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Ron Paul appeared on CNN American Morning today with John Roberts. He was again asked about his position on the bailout efforts from our lawmakers.

Listen, everyone, don’t let people distract you with nonsense about fiscal responsibility within the government or holding our leaders accountable. And definitely DON’T worry about the future of the U.S. Dollar. After all, the fundamentals of the economy are strong and we have REAL problems to worry about, such as imprisoning dangerous soda spillers, foreclosing on a disabled man who parked a car in his very own driveway, AND, most disturbing of all, people trying to peacefully exercise their freedom of speech!

Let’s start with the deadly soda, because we definitely all need to work together to proactively hunt down dangerous felons like this.  Let me paint the picture.  It’s an easy one.  We’ve all had parents, at least two, anyway.  And some of us have even cared for them when they got sick.  And most of us have had a soda or two in our lives.  So this should be pretty easy to picture.  Natalie Walters, a lady who routinely takes her father to the Boise Veterans Affairs Medical Center for treatment, also decided to callously take advantage of her right to travel, and regularly visited the cafeteria.  Her routine was to refill her mug with Diet Coke for anywhere from $1 to $1.50, depending on the cashier at the time and his or her ability to accurately type in the right codes and digits on a keyboard.  Well, imagine her surprise on Aug. 20, when Walters filled her mug with Diet Coke, [and] the clerk charged $3.80.

“I told her that cannot be right and asked to talk to the manager,” Walters said.

The manager told Walters the price is correct.

Walters decided she didn’t want to pay that much and offered to return the soda, she said. But the manager told her there was no way to accept the returned soda and Walters had to pay. Walters refused, and she said she was angry by this point, and she poured the soda onto the counter.

The manager banned Walters from the cafeteria.

But, wait, there’s more!  A LOT more!  Officials realized their debt to the safety of the community, and felt morally compelled to go through every piece of cafeteria and hospital videotape, tracking her insurgent movements, tracing her back to her ill father; going through his medical records; and justifiably upsetting him by interrupting him at his own dental appointment to let him know that Big Brother requested his daughter’s presence.

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Ron Paul appeared on CNN this morning continuing his media rounds blasting the government providing welfare for holders of bad debt. Welcome to socialism U.S.A. Watch the interview below. Paul equates the bailouts to a “fix for a drug addict”.

Ron Paul is at it again. He appeared on Glenn Beck’s TV show last night and discussed the financial crisis in the U.S. He was a bit more philosophical in this appearance. He even mentioned Austrian economics by name again. Keep on spreading the word Dr. Paul. When it comes to the economy we are all behind you. Interview is in two parts.

Ron Paul schooled America via MSNBC this afternoon. With such a short soundbite style interview it is hard for him to be effective about his “teachings”, but in this interview I think he does an excellent job. He discussed why inflating the money supply is a no-win in the long run. He then goes on to say rather emphatically that he could never endorse John McCain for a variety of reasons but his most biting reason was foreign policy. Paul says he could never endorse someone that thinks it’s funny to sing “bomb bomb bomb Iran” as McCain did a few years ago.

Bill O’Reilly managed to somewhat improve the quality of his programming last night. Instead of focusing his efforts on vilifying Chevy Chase for not “believing in” the Great Sarah Palin, he instead decided to address the hypocrisy of the leaders in Washington, who always show up at the Bottom of the 9^th Inning during a legitimate crisis, as opposed to proactively informing the public when red flags start to appear.

While I do agree with his statements that our leaders should bite the bullet and make the tough call of delivering bad news (as opposed to McCain, blowing smoke our way the other day, claiming that our current economy has a strong foundation) and also that “both parties are to blame” for this current economic and bailout crisis, I do, however, find it quite humorous that he asserts “there was no Paul Revere in public office to alert us”. Bill, perhaps there was no Paul Revere, but there was and is a Ron Paul in office to alert us. He has been warning the country for almost 2 decades of an impending crisis, such as the one we are currently facing.

The headlines of today are the former “alarmist” predictions of “that kook, fringe candidate, Ron Paul”. It’s unfortunate that O’Reilly, most of the Fox News Network, and the Mainstream Media, in general, have spent many years ignoring the warnings of an honest and economically literate public official. O’Reilly cries out for a leader with the spine to be a leader, yet, at the same time, O’Reilly does his best to ignore a Ron Paul and sweep him under the rug. Fortunately, shrewd journalists such as Glenn Beck and Neil Cavuto regularly march the Ron Pauls and the Peter Schiffs of the world onto their shows in an attempt to inform the public of the very financial corruption thriving in D.C., as well as the dangers of government intervention.

This brings me to the second, and most positive aspect of O’Reilly’s show last night: his discussion with Neil Cavuto. Unlike O’Reilly, Neil Cavuto “gets it”, and then some. However, regardless of your financial or political viewpoint, anyone can thoroughly enjoy this heated back-and-forth between Cavuto and O’Reilly. In the space of just a few short minutes, Neil Cavuto easily and effortlessly exposes Bill O’Reilly for the pro-government interventionist socialist that he is.

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Peter Schiff, who endorsed Ron Paul for President, appeared on Glenn Beck’s television show yesterday discussing the recent government bailouts and what the future holds. Hint: It’s pretty bleak.

… We could be headed for so many contested votes, that Florida’s “chads and dimples” debacle might look like nothing more than a mere minor blip. According to the Detroit Free Press, “Several municipal clerks across the state are reporting fraudulent and duplicate voter registration applications, most of them from a nationwide community activist group working to help low- and moderate-income families.”

“There appears to be a sizeable number of duplicate and fraudulent applications,” said Kelly Chesney, spokeswoman for the Michigan Secretary of State’s Office. “And it appears to be widespread.”

Chesney said her office has had discussions with ACORN officials after local clerks reported the questionable applications to the state. Chesney said some of the applications are duplicates and some appear to be names that have been made up. The Secretary of State’s Office has turned over several of the applications to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office on Friday declined to confirm whether an investigation was taking place.

The Detroit Free Press goes on to say that “the majority of the problem applications are coming from the group ACORN, Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now,”

This is already going to be a very intense, very heated, and possibly very close election.  I can only imagine what a few large-scale cases of voter fraud will add to the mix.

With the recent Russian-Georgian conflict and the U.S. pissing off Russia by reaching an agreement with Poland to put some missiles there many pundits started mentioning the advent of a new “Cold War”. Those two words do not conjure nice images or thoughts in my head.

I recall as a child in the 70′s and 80′s being incredibly fearful of nuclear war. Laying in bed at night hearing an airplane fly overhead found me squinting my eyes tight hoping the sound was indeed coming from an airplane and not a nuclear bomb. My parents should have never let me watch “The Day After” when it came on TV in 1983. The images in that movie are still with me today, however sensationalized some thought they were. The movie has a very interesting history, including being credited by the Reagan Administration for helping getting the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) signed with the Soviet Union in 1987.

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Bob Barr appeared on CNN this evening with Lou Dobbs. Dobbs asked Barr about some of Dobbs’ own favorite topics including illegal immigration. Barr didn’t disappoint and continues to get major media interviews. What was especially pleasing is that Dobbs didn’t ask about the “spoiler” role. Enjoy it below.