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Thursday, July 21, 2011
Ron Paul receives most military donations, again!
Clearly, a WIN!
Ron Paul receives most military donations, again
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Thursday, July 14, 2011
Ron Paul Questions "The Bernank" on Gold
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Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Forbes Slams RP... But it Turns Into a Win for Liberty!
A recent Forbes article slams Ron Paul: The Problem With Ron Paul’s Magical Debt Extinguishing Wand
The article goes on for quite a bit, and disparages Paul with no little authority.
I have to admit my heart sank, as I did not have time to write a proper rebuttal.
But when you click on the "Expand Comments" button...! I saw this:
The article goes on for quite a bit, and disparages Paul with no little authority.
I have to admit my heart sank, as I did not have time to write a proper rebuttal.
But when you click on the "Expand Comments" button...! I saw this:
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Three Senators Call For Afghanistan Withdrawal By End Of 2012
I call this a WIN!
More at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/05/senators-afghanistan-withdrawal-2012_n_890250.html
Via The Humble Libertarian
WASHINGTON -- Two Democratic senators and one Republican senator are calling for the removal of all regular combat troops from Afghanistan by the end of 2012, a timetable that is significantly shorter than the one President Obama recently announced.
"We commend the president for sticking to the July date he had outlined for beginning the withdrawal. However, his plan would not remove all regular combat troops until 2014," Sens. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and Tom Udall (D-N.M.) wrote in a Tuesday op-ed in The New York Times.
"We believe the United States is capable of achieving this goal by the end of 2012. America would be more secure and stronger economically if we recognized that we have largely achieved our objectives in Afghanistan and moved aggressively to bring our troops and tax dollars home," the senators continued.
In the op-ed, they said the U.S. is spending $10 billion a month in Afghanistan while back home, the United States is struggling with "high unemployment and a flood of foreclosures, a record deficit and a debt that is over $14 trillion and growing."
"It is not too late to change course in what has become the longest American war in history. In light of our considerable national needs, both security and domestic, we urge the president to bring our troops home at last," they concluded.
More at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/05/senators-afghanistan-withdrawal-2012_n_890250.html
Via The Humble Libertarian
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Case dismissed against woman arrested while videotaping police!
This is very good news -The case against a Rochester woman arrested while videotaping police has been dismissed.
I followed this with particular interest as I lived in Rochester for some years, and have a very good friend on the police force there. I was particularly heartened by the response from Mayor Tom Richards, City Council President Lovely Warren and Rochester Police Chief James Sheppard:
"Whatever the outcome of the internal review, we want to make clear that it is not the policy or practice of the Rochester Police Department to prevent citizens from observing its activities - including photographing or videotaping - as long as it does not interfere with the safe conduct of those activities. It is also not the policy or practice of the Department to selectively enforce laws in response to the activities of a group or individual. This has always been the case and it is being reinforced within the Department, so that it will be abundantly clear to everyone."
I have always held that not only should people videotape the police - the police should have a 360 degree camera running either on their shoulder radio or on their cruiser, at all times..
This is for their protection as well as the public, because as hard as it may seem for some people to believe, police officers often have to deal with people who act like absolute dicks to them, and then deny they acted that way.
In short, videotaping when the police come in contact with the public helps encourage everyone to be on their best behavior!
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Nobel Laureate Economist Robert Mundell: "The debate should be focused on what the best gold system is, not on whether we need to go back on one."
Very good news! (emphasis mine)
h/t Eric DeGroot
"Professor Robert Mundell urges gold convertibility for the euro, the currency which he fathered, as well as for the dollar. This is a major step forward. Thought leaders are abandoning “old monetarism,” which was vainly fixated on quantity. Even its chief proponent, Milton Friedman, acknowledged old monetarism as unsuccessful in a 2003 interview with the Financial Times. An emerging “new monetarism” is quickly taking its place — one that focuses on the quality, not quantity, of money.This is a very encouraging article, and well worth the read. Full article here!
Empirical data suggest that the gold dollar represents the epitome of quality. As Forbes’ own Steve Forbes advised the presidential candidates last week, the “debate should be focused on what the best gold system is, not on whether we need to go back on one.”
h/t Eric DeGroot
Sunday, June 19, 2011
Tucson Mayoral Candidate Siezes Dozens of Foreclosed Homes, Kicks Out Real Estate Agents!
This is hilarious!
Full article here!
h/t Zerohedge
A Tucson mayoral candidate from a fringe political party has seized dozens of foreclosed homes in metro Phoenix, changing the locks, kicking out real-estate agents and posting "Do Not Trespass" signs.
Marshall Home, who claims many foreclosures are illegal, has filed documents in the past two weeks with the Maricopa County Recorder's Office showing he has supposedly taken ownership of at least 21 homes belonging to government-owned mortgage giant Fannie Mae. But none of the documents shows any money has changed hands, and Fannie Mae says it has not sold the houses.
Real-estate agents and experts say Home's documents, a type of real-estate form called a special-warranty deed, aren't valid.
"Fannie Mae has not authorized the transfer of the properties in question to the organization," spokesman Andrew Wilson said. "We will pursue appropriate legal action and involve law enforcement as necessary."
But for now, Home's Independent Rights Political Party Trust is claiming to own the houses. Several of the homes have people living in them.
"Lenders are gangsters, and they can't prove they own these homes. So they have no right to foreclose," said the 80-year-old self-professed billionaire from his real-estate and political office in Tucson on Tuesday. "I plan to continue to take homes from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. I would buy them, but those groups can't produce the notes showing they are the rightful owners to sell or foreclose on them."
Full article here!
h/t Zerohedge
Monday, June 13, 2011
Monetary Policy is now Blue-Collar Break Room Discussion!
You read that title right: The much maligned J6P (Joe Six Pack) are now discussing monetary policy among themselves... And they are NOT HAPPY!
Read the whole thing over at the excellent Humble Libertarian!
"While on my lunch break, I couldn't help but overhear a number of ladies who were discussing our national debt, budgetary woes, and the general economic malaise of our day. To my delighted surprise one of the ladies frustratedly remarked, "I don't see why they keep printing money, when it just makes the money we already have worth less."
There it was--monetary policy being discussed in a blue-collar breakroom! This was no political wonk or economic junkie lamenting poor economic policy; this was an average lady showing concern over the inflationary policies of our government."
Read the whole thing over at the excellent Humble Libertarian!
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Registers of Deeds in Massachusetts and North Carolina are rejecting robo-signed documents!
This is a HUGE win for Liberty!
First, the Register of Deeds in Massachusets is rejecting "robo-signed" documents,
and shortly thereafter, the the North Carolina Register of deeds is doing the same!
Some quotes from the Massachusetts office press release:
“Knowing what I now know, it would be a dereliction of my duties as the keeper of the records to record these documents and any other documents that contain questionable signatures. To do so, would make me a willing participant in a continuing scheme which has corrupted the chain of title of thousands of Essex County property owners. I have decided to put a stop to this reckless behavior and hold these lenders and their agents accountable for the authenticity of what they are attempting to record in my Registry. I do not believe this to be unreasonable.”
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“Now that Register Thigpen has joined with me, I am hopeful that my other colleagues around the country will also take the same action. I strongly believe that this will send a message, loud and clear, that we as Registers and Recorders of Deeds, whose responsibility it is to protect the integrity of the land recordation system, will not be a party to any fraudulent scheme that may damage individual’s property rights”
Hats off to Misters O’Brien and Thigpen!
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The author expects the FED to be able to sell a T-bill to “soak up” the money at exactly the time no one will want a T-bill and the dollar will begin its march to oblivion. He obviously missed the point that the only thing keeping T-Bill purchases going is the Fed, not the Open Market.
That without fed intervention to prop it up (ie: buying between 70-85% of bonds) no one else is displaying much confidence in lending to the US… sustainable? Worrying
2. The proposal is to trade REAL assets owned by the government for the junk bonds owned by the fed? Next time… why not just auction these assets to raise money rather than pump the markets full of funny money and distort interest rates?
The damage is done by the Fed; it’s 1.6 trillion dollars of faux-wealth will never be taken from the money supply because we all (should) know that when the Fed conducts large scale OMO’s, they always buy bonds, expanding the money supply and depreciating our currency.
Ron Paul’s plan is just clearing up some of the stupidity of the Federal Reserve and our government in general. It would allow Congress to avoid raising the debt ceiling, without having any consequences that wouldn’t happen anyway (such as the 1.6 trillion in new credit).
Additionally, this move could open America’s eyes to the irony of the Federal Reserve and bolster more support for Ron Paul. That way, the next time Congress votes to raise the debt ceiling, President Paul could veto it! Unfortunately, such a Constitutional government may be difficult to achieve with morons like you miseducating the public about the monetary system.
So let me get this straight; we give the Fed “assets” that are “owned” by the the government, which means assets owned by the people, and then let the Fed sell them off to the private sector.
I think your missing the whole point; the government, and more importantly, the people, do not owe this non-governmental cartel of banks (the Federal Reserve) that money. The Fed printed abunch of phony money – they can deal with it – just walk away from it. Don’t give them our assets and let them sell them off to get more money.
Also, who do you think they’re going to sell these to? My guess would be Goldmansachs, JP Morgan and other banking interests that they have ties to, oh and probably some foreign banks and corporations.
Ron Paul was right in 2008 when he warned us off the economic collapse coming (and no other politicians agreed, in fact, most of them, and the mainstream media, laughed at him…whose laughing now?) – how about give him some respect – he obviously knows more than the other “experts.”
...And there's a LOT MORE where those came from!