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“Phone Banking” for Peter Schiff in the final week of this election could spark a revolution in Connecticut.

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Economy, Federal Reserve, Gold, Mining Stocks, Politics, Rumor Chris Dodd, Peter Schiff

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Economy, Federal Reserve, Gold, Politics, Republicrats, Rumor President Obama

Politics Liberty, Ron Paul

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden said in a recent interview that his “foremost” mission as the head of America’s space exploration agency is to improve relations with the Muslim world.

Though international diplomacy would seem well outside NASA’s orbit, Bolden said in an interview with Al Jazeera that strengthening those ties was among the top tasks President Obama assigned him. He said better interaction with the Muslim world would ultimately advance space travel.

Politics, World NASA, President Obama

Politics, World Afghanistan, Big Federal Government, Militarism, Ron Paul

Economy, Federal Reserve, Politics, World

Sadly, the disaster in the Gulf continues this week as BP’s efforts at containment keep hitting snags and residents along the coast scramble to clean up and defend their shores and wildlife. Many have criticized the federal government in the past weeks for not doing enough. The reality is there is only so much government can do to help, yet a lot they can do to prolong the problem and misdirect the pain. For example, in the interest of “doing something” the administration has enacted a unilateral ban on offshore drilling. This is counterproductive. I am proud to cosponsor legislation to lift that ban. Why punish other oil companies and their hard-working employees who had nothing to do with this disaster, and who have better safety records?

And, as usually happens after disasters, countless people – even officials in local and state government – have come forward who know what needs to be done and are willing to help, but have been stymied by federal bureaucratic red tape as the oil continues to gush. The real problem is not so much a lack of government assistance, but government getting in the way of those who have solutions. We witnessed the same phenomenon during hurricanes Katrina and Ike. It seems government’s main role in these situations is to find excuses to stall relief, hold meetings and press conferences, waste money, punish the wrong people, and over-regulate.

Yet even after many examples of past incompetence, people still look to government to solve problems in the wake of disasters. A government that tries to be all things to all people might engender a lot of learned dependence, but ultimately it only harms the very people it is supposed to serve as they wait helplessly for salvation from Washington.

Government could help by holding the appropriate parties fully liable for damages and clean-up costs. I am hopeful that efforts to do this are genuine and BP is indeed held responsible for all damages, not shielded by liability caps or reimbursed under the table by taxpayers. Unfortunately, a large sum of taxpayer money has been slipped into the upcoming supplemental bill for Gulf cleanup costs that should fall on BP. Taxpayers should not have to bail out a major oil company that has caused this horrible damage to our shores.

It should be noted that BP is not exactly a bastion of free market capitalism. Rather, they are very vested in acquiring government subsidies, favorably slanted policies, and competition-hobbling regulation. BP has even been a major lobbying proponent of cap-and-trade because of certain provisions in the legislation it could profit from. Considering who lobbies for them and what they lobby for, my concern is that attempts to hold them strictly and fully accountable could end up being nothing more than a shell game, with taxpayers ultimately holding the bag.

If the government’s idea of action in crisis is to punish the innocent, bail out the guilty, and raise prices at the pump on everybody, we should want them to do less, not more. Recent polls show sharply waning support for offshore drilling. We still need oil, and a lot of good jobs depend on oil production. It is crucial to the functioning of our economy. But if accidents continue to be handled this way, it is easy to understand why so many see more cost than benefit to off-shore drilling, and that is also a tragedy.

Texas Straight Talk by Congressman Ron Paul

Politics, World Ron Paul

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We see where the true power lies in Washington DC and it’s not with the people. When Senator David Vitter recently tried to include Ron Paul’s “Audit the Fed” legislation the Senate  vehemently voted it down 37 to 62 against; instead passing a vastly watered down bill just for show – all supported by the Obama Administration and the Federal Reserve.

If your Senator voted nay to true Audit the Fed legislation please escort them out of office this election season, hopefully replacing them with anyone who is not a career politician or another attorney:

How They Voted                             – from http://www.ronpaul.com/2010-05-11/senate-rejects-vitters-audit-the-fed-amendment-37-62/

If your senator voted nay – help get them out of office by supporting their opponents.  The people are piecing together our how things are being  ran and how it has probably been ran for a long time, they are finding a government that is very removed from the wants and the ideals of liberty and the type of government our founders fought for us to have.  Our President and current administration believe they have a free pass to do as they wish since they won the Presidency – this should not be so in a free republic agreed to by our States, people, and founders.

After passing highly unfavorable health care legislation, the administration again is casting their will against that of the public who majorly want a true audit of the Federal Reserve, and who may be calling for a true change  in management.  A type of change that isn’t just the replacing of the President, but the replacing of the entire cabal that controls our land, government, and monetary system.  They call all the shots – or will the people unite and create a more efficient government, that will vote for what is right and not what is wanted by those already in control.

The ideals of Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Martin Luther King Jr., George Washington and all others who love freedom, liberty, and small federal government are depending on you, your vote and attention to this matter.  We are not to have a dictatorship in this country, we are not to be controlled like cattle, we have a voice and this is your country.

Ask yourself why our President, whose marketing and sound bytes called for a change to politics as usual, hasn’t even met with the humble Congressman Ron Paul to discuss the matters so important to our country, yet he has met with so many other dictators, royalty, actors, lobbyists, attorneys and political class all across the globe.  We need a president who refuses the makeup and glamor of the Presidency, instead one who desires to be faceless and carry out the will of simple liberty.

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