Liberty MavenRon Paul and Judge Napolitano on the “Hate Crime” Bill
July 2nd, 2009 9:25 am | by Marc Gallagher | Published in Activism, Big Government, Commentary, Constitution, Individual Responsibility, Liberty, Maven Commentary, Ron Paul, andrew napolitano | 2 Responses
Yesterday Ron Paul appeared again on “Freedom Watch” with Judge Andrew Napolitano. The Judge delivered another stellar opening monologue that was extremely critical of the hate crime legislation making its way through Congress.
Following the monologue Ron Paul was brought in to discuss the topic further. I enjoy these types of discussions because they steadfastly refute all of the completely inane and idiotic charges that Ron Paul is a “racist”. Anyone who refuses to allow emotional “arguments” cloud their reasoned judgment should understand that Ron Paul is completely opposed to any kind of racism or collectivism.
Unfortunately, most people don’t do their homework. They drool through life digesting all the news they can about the latest Michael Jackson-type death of the day. Ignorance is not bliss, ignorance is willful neglect. It should be our responsibility to know that our country of birth is fundamentally moving away from the principles of its founding. With that responsibility should come individual action.
I find it humorous that they call themselves “progressives”, as if advocating a return to the principles found in the Constitution makes one a “regressive”. No, it appears to me that so called “progressives” want to return to a time before the American Revolution, a time of empire and tyranny. If we want to have “progress” in this country it should mean restoring the rule of law found in our Constitution not continuing the practice of ignoring it.
Check out the latest episode of Freedom Watch below. Other than Ron Paul, the Judge welcomed Mary Ruwart, John McManus, David Bruckner, and Jim Babka to the show.
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July 2nd, 2009 at 3:05 pm (#)
"We all want progress, but if you're on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; in that case, the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive."
C. S. Lewis
We just need to show them that they are on the wrong road, and being progressive isn't accelerating down the wrong road we have already taken, for example the war on poverty and welfare has failed to alleviate poverty, so rather than throwing more welfare at the problem, we should turn around, and try something new, same with the war on drugs (hasn't stopped drug crime, drug use, or drug cartels, now has it), and probably the war on terror (do we have less liberty today or more than when it started, if you ask me, Al Qaeda, probably couldn't be happier with the response of America since 9/11)
July 3rd, 2009 at 2:26 pm (#)
Politicians like to use sports analogies. Perhaps in its darkest hour, the Republican Party should be asking itself itself if maybe a "return to the fundamentals", the Constitution – ALL of it, not just the parts its leadership likes to trumpet while trashing the rest of it – isn't better than the rightist agenda it has been pursuing for the past 15 years. Ron Paul has been the lone voice in the desert warning that the term "conservative" has been hijacked by central government types. Time to listen to him.