Liberty MavenRon Paul: The Next Generation
June 9th, 2009 8:30 am | by Marc Gallagher | Published in Activism, Big Government, Commentary, congress, Constitution, Election, Liberty, Maven Commentary, Peter Schiff, Politics, Rand Paul, Ron Paul | 28 Responses
Some current and former Ron Paul supporters are angry at the man (or at least disappointed) that he himself didn’t take his Presidential campaign as seriously as many would have liked from the start. He treated it as an education effort until he started getting loads of donations and by then it was almost too late to get serious about winning. However, the midterm elections of 2010 may show that his educational effort was quite fruitful in its own right.
There are at least 5 candidates running (or seriously considering running) for public office in 2010 due to the influence and inspiration of Ron Paul and his Presidential campaign. They are the next generation. Barry Goldwater begat Ronald Reagan. Whom will emerge from the foundation Ron Paul has built? Perhaps one of the following current or potential candidates for office:
Rand Paul – Ron Paul’s son is running as a Republican for one of Kentucky’s U.S. Senate seats. He truly is a chip off the old block. The early indications are that he is a more charismatic version of his father. He also seems to be capable of framing a “strong defense” foreign policy message without sacrificing his belief in non-interventionism. He has stated that he will not run unless current Senator Jim Bunning decides to retire. Later he said that if his exploratory committee receives enough donations he’d run no matter what Bunning decides. Even if he ends up not running in 2010, he should be a force in the future. Check out RandPaul2010.com for more information.
RJ Harris – This Iraq War veteran is a true Constitutionalist. He is up against well established Republican Congressman Tom Cole in Oklahoma’s 4th District. His appearance on Judge Napolitano’s Freedom Watch drew rave reviews from the Ron Paul faithful. He is rightly focusing on Tom Cole’s votes FOR the bailouts (TARP) and his own service and dedication to the Constitution. There is an upcoming money bomb for his campaign scheduled for June 19th. Check out his website: RJHarris2010.com for more information.
Adam Kokesh – Kokesh is a libertarian activist and member of Iraq Veterans Against The War (IVAW.org). He is well-loved in Ron Paul circles thanks to his fiery speeches, dedication to liberty, and his activism. He famously protested John McCain’s nomination acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention last year. He’s formed an exploratory committee to seek election to the U.S. Congress representing New Mexico. He has a money bomb appropriately scheduled for the 4th of July. Check out his campaign site: KokeshForCongress.com.
Jake Towne – A frequent writer at the Nolan Chart and here at Liberty Maven. Jake is running for office in Pennsylvania’s 15th District. There is no mistaking where Jake’s loyalties lie. It is evident in all of his writing. He is a true champion of the Constitution and sound money. Please check out his extensive presentation available online outlining his campaign philosophy in detail here. Thus far he’s been a bit under the radar, but hopefully we can all help change that.
Peter Schiff – A huge effort to recruit Schiff to run against Chris Dodd is underway. Schiff has been reluctant to confirm if he will or won’t run, but the rumour mill is circling that he may make an announcement when he appears with Jon Stewart on The Daily Show this evening. The word is that Dodd is on the ropes and many hope Schiff can be the one to do him in. There is no denying that Schiff could raise enough money for his campaign. The only question that remains, is he willing to jump into the ring? Check out the Draft Peter Schiff site: Schiff2010.com and watch tonight to find out if a run for U.S. Senate is announced.
The five people listed above would likely be concentrating on very different things had Ron Paul not paved the way for their candidacies with his Presidential campaign of 2008. I have high hopes that hundreds more will follow these five until we have fully restored our Constitution to its rightful place as the supreme law of the land.
Please consider donating to every single one of their campaigns. Liberty is priceless.
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June 9th, 2009 at 12:50 pm (#)
Also there are dozens of people who were elected to lower offices.
I myself ran and won here in NH (the Free State) FreeStateProject.org for a town wide office.
We had at least 6 'Ron Paulers' win in the NH House election in 2008.
June 9th, 2009 at 1:54 pm (#)
If we were invaded in 1913 as predicted by Andrew Jackson,and permitted our constitution to be amended, without an amendment. we deserve our plight. God will allow us to suffer in education till we get the light.
June 9th, 2009 at 2:21 pm (#)
With all due respect and admiration for your work, but ….
Why call yourself LIBERTY maven when you still support a system of coercive government. "Liberty" is an absolute. There is no partial or "constitutional" form of liberty. One is either free or one is not. A "nation of laws" is still a society which operates on the premise that an annointed elite writes laws which it then forces by "legal" monopoly the rest of us to abide by. Never in history has there been an example where such a system of legal slavery has been held in check for any meaningful length of time.
Laudable as the efforts of Dr. Paul and the five mentioned here may be, they are still fatally flawed in the reality that they only attempt to dull the pain, not cure the disease. The cancerous disease is the system of top-down government. The only cure for a tumor is its complete removal. Both Dr's Paul, of all people should know this.
If you haven't done so already, please read Butler Shaffer's latest book, "Boundaries of Order" as soon as possible.
June 9th, 2009 at 3:21 pm (#)
This movement can ill afford to be bogged down by anarchists. Robert E, go live in the woods if you must, but stop bothering those of us committed to the maximum in individual liberty consistant with law and order.
June 9th, 2009 at 4:04 pm (#)
LOL. Mind your manners, Jefferson. I would suggest that the quest for liberty and escape from the disorder which results from government imposed "law and order" can ill afford to be bogged down by continued tinkering with an utterly failed system. BTW, "law" and "order" are mutually exclusinve concepts. Where there is order no law needs to be imposed. When laws are used in attempt to bend the regularities of nature, disorder is the inevitable result.
June 9th, 2009 at 4:11 pm (#)
BTW, please know that I am no nihilistic anarchist. If you insist on pigeon holing me, please describe me as an autarchist if you must. It is a far more acccurate description of my philosophical point of reference.
June 9th, 2009 at 5:39 pm (#)
Our time is coming!
June 9th, 2009 at 5:57 pm (#)
Anyone Advocating A Return Toward Constitutional Limits Of Power On The Federal Government IS An Ally.
June 9th, 2009 at 7:16 pm (#)
The problem with this is that most are willing to stop there. They fail to grasp that the core corruption of ANY form of legislated monopoly on force (aka: Government) prevails and will inevitably start metastesizing all over again. History is replete with evidence of this. No society has ever been known to successfully stop the cancer's resurgence.
So, yes constitutionalists may be considered allies, but ONLY if they are prepared to continue to the ultimate goal of abolishing vertical top-down Government systems entirely to make room for horizontal self-governing systems of the kind which flourish in nature all around us.
Sorry for repeating myself, but reading "Boundaries of Order" will REALLY help you understand this.
June 9th, 2009 at 7:43 pm (#)
Nature is not all distributed power. Look at the human body. There certainly is distribution of powers/responsibilities however there are also nerve that lead to the central power unit in the head… The Founding Fathers created a system where there was a central nervous system called the Federal Government while at the same time preserving the independance of the individual states… the Civil War screwed that all up.
June 9th, 2009 at 8:14 pm (#)
Your analogy doesn't work, I'm afraid. The brain controls a singular selfcontained – closed loop, if you prefer – organism. Your brain controls your body and nothing else. Society is not a singular organism, it is a collection of millions of separate and independent ones. The problem with government (wether federal, state or "local" doesn't make much of a difference) as a system is that unavoidably some of us will take control of the "head" and force the rest of us to be the "body" – to use your analogy.
Should that "head" be you (and you friends) or me (and my friends)? Wanna bet that we are not going to agree?
June 9th, 2009 at 10:57 pm (#)
What the hell does "maven" mean? Is that some sort of fad word like "diva"?
Freestaters? What a bunch of fruit cakes.
June 10th, 2009 at 12:49 am (#)
Thank you Robert E, most people are too naive to realize otherwise.
June 10th, 2009 at 7:58 am (#)
And I thought it was written as "We the People" and not "We the government"
So what do we do now?
The day that we come as one!
Not as Democrat, not as Republican, not as Libertarian etc. But as American and honor the founders intention and vision…
"— That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness." – JULY 4, 1776
Goodness, it only has been 235 years young!
Isn't time we honor them? instead of spinning the issue?
We take it for granted for too long now…
June 10th, 2009 at 11:27 am (#)
Hey, don't forget me! I ran for U.S. Senate in 2008, got over 10 percent of the Republican primary vote against incumbent U.S. Senator John Sununu, AND got elected delegate to the New Hampshire Republican State Convention. The filing period isn't until June 2010 but I'm looking to run for U.S. Senator again. I differ from Ron Paul's views on the immigration issue. I am for open borders.
Tom Alciere
June 10th, 2009 at 11:41 am (#)
Even now Ron Paul is not taking steps in NH or Iowa to be viable in 2012. As much as his supporters would love to see him run, his supporters cannot pull all of the load for him, he has to do his part. He failed to do so in 08 and all indications are that he would not do so in 2012. I gave my hard earned dollars for the cause in 08 but not anymore, why would i???
If he can't make himself available in these early states why should anyone give to his cause. The message is their but he may not be the messenger to bring the liberty message to the mass of Americans
June 10th, 2009 at 5:41 pm (#)
Rational law is a disabler of coercion. We live in anarchy regardless. Our ability to survive stems from our ability to use our minds. Rational law helps prevent those who would take our products of able thought from us by force.
Additionally, do not assume that one must follow the law. There is always a choice made before obeying a law. No man is a slave to another man or his ideas. The logic you preach is regressive. Your "annointed elite" will eventually turn out to be the best ideas of the best minds.
June 10th, 2009 at 7:32 pm (#)
Oh? Who among us, pray tell, will be the one who defines what's rational, you or me?
Sadly, under the present system, the anointed elite always turn out to be the ones with the largest supply of the best weapons, who then coerce the worst ideas upon us. How do you think we got into today's mess?
June 11th, 2009 at 3:36 pm (#)
We the people will define what is rational. Again, the best ideas, as decided upon by the people over time. Under the present system, those with the best weapons still must live or die by the politics surrounding what they can get away with; the mob is always looming. Today's mess is the consequence of the people making an over-correction. Good premises to good ideas can get lost for awhile, but they will not stay lost.
June 11th, 2009 at 3:42 pm (#)
Actually, the analogy works to an extent. Men are not completely independent of one another. We must remember that we inhabit this planet whose resources are limited (limited presently, at least). Under the concept of scarcity we must decide between each other the proper distribution of resources. Generally, we give the most resources to the best ideas. The best ideas, in this sense, being what applies best to us individually. This is the market idea. We are presently in a closed loop, until our ideas become bigger than this earth. The human body works as individual cells redirect resources between each other through concentration gradients, but also through those innovative proteins. The brain should be considered the collective value system, the summation of the body's best ideas.
June 11th, 2009 at 3:46 pm (#)
Additionally, examine the statement "Rational law is a disabler of coercion." It seems contradictory, but it is not, according to your own "self-rule" philosophy. Through rational law, the coercion is applied only to those who introduce coercion. In this way, a man can only use force against himself.
June 11th, 2009 at 5:32 pm (#)
History is replete with civilization becoming sidetracked, but our capacity to learn and improve has ultimately grown and will continue to grow.
June 13th, 2009 at 4:15 pm (#)
"We the People" as a concept can only have meaning in complete absence of all forms of institutionalized coercive monopolies, i.e. in a spontaneously self regulating social system. The moment one imposes any form of coercive government, "We the People" becomes nothing but a propaganda slogan.
June 13th, 2009 at 10:33 pm (#)
Liberty is the freest form of government which still punishes those who infringe on others liberties. For there to be such punishment there must be law.
Anarchy is survival of the fittest–the absence of government.
I think you need to understand that Robert.
June 13th, 2009 at 10:35 pm (#)
You are at least right that the current system is corrupted. I think a bottom up caucus-like system from the neighborhoods up would be best.
The pull-a-lever elections system is obviously failed. People who are clueless and ignorant are voting.
June 15th, 2009 at 3:35 pm (#)
I mean "We the People" in the broadest sense, literally people. The collective ideas and opinions of all of history's people. But I do not expect to change your inclinations towards this phrase.
So take it from this angle. No one defines what is or what isn't rational. The definitions wait to be found. Any concept we conceive of takes for granted the idea that truth is independent of our thoughts. As humans, we stumble upon truths through trial and error, but also through reasoned thought. These reasons rest upon certain axioms that we take for granted to be true. From time to time, we realize that we must reevaluate these axioms. From time to time, we forget our principles altogether. However, you must concede the fact that we have found at least inklings of truths over the course of history. Evidence of this is the persistence of some ideas to just keep working in various unconsidered situations, if only within the realm of human endeavor. Rational law works. The problem is the many irrational laws that result from this over-correction towards collectivization I mentioned previously.
June 15th, 2009 at 5:36 pm (#)
Paul Lambert is also a Paul-inspired candidate for 2010. He is running against Rep. Spencer Bachus in Alabama's 6th district. He is a member of the Campaign for Liberty and strongly believes in restoring the Constitution.
June 16th, 2009 at 9:05 pm (#)
i wasn't born till '84, man, i had nothing to do with that and do not deserve the crimes they commit against me. even had i been alive, if i did not support it, i couldnt be blamed. thats like blaming the son of a rapist, who wasnt even born(even if he was, he didnt commit the crime) for the crime.