Liberty Maven

Doug Wead will be speaking at Ron Paul’s Rally For The Republic. He was a special assistant to President George H. W. Bush. He is writing a series of stories in his blog related to Ron Paul leading up to the rally. All of them are wonderful. The August 10th entry is entitled, “Ron Paul: The Prophet“. In it Wead is astounded that someone in the House Of Representatives was prophetic regarding the events of September 11th a full year before it occurred.

So it comes as a bit of shock to encounter an honest thinker, and one in government!  And to find one in the United States House of Representatives, where the members are perpetually politicking for re-election, is astounding.

But listen to this. Fully a year before the events of September 11, 2001, Ron Paul expressed his alarm at American foreign policy arrogance, particularly how it was increasingly seen in Islamic countries.

“The cost in terms of liberties lost and the unnecessary exposure to terrorism are difficult to determine, but in time it will become apparent to all of us that foreign interventionism is of no benefit to American citizens, but is instead a threat to our liberties.”  – Ron Paul (spoken in the year 2000.)

He followed this up with his August 12th article, “You’re Next: Ron Paul’s warning“.

America’s justice and journalistic community are almost pure by comparison.  Occasionally you will see a conglomerate order one of its magazines to do a cover story on a motion picture produced by one of its subsidiaries.  But usually, the media is not for sale.  And you don’t see people thrown in jail over political or personal views.

So it is a bit touching and astonishing, to see Canada, the UK, France, Germany, Italy and other countries fighting for the rights of their citizens caught in the American snare.  They are amazed at this ongoing process in our country.  They, who have suffered outrageous injustices for centuries, or seen it manipulated by the nobility, are now shocked by our own self inspired, dismantling of our own system of justice.

Ron Paul has written “history demonstrates that the powers we give the federal government today will remain in place indefinitely. How sure are we that future presidents won’t abuse those powers?”

And his latest article is better than those two, “Smokin’ Some Weed With Ron Paul“.

Canadian Senator Pierre Claude Nolin, who was chairman of a two year committee study on the subject, declared that ”scientific evidence overwhelmingly indicates that cannabis is substantially less harmful than alcohol and should be treated not as a criminal issue but as a social and public health issue.”

Among the finding of the Senate report?  Marijuana is not a gateway to the use of hard drugs. Marijuana use does not lead to the commission of crime. Marijuana users are unlikely to become dependent.

Marijuana use has little impact on driving.  Liberalizing marijuana laws is unlikely to lead to increased marijuana use.  Marijuana prohibition poses a greater risk to health than marijuana use. Ron Paul is right.  We need to look at these laws and make some common sense decisions.  “The law cannot make a wicked person virtuous,” says Ron Paul. “According to Aquinas, God’s grace alone can accomplish such a thing.”

If you have a daily Ron Paul reading regimen I highly recommend adding Doug Wead’s blog to it. I can’t wait to see what he comes up with next.