Ron Paul on Tucker Carlson

This is indeed the best interview I've seen Ron Paul do. Be sure to pay attention to the parts when he talks about Iran and the National ID card.


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Ben Franklin, "Where's Your Country?"

PA House Republican Game and Fisheries Committee Chairman Representative Sam Rohrer (R-Berks) submitted an excellent article to the PAFOA this week. In it, he exposes how officials of the City of Philadelphia are threatening the very principals that Ben Franklin himself set forth.

Benjamin Franklin, Philadelphia's native son and one of our nation's Founding Fathers once said:

"Where liberty dwells there is my country," and, furthermore, "They that give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty or safety."

Rohrer goes on to call out PA Governor Ed Rendell on his multiple uneducated statements about gun violence and the need for gun control. Mr. Rendell is shown to have his foot in his mouth, as Rohrer counters his unsubstantiated claims with credible, researched facts. Perhaps the most powerful statement Rohrer makes is the following:

Just The Facts: Despite the ongoing increase in private firearm ownership, the United States does not even rank in the Top 10 nations in terms of violent crime. Since 1991, the number of privately owned firearms has increased in the U.S. by no less than 70 million guns and the number of states with right to carry laws have more than doubled from 17 to 38 states, including Pennsylvania. Yet violent crime has decreased by 35 percent—dropping every single year during this time frame to a 30-year low.

Wake up America. Do your research and discover the facts for yourself, rather than flipping on the tube and blindly believing what YOUR politicians like to tell you. Bottom line: be an educated citizen; be an educated voter.

Rudy's Summer Reading List

At a recent press conference, 2008 Presidential candidate Ron Paul offered a "reading list" to Mr. Giuliani. The books all had to do with U.S. foreign policy in the middle east, and how it has a negative effect on our nation's security. CNN's Situation Room did a short piece about it:

My favorite part of that is at the end when they go through a bunch of people's responses. Glad to see I'm not the only one who thinks Rudy (and everyone who applauded for him the night of the debate) is just another ignorant politician trying to tug on people's emotions to gain support.

This all comes down to one thing I constantly preach: education, education, education. The resources and information are out there, but it's up to you to go find and consume it.

Ron Paul responds to Giuliani on CNN

My opinion: Giuliani is a hack and a fraud. He's ignorant and lackluster. If Giuliani is a "Conservative", then I'm a purple monkey.

Now form your own opinion:





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The people of the Internets

Today was the last straw. I have lost all faith in Digg as worthwhile online community of people.

I have decided that in order to preserve my sanity, I cannot post comments on any politically charged or controversial stories. This decision came out of a story that ran on the front page today: the usual left-wing anti-Bush/anti-America garbage. I posted several intelligent comments about various bullshit claims that people made. Now, nearly all of my comments have (sadly) been "buried." I've decided that rather than continuing to post comments to try to call these people out on their bullshit, I'm just going to not post on these kinds of stories anymore.

I encourage you to follow the link to the story (here) and read through the comments so you can understand what I mean. All of my comments will be easy to spot (my icon is solid black with the letters "LEX" in green). You'll have to manually expand my comments to read them (just click on 'show comment'). There are other users on Digg who agree with me, but they, too, are usually drowned out by all of the ranting and raving.

Edit (18:32): It seems that something strange is going on over at Digg. A very large chunk of comments (including many of mine) have mysteriously disappeared from the top of the comment stack. I'll update again if they come back.

Edit 2 (23:47): I have confirmed that a large chunk of comments has been removed from the Digg story that I link to and talk about above. Since that chunk contained a majority of the comments that I was talking about above, the point of this post is now rather moot. I suppose you'll just have to take my word for it!