Boston Tea Party 12.16.2007

Foxfire
#1. December 15th, 2007, at 1:49 PM.

http://thevulgarunicorn.com/?p=187

Steve Miller TX
#2. December 18th, 2007, at 11:08 AM.

One of the more interesting aspects of Ron Paul’s run is that it really exposes how the mainstream media control and manipulate this country through selective dissimination of controlled information. We’ve seen that with the Iraq war coverage as every single bit of it has been focused entirely on the negative and magnified for effect. Anything positive is never shown despite the press taking tours of rebuilding projects, humanitarian efforts, and the heroic efforts of our military. This has been clearly documented. The days of true journalism, where both sides of a story are reported fairly, are dead. What we see alot of is slanted and biased coverage always favoring liberals and democrats…no surprise since most in the industry are of that political mindset.

The presidential election was already decided by the media a long time ago: Hillary vs Rudy. That’s pretty much the only news stories we’ve seen…despite their ranking in the polls. Coverage of the other candidates has purposely been squelched. Ron Paul continues to mystify the media has he is often out-raising the other candidates thus showing his deep, growing popularity.

Despite all of that, the media continues to downplay him and largely tries to ignore him. They truly don’t believe most people are capable of thinking for themselves and it’s a real insult to our collective intelligence. THANK GOD for the internet which is perforating the shield of the mainstream media. Ron Paul is making serious headway despite the media’s attempt to suppress him.

I’ll be voting for him without hesitation. I’ve known about him for about 8 yeas now since I abandoned both political prties in 2000 to become more Libertarian. Ron Paul is a Libertarian in Republican’s clothing. We need to get back to the very roots and foundation on what this county was founded on. We the people need to rise up and take back our government. Electing Ron Paul is the first step towards that and is the only peaceful solution. The problem we’ve seen in this coutnry are liberals and conservative fighting to “take back” their version of what this country should be. Ron Paul is the only candidate whose ideas and leadership transcends both political hemispheres.

The current political establishment and the mainstream media aren’t taking notice of Congress’ dismal 20% or less approval rating or the continued decline of the mainstream media’s stanglehold. Why should they when they are in complete control? Well, the revolution is underway and hopefully is bigger than they are.

RON PAUL IN 2008!!!

Darin
#5. December 23rd, 2007, at 3:05 PM.

From Paul…..“I have never been one who is comfortable talking about my faith in the political arena. In fact, the pandering that typically occurs in the election season I find to be distasteful. But for those who have asked, I freely confess that Jesus Christ is my personal Savior, and that I seek His guidance in all that I do. I know, as you do, that our freedoms come not from man, but from God.”

Never been comfortable? He should stand up for what he believes in, even if it will cost him some votes. It seems to me that he doesn’t want to come fully out about his religious beliefs(until forced to do so) because he is too busy trying to please everyone. This side of him just seems to be a little sketchy though and makes me wonder if he did get elected, how much stuff that he is going to expose, that would piss a lot of people off because he is not coming clean about it now. I also find the statement about him seeking guidance in everything that he does from god to be absurd. I really don’t want an invisible man in the clouds leading our country. Our freedoms DO NOT come from god. All things considered though, I do think that if Paul would leave religion out of his agenda, he could be a good president if elected.

Darin
#7. December 23rd, 2007, at 9:03 PM.

Point taken David…I am Libertarian and do agree with Paul on some of the big issues.

The point I was trying to make though, is that religion is a big issue in itself, and needs to be addressed before the election. If one’s personal faith is going to have any effect at all on the decisions that he makes while in the office, then there’s no reason to shy away from it now. If Romney and Huckabee throw out their religious views….more power to them lol.

As you probably figured out, I am an atheist, and that’s why religion is a big issue for me. At the same time, I don’t believe in infringing on anyone’s rights to practice religion if they choose to do so but I fully believe in complete separation between church and state. If Paul gets elected I think that some of his traditional values of the right will come storming back in and will have deceived a lot of people because he is hiding behind his invisible religious cloak. That would not be very Libertarian of him.

“The Government of the United States is not in any sense founded upon the Christian Religion.” —–George Washington

“I consider the government of the United States as interdicted by the Constitution from intermeddling with religious institutions, their doctrines, disciplines or exercises.” —–Thomas Jefferson

Why would our founding fathers say this? Because there were so many problems dealing with religion in England, that they knew the way for a government to be more successful is to have religion remain a private matter. This totally contradicts what Paul is ‘preaching’, if he truly wants our country “to get back to the very roots and foundation on what this county was founded on.”

He is not avoiding religion to concentrate on bigger issues….he is avoiding it because he knows that using his Christian faith as a tool in the oval office would make him a total hypocrite and go against everything that he wants you and I to believe he is trying to change. For this reason, I will not vote for him.