stolen Our Nation!
We are the MANY, while the Criminals in Power, that want to control us, are the FEW (and their subhuman squeals are getting weaker)!
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=xq3BYw4xjxE)
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excellent column
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I believe that the youth vote will come back in favor to help the cause. I have two cents I posted on my website because you can’t write that much on threads. Please Comment and tell me what you think?
http://allwonderfullyexperienced.com/my-tribute-to-ron-paul/
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Precisely Ron Paul’s point
Security is the RESPONSIBILITY of both the
Individual AND the Theater
NOT the job of the Police State!
If left up to the Police State, we would be walking around naked and with camera’s in every room of our homes
with 24-7 monitoring for “Political Correctness”
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All the whores and politicians will look up and shout “Save us!”… and Ron Paul will look down and whisper “Yes.”
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Why asking the government for all the security? Why not ask the mall or that theatre for better security? Why stil go there if they don’t even bother making their own place safe? -_-
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my sentiments exactly. all these whores have to think within their pimps paradigm or they’ll get rejected from the rest of the whores. its like ants all over again
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my sentiments exactly
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Ron Paul 2012. You have no meaning of life whatsoever if you don’t vote for him.
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just because someone has experience in politics or campaigning doesnt mean he knows more about politics than anyone else just as someone who has a college degree will be guaranteed a job in whatever his major was. There are so many politicians out there and they still don’t understand economics like the many self educated concerned Americans. So keep those arrogant remarks to yourself. Dr Paul has more than supporters who r 19 yrs old. You dont know jackshit.
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What is going on with the CISPA BILL? Any updates? please let me know!!
We need our freedom on the internet..
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stupid fag, I am not voting for Obama nor am I voting for the lesser evil .
pinche JOTO
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Whatever! I WILL NOT HELP YOU WHEN OBAMA STICKS THAT LONG PENIS UP UR ANUS UNAMERICAN!
RONPAUL2012!
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AN UNDERSTATEMENT!
Government has only its own security interest in mind.
Government seeks to grow its powers over ALL other interest.
YOU the people (sheeple) are EXPENDABLE…
to be sheared and slaughtered for government fuel.
Police motto… “To Server and Protect” GOVERNMENT!!
Surely you didn’t think they are here to serve and protect you…?
Ron Paul knows this very well….he puts NO faith in Government
Mittens Romney is just another Statist who will continue the Statist Quo,
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I love this man.
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I’m working right now. Remind me to ignore you later.
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actually i have a ton of experience in politics and campaigning, bitch. most ron paul supporters are 19 year old college students who think they know everything. ron paul’s policies would be disastrous for america and the global community. that’s why he has no support, not because there is a massive conspiracy to keep him out of office.
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actually i have a ton of experience in politics and campaigning, bitch. most ron paul supporters are 19 year old college students who think they know everything. ron paul’s policies would be disastrous for america and the global community. that’s why he has no support, not because there is a massive conspiracy to keep him out of office.
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You dont know jackshit33, you have a long way to go before you understand enough to hold a candle to any “paulbot” in understanding of the political system. because you havent completed the first step; crawling out from under that big ass rock called ignorance.
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This country NEEDS to change I have never wanted anything more in my life, and I never thought I could love my country again…..Thank you good dr. paul for giving this young college student hope for our country and the world. – A Re-ignited Patriot
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End the madness. Ron Paul 2012.
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Agreed. Romney is the only real alternative to Obama. Ron Paul is a batshit crazy lunatic fringe candidate trying to bring america back to the 1800′s. it’s funny how paulbots think that somebody with no experience in business or congressional law is somehow a better choice than a successful businessman or a formal congressional law attorney.
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Agreed. Romney is the only real alternative to Obama. Ron Paul is a batshit crazy lunatic fringe candidate trying to bring america back to the 1800′s. it’s funny how paulbots think that somebody with no experience in business or congressional law is somehow a better choice than a successful businessman or a formal congressional law attorney.
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If people were allowed to defend themselves this sort of thing wouldn’t happen as much. Used to be you didn’t snap on people because it had consequences. They could react. Now it seems if you hurt a robber/defend yourself your some wild cave man vigilante and need to be locked up. Your supposed to call the police, tell the teacher, wait for an authority figure.
People pull this crap because people are condemned for protecting themselves. They are supposed to be reliant on the G daddy. Who has a 10 minute or so lag in response time if the stars align just so.
What should have happen in these situations is the moment someone goes pyscho every sane father and employee there should pull out of a piece of their own and society can self correct these situations. Other nuts will see and crack on their plans and hopefully get some sleep and normalize a bit.
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Fuck Robme and FUCK YOU.
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wRONg Paul is a batshit crazy, looneytoon assface, and you fuckin’ yo-yos deserve what you get!
MITT ROMNEY 2012 & 2016!
MITT ROMNEY 2012 & 2016!
MITT ROMNEY 2012 & 2016!
MITT ROMNEY 2012 & 2016! MITT ROMNEY 2012 & 2016!
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your a TRAITOR & SELLOUT (VENDIDO TRAIDOR)
call me what ever you want & even if I am an asshole, I Am STILL AN AMERICAN & OVER MY DEAD BODY WILL I SURRENDER MY FLAG OR MY CIVIL RIGHTS TO YOUR FUCKEN GLOBALIST & YOUR TREASONOUS 1 WORLD CURRENCY = 1 WORLD ORDER
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ASSHOLE.
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I’ve never used foul language here…so forgive me if I do so now.
One man, Ron Paul — set the below subhuman creatures back 100 years (back to 1913 when the Feds stole our Nation)!
The Money Lenders, the Bilderberg Gang, the AIPAC, the International Banksters — ALL ARE PISSING BLOOD NOW!
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Spread the Names of these 98 Traitors to the Real American People — that voted AGAINST auditing the Federal Reserve Gangsters!
Contact these anti-American Scumbags and tell them what you think of their TRAITOROUS Action — and tell them, you’ll do your best to have them removed from ever holding any Office!
Ackerman
Andrews
Bass (CA)
Becerra
Blumenauer
Bonamici
Brady (PA)
Brown (FL)
Butterfield
Capps
Capuano
Cardoza
Carney
Carson (IN)
Castor (FL)
Chu
Cleaver
Clyburn
Conyers
Cooper
Crowley
Cummings
Davis (CA)
Davis (IL)
DeGette
DeLauro
Deutch
Dicks
Dingell
Edwards
Ellison
Engel
Eshoo
Fattah
Frank (MA)
Fudge
Gonzalez
Gutierrez
Hanabusa
Hastings (FL)
Himes
Hinchey
Holt
Hoyer
Israel
Johnson (GA)
Johnson, E. B.
Kaptur
Keating
Kind
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lee (CA)
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lowey
Maloney
Markey
Matsui
McCollum
McDermott
Meeks
Miller (NC)
Miller, George
Moore
Napolitano
Neal
Olver
Pallone
Pelosi
Peters
Price (NC)
Rangel
Reyes
Rothman (NJ)
Roybal-Allard
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Sánchez, Linda T.
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schwartz
Serrano
Sewell
Shuler
Sires
Slaughter
Stark
Thompson (MS)
Towns
Turner (NY)
Van Hollen
Velázquez
Wasserman Schultz
Watt
Waxman
Wilson (FL)
Woolsey
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Great News!!
But don’t get to wound up yet….
That Great Legislator-Terminator, the dishonerable
**** Senator Harry Reid ****
stands at the gate ready to defend the last bastions of the Progressive Utopia,
yes that very same FED that makes Money appear Magically out of thin air…
Poof the Welfare State, Poof ObamaCare, and Poof, Poof a Trillion Times.
And if by some Divine Intervention, just short of a Bona Fide Miracle, the Senate narrowly does pass it too….
Well than the great Dragon will sharpen his claws and a great ‘V’ will be etched across the Bill and it will crash in flaming defeat, its ashes lying along side the Repeal ObamaCare bill.
While I am likewise elated about this House passage, the will of the People will not be permitted until after the 2012 election, when hopefully the last of the Progressive scum bags are cleared out.
But even then we can’t assume anything, the Republicans are no less innocent of the Fiat Money currency scandals….
Ending the FED and a return to
Sound Commodity Money (gold & silver coin)
is the ONLY
CONSTITUTIONALLY authorized solution.
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