Ron and Rand are NOT The Same Man
To those of you who are fuming over Rand Paul’s endorsement of Mitt Romney.
Ron Paul and Rand Paul are not the same man. Rand Paul’s endorsement of Mitt Romney was not a betrayal, nor was it unexpected as he has stated numerous times that he would support the Republican nominee whoever it may be and at this time, he believes that Romney will win the nomination. Do I agree with it? No, but I refuse to condemn Ron Paul for the actions of his son and I do not expect an explanation for an act he, himself did not commit.
Rand has never been a libertarian and has said many times that he and his father disagree on some things and do not always see eye to eye. The fact that he endorsed Romney might be a shock to many but it should be no reflection on his father who’s voting record is still as impeccable today as it was a week and a half ago before Rand made his statement.
For those of you Paul supporters who have jumped ship and abandoned the campaign and the liberty movement, I have just one question; Did you think it was going to be easy? If so, then you were sadly mistaken. In a paradigm so completely entrenched in our society, you should have expected some push-back. If you thought that supporting Ron Paul was somehow going to fix everything, again, I say you were mistaken.
Sure, it would have been nice to take the softer, easier way and gotten our guy elected, but do you honestly believe the establishment was going to let that happen? If so, then I hope you have learned a valuable lesson and will get off your ass now and do something rather than waiting for someone to come and save you. I’ve been saying for a long time now that if we want real change, then we alone are responsible for making it happen. Now is that time.
We must take our country back. One way to do that is to take it over from the bottom up. Get involved in your local, state and congressional elections. Keep tabs on your representatives. Hold them accountable. Run for office yourself or support other Liberty minded individuals who are running for office. Get involved in your community and talk to people. Make your voices heard!
The liberty movement did not originate with either Ron Paul or Rand Paul. Liberty does not need a leader because it is in the nature of man to be free and independent. The cause is not about a man and if you are going to stop fighting for this cause because of the actions of one man, then you were never about the cause to begin with. So rather than sitting there having your feelings hurt, get up, dust yourself off and get organized. We may not win the Presidency, but there is more than one way to get where we want to be.
I used to be a liberal, then I grew up. Next I was a conservative, then I woke up…
I am a wife, mother, daughter, sister and friend. Over the last several years I have become very concerned about the state of our country and the direction we are headed. I work and take care of my family and in my spare time, I participate in active political debate. If I were to be asked what political idealogy I subscribe to, I would say the closest one would be Classic Libertarian.
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Brynin - June 12, 2012
That is a great pics. I see a father waiting for his son to awaken, as the truth he has spoken unwinds across the world. Id still like to hear Ron Paul’s thoughts. I well over caring what there people anyways. I do not trust anyone in government. I know for a fact they are by far not the most intelligent people on the planet or in the country. Our system has out lived it usefulness. Until i hear someone in a suit speak of drastically different ideas to create sustainability on all front of the human life. I don’t wanna hear it, any of it. I know of to many things and people that can out think these people.
Brynin - June 12, 2012
http://youtu.be/mS2qC-LNtrU
Brynin - June 12, 2012
Ron Paul Sold Millions Of Email Addresses
Amy Farmer - June 12, 2012
I’m going to make this very clear…the Liberty movement isn’t about the man, but about the cause itself. As far as the video, I don’t really think Ron Paul sold anything to anyone. I’m also not ready to Ad Hom attack over something someone else did. I have all respect for Christopher Greene and his opinions, but I disagree with him on this one thing…irregardless, even if Rand and Ron are not who we think they are, the movement of the people is still legitimate. Liberty isn’t about one person, it’s about us all. No leader required.
Brynin - June 12, 2012
Talking with and reading comments of people within movements. I’ve noticed a lot of them still have no understanding of ways to create sustainability. Technology in general..food,water,energy, transportation,housing,health,education..I hear this a lot, “some of the technology would create socialism” or “who is going to work to build these thing’s”, “where is that money going to come from”. the thing about socialism, socialism was created in an outdated mind. They had no where near the kind of innovation we have today when socialism was thought up. Where to get the money? Well we could just print and print to give the illusion of growth, motivation. Like we do today. Just print more money build what is needed and say good job. You don’t have to pay that back and a lot of things are now more sustainable. If that doesn’t motivate people i don’t know what will or should. On a planet where rules are broken everyday. That’s not to far fetched, i don’t think. Some places around the world just deleted debt from education. So i think we can start thinking outside the box. I’m sick of hearing left ,right,D,R,black,white. We have human problems. With that said i don’t follow a lot of movement’s. Even reading occupy stuff, some of them just don’t understand. their asking for higher wages. Really, you want more money. Higher wages wont help anything. Their fighting inflation/debt and greed.Yes some jobs just don’t pay well. We need to lower the cost of living. If you have any links to share id be happy to read and share some information with people. https://www.facebook.com/tfcus?ref=tn_tnmn
Amy Farmer - June 12, 2012
LOL, I can see where you’re coming from in some ways. The Right/Left paradigm is ridiculous. There is really only one team in Washington and we aren’t on it. OWS had some valid points…AND some not so valid ones. They were right in that the banks should not have been bailed out. Bailing out the banks allowed the banks to continue their fraudulant and destructive practices while leaving us to pay that bill. There’s more to it than just that, but you get the gist of what I’m saying. You’re right that higher wages will not help when the rate of inflation is increasing while the actual economy is shinking. To put it bluntly, we have decades of governmental interference that has created this cluster-fuck you see today. We are for all intensive purposes a fascist state where state power has combined with corporate power so that neither has to compete the other and we are all screwed in the process. Prices for goods and services are distorted when based on this type of model and markets will eventually find an equilibrium whether we want them to or not. Hence the monetary tricks being played by the Fed. All the QE in the world isn’t going to save us. Models based on exponential growth cannot be sustained and from what I have gathered, things that cannot go on forever…wont.
Brynin - June 12, 2012
something iv’e followed for a while is The Venus Project witch seems way out there and impossible..Maybe. http://www.thevenusproject.com/.. I tell people don’t look at the whole project pick out the ideas/technology that can help our lives on the planet. Before i didn’t bring up population growth, i’m sure you know how that will play out. I just ask these groups to start thinking outside them selves. When fix some things, you can go back to picking on gay people or black,white what ever it may be that effects your life. Witch i hope wouldn’t be the case.
Amy Farmer - June 12, 2012
I’ve seen a video on that…interesting stuff. Whether any of it’s possible, I have not a clue. Right now, I think I’d rather see a focus on localization rather than globalization. Get things back on the local scale and reform our communities would be a great start, in my opinion. I have a lot of thoughts on this actually.
Brynin - June 12, 2012
Yea i get what you mean, Localizing a lot of things would create sustainability. There are some great ideas out there for food productions, witch is really needed for cites. Meat is another thing, but vegetable, fruits ..that kind of stuff can be grown in sky scrapers. No chemicals . This is amazing. Things like should get money, not talking heads or war. Omega Garden’s Farmdominium TM Vertical Farming Design http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjh97obNgUI&feature=related
Brynin - June 12, 2012
bad chemicals ^
notsurprised - June 12, 2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=VVgs_bKx-OQ
I know, I know…
most founding fathers were Freemasons too.
Can’t help it but after encountering Gypsies anyone may be inclined to check hie/her pockets.
It helps to expect not to wishful think.
Bible talks of problems with serving different masters:
God, his hopeful followers, their (Ron , Rand) political ambitions, the practical realities of corrupted election machinations and add to it the brotherhood or better intertwined networks.
Hard to please them all…
http://farmwars.info/?p=8612
Amy Farmer - June 13, 2012
We can’t change this system. The machine is not broken, it’s working exactly as it was intended to.
Hiram Crespo - June 13, 2012
I can relate to the passion and anger in the Liberty movement. It highlights one observation I’ve made, and you mentioned it: it’s ironic, but the Liberty movement seems to need leaders whereas Occupy is a very organic leaderless movement.
I think the reason is because Liberty requires government policy that respects individual freedoms, so naturally a Liberty movement requires a government that respects Liberty. I remember reading an article, I think it was on the Occupy Wall Street Journal, where the Occupiers were saying that the reason why the 1% didn’t understand the claims or the message of Occupy is because Occupiers were NOT TALKING to them. They were talking to EACH OTHER. They had no trust in government or corporations, ergo they relied on each other to get things done.
Another thought: This should remind people to be mindful of personality cults. Strong leaders make for weak sheeple. If we project our own power and ability on someone else, we end up forgetting our own power.
A populist movement needs to be ABOUT the people.