Zion, IL
By A.B. Dada
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I watched the Fox News debate last night on my cell phone, dribbling data at a measly 120kbps with jittery video and a pause to stream every 15 seconds. It was worth it — Ron Paul did an absolutely great job. I’m ecstatic that he showed his anger at the status quo, at Fox News and their repeated thought that the United States is the Federal government instead of the People. He used the right amount of anger, the right amount of truth and the right amount of conscience to really turn heads, including the heads of at least 4 dozen people who watched the debate on my request. Not one of those 4 dozen people are Republicans, or even Libertarians, but they all had their mind changed about Paul. I figure there are 400,000 Paul supporters as of right now who really know him — to win, he needs each supporter to convince another 100 friends and family to take notice.
Paul’s performance was exactly what we freedom lovers need to do when confronted by our own friends and family who are pro-force and pro-State. Historically, I always backed down from debate because I figured it was the non-Christian, non-peaceful thing to do. Like Gandhi, I do believe in non-resistance and non-intervention in the lives of others. But now I see Gandhi (and Paul), both believe in a different tactic: non-resistance when you’re attached, and non-intervention when you’re not invited. When a relative or friend opens the door to support a State mission that would affect me directly, I have snapped back to present the facts to them about how previous State missions have failed, and their desire will fail, too.
I used to ridicule people, just like Chris Wallace of Fox News tried to ridicule Paul in the debates. Yet I’ve seen that ridiculing people only makes them stronger in their believe — just as Chris Wallace’s ridicule of Paul will only make his supporters believe deeper, and give non-supporters a pause to rethink what Paul stands for. Instead of ridiculing, you must defend your beliefs strongly, with intelligent debate and the sponsorship of truth over lies.
Our government lies. Paul reminded the world of that last night — why should we believe the Federal government on Iran when they lied and lied and lied on Iraq? Is the oil paying for it? No, you and I are. Was Iraq a cake walk? No, and the surge has only caused a new surge of defense by the homeland of Iraq. Were there WMDs in Iraq? No. Was Iraq capable of launching an attack on the U.S. or even Israel? No. When a soldier murders another, is that the United States People? No, it is a select group of people in government who have co-opted our name towards their ends and means: world domination.
Thank you, Dr. Paul, for standing up and not standing down. Thank you for pointing your finger at the callous liars who want the Mainstream Media to just be a shill for the growing State. Thank you for telling the world exactly what we all need to hear: let’s get out of using force against others, and instead reap profits and power through peaceful trade, communications and less government, not more.
Yes, I support the ending of the CIA. If we need intelligence, let the hackers of the U.S. openly work to obtain information as needed. Pay private companies such as Blackwater to go to the world and bring back what is needed, in an open and free system so all citizens can peruse them online if they want. Most of our intelligence activities today surround trying to keep secret the fraud and crimes the State has committed around the world to usurp foreign governments and replace their leaders with puppets for our leaders.
Yes, I support ending of the IRS. If you work, you should keep every dollar to yourself, for you, your family, your home, your future, your drug habit, your entertainment, your loves. If you want to support Israel, do it with the money you saved. If you want to support Iran, do it with the money you saved. It is YOUR money, not the States. It was said last night that we work until May just to pay for the State. This is untrue — we are all working until almost July with every paycheck in the first half of the year basically paying for government around us. 1/2 of our household income is lost to the State, and lost to providing freedom, security and safety for our own households.
Yes, I support ending of the Department of Homeland Security. My own family has trouble flying because some of them have names that are the same as some “evil person” in another country. I am sick of seeing military in airports, and all government employees who have the prime job of spying on me are military. Let the airlines decide if the pilots should be armed, or if passengers should be armed, and let the consumers decide which airlines to travel on. You want security? Get rid of laws that prevent any individual from defending themselves — see if a terrorist or an evildoer would dare step on United States ground if they had no idea who is armed and who isn’t.
Dr. Paul said good things, and he said them in anger and frustration. The Democrats (all of them), and the remainder of the Republicans are the status quo: we will end up with MORE government, LESS freedom, MORE taxes or fees, LESS money for ourselves, MORE wars, LESS friendliness, and a worsening economy and family structure. We don’t need government, we don’t want government, and we should never be ones to support the idea that more government in ANY area will make things better.
To the State: get off my lawn.
To my family who supports the State: You’re wrong. If you say you’re Christian but support murder (war), theft (taxes) and slavery (jail/draft), you aren’t living the life that Christ promoted.
To my friends who support the State: Don’t complain to me anymore that you can’t pay your mortgage or your bills. You did this to yourself, please reap what you’ve sown.
To everyone else: Don’t back down. Today is the day to get mad to those who have lied to you, to those who have stolen from you, to those who continue to keep you in bondage and prevent you from doing best for yourself and your family. The rest of the world can take care of themselves.
