Brief Overview of Congressman Paul’s Record:

He has never voted to raise taxes.
He has never voted for an unbalanced budget.
He has never voted for a federal restriction on gun ownership.
He has never voted to raise congressional pay.
He has never taken a government-paid junket.
He has never voted to increase the power of the executive branch.

He voted against the Patriot Act.
He voted against regulating the Internet.
He voted against the Iraq war.

He does not participate in the lucrative congressional pension program.
He returns a portion of his annual congressional office budget to the U.S. treasury every year.

Congressman Paul introduces numerous pieces of substantive legislation each year, probably more than any single member of Congress.

Mainstream Media will not report on the facts we need to do our own research.

P.S. Obama voted for the Patriot Act

When you talk about your experiences with people within the community being generous, it reminds me of why the idea of America is so awesome. The idea based on personal freedom and liberty. I agree that part of the problem with America is the collusion between big business and government, that should not be. I don’t think that “big business” by itself is as harmful as “big government”. Put the two together and you get pure evil.

Government’s job is to protect individual liberties. It’s job is not meant to protect any particular group of people whether it be the rich, the poor, black, white, big business or small business. The purpose of government is to protect individual rights. When the individual has freedom, they have power. A group of powerful individuals can influence a community. A community can influence a city, a state and so on. I don’t think we need government to help us out as a group, but instead stay out of our ways as individuals. Give us the freedom to think and do, and let us keep what we’ve created in terms of our money.

I think the problem centers around the federal banking system and their ability to determine the value of the dollar. When the value of the dollar goes down, where can the government get the money to fund their “projects”? They either tax us outright or they impose the hidden tax, inflation. When the Federal Reserve prints money and devalues the money in my pocket, they are stealing from me. The power and freedom that I’ve earned has been taken from me. My ability to influence “big business” has been reduced. And my ability and willingness to help out my fellow man by offering them my time and money, the fruits of my labor, are close to nothing. That doesn’t mean that I don’t want to, but rather that I can’t. When someone steals from me, I am not in the most giving mood.

Big business is not the problem. Big businesses are efficient and can offer products and services at a lower cost. Because they can do this, people offer to give up their hard earned cash because of the value the businesses offer. Even a company like Microsoft offers products that individuals are willing to purchase because of their perceived value. Microsoft even turns a blind eye to the fact that many people are pirating their software. Google gives more free services and products than any company I can think of. In a free market, big businesses only survive because the offer value. Once people stop supporting the business financially, the business goes down.

Enter government. The government that gave you FEMA. No matter how badly the government performs, they still get your hard earned money. It doesn’t matter if people agree with the policies, if they support what is being done, it doesn’t matter. If you don’t agree then you maybe sent to prison, be harassed, be killed, or be sent out to be killed in a war. But…at least you voted right? Ha.

Rarely does an individual come along that can move masses, move masses to become leaders and not followers. Individuals don’t have the power to fight back by themselves, but as an organized group, can change the world. Yes we can. We need someone to guide us. Someone to lead us. Wait a second, do we really? Can’t we guide ourselves? We need an organizer, yes, but not someone to provide the vision for us. We just need someone who will protect our ability to lead ourselves and to live out our dreams and visions for the future.

A lot of people seem to like Barack because of his leadership qualities and his charisma. How about the fact that he is not against going to war with Iran? If our economic problems are due to a useless war in Iraq, then what makes it so different if we go to war with Iran? He wants to help groups of individuals, specifically the poor and middle class. Really? Really? With what money? Oh yeah, our money. My money. I am forced to help out because Barack says so. Can’t I decide to be good on my own? I guess not, because I will have to if Barack or Hillary gets elected. If these social programs are so good, then why are people forced to pay for them? Any public service such as public roads and fire departments would easily survive without government intervention. Who wouldn’t pay for roads to be maintained? Maybe the guy who doesn’t drive. Well he shouldn’t have to pay anyway. If I don’t need any of these social services, I shouldn’t have to pay either.

Barack seems to attract those who are more interested in his personality and his catchy phrases than they are about his policy. Ask most Barack Obama supporters what they like about him with regards to policy and many of them will not have an answer. What a shame. It’s another case of the blind leading the blind.

What we need is smaller government, not larger government. It’s not about Democrats or Republicans, it’s about voting records; what they’ve done in the past that will be a good predictor of what they will do, not what they claim to stand for. I despise when people get into democrat and republican. Many democrats act like republicans and vice versa. Does any educated person really believe that John, 100 years of war, McCain stands for republican values? Republicans were elected to end wars, not perpetuate them.

Politics is difficult to discuss because people will almost always agree with policies that benefit them the most. If the government decides to spend tax dollars on the education system, the teachers are happy and the people who did not receive the funding are angry. You can’t make everyone happy, but you can be fair. Many times the best and most fair decision is not to decide one way or another for a any group, but instead to allow individuals to decide for themselves. If I wasn’t taxed so heavily I would give more to the homeless. When I’m taxed, I figure my money is already been pre-allocated by the government and so I have done my duty. The problem is that people are not informed enough to make good decisions for themselves. Now with the Internet, there is no excuse that things are hidden. Nothing is hidden. Maybe it is hidden from TV viewers, but not here on the web. But you’re right, there is no excuse for ignorance. If you want to see how ridiculous the MSM (Mainstream Media) actually is, just go to ww.youtube.com and watch any of the Ron Paul interviews with Fox, CNN, ABC, NBC. Their bias is much easier to detect when you see it out of context.

Your blog was well writen Dad. I’m glad that you’re using it.

As for Obama, Hillary and McCain – they are each going to quicken the pace of America’s looming bankruptcy in different ways. McCain will do it through more war spending, Hillary via nationalized health care and Obama wants to take nearly another 1 trillion out of our pockets each year to send to people in other countries.

It seems you like Obama, I don’t mean to put down your candidate but for the longest time Obama did not give clear answers really about anything. When asked direct questions that he could not sidestep he would often simply reply that he needs to get in the White House first before he can really implement change. “Change,” “change,” “change” is all I ever really hear from the guy and very rarely ever anything of substance.

What we really need is integrity in the White House. Someone who we can trust to hold true to their word. Someone who also has a rock solid track record to back it up. Someone who we know will follow the laws of our land, beginning at the core of our laws: The Constitution. Yes, you probably already guessed it – for me that someone is Ron Paul as none of the other presidential candidates even come close.

Regarding the mainstream media working against Obama… I’m actually glad because maybe that will wake more people up to this problem. They did the same exact thing to Ron Paul, but 10x worse.

America is in a sorry state, and the debate last night was pure unadulterated proof of it. Nothing gets done in this country anymore because of special interests getting in the way, and Obama seems to be our only way of finally escaping the “politics as usual” hell that is this administration and what seems to be Hillary Clinton’s, and apparently ABC News’, M.O.

It’s also sad to see an experienced man like Charlie Gibson lower himself last night. He should know better. Gibson was exceedingly obnoxious and interrupted Senator Obama several times, apparently imploring him to get to the point but butting in every time he tried to do just that. I’m exasperated with the state of affairs in this country, that the American President will do nothing to help Americans, and that the media is no better.

And how about Stephanopoulos using a question from Sean Hannity? I thought that there might be a shred of integrity left in the whole situation, but apparently I was wrong.

But good on you for speaking what everyone else was thinking.