Ron Paul 2008

The Declaration of Independence

2008-06-09T21:18:00.003-05:00

The Declaration of Independence

When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — 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. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security. — Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.

He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.

He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.

He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only.

He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their Public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures.

He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people.

He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected, whereby the Legislative Powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.

He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands.

He has obstructed the Administration of Justice by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary Powers.

He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.

He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people and eat out their substance.

He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.

He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil Power.

He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation:

For quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:

For protecting them, by a mock Trial from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:

For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:

For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:

For depriving us in many cases, of the benefit of Trial by Jury:

For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences:

For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies

For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments:

For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.

He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us.

He has plundered our seas, ravaged our coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people.

He is at this time transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation, and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & Perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation.

He has constrained our fellow Citizens taken Captive on the high Seas to bear Arms against their Country, to become the executioners of their friends and Brethren, or to fall themselves by their Hands.

He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.

In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.

Nor have We been wanting in attentions to our British brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our Separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies in War, in Peace Friends.

We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these united Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States, that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. — And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor.

Bill of Rights

2008-06-09T20:32:00.001-05:00

Bill of Rights

Amendment I
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.

Amendment II
A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.

Amendment III
No soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.

Amendment IV
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

Amendment V
No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.

Amendment VI
In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the assistance of counsel for his defense.

Amendment VII
In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise reexamined in any court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.

Amendment VIII
Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.

Amendment IX
The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.

Amendment X
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.

Ron Paul outlasts John Edwards? Guthrie backs Paul

2008-01-30T08:59:00.000-06:00

It has been trumpeted loud and far that Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy endorsed Barack Obama for President of the United States. Ron Paul may have just gotten a better endorsement from a resident of that fine state, from legendary singer-songwriter Arlo Guthrie.

The Florida Republican primary took place today. Ron didn't win. Results are still coming in, but it is clear that another state has gone by without a real Republican frontrunner emerging. Watch for a solid finish in Maine from the Ron Paul Revolution.

An interesting interview with Mitt Romney pushed radio host Mark Larsen to support Ron Paul for President.

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Former Nirvana bassist, Novoselic, a fan of Ron Paul? New Paul ad debuts

2008-01-28T20:49:00.000-06:00

Novoselic a Ron Paul fan, new Paul ad debuts, Ron releases a message

Former Nirvana bassist, Krist Novoselic, is apparently a fan of Ron Paul. As a Democratic State Committeeman and through his political action committee JAMPAC, Novoselic has becoming increasingly active in politics. He was a speaker at the 2006 Libertarian National Convention and...

The Paul campaign is running a new ad in Arkansas and Tennessee...

A Ron Paul Republican, Joseph Arminio, is taking on Rep. Wayne T. Gilchrest for Maryland's 1st Congressional District. Those men and three other candidates took the stage at a debate in Chestertown. In typical fashion, Arminio was prescribed Xanax by an opposing candidate...

Ron Paul just released a message on his website. ...

Paul is ramping up efforts to make a very strong showing in Maine this weekend.

Ron Paul defeated Hillary Clinton in the first straw poll to pit Republicans versus Democrats.

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Paul challenges La. GOP - Rudy vs. Ron in New York

2008-01-26T18:06:00.000-06:00

Paul challenges La. GOP - Rudy vs. Ron in New York

Tidbits from the Ron Paul Revolution and more

Tom McClintock is leaning towards Ron Paul!

Ron Paul has beaten every other remaining candidate

2008-01-24T16:04:00.000-06:00

With Paul's recent 2nd place finish in the Louisiana Caucus, ahead of Mitt Romney, he has now defeated every other remaining Republican candidate at least once in the early states.

Ron Paul MLK fundraiser tops $1,000,000 by noon

2008-01-21T15:01:00.000-06:00

Ron Paul MLK fundraiser tops $1,000,000 by noon

Just before noon on the West coast, Ron Paul supporters helped their guy top the $1,000,000 mark. It took just over 12,000 donations, with nearly 3,000 of them coming from first-time donors. More...

Can Ron Paul go the distance?

2008-01-21T09:36:00.001-06:00

Can Ron Paul go the distance?

In 1988, Ron Paul ran for president and got about 0.5% of the national vote. For some that was the measuring stick for how they thought Ron would perform in this election. He'll get a percentage or two, tops, and then the Revolution will fade away into blissful silence. A year, several double-digit primary finishes and thirty-million dollars later, those same elements who've been proven wrong over and over again are still pretending as if Ron Paul is already out of the race. Dream on, my friends, dream on.

10,000+ pledge donations to Ron Paul on MLK day

2008-01-20T19:14:00.000-06:00

Ron Paul supporters have a dream
On Monday, January 21st, supporters of Ron Paul have organized a "money-bomb" to coincide with Martin Luther King Day. Like MLK often did, Ron Paul now takes a stand against the wrongs perpetrated on society and inspires his messengers in a way that is a threat to the powers that be. In addition to the donations, at least 1,500 Ron Paul fans have pledged to take to the streets in support of MLK and Ron Paul. More...

Chris Rock, Richard Pryor and Ron Paul on Racism

2008-01-20T12:33:00.000-06:00

Here is an interesting perspective on racism in America by way of a conversation between Richard Pryor, Ron Paul and Chris Rock. Check it out as these guys, through compiled quotes, have a candid chat about what divides us. Who would've known that Pryor and Paul have similar views.

Huckabee campaign enlists 260 bloggers

2007-11-19T05:16:00.000-06:00

Well, this would explain the rise in Internet traffic for Huckabee. I knew something had to be behind that surge, glad the news finally came out. 260+ Hucksters spamming away.

Ron Paul haters find Liberty Dollar maker guilty before trial has begun

2007-11-17T18:34:00.000-06:00

Many places on the glorious Interwebs have picked up on the Ron Paul Liberty Dollar heist by the Feds. As was easily predictable, haters of Ron Paul have once again discarded logic and proclaimed the target of the FBI/Secret Service raid to be guilty before the guy has even been arrested. On top of that, all Ron Paul fans are kooks because a few of them like to use something other than FRN's to barter with.

Oh, and since I'm in a particularly cheery mood this evening, just wanted to give a shout out to the anti-Paul pro-choicers who support Nazi-style Eugenics while fouling a good man because some buttcake Nazi sent him $500 to campaign with.

Liberty Dollar raid brings hard money debate to national level

2007-11-16T15:24:00.000-06:00

I think the raid on the Liberty Dollar will be a good thing in the long run. It will not be harmful to Ron Paul's presidential campaign. It is publicity and because his name is attached to the story it has been put into the national spotlight. You don't have to advocate a new hard money standard to realize the wrong in what the government has done here.

Ron Paul to join tailgaters at Olive Court before Iowa Hawkeyes football game

2007-11-16T07:04:00.000-06:00

Leading presidential candidate Ron Paul will join Iowa Hawkeye and Western Michigan tailgaters on Saturday at Olive Court in Iowa City. Olive Court is one of the most popular tailgating spots and is located just a few short blocks from Kinnick Stadium. There will be a rally at 69 Olive Court from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm. I encourage fans of both the Iowa Hawkeyes and the Western Michigan Broncos to come take a peek at the Ron Paul Revolution.

View details of Ron Paul's visit to Olive Court in Iowa City here.

Lone Star Times applauds free publicity for Ron Paul?

2007-11-16T06:52:00.000-06:00

Who would've thought that $500 out of over $5,000,000 would garner so much free publicity? Lone Star Times likes it so much they even altered the Ron Paul Revolution in the most childish of ways.

Google Ron Paul Again

2007-11-15T23:28:00.000-06:00

I probably wouldn't have been as nice as this guy who defends Ron Paul on college student loans. I am almost convinced that parents should teach logic and critical reasoning classes at the dinner table so that the children can learn to filter, dissect and question everything that they learned that day in school and that night at the dinner table. The world would be much better off if parents just started doing that one little thing.

For example, my dad said to get a job and learn some self-responsibility. Simple enough, right? Well, my whole life I was taught to try to do right and be a good person. I see what 25% of the earnings from my job goes toward and it contradicts everything I stand for and learned. Even if I get a job where I do nothing but help people, 25% of it still goes toward those contradictory things. What I get in return for my investment is to be criminalized for being fond of a plant, to see my fellow brothers and sisters be oppressed by horrible policy, and to watch people halfway around the globe get blown to bits.

You got the job. Did you get the self-responsibility?

Rudy Giuliani News

2007-11-15T23:04:00.000-06:00

Rudy Giuliani just embraced an endorsement from a guy who directly blamed 9/11 on gay Americans, Pat Robertson. He also tried to land his corrupt buddy a job as head of Homeland Security and is business partners with Al-Qaeda friendly Muslims in the Middle East, the same ones who let the mastermind of 9/11 slip away. Rudy just took another jab at Ron Paul by denouncing support from people outside of the official Rudy campaign. Someone outside of the Paul campaign has apparently taken out a big ad in the USA Today paper and Ron just recently raised over $4 million in one day through a donation drive that was not affiliated with campaign headquarters. John McCain made a move similar to Giuliani by denouncing support from people outside of his official campaign as well. Oh, and it has surfaced that News Corp. tried to persuade Judith Regan to commit perjury in order to protect Rudy's presidential bid. I'm not trying to play guilt by association either. I didn't find out any of these things until I already knew how much his politics suck.

I won't even get started on Hillary Clinton's rapsheet. I can easily see how people would be intrigued to vote for her. I've seen her support. Although misguided, it's real. What I really can't figure out is how any accurate poll says that 39% of Americans would vote for Rudy Giuliani to lead this country. I have more faith in people than that.

Rudy Giuliani to tilt the election to Hillary?

2007-11-15T22:18:00.000-06:00

A new poll has been released that shows Hillary at 42%, Rudy Giuliani at 39% and Ron Paul as a Libertarian at 8%.

Ron Paul is a ten-term Republican Congressman and is currently a Republican candidate for president. Those two facts are undeniable.

The poll clearly shows that Rudy Giuliani can and will give the election to Hillary Clinton if Republicans do not stand behind Ron Paul.

39 + 8 = 47%

Ron Paul 47%, Hillary Clinton 39%

Extremist group plans to ask Ron Paul to distance himself from extremist groups

2007-11-15T17:52:00.000-06:00

The Anti Defamation League (ADL) is reportedly planning to ask Ron Paul to distance himself from extremist groups. This news comes after it was revealed that 1/10,000th of 1% of donations to Ron Paul in the third quarter came from a known Neo-Nazi clown. Or maybe it's 1/1,000th of a percent. Either way, insignificant.

A comment on Capitol Hill Blues comment policy

2007-11-15T07:28:00.000-06:00

Capitol Hill Blues just put out a decent article on Ron Paul. I went to comment on the article, couldn't, and ran across a rather redundant commenting policy that I wanted to address.

"Posts that contain racism, homophobia, bigotry or Antisemitism will be removed and the posters banned."

Depending on how you define antisemitism, it is either racism or bigotry. If you view antisemitism as being against semitic people, then it's racism. If you view antisemitism as strictly a Jewish thing, then it'd be bigotry.

I'm a Deist, which is basically the religion for freethinkers. If the comment policy were to be rightfully applied in respects to my particular religion and views then virtually no critical comments would ever be allowed. There are less freethinkers than there are Jews. I don't care though. I invite people to be bigoted towards me. I love it. Let's have a duel of minds.

American Enterprise Institute misrepresents Guy Fawkes Day money bomb

2007-11-14T08:52:00.000-06:00

A fellow named John Fortier over at American Enterprise Institute seems to misrepresent the recent Guy Fawkes Day 'Ron Paul money bomb.'

"Ron Paul is an iconoclast, a principled libertarian, and an entertaining presidential candidate, but he has gone too far. Last week he raised boatloads of money from admirers who celebrate the violent overthrow of established government. For the sake of his reputation and his responsibility to the Congress in which he serves, he should disown that support."

Mr. Fortier should have done more research. Guy Fawkes Day is a celebration of the uncovering of the gunpowder plot. It is not a celebration of the violent overthrow of government. Maybe AEI should disown Mr. Fortier.

News Corp. trying to subvert election process?

2007-11-13T20:01:00.000-06:00

Judith Regan is suing Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. over claims that she was the victim of a deliberate smear campaign because of information she has that will bring down Rudy Giuliani's campaign for president.

"The smear campaign was necessary to advance News Corp.'s political agenda, which has long centered on protecting Rudy Giuliani's presidential ambitions,'' Regan said in the complaint.

Rudy also still has the Qatar problem to deal with. Why would Rudy be friends and business partners with the people who let the mastermind of 9/11, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, slip away?

Rudy also accepted and embraced an endorsement from Pat Robertson, who blamed 9/11 directly on Americans. Rudy accepted this endorsement only months after publicly humiliating himself by trying to bully Ron Paul in a presidential debate when Paul mentioned that 9/11 was blowback from errant foreign policy.

Mass. Governor wants to jail online gamblers

2007-11-13T12:43:00.000-06:00

Deval Patrick wants to send online gamblers to jail and he's pushing the idea in a bill of which the main issue is allow three new casinos to be built in Massachusetts. I wish I'd known about 28 years sooner that we are being run by assclowns. People need to just stop paying the politicians. They can't throw ya all in prison.

The Washington Post doesn't know what smart money is?

2007-11-13T10:40:00.000-06:00

The Washington Post claims that because Hillary Clinton and Rudy Giuliani have remained atop the betting odds for president that the smart money is on those candidates. Smart money moves the lines. Odds for Hillary and Rudy have remained relatively stagnant since before the beginning of this election cycle. The smart money is on Ron Paul, who has went from 2,000:1 down to 6:1 in some places, before the recent publicity and money-bomb, but of course WaPo tries to deflect from that.

"As the presidential road show hits Las Vegas this week for a Democratic debate, the bookmakers have already weighed in: New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is the odds-on favorite both to win her party's nomination and then to go on to capture the White House next fall over former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani.

Of course, given how the Washington Redskins keep confounding expectations, only so much weight should be placed on the judgment of bookmakers. But nonetheless, the smart money these days is being bet on the two New Yorkers as the odds grow longer for Sens. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.), both once deemed by Las Vegas to be more likely to win than they are now."

Ron Paul's real record in Congress

2007-11-13T09:50:00.000-06:00

Ron Paul opposes federal funding for Eugenics, abortion, ethnic cleansing and other population control programs.

H.R.1095: To prohibit any Federal official from expending any Federal funds for any population control or population planning program or any family planning activity.

H.R.777: To prohibit any Federal official from expending any Federal funds for any population control or population planning program or any family planning activity.

H.R.1548: To prohibit any Federal official from expending any Federal funds for any population control or population planning program or any family planning activity.

H.AMDT.1003 (A024): Amendment no. 17 printed in the Congressional Record to prohibit the use of funding for abortion, family planning, or population control efforts.

H.AMDT.380 (A022): An amendment no. 9 printed in the Congressional Record to prohibit funding for population control or population planning programs; family planning activities; or abortion procedures.

H.AMDT.312 (A011): An amendment, printed as amendment No. 32 in the Congressional Record of July 16, 1997, to prohibit the use of funds appropriated in the bill for Family Planning, birth control or abortion.

H.R.4984: A bill to prohibit the use of funds for the Peace Corps to be used for travel expenses of individuals in order for abortions to be performed on those individuals.

Ron Paul protects and respects life at the earliest of stages.

H.R.2597: To provide that human life shall be deemed to exist from conception.

H.R.1094: To provide that human life shall be deemed to exist from conception.

H.R.776: To provide that human life shall be deemed to exist from conception

H.R.392: A bill proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States guaranteeing the right to life.

Ron Paul respects the right of business owners to hire only gay atheists, if they so choose.

H.R.300: To limit the jurisdiction of the Federal courts, and for other purposes.

H.R.4379: To limit the jurisdiction of the Federal courts, and for other purposes.

H.R.5739: To limit the jurisdiction of the Federal courts, and for other purposes.

H.R.3893: To limit the jurisdiction of the Federal courts, and for other purposes.

H.R.1547: To restore first amendment protections of religion and religious speech.

H.R.4922: To restore first amendment protections of religion and speech.

H.R.5078: To restore first amendment protections of religion and speech.

Ron Paul wants to give people the choice of what to do with their own money.

H.R.2030: A bill to amend the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to make social security coverage completely optional for both present and future workers, to freeze benefit levels, to provide for the partial financing of future benefits from general revenues subject to specified conditions, to eliminate the earnings test, to make changes in the tax treatment of IRA accounts, and for other purposes.

H.R.4604: A bill to repeal the recently enacted requirement of mandatory social security coverage for employees of nonprofit organizations.

Ron Paul wants to do what is guaranteed by the Constitution which is guarantee the American people a Republican form of government. He would also like to make sure that the people elect the government, not just a small group of 538 people.

H.CON.RES.48: Expressing the sense of the Congress in reaffirming the United States of America as a republic.

H.CON.RES.443: Expressing the sense of the Congress in reaffirming the United States of America as a republic.

Ron Paul doesn't think Americans should have to work hard to pay for social benefits of non-U.S. citizens and dual citizens.

H.J.RES.46: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to deny United States citizenship to individuals born in the United States to parents who are neither United States citizens nor persons who owe permanent allegiance to the United States.

H.J.RES.46: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to deny United States citizenship to individuals born in the United States to parents who are neither United States citizens nor persons who owe permanent allegiance to the United States.

H.J.RES.42: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to deny United States citizenship to individuals born in the United States to parents who are neither United States citizens nor persons who owe permanent allegiance to the United States.

Ron Paul wants to prevent the destruction of one of our most important lines of national security.

H.R.1665: To prohibit the destruction during fiscal year 2002 of intercontinental ballistic missile silos in the United States.

H.R.3769: To prohibit the destruction during fiscal year 2001 of intercontinental ballistic missile silos in the United States.

H.J.RES.566: A joint resolution withdrawing the United States of America from the Treaty on the Limitation of Anti-Ballistic Missile Systems, and the Interim Agreement Protocol, and Agreed Interpretations of the Treaty, signed of May 26, 1972.

Ron Paul protects the sovereignty of the United States of America.

H.R.1154: To provide that the International Criminal Court is not valid with respect to the United States, and for other purposes.

H.AMDT.480 (A010): An amendment numbered 9 printed in part A of House Report 107-450 to prohibit funds authorized in the bill from being used to assist, cooperate with, or provide any support to the International Criminal Court.

H.R.4169: To provide that the International Criminal Court is not valid with respect to the United States, and for other purposes.

H.CON.RES.23: Expressing the sense of the Congress that President George W. Bush should declare to all nations that the United States does not intend to assent to or ratify the International Criminal Court Treaty, also referred to as the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, and the signature of former President Clinton to that treaty should not be construed otherwise.

H.RES.416: Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the International Criminal Court.

H.J.RES.1028: A resolution proposing the Bricker amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to force and effect of treaties and executive agreements.

H.J.RES.492: A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to force and effect of treaties and Executive agreements.

H.CON.RES.49: Expressing the sense of Congress that the Treaty Power of the President does not extend beyond the enumerated powers of the Federal Government, but are limited by the Constitution, and any exercise of such Executive Power inconsistent with the Constitution shall be of no legal force or effect.

H.R.4118: To ensure that the courts interpret the Constitution in the manner that the Framers intended.

H.R.1658: To ensure that the courts interpret the Constitution in the manner that the Framers intended.

H.R.1146: To end membership of the United States in the United Nations.

H.R.1146: To end membership of the United States in the United Nations.

H.AMDT.285 (A038): An amendment numbered 11 printed in the Congressional Record to prohibit use of funds in the bill to pay any United States contribution to the United Nations or any affiliated agency of the United Nations

H.R.1146: To end membership of the United States in the United Nations.

H.AMDT.190 (A024): Amendment sought to prohibit use of funds for any U.S. contribution to the UN or any affiliated agency of the UN.

H.AMDT.191 (A025): Amendment sought to prohibit use of funds for use toward any U.S. contribution for UN peacekeeping operations.

H.R.1146: To end membership of the United States in the United Nations.

H.AMDT.306 (A006): Amendment sought to eliminate the authorization of funding for any United Nations program.

H.R.1146: To end membership of the United States in the United Nations.

H.AMDT.138 (A010): Amendment sought to provide for the withdrawal of the United States from the United Nations.

H.R.1146: To provide for complete withdrawal of the United States from the United Nations.

H.R.3890: A bill to limit United States contributions to the United Nations.

H.R.3891: A bill to terminate all participation by the United States in the United Nations, and to remove all privileges, exemptions, and immunities of the United Nations.

H.R.6358: A bill to limit United States contributions to the United Nations.

H.R.14788: A bill to limit U.S. contributions to the United Nations.

Ron Paul wants to make sure U.S. soldiers are U.S. soldiers.

H.R.4797: To protect America's citizen soldiers.

Ron Paul believes strongly in your right to defend yourself from harm.

H.R.2424: To repeal the Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990 and amendments to that Act.

H.R.1897: To protect the second amendment rights of individuals to carry firearms in units of the National Park System, and for other purposes.

H. R. 1096: To restore the second amendment rights of all Americans.

H.R.1703: To restore the second amendment rights of all Americans.

H.R.3125: To protect the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution.

H.R.153: To restore the second amendment rights of all Americans.

H.R.1762: To restore the second amendment rights of all Americans.

H.R.1179: To restore the second amendment rights of all Americans.

H.R.407: To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide for reciprocity in regard to the manner in which nonresidents of a State may carry certain concealed firearms in that State.

H.R.2721: To restore the Second Amendment rights of all Americans.

H.R.2722: To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide for reciprocity in regard to the manner in which nonresidents of a State may carry certain concealed firearms in the State.

H.R.1147: To repeal the prohibitions relating to semiautomatic firearms and large capacity ammunition feeding devices.

H.R.3892: A bill to repeal the Gun Control Act of 1968.

H.R.3892: A bill to repeal the Gun Control Act of 1968.

H.R.2311 A bill to repeal the Gun Control Act of 1968.

H.R.14768: A bill to repeal the Gun Control Act of 1968.

Ron Paul wants to make stronger our weak and ineffective educational system and improve our educational freedom.

H.R.966: To prohibit the Federal Government from planning, developing, implementing, or administering any national teacher test or method of certification and from withholding funds from States or local educational agencies that fail to adopt a specific method of teacher certification.

H.R.1706: To prohibit the Federal Government from planning, developing, implementing, or administering any national teacher test or method of certification and from withholding funds from States or local educational agencies that fail to adopt a specific method of teacher certification.

H.R.4653: A bill to prohibit the payment of Federal Education assistance in States which require the licensing or certification of private schools or private school teachers.

Ron Paul says that your money is your money and that just because your family does well does not mean the government should punish them for it.

H.J.RES.23: Proposing an amendment the Constitution of the United States relative to abolishing personal income, estate, and gift taxes and prohibiting the United States Government from engaging in business in competition with its citizens.

H.J.RES.14: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to abolishing personal income, estate, and gift taxes and prohibiting the United States Government from engaging in business in competition with its citizens.

H.J.RES.15: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to abolishing personal income, estate, and gift taxes and prohibiting the United States Government from engaging in business in competition with its citizens.

H.J.RES.45: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to abolishing personal income, estate, and gift taxes and prohibiting the United States Government from engaging in the business in competition with its citizens.

H.J.RES.81: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to abolishing personal income, estate, and gift taxes and prohibiting the United States Government from engaging in business in competition with its citizens.

H.J.RES.116: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to abolishing personal income, estate, and gift taxes and prohibiting the United States Government from engaging in business in competition with its citizens.

H.R.5484: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide for the taxation of certain income at the flat rate of 10 percent and to repeal the estate tax.

H.R.2137: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide that a 10-percent income tax rate shall apply to all individuals, and to repeal all deductions, credits, and exclusions for individuals other than an exemption of $10,000.

H.R.1664: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide that a 10-percent income tax rate shall apply to all individuals and to increase the deduction for personal exemptions from $1,000 to $2,500.

H.J.RES.23: A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to abolishing personal income, estate, and gift taxes and prohibiting the United States Government from engaging in business in competition with its citizens.

H.R.6352: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide that a 10 percent income tax rate shall apply to all individuals, and to repeal all deductions, credits, and exclusions for individuals other than an exemption of $10,000.

H.R.4569: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to repeal the estate and gift taxes and the tax on generation-skipping transfers.

H.R.15619: A bill to repeal the estate tax.

Ron Paul seems to think that the partially-foreign Federal Reserve should not have a monolopy over our currency and monetary policy.

H.R.3101: To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for the establishment of a precious metals investment option in the Thrift Savings Fund.

H.R.3732: To amend title 31, United States Code, to limit the use by the President and the Secretary of the Treasury of the Exchange Stabilization Fund to buy or sell gold without congressional approval, and for other purposes.

H.R.4226: A bill to provide for the minting of gold coins and silver coins by the United States.

H.R.1662: A bill to provide for the minting of American Gold Eagle coins pursuant to Article 1, section 8 of the Constitution of the United States.

H.R.1663: A bill to provide for the minting of American Gold Eagle coins pursuant to Article 1, section 8 of the Constitution of the United States.

H.R.878: A bill to execute Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.

H.R.391: A bill to repeal the privilege of banks to create money.

H.R.3862: A bill to provide for a full assay, inventory, and audit of the gold reserves of the United States, and for other purposes.

H.R.3349: A bill to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to strike and sell gold medallions to the general public.

H.R.2658: A bill to amend the Federal Reserve Act to terminate the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury to require the delivery of gold to the Treasurer of the United States, which shall be known as The Gold Ownership Act of 1979.

H.R.5605: A bill to amend the Trading with the Enemy Act.

H.R.5658: A bill to make Federal Reserve Notes and United States Notes redeemable in gold.

H.R.6217: A bill to prohibit the sale of gold bullion by any agency of the United States unless specifically authorized by law.

H.R.6297: A bill to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to strike and sell gold medallions to the general public.

H.R.7874: A bill to repeal the privilege of banks to create money.

H.R.6054: A bill to provide for the minting of the American Eagle gold coin pursuant to article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United States.

H.R.2778: To abolish the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal reserve banks, to repeal the Federal Reserve Act, and for other purposes.

H.R.5356: To abolish the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal reserve banks, to repeal the Federal Reserve Act, and for other purposes.

H.R.1148: To abolish the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal reserve banks, to repeal the Federal Reserve Act, and for other purposes.

H.R.875: A bill to repeal the Federal Reserve Act.

H.R.876: A bill to repeal section 105(b) of the Monetary Control Act of 1980.

H.R.4652: A bill to provide that no officer or employee of the United States shall change the design of Federal reserve notes unless such change is specifically authorized by Federal law.

Some folks are trying to use these votes against him but a logical look at things shows that Ron Paul is doing right when he backs bills like these. Obviously I can't speak for him and I don't wish to wrongly state his views as is done here. The above statements by me are simply a common sense way of looking at the various bills listed. But no, the statists and other nefarious elements would rather have our Congress spend days arguing about a conflict that happened a hundred years ago on the other side of the globe.