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Event: Florida Liberty Summit with Ron Paul
Location: Orlando, FL
Date: August 7, 2009
Ron Paul: It&#8217;s really wonderful to see such a nice enthusiastic crowd, and you know, I give a lot of speeches in Washington, but believe me, I don&#8217;t get that kind of enthusiasm. It&#8217;s usually pretty empty when I get to talk up there, [...]Related posts:<ol><li><a
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href='http://www.ronpaul.com/2009-06-17/ron-paul-opposes-supplemental-appropriations-act/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Ron Paul Opposes Supplemental Appropriations Act'>Ron Paul Opposes Supplemental Appropriations Act</a> <small>On June 15, Ron Paul gave the following speech in...</small></li></ol>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p
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src="http://www.youtube.com/p/A0844F3848675D04&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1&#038;showinfo=0&#038;start=60" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="480" height="385" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object></p><p><small><strong>Event:</strong> Florida Liberty Summit with <a
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/> <strong>Location:</strong> Orlando, FL<br
/> <strong>Date:</strong> August 7, 2009</small></p><p><strong>Ron Paul:</strong> It&#8217;s really wonderful to see such a nice enthusiastic crowd, and you know, I give a lot of speeches in Washington, but believe me, I don&#8217;t get that kind of enthusiasm. It&#8217;s usually pretty empty when I get to talk up there, but I get back to my sanity when I get out of Washington and get home to be with people like you, so this is a real pleasure to be here and, you know, about a year ago we announced that the revolution was beginning. But today, we say let&#8217;s continue the revolution.</p><p>Good idea started and I wanted to make sure everybody here, but I&#8217;m sure the majority do know, but Mark Cross spent a lot of energy into this activity tonight. Not only that, but organizing this county and around the state, if we have somebody like Mark in every state, believe me, this will turn into a [...] revolution. Mark&#8230;</p><p>And I guess I can give you a few little updates on politics. I hear that Peter Schiff is doing it quite well. (inaudible). Then there&#8217;s a doctor in Kentucky who is running for the Senate and he&#8217;s [Rand Paul].</p><p>To me as, you know, I&#8217;ve [...] talked about what he is doing and I asked him if I can give him any advice, of course, I don&#8217;t really give him advice and I suggested things and asked him questions. I said, &#8220;Are you really sure you want to give up a perfectly good medical practice and go into politics?&#8221; and he said that I had no room to even question that.</p><p>But all of us have other things to do; we&#8217;re all engaged in the preservation of liberty and that should be our goal. That should be the goal of all political action, it&#8217;s the preservation of liberty. With our freedoms, all of our problems can be solved in a much better way than [...]</p><p>Earlier this evening, I ran into a gentleman and he asked me about fairness of elections and why don&#8217;t I do more to make sure that all elections are fair, and it is true, elections aren&#8217;t always fair. There was one time not too long ago that I had a problem with and election. It was in the early years, in the 1970s, where we actually thought an election was stolen. <span
id="more-3595"></span></p><p>But this shouldn&#8217;t surprise us at all, because don&#8217;t we have a very active CIA making sure all the elections are fair around the world, and if an election doesn&#8217;t come out quite well, right? We&#8217;ll have a new election and we do it all over again. But back in the day when we had a contest, we actually had a lot of evidence [...] One gentleman was called before the judge and the judge says, &#8220;Young man, do you know you&#8217;re being charged for voting seven times?&#8221; He says, &#8220;No.&#8221; And he says, &#8220;I thought I was getting paid.&#8221;</p><p>But fortunately, we don&#8217;t have to worry about that right now because ultimately &#8211; elections are key obviously &#8211; but ultimately, it&#8217;s what&#8217;s in the hearts and minds of the people. What is the philosophy in the country, the philosophy we believe in. Do we believe in socialism, welfarism, interventionism?</p><p>Then it has what the people believe, and believe me, that&#8217;s what we get in Congress and in Washington and the prevailing attitude has been wrong for a long time. That is why what is going on today is not a partisan revolution. It&#8217;s a philosophic revolution to change the hearts and mind and the philosophy of the American people to say, &#8220;We want our freedom. We don&#8217;t want oppression from our federal government.&#8221;</p><p>When we are successful and we&#8217;re becoming more successful all the time, we know it affects across supporting minds. It&#8217;s very difficult to introduce new ideas and new party because all the laws are biased against competition. We don&#8217;t have a very good democratic history in this country because it&#8217;s narrowed down to two parties and when you look closely [...] they look like the same party.</p><p>And for that reason, many of us who were in the major parties and I certainly have worked at the Republican Party and as a Republican congressman, but what we need to eventually do though is to make sure these ideas are across party lines.</p><p>Now, when we&#8217;re successful, the ideas will permeate, just like Nixon explained it all to us on August 15, 1971. He said, &#8220;We&#8217;re all Keynesians now.&#8221; And he was absolutely right. But today, we have an issue that we have made very bipartisan, for the right reason. Sure, you can say it&#8217;s bi-partisan when we&#8217;re handing out TARP funds and so-called bailing out the economy and then the Republicans get together and rip us off and they call that bipartisanship.</p><p>I&#8217;m talking about the other kind of bipartisanship where ideas permeate, and I will say that he have achieved this to a large degree, calling the attention to that very important issue and getting both Republicans and Democrats on board on auditing the <a
href="http://www.ronpaul.com/on-the-issues/audit-the-federal-reserve-hr-1207/" >Federal Reserve</a> system.</p><p><strong>Audience:</strong> (Clapping), <a
href="http://www.ronpaul.com/buy-end-the-fed.php" >End the Fed</a>! <a
href="http://www.ronpaul.com/buy-end-the-fed.php" >End the Fed</a>! <a
href="http://www.ronpaul.com/buy-end-the-fed.php" >End the Fed</a>!</p><p><strong>Ron Paul:</strong> How did you know about <a
href="http://www.ronpaul.com/buy-end-the-fed.php" target="_BLANK">my new book</a>?</p><p>But you know, like I&#8217;m saying, this has been a bipartisan effort. We have all Republicans and we have 104 Democrats and I think Alan Grayson was introduced earlier on [...], but Alan have actually, you know, gotten a lot of help for us in getting a lot of [...].</p><p>We do have a long way to go though. We are making progress. When we see crowds like this, people who are not strongly identified with one party or the other that are willing to work hard to promote liberty, believe me, we can be&#8230; we&#8217;re on a roll and we have to continue. We have to continue the momentum. This is the key. But we have to know what we believe in and, of course, it can be summarized rather easily. Most people talk about liberty, but do people really define it and understand it? Liberty to me means I have a right to my life, to my liberty, and to the fruits of my labor.</p><p>And my rights do not come from my government, my rights coming to me in a natural way, in a God-given way and apply to all of us equally.</p><p>And if we are to have a small government, that government should be restrained and limiting its power and authority to the protection of our liberty and nothing else.</p><p>There shouldn&#8217;t be a perpetual war on the people. They say there is always a war for the people, but too often it is a war on the people. You know, there is a war going on in Afghanistan that&#8217;s expanding, is that supposed to be for us? There has been a war going on in Iraq now for over 6 or 7 years, a trillions dollars spent, and thousands of American lives have been lost and hundreds of thousands of others lives have been lost. And that war is not for us, that is a war against us. It&#8217;s consuming us.</p><p>What about this war on drugs? We don&#8217;t need a war on drugs. Then they&#8217;ll say we have to have a war on poverty; we&#8217;re opposed to poverty. Who&#8217;s for poverty? Guess we&#8217;re going to have a war on poverty, and what do they give us? A lot more poverty.</p><p>Personal liberties are obviously part of this, but in order to have liberty protected we have to come to our senses on foreign policy. The founders were correct on foreign policy and they gave us strong advice. It&#8217;s written into the Constitution that we need to defend our country, but we are not supposed to be the policeman of the world.</p><p>And now that we&#8217;re broke and more people are starting to recognize that we&#8217;re broke, it&#8217;s getting more opportunistic for us to say &#8220;One of the solutions may well be to just bring our troops home.&#8221;</p><p>I&#8217;m not talking about Iraq. I&#8217;m not talking about the Middle East. I&#8217;m not talking about Afghanistan. I&#8217;m not talking about the attacks on Pakistan. I&#8217;m not talking about our Navy surrounding and wants to boycott the Iranians. I&#8217;m not talking about the Koreans. The troops we have in Korea. The troops we have in Europe. The troops we have in Japan. The 800 bases we have around the world. I&#8217;m talking about all of them! Bring them home!</p><p>And with the hundreds of billions of dollars we can save, we can inject that into the economy by cutting the income tax and let the people have the money.</p><p>Then if we reject the notion of the last 35 years of government managed care and reject the notion that the answer is socialized medicine, believe me, the American people will get a lot better <a
href="http://www.ronpaul.com/on-the-issues/health-care/" >healthcare</a> if we just get the government out of the way.</p><p>Last week, there was another bill passed. It was passed under suspension and passed rather easily. It had to do with regulating food. They want everybody to have safe food. So we&#8217;re going to depend on the post office to give us safe food. But it&#8217;s an unbelievable bill. Regulating and inspecting every single thing about food. It&#8217;s going to be very bureaucratic and very, very expensive. Food prices are going up. Just like when they&#8217;re regulated [...], the prices go up. When they got into the housing business, did poor people end up with houses? Yeah, temporarily, then they lost them quickly and the housing crisis went up and then there is a collapse.</p><p>Governments can&#8217;t manage. They can&#8217;t manage anything. They can&#8217;t manage their own personal affair most of the time.</p><p>But what they can manage is their overseas travel. They love overseas travel. Somebody asked me, &#8220;Why don&#8217;t you go overseas, you don&#8217;t like the way the money is spent, we&#8217;re going to inspect how we&#8217;re doing this so you can be more informed about what&#8217;s happening with all that. I said, &#8220;I don&#8217;t need to go overseas to know that we shouldn&#8217;t be voting for any foreign aid whatsoever.&#8221;</p><p>But [...], you really think that after this last week of people being upset at these townhall meetings that they&#8217;d be paying more attention, but no, it&#8217;s still going through Congress right now with over half a billion dollars is being presented by the House to buy more airplanes for the congressmen to fly around the world.</p><p>Not only is it first-class flying, they are being jettisoned, I guess they need about 8 members, 4 Republicans and 4 Democrats. You&#8217;ve got to be bipartisan. They go up in big jets, and what really gets to me about some of that is I find some people who fly in those jets and burn up all that energy are greenies.</p><p>And sometimes, we get a bad rap, we don&#8217;t care<br
/> about the environment. You know, if you&#8217;re a true constitutionalist, true conservative, libertarian, you care about property. That&#8217;s why it&#8217;s in the hands of private individuals, they take much better care of the property than anybody else.</p><p>One of our great polluters today is the Pentagon. They burn more energy than about&#8230; except for about 15 countries, they burn more energy than most of all of the rest of the countries. But just think of the energy and the carbons that they put out in the air in countries like Iraq.</p><p>I have Trudy Miles [?] the other day and the lady&#8217;s expertise, she&#8217;s a journalist on these burn pits. I had to confess I didn&#8217;t know a whole lot about burn pits, but she said it&#8217;s been traditional, but they&#8217;re especially bad in Iraq. That means that when Halliburton and other companies get paid umpteen million, millions of dollars to do their things out there, all their waste gets into a pit, an open pit; medical supplies, rubber supplies, chemical supplies, and these pits burn constantly. And predictions now are made that we&#8217;re in trouble with the Persian Gulf War syndrome and there&#8217;s going to be a lot of that.</p><p>But we already had such a tragedy with that, the lsot lives of course, between the two wars we&#8217;ve lost 5,000 with 40,000 troops got injured and we have hundreds of thousands who now are applying, and probably most of them legitimately, people coming back who have post-traumatic stress syndrome; an epidemic of suicide these days.</p><p>I&#8217;ve got one staff person whose brother is on his way back to Iraq the fifth time, the fifth time to Iraq, and then they wonder why as a candidate our campaign ended up getting more money from the military than all the rest put together.</p><p>I find the issue [...] I don&#8217;t need to tell you, they are massive. But they&#8217;re probably even worse than I can even comprehend because I don&#8217;t think anybody can quite comprehend $100 trillion of financial obligations, and the reason you really can&#8217;t comprehend it is because these obligations are slipping. You know, they&#8217;re not fixed.</p><p>You know, they talk about Social Security going broke in a certain year, but there&#8217;s no way they can predict. Right now, they&#8217;re moving up the date. Why? Less people are working, the cashflow is much reduced. And therefore it&#8217;s shortening the period of time where it will be [...]</p><p>But then the other part that they don&#8217;t know is what the cost of living is going to be. It&#8217;s going to be automatically higher, so the prices are going up, your revenues are going down, less people working, more people living longer, and on and on and yet they claimed that they&#8217;re good managers of our affairs, and yet all is a tremendous attack on our liberties.</p><p>We&#8217;ve had an 18 percent reduction in tax revenues since the recession. I think we should cheer that.</p><p>It wasn&#8217;t on purpose. It wasn&#8217;t a policy. It was by default and it is because they messed up the economy of that. But the bad news is they probably have increased spending by that amoujnt of money and made it that much worse. So you can&#8217;t have a decrease in revenues and continue to spend more money and all these entitlement obligations, a national debt of about a trillion dollars. But right now currently, our national debt is going up at the rate of $2 trillion a year. You hear that in figures, but it&#8217;s $2 trillion a year because, you know, we take all the funds away from the other trust funds.</p><p>The other day, we got a note that we had used up all of the highway trust funds and we had to replenish all that. There was a special vote. Two thirds vote to put 7 billion dollars in there. So the money came in, probably from the highway taxes. They blew it on probably spending in Iraq. They come up short so they print more money and fulfill it and everybody goes for it.</p><p>But you know&#8230; once again, back to the silliness about ridiculous spending overseas. You know, in a transition, I think there&#8217;s a lot of things we can do. We don&#8217;t have to cut everybody off right away, but we ought to have some priorities and I think it&#8217;s a logical point of view to say, &#8220;Look, isn&#8217;t it time that we quit blowing up bridges around the world and then paying to re-build them and not even have enough money to take care of our own highways and bridges.&#8221;</p><p>The news has been pretty good this week. I think that there may be a much greater growth with the Campaign for Liberty when you see how many people out there are disgusted with the government.</p><p>And you know, I don&#8217;t like to deal with anger. I don&#8217;t think that&#8217;s the best approach. I was always taught you can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar, and anger doesn&#8217;t work. But there is a lot of anger out there and a lot of it is justified, and I think our goal at Campaign for Liberty is to harness that energy and that extreme upset, being extremely upset with our government and take it and turn it into something positive. That is the key. If we can&#8217;t, we can&#8217;t win because the anger, and already they&#8217;re turning against us and they say, &#8220;Oh, they&#8217;re angry.&#8221; I heard one commentator interviewed a congressman and he said, &#8220;Oh, yeah. They were down there and having a ruckus with my townhall meeting. And they had the nerve to get up and say that under the 10th amendment the federal government shouldn&#8217;t be doing this with medical care.&#8221;</p><p>He was incensed to think that the 10th amendment actually restrained the government at the federal level. But they will continue to get away with this if we allow them to do it. But right now, our [...] is under attack whether it&#8217;s personal liberty or economic liberty or whether it&#8217;s the intrusion that we have overseas and we, as a group, have an honest responsibility.</p><p>I&#8217;m always pleased with the crowds and the enthusiasm, but in some ways,<br
/> once you see what&#8217;s happening, once you get introduced to the ideas of liberty, understanding Austrian economics, understanding our history a little bit better, it can make you uncomfortable, and that&#8217;s probably good.</p><p>And people will follow up and and they start reading and thinking, but I see people like you, as being very, very special, different, because you are part of a remnant of people who hold things together.</p><p>The masses of people will never quite understand, but what you do and say and understand makes all the difference in the world.</p><p>But you have more responsibility than anybody, and this is not new, this is not something I brought up or invented, that&#8217;s the way it&#8217;s always been, responsibility always falls on a small number of people.</p><p>And Samuel Adams talked about that. He said, “It does not require a majority to prevail. You need an irate minority.”</p><p>A minority that is keen to set brush fires of freedom in the minds of men and then you&#8217;ll have a revolution.</p><p>And I like the idea that he said “minds of men”. [...] I like this that he will start the brush fires in the minds of men so that you know and understand, because it is an ideological fight. This is not a political fight. Politics is secondary to the ideological fight.</p><p>And that&#8217;s where we&#8217;re winning. That&#8217;s where we&#8217;re making progress more so than ever before because Keynesianism failed and the American people are irate because they know it has failed.</p><p>They don&#8217;t quite understand what the alternative is and yet we need to fill that void and explain what is necessary.</p><p>Related posts:<ol><li><a
href='http://www.ronpaul.com/2009-05-26/campaign-for-liberty-conference-in-seattle-with-ron-paul-and-tom-woods/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Campaign for Liberty Conference in Seattle, with Ron Paul and Tom Woods'>Campaign for Liberty Conference in Seattle, with Ron Paul and Tom Woods</a> <small>From May 22 to 24, 2009, Ron Paul, Tom Woods...</small></li><li><a
href='http://www.ronpaul.com/2009-03-02/c4ls-liberty-forum-at-cpac-2009/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: C4L&#8217;s Liberty Forum at CPAC 2009'>C4L&#8217;s Liberty Forum at CPAC 2009</a> <small>Here&#8217;s a collection of videos of supporter-made videos documenting the...</small></li><li><a
href='http://www.ronpaul.com/2009-06-17/ron-paul-opposes-supplemental-appropriations-act/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Ron Paul Opposes Supplemental Appropriations Act'>Ron Paul Opposes Supplemental Appropriations Act</a> <small>On June 15, Ron Paul gave the following speech in...</small></li></ol></p>]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.ronpaul.com/2009-08-12/ron-pauls-speech-at-the-campaign-for-liberty-summit-in-orlando/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>8</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Ron Paul and the Freedom Revolution: Politics is Secondary, Ideology is What Counts</title><link>http://www.ronpaul.com/2009-08-08/ron-paul-and-the-freedom-revolution-politics-is-secondary-ideology-is-what-counts/</link> <comments>http://www.ronpaul.com/2009-08-08/ron-paul-and-the-freedom-revolution-politics-is-secondary-ideology-is-what-counts/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 17:29:51 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>tmartin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Campaign for Liberty]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ron Paul's Speeches]]></category> <category><![CDATA[FL]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ideology]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Minority]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Orlando]]></category><guid
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In less than two years, the freedom movement &#8211; under Ron Paul&#8217;s reluctant leadership &#8211; has made great progress in building a new popular consensus that freedom works and that socialism is [...]Related posts:<ol><li><a
href='http://www.ronpaul.com/2009-08-12/ron-pauls-speech-at-the-campaign-for-liberty-summit-in-orlando/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Ron Paul&#8217;s Speech at the Campaign for Liberty Summit in Orlando'>Ron Paul&#8217;s Speech at the Campaign for Liberty Summit in Orlando</a> <small> Event: Florida Liberty Summit with Ron Paul Location: Orlando,...</small></li><li><a
href='http://www.ronpaul.com/2009-01-20/ron-paul-reacts-to-obama-speech/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Ron Paul Reacts To Obama Speech'>Ron Paul Reacts To Obama Speech</a> <small> Source: Campaign for Liberty Date: 1/20/2009 Transcript: I&#8217;d like...</small></li><li><a
href='http://www.ronpaul.com/2009-06-18/adam-kokesh-to-ron-paul-the-revolution-is-alive-and-well/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Adam Kokesh to Ron Paul: The Revolution is alive and well!'>Adam Kokesh to Ron Paul: The Revolution is alive and well!</a> <small>Ron Paul and Adam Kokesh met in the Congressman&#8217;s office...</small></li></ol>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The battle for the future of liberty is fought not in the political arena but in the minds of people like you and me.</p><p>In less than two years, the freedom movement &#8211; under <a
href="http://www.ronpaul.com" >Ron Paul</a>&#8217;s reluctant leadership &#8211; has made great progress in building a new popular consensus that freedom works and that socialism is a tyrannical, antiquated ideology that all Americans need to oppose.</p><p>At the same time, <a
href="http://www.ronpaul.com" >Ron Paul</a>&#8217;s recent speeches have addressed the historical fact that peaceful revolutionaries don&#8217;t need to convince 51% of the population to determine a new course.</p><p>Instead, all it takes to set off the winds of <em>real</em> change in the 21st century is an energized, &#8220;irate&#8221;, responsible minority of 3% to 5% that claims ideological leadership and explains why Keynesianism has failed and what it can be replaced with.</p><p>This ideological fight, to quote <a
href="http://www.ronpaul.com" >Ron Paul</a>, is &#8220;where we&#8217;re winning. That&#8217;s where we&#8217;re making progress more so than ever before.&#8221;</p><p
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/> <strong>Location:</strong> Orlando, FL<br
/> <strong>Date:</strong> August 7, 2009</small></p><p><strong>Ron Paul:</strong> We as a group have an honest responsibility.</p><p>I&#8217;m always pleased with the crowds and the enthusiasm, but in some ways,<br
/> once you see what&#8217;s happening, once you get introduced to the ideas of liberty, understanding Austrian economics, understanding our history a little bit better, it can make you uncomfortable, and that&#8217;s probably good.</p><p>And people will follow up and and they start reading and thinking, but I see people like you, as being very, very special, different, because you are part of a remnant of people who hold things together.</p><p>The masses of people will never quite understand, but what you do and say and understand makes all the difference in the world.</p><p>But you have more responsibility than anybody, and this is not new, this is not something I brought up or invented, that&#8217;s the way it&#8217;s always been, responsibility always falls on a small number of people.</p><p>And Samuel Adams talked about that. He said, &#8220;It does not require a majority to prevail. You need an irate minority.&#8221;</p><p>A minority that is keen to set brush fires of freedom in the minds of men and then you&#8217;ll have a revolution.</p><p>And I like the idea that he said &#8220;minds of men&#8221;. [...] I like this that he will start the brush fires in the minds of men so that you know and understand, because it is an ideological fight. This is not a political fight. Politics is secondary to the ideological fight.</p><p>And that&#8217;s where we&#8217;re winning. That&#8217;s where we&#8217;re making progress more so than ever before because Keynesianism failed and the American people are irate because they know it has failed.</p><p>They don&#8217;t quite understand what the alternative is and yet we need to fill that void and explain what is necessary.</p><p>Related posts:<ol><li><a
href='http://www.ronpaul.com/2009-08-12/ron-pauls-speech-at-the-campaign-for-liberty-summit-in-orlando/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Ron Paul&#8217;s Speech at the Campaign for Liberty Summit in Orlando'>Ron Paul&#8217;s Speech at the Campaign for Liberty Summit in Orlando</a> <small> Event: Florida Liberty Summit with Ron Paul Location: Orlando,...</small></li><li><a
href='http://www.ronpaul.com/2009-01-20/ron-paul-reacts-to-obama-speech/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Ron Paul Reacts To Obama Speech'>Ron Paul Reacts To Obama Speech</a> <small> Source: Campaign for Liberty Date: 1/20/2009 Transcript: I&#8217;d like...</small></li><li><a
href='http://www.ronpaul.com/2009-06-18/adam-kokesh-to-ron-paul-the-revolution-is-alive-and-well/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Adam Kokesh to Ron Paul: The Revolution is alive and well!'>Adam Kokesh to Ron Paul: The Revolution is alive and well!</a> <small>Ron Paul and Adam Kokesh met in the Congressman&#8217;s office...</small></li></ol></p>]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.ronpaul.com/2009-08-08/ron-paul-and-the-freedom-revolution-politics-is-secondary-ideology-is-what-counts/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>49</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Sen. Jim DeMint Co-Sponsors Audit the Fed Bill</title><link>http://www.ronpaul.com/2009-06-23/senator-jim-demint-co-sponsors-audit-the-fed-bill/</link> <comments>http://www.ronpaul.com/2009-06-23/senator-jim-demint-co-sponsors-audit-the-fed-bill/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:51:57 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>tmartin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Campaign for Liberty]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Federal Reserve]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ron Paul's Legislation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Audit the Fed]]></category> <category><![CDATA[HR 1207]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Jim DeMint]]></category> <category><![CDATA[S 604]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.ronpaul.com/?p=3024</guid> <description><![CDATA[Ron Paul&#8217;s Campaign for Liberty today issued high praise for Senator Jim DeMint and his leadership on legislation to bring transparency to the Federal Reserve and our nation&#8217;s monetary policy.
Last week, Senator DeMint became the first Republican to support S. 604, The Federal Reserve Sunshine Act of 2009. This week he has taken to the [...]Related posts:<ol><li><a
href='http://www.ronpaul.com/2009-07-07/senate-leadership-blocks-federal-reserve-audit/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Senate Leadership Blocks Federal Reserve Audit'>Senate Leadership Blocks Federal Reserve Audit</a> <small>Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC) was blocked by Senate Democrat Leadership...</small></li><li><a
href='http://www.ronpaul.com/2009-06-25/glenn-beck-and-jim-demint-discuss-audit-the-fed-bills-hr-1207-and-s-604/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Glenn Beck and Jim DeMint discuss Audit the Fed bills HR 1207 and S 604'>Glenn Beck and Jim DeMint discuss Audit the Fed bills HR 1207 and S 604</a> <small>This Tuesday Glenn Beck interviewed Sen. Jim DeMint, who recently...</small></li><li><a
href='http://www.ronpaul.com/2009-05-07/we-the-people-to-congress-audit-the-federal-reserve/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: We the People to Congress: Audit the Federal Reserve!'>We the People to Congress: Audit the Federal Reserve!</a> <small>In today&#8217;s edition of the Washington Times (May 7, 2009),...</small></li></ol>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a
href="http://www.ronpaul.com" >Ron Paul</a>&#8217;s Campaign for Liberty today issued high praise for <a
href="http://jimdemint.com/" target="_BLANK">Senator Jim DeMint</a> and his leadership on legislation to bring transparency to the <a
href="http://www.ronpaul.com/on-the-issues/audit-the-federal-reserve-hr-1207/" >Federal Reserve</a> and our nation&#8217;s monetary policy.</p><p>Last week, Senator DeMint became the first Republican to support <a
href="http://www.ronpaul.com/on-the-issues/audit-the-federal-reserve-hr-1207/" >S. 604</a>, The <a
href="http://www.ronpaul.com/on-the-issues/audit-the-federal-reserve-hr-1207/" >Federal Reserve</a> Sunshine Act of 2009. This week he has taken to the airwaves to help build momentum for this bill, including a nationally televised appearance today on Fox News&#8217; Glen Beck Show.</p><p><a
href="http://www.ronpaul.com/on-the-issues/audit-the-federal-reserve-hr-1207/" >S. 604</a> is the companion to <a
href="http://www.ronpaul.com/on-the-issues/audit-the-federal-reserve-hr-1207/" >H.R. 1207</a>, legislation introduced in the House of Representatives by Congressman <a
href="http://www.ronpaul.com" >Ron Paul</a>, which currently stands with 237 cosponsors, a majority of the House.</p><p>&#8220;The <a
href="http://www.ronpaul.com/on-the-issues/audit-the-federal-reserve-hr-1207/" >Federal Reserve</a> wields tremendous power and is at the center of our current economic storm of deficits, debt and bailouts.&#8221;</p><p>&#8220;Senator Jim DeMint understands that in order to solve our problems, America needs transparency and accountability at our nation&#8217;s central bank,&#8221; said Campaign for Liberty President <a
href="http://www.ronpaul.com/tag/john-tate/" >John Tate</a>.</p><p>&#8220;By supporting <a
href="http://www.ronpaul.com/on-the-issues/audit-the-federal-reserve-hr-1207/" >S. 604</a>, Senator DeMint is standing up for both South Carolina and the American People. The Campaign for Liberty applauds Senator Jim DeMint for strong leadership in the fight to restore our Liberty.&#8221;</p><p>&#8220;<a
href="http://www.ronpaul.com/on-the-issues/audit-the-federal-reserve-hr-1207/" >H.R. 1207</a> has tremendous momentum in the House, and S. 604 is now picking up steam in the Senate,&#8221; continued Tate.</p><p>Senator David Vitter (R-LA) also cosponsored S. 604 shortly after Sen. DeMint signed on and other Senators are soon expected to follow Senator DeMint&#8217;s lead.</p><p>S. 604 and <a
href="http://www.ronpaul.com/on-the-issues/audit-the-federal-reserve-hr-1207/" >H.R. 1207</a> would open up the Fed&#8217;s funding facilities, such as the Primary Dealer Credit Facility, Term Securities Lending Facility, and Term Asset-Backed Securities Lending Facility to Congressional oversight and an audit by the non-partisan Government Accountability Office. Additionally, audits could include discount window operations, open market operations, and agreements with foreign central banks, such as ongoing dollar swap operations with European central banks.</p><p>H.R. 1207&#8217;s 237 cosponsors includes nearly every House Republican, as well as 71 Democrats and encompasses Representatives from a wide variety of ideological backgrounds, including conservatives, liberals, libertarians, moderates, and Blue Dogs. For example, Lynn Woolsey (D-CA), former head of the Progressive Caucus and Tom Price (R-GA), Chairman of the conservative Republican Study Committee, are both early supporters.</p><p><small><a
href="http://www.campaignforliberty.com" target="_BLANK">Campaign for Liberty</a> was formed to build on the momentum generated by <a
href="http://www.ronpaul.com" >Ron Paul</a>&#8217;s presidential bid that won over 1.3 million votes in the GOP primaries, while setting one day internet fundraising records and pulling in $34.7 million. Campaign for Liberty has attracted over 200,000 members and is conducting grassroots lobbying and educational campaigns to motivate millions of Americans to push for transparency at the Federal Reserve. </small></p><p>Related posts:<ol><li><a
href='http://www.ronpaul.com/2009-07-07/senate-leadership-blocks-federal-reserve-audit/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Senate Leadership Blocks Federal Reserve Audit'>Senate Leadership Blocks Federal Reserve Audit</a> <small>Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC) was blocked by Senate Democrat Leadership...</small></li><li><a
href='http://www.ronpaul.com/2009-06-25/glenn-beck-and-jim-demint-discuss-audit-the-fed-bills-hr-1207-and-s-604/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Glenn Beck and Jim DeMint discuss Audit the Fed bills HR 1207 and S 604'>Glenn Beck and Jim DeMint discuss Audit the Fed bills HR 1207 and S 604</a> <small>This Tuesday Glenn Beck interviewed Sen. Jim DeMint, who recently...</small></li><li><a
href='http://www.ronpaul.com/2009-05-07/we-the-people-to-congress-audit-the-federal-reserve/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: We the People to Congress: Audit the Federal Reserve!'>We the People to Congress: Audit the Federal Reserve!</a> <small>In today&#8217;s edition of the Washington Times (May 7, 2009),...</small></li></ol></p>]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.ronpaul.com/2009-06-23/senator-jim-demint-co-sponsors-audit-the-fed-bill/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>38</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>We the People to Congress: Audit the Federal Reserve!</title><link>http://www.ronpaul.com/2009-05-07/we-the-people-to-congress-audit-the-federal-reserve/</link> <comments>http://www.ronpaul.com/2009-05-07/we-the-people-to-congress-audit-the-federal-reserve/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 19:22:07 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>tmartin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Campaign for Liberty]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Federal Reserve]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ron Paul's Legislation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Audit the Fed]]></category> <category><![CDATA[HR 1207]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Washington Times]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.ronpaul.com/?p=2275</guid> <description><![CDATA[In today&#8217;s edition of the Washington Times (May 7, 2009), the Campaign for Liberty has taken out a wonderful ad — an open letter urging representatives to cosponsor Ron Paul&#8217;s Federal Reserve Transparency Act (HR 1207), signed by an unprecedentedly diverse coalition of individuals, activists, political organizations and citizen groups, all of whom join us [...]Related posts:<ol><li><a
href='http://www.ronpaul.com/2009-06-23/senator-jim-demint-co-sponsors-audit-the-fed-bill/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Sen. Jim DeMint Co-Sponsors Audit the Fed Bill'>Sen. Jim DeMint Co-Sponsors Audit the Fed Bill</a> <small>Ron Paul&#8217;s Campaign for Liberty today issued high praise for...</small></li><li><a
href='http://www.ronpaul.com/2009-04-17/we-the-people-to-congress-audit-the-fed/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: We The People to Congress: Audit the Fed!'>We The People to Congress: Audit the Fed!</a> <small>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3Mj788Ukhc John Fitzgerald Kennedy: The very word &#8220;secrecy&#8221; is repugnant...</small></li><li><a
href='http://www.ronpaul.com/2009-07-15/unanimous-gop-support-for-pauls-bill-to-audit-the-fed/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Unanimous GOP Support for Ron Paul&#8217;s Bill to Audit the Federal Reserve'>Unanimous GOP Support for Ron Paul&#8217;s Bill to Audit the Federal Reserve</a> <small>Ron Paul&#8217;s congressional office sent out the following press release...</small></li></ol>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>In today&#8217;s edition of the <em>Washington Times</em> (May 7, 2009), the <a
href="http://www.campaignforliberty.com" target="_blank">Campaign for Liberty</a> has taken out a wonderful ad — an open letter urging representatives to cosponsor <a
href="http://www.ronpaul.com" >Ron Paul</a>&#8217;s <a
href="http://www.ronpaul.com/on-the-issues/audit-the-federal-reserve-hr-1207/" >Federal Reserve</a> Transparency Act (<a
href="http://www.ronpaul.com/on-the-issues/audit-the-federal-reserve-hr-1207/" >HR 1207</a>), signed by an unprecedentedly diverse coalition of individuals, activists, political organizations and citizen groups, all of whom join us in demanding that Congress finally shine a light on the secretive <a
href="http://www.ronpaul.com/on-the-issues/audit-the-federal-reserve-hr-1207/" >Federal Reserve</a> System.</em></p><h2 style="text-align: center;">An Open Letter</h2><h2 style="text-align: center;">to the U.S. House of Representatives</h2><p>05/07/2009</p><p>Dear Representative,</p><p><strong>We, the undersigned organizations representing millions of Americans, encourage you to cosponsor H.R. 1207, &#8220;The Federal Reserve Transparency Act,&#8221;</strong> which would eliminate the restrictions on U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) audits of the <a
href="http://www.ronpaul.com/on-the-issues/audit-the-federal-reserve-hr-1207/" >Federal Reserve</a>.</p><p>Since its inception, the Federal Reserve has operated without sufficient transparency or accountability to the American people. In fact, <strong>current law specifically excludes the Fed from a thorough audit or real congressional oversight. No government agency has such an utter lack of sunshine.</strong></p><p>The Federal Reserve has created and dispersed trillions of dollars in response to our current financial crisis. Americans across the nation, regardless of their opinion on the bailouts, want to know where that money has gone and exactly how much has been spent.</p><p><a
href="http://www.ronpaul.com/on-the-issues/audit-the-federal-reserve-hr-1207/" target="_self">H.R. 1207</a> would open up the Fed’s funding facilities, such as the Primary Dealer Credit Facility, Term Securities Lending Facility, and Term Asset-Backed Securities Lending Facility to congressional oversight.</p><p>Additionally, audits could include discount window operations, open market operations, and agreements with foreign central banks, such as the ongoing dollar swap operations with European central banks.</p><p>By opening all Fed operations to a GAO audit and calling for such an audit to be completed by the end of 2010, <strong>H.R. 1207 would achieve much-needed transparency of the Federal Reserve.</strong></p><p>Sincerely,</p><p><small><a
href="http://www.campaignforliberty.com" target="_blank">Campaign for Liberty</a><br
/> <a
href="http://www.freedomworks.org/" target="_blank">FreedomWorks</a><br
/> <a
href="http://www.fiscalaccountability.org/" target="_blank">Center for Fiscal Accountability at Americans for Tax Reform</a><br
/> <a
href="http://www.pogo.org/" target="_blank">Project On Government Oversight</a> (POGO)<br
/> <a
href="http://councilfor.cagw.org" target="_blank">Council for Citizens Against Government Waste</a> (CCAGW)<br
/> <a
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/> <a
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/> <a
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href="http://internationalassemblyofwhistleblowers.org/" target="_blank">International Association of Whistleblowers</a><br
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/> <a
href="http://www.usbor.org/" target="_blank">U.S. Bill of Rights Foundation</a><br
/> <a
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/> <a
href="http://www.citizensforethics.org/" target="_blank">Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington</a> (CREW)<br
/> <a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens_for_Sunshine" target="_blank">Citizens for Sunshine</a><br
/> <a
href="http://www.downsizedc.org/" target="_blank">DownsizeDC.org, Inc.</a><br
/> No FEAR Coalition<br
/> <a
href="http://www.marcusepstein.com/" target="_blank">Marcus Epstein</a>, <a
href="http://www.theamericancause.org/" target="_blank">The American Cause</a><br
/> <a
href="http://www.multiracial.com/site/" target="_blank">The Multiracial Activist</a><br
/> <a
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/> <a
href="http://libr.org/plg/index.php" target="_blank">Progressive Librarians Guild</a><br
/> Government Accountability Project (GAP)<br
/> <a
href="http://openthegovernment.org/" target="_blank">OpenTheGovernment.org</a><br
/> <a
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/> <a
href="http://www.womensorganizations.org/" target="_blank">National Coalition of Organized Women</a><br
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/> <a
href="http://www.whistleblower.org/template/index.cfm" target="_blank">Whistleblower Support Fund</a><br
/> <a
href="http://www.uspirg.org/" target="_blank">U.S. Public Interest Research Group</a><br
/> <a
href="http://iowatransparency.org/" target="_blank">IowaTransparency.org</a><br
/> <a
href="http://theharbourleague.org/" target="_blank">The Harbour League</a><br
/> <a
href="http://www.rlc.org/" target="_blank">Republican Liberty Caucus</a><br
/> Changing Hearts Foundation<br
/> <a
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/> <a
href="http://www.nedap.org/" target="_blank">Neighborhood Economic Development Advocacy Project</a><br
/> <a
href="http://www.wroinc.org/" target="_blank">Westchester Residential Opportunities</a><br
/> <a
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/> <a
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/> <a
href="http://www.defendingdissent.org/" target="_blank">Defending Dissent Foundation</a><br
/> <a
href="http://www.painreliefnetwork.org/" target="_blank">Pain Relief Network</a><br
/> <a
href="http://www.earth-intelligence.net" target="_blank">Earth Intelligence Network</a><br
/> <a
href="http://www.crystalcleargovernment.org/" target="_blank">Institute for Transparent Government</a><br
/> <a
href="http://www.justhealthnow.org/" target="_blank">JustHealth</a><br
/> <a
href="http://libertycoalition.net/" target="_blank">Liberty Coalition</a><br
/> <a
href="http://kyprogress.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Kentucky Progress</a><br
/> <a
href="http://www.woodhullfoundation.org/" target="_blank">The Woodhull Freedom Foundation</a><br
/> Utah Center-Right Coalition<br
/> Florida Center-Right Coalition<br
/> Pennsylvania Center-Right Coalition<br
/> <a
href="http://www.ethanallen.org/home.html" target="_blank">Ethan Allen Institute</a><br
/> <a
href="http://www.americanservicecouncil.com/" target="_blank">American Service Council</a><br
/> <a
href="http://www.limitedgovernment.org/" target="_blank">Public Interest Institute</a><br
/> <a
href="http://www.treasurer.state.ne.us/index.asp" target="_blank">Shane Osborn</a>, Nebraska State Treasurer<br
/> <a
href="http://www.ocpathink.org" target="_blank">Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs, Inc.</a><br
/> <a
href="http://www.gp.org" target="_blank">Green Party of the United States</a><br
/> <a
href="http://www.ntu.org/main/" target="_blank">National Taxpayers Union</a><br
/> <a
href="http://blog.yaliberty.org/" target="_blank">Young Americans for Liberty</a><br
/> Deborah Owens, Ph.D., Board Member, <a
href="http://www.buckeyeinstitute.org/" target="_blank">Buckeye Institute</a><br
/> <a
href="http://www.rand2010.com/" target="_blank">Rand Paul</a>, Kentucky Taxpayers United</small></p><p>Related posts:<ol><li><a
href='http://www.ronpaul.com/2009-06-23/senator-jim-demint-co-sponsors-audit-the-fed-bill/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Sen. Jim DeMint Co-Sponsors Audit the Fed Bill'>Sen. Jim DeMint Co-Sponsors Audit the Fed Bill</a> <small>Ron Paul&#8217;s Campaign for Liberty today issued high praise for...</small></li><li><a
href='http://www.ronpaul.com/2009-04-17/we-the-people-to-congress-audit-the-fed/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: We The People to Congress: Audit the Fed!'>We The People to Congress: Audit the Fed!</a> <small>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3Mj788Ukhc John Fitzgerald Kennedy: The very word &#8220;secrecy&#8221; is repugnant...</small></li><li><a
href='http://www.ronpaul.com/2009-07-15/unanimous-gop-support-for-pauls-bill-to-audit-the-fed/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Unanimous GOP Support for Ron Paul&#8217;s Bill to Audit the Federal Reserve'>Unanimous GOP Support for Ron Paul&#8217;s Bill to Audit the Federal Reserve</a> <small>Ron Paul&#8217;s congressional office sent out the following press release...</small></li></ol></p>]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.ronpaul.com/2009-05-07/we-the-people-to-congress-audit-the-federal-reserve/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>6</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Steve Bierfeldt on Freedom Watch</title><link>http://www.ronpaul.com/2009-04-09/steve-bierfeldt-on-freedom-watch/</link> <comments>http://www.ronpaul.com/2009-04-09/steve-bierfeldt-on-freedom-watch/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 17:55:09 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>tmartin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Campaign for Liberty]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ACLU]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Daniel Hannan]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Fox News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Freedom Watch]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Judge Andrew Napolitano]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Michael German]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Michelle Muccio]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Peter Schiff]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Police State]]></category> <category><![CDATA[St. Louis]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Steve Bierfeldt]]></category> <category><![CDATA[TSA]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.ronpaul.com/?p=1786</guid> <description><![CDATA[This Wednesday, Campaign for Liberty Director of Development Steve Bierfeldt joined Peter Schiff, Daniel Hannan, Lew Rockwell, Michael German and Michelle Muccio on Judge Andrew Napolitano&#8217;s online show &#8220;Freedom Watch&#8221;. The primary topic of discussion was Steve Bierfeldt&#8217;s courageous defiance of police state and intimidation tactics he was subjected to during his brief detention by [...]Related posts:<ol><li><a
href='http://www.ronpaul.com/2009-02-25/ron-paul-peter-schiff-on-freedom-watch-2/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Ron Paul, Peter Schiff on Freedom Watch'>Ron Paul, Peter Schiff on Freedom Watch</a> <small>This afternoon, Ron Paul participated in Judge Andrew Napolitano&#8217;s online...</small></li><li><a
href='http://www.ronpaul.com/2009-03-26/ron-paul-peter-schiff-glenn-beck-on-freedom-watch/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Ron Paul, Peter Schiff, Glenn Beck on Freedom Watch'>Ron Paul, Peter Schiff, Glenn Beck on Freedom Watch</a> <small>This Wednesday, Ron Paul joined Peter Schiff, Glenn Beck, Lew...</small></li><li><a
href='http://www.ronpaul.com/2009-04-30/ron-paul-on-freedom-watch-some-people-are-begging-for-socialism/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Ron Paul on Freedom Watch: &#8220;Some people are begging for socialism&#8221;'>Ron Paul on Freedom Watch: &#8220;Some people are begging for socialism&#8221;</a> <small>This Wednesday afternoon, Ron Paul joined Daniel Hannan, Lew Rockwell,...</small></li></ol>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This Wednesday, Campaign for Liberty Director of Development <a
href="http://www.campaignforliberty.com/user/SteveBierfeldt/" target="_BLANK">Steve Bierfeldt</a> joined Peter Schiff, Daniel Hannan, <a
href="http://www.lewrockwell.com" >Lew Rockwell</a>, Michael German and Michelle Muccio on Judge Andrew Napolitano&#8217;s online show &#8220;Freedom Watch&#8221;. The primary topic of discussion was Steve Bierfeldt&#8217;s courageous defiance of police state and intimidation tactics he was subjected to during his brief detention by the TSA after the Campaign for Liberty&#8217;s <a
href="http://www.ronpaul.com/events/regional-conference-st-luis-mo-march-2009/">recent conference in St. Louis</a>.</p><p
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/> <small><strong>Part 1:</strong> <a
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/> <strong>Part 2:</strong> <a
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/> <strong>Part 3:</strong> <a
href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atD28Z-exDU" target="_BLANK">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atD28Z-exDU</a><br
/> <strong>Part 4:</strong> <a
href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1iW_gcC28c" target="_BLANK">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1iW_gcC28c</a><br
/> <strong>Part 5:</strong> <a
href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9Y34SwLnTc" target="_BLANK">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9Y34SwLnTc</a><br
/> <strong>Part 6:</strong> <a
href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXDSbK_bj5g" target="_BLANK">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXDSbK_bj5g</a></small></p><p><strong>Channel:</strong> Fox News Strategy Room (online only)<br
/> <strong>Show:</strong> Freedom Watch<br
/> <strong>Host:</strong> Judge Andrew Napolitano<br
/> <strong>Date:</strong> 4/8/2009</p><p>Related posts:<ol><li><a
href='http://www.ronpaul.com/2009-02-25/ron-paul-peter-schiff-on-freedom-watch-2/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Ron Paul, Peter Schiff on Freedom Watch'>Ron Paul, Peter Schiff on Freedom Watch</a> <small>This afternoon, Ron Paul participated in Judge Andrew Napolitano&#8217;s online...</small></li><li><a
href='http://www.ronpaul.com/2009-03-26/ron-paul-peter-schiff-glenn-beck-on-freedom-watch/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Ron Paul, Peter Schiff, Glenn Beck on Freedom Watch'>Ron Paul, Peter Schiff, Glenn Beck on Freedom Watch</a> <small>This Wednesday, Ron Paul joined Peter Schiff, Glenn Beck, Lew...</small></li><li><a
href='http://www.ronpaul.com/2009-04-30/ron-paul-on-freedom-watch-some-people-are-begging-for-socialism/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Ron Paul on Freedom Watch: &#8220;Some people are begging for socialism&#8221;'>Ron Paul on Freedom Watch: &#8220;Some people are begging for socialism&#8221;</a> <small>This Wednesday afternoon, Ron Paul joined Daniel Hannan, Lew Rockwell,...</small></li></ol></p>]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.ronpaul.com/2009-04-09/steve-bierfeldt-on-freedom-watch/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Ron Paul: Let The Revolution Begin</title><link>http://www.ronpaul.com/2008-11-05/ron-paul-let-the-revolution-begin/</link> <comments>http://www.ronpaul.com/2008-11-05/ron-paul-let-the-revolution-begin/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 11:21:27 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>tmartin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Campaign for Liberty]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ron Paul's Writings]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Election]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Liberty]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ron Paul]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.ronpaul.com/?p=494</guid> <description><![CDATA[A message from Ron Paul:
Dear Friends,
Our journey together has been truly historic. As the final votes are tabulated and the curtain closes on this election, we must take time to reflect on our successes even as we turn our attention to the task before us.
Our campaign has stirred the sleeping giant by showing millions that [...]Related posts:<ol><li><a
href='http://www.ronpaul.com/2010-01-11/ron-paul-theyve-turned-their-attack-dogs-loose-on-me/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Ron Paul: They&#8217;ve Turned Their Attack Dogs Loose On Me!'>Ron Paul: They&#8217;ve Turned Their Attack Dogs Loose On Me!</a> <small>Ron Paul sent out the following email alert earlier today:...</small></li><li><a
href='http://www.ronpaul.com/2009-06-18/adam-kokesh-to-ron-paul-the-revolution-is-alive-and-well/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Adam Kokesh to Ron Paul: The Revolution is alive and well!'>Adam Kokesh to Ron Paul: The Revolution is alive and well!</a> <small>Ron Paul and Adam Kokesh met in the Congressman&#8217;s office...</small></li></ol>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>A <a
href="http://campaignforliberty.com/img/parchment-election08.jpg" target="_BLANK">message</a> from Ron Paul:</strong></p><p>Dear Friends,</p><p>Our journey together has been truly historic. As the final votes are tabulated and the curtain closes on this election, we must take time to reflect on our successes even as we turn our attention to the task before us.</p><p>Our campaign has stirred the sleeping giant by showing millions that freedom, peace, and prosperity are achievable. We know that these things can come about only through sound money, limited government and a respect for the inherent rights of every individual. We have awakened the political class to the popularity and viability of Liberty. And, most of all, we have awoken within ourselves a spirit of freedom and independence that cannot be suppressed by any ruler, army, or philosophy of subservience and fear.</p><p>Yet we must not reflect long. We must press our efforts and lay the groundwork for the future of our movement and our country. The 2010 election cycle is just around the corner. We must redouble our efforts to educate our fellow citizens, recruit and support liberty candidates, and marshal our resources for the battle ahead.</p><p>Ours is the most solemn charge of all: to defend Liberty in this bleak hour lest the very notion that man might best govern himself be scoured from this land and from the conscience of mankind.</p><p>In our campaign for liberty, we&#8217;re just getting started. Let the Revolution begin.</p><p><a
href="http://www.ronpaul.com" >Ron Paul</a></p><p>Related posts:<ol><li><a
href='http://www.ronpaul.com/2010-01-11/ron-paul-theyve-turned-their-attack-dogs-loose-on-me/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Ron Paul: They&#8217;ve Turned Their Attack Dogs Loose On Me!'>Ron Paul: They&#8217;ve Turned Their Attack Dogs Loose On Me!</a> <small>Ron Paul sent out the following email alert earlier today:...</small></li><li><a
href='http://www.ronpaul.com/2009-06-18/adam-kokesh-to-ron-paul-the-revolution-is-alive-and-well/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Adam Kokesh to Ron Paul: The Revolution is alive and well!'>Adam Kokesh to Ron Paul: The Revolution is alive and well!</a> <small>Ron Paul and Adam Kokesh met in the Congressman&#8217;s office...</small></li></ol></p>]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.ronpaul.com/2008-11-05/ron-paul-let-the-revolution-begin/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>68</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Ron Paul Launches &#8220;Campaign for Liberty&#8221;</title><link>http://www.ronpaul.com/2008-06-13/ron-paul-launches-campaign-for-liberty/</link> <comments>http://www.ronpaul.com/2008-06-13/ron-paul-launches-campaign-for-liberty/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 19:50:15 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Campaign for Liberty]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ron Paul 2008]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ron Paul]]></category> <category><![CDATA[videos]]></category><guid
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Ron Paul kicks off the next phase of the Revolution and makes the campaign to restore the Constitution permanent (that is, until its goals are achieved)!
Watch the video announcement above and read more about Ron Paul&#8217;s exciting plans at the new Campaign for Liberty website!
Let&#8217;s all work hard and get together July 12th in Washington [...]Related posts:<ol><li><a
href='http://www.ronpaul.com/2009-08-12/ron-pauls-speech-at-the-campaign-for-liberty-summit-in-orlando/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Ron Paul&#8217;s Speech at the Campaign for Liberty Summit in Orlando'>Ron Paul&#8217;s Speech at the Campaign for Liberty Summit in Orlando</a> <small> Event: Florida Liberty Summit with Ron Paul Location: Orlando,...</small></li><li><a
href='http://www.ronpaul.com/2009-02-27/ron-paul-at-cpac-2009/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Ron Paul at CPAC 2009'>Ron Paul at CPAC 2009</a> <small>Watch Ron Paul and others live on C-SPAN. 02/27/2009 4:00...</small></li></ol>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p
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src="http://www.youtube.com/v/NlqXq8YxQFQ&#038;hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></p><p><strong>Ron Paul</strong> kicks off the next phase of the Revolution and makes the campaign to restore the Constitution permanent (that is, until its goals are achieved)!</p><p>Watch the video announcement above and read more about <a
href="http://www.ronpaul.com" >Ron Paul</a>&#8217;s exciting plans at the new <a
href="http://www.campaignforliberty.com/" target="_BLANK"><strong>Campaign for Liberty</strong></a> website!</p><p>Let&#8217;s all work hard and get together <a
href="http://www.ronpaul.com/grassroots/revolution-march/"><strong>July 12th</strong></a> in Washington D.C. and <a
href="http://www.ronpaul.com/2008-06-11/ron-paul-convention-on-september-2/"><strong>September 2nd</strong></a> in Minneapolis.</p><p>Related posts:<ol><li><a
href='http://www.ronpaul.com/2009-08-12/ron-pauls-speech-at-the-campaign-for-liberty-summit-in-orlando/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Ron Paul&#8217;s Speech at the Campaign for Liberty Summit in Orlando'>Ron Paul&#8217;s Speech at the Campaign for Liberty Summit in Orlando</a> <small> Event: Florida Liberty Summit with Ron Paul Location: Orlando,...</small></li><li><a
href='http://www.ronpaul.com/2009-02-27/ron-paul-at-cpac-2009/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Ron Paul at CPAC 2009'>Ron Paul at CPAC 2009</a> <small>Watch Ron Paul and others live on C-SPAN. 02/27/2009 4:00...</small></li></ol></p>]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.ronpaul.com/2008-06-13/ron-paul-launches-campaign-for-liberty/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>6</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Ron Paul Ends Presidential Campaign</title><link>http://www.ronpaul.com/2008-06-12/ron-paul-ends-presidential-campaign/</link> <comments>http://www.ronpaul.com/2008-06-12/ron-paul-ends-presidential-campaign/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 20:46:45 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Campaign for Liberty]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Republican Primaries]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ron Paul 2008]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.ronpaul.com/?p=107</guid> <description><![CDATA[Ron Paul ended his Presidential campaign on June 12, 2008 through an announcement at his website, shortly after he gave a stirring address to a packed audience in Houston, Texas. He confirmed that he would hold a rally in Minneapolis next to the official GOP Convention and demonstrated his commitment to continuing and growing the [...]Related posts:<ol><li><a
href='http://www.ronpaul.com/2009-12-04/ron-paul-speaks-to-crowd-of-2000-at-asu-conference/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Ron Paul Speaks to Crowd of 2000 at ASU Conference'>Ron Paul Speaks to Crowd of 2000 at ASU Conference</a> <small>Today, Congressman Ron Paul delivered the keynote speech before 2,000...</small></li><li><a
href='http://www.ronpaul.com/2009-10-13/ron-paul-saving-face-in-afghanistan/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Ron Paul: Saving Face in Afghanistan'>Ron Paul: Saving Face in Afghanistan</a> <small> Download the column as an MP3 file here (3:21...</small></li><li><a
href='http://www.ronpaul.com/2009-08-12/ron-pauls-speech-at-the-campaign-for-liberty-summit-in-orlando/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Ron Paul&#8217;s Speech at the Campaign for Liberty Summit in Orlando'>Ron Paul&#8217;s Speech at the Campaign for Liberty Summit in Orlando</a> <small> Event: Florida Liberty Summit with Ron Paul Location: Orlando,...</small></li></ol>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a
href="http://www.ronpaul.com" >Ron Paul</a> ended his Presidential campaign on June 12, 2008 through an announcement at his website, shortly after he gave a stirring address to a packed audience in Houston, Texas. He confirmed that he would hold a rally in Minneapolis next to the official GOP Convention and demonstrated his commitment to continuing and growing the movement, with the goal of electing advocates for liberty at all levels of government. Watch the speech below:</p><p><embed
id="VideoPlayback" style="width:400px;height:326px" allowFullScreen="true" flashvars="fs=true" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=3139695854732637505&#038;hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"> </embed></p><p>Plans for the <a
href="http://www.ronpaul.com/grassroots/revolution-march/"><strong>Revolution March</strong></a> (July 12) and the <a
href="http://www.ronpaul.com/2008-06-11/ron-paul-convention-on-september-2/"><strong>Ron Paul Convention</strong></a> (September 2) remain intact and are not affected by this announcement.</p><p>The <strong>Ron Paul Revolution</strong> continues.</p><p>Related posts:<ol><li><a
href='http://www.ronpaul.com/2009-12-04/ron-paul-speaks-to-crowd-of-2000-at-asu-conference/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Ron Paul Speaks to Crowd of 2000 at ASU Conference'>Ron Paul Speaks to Crowd of 2000 at ASU Conference</a> <small>Today, Congressman Ron Paul delivered the keynote speech before 2,000...</small></li><li><a
href='http://www.ronpaul.com/2009-10-13/ron-paul-saving-face-in-afghanistan/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Ron Paul: Saving Face in Afghanistan'>Ron Paul: Saving Face in Afghanistan</a> <small> Download the column as an MP3 file here (3:21...</small></li><li><a
href='http://www.ronpaul.com/2009-08-12/ron-pauls-speech-at-the-campaign-for-liberty-summit-in-orlando/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Ron Paul&#8217;s Speech at the Campaign for Liberty Summit in Orlando'>Ron Paul&#8217;s Speech at the Campaign for Liberty Summit in Orlando</a> <small> Event: Florida Liberty Summit with Ron Paul Location: Orlando,...</small></li></ol></p>]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.ronpaul.com/2008-06-12/ron-paul-ends-presidential-campaign/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>22</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
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