Prepare for the Worst - The Financial Mess

And the one guy who has a grasp on Economics doesn’t even stand a chance at being elected President. Instead of Ron Paul we’re stuck with Obama or Mccain both of which receive the majority of their campaigning dollars from the very banks we just bailed out - so you know that with one of these two at the helm banks won’t dismantle the derivative market - which is what needs to be done if we’re going to have a chance at avoiding our downfall.
October 05, 2008 Permalink

Zeitgeist: Addendum

A MUST watch... Personal note: This video has many elements of what we are dealing with today. It is well done except for the goofy ending. I do not post videos merely because I completely agree with their content but rather to inspire critical thinking.

October 05, 2008 Permalink

FEAR BASED VOTING - A NATION IN TURMOIL

Many citizens never knew about the Ron Paul movement and the young people, Democrat, Republican and Independent, freedom lovers all, it brought into the political process. Excited voters who cared about the issues, the Constitution, and making our country a better place, now jaded toward the political system and that is a shame.
Corporate media chose to air, only clips which showed the outer edges of the movement. They never showed rallies filled with main stream Americans, moms and dads, teens and seniors all together in unity. Ron Paul supporters of every race, creed, political leaning, and financial means were never acknowledged. The idea of a united America was frightening to them. What would they do if we all got together and actually found out that we have much in common? Americans united for liberty scare the hell out of the Status Quo and so it had to be destroyed by ridicule and neglect.
October 05, 2008 Permalink

From C4L President John Tate:

I want to thank everyone for all of your hard work during the bailout fight. Although yesterday's vote was a disappointing reflection on the House of Representatives, we should take great encouragement in the fact that we came together as one and shocked the media and the DC establishment these past weeks.
Now that the vote is over, we must proceed to the next step: keeping our promises to hold Congress accountable. Many representatives and senators will assume that you're done with giving them your opinions because the votes have been completed. Matter of fact, they're counting on it.
Contact their offices and let them know that you will stay true to your commitment. If your representative and/or senator voted for the bailout, get together with other freedom-minded individuals in your community and spread the word on the recent unconstitutional activity of your member(s) of Congress.
October 04, 2008 Permalink

Ron Paul on the passage of the Wall Street bailout

Congressman Ron Paul gives us his thoughts on the passage of the bailout bill just minutes after leaving the floor.

October 04, 2008 Permalink

"All Ron Paul-endorsed candidates vote against Wall Street Bailout"

LAKE JACKSON, TX – Add one more common characteristic to candidates enjoying Ron Paul's endorsement. In addition to supporting Constitutional government and reining in excessive government spending, all 8 of the incumbent federal candidates with Dr. Paul's support - Denny Rehberg (R-MT), Doug Lamborn (R-CO), Scott Garrett (R-NJ), Bill Sali (R-ID), John Culberson (R-TX), Paul Broun (-GA), Walter Jones (R-NC) and Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD) – voted today in the House of Representatives against the Wall Street bailout bill.
"Dr. Paul salutes his follow House Members who stood with him and voted against this government bailout boondoggle. Reps. Rehberg, Lamborn, Garrett, Sali, Culberson, Broun, Jones and Bartlett showed exactly why Dr. Paul supports them," said spokesman Jesse Benton. "We need to make sure these members stay in Congress to fight with Dr. Paul."
Dr. Paul makes his political endorsement through his Liberty Political Actions committee. The goal of Liberty PAC is to help fund and elect conservative, pro-Constitution, pro-liberty, pro-American sovereignty candidates who share Congressman Ron Paul's commitment to the values and principles our nation was founded upon.
October 04, 2008 Permalink

Ron Paul on CNN After Bailout Signed

Ron Paul on CNN, October 3, 2008, following the passage and signing of the bailout bill.

October 04, 2008 Permalink

Bailout gives IRS authority to conduct undercover operations

The bailout bill also gives the Internal Revenue Service new authority to conduct undercover operations. It would immunize the IRS from a passel of federal laws, including permitting IRS agents to run businesses for an extended sting operation, to open their own personal bank accounts with U.S. tax dollars, and so on.
October 04, 2008 Permalink

List of Representatives who Switched from "Nay" to "Yea"

The following representatives voted "Nay" during Monday's bailout vote and switched their votes to "Yea" for the vote on Friday.
October 03, 2008 Permalink

Ron Paul on Fox Business Oct. 3rd, 2008 (Pre-Bailout)

Ron knew the bill would pass. Time to Vote out the incumbents.
October 03, 2008 Permalink

Statement of Congressman Ron Paul HR 1424

The money for this bailout does not just materialize out of thin air. The entire burden will be borne by the taxpayers, not now, because that is politically unacceptable, but in the future. This bailout will be paid for through the issuance of debt which we can only hope will be purchased by foreign creditors. The interest payments on that debt, which already take up a sizeable portion of federal expenditures, will rise, and our children and grandchildren will be burdened with increased taxes in order to pay that increased debt.
As usual, Congress has show itself to be reactive rather than proactive. For years, many people have been warning about the housing bubble and the inevitable bust. Congress ignored the impending storm, and responded to this crisis with a poorly thought-out piece of legislation that will only further harm the economy. We ought to be ashamed.
October 03, 2008 Permalink

Ron Paul: You're Going To Guarantee A Depression!!!

Speaking truth but it fell on deaf ears today as they passed the treasonous bill.

October 03, 2008 Permalink

House Passes Unconstitutional Bailout

Find out how your representative voted here. Depending on which side they took, be sure to call them back and give them your opinion.
Remember, the battle to reclaim our Republic is just beginning. Let them know that the people are not going to stop paying attention just because this vote is over.
October 03, 2008 Permalink

Proposed Bailout Package: Doom's Day or Doublespeak

"The process of this bailout reminds me of a panic-stricken swimmer thrashing in the water only making his situation worse," said. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas. Dr. Paul argues the root cause of the current economic crisis is a failed monetary system, and the bailout will only make the situation worse.
"For 37 years, the world built a financial system based on the dollar as the reserve currency of the world in an attempt to make the dollar serve as the new standard of value," Dr. Paul said. "However since 1971, the dollar has had no intrinsic value, as it is not tied to gold. The dollar is simply a fiat currency, which has fluctuated in value on a daily, if not hourly, bias. This worked to some degree until the market realized that too much debt and malinvestment existed and a correction was required."
October 03, 2008 Permalink

Glenn Beck hits McCain on Bailout and earmarks hypocrisy

McCain always claims he will veto any pork barrel spending...Uh Huh sure. I guess that does not apply to a bill that is all pork barrel spending. Again, McCain is simply a lying, dishonest man.
A vote for this bill is to be expected from Obama since he is a socialist down to the core of his policies.

October 03, 2008 Permalink

McCain, Obama, and the Status Quo Exposed by Ron Paul and the Bailout

John McCain, Barack Obama, and the rest of the DC status quo are now exposed by Ron Paul’s “I told you so” and by the elephant sized pork sitting right there for all to read in the 451 pages of the Senate bailout bill. I’ve written recently how they don’t even try to hide it anymore. Instead they acknowledge the pork exists they then throw up their arms and say, “I disagree with it but, oh well, what can you do?” How about having some principle for a change?
John McCain speaks incessantly about reducing earmarks and “pork barrel spending”, but when it comes down to actually voting against it suddenly it becomes a necessary evil. Christopher Dodd reacted the same way today on CNN changing the subject and reiterating how important it is to pass the bailout bill (I refuse to call it a rescue bill).
October 03, 2008 Permalink

Populists Back Ron Paul’s Plan To Kill the Fed

Paul’s measure, as it is now, would kill the Federal Reserve Act and would then phase out the Federal Reserve one year after the bill becomes law.
The Federal Reserve Act, passed by Congress in 1913, laid the foundation for the creation of a privately owned and controlled central bank and gave private bankers the power to control the nation’s money supply.
Nearly 100 years later, the role the central bank has played in the financial scandal has been widely reported in the mainstream. Former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan, once heralded as “the maestro,” has been feeling the heat for supporting the deregulation of financial institutions and flooding markets with cheap dollars.
October 03, 2008 Permalink

Rep. Brad Sherman Martial Law

Rep. Brad Sherman says Congress threatened with Martial Law if bill is not passed. Listen to the fearmongering imposed on congress. Did they buy it?

October 03, 2008 Permalink

Ron Paul doesn't lie

Fortunately, I discovered a politician who sticks to his morals, doesn't accept bribes from lobbyists, and has made his money through honest work: organic farming and practicing medicine. I don't even consider him a politician, I would call him a statesman instead. His name is Dr. Ron Paul, who is a Republican congressman. I've had the great pleasure of meeting him and his wife, Carol, and speaking with them on several occasions about raising a family, recipes, gardening and investing. Paul has made his money through righteous means. He is a millionaire, not because he accepted personal gifts from corporations, but because he invested his hard-earned money wisely in commodities: gold, silver and mining resources.
October 03, 2008 Permalink

Turning up the Pressure

We stand at a dangerous precipice. With the Senate passage of the bailout bill, this massive government scheme is now only one House vote away from becoming the law of the land and giving unprecedented power to the executive and the FED.
The House will vote within the next 24 hours, already some members who voted against it on Monday are wavering and even changing their votes.
Its time to double our efforts. Call, email and fax your congressman immediately! Find 5 friends and have them do the same.
The battle is not yet over, it will be tough, but we must keep fighting.
October 02, 2008 Permalink

Ron Paul Makes New Prediction

Ron Paul will be joining us at 12 Eastern on Friday to discuss the new house vote. Although details seem to change as quickly as a model at fashion show, I’m looking forward to seeing what his next prediction is about the Rescue Bill.
When he we talked to him last week, he believed there would be a Great Depression. If the House, and again, the timing is murky for Friday, does pass the vote, I want to ask him to predict how long before we see the economy begin to recover, if at all.
If you have questions for the Representative, please leave them in the comments section. I’ll go through them before the show.
October 02, 2008 Permalink

$700 billion is nothing

Voters are rightly furious at the proposal to spend $700,000,000,000 that the government doesn't have to bail out Wall Street bankers who created the current economic crisis in the first place.

But why then aren't we concerned about the trillions of dollars the Federal Reserve is pumping into the system? Or the trillions missing from the Pentagon? Or the quadrillion dollar derivatives bubble.
October 02, 2008 Permalink

To be honest...

As we prepare for the next round in this battle, we know what must be done, and we know what a unified effort can accomplish. Let this latest development encourage us to redouble our efforts as we set about the task before us.
We need all hands on deck and placing calls, visiting their representative in person when possible, and making their opinions known. Those representatives who bravely opposed the bailout the first time around must be urged to stand firm and to resist the enormous pressure being placed on them now.
And those who would vote for this bill must be made aware that the people will hold them accountable for their actions.
Regardless of what may happen this week, we have taken a firm stand on principle and can be proud of our efforts. We have just set out on the road to reclaiming our Republic, and in the past year and a half have already achieved more than anyone could have imagined.
October 02, 2008 Permalink

How to Recall a Senator

18 States allow citizens to petition to recall a US senator. They are Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, North Dakota, Oregon, Rhode Island, Washington and Wisconsin.
October 02, 2008 Permalink

McMain & Obama Vs. Ron Paul on Bailout

On the other hand, Congressman Ron Paul, who unlike McCain and Obama actually predicted the crisis the nation now faces, offered a very different viewpoint when he was interviewed on CNN yesterday, prior to the Senate vote. According to Paul, we have gotten into financial trouble via excessive spending and borrowing, and more spending and borrowing — including the creation of money out of thin air — will inevitably make the economy worse in the long run.
October 02, 2008 Permalink

Ron Paul on Bloomberg TV 10/02/08

Ron Paul is explains why he is against the Bailout. "What they are doing is seriously wrong."

October 02, 2008 Permalink

Ron Paul keynotes John Birch Society's 50th

Former Republican presidential candidate U.S. Rep. Ron Paul of Texas will keynote Saturday's session of the 50th anniversary of the Appleton-based John Birch Society.
Paul will be one of three speakers at the 8 p.m. Saturday event at the Best Western Bridgewood Resort Hotel in Neenah, according to spokesman Bill Hahn. Also speaking at that event will be Hilliard Welch, son of Society founder Robert Welch, and Society chief executive Arthur Thompson.
October 02, 2008 Permalink

Ron Paul's "The Revolution: A manifesto"

Paul's political message is simple, yet eloquently and concisely stated in his 167-page book: Follow the Constitution and read about our founding fathers, who predicted many of the situations we find ourselves in. Doing this would solve many of our national woes - monetarily, militarily and domestically. Given the events on Wall Street this week, Paul's message in the introduction becomes eerily prophetic.
October 02, 2008 Permalink

Paul tells why he won't vote for McCain-Palin

"People are made uncomfortable when they're being challenged on principle," Paul told me. "That was annoying to him. I was sort of exposing him for his lack of credentials as a conservative."
That lack of credentials was what led McCain to nominate Sarah Palin for the vice presidency, according to Paul.
"I guess it was sort of pandering to everybody," he said.
It seemed to work at first. But Palin quickly endorsed the worst of McCain's ideas and even added a few of her own, though at this writing no one can tell just what those ideas are. And then the economy collapsed for the reasons Paul had cited in the primary debates.
"They sort of mocked me for talking about the dollar," he said of his GOP opponents.
October 02, 2008 Permalink

Mad As Hell ...

Yeah, that's how all Americans should feel about the treason committed by Congress today.

October 01, 2008 Permalink

Senate passes bailout

The Senate on Wednesday night passed a sweeping and controversial financial bailout similar in key ways to one rejected by the House just two days earlier.
The measure was passed by a vote of 74 to 25 after more than three hours of floor debate in the Senate. Presidential candidates Sens. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, and John McCain, R-Arizona, voted in favor. Like the bill the House rejected, the core of the Senate bill is the Bush administration's plan to buy up to $700 billion of troubled assets from financial institutions.
October 01, 2008 Permalink

Full of Pork. SENATE PASSES BAILOUT BILL 74 - 25. Roll Call Vote Here.

Here is the Senate roll call vote. The official name of this bill is: H.R. 1424 The Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act of 2007. WTF? At least that is what the Senate site says!
Like a dumpling, this bill is filled with pork, including: $150 billion in tax breaks for individuals and businesses, an increase in the amount of bank deposits covered by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, to $250,000 from $100,000 (wish I needed that!), AND the entire package was attached to legislation requiring insurers to treat mental health conditions more like general health problems. WTF? The initial Treasury Department proposal was three pages; the latest version passed is over 450. Exponential growth, just like Government - debt, power and abuse.
October 01, 2008 Permalink

This should be played to Congress before the vote today.

Duck Tales Inflation Lesson

October 01, 2008 Permalink

Action Alert: Urge Your Senator to Do the Right Thing

States Senate will be taking up the bailout plan tonight. The following Senators are considered key votes on this bailout. Please take a moment to call these Senators and urge them to cast their vote against this dangerous legislation. And please, call your two U.S. Senators and urge them to vote no as well.

October 01, 2008 Permalink

12 members who might switch their vote

The $700 billion rescue plan the House defeated Monday would have passed if just 12 more members of the House had voted the other way. Here’s a list of a dozen members who voted against the bill — and what it might take to turn their nays into yeas.
October 01, 2008 Permalink

Ron Paul Is Asked “Will You Run For President Again?”

Ron Paul was interviewed by Alan Colmes on FOX Radio this evening. They discussed the bailout and some rather detailed positions by Ron Paul on what can be done to help fix the economic problems we face. Of course, both Alan and Ron agreed that the good Doctor’s solutions are probably too fundamental to be implemented any time soon. Towards the end of the interview Colmes asks Ron Paul if he will run for President again. Listen below for the answer.

October 01, 2008 Permalink

This is NOT a rescue plan for the economy. It is a bailout for FOREIGN BANKS AND INVESTORS.

WE MUST STOP THIS BAILOUT BILL

October 01, 2008 Permalink

Ron Paul: Buying bad debt is the wrong solution

Two days after the House rejected the $700 billion bailout bill, the Senate is set to vote on the rescue plan for financial institutions.
The vote is scheduled for after sundown Wednesday.
Speaking to CNN's John Roberts on Wednesday, House Financial Services Committee member and former Republican presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul discussed why he thinks the bailout bill is the wrong solution to the economic problem and what he would do to secure financial security.
October 01, 2008 Permalink

Ron Paul on CNN 10/1/08

Action required!. They are voting again tonight!

October 01, 2008 Permalink

SENATE IS HIDING THE BAILOUT IN ANOTHER BILL!

Senate to vote on rescue plan Wednesday (They are calling it rescue instead of bailout because it sounds better)
The bill adds new provisions - including raising the FDIC insurance cap from $100,000 to $250,000 - and will be attached to an existing revenue bill that the House also rejected Monday, according to several Democratic leadership aides.
The vote is scheduled for after sundown, in observance of the Jewish holiday.
THEY’RE ONLY GIVING US LESS THAN 24 HOURS TO KNOW ABOUT THIS BEFORE THEY VOTE ON IT!
CALL YOUR SENATORS TONIGHT OR TOMORROW OR FLOOD THEM WITH EMAILS AGAINST THIS BAILOUT BILL.
Capitol switchboard at (202) 224- 3121 *Ask to be directed to your senators office*
October 01, 2008 Permalink