http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/paulestinians/ en-us Wed, 30 Dec 2009 05:24:17 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417445/posts I’ve already written about how his isolationist garbage leads inexorably to nonsense like this, so let me just add two points. First, and most obviously, there is no U.S. occupation of Yemen or Nigeria. The only way the airline plot is a reaction to U.S. “occupation” is if you accept the jihadist premise that there are no Arab/Muslim nation-states but rather only one Islamic caliphate waiting to be born. Only in that way does the U.S. occupation of Iraq warrant a reprisal from, say, a Pakistani or Yemeni. And yet, needless to say, if Britain was attacked tomorrow and Obama... Hot Air http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417445/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 05:24:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416132/posts Ron Paul is a white-haired, soft-voiced, 74-year-old doctor who has twice failed in presidential campaigns and is frequently derided by his Republican colleagues as an ideologue from the party's libertarian fringe. No one would have been surprised if the Lake Jackson congressman had slipped off the political radar after his 2008 quixotic bid for the presidency, his ambitions for higher office thwarted. But Paul has refused to go out to the political pasture to live in comfortable irrelevance. As odd as it may seem, he has become one of the most influential Republicans in a capital city dominated by liberal... Houston Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416132/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 08:11:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415837/posts On November 19th, Rush Limbaugh caused a stir when he mentioned PrisonPlanet.com on his radio show and linked to them on his website, touting their article 'With Hurricanes At Thirty Year Low, Gore Turns To Photoshop'. By the end of the day, though, Limbaugh or his handlers had tried to erase all signs of the endorsement, as Paul Joseph Watson pointed out in his article Rush Limbaugh Censors Mention Of Prison Planet From His Own Archives. Watson noted "Any links to the Prison Planet.com story, which were prominently featured all over Limbaugh’s website, have also been deleted and replaced with... Examiner.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415837/posts#comment Sun, 27 Dec 2009 18:55:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2415243/posts The same grassroots energy that propelled Ron Paul from a little-known Congressman to a force in the presidential primaries now seems to be transferring to his son in his Senate run in Kentucky. Public Policy Polling's (D) latest survey shows him easily ahead of Secretary of State Trey Grayson, who was recruited by the national party after Sen. Jim Bunning (R) was pressured not to seek re-election. Republican Primary Election Matchup Paul 44 Grayson 25 Und 32 Real Clear Politics http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2415243/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:48:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414772/posts George W. Bush is gone from Washington but his legacy, like an abandoned toxic waste dump, lingers on. Like President Franklin Roosevelt before him, President Bush helped redefine American freedom. And like Roosevelt's, Bush's changes were perversions of the clear vision the Founding Fathers bequeathed to us. What did freedom mean in the era of George Bush? In Iraq in September 2004, the U.S. military constructed Camp Liberty, a tent compound to house Iraqi detainees next to the Abu Ghraib prison. (The torture scandal and photos had been revealed in late April.) Maj. Gen. Geoffrey Miller declared that Camp Liberty... Campaign for Liberty http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414772/posts#comment Fri, 25 Dec 2009 01:02:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2410190/posts People often mistake being named Time’s “Person of the Year” as an honor, but that men as sinister as Adolph Hitler, Josef Stalin and Rudy Giuliani have all been given the title suggests otherwise. According to Time, the award is primarily a recognition of influence and by that measure the 2009 selection of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke makes sense. Explains Time, the Fed is “an independent government agency that conducts monetary policy, which means it sets short-term interest rates - which means it has immense influence over inflation, unemployment, the strength of the dollar and the strength of your... American Conservative http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2410190/posts#comment Fri, 18 Dec 2009 05:55:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402597/posts Rep. Ron Paul's attempt to rein in central bank is finally close to passing -- just don't expect him to vote for it. Ron Paul is used to going it alone. During 20 years in Washington, the libertarian Republican congressman from Texas has proposed doing away with personal income taxes, federal antitrust laws and the minimum wage. He's advocated pulling the United States out of the United Nations, NATO and the International Monetary Fund. Those efforts have mostly been legislative non-starters. Many of his bills fail to attract a single co-sponsor. But one of his perennial causes is headed to... The Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402597/posts#comment Tue, 8 Dec 2009 04:06:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2397890/posts Link only, per FR copyright rules Bloomberg http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2397890/posts#comment Tue, 1 Dec 2009 21:15:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2395701/posts Why do so many people love Sarah Palin? Why do so many hate her? I cannot recall a politician in recent memory that has been both so loved and so reviled for no discernible reason. When Palin was announced as John McCain’s running mate on the 2008 Republican presidential ticket many conservatives were intrigued, including me. It was reported that the Alaskan governor had been a member of Pat Buchanan’s “Buchanan Brigades” during the commentator’s presidential bids in 1996 and 2000 and that Palin had ties to the secessionist Alaskan Independence Party. An “America First” states rights’ radical on a... The American Conservative http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2395701/posts#comment Sat, 28 Nov 2009 03:22:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2376155/posts Any number of pundits claim that we have now passed the worst of the recession. Green shoots of recovery are supposedly popping up all around the country, and the economy is expected to resume growing soon at an annual rate of 3% to 4%. Many of these are the same people who insisted that the economy would continue growing last year, even while it was clear that we were already in the beginning stages of a recession. A false recovery is under way. I am reminded of the outlook in 1930, when the experts were certain that the worst of... Forbes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2376155/posts#comment Mon, 2 Nov 2009 00:38:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2362793/posts An outburst at an angry South Carolina town hall meeting has exemplified the growing fissure in the Republican Party across the nation. “We're not going to be the party of angry white guys," liberal Republican Senator Lindsay Graham told a Greenville, South Carolina, audience at Furman University where some supporters of Congressman Ron Paul were heckling him. Ron Paul responded on CNN's Situation Room October 14 that Graham's attack was unfair. “For him to ... say that everybody who is upset with the government and upset with his type of voting record are angry white people or angry men, that... The New American http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2362793/posts#comment Thu, 15 Oct 2009 04:10:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2356224/posts NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Ron Paul has America hungry. The former presidential candidate and 11-term Republican congressman from Galveston, Texas, seems to be doing what few have succeeded at: rallying support for radical change in Washington, on Wall Street and in the world. Paul, who rattled the Republican base with a strong showing in several primaries and caucuses last year, is upping the ante. He has a new and timely book, "End the Fed," and has been making a big media tour, including a stop on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart last Tuesday. "It's hard to enforce the laws... WSJ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2356224/posts#comment Tue, 6 Oct 2009 21:31:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2352622/posts Scary times ahead? Perhaps, if you take credence in what Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, says. Paul, who had a strong grassroots following during the 2008 presidential election, explained on Glenn Beck's Sept. 30 radio program that perilous times lie ahead due to the Federal Reserve's loose monetary policy. Host Glenn Beck asked if voices on the left, including the left-wing media, were right - would their be violence and is this an effort to pin it on the conservative movement. Beck began by asking how an Israeli strike against Iran might trigger problems with the American financial system. ...more (w/video)... NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2352622/posts#comment Thu, 1 Oct 2009 17:12:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2343381/posts Two high-profile entrenched New England Democrats -- Senator Christopher Dodd of Connecticut and Representative Barney Frank of Massachusetts -- have new challengers. Republican Peter Schiff, a broker, financial pundit, and supporter for Ron Paul, is in an increasingly crowded Republican primary for Dodd's seat. "He inherited the seat," Schiff said of Dodd today on Fox Business Network. It's like he's living in the House of Lords." (snip) Meanwhile, Republican Keith Messina, a mechanical engineer, announced today he's running against Frank in the Fourth Congressional District of Massachusetts. In a statement, Messina promised a "fresh perspective," pledged to focus on jobs,... Boston Globe http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2343381/posts#comment Sat, 19 Sep 2009 02:40:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2336977/posts Seeing none from this year, I would like us to share our memories of 9/11. Like Kennedy's assassination or Pearl Harbor, few can ever forget where they were on that dreadful day. Please share your memory of 9/11, where you were, and also tell us in a few sentences how it changed you. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2336977/posts#comment Fri, 11 Sep 2009 04:48:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2335852/posts We like to think Islamism represents only a fringe of the world’s 1.4 billion Muslims. But that’s because we confound Islamists and terrorists. The terrorists — those who commit and materially support violent attacks — are a fringe (bigger than we’d like to think, but still a tiny minority). By contrast, Islamists may be a majority, and, if they’re not, they constitute a very substantial minority. Islamism is not terrorism. To be sure, Islamism includes terrorism in its arsenal. Still, there is major disagreement among Islamists about when violence should be used and how effective it is. In any event,... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2335852/posts#comment Wed, 9 Sep 2009 22:56:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2329097/posts U.S. Senate candidate Rand Paul on Monday pledged not to accept campaign contributions from any U.S. Senator who voted for the bank bailout and challenged his opponents to follow suit. Dr. Paul issued this challenge after learning that Trey Grayson has scheduled a Washington D.C. fundraiser co-sponsored by several U.S. Senators, seventeen of whom voted for the so-called TARP bailout in 2008, which was then used to fund an auto industry bailout Congress rejected. "This isn't about holding politicians to an impossibly high standard of agreeing with everything one's supporters say or do," Paul said. "But a primary focus of... WKYT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2329097/posts#comment Tue, 1 Sep 2009 01:57:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2327415/posts THE FEDERAL RESERVE MUST DIE “Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value ---- zero.” – Voltaire “The Federal Reserve in collaboration with the giant banks has created the greatest financial crisis the world has ever seen. The foolish notion that unlimited amounts of money and credit created out of thin air can provide sustainable economic growth has delivered this crisis to us. Instead of economic growth and stable prices, (The Fed) has given us a system of government and finance that now threatens the world financial and political institutions. Pursuing the same policy of excessive spending, debt expansion and... The Burning Platform http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2327415/posts#comment Sat, 29 Aug 2009 14:47:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2326747/posts House Financial Services Chairman Rep. Barney Frank, Massachusetts Democrat, said he expects former GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul's legislation to audit the Fed to pass out of his committee in October as part of a larger regulatory package. The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2326747/posts#comment Fri, 28 Aug 2009 17:23:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2301477/posts Former Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul has a frank prescription for the health care plan making its way through Congress: Scrap it. "I think it's monstrous," Paul said. "I don't think it will improve medical care in this country. I think it's very, very costly and we don't have any money. And they don't have any way of paying for it." The libertarian GOP congressman and physician was in East Grand Rapids today for a private reception for what was touted as a "conservative comeback luncheon." Paul is skeptical of estimates that peg the 10-year cost of the plan backed... The Grand Rapids Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2301477/posts#comment Sun, 26 Jul 2009 18:04:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2299557/posts A video that outlines some of the many lies Obama has been passing around over the years. This video is not in support of any political party as they are all bought and paid for by International banks, corporate interests and the Global elite. Think you voted for change? Think again! You can expect more of the same bullshi- agenda of policing the world and nation building at the expense of the tax payer (you and me). It will be interesting to see as the days grow closer Obama realizing he can't change shi-! This should make for some interesting... notoriouslyconservative.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2299557/posts#comment Thu, 23 Jul 2009 22:02:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2242432/posts Rand Paul, son of former Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul, says he is poised to enter the race for U.S. Sen. Jim Bunning's seat. Paul, who has been stumping across Kentucky, told The Associated Press that "every bone in my body says there is going to be a race." But the Bowling Green physician said he won't run unless Bunning opts out. Paul is a fan of Bunning's conservative fiscal philosophy and said he simply wants to be ready to jump into the race quickly if the 77-year-old senator decides to retire instead of seeking re-election next year. Bunning has... WBKO http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2242432/posts#comment Fri, 1 May 2009 23:53:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2247874/posts During an appearance in Paducah on Friday evening, Dr. Rand Paul told a crowd of about 50 people that they could expect to hear something definitive regarding his candidacy for the US Senate by this Thursday, May 14th. Moments later, Paul used langauge that was a bit more straighforward:"I'm going to give this a go...It's a long shot at this piont, but I wouldn't do this unless I think it was a possibility."  After Paul's speech, Christopher Hightower, Paul's right-hand man, confirmed that national media coverage has already been scheduled for next Thursday. Paul, who considers himself an "outsider" from... KYWordSmith http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2247874/posts#comment Sun, 10 May 2009 04:34:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2251131/posts KYWORDSMITH has confirmed that Dr. Rand Paul of Bowling Green will be taking the next step towards becoming a candidate for US Senate by forming an exploratory committee this week. Christopher Hightower, Paul’s spokesperson, tells KYWORDSMITH that Paul – a 46-year- old ophthalmologist – will appear on MSNBC on the Rachel Maddow Show this evening to discuss his plans in detail and make the announcement official. He will follow upon Friday morning with a series of national media appearances. Earlier this week, KYWORDSMITH sat down with Dr. Paul to learn more about why he’s exploring a run for the U.S.... KYWordSmith http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2251131/posts#comment Thu, 14 May 2009 22:18:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2266450/posts Dr. Ron Paul’s son, Rand Paul, has formed an exploratory campaign for U.S. Senate from Kentucky. Rand Paul is similar to his father in ideology; he favors a strict application of the Constitution to federal government matters, thus opposes the Federal Reserve Bank and the U.S. Department of Education and supports lower taxes and less spending. A grass-roots movement formed several months ago to draft Dr. Rand Paul to run for the U.S. Senate after incumbent Republican Senator Jim Bunning. Bunning has left hints he may not run for reelection. Bunning, who had a career spanning 15 years in Major... The New American http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2266450/posts#comment Sun, 7 Jun 2009 02:27:27 GMT