Liberty Maven

…finds out it is Ron Paul who is in the corner.

I say that after watching Paul question Treasury Secretary Geithner earlier today. Paul had a great question and Geithner was weaseling his way out of it, Paul interrupted and…. asked a new question instead of demanding an answer from Geithner on his first question.

It was as if Paul suddenly realized he didn’t have much time left and tried to get in his next question. In all honesty Paul could learn some lessons on how to question these bozos from Alan Grayson (of all people).

Rand Paul is your next U.S. Senator from Kentucky, if the trend continues. He’s also a true limited government Constitutionalist Republican. Check out his interview recorded yesterday with Judge Napolitano on Freedom Watch:

Yes, Rand is leading in all the polls right now, but he needs more campaign donations to push him toward victory. As luck would have it there is a money bomb going on today to help him reach this goal. Donating to Rand Paul is like putting your money behind the U.S. Constitution. As recent events in DC have shown, representatives like Rand are sorely needed.

Please help him toward victory by donating at http://randpaul2010.com/ right now.

The campaign has set a goal of $300k for the day. As of this writing (1pm Eastern) the total is nearly $143k according to http://randpaulgraphs.com/.

Be of good cheer. There are many silver linings in what may seem to be a completely dark cloud. Let’s think about what just happened . . .

* Statist Democrats have waited three decades to take over healthcare
* Their last attempt, in 1993-94, was a bust
* And aside from those two years, they haven’t controlled Congress and the White House since the Carter years
* Now, it’s already fairly obvious that their current control won’t last long

After all . . .

* The American electorate leans conservative/libertarian and libertarian/liberal, NOT Statist Liberal
* Public dislike for Statism is why the Statist Republicans got fired in 2008, and it will likely cause many Statist Democrats to be fired too, starting this year

We think this explains the Democrats’ suicidal determination to pass their healthcare bill now, at all costs, in spite of the massive public opposition . . .

It was now or never!

Even so, public pressure, including tens of thousands of letters from DC Downsizers, forced the Statist Democrats to make major changes . . .

They had to drop their “deem and pass self-executing rule,” by which they hoped to make the Senate healthcare bill the law of the land, without ever voting for it.

You made the House Democrats do something they didn’t want to do. You made them cast a direct vote for the hated Senate bill.

Tax-funded bribery is also becoming a major issue. Witness the furor over the Cornhusker Kickback and the Louisiana Purchase. Public pressure made the Statist politicians retreat on this issue as well.

You also killed the so-called “public option,” which would have put us on the fast track to fully Socialist healthcare. As it stands now, the bill Congress actually passed more resembles Socialism’s kissing-cousin, Corporate Fascism. This is why . . .

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“None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Originally published March 22, 2010 at http://towneforcongress.com/economy/freedom-from-fascism-1

Recent events not only with the current healthcare bill, but also on the economic front are waking up more and more Americans to the sad truth that the federal government is out of control. A fascist state is quickly developing in America, one of the few rare places in the history of the planet where “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” was not an unattainable dream but instead a mission statement. I first fully graspedwhere the misguided actions and ideology of the Republocrats would lead America during the Banker Bailout of 2008, and I returned home to fight against the Establishment by running for United States Congress as soon as I could.

Now when I use the term “fascism” in this piece, I do not mean its typical connotation with physical brutality, murder, and torture – though this is the easily recognizable final product. Fascism by Benito Mussolini’s originally intended economic meaning was symbolized by the “fasces” – bound sticks used as a totem for state power in ancient Rome. Here are my definitions – which by and large agree with most literature – for four socioeconomic systems:     Read More »

The more ignorant, reckless and thoughtless a doctor is, the higher his reputation soars even amongst powerful princes. -Erasmus

Apparently there are going to be a series of votes today on further nationalizing health care in American society. It is still up in the air whether or not it will pass. However, many have stated that if it comes to the floor then it will pass and the Democrats are planning on bringing it to the floor today beginning at 2pm Eastern.

David Dayen at Firedoglake writes:

The session tomorrow will begin around 2pm Eastern. Three votes – potentially four – will be taken. First there will be a vote on the rule, with an hour of debate on it. Expect a vote around 3:00 ET. Then there will be two hours of debate on the reconciliation bill. That will get a vote around 5:00 ET. There would be no debate in between the reconciliation bill and the Senate bill, which would happen around 5:30 ET. If there is a motion to recommit, that would get sandwiched in before the vote on the reconciliation bill.

Many Americans may be busy watching NCAA tournament basketball players jacking up shots while their elected lawmakers take measures to jack up their health care costs and taxes.

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If you asked us what surprises us most about the world we live in, this would be high on the list . . .

* Statists control nearly everything
* Statist arguments dominate the national debate
* And yet, public opinion is still largely anti-Statist

Remember, Statism is the belief that . . .

* Your life needs to be engineered by a select group of people (Congress, the President) from the top down
* People must be threatened with violence in order to make them comply with these designs and dictates
* People who don’t submit to these threats, should actually suffer violence, in the form of imprisonment, the loss of property, and possibly even death, depending on how much they resist

Social engineering, threats, and violence — these are the sordid reality behind all the euphemistic talk we hear from Statists about things like compassion, order, safety, and security. Whenever someone proposes the State must do something, we should ask . . .

* Will the proposal protect your freedom to live your life as you see fit — provided you don’t impinge on the equal freedom of others to do the same? Or . . .
* Will the proposal itself threaten you with violence, instead of protecting you from it? Because . . .

If it protects your freedom, then it’s in keeping with the idea of Constitutional government and human liberty. If threatens you with fines, imprisonment, etc., then you’re talking about Statism.

Sadly, nearly everything discussed in the national debate is Statist. Consider the current so-called healthcare bill. It’s jam-packed with threats of violence . . .

* You must have health insurance of a kind dictated by politicians
* If you don’t buy health insurance then you’ll be fined  — your hard earned property will be stolen from you
* If you try to avoid the fine, then minions of the State will find some way to take the money from you
* If you try to hide your money so that it can’t be seized, eventually men with guns will show up at your door to kidnap you, and hold you in confinement
* If you try to resist this kidnapping then the men will draw their guns, and if you continue to resist they will shoot you

This is the grim truth about the healthcare bill, and about nearly everything our government now does. Statism equals violence. And yet . . .

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The U.S. Department of Education was established on May 4, 1980 with its primary objective being to “[assure] access to equal educational opportunity for every individual,” as well as to improve educational quality across America. One of the largest arguments for the creation of a federal department, however, was to coordinate the federal loan programs set forth in LBJ’s “Great Society” program. Johnson proudly signed the Higher Education Act of 1965 into law, proclaiming that the loan programs would “swing open a new door for the young people of America” by making higher education more affordable.

Flash forward several decades from these grand government schemes and these proclamations seem dubious at best. The average cost of attendance at a public university has increased from $950 per year in 1965 to $2,165 in 1980 to $11,034 in 2007 – to say that the federal loan program has failed to make college a more attainable goal for lower-class families would be an understatement. This rising cost spiral has been discussed at length elsewhere, however; the other issues inherent in the federal micromanagement of education are less often mentioned and are perhaps of more importance in our society.

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by Peter Schiff, president of Euro Pacific Capital and author of Crash Proof 2.0: How to Profit from the Economic Collapse

In his latest weekly New York Times column, Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman put forward arguments that were so nonsensical that the award committee should ask for its medal back.

Recent rhetoric from Washington has put the economic relationship between the U.S. and China squarely on the front burner, and Krugman is demanding that we crank up the flame. This week 130 members of Congress sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner demanding that the Obama administration designate China as a “currency manipulator”. Following that, a bipartisan group of senators introduced a bill that looks to force the Obama administration’s hand. For its own part, Beijing invites criticism by continuing to deny its utterly obvious currency agenda.

As these tensions escalate, most economists urge Washington to tread lightly because of the negative fallout for America if China were to begin selling its enormous cache of U.S. Treasury bonds. Krugman pushes back, asserting that the U.S. risks little by playing hardball, and that China has more to lose. He asserts that a Chinese decision to end its purchases of U.S. Treasury debt would make only a marginal impact on long-term interest rates. Did you hear that Stockholm?

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Will your doctor quit his or her practice? See the sample letter below to get an idea of what the chances may be . . .

Congressional leaders want to hold their vote on the healthcare bill soon. This means that, tedious though it may be, we must continue doing the following . . .

1. If your House Rep is a Democrat, and you haven’t called this week to tell him or her to oppose the healthcare bill, please do so today. We got numerous reports, yesterday, that the Capitol lines were ringing busy. That’s a very good sign.
2. If you haven’t yet asked a friend to use our system to send Congress a letter, please do so today. You can forward them this message.
3. Send another letter of your own.

You can borrow from the following sample letter, or copy all of it . . .   Read More »

Originally published March 17, 2010 at http://towneforcongress.com/economy/towne-for-congress-goes-international-1

Yesterday I was fortunate enough to be invited for a live interview on Russia Today, or RTAmerica.  The show aired only in metropolitan areas like NYC and Washington, DC and was shown internationally as well.  The interviewing was done remotely, so this was the first time to hear questions coming in my ear and then responding by looking into a camera, and believe me interviewing live is quite different from private conversations.

Please see the clip below, the fact that their color is green and today is St. Patty’s Day is, I am sure, purely a coincidence. The Open Office plank is here, my full stance on the Afghanistan War here, and the Iraq War here.

At Monday’s Towne Hall, a bunch of the attendees had just heard of the campaign via the front page article in the Morning Call, which was published that day.  Several commented that after meeting me, they were no longer convinced my views were “all over the map” as written in the article, particularly after reviewing my stances on the wars (above) and my income tax plank where I highlighted that not only is this tax immoral, it is also UNNECESSARY.

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