The road has been paved.

Now the question is, when will Mad Max roll?

The very old guy might be right.

Sometimes very old people are wise, sometimes they are kooky.

I am an unabashed admirer of the Ron Paul message in it's purest sense.

While the answer he intimates is one of political control through budgetary means, it relies upon an axiomatic acceptance that the representative nature of the Union remains intact.

I propose that such is not the case.

The Legislature has been overrun, via the same budgetary means the honorable Mr. Paul would attempt to use to restore the Republican form of government we believe is the staple of freedom.

I feel that the political parties themselves have abandoned the ideal in deference to the 'pragmatic,' 'political', 'profitable' commerce influences which have become the new foundation of the political institution.

The means and methods that a free people can use to reestablish control of their government have been insulated and distanced from the common man by bureaucracy and shallow ideology, and fickle marketing technique.

I want to believe that our congressional and senatorial bench-warmers can be brought to a secular conversion, of sorts; one that will open their eyes to the inevitably unsustainable doctrines of 'control' and 'ownership'. Yet it appears that even we as citizens are married to the concept of "I want more than the person (or people) I feel is/are unworthy."

In the end, the nation was - and remains - rooted in a simple concept - the government is in no position to judge me, the individual. Their authority is 'given' them by me, the citizen. It is the citizens judgment that matters in ALL affairs, not the servants.

Yet it is their judgment that prevails in all cases. They decide what we send our children to die for, they decide who 'deserves' a bailout, and when. Their agenda is not open to the public, and their judgment is beyond questioning - as in the Czars of old Russia. We know how that has run its course, and we see it on our own horizons...

I think the only solution can come from Americans teaching their children the truth about America... the government has only one reason to educate our children - to make them produce wealth from which they can take... not to give back to us, but to keep for themselves and their cronies.

Originally posted by civilchallenger

Your main problem right now is that the link is broken. Personally I feel that Ron Paul has had plenty of flags lately though and would be hard pressed to flag yet another.

Link works fine for me, I really don't know what else to do with that.

This is RP using words I never heard him say before,

Link works, but this is just the most inflamatory part of his State of the Republic speech. Anyways, Maxmars you are truly enlightened. I could not have said it better nor could I agree any more. Now what!

P.S.- I love Ron Paul he is a true patriot, unfortunately we needed his presence a couple of generations ago.

Dr. Paul has hit the nail on the head time and time again. His wisdom is unsurpassed by any of his peers. I just wish he was a more dynamic speaker!

Being only 25 years old, I have yet to participate in an election where I thought either party was qualified or smart (or loyal) enough to run my country.

Voting for Ron Paul (whether a write in or not) to me will be the only vote I have yet to cast that I can honestly say I am proud of.

Ron Paul 2012

[edit on 2-2-2010 by DaMod]

Why is Ron Paul always fear mongering? I've never hear him say anything nice.

Ron Paul is the only one that makes any sense.

Crazy when there is only one man left in Washington who is not afraid to tell the truth.

Originally posted by SuperSlovak
Why is Ron Paul always fear mongering? I've never hear him say anything nice.

It IS a dire message, but watching it and knowing the state of the country, it appears that the corrupt in government are many and the ethical are few. He's closer to the issue than most of us are, so I trust his judgment on this.

He's not just screaming that the sky is falling though. He's giving a set of instructions on how to minimize the damage and pull out of this nosedive the country is in.

Do you think after this meltdown that government and corporations have learned anything? if they have, they've learned how to fleece the system better...

These are crazy times Comrades.

верю, что вы ничего не слышали и верят лишь половину того, что вы видите





[edit on 2-2-2010 by In nothing we trust]

Originally posted by In nothing we trust

верю, что вы ничего не слышали и верят лишь половину того, что вы видите

[edit on 2-2-2010 by In nothing we trust]

for those interested I think it means it means...,

I believe that you have not heard anything, and believe only half of what you see

(at least that what Google says)

[edit on 2-2-2010 by Maxmars]

Originally posted by Maxmars

Originally posted by In nothing we trust

верю, что вы ничего не слышали и верят лишь половину того, что вы видите

[edit on 2-2-2010 by In nothing we trust]

for those interested I think it means it means...,

I believe that you have not heard anything, and believe only half of what you see

I tried to get the translation right, but had some difficulty.

It was ment to say, "Believe none of what you hear and only half of what you see."

I bashed Ron Paul in 2008. I thought he was an isolationist coward. I was a staunch patriot and supported the war along with the troops. Then something happened. I stopped watching Fox News. I stopped watching ANY msm. I started doing my own research into our foreign and domestic policies. Unfortunately, the more i discovered the more it looked like Ron Paul was right in 2008, and he is right today.

God Bless Ron Paul. Stay safe and stay strong, my friend. You are a true patriot and will get your due eventually.

Again, nothing is going to happen. Fed and state IRS will continue to take almost half your paycheck. We are powerless to do anything about, talk is cheap and we move closer to the end of our life-cycle. [sigh].