Nevada Democratic Debate - Dennis Kucinich Interview

"This is [an] uncut interview with presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich, discussing health care, UFOs, and Peak Oil. Afterwards, his wife Eilizabeth [discusses] reopening the investigation of 9/11 and the possibility that Dennis might run on a ticket with Ron Paul."



Original Post: Raw Vegas

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Honeymoon May Be Over for Ron Paul

Ron Paul's recent speech should be no surprise to those 'progressive' fans who have examined Paul's voting record. He's always been anti-abortion, pro guns, weak on civil rights, and for small government at the expense of the vulnerable.

Truthdig reports:

Ron Paul may have soured his antiwar appeal among progressives with a speech Saturday at the Iowa straw poll. Paul referred to Roe v. Wade as “that horrible ruling,” called for the abolition of the Departments of Energy and Education and the IRS, and attacked welfare and immigrants. But the most bizarre moment came when he suggested airline passengers should be allowed to carry guns, saying: “I think 9/11, quite frankly, could have been prevented if we had had a lot more respect for the Second Amendment.”

Watch it:

Hat tip to Al Buono.

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Ron Paul: U.S. In "Great Danger" Of Staged Terror

Congressman & presidential candidate warns of economic collapse precipitated by bombing of Iran

Paul Joseph Watson,
Prison Planet. reports:

Presidential candidate Ron Paul says the U.S. is in "great danger" of a staged terror attack or a Gulf of Tonkin style provocation while also warning that a major collapse of the American economy is on the horizon and could be precipitated by the bombing of Iran and the closure of the Persian Gulf.

Speaking to The Alex Jones Show, the Texas Congressman was asked his opinion on Cindy Sheehan's recent comments that the U.S. is in danger of a staged terror attack or a Gulf of Tonkin style provocation that will validate the Neo-Con agenda and lead to the implementation of the infrastructure of martial law that Bush recently signed into law via executive order, as well as public pronouncements from prominent officials that the West needs terrorism to save a doomed foreign policy.

"I think we're in great danger of it," responded the Congressman, "We're in danger in many ways, the attack on our civil liberties here at home, the foreign policy that's in shambles and our obligations overseas and commitment which endangers our troops and our national defense."

Read more.

Photo Credit: Ron Paul. (PrisonPlanet.com)

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Part II: Ron Paul On The Issues

ON THE OTHER HAND ...

When a Republican seems to be too good to be true, he probably is. Take a look at Paul's voting record on the following issues:

• Voted NO on allowing human embryonic stem cell research.


• Voted YES on funding for health providers who don't provide abortion info.


• Believes in no federal funding of abortion, and is pro-life.


• Paul is Rated 0% by NARAL, indicating a pro-life voting record.


• Voted YES on restricting bankruptcy rules.


• Voted YES on banning gay adoptions in DC.


• Voted YES on ending preferential treatment by race in college admissions. (May 1998)


• Rated 67% by the ACLU, indicating a mixed civil rights voting record.


• Voted YES on replacing illegal export tax breaks with $140B in new breaks. (Jun 2004)

  (Vote to pass a bill that would repeal an export tax break for U.S. manufacturers ruled an illegal trade subsidy by the World Trade Organization, while providing for about $140 billion in new corporate tax cuts. Revenue raising offsets would decrease the cost of the bill to $34.4 billion over 11 years. It would consist of a buyout for tobacco farmers that could not go over $9.6 billion. It also would allow the IRS to hire private collection agencies to get back money from taxpayers, [strange for a guy who says citizens should pay no tax, huh?] and require individuals who claim a tax deduction for a charitable donation of a vehicle to obtain an independent appraisal of the car.)

• Voted YES on Bankruptcy Overhaul requiring partial debt repayment. (Mar 2001)


• Rated 46% by the US COC, indicating a mixed business voting record. (Dec 2003)


• Rated 60% by CURE, indicating mixed votes on rehabilitation.


• Voted NO on $84 million in grants for Black and Hispanic colleges.


• Supports a Constitutional Amendment for school prayer.


• Voted NO on campaign finance reform banning soft-money contributions. (Feb 2002)


• Voted NO on banning soft money and issue ads. (Sep 1999)


• Unlimited campaign contributions; with full disclosure. (Dec 2000)


• Abolish federal Medicare entitlement; leave it to states. (Dec 2000)


• Rated 56% by APHA, indicating a mixed record on public health issues. (Dec 2003)


• Voted YES on continuing intelligence gathering without civil oversight. (Apr 2006)


• Voted YES on continuing military recruitment on college campuses. (Feb 2005)


• Rated 67% by SANE, indicating a mixed record on military issues. (Dec 2003)


• Rated 100% by FAIR, indicating a voting record restricting immigration. (Dec 2003)


• Voted YES on zero-funding OSHA's Ergonomics Rules instead of $4.5B. (Mar 2001)


• Rated 47% by the AFL-CIO, indicating a mixed record on union issues. (Dec 2003)


• Voted NO on strengthening the Social Security Lockbox. (May 1999)


• Rated 30% by the ARA, indicating an anti-senior voting record. (Dec 2003)


• Voted NO on establishing "network neutrality" (non-tiered Internet). (Jun 2006)

This guy is, to put it mildly, schitzophrenic in many of his positions.

He's not all bad, but he's sure no "Dream" either.

Also See:

• Left I on the News | Bill Maher, Ron Paul, and why the U.S. is targeting Iran

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Stop Dreaming: Ron Paul is Real

If you are a Democrat who has never contemplated voting Republican ... you'll think again after you watch this video.



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Congressman Paul's consistent voting record prompted one of his congressional colleagues to say, "Ron Paul personifies the Founding Fathers' ideal of the citizen-statesman. He makes it clear that his principles will never be compromised, and they never are." Another colleague observed, "There are few people in public life who, through thick and thin, rain or shine, stick to their principles. Ron Paul is one of those few."

You can learn more about Ron Paul and his platform at: Ron Paul 2008

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Ron Paul on Blowback

By Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr.
Mises Institute

"Plenty of reasonable people can disagree about foreign policy. What's really strange is when one reasonable position is completely and forcibly excluded from the public debate.

Such was the case after 9-11. Every close observer of the events of those days knows full well that these crimes were acts of revenge for US policy in the Muslim world. The CIA and the 911 Commission said as much, the terrorists themselves proclaimed it, and Osama underscored the point by naming three issues in particular: US troops in Saudi Arabia, US sanctions against Iraq, and US funding of Israeli expansionism.

So far as I know, Ron Paul is the only prominent public figure in the six years since who has given an honest telling of this truth. The explosive exchange occurred during the Republican Presidential debate in South Carolina...."

Photo: Ron Paul

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Beyond Imus: Drowned-Out News

Administration Seeks to Expand Surveillance Law:

"The Bush administration yesterday asked Congress to make more non-citizens subject to intelligence surveillance and to authorize the interception of foreign communications routed through the United States...."

NIH Drops Contractor For Conflict of Interest:

"The federal government yesterday fired a contractor it had hired to review the safety of chemicals after discovering the company has been simultaneously working for the chemical industry...."

Rare Protests at Brigham Young Over a Planned Cheney Appearance:

"The invitation extended to Vice President Dick Cheney to be the commencement speaker at Brigham Young University has set off a rare, continuing protest at the Mormon university, one of the nation's most conservative.

Some of the faculty and the 28,000 undergraduate and graduate students, who are overwhelmingly Republican, have expressed concern about the Bush administration's support for the war in Iraq and other policies, but most of the current protest has focused on Mr. Cheney's integrity, character and behavior. Several students said, for example, that they were appalled at Mr. Cheney's use of an expletive on the Senate floor in a June 2004 exchange with Senator Patrick J. Leahy, Democrat of Vermont...."

Dollar Slide Accelerates:

"The dollar's slide against most of the world's currencies gained pace today as dealers worried over the outlook for the US economy...."

Pelosi: "The president is not king:"

"NP: The president is not king, the president is the president of the United States.� America is a democracy.� We have to make decisions based on our judgment.� Thus far, the president's judgment hasn't been good, in terms of say for example the war on Iraq.� So with all due respect to the president and the role he has, we want respect for the role we have.� And members of Congress have gone on fact finding trips since our country began.� We're not going to stop because the president wants to avoid the facts and doesn't want to engage in dialogue.� We had a bipartisan trip, interesting that the administration chose to ignore the trips of the Republicans who had been there in the week that we were there.�..."

A Bad Choice, a Quick Exit:

"The story of Eric Keroack's brief stint as director of family planning programs at the Department of Health and Human Services brings together three familiar Bush administration themes: a disdain for women's reproductive health and rights, the sacrifice of science to ideology and incompetence...."

Dodd Challenges All Presidential Candidates To Lead On Ending War:

"Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT), a candidate for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination, gave an amazing speech last night in Iowa that discussed America's place in the world, the need to rebuild United States prestige in the wake of the George W. Bush presidency and the imperative to exit the Iraq civil war far sooner than later.'Our policy is not only failing to make Iraq more secure. By sapping our military of its strength and America of its leadership in the world, the Bush/McCain policy has made America less secure,' said Dodd of the ill-advised troop surge that has shown no results. 'The hour is late. It is time to begin putting our country on a more secure path. The moment has arrived for leadership that stands up and announces without equivocation that prolonging this war will not make us more secure -- ending it will....'"

A Hollow Army - How the Bush Regime Broke America's Military:

"Richard Blair: Four years and one surge into the occupation of Iraq, the Bush regime has broken America's standing Army...."

Kurdistan's Covert Back-Channels:

"How an ex-Mossad chief, a German uberspy, and a gaggle of top-dollar GOP lobbyists helped Kurdistan snag 15 tons of $100 bills...."

Najaf Estimates Split along Liberal/Conservative Reliable/Unreliable Divide:

"In the war of numbers, it's the Pentagon and the far right blogs against everyone else....

Rove and Co. Broke Federal Law With Email Scam:

"Not only were those emails were meant to be lost, but the whole deal was illegal....

Presidential Candidate: U.S. In Danger of Dictatorship:

"Presidential candidate Ron Paul has warned that the US is now at a crisis point because the people have been so neglectful of protecting their liberties and big government has been so effective in eroding them. He warned that the elite are prepared to concoct events to scare the American people and asserted that the 2008 Presidential election is a contest between the people who care about their freedoms and those who are willing to succumb to the temptations of dictatorship...."

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