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Jamie Kirchick (a.k.a., Kirchickenhawk), the youngster at the left-wing New Republic magazine who teamed up with the Cato Institute (and, incredibly, a real, live, neo-Nazi) to slander and defame Ron Paul, thinks American taxpayers should devote some of their tax...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 25, 2008 01:13 AM
LRC readers may enjoy my article "The Ron Paul Evolution" in the April 21 issue of The American Conservative, in bookstores now. It includes some of my own reminiscences about the campaign, but more importantly, it also looks at some...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 24, 2008 07:35 PM
Paul delegates might not give a suitably fascist atmosphere to the Republican convention, worries Patrick Ruffini (via Dan McCarthy). When speakers call for more mass murder, in the name of one people, one state, one leader, not everyone in the...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 24, 2008 02:42 PM
And gives a campaign update....
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 24, 2008 11:53 AM
This magnificent antiwar 60-second spot was televised: UPDATE from Chris Rye of the American Liberty Coalition: "Here's a page showing the spots we purchased in Philly. We're going to be airing the ad in other states for the remaining primaries,...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 24, 2008 10:33 AM
The newspaper hails a fellow warmonger. Any deviations, from the Times's viewpoint, can be forgiven in a man who backs perpetual war in the Middle East. Ron Paul, who did much better in Pennsylvania than Huckabee, is an afterthought in...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 24, 2008 09:28 AM
(Thanks to Lynn.)...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 24, 2008 08:51 AM
Ron Paul will speak at UNC Chapel Hill on May 2. Details here....
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 23, 2008 04:38 PM
My wife and I stopped at our local "Trader Joe's" store yesterday afternoon. On our way in, I noticed a car decked out in many Ron Paul stickers and magnetic strips. I stopped and chatted with the woman who owned...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 23, 2008 10:50 AM
I have no idea who these people are, but they have all kinds of good ideas for promoting Ron Paul's The Revolution: A Manifesto, and on top of everything else are also organizing book clubs around the book....
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 23, 2008 09:55 AM
It's true that Ron supported the libertarian-sounding Reagan of 1976 against Rockefeller Republican Gerald Ford, but when Reagan was in office, Ron Paul battled his endless spending, deficits, and six tax increases. Reagan's one, lonely tax cut, Ron did back,...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 23, 2008 09:44 AM
Ron Paul's great showing in Pennsylvania (and New York) illustrates a point I have been making for years. The libertarian movement needs to focus on the Rust Belt. We are the nation’s leading experts on big government because we live...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 23, 2008 09:30 AM
Barnes & Noble is stocking a reasonable number of copies of Ron Paul's The Revolution: A Manifesto, though still not enough. But Borders and Books A Million seem to have decided to stock (I am not kidding) one copy per...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 23, 2008 08:35 AM
The LA Times political blog, which has thrived off its Ron Paul coverage, is glad Ron is back too [folks, he was never actually away], though it can't help a little typical media eye-rolling....
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 23, 2008 08:11 AM
That was neocon Mark Steyn's sarcastic headline in National Review, but for once he's right. All Hail Ron Paul and the Paulians for getting 16% in Pennsylvania (and as high as 28% in one county). Here are the details. The...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 23, 2008 07:57 AM
Great suggestion from Jason. I'm buying a box of the books to give away to friends and acquaintances. And then another box when that one's empty . . . Ron's new book really is the roadmap for our campaign for...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 23, 2008 01:16 AM
The Revolution: A Manifesto is #20 overall on Amazon as I type this. Jason Rockwood writes: "You know, Thomas, if every single person who bought a copy of Ron Paul's book bought just one additional copy, think of what it...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 23, 2008 12:03 AM
I just read Part I of David Gordon's The Kochtopus vs. Murray N. Rothbard. Even though I've been paying attention to the Cato Institute and been involved with the Mises Institute for over ten years I have been having trouble...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 22, 2008 11:48 PM
Not being reported on the news, but he is also beating Huckabee....
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 22, 2008 09:04 PM
Ron Paul's The Revolution: A Manifesto is ranked #3 in Nonfiction at Amazon. And that's before any national media exposure for it, which we presume will occur beginning on the official release date of April 30 (though the book is...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 22, 2008 01:44 PM
Writes Izzy Lyman: "I voted in today's Pennsylvania primary, and I was pleased to see Ron Paul's name first on the ballot. After voting for the Doc, I also voted for Patrick Kocher, a homeschooler and a farrier. He is...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 22, 2008 01:10 PM
While Bush and his two satraps meet to plan more pork-barrel spending and other evils, including the subjugation of Canada and Mexico by DC and its power elite, Ron Paul stands against them....
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 22, 2008 10:48 AM
The Missoulian writes: "Ron Paul spoke at the University of Montana on Monday night, but he tailored his message to neither universities nor Montana." Just his principles. (There's also a pretty good video at the link above. And thanks to...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 22, 2008 09:26 AM
More than 1,000 kids turned out to cheer Ron at the Universersity of Montana. "Paul brought the standing-room only crowd to its stomping feet enough times to make the gifted orator Obama blush," notes an incredulous newspaper. Read the story....
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 22, 2008 08:33 AM
Latest development in the rEVOLution is Paulvile, an effort to establish establish gated communities containing 100% Ron Paul supporters and or people that live by the ideals of freedom and liberty....
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 21, 2008 08:59 PM
(Thanks to Butler Shaffer.)...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 21, 2008 05:04 PM
Writes Stephen Fairfax: "My copy of Ron Paul's The Revolution: A Manifesto is being shipped to my home via UPS. Amazon sent an email with the tracking number. I subscribe to Amazon Prime, which means 2-day shipping at no extra...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 21, 2008 03:24 PM
"Writes Jonathan Martin of Politico: "No, this is not a overdue April Fool's Joke. "Ben Smith just let me know that he heard a Ron Paul ad on KYW, a news station in Philly. "I thought Ben may have had...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 21, 2008 02:57 PM
The LA Times political blog continues to cover Ron because he is so much more interesting than the other Republicans. While making fun of Ron's frugality, Andrew Malcolm notes that Ron is well in the black, while Rudy, who got...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 21, 2008 11:18 AM
Writes Neal Winkler: "Ron Paul delegates were also kicked out of the conventions in Missouri. Points out Brett Rouse, commenting on the expulsion of the Pauliand in Florida: "The following is the preamble to the Party Rules of the Republican...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 21, 2008 08:27 AM
Don't support McCain? We're calling the sheriff....
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 20, 2008 07:55 PM
Writes Joe Schembrie: "As Dr. Higgs mentioned, John Maynard Keynes wrote that the debauchery of currency occurs "...in a manner which not one man in a million is able to diagnose." "Yet polls show that if Ron Paul ran for...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 20, 2008 02:15 PM
So, the Republican hierarchy has informed some delegates to the national convention that they ought not think of themselves as having any real input into the process. The role of the delegates, they were told, is to "contribute to the...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 20, 2008 11:47 AM
Applaud when ordered. Otherwise, stay out of the way. Ron Paul delegates get an email of instruction. (Thanks to Eric Garris.)...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 19, 2008 07:21 PM
Congratulations to Christopher D. Pille for his review of Ron's new book on Amazon: "This book is a must-read. "I truly believe that historians will one day write of THE REVOLUTION as the book that inspired a national movement to...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 19, 2008 05:15 PM
In a Wall Street Journal story on Campaign Hook-Ups, it notes: "Jesse Benton, 30, had a serious girlfriend in Washington when he signed up to be communications director for Texas Rep. Ron Paul. That quickly ended when she complained about...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 18, 2008 09:36 AM
Paul will be speaking at a fundraiser for his friend Murray Sabrin who is running for Senate from New Jersey. The event will be held April 28 at the Hilton Newark Penn Station at the Gateway Center in Newark, New...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 18, 2008 07:53 AM
Although Hillary or Obama would do, too. Scott Horton has a great new interview with Michael Scheuer on how US foreign policy is al Qaeda's biggest ally. Only Ron Paul would have worried bin Laden, says Scheuer, former head of...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 17, 2008 06:36 PM
Thanks to all the folks who emailed to say they'd received shipping confirmation from Amazon, and that their Ron Paul book was on its way. Told you the system was crazy!...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 17, 2008 11:39 AM
Amazon is once again saying The Revolution: A Manifesto will be in stock within 8 to 10 weeks. This is a crazy, nonsensical statement, since the book's official release is less than two weeks away. But let me share some...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 17, 2008 07:06 AM
Writes Brian Holk: "The debate tonight is great. Two pandering politicians sponsored by the military industrial complex subjected to questioning from two slavering sycophants from the corporate media. "A real debate would include all four of the major party candidates...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 16, 2008 08:25 PM
Write Barry Goldwater, Jr., and John Dean about the new book, Pure Goldwater: "A basic reason why Barry Goldwater still matters, aside from his being a historical figure and fascinating personality, is found in the way he viewed others and...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 16, 2008 05:17 PM
Ron Paul will be speaking at an event for U.S. Senate candidate from New Jersey Murray Sabrin at the Hilton Newark Penn Station on April 28 from 6:30-8:00pm. Details here....
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 16, 2008 03:32 PM
Ron Paul will be signing copies of The Revolution: A Manifesto at the Wall Street Borders store on April 28 at 1:00pm. Details here. UPDATE: Newt Gingrich will be signing books at the same store the very next day, so...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 16, 2008 03:26 PM
US News interviews Ron on government plans to bailout various special interests, and to damage the economy, the dollar, and private property rights even more....
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 16, 2008 09:37 AM
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Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 16, 2008 08:27 AM
NEWS FLASH: debasing a currency causes prices to rise! Well, it's apparently news to these guys, who stumbled upon a study that backs up what Ron Paul (and the rest of the Austrian school) have been pointing out all...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 15, 2008 10:37 PM
This August in Lake Jackson, Texas, Ron and Carol's granddaughter, Valori Pyeatt, and Ron's press secretary, Jesse Benton, will be getting married. A story on the couple, who met through the presidential campaign, is due out shortly in the Wall...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 15, 2008 05:04 PM
The real, that is, versus the phony. Here are the McCain recipegate shenanigans. For a real cookbook, of Ron Paul's and other family and supporters' favorites, phone 1-800-RON-PAUL for a copy of Carol Paul's. It is free for the asking....
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 15, 2008 04:46 PM
How dare Ron bother Ben Bernanke, instead of kowtowing like everyone else? (Thanks to Gary North.)...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 15, 2008 03:14 PM
Writes Keith Mercer: "I have been a financial adviser for 20 years. While I have had a tendency to occasionally rant about fiat money and such things, people usually responded like I was the crazy uncle in the family. Amazingly,...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 15, 2008 01:22 PM
For joining Barney Frank in opposing evil federal intervention against internet gambling. (Thanks to Norm.)...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 15, 2008 10:24 AM
Reports a young friend of Tom DiLorenzo's: "Ron spoke to a packed house at Goucher College last "evening. He was amazingly well received by the mostly college-aged crowd. There were a lot of senior citizens in attendance as well, which...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 15, 2008 08:53 AM
"Journalist" Dan Calabrese writes: Before Dick Cheney passes from this life to the next, he ought to receive another Presidential Medal of Freedom for boldly protecting this country while interminably catching holy hell for doing so. (He already got it...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 15, 2008 07:20 AM
Goucher College in Baltimore invited Ron Paul for their President's Forum this evening (as in President of the College, not President of the US). The sophomore who introduced him did a wonderful job, Ron Paul's speech was inspiring, and then...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 14, 2008 10:24 PM
Ron Paul, that is. Ralph Nader, who is also calling for a new, independent investigation of the 911 murders, praises Ron for his opposition to war and imperialism, and domestic imperialism in the guise of the war on drugs. (Thanks...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 14, 2008 03:18 PM
We can only hope! Writes George Will in Newsweek: "Compact and Feisty Bob Barr, 59, probably will seek and get the presidential nomination of the Libertarian Party, which convenes in Denver on Memorial Day weekend. Given the recent fund-raising prowess...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 14, 2008 10:59 AM
The Ron Paul forces that control the GOP in Spokane, Washington, withdraw the party's endorsement of the Bush-McCain war. (Thanks to Tim Schut.)...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 14, 2008 09:00 AM
Writes Brian Engle: "Yesterday, I was getting my oil changed and happened to overhear a comment from a woman talking to her friend about having to write a paper on monetary policy and the gold standard. She was complaining about...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 13, 2008 03:13 PM
For his opposition to that counterfeiting, redistributing, impoverishing (for most), enriching (for the few), lying pillar of the power elite, the US federal reserve, which is destabilizing the world....
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 13, 2008 01:25 PM
From the Orlando Sentinel: "Presidential candidate Ron Paul has already lost his bid for the White House, but that hasn't stopped his loyal followers from staging a political uprising within Orange County Republican Party ranks and beyond. "The push to...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 13, 2008 12:52 PM
Writes Rob Chase: "We had our Spokane County, WA, convention today. Out of 111 possible delegates to our state convention, our Ron Paul slates won 107!"...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 13, 2008 12:45 PM
Ron's brilliant freedom primer, a book that can change America--and the minds of your friends and family and business associates--is now available from Amazon (though the long shipping reference is an error--it will ship FAST). The Revolution: A Manifesto could...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 12, 2008 05:08 PM
Sara Ganim in the Centre Daily Times: "As long as there are supporters, Ron Paul says he’s not going anywhere. "Republican presidential candidate Congressman Ron Paul addresses the crowd at Penn State's Intramural Building on Friday, April 11, 2008. "And...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 12, 2008 04:38 PM
Nice coverage and photos of Ron Paul at his alma mater today....
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 11, 2008 09:14 PM
GL writes: "Hi, Kathryn, just got back. Great rally in Gettysburg! There were dozens of Ron Paul signs along US 15 on the way up."...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 11, 2008 03:56 PM
From Ron Paul, naturally....
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 11, 2008 10:12 AM
To try to keep Ron Paul supporters in line....
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 11, 2008 08:05 AM
Here is Andrew Malcolm in the Chicago Tribune on The Revolution: a Manifesto, which he correctly calls the "Next Chapter in the Ron Paul Revolution." Malcolm is funny and sarcastic, as usual, but good for him for his continuing coverage...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 11, 2008 07:41 AM
As Ron asked all the right questions, such as why we are still at war in Iraq when the whole thing was undertaken under false pretenses (i.e., a big lie), and whether or not Congress should first declare war, as...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 10, 2008 01:54 PM
Writes Brendan: "As I watched Petraeus glaring at Ron, I couldn't help but think, with that long face, angular, hunched shoulders, and that glare, who does Petreaeus remind me of? Why--General Grevious!"...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 10, 2008 11:41 AM
Those who have yet to understand the vacuous nature of electoral politics need only pay attention to the current presidential circus. I don't know what additional evidence would need to be presented to demonstrate how elections serve but one purpose:...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 10, 2008 09:48 AM
Once again, Ron is the only man in the House of Unrepresentatives not to take the prowar, CIA line. He refuses to do what is constitutionally none of the US government's business: intervene in China. He is also keenly aware...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 10, 2008 09:08 AM
Ron Paul asks the two proconsuls of the province of Iraq, Petraeus and Crocker, the questions all decent people want answered. Catch Petraeus's fury in response. In our militaristic system, the hard-faced, violence-purveying generals must never, ever hear a discouraging...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 10, 2008 08:02 AM
Thanks to Robert Wegner for this item from AP demonstrating how the rEVOLUtion is changing American politics for the better: "[Chelsea Clinton] really has gotten more questions on whether or not her mother believes the U.S. dollar should be tied...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 9, 2008 08:55 PM
OK, OK, how many times do you say that under your breath every day without posting the offending material? But the Little Frummer Boy is just too much. Why is the GOP losing the youth vote, he asks -- ignoring...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 9, 2008 09:38 AM
Our government has kept us in a perpetual state of fear--kept us in a continuous stampede of patriotic fevor--with the cry of grave national emergency. Always there has been some terrible evil at home or some monstrous foreign power that...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 8, 2008 09:13 PM
At Goucher College in Baltimore, Maryland, April 14, 2008 (nice website!). Ron will also speak at Penn State this Friday....
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 8, 2008 07:06 PM
Ron Paul's, of course. Here's what I've heard: Tomorrow is the date when books will be shipping from the publisher's warehouse to fill bookstore orders. So the book will start showing up in the stores sometime between then and the...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 8, 2008 04:16 PM
That's part of the libertarian creed, so no surprise it's the motto of the Ron Paul volunteers. In Minnesota, much to the upset of the warmongering police statists who form the Republican establishment, Ron Paul people got six of 12...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 8, 2008 08:21 AM
This YouTube about Ron Paul's new book is also very good....
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 7, 2008 07:11 PM
Watch the YouTube; buy the handbook....
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 7, 2008 05:06 PM
Writes Joshua Reid: "With the travesty that we all just witnessed in the Republican primaries I was curious to why I had not seen a lot of people exclaiming for a Ron Paul Write-In on the ballot in November. I...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 7, 2008 01:19 PM
The Sage of Batavia has a new book out. Ain't My America: The Long, Noble History of Antiwar Conservatism and Middle-American Anti-Imperialism "For those who have been neoconned into believing that conservatism means unquestioned support for the warfare state, Ain’t...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 7, 2008 12:25 PM
In a speech in Pennsylvania, Ron says that although he didn't coin the word "revolution" to describe what he was all about, he came to embrace it. He goes on to say that he was motivated to scratch down a...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 7, 2008 12:06 PM
... and it's not all hostile. After all, McCain is (a) not conservative, and (b) a dead duck anyway. Increasingly, conservatives recognize that all the likely candidates from both major parties worship the state. Hence, for millions of us, the...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 7, 2008 09:44 AM
Yes, says Justin Raimondo, if Barr runs as an antiwar populist, though that would offend the kochosphere. "[Populism], of course, is the element in the Paul campaign that most alienated the more 'cosmopolitan' elements of the libertarian movement, and in...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 7, 2008 08:44 AM
McCain and company do not want Ron Paulian Murray Sabrin to win the nomination for US senate in New Jersey, so they keep recruiting or trying to recruit opponents. The latest has said no, so Murray is left with his...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 7, 2008 08:18 AM
Jon Friedman is correct: the mainstream media ignored Ron Paul, and when they didn't, their eyes were rolling in disdain at having to mention a libertarian. Jon also notes that the media deliberately turned away from the amazing Ron connection...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 6, 2008 11:10 AM
Writes Erik Ellison: "Just saw Wired did a tribute to D&D founder Gary Gygax by rolling up D&D versions of famous people. The included a great version of Ron Paul."...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 5, 2008 09:28 PM
It was SRO in a 650-seeat auditorium at Pitt for Ron, reports Jeffrey Herbener (from his students who attended). 700 kids at least, though no media....
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 4, 2008 03:13 PM
Of all the MSM media, the LA Times's politial blog has treated Ron the least unfairly. Still sarcastic, of course, but at least the coverage has been regular. See the latest example....
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 4, 2008 03:05 PM
The webzine deigns to notice that Ron Paul is still a candidate, and being greeted enthusiastically at Pennsylvania colleges. What is the matter with Ron, that he won't bend the knee to McCain? Maybe it's beacause McCain is not the...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 4, 2008 11:32 AM
Tom Woods is exactly right about the brilliance and coming influence of Ron Paul's The Revolution: A Manifesto. Here, btw, is the table of contents: 1. The False Choices of American Politics 2. The Foreign Policy of the Founding Fathers...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 4, 2008 10:34 AM
Writes Ben Hardesty: "I had the privilege of seeing Ron Paul speak at Pitt last night. He was riveting. Here's an article about the other speech he gave yesterday, at IUP. Notice the extreme snarkiness of the author contrasted with...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 4, 2008 09:04 AM
Young people know they have been cheated by the power elite and its wars, taxes, fiat money, bailouts, and police state. That's why the Ron Paul Revolution is a permanent one. And unlike the Trotskyite-neocon permanent revolution, Ron Paul's is...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 4, 2008 08:25 AM
In a private election game for smart kids at 500 coleges and universities, the leaders are Ron Paul and Stephen Colbert. Hillary, McCain, etc. are way behind. In other words, government politics is as messed up as anything else run...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 3, 2008 10:22 AM
Justin Raimondo's article today exposes what most ordinary, non-Kochtopusian libertarians must consider to be a shocking takeover of [T]Reason magazine by pro-war, pro-state neocons. A few of Justin's points are worth reiterating here on the blog: [T]Reason's new editor, one...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 3, 2008 05:04 AM
Chris K. sends me an excerpt from the latest issue of "Imprimis," the neocon newsletter published by Hillsdale College. In particular, he highlights a ridiculous smear of Ron Paul by one Charles Kessler, the Harvard-educated professor of government at Claremont...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 3, 2008 04:28 AM
Bob Barr introduces Ron Paul....
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 2, 2008 08:50 PM
Congratulations to Ron Paul supporter Kane for winning the ECW Championship at Wrestlmania XIV. Today ECW tomorrow the world!...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 2, 2008 07:52 PM
Those Jesse Ventura videos were even better than I expected. Surely it's a good sign that "revolution" is on more and more people's lips -- and will be even moreso when Ron Paul's book arrives. The establishment has been wanting...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 2, 2008 07:21 PM
Besides being a circumscription of our personal freedoms, such a move threatens all of e-commerce, explains Declan McCullagh. Need I mention that the soundest guy on this -- and the leader in congress -- is Ron Paul? Nah. You knew...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 2, 2008 06:53 PM
Ron is the one opponent of Fed fascism on Capitol Hill, and the only person to understand the business cycle. (Thanks to Chris Rhoades.)...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 2, 2008 11:34 AM
Writes Jeffrey R. Snyder: "Jesse Ventura speaks on the need for a non-violent revolution to rid ourselves of the Republican and Democrat 'two party dictatorship,' to permit Americans to cast a vote for 'none of the above,' to send a...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 2, 2008 08:52 AM
Good for Glenn Beck for an interview about something other than the Hillary-McCain-Obama reality show. (Thanks to Chris Rhoades.)...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 2, 2008 08:09 AM
I always liked the late Henry Gonzales of Texas. He tried to impeach George H.W. Bush for war crimes, and he battled the economic crimes of Bush's family ally, Alan Greenspan. Gonzales could have been far more effective if he...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 1, 2008 07:58 PM
In reference to my post, a reader writes: Ron Paul is speaking in Bellefield Hall in Pittsburgh; the 110 Music Hall refers to a completely different venue. Meetup folks here said that there was a switch in where he was...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 1, 2008 04:12 PM
I turned off his one-note rants when the alleged war skeptic refused to even mention Ron Paul. Recently--no surprise--the rich socialist Keith has been attacking Wal-Mart, the working man's friend. Here is a link, if you can stand it, to...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 1, 2008 01:24 PM
The campaign website has Dr. Paul at two Pennsylvania universities this Thursday. That's not a lot of notice, so I figured spreading the news far and wide (which is what an LRC blog entry does!) couldn't hurt: 1. Ron Paul...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 1, 2008 10:56 AM
The ex-congressman wants to run for president on the Libertarian party ticket, and may have his friend Ron Paul's blessing, reports the LA Times. The McNeocons can't be happy at this news....
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on April 1, 2008 07:56 AM
The three contenders: one's worse than the other. Obama may be slightly better than Hillary on foreign policy but he won't leave Iraq either. He's worse than Hillary on domestic policy and is more likely to last two terms. Yuck....
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 31, 2008 08:18 PM
Our friend Murray Sabrin has the New Jersey (and national) neocons on the run. They keep trying to put up big government losers (like themselves) to run against Murray for the Republican nomination for the U.S. senate, but none of...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 31, 2008 06:50 PM
A letter is circulating the meetups from a Captain Tucker, who is stationed in Afghanistan. In the letter, he suggests sending liberty care packages to him (to share) or to "any soldier." In his list of suggested items is Ron...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 31, 2008 07:44 AM
Rod Dreher has brought to our attention Alasdair Macintyre's 2004 essay urging the importance of not choosing "between two politically intolerable alternatives..." "Why should we reject both? Not primarily because they give us wrong answers, but because they answer the...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 29, 2008 06:10 PM
In an interview with Scott Horton on Wednesday, Barr said he takes the encouragement for him to run "very seriously, and [thinks] it also reflects a great deal of dissatisfaction with the current candidates and the current two-party system." And...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 28, 2008 10:10 PM
Don't miss this excerpt from The Revolution: A Manifesto. It's a taste of why this book, if read by enough people, can change the future....
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 28, 2008 04:55 PM
...a copy of Ron Paul's The Revolution: A Manifesto. The book is as handsome as it is significant. From the moving dedication to his supporters to the sections on false choices, foreign policy, the Constitution, economic freedom, personal freedom, money,...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 28, 2008 03:27 PM
Terrible rumors from Russia continue to swirl around the Middle East that the Cheney-Bush junta has decided to bomb Iran on April 4th or 6th, targeting not only nuclear-power research facilities but ships, planes, antiaircraft installations, and the Iranian pentagon....
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 28, 2008 09:35 AM
The TMS, based on the theoretical work of Murray N. Rothbard, gives us the best possible look at the speed of the Federal Reserve's counterfeiting press. The Mises Institute maintains it here. And here is more on the theoretical basis,...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 28, 2008 08:58 AM
And Ron's revolutionary Manifesto is our Common Sense. And thanks to Kitty Carr for reminding me that, though the list price from the publisher is $21, "the price is now $14.28 at Amazon, with an additional 5% knocked off if...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 28, 2008 08:28 AM
then why is the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation planning to hire 140 new employees to deal with the forthcoming wave of bank failures. Fortunately, the FDIC recently moved into a Taj Mahal-like structure in Northern Virgina--ironically about two blocks away...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 27, 2008 06:59 PM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THE REVOLUTION: A MANIFESTO by Ron Paul A Grand Central Publishing Hardcover Publication date: April 30, 2008 $21.00 192 pages ISBN: 0-446-53751-3 CONTACT: Erica Gelbard 212-364-1290 erica.gelbard@hbgusa.com THE REVOLUTION: A Manifesto By Ron Paul “The real truth...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 27, 2008 02:43 PM
I'll be speaking at the Libertarian Party of Ohio annual convention on the evening of April 5. My topic is "State Opposition to Federal Tyranny." Also on the agenda is libertarian radio talk show host extraordinaire Brian Wilson, who's been...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 27, 2008 01:41 PM
I haven't seen this posted anywhere, so here goes: Ron Paul will deliver a lecture in the President's Forum Lecture Series at Goucher College in Baltimore, Maryland, on April 14 at 7:30pm, in the college's Kraushaar Auditorium. Afterward he'll sign...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 27, 2008 10:47 AM
Writes rave dj susan28: "Today I was asked by MoveOn.org to explain why I don't support McCain, and I cheerfully obliged them - but I think my response might have been more than they bargained for :). I've copied it...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 27, 2008 10:06 AM
Writes Wayne Uffleman: "I was just talking to my RP supporting classmates and we all had the same thought about the Time article. The print media love to put Ron Paul's economics off to the side by making a snide...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 27, 2008 09:29 AM
Why has the media blackout ended? A neat post from Paulians in Europe....
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 27, 2008 08:15 AM
And catch the reference to a Ron Paul-Mike Gravel ticket....
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 27, 2008 08:06 AM
"To write off Ron Paul as a loopy reactionary ignores his courageous stand on Iraq and Israel," says the leftish London Guardian to plug a must-read article on "Washington's Good Doctor," by Geoffrey Wheatcroft, the sort of brilliant intellectual-journalist that...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 27, 2008 07:33 AM
"Paul's leave-us-alone libertarianism hasn't fit in with a party anxious to read our e-mail, improve our values, assert American power abroad and subsidize friendly industries at home. The party's recent mix of 'national greatness' neoconservatives, evangelical theoconservatives and K Street...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 26, 2008 02:33 PM
Writes Elizabeth MacDonald on FOX Business: "Time to listen to Texas Congressman Ron Paul, the lone voice of reason in Congress today who’s got to feel like he’s shouting into a field of cotton with his repeated warnings about the...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 26, 2008 02:07 PM
Writes Steven Heller, co-chairman of the MFA Design program at the School of Visual Arts, in the NY Times: "Although Ron Paul may be mathematically out of contention for the Republican nomination, from what I can tell, he has inspired...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 26, 2008 01:18 PM
I agree that they make it difficult to go third party for President but the way the three candidates keep shooting themselves in the foot makes you wonder. McCain was either confused or never knew about Iran being a Shiite...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 26, 2008 09:05 AM
Thanks to Tom Rambo for this Ron Paul YouTube....
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 24, 2008 11:08 AM
In Missouri, party functionaries keep caucus reports secret from Paul supporters. What McCainite shenanigans are they hiding? (Thanks to Steven Winters.)...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 24, 2008 10:21 AM
Monday night on the first hour of George Noory's Coast to Coast, the radio show with the largest nighttime audience in the world and more than 600 affiliates, Ron Paul will talk about his important new book, The Revolution: A...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 23, 2008 03:23 PM
Articles: Bob Higgs, Gary North (3), Mike Rogers, Ron Paul (2), Vin Suprynowicz, Bill Bonner, Lew Rockwell. And blogs....
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 23, 2008 03:15 PM
Press secretary Jesse Benton clarifies it on FOX News...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 23, 2008 02:33 PM
Without Tucker, MSNBC is a partisan swamp. He gave some class and intelligence to the place--while the rest seem focused on biting Hillary's ankle. Now I rarely tune into the GE network at night. Shame on MSNBC for firing Tucker....
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 22, 2008 04:40 PM
Writes Dave Matthew: "Would this MSM story have been published, would these questions have been asked, without Ron Paul? Let's see what their answers are, and if they're published, too. The Revolution begins..."...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 22, 2008 04:29 PM
An appreciation from an Obama supporter of this hyper-creative volunteer ad: "After viewing this ad/promotional video I have an understanding of his position on the war, the presidency and why we are in a whole heap of trouble. It is...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 22, 2008 01:29 PM
That is Ron Paul's presidential philosophy....
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 22, 2008 10:22 AM
Butler Shaffer writes to Bill Moyers: "Your program, 'The Body of War,' was well done. However, in showing various members of Congress speaking out against this war, you failed to mention one of the very few who has consistently opposed...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 21, 2008 11:52 PM
Writes Chris Rye: "We just posted The Making of The High Tide. Shows all the different layers of renders and compositing that went into creating the visuals of the piece. Enjoy!" And here is The High Tide....
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 21, 2008 11:41 PM
Mary Ruwart, scientist and famously persuasive, widely respected, and radically principled libertarian author, has declared her bid for the 2008 Libertarian Party nomination for president. I've long loved her book Healing Our World in an Age of Aggression, which her...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 21, 2008 09:01 PM
And McNeocon can forget an endorsement. See the Newsweek story on Ron....
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 21, 2008 06:44 PM
That's why he was "kicked out of the republican party," says Peter Schiff on CNN. In fact, Ron has educated millions on the evil of the central bank, and helped build the base for real monetary reform....
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 21, 2008 10:49 AM
(Thanks to Mark Bednarczyk)...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 20, 2008 08:14 PM
The Nevada Republican Party has invited Ron Paul to be a keynote speaker at at their state convention on April 26th in Reno. Expect no such intelligence and tolerance from the national Republicans in St. Paul....
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 20, 2008 11:37 AM
The funda-neocon site that so viciously opposed Ron Paul for president announced the other day that it would have an exclusive scoop on Ron's congressional column. I took this as eyewash, since that would be illegal, not to speak of...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 20, 2008 11:16 AM
Now Robert Novak, long time adjunct of Karl Rove's, refers to the "paranoid grievances on the left and right that built support for Ron Paul's presidential candidacy." Can't have people questioning the official counterfeiter and its bankster pals. Just believe,...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 20, 2008 10:45 AM
Ron Paul has amassed the money and the dedicated volunteers to take over the Republican party county by county, says the LA Times blog. The paper also notes that Ron's very solvent campaign has no debt....
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 20, 2008 10:07 AM
I've said for years that New York State is fertile ground for libertarian ideas. We proved it this year. NY was one of Ron Paul's best primary states with 6.2%. New Hampshire was barely higher but much money was spent...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 20, 2008 09:25 AM
"The occupation of Iraq began five years ago today, but few realize that the march to war began ten years ago under Bill Clinton, when regime change became official U.S. policy. In 1998, I took to the House floor in...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 19, 2008 09:43 PM
Ron Paul is not turning his voters, his donors, nor his volunteers over to a warmongering police-statist. Notes the LA Times blog, riffing off the same story that so exercised Comrade Kristol: "He won more than 800,000 primary votes, more...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 19, 2008 09:03 PM
Watch the video and thanks to Asdfjkll....
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 19, 2008 08:51 PM
That's the neocon line. Note that this attack on Ron Paul (and me) contains no argument, just the typical eek-a-mouse PC rhetoric. (Thanks to Ron Vitiello.)...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 19, 2008 06:41 PM
In Missouri, and many other states. McCain the Barbarian will have to reckon with them....
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 18, 2008 01:53 PM
This time in the good Washington. (Thanks to Justin Raimondo.)...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 17, 2008 08:36 PM
Murray Sabrin's sole primary opponent, Joe Pennacchio is in serious trouble. A booklet has been discovered penned by Pennacchio under the alias "Joseph Penn" entitled The Nationalist Agenda: A Blueprint for the 21st Century. Can the stakes be any more...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 17, 2008 03:31 PM
In Missouri Republican county conventions....
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 17, 2008 02:40 PM
I was a guest on Ron Paul Revolution Radio this morning; this link takes you to the mp3, the first 18 or so minutes of which is the second half of my segment. We talked about The Politically Incorrect Guide...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 17, 2008 12:36 PM
Writes Russ Mohan: "Ron Paul is quoted positively and prescriptively near the end of the article. What's next? An acknowledgement by the New York Times that the Iraq-upation was, and is, a lie? The mind reels..."...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 17, 2008 10:58 AM
The slime brigade is smearing Obama, and for the same reasons, as Justin Raimondo shows. (Thanks to Anthony Gregory.)...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 17, 2008 09:51 AM
Marketwatch: "Acting quickly to prevent a run on major global financial firms, the Federal Reserve cut its discount rate by a quarter percentage point to 3.25% and offered to lend money to a longer list of firms than ever before....
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 16, 2008 08:45 PM
And who's next after bankrupt Bear, Stearns? Lehman Brothers? They can all count on a bailout. As a prominent German economist told me this weekend, the central bank will ignite global hyperinflation rather than let Wall Street and the big...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 16, 2008 04:05 PM
Last week: Gary North (x 2), Ron Paul, Fred Reed, Floy Lilley, Jim Cox, Michael Gaddy, Tom Woods, Bill Lind, and Lew Rockwell. And here are the top blog posts....
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 16, 2008 01:01 PM
Writes Michael Scheuer: "Just a note to say that the reception of my new book by the establishment press has given me some small idea of what Dr. Paul has gone through. Defending America effectively seems to be a filthy,...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 16, 2008 12:03 PM
Republicans fear aliens: principled supporters of what are, in popular rhetoric, Republican principles. In fact, of course, the Republicans are the preeminent party of fascism, perpetual war, the police state, militarism, socialism for the rich, nationalism, and dictatorship. No wonder...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 15, 2008 10:35 AM
Amazon.com has just added Dr. Paul's forthcoming The Revolution: A Manifesto to its "Look Inside" program. Click on the book cover image and you'll find a link to a six-page excerpt. This may or may not work for you depending...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 15, 2008 08:37 AM
You have no privacy rights. Everything you do is the business of the federal police state, in its perverted view. So not only have the feds wrecked havoc on foreign countries and put us into a punishing recession, they have...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 14, 2008 03:23 PM
The Revolution lives! Take a look at this amazing 60-second volunteer-made spot. For a hi-res view, go here, and thanks to Steven Winters....
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 14, 2008 08:31 AM
... over the death of two members of the Trough family. 1. Retired Sen. Howard Metzenbaum (D-OH) dies at age 90. 2. "The House Republican brand is so bad right now that if it were a dog food, they'd take...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 13, 2008 11:32 AM
See Alan Bock from the Orange County Register....
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 13, 2008 09:03 AM
Writes Minnesota Chris: "I'm not sure why it was put on Youtube and promptly pulled, but see this unaired campaign ad." It's back (thanks to Diane Mickelson.)...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 13, 2008 08:59 AM
There is supposed to be a vote this week on the McCain-DeMint One Year Moratorium on Earmarking. I can not find the text of this amendment (anyone?), so I don't really know what it says, but it is co-sponsored by...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 12, 2008 05:06 PM
Global currency debasement is a disaster, as Ron Paul is the only one to note. (Thanks to Bob A.)...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 12, 2008 10:01 AM
The Fed takes its "boldest" (read, most reckless and damaging) action since its previous Great Depression, to bail out Fannie Mae and the rest of the fascist government - business partnerships underlying the crisis, and which cannot be saved, though...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 12, 2008 09:41 AM
Normal people like Philip Weiss are outraged and astounded to know that using your own cash, honestly gained and (dishonestly) taxed, can be a major-league federal felony. Spending $10,000 or more of your own cash without filling out a federal...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 12, 2008 08:36 AM
Jack Hunter, pro-Russell Kirk and pro-Ron Paul, on what he says is the damage done by Bill Buckley....
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 12, 2008 08:23 AM
"Mr. Speaker, I rise in somewhat reluctant support of this vote to override the President's veto of H.R. 2062, the Intelligence Authorization Act of 2008. Although I voted against this authorization when it first came to the floor, the main...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 12, 2008 08:18 AM
Exposed of being a Ron Paul Republican who will stand up for civil liberties, that is. Opponent: "You know what? If you support Ron Paul, then you need to support my young primary opponent. Because he's a Ron Paul Libertarian,...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 10, 2008 12:42 PM
Scott Horton interviews Ron for Antiwar Radio....
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 10, 2008 10:29 AM
Ron Paul explains on CNN this morning that if he had been focused on gaining power over others, his campaign would be done, but since he wants to influence the climate of ideas, his work will never end. As to...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 10, 2008 07:52 AM
My hometown newspaper ran my Letter to the Editor about Science Debate 2008 today. Things have changed since I sent the letter: Huckabee dropped out, yet he is one of the invitees to this debate. That was close! Now they...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 10, 2008 07:29 AM
From the Amazon page for The Revolution: A Manifesto: "The real truth about Liberty. This book takes a wrecking ball to the political establishment. Senator Goldwater would have loved it -- it's The Conscience of a Conservative for the 21st...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 9, 2008 01:56 PM
The Fed-Wall Street-big bank combine is coming down. As Ron Paul notes, it is crazed financial profligacy that brings down empires. And this time, we also have a central bank with global reach, and no restrictions on its ability to...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 9, 2008 10:46 AM
Obama and Hillary sent their top guns to Meet the Press today and Ed Rendell (for Hillary) simply ate Tom Daschle’s (Obama) lunch. It was embarrassing. The look on Tom's phony face when Ed proposed a re-vote for Florida and...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 9, 2008 08:57 AM
Check the number of views of this anti-Hillary take-off of an old Apple ad, though I wish I could post an accurate version with Cheney onscreen, and Ron Paul as the solution! (Thanks to Rolf Lindgren.) This pro-Hillary ad is...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 8, 2008 09:19 PM
The safe congressional seat of Republican Dennis Hastert, ex-speaker of the house, corrupt tool of Tom DeLay, and no friend to Ron Paul, has been won by the Democratic candidate. (Thanks to Brad Funkouser.)...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 8, 2008 09:00 PM
Philip Weiss on the one congressional voice of conscience on the Middle East....
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 8, 2008 06:30 PM
Writes Ron's son: "Is the Revolution Over or Just Beginning? "Reports that Ron Paul has quit the Presidential Race remind me of Mark Twain's famous quote, 'Reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.' The Ron Paul Presidential campaign continues albeit...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 8, 2008 05:29 PM
According to the Victoria Advocate, a newspaper in his congressional district, "Ron Paul says not so fast. Despite reports indicating otherwise, the Texas Republican is not ending his long-shot campaign for presidency, Paul’s top spokesman said Friday. “'Dropping out is...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 8, 2008 04:55 PM
Mark Kurlansky at the LA Times gives a very favorable review to Nicholson Baker's new book, Human Smoke: The Beginnings of World War II: The End of Civilization, which Kurlansky describes as "a meticulously researched and well-constructed book demonstrating that...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 8, 2008 01:41 PM
The NY Times (the newspaper of empire) and Fortune (the CIA business news) celebrate (prematurely)....
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 7, 2008 08:14 PM
I have never heard of this paper, but apparently it seeks to worm its way into the good graces of the establishment media by taking cheap-shots at Ron Paul. The rest of the media performed their assigned tasks by ignoring...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 7, 2008 06:04 PM
CNN: Spokesman: Ron Paul Will End Presidential Run...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 7, 2008 01:42 PM
Here's CNN's take on last night's Ron Paul YouTube....
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 7, 2008 08:24 AM
No, not the conventions. The release of Ron Paul's manifesto. Says Dr. Paul: "Most important will be the continued emphasis on the message. That message, simply put, is the message of human liberty. A more detailed outline of this message...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 6, 2008 09:50 PM
Ron announces that he will work through his FREE Foundation and his Liberty PAC, which will take the place of the winding-down presidential campaign. There will be no DC march, at least one organized by Ron, but an RP...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 6, 2008 08:42 PM
At least that is what ABC News is reporting, implying it comes from inside sources. UPDATE from Salon....
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 6, 2008 08:09 PM
Ron Paul Republican Murray Sabrin is now one candidate away from winning the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in New Jersey. Citing health reasons, candidate Anne Evans Estabrook, a millionaire who planned to self-finance her campaign, dropped out of the...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 6, 2008 02:41 PM
Ron's campaign has changed America, and it's changed his supporters, points out MSNBC. As for himself, since his congressional victory, Ron says, “I’m still involved, nothing has changed." He has not called McCain to congratulate the little fascist, and hopes...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 6, 2008 08:38 AM
Actually, it would be far easier to remember neocon truths, given how few there are of them. But still, let's not forget the anti-Ron Paul Roger Simon and his prevaricating pumping up of Peden in Pajamas Media....
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 5, 2008 08:14 PM
Dr. No says Yes to peace and decency--the only person in Congress to do so--by refusing to endorse a bloody colonial occupation, complete with almost total anti-civilian protectionism, for which American taxpayers are unconstitutionally looted. Want to know why the...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 5, 2008 07:00 PM
Writes Daniel: "RP spoke today before the annual lobby day of the National Independent Consumers and Farmers Association here on the Hill. They are the group that wants government to stay out of their business. It was an enormous success....
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 5, 2008 03:18 PM
And he won't, apparently, until Ron drops out of the presidential race, according to this Texas newspaper story, which also reports that "Paul spokesman Jesse Benton said Paul 'remains in the (presidential) race and will do so as long as...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 5, 2008 02:44 PM
Writes Tom Donlin: "I read your blog entry about Dr. Paul being returned to Congress for another term. I also see you mentioned our neocon radio mouthpieces, Edd Hendee and Pat Gray of KSEV. Good commentary! I bet they're wondering...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 5, 2008 01:43 PM
"So does Elizabeth Kuchinich's husband," says an early post on the LA Times political blog (and thanks to Gary North)....
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 5, 2008 08:37 AM
Of all the blather coming out of the trap of Hillary Clinton, the one thing ABC Radio chose to broadcast at the top of the hour all day long the day before the Texas, Ohio, Rhode Island and Vermont primaries...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 5, 2008 08:19 AM
Here are some of Ron's comments last night: "I am honored that the voters in the 14th District expressed their continued confidence in my leadership by overwhelmingly reelecting me to the House of Representatives. I have no Democrat opponent in...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 5, 2008 08:09 AM
Well, some of them, anyway. With 100% of the precincts reporting in the 14th congressional district, Ron Paul got 70.2%, With only 29.8%, and so much establishment bling, the Pedster may not even be a viable candidate for the neocons...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 5, 2008 07:48 AM
Beating challenger Chris Peden better than 2-1, AP declares Ron Paul the winner for reelection to Congress. Paul faces no Democratic opponent....
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 4, 2008 09:46 PM
Ron Paul on the inevitable financial storm that will be the result of interventionist legislation and monetary hegemony....
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 4, 2008 09:26 PM
UPDATED: At 1:25am EST, Ron Paul is leading 70-30! Paul 37,106 Peden 15,740 with 267 of 269 precincts reporting...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 4, 2008 07:49 PM
On the economic crisis, in Forbes, and thanks to Minnesota Chris....
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 4, 2008 04:08 PM
I hear that Ron Paul and Bob Barr will be meeting soon to discuss a possible independent or third-party ticket, and possible cooperation in other political and educational efforts. Great news!...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 4, 2008 03:59 PM
Thanks to famed rave dj susan28 for this: Let It Be (thanks to the Beatles for the riff and Ron Paul for the inspiration!) when i see the world in times of trouble, Dr Paul, he emails me; speaking words...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 4, 2008 03:06 PM
A funny-awful neocon attack on Ron Paul, his book publisher, his age, Floy Lilley, LRC, and the "Mises crowd," which brought us Lincoln's war. (Thanks to Robert Frasconi.) Preorder Ron's great Manifesto here....
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 4, 2008 11:38 AM
They'll be available here after 7:00pm Texas time, though there may be exit polls too, for one of the two congressional primaries the MSM care about (Kuchinich being the other). Thanks to Alan Turin....
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 4, 2008 10:51 AM
Today is, of course, voting day in the presidential primaries in Ohio, Vermont, Rhode Island, and Texas. It is also, far more importantly, primary day in Texas congressional district 14, with neocon Chris Peden--aided by the MSM and the other...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 4, 2008 08:33 AM
Writes Jim McElroy: "Saturday night on Fox News Watch, Jane Hall from American University said, 'Ron Paul has more support among young voters and is getting zero coverage; and he's treated like a gnat at the debates he's been allowed...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 3, 2008 09:44 AM
The liberal Democatic Huffington Post tracks all the candidates' horoscopes, including Leo Ron Paul's....
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 3, 2008 08:22 AM
Writes Brad Funkhouser: "The GOP shrinks to rump party status as the sane flee the Imperial Party in droves."...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 2, 2008 10:50 AM
We all eagerly anticipate Ron Paul's The Revolution: A Manifesto. Being released at close to the same time is Bill Kauffman's Ain't My America: The Long, Noble History of Antiwar Conservatism and Middle American Anti-Imperialism. How can that not be...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 2, 2008 10:23 AM
And the government's murder and jailing of peaceful pot smokers. An interview with NORML....
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 2, 2008 09:22 AM
Writes Jenny Hoff of KXAN about Ron Paul: "Despite the relative impossibility (unless something big goes down before the national convention) of being the Republican nominee for president, Congressman Ron Paul still managed to draw thousands to his rally in...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 2, 2008 09:10 AM
"To uphold the constitution." See Jessica Bernier's endorsement of Ron in the Burlington, Vermont, Free Press....
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 2, 2008 08:22 AM
Thanks to Brad Funkhouser for the poll....
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 1, 2008 09:01 PM
Amazon.com has lowered the price of The Revolution: A Manifesto to $14.28, a 32% discount. Preorder this handbook of the Ron Paul Freedom Movement now and help raise its Amazon ranking, now at 167. By the way, if Amazon lowers...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 1, 2008 07:50 PM
After a long period of inactivity, I posted a little something at Huffpo. The media and public awareness turnaround is already happening because of Lew Rockwell, Ron Paul, and the multitudinous forms of the r3VOLution. I hope I can continue...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 1, 2008 12:50 PM
Ralph Nader was interviewed on one of the cable "news" channels last night. He has been a very hot media story ever since he entered the presidential race, and why not? Unlike Ron Paul, Nader poses no real threat to...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 1, 2008 12:34 PM
As usual, Glenn has done great work in exposing the hate-filled McCainite Rev. John Hagee, whom John McCain has praised in return, and here is more. Thanks to Ralph Raico, who notes that it also "mentions the latest TNR smear...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on March 1, 2008 09:40 AM
Says Chris Peden: "Republicans Voting in the Democrat Primary: Don't do it!! We have been getting reports that Republicans are voting in the Democrat primary for Hillary. The thought being that polls show that McCain can beat Hillary, but can't...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on February 29, 2008 04:18 PM
Here, as usual, the warmongering, big-government neocon portrays himself as, in effect, a Ron Paulian....
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on February 29, 2008 02:59 PM
The anti-Paul Chris Benzion questions the reliability of the PPP poll, but atill thinka Ron will win....
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on February 29, 2008 01:10 PM
Today is Murray Sabrin's Money Bomb. I cannot think of a candidate more fit to carry on Ron Paul's message of limited government, liberty, and peace. Here is some information on the great Ron Paul-endorsed Republican....
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on February 29, 2008 12:37 PM
Ron Paul has a letter today in the War Street Journal: "I was delighted to read in Judy Shelton's op-ed, 'Security and the Falling Dollar' (Feb. 15), that at long last the security implications of the dollar's collapse have made...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on February 29, 2008 09:36 AM
February 29th is the birthday of the great person who is First Lady in the hearts of all Ron Paul revolutionaries. Here Carol writes about her husband and their life together....
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on February 29, 2008 09:22 AM
Against the great Fed counterfeiting machine and its chief operator, Ben Bernanke. Here Ron is interviewed on monetary policy by FOX Business....
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on February 28, 2008 09:47 PM
Okay, I'll admit it: I'm selfish like nobody's business. I have a personal reason not to like the prospects of Obama, which, of course, I will not express at the voting booth, but which, nevertheless, makes it hard for me...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on February 28, 2008 06:50 PM
Writes Tudor Smirna: "Greetings from Romania, and long live the Ron Paul revolution! "In response to the funny ballet blog, let me tell you that I had an encounter with the Romanian traffic police today and can testify to the...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on February 28, 2008 04:05 PM
Thanks to Eric Garris for these results, from Public Policy Polling. According to PPP, Peden is a deer on the hood of Ron's pickup truck. The same firm, btw, concluded that leftwing antiwar congressman Dennis Kucinich will also beat his...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on February 28, 2008 11:42 AM
Due to the demand (unintentionally stoked by this site when I blogged it prematurely), Aimee Allen--singer, songwriter, producer, director--has now YouTubed her spectacular music video on Ron Paul and his revolution....
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on February 28, 2008 08:53 AM
As the obituaries start to roll in, I'm sure there's not much I can say about the man's life that won't be said in the next few days. (I eagerly await David Gordon's review.) Nor will I insult Buckley as...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on February 27, 2008 06:00 PM
Or is that faint praise for Ron Paul (YouTube) in this congressional gathering? In any event, it is great to see Ron teach basic economics (and morality) to the lying chairman of the Federal Reserve. (Thanks to Dustin Anderson.)...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on February 27, 2008 01:48 PM
Here is Ron's opening statement (YouTube) during the Bernanke hearings. He is the only one, as usual, who speaks truth to power. As Ron argues in his books, central banking is an economic, political, and moral evil. One reason the...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on February 27, 2008 12:30 PM
Is Ron coasting to victory over his creepy neocon opponent for the Republican nomination in Texas's 14th district? Many people think that, and from their lips to God's ear. But I'm a worrier, and I don't like some of things...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on February 26, 2008 04:57 PM
Writes Ron Paul: "What thrilling rallies we've just had in Texas. First there were the Students for Ron Paul at the University of Texas in Austin. The media said 4,000 came. Our people think there were more like 7,000. In...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on February 26, 2008 11:32 AM
Writes Michael W. Arnold: "I'm an American living in socialist Holland since I graduated from university about a year ago. Today, I saw an advertisement for the Belastingdienst, the Dutch IRS, which I just had to share. Ignoring the fact...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on February 26, 2008 08:37 AM
A network news channel was interviewing a Texas voter the other day. This man was very troubled by the current state of politics and thought it was time for a change. When he was asked about voting for Ron Paul,...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on February 25, 2008 04:20 PM
Here is the four-part video of Ron and perhaps 7,000 students at the University of Texas, Austin. And note what inspires these great kids and all Ron Paulians--the pure, unadulterated message of liberty: no foreign wars, no Federal Reserve, no...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on February 25, 2008 11:42 AM
Check out this photo of Ron Paul's rally in Austin this weekend....
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on February 25, 2008 09:36 AM
Ron Paul's success in building a big, enthusiastic grassroots movement brings with it a serious problem: the potential for phony Ron Paul Republicans who seek to take advantage of it. This was made clear to me when I read an...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on February 25, 2008 12:23 AM
In this article about Nader's entry into the race, Vanderbilt political scientist John Geer finds Nader irrelevant -- because he's been supplanted by Ron Paul. "There is unhappiness in the electorate," he says, "and Ron Paul's bid captures that anger."...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on February 25, 2008 12:14 AM
Thanks to Mark Thornton for this video, old (well, January), but very neat....
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on February 24, 2008 01:29 PM
Writes Rick Fisk: "My family went to see Dr. Paul speak yesterday at UT's main mall. What a crowd and what a speech! When we approached from Guadalupe, it seemed the entire city had become Ron Paul's own. There was...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on February 24, 2008 12:35 PM
Now that I'd like to see! Writes Glenn Jacobs: "After reading the Galveston Daily News endorsement for Chris Peden, Ron Paul's congressional opponent, I am reminded of Thomas Paine's great quote: 'What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on February 24, 2008 12:28 PM
Writes Robert Grözinger: "By me. Some extracts are linked at the bottom of the page. The book can be ordered here. Or here."...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on February 24, 2008 12:20 PM
Not McCain, though he fights him too, but Chris Peden, the neocons' choice to kick Ron out of Congress. He's also the chosen errand boy for the local rip-off pressure groups. Now I am not normally for mandatory testing, but...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on February 24, 2008 12:15 PM
Writes Brian Dunaway: "Greetings from the Texas 14th. I just voted for Ron Paul...twice! Eat you heart out! :)"...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on February 24, 2008 12:00 PM
Another report on the enthusiastic rally and concert for at least 4,000 supporters at the University of Texas, Austin. As the Herald-Zeitung notes, "the exuberant crowd cheered throughout Paul's address whenever the candidate touched on his themes of bringing the...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on February 24, 2008 11:57 AM
... as the Harley riders say. Fred Barnes, who competes with Kid Kristol for being wrong all of the time, now announces that McCain's the only Republican who can win, and aren't we lucky that no true conservative got the...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on February 24, 2008 08:30 AM
Barack Obama vs. Ron Paul (and thanks to Mark Thornton)....
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on February 23, 2008 10:05 PM
He reiterates that he will not run as an independent nor as a third-party nominee in November, according to this report, but he once against demonstrates that he has called forth a vast movement for peace, freedom, and sound money,...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on February 23, 2008 09:18 PM
At least in what they hope and scheme for, his defeat for Congress, says Joel Skousen....
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on February 23, 2008 08:47 PM
Maybe I should trademark that phrase? Nah. But as more and more dairies go raw, that is, produce healthier milk, only Ron Paul has worked to stop the leviathan from suppressing this market development in favor of the big FDA-approved...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on February 23, 2008 12:25 PM
A great comment by Ron on one of John Maynard Keynes's central planning monstrosities, which rewards the rich and well-connected in the name of fighting poverty. Keynes hoped the World Bank, like the IMF and the Bretton Woods System, would...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on February 23, 2008 11:51 AM
So said our friend Murray Sabrin in a May 19, 1976 letter to the New York Times. Murray is running for the U.S. Senate in New Jersey. If you're in the New York City area next Friday (Feb. 29), join...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on February 23, 2008 07:30 AM
Justin Raimondo is still cheering for a third-party or independent run by Ron after his Republican primary race with a neocon who looks like Sean Hannity, but is even dumber....
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on February 22, 2008 02:34 PM
A few days back, we all saw the Pajamas Media piece reporting that Paul is down double-digits to Chris Peden in the race for his congressional seat. Well, the Paul campaign has exposed the piece as yet another NeoCon smear...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on February 22, 2008 02:06 PM
Here's Murray Sabrin, Ron Paul-endorsed candidate for U.S. Senate, speaking to a Republican meeting in New Jersey. His main opponent, Anne Estabrook, read from notes as she addressed the small gathering. When asked for her views on the Second Amendment,...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on February 22, 2008 02:05 PM
A decent article from the usually sarcastic Andrew Malcoln at the LA Times, who notes in passing that Ron drove Romney out of the race....
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on February 21, 2008 08:15 AM
Ann Coulter explains vividly the fraud that McCain-Feingold perpetrated on the country, feigning "morality" while assuring big-media dominance of presidential campaign funding. Ironically, McCain's self-anointed reputation for being "above it all" is destroyed for good with today's NYT story recounting...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on February 21, 2008 08:11 AM
Some of his detractors say he's a protectionist, but of course he's not. In the video Lew posts, Ron Paul again reiterates his free trade principles concerning the evil embargo on Cuba and US sanctions as weapons of war. It...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on February 20, 2008 03:46 PM
Ron Paul has always advocated free trade with Cuba: no barriers, no subsidies, and complete freedom for Americans to buy Cuban goods, and American farmers and businessmen to export to Cuba. Ron also knows that free trade means exporting capitalism...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on February 20, 2008 03:30 PM
That has always been the Ron Paul philosophy on fighting the Federal Reserve, the warfare state, and the income tax, and it is his philosophy as a presidential candidate. See the CNN story and video....
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on February 20, 2008 01:16 PM
LRC on Ron Paul's computer at 1:52 in this clip from CNN. (Thanks to LvM for the tip)...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on February 19, 2008 08:45 PM
In a press release that has been widely distributed, U.S. Senate candidate (and LRC-columnist) Murray Sabrin, has struck political gold. By defining himself as the true limited government candidate against his (liberal) primary challenger, Anne Estabrook, Sabrin has begun to...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on February 19, 2008 07:13 PM
I guess political ambition is one in which the "successful" people eat their own. Lately, as she has fallen behind Obama Barack, Hillary Clinton has decided to "go populist," which is a euphemism for appealing to base envy. It seems...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on February 19, 2008 07:00 PM
This is a Keynesian article, but it still has much good information. Need I mention the only presidential candidate who understands the central bank and its business cycles, and who knows how to build a sound prosperity for the future?...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on February 19, 2008 05:04 PM
Two neocons--Roger Simon and town councilman Chris Peden--attack Ron in typical chickenhawk fashion. See Tom Woods's piece today on Ron's opponent, and thanks to Michael Giannone for reading the Pajamas Media, poor guy....
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on February 19, 2008 04:11 PM
A friend writes: "Loved the article on Chris Peden. As a Houston native I've watched this guy for a while. He's as big of an opportunist as they come. That's how he went from praising Paul to attacking him in...
Posted in LewRockwell.com Blog on February 19, 2008 03:17 PM
Of course, the Bush regime refuses to lift its illegal and immoral anti-civilian trade embargo on Cuba, despite Fidel's resignation. Need I point out that among the bloodthirsty protectionists running for president, only Ron Paul advocates free trade with Cuba?...
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