Archive for June 29th, 2009

Ron Paul talks Cap and Trade in a new video

June 29th, 2009 9:32 pm  |  by  |  Published in Big Government, Civil Liberties, congress, Constitution, Environment, Foreign Policy, Liberty, Politics, Ron Paul  |  0

In a video message published by the Campaign For Liberty Ron Paul discussed some behind the scenes discussions he had with some fellow lawmakers.

What he reveals will make anyone who is opposed to this bill seethe with anger, but it seems it is just typical of DC lawmakers.

Paul also points out a bit of the hypocrisy on both sides of the aisle. It’s almost like Ron Paul is the whistle blower for reality on Capitol Hill.

Watch the clip below.

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Ron Paul talks Fed audit (HR1207) and more on the Jason Lewis Show

June 29th, 2009 9:22 pm  |  by  |  Published in Banking, Big Government, congress, Constitution, Economics, Election, Environment, Federal Reserve, Free Market, gold, gold standard, Liberty, Money, Ron Paul, Taxes  |  2 Responses

Ron Paul was interviewed on the Jason Lewis Show by guest host Rod Grams this evening. They talked for about 16 minutes and covered several topics but in the end focused on auditing and potentially ending the Federal Reserve.

Paul specifically discusses why he doesn’t think the way to get HR1207 to a House vote is through a discharge petition. He suggests continuing to drum up grassroots support for HR1207 is the best method.

Grams allowed Ron Paul to speak until he was done on each topic. He even pointed out that his niece convinced him that Paul was a great candidate during the 2008 election.

Listen to the interview in it’s entirety below.

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The Bubble Blowers: Goldman Sachs and Cap and Trade

June 29th, 2009 8:00 am  |  by  |  Published in Activism, Big Government, Commentary, congress, Environment, jobs, Liberty, Market Regulation, Politics  |  2 Responses

As Cap and Trade races through Congress, here is a question – Who will benefit? The environment and us or Government Sachs?

by Jake Towne, the Champion of the Constitution

Originally published Sunday, June 28, 2009 at http://www.nolanchart.com/article6573.html

Last week the House voted 219-212 to pass HR 2454, the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, whose intent is to “create clean energy jobs, achieve energy independence, reduce global warming pollution and transition to a clean energy economy.”  I’ve only had time to browse the 1,092 page bill and sincerely believe it will not achieve a single one of its purposes.

The creation of clean energy jobs is very vague and the parts that are clear center not on industry but on educating people about global warming – this appears to signal the creation of a new class of bureaucrat-teachers, not industrial jobs.

Energy independence?  Transition to a clean energy economy?  Get real, there is nothing of substance in the document that details such a plan, and this is a pipe dream for government to create this.  What will you ask?  Only a free market, driven by the consumer and free from government interventions can do so, in my opinion.

“Reduce global warming pollution?”  Somehow I missed the scientific debate where the global warmers square off against the global coolers and those who believe that ‘the weather just changes, weather you want it to or not’ as I suggested here “Anthropogenic Global Warming or an Ice Age, Which Is It? (PART 2/2)“.  Is carbon dioxide really a pollutant? Don’t plants need it to live and don’t we all respire it? It would be a lot cheaper and a lot more useful than HR 2454!

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