Value Freedom

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21538437373915325512011-04-28T23:38:26.761-07:00Value FreedomAn independent blog in support of individual liberty and the 'Ron Paul Revolution'Scott G. Sutton, MA, MCP, CMFChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11034131901323695188noreply@blogger.comBlogger181100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153843737391532551.post-55710826915964011802009-02-20T22:58:00.000-08:002009-02-20T18:25:41.206-08:00'Ron Paul Told Us So' - The Economic Crisis

"Our spending habits, in combination with our flawed monetary system, if not changed willbring us a financial whirlwind that will make Katrina look like a minor storm."- Dr. Ron Paul, November 14 2005 in the House of RepresentativesThis page consists of excerpts from a selection of Ron Paul's speeches and columns on economic matters, and a few highlights are bolded below. Throughout his time in

Scott G. Sutton, MA, MCP, CMFChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11034131901323695188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153843737391532551.post-46853749293336234642009-02-20T20:44:00.000-08:002009-02-20T18:36:37.638-08:00'Ron Paul Told Us So' - Prior to the invasion of Iraq

"Mr. Speaker, I rise to urge the Congress to think twice before thrusting this nation intoa war without merit - one fraught with the danger of escalating intosomething no American will be pleased with."- Dr. Ron Paul, September 4 2002 in the House of RepresentativesOn October 10 & 11, 2002, the United States Congress overwhelmingly passed the Iraq War Resolution which authorized "the President to

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"Interventionism is done with a pretense of wisdom believing we always know the good guysfrom the bad guys, and that we will ignore the corporate and political special interestsalways agitating for influence. Nothing could be further from the truth."- Dr. Ron Paul, April 21 1999 in the House of RepresentativesFrom the time of his return to Congress in 1996 to the present, Ron Paul has staunchly

Scott G. Sutton, MA, MCP, CMFChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11034131901323695188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153843737391532551.post-82806655853974141362007-09-12T21:47:00.000-07:002009-01-30T12:08:43.533-08:0012. Open Letter to the Editors of Willamette Week

Portland Ron Paul Meetup group welcomes its newest member(From left to right) Manuel, Alyssa, Steve M., Nadia, Ryan, that new guy,Karen, some fella managing a crisis, Karl, Scott"Modern journalism justifies its own existence by the great Darwininian principle of the survival of the vulgarest."- Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)"A newswriter is a man without virtue, who writes lies at home for his own

Scott G. Sutton, MA, MCP, CMFChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11034131901323695188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153843737391532551.post-25048394961169048142007-09-06T21:57:00.000-07:002009-01-30T12:10:14.908-08:0011. Ron Paul in the Fox den

"In times of universal deceit, telling the truth will be a revolutionary act."- George Orwell (1903-1950)"The business of the journalist is to destroy the truth, to lie outright, to pervert, to vilify, to fawn at the feet of mammon, and to sell his country and his race for his daily bread. You know it and I know it, and what folly is this toasting an independent press? We are the jumping jacks;

Scott G. Sutton, MA, MCP, CMFChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11034131901323695188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153843737391532551.post-83300774074057354122007-08-31T20:33:00.000-07:002009-01-30T12:11:23.764-08:0010. The foreign policy of other candidates

"If this phrase of the 'balance of power' is to be always an argument for war, the pretext for war will never be wanting, and peace can never be secure."– John Bright (1811-1889), British statesman and co-founder of the Anti-Corn Law League"The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it."– H.L. Mencken (1880-1956) In Washington DC, conventional wisdom has

Scott G. Sutton, MA, MCP, CMFChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11034131901323695188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153843737391532551.post-20546240204725841232007-07-25T22:07:00.000-07:002009-01-30T12:12:05.267-08:009. Ron Paul for the Long Haul

"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win."— Mahatma Gandhi"The presidency is now a cross between a popularity contest and a high school debate, with an encyclopedia of cliches the first prize."— Saul BellowAbout Ron Paul's FundraisingOn July 15th, the Federal Election Commission announced the 2nd quarter fundraising totals for each presidential candidate.

Scott G. Sutton, MA, MCP, CMFChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11034131901323695188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153843737391532551.post-19989695096397433422007-07-13T18:05:00.000-07:002009-01-30T12:21:56.614-08:008. The principled anti-war candidate

"When weaker nations are intimidated by more powerful ones, striking back very often can be done only through terrorism, a problem that will continue to threaten all Americans as our leaders incite those who oppose our aggressive stands throughout the world. But when a foreign war comes to our shores in the form of terrorism, we can be sure that our government will explain the need for further

Scott G. Sutton, MA, MCP, CMFChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11034131901323695188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153843737391532551.post-37991393048875297192007-06-24T14:33:00.000-07:002009-01-30T12:29:20.143-08:007. Ron Paul on US foreign policy

"Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations; entangling alliances with none."-- Thomas Jefferson, 1801 "[America] goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all. She is the champion and vindicator only of her own. She will commend the general cause by the countenance of her voice, and the benignant sympathy of her

Scott G. Sutton, MA, MCP, CMFChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11034131901323695188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153843737391532551.post-66230149026285923142007-06-24T13:52:00.000-07:002009-01-30T12:29:45.659-08:006. Statement against the 'surge' in Iraq

On February 14 2007, Ron Paul delivered a House address in opposition to the proposed 'surge' in Iraq. (Excerpts below -- full text here)"The biggest red herring in this debate is the constant innuendo that those who don’t support expanding the war are somehow opposing the troops. It’s nothing more than a canard to claim that those of us who struggled to prevent the bloodshed and now want it

Scott G. Sutton, MA, MCP, CMFChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11034131901323695188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153843737391532551.post-48119651286159593812007-06-24T13:40:00.000-07:002009-01-30T12:30:21.896-08:005. Ron Paul on 'preemptive' war

(Originally distributed via e-mail on June 9, 2007)"(A) war against Iraq initiated by the United States cannot be morally justified. The argument that someday in the future Saddam Hussein might pose a threat to us means that any nation, any place in the world, is subject to an American invasion without cause."– Dr. Ron Paul, March 2002"A highwayman is as much a robber when he plunders in a gang

Scott G. Sutton, MA, MCP, CMFChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11034131901323695188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153843737391532551.post-81518604675682568182007-06-23T17:08:00.001-07:002009-01-30T12:30:50.307-08:004. Ron Paul's record during the march to war in Iraq

In chronological order, the following list consists of addresses Dr. Paul delivered in the House of Representatives prior to the 2003 US invasion of Iraq: Statement in Opposition to House Resolution on Iraq, December 19, 2001Before We Bomb Iraq ..., February 26, 2002Why Initiate War with Iraq?, March 20, 2002Inspection or Invasion in Iraq?, June 24, 2002Arguments Against a War in Iraq,

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(Originally distributed via e-mail on May 28, 2007)"It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare."– Mark Twain"I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I considerthe most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man."– George Washington On October 10 & 11, 2002, the United States Congress overwhelmingly

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(Originally distributed via e-mail on May 22, 2007)"It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry."- Thomas Paine"In times of universal deceit, telling the truth will be a revolutionary act."- George Orwell"Patriotism lies not in blind obedience to authority, but in the desire to search for the truth."- Ramman Kenoun Letter to the Editor of Antiwar.com by Michael ScheuerFormer

Scott G. Sutton, MA, MCP, CMFChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11034131901323695188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153843737391532551.post-46430298789277455272007-06-23T12:25:00.001-07:002009-01-30T12:35:37.142-08:001. Support Ron Paul

(Originally distributed via e-mail on May 18, 2007)"Of all the enemies to public liberty, war is perhaps the most to be dreaded becauseit comprises and develops the germ of every other."– James Madison in 1795" I have heard all the arguments on why we must immediately invade and occupy Iraqand have observed that there are only a few hardy souls left in the Congress who are trying to stop this

Scott G. Sutton, MA, MCP, CMFChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11034131901323695188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153843737391532551.post-30851812746220705082007-06-23T09:00:00.002-07:002007-06-24T20:04:07.236-07:00Ron Paul Interviews

Interviews with Dr. Ron Paul:The Charles Goyette Show, June 14 2007Tucker Carlson on MSNBC, June 14 2007The Colbert Report, June 13, 2007The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, June 4 2007Tucker Carlson on MSNBC, June 6 2007Real Time with Bill Maher, May 31 2007The Dennis Miller Show, May 30 2007Anti-War Radio with Scott Horton, April 4 2007The Charles Goyette Show, February 2 2007NOW with Bill Moyers

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Video of Ron Paul's comments in each presidential debate:June 5, 2007 - Manchester, New HampshireMay 15, 2007 - Columbia, South CarolinaMay 3, 2007 - Simi, California

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Note: This page is a work in progress.Dr. Ron Paul"Interventionism is done with a pretense of wisdom believing we always know the good guys from the bad guys, and that we will ignore the corporate and political special interests always agitating for influence.Nothing could be further from the truth."– Dr. Ron Paul, US Foreign Policy and NATO's Involvement in Yugoslavia and Kosovo, April 21, 1999"

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