Ron Paul on the Lew Rockwell Show

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By RonPaul.com on April 28, 2009





Download the interview as an MP3 file here (17:53 minutes).

Show: Lew Rockwell Show
Date: 4/24/2009

Transcript:

Lew Rockwell: Boy, it is so great to have as our guest this morning Dr. Ron Paul, Congressman from Texas, great champion of liberty and of sound money, of Austrian economics, the man who turned the country on its ear during the presidential election, built a movement that is continuing to grow. He’s got a book coming out called “End the Fed” and as we know there’s a huge movement about that.

But Ron, before we talk about monetary questions and the Federal Reserve, tell me about secession. You’ve been in the news a lot recently on that subject.

Ron Paul: Yes, and it wasn’t like I went out of my way and volunteered to get into that little debate, because obviously there is still a lot of controversy with that. You know, when our governor brought that up here in Texas, it made a lot of news and there were a couple of factors there. One, I think he did that for political reasons and he isn’t really identified with a really strong states’-rights position. But, I think he was doing a little bit pandering because he’s in a tight race with Hutchinson. And actually it probably helped him politically which has driven the Liberals nuts because they think, “How could possibly independence from the federal government be a political plus?”

So then they start throwing words around at anybody who could even think about that it is treasonous and un-American. That’s what annoyed me and I thought, “I’m going to make a statement. This is just terrible that they take a good principle and turn it into something evil, especially since so many of us understand that it is the principle of secession that allowed us to form our own country”. So, I made that statement but I’ve gotten some grief over it. But I think one of my best arguments to neutralize some of them has been this argument that we have voluntarily joined the United Nations. We pay the most of any other country but we’re outgunned and outnumbered and even those who like the United Nations don’t like us to be having run rough shot over it. And I think even those who want us to be in the United Nations aren’t quite willing to say, “Oh no, we never have the right to leave the United Nations”.

And I think the principle is similar, you know. If we joined something voluntarily we ought to have the right to leave it. But, I guess I’m a little bit surprised that I wasn’t blasted more than I was on the issue, because I thought CNN gave me a credible interview and didn’t made fun it. Maybe they were more so than I realized. But I thought the chance I had to explain it was reasonable where they asked questions. I know the comedy shows mocked it and made fun of it. But nevertheless I hope I was able to get a few people to start thinking about that principle. Continue reading “Ron Paul on the Lew Rockwell Show”

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Secession is an American Principle

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By RonPaul.com on April 28, 2009




In his latest column Ron Paul explains that secession is a valid principle and the last resort of states whose sovereignty is over-ridden by an overreaching federal government. If one party to a contract unilaterally changes the terms of the contract, the other party is well within its right to terminate the relationship. It’s like a free market in sovereignty: states, just like individuals, can make rational choices as to which alliances and memberships best suit their interests. Patriotism is not an axiom of state-worshipping adulation that cannot be questioned; on the contrary, true patriotism means being loyal to American values and principles, not to voracious government officials that try to enslave, tax and control the populace.

Download the column as an MP3 file here (3:31 minutes).

Secession: the Ultimate States’ Right

by Ron Paul

Last week the governor of Texas ignited a media firestorm for his remarks involving the idea of secession. He did not call for Texas to secede from the United States. He merely pointed out that the federal government was treading heavily on the sovereignty of the states and that this can not continue indefinitely without a breaking point.

The reaction to Governor Perry’s statements has been nothing short of hysterical. He has been called treasonous for making this obvious point and opening up a discussion. I am not calling for secession either, however there is nothing wrong with a healthy and open discussion of this issue.

America was born from an act of secession. When King George’s rule trampled on the rights of the colonies, we successfully seceded from England. It took a war, but we were well within our rights. We applauded when former soviet states seceded from the USSR and declared their sovereignty. And hopefully the United States will eventually secede from the United Nations. We pay most of the bills of the UN, yet do not have the commensurate votes, so someday we will wake up and realize that membership, for these and other reasons, does not serve our interests.

On a personal level, contracts you enter into can be terminated if one side unilaterally changes the terms. If a credit card company jacks up your interest rate, you have every right to fulfill your obligations and close the account. Imagine if you were forced to stay with a credit card company forever no matter what just because you previously signed up! The principle of self-determination applies to political unions as well. In the cases I mentioned above, governing organizations transformed into much more overbearing entities than originally agreed upon. Several state constitutions originally had clauses explicitly allowing them to opt out of the Union down the road if they so chose. I doubt our country would have ever come together if this were not the case. Just because the north successfully kept the union together by force with the Civil War does not mean that enslaving the states is a legitimate alternative.

Secession is the last resort of states whose sovereignty is over-ridden by an overreaching federal government. The federal government has only itself to blame for this talk. Recently, some states have enacted laws allowing for the medicinal use of marijuana, yet these laws are basically voided by the continuing raids by the DEA, sanctioned by the administration. The federal government is also strong-arming states with stimulus money, forcing them to expand programs they know they will not be able to afford in the future, at a time when many states’ budgets are already in the red. This is not a new problem. No Child Left Behind burdened the states’ education systems and forced them through many hoops designed by federal bureaucrats in distant Washington DC rather than allowing communities to tailor education to their children’s unique needs. There are numerous other examples of the erosion of state sovereignty and many governors are frustrated, not just ours in Texas. Without the right to secede, state’s rights are meaningless.

A republican form of government should also be as close to the people as possible, which means the decisions of local governing bodies must be respected. Where the decisions of local governments are disregarded, the voice of the people is also disregarded. The more that happens, the more frustrated and angry the people will become.

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Ron Paul on Alex Jones TV

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By RonPaul.com on April 26, 2009




Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0xtTe_sSD0
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJkVDDKgZYk

Show: Alex Jones Show
Date: 4/24/2009

Transcript:

Alex Jones: Okay ladies and gentlemen, we are now simulcasting at InfoWars.com, the syndicated radio program at PrisonPlant.tv. For the next 30 minutes or so we are joined by Congressman Ron Paul, joining us from Texas. Congressman Ron Paul needs no introduction. Congressman, I have a ton of important questions to ask you, a bunch of listener emails that I promised to read on air and to bring up to you. But out of the gates, what is most important right now on your plate that you think the American people should be made aware of?

Ron Paul: Oh boy, there’s so many. I guess overall my biggest worry and concern is the attitude of this administration and the aggressiveness that they’re expressing against Pakistan, and I think it looks like they’re more willing to expand the war into Pakistan and less likely into Iran, but if Israel goes into Iran we’re going to be obligated. Which might be the precipitating event that will cause a collapse of the dollar because how are we going to be able to afford this? So that to me is strategically the big issue.

In a more casual way I guess the project I’m working on is trying to get as many people as possible to support this audit bill, you know, 1207, which I think last time I looked we’re up to 86 on this, we got a bunch of new co-sponsors after they heard from their constituents back at home in this two week break. So what you do on the radio and what others do elsewhere must be alerting a lot of people because some members came up to me and they said, “Boy, I had a couple of town hall meetings, and low and behold, every time I had them they were 3 or 4 or 5 people saying, ‘Are you going to support the audit bill?’”. So these two issues would be the things that I have been thinking about mostly. Continue reading “Ron Paul on Alex Jones TV”

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Ron Paul’s Speech at Wake Forest University

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By RonPaul.com on April 26, 2009




Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ib9VY6YWUh4
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpaitxur8Qs
Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDh5NQRpn5I
Part 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbeB3XxV_Rc
Part 5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_v52sja6RAU
Part 6: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eu7Zet_V1y8

Location: Wake Forest University
Date: 4/20/2009

Transcript:

Ron Paul: Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you, thank you. Thank you. You’d think a campaign was going on or something like that. It’s great to see so many young people interested in what we’ve been talking about. I assume most of you have heard about the Internet and you get a little information from the Internet now and then. I am just so pleased to see the excitement that has continued since the campaign a year or so ago and along with the Campaign for Liberty. Because evidently there is still a lot of people in this country who care about liberty and freedom and all that has made American great and I’m delighted to have you here.

Probably most of what I will talk about tonight will be warning you about what you are inheriting, because it’s a mess and I don’t need to tell you that, because everybody knows it. There’s something different. There’s something in the atmosphere now that is different than it’s ever been since I’ve been involved in politics. And the very first time I ran was in 1974, and something really is going on that is getting the attention of the entire world. It is usually the financial problems that we’re facing that’s getting everybody’s attention, and rightfully so. It is a major, major crisis. It is something I have written about and talked about for many years.

I believe very sincerely that the financial bubble that burst here about a year and a half ago was the largest financial bubble in the history of the world. Unfortunately, this could have been prevented. It could have been prevented by really just paying a lot more attention to our Constitution. Just doing that would have solved a lot of our problems.

The issue of money was something I talked about as early as 1974. Matter of fact, it was the issue of money that prompted me to speak out in those early years because I had witnessed and remember very clearly 1971, and that was when the previous monetary situation came to an end. The Bretton Woods agreement which was established in 1944 lasted till 1971 and it collapsed. It collapsed and that was the last linkage that we had to gold. And I was convinced it would usher in a bad age. The 1970s were very, very bad. I guess to some of our surprises the situation after that worked out a little bit better and it lasted a little bit longer because it had become more sophisticated and more aggressive at inflating the bubble. And yet, it was inevitable that a financial bubble based on printed money and created credit and debt always comes to an end. Continue reading “Ron Paul’s Speech at Wake Forest University”

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Audit The Fed Song by Steve Dore

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By RonPaul.com on April 24, 2009





Download the song as an MP3 file here (3:49 minutes).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgntfqHrEVE

Lyrics:

We must audit the FED.
Open those books and let the record be read.
Audit the FED.
No more cover up. Let’s get the truth out instead.

Call your representative. Get them out of bed.
We need it right now, we need a transparent FED.
Wouldn’t you just love it to see the scam exposed?
People will revolt when they see how they’ve been hosed.

AUDIT THE FED! AUDIT THE FED’ Reserve!
AUDIT THE FED! AUDIT THE FED’ Reserve!

The FED is responsible for this mess we’re in.
No accountability, it’s the way it’s always been.
The financial system’s down and won’t be getting up.
With more of the same thing that got us in this rut.

AUDIT THE FED! AUDIT THE FED’ Reserve!
AUDIT THE FED! AUDIT THE FED’ Reserve!

We must audit the FED.
Open those books and let the record be read.
Audit the FED.
No more cover up. Let’s get the truth out instead.

Ron Paul and his bill are leading the way.
HR 1207, the most critical today.
No longer any time for us to get it right.
The dollar’s death march is coming into sight.

AUDIT THE FED! AUDIT THE FED!
AUDIT THE FED! AUDIT THE FED’ Reserve!

Where’s the truth? The accountability?
Sooner or later… we will find out.
And (hopefully) it will bring the end
of the FED!

END THE FED! END THE FED!

Song by Steve Dore

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Ron Paul on AntiWar Radio

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By RonPaul.com on April 24, 2009





In this April 22 interview with AntiWar Radio‘s Scott Horton, Ron Paul discusses the lack of change in Afghanistan and Iraq policy despite the Obama administration’s rhetoric, how a single high U.S.-casualty incident abroad could garner the support of Americans for more military intervention, the unwillingness of Democrats or Republicans to cut the Pentagon’s budget, the expansive new powers over the economy being exercised by the government and why he favors the prosecution of the previous administration for war crimes.

Download the interview as an MP3 file here (19:03 minutes).

Transcript:

Scott Horton: For AntiWar.com I’m Scott Horton, this is AntiWar Radio. And introducing our first guest today, it’s Dr. Ron Paul. He’s a Congressman representing District 14 on Texas’ gulf coast in the House of Representatives and, of course, you all know he ran for president last time and also he’s the author of the excellent libertarian primer “The Revolution: A Manifesto” which I highly recommend you go out and get and share with everybody you care about.

Welcome back to the show Ron. How are you, sir?

Ron Paul: Thank you, Scott. I’m good, thank you.

Scott Horton: It’s very good to have you here on the show today. Let’s talk about warfare. What’s going on in Afghanistan? Looks like they went from… I forget how many troops were there in the first place… they said they were going to add 17,000 more troops, and then they made that 20,000 and I think they added another 10,000 troops on top of that. Is America kind of starting that war all over again and how long do you think we’re going to stay in Afghanistan?

Ron Paul: Well, it’s a continuation, I guess there is nothing brand new. The expansion of the war into Pakistan had already started with the last administration, which proves our point that foreign policy stays the same. Interestingly enough, recently within the last hour or two, I came from the foreign affairs committee where Hillary Clinton was testifying about foreign policy.

Scott Horton: Oh yeah?

Ron Paul: And I got my five minutes in and brought up the subject and actually told her that I was pleased because I heard the rhetoric and tone of the foreign policy was changing, and they were reaching out a little bit, but I said words are one thing but actions are even more important. So I tried to get her to tell me where have we seen any significant changes. Have we brought any troops home? Have we done anything to emphasize the fact that Obama immediately increased the military budget by 9% and expanded the number of troops in Afghanistan?

And I asked her, “Is there is any place where you can give me a little encouragement that we’ve actually had a change in policy?” And the only thing that she could offer was not that they brought any troops home or they cut back in any way, because they haven’t. She was saying, “Yes, we will be out of Iraq”, but I think that’s a pipe dream, quite frankly. I think there is chaos there and I think it’s stirring and I think if it’s gets a little worse there is no way they’re going to walk away from Iraq and the troops will stay there. Continue reading “Ron Paul on AntiWar Radio”

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Barney Frank Discusses HR 1207, Ron Paul’s Bill to Audit The Fed

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By RonPaul.com on April 24, 2009




From purplepamphleteer:

“I asked Barney Frank if H.R. 1207 would die in committee – HIS committee – just like H.R. 28: a bill that HE co-sponsored in 1993, called the Federal Reserve Accountability Act. Since the earlier bill called for an annual audit of the Fed (among other things), and since the newer bill calls ONLY for ONE audit of the Fed, it seems like there could be no way for Frank not to support this bill, and work to see it through to a vote.”

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Ron Paul Didn’t Expect This Response From Hillary Clinton

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By RonPaul.com on April 22, 2009




Date: 4/22/2009
Venue: House Foreign Affairs Committee
Channel: C-SPAN 3

Transcript:

Howard Berman: The gentleman from Texas, Mr. Paul, is recognized for five minutes.

Ron Paul: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And welcome, Madame Secretary.

I have a general question I want to ask about foreign policy, but leading up to that question I would like to mention first that the election had something to do with bringing about change in tone with our foreign policy. And I think there have been some very positive changes in tone and many of us have argued for more diplomacy rather than more threats, so many of us are pleased with that. It goes back to the old saying of, “Speaking softly and still be willing to carry a big stick”. But sometimes I wonder whether that big stick doesn’t get wielded a little too often.

But I do want to caution all of us that what we say is very important and can be very beneficial, but what we do is also very important. So that may cancel out the benefits of speaking more softly and being willing to talk and negotiate. Some people say that we shouldn’t talk to our enemies, but I remember the cold war rather well, and we did talk to kruchev and Mao Tse Tung when they were great threats to us. So, sometimes I think that when we look at how we stood up to tens of thousands of nuclear weapons, that we should be cautious as far as what we might do in Pakistan and put it into a proper perspective.

But my big concern is whether or not we can reverse the empire mentality that I think we have adopted over these many, many decades, and also the relationship of this to our financial burden. Though we are speaking more softly and would like to get some troops home, the first thing that was done was that our DOD budget was increased by 9% in a time when our national debt in the last 12 months went up 2 trillion dollars.

All great nations have been brought to their knees for economic reasons. We didn’t have to fight the Soviets. The Afghanistan adventure that the Soviets were involved with was very significant and I don’t know how we can ignore that. Continue reading “Ron Paul Didn’t Expect This Response From Hillary Clinton”

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Ron Paul on Freedom Watch

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By RonPaul.com on April 22, 2009





This afternoon, Ron Paul joined Shepherd Smith, James Bovard, Pastor Stephen Anderson and Shelly Roche on Judge Andrew Napolitano’s online show “Freedom Watch” in an insightful discussion about torture, the Federal Reserve, HR 1207, secession, border patrol brutality, the DHS report on right-wing extremism, the PATRIOT Act and other important issues.

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaAVmsBw-_k
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOZqwr2ZE5E (Ron Paul)
Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdk4VtwWoNc (Ron Paul)
Part 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYTf-Pht3Bc
Part 5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCx-D1jJm5g
Part 6: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwuHW7Gu6OM

Channel: Fox News Strategy Room (online only)
Show: Freedom Watch
Host: Judge Andrew Napolitano
Date: 4/22/2009

Transcript of Ron Paul’s appearance: (starting here)

Judge Andrew Napolitano: Congressman Paul, welcome back to Freedom Watch.

Ron Paul: Thank you.

Judge Andrew Napolitano: We just finished, as you probably heard, a very lively segment with my colleague, Shepard Smith and my colleague, Trace Gallagher, which was simulcast on the Fox News channel.

There is a big uproar everywhere, as you know, over these torture memos. I have argued, as you may have heard me, that the logic behind them was highly disingenuous, that the writers of them were predisposed to authorize the government to do whatever it wanted and then I heard from Bob Bear, the former CIA agent undercover who appears in the media a lot who told me on my radio show this morning that the CIA exaggerated the need for these procedures, manipulated the Justice Department into authorizing them, and there was no second or third wave of attacks planned on the United States, but yet the CIA claimed credit for having stopped them. Does any of this, Congressman Ron Paul, surprise you?

Ron Paul: No, not really. It surprises me that maybe that Obama hasn’t been a little more aggressive. You know, I don’t think he wants to pursue it because, you know, he likes the position of defending state secret and what all that has been done here in the last administration.

But politically, he got some pressure now, so he’s saying, “Well, we’re going to look at the people who wrote these memos, but I can’t get to look at everybody; the people who participated and contributed.”

You know, if you waterboard somebody a couple hundred times, don’t you think maybe it’s suspicious and that it could be torture? You know, I think the best way to settle this dispute is not so much to change a name and just calling torture, you know, “special techniques in intelligence”.

What we need to do, if somebody thinks this is not torture, say, “Take him in, and put a screw through his fingernail and see if he thinks it’s torture now.” I think we can come up with a definition of torture rather quickly. Continue reading “Ron Paul on Freedom Watch”

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