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By RonPaul.com on March 14, 2009
In Friday night’s debate with Stephen Baldwin on Larry King Live, Ron Paul makes the case for ending the failed War on Drugs, legalizing marijuana, and allowing individual states, as opposed to the federal government, to regulate drugs. Poll: Who won the debate on ending the War on Drugs? Ron Paul: 1,540 votes (95%) Stephen [...]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Ron Paul's Debates, Ron Paul's Interviews | Tagged Joy Behar, Larry King Live, Marijuana, Stephen Baldwin, War on Drugs |
By RonPaul.com on March 2, 2009
Watch the video in high definition at RonPaulReloaded.com Watch Ron Paul’s original “What if” speech. Transcript: Ron Paul: “Madam Speaker, I have a few questions for my colleagues. What if our foreign policy of the past century is deeply flawed and has not served our national security interest? What if we wake up one day [...]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Federal Reserve, Foreign Policy, Monetary Policy, Ron Paul's Speeches | Tagged Reloaded, What If |
By RonPaul.com on February 16, 2009
In his latest column Ron Paul speaks out against a potential reinstatement of the draft, in whatever form it may occur. Most enemies of liberty are located within a 10 mile radius of Capitol Hill, which obliterates the argument that the draft is needed to protect liberty from enemies abroad. To solve the “problem” of [...]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Foreign Policy | Tagged Constitution, Draft, Enemies, Liberty, National Service, Obama, Voluntarism, War |
By RonPaul.com on February 13, 2009
Channel: C-SPAN Date: 02/13/2009 Transcript: Ron Paul: “Madam Speaker, I have a few questions for my colleagues. What if our foreign policy of the past century is deeply flawed and has not served our national security interest? What if we wake up one day and realize that the terrorist threat is the predictable consequence of [...]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Federal Reserve, Foreign Policy, Monetary Policy, Ron Paul's Speeches | Tagged Congress, What If |
By Jad Hage on February 9, 2009
This commentary was written by Jad Hage. You too can write for RonPaul.com by joining us here. Meet The New Boss, Same As The Old Boss On November 4th, 2008, 8,538,559 more people voted for Barack Obama than did for John McCain, giving Obama a landslide victory in the Electoral College. Mr. Obama won this [...]
Posted in Civil Liberties, President Obama, Ron Paul 2008 | Tagged 9/11, Bush, Civil Liberties, Congress, Constitution, corporate media, Election, executive order, Freedom, law, Liberties, Obama, Ron Paul |
By RonPaul.com on December 9, 2008
In his latest essay Ron Paul addresses the issue of gun control. When the government makes guns illegal, only criminals – and the government itself – will own firearms. The result is less freedom and less safety for everyone else, i.e. law-abiding citizens. Gun Control: Protecting Terrorists and Despots by Ron Paul Tragically, over the [...]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Ron Paul's Writings | Tagged Gun Control, Ron Paul, Terrorists |
By Mike Cuneo on October 21, 2008
Senators Obama and McCain have completed a series of “debates” and the election is fast approaching. The buzzword of the campaigns has been “change”. Obama wants to enact change to help the middle class, McCain wants to change the Republican party back into what it once was, and both candidates vow to change the greed [...]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Economy, Monetary Policy, Ron Paul 2008 | Tagged Bailout, Education, Energy, Federal Reserve, McCain, Obama, Oil, Unemployment, War on Drugs |
By Mike Cuneo on October 9, 2008
by Mike Cuneo Whether you think we are in a recession, depression, contraction, correction, or whatever, the key point is, our economy is headed for a complete and utter collapse in 5-7 years if we don’t act now. Bailing out companies that are built on worthless assets might stave off the trouble for a little [...]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Economy, Foreign Policy, Monetary Policy, Social Security | Tagged Afghanistan, Department of Education, Fair Tax, Gold Standard, Iraq, IRS, Privatization, UN, War on Drugs |
By Mike Cuneo on July 20, 2008
Ron Paul’s writings and speeches have assisted me in finding faults with myself and my own logical processes, and maybe a way to fix them and make myself a better person. So today I’ll take a break from bashing the government – instead, I’ll spend some my energy on what each and everyone of us [...]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Economy | Tagged Freedom, Government, Mortgage crisis, Oil Prices |
By RonPaul.com on July 1, 2008
In this brilliant essay Ron Paul defends the elegantly simple and consistent philosophy of liberty, whose proponents do not impinge upon their fellow human beings’ freedom and self-responsibility under any circumstances (as long as they do not directly harm or attack others), while hypocritical opponents of all-encompassing liberty change their ideological position at will, depending [...]
Posted in Civil Liberties | Tagged Freedom, Hypocrisy, Online Gambling, Philosophy |
By Mike Cuneo on June 29, 2008
From “The Revolution: A Manifesto” by Ron Paul: Judge Andrew Napolitano recently asked, ‘Why should government agents spy on us? They work for us. How about we spy on them? On cops when they arrest and interrogate people or contemplate suspending freedom; on prosecutors when they decide whom to prosecute and what evidence to use; [...]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Health Care, Tax Freedom | Tagged No Child Left Behind, Transparency, War on Drugs, Welfare |
By Mike Cuneo on June 19, 2008
Subsidies, tax breaks, tax hikes, government run monopolies, the list goes on and on. It seems like the government simply doesn’t want people to prosper, given that (partial) list of disincentives towards growth they constantly are pushing for and enforcing every day. The real reason the government hates free markets is that, unlike most voting [...]
Posted in Civil Liberties | Tagged Free Markets, Government, Legalization, War on Drugs |
By Mike Cuneo on June 12, 2008
Incentives. They are everywhere, affecting everything we say and do, from shopping for groceries to what kind of car we drive to where we live and so many more. Incentives provoke thought and progress and keep us moving forward as individuals, small communities, and a country as a whole. Sadly, the federal government today has [...]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Why I Support Ron Paul | Tagged Big Government, Constitution, Elections, Founding Fathers, Laws, McCain, Obama |
By Mike Cuneo on June 10, 2008
All around me, whether I’m going to the store to buy groceries, watching a baseball game, or listening to my favorite radio station, I hear Gus. Who, you ask, is Gus? Well, he’s the “Second Most Famous Groundhog in Pennsylvania” (Trailing only Puxatony Phil and just ahead of, well, who knows?). What in the world [...]
Posted in Civil Liberties | Tagged Gambling, Lottery, Poker, Prohibition, UIGEA |