I took a couple days for myself this weekend. Did somethings around the new home and watched some agonizing football. Colts lose, Giants win? Only the fan faithfuls saw that coming.

Anyways, I went blog surfing today and saw this fellow’s post, “We fight for freedom - or “What if someone else did it to us?”“. I thought this made for an interesting first person perspective of the point Ron Paul was trying to get across his opposition at the New Hampshire Debate.

I definitely agree with Ron about not being the worlds police and truly only getting involved where there is a direct threat against us, but I don’t really think we should just walk away from Iraq like he proposes. I just think it would be a mistake to just pick and leave them like that. It would would make for even worse relations with the people later on…there would certainly be lasting resentment for leaving them in chaos and at the mercy of extremist, militant Islamics.

I don’t claim to have a better idea or to even have an idea for success on any measure in Iraq, but I do know that after all the natives have been through, to just leave them in the lurch would be a bigger mistake than any thing to date.

I do have to question this post in at least one respect; where is the factoid about Americans blowing up things and people around the globe? Where was the mention of Americans beheading Chinese civilians? I like the way the he paints a visual perspective but I’m not so sure it’s a complete image.

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Here are all of Ron Paul’s replies during last nights New Hampshire debate. This man is just pure logic at work. You can tell because of the reaction of the other candidates around him. They laugh, snicker and then prove their inability to see the truth by spouting off the same old tired lines and rhetoric. Notice most times he is actually ganged up on by the others but never waivers nor does he fall.

I have to say that my respect level for the other candidates has taken a severe drop after viewing all this. Fred Thompson and Rudy Giuliani in particular. After watching Thompson’s arrogant, snobbish attitude and the absolute stupidity that came out of Giuliani, I am convinced that Fred should stick to acting and Rudy…well Rudy should really just go away.

Let’s face it, Ron Paul scares the other candidates. Not because he is “crazy,” but because he makes sense to a lot of Americans about just about everything. They can look at him and smirk & laugh all they want, but they are afraid of what he has to say. People say they’re looking for change, and every candidate on that stage promises change, but all I see and hear are the same old tired lines. This is why we all end up with the same crap year after miserable year.

The only hope any of these other guys have of getting my vote is either Ron Paul not getting the GOP nod or if Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama are my alternatives. I won’t vote for a Democrat unless God himself tells me too. Those folks are always way too caught up in trying to spend as much of my money as possible on shit that will never work. Why is it none of these people ever seem to think about the fact that “free” health care really means huge tax increases to pay for it all? Whatever…

In this first video Senator Paul explains why we should not be the worlds police agency.

This second video shows Ron explaining how we need to bring back the value of the American dollar and how the trickle down effect will help alleviate some of our other issues.

Here Charles Gibson shames the other candidates for pointing fingers about “flip-flopping” policies by pointing out where each one has done exactly that. Notice he noted that Senator Paul had only changed one thing…his political affiliation. For those of you pointing to this as proof that he is the biggest “flip-flopper” of all, I would like to point out that this change in political parties is absolutely necessary for anyone to win the race for President. Why? Simply because we are a nation of cows who like to follow the herd and so to get anywhere he needs to place himself in a place where the cows will see and hear him easily and perhaps even choose to follow! I myself, like Senator Paul, am a Libertarian but affiliated myself with the Republican party when I registered to vote. Lets face it in the grand scheme of things, no one takes you seriously if you aren’t either red or blue…just ask Ross Perot.

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Been doing a lot of reading lately about the Republican Senator from Texas, Ron Paul. I am surprised at the pure logic coming out of this man and am leaning towards supporting his Presidential run. I watched the John Stossel interviews and thought they really showed the brilliance of the man.

Sadly, it’s a reminder of how far we have strayed from good old fashioned common sense. Even sadder is how much we have allowed ourselves to be 100% reliant on the federal government. We have allowed ourselves to become the very thing we claim to be a safe haven from…a tyrannical state.

You can check out the Stossel interview videos with Ron Paul here.

Who is Ron Paul?

Ron Paul on Debt & Taxes.

Ron Paul on American Independence and Sovereignty.

Ron Paul on War and Foreign Policy.

Ron Paul on Life & Liberty.

Ron Paul on The Second Amendment.

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