Ron Paul - "Prepare for Revolutionary Changes"

[raja]

Ron Paul calling for an "peaceful and intellectual" revolution.

I don't agree with everything Ron Paul says, but his fight against the Financial Elite is good.

[Slimprofits]

Re: Ron Paul - "Prepare for Revolutionary Changes"

This speech was delivered on the floor of the House back in May.

Current Conditions or Just a Bad Dream

http://www.dailypaul.com/node/93664

Could it all be a bad dream, or a nightmare? Is it my imagination, or have we lost our minds? It's surreal; it's just not believable. A grand absurdity; a great deception, a delusion of momentous proportions; based on preposterous notions; and on ideas whose time should never have come; simplicity grossly distorted and complicated; insanity passed off as logic; grandiose schemes built on falsehoods with the morality of Ponzi and Madoff; evil described as virtue; ignorance pawned off as wisdom; destruction and impoverishment in the name of humanitarianism; violence, the tool of change; preventive wars used as the road to peace; tolerance delivered by government guns; reactionary views in the guise of progress; an empire replacing the Republic; slavery sold as liberty; excellence and virtue traded for mediocracy; socialism to save capitalism; a government out of control, unrestrained by the Constitution, the rule of law, or morality; bickering over petty politics as we collapse into chaos; the philosophy that destroys us is not even defined.

We have broken from reality--a psychotic Nation. Ignorance with a pretense of knowledge replacing wisdom. Money does not grow on trees, nor does prosperity come from a government printing press or escalating deficits.

We're now in the midst of unlimited spending of the people's money, exorbitant taxation, deficits of trillions of dollars--spent on a failed welfare/warfare state; an epidemic of cronyism; unlimited supplies of paper money equated with wealth.

A central bank that deliberately destroys the value of the currency in secrecy, without restraint, without nary a whimper. Yet, cheered on by the pseudo-capitalists of Wall Street, the military industrial complex, and Detroit.

We police our world empire with troops on 700 bases and in 130 countries around the world. A dangerous war now spreads throughout the Middle East and Central Asia. Thousands of innocent people being killed, as we become known as the torturers of the 21st century.

We assume that by keeping the already-known torture pictures from the public's eye, we will be remembered only as a generous and good people. If our enemies want to attack us only because we are free and rich, proof of torture would be irrelevant.

The sad part of all this is that we have forgotten what made America great, good, and prosperous. We need to quickly refresh our memories and once again reinvigorate our love, understanding, and confidence in liberty. The status quo cannot be maintained, considering the current conditions. Violence and lost liberty will result without some revolutionary thinking.

We must escape from the madness of crowds now gathering. The good news is the reversal is achievable through peaceful and intellectual means and, fortunately, the number of those who care are growing exponentially.

Of course, it could all be a bad dream, a nightmare, and that I'm seriously mistaken, overreacting, and that my worries are unfounded. I hope so. But just in case, we ought to prepare ourselves for revolutionary changes in the not-too-distant future.

[sunskyfan]

Re: Ron Paul - "Prepare for Revolutionary Changes"

I have been a JFK Democrat all of my life. Paul vs Obama could save America no matter what the outcome. What would be great is if Obama reached out to Paul now.

[jneal3]

Re: Ron Paul - "Prepare for Revolutionary Changes"

A central bank that deliberately destroys the value of the currency in secrecy, without restraint, without nary a whimper. Yet, cheered on by the pseudo-capitalists of Wall Street, the military industrial complex, and Detroit.

He's spot-on, except Detroit is by comparison innocent. GM was in the midst of unwinding 50 years of bad management decisions when the credit crisis dropped sales volume by 1/3 (I get irate when the bankers cry about how they had nothing to do with the 'auto bailout' portion of TARP - they freaking induced the crisis without which GM would have had the breathing space to further implement change), Detroit produces something, Detroit responds to the market (imperfectly, but can we talk about governement entities of similar scale for comparison, please?), and Detroit built the middle class. Detroit does not cheer on the evil Fed.

Very sorry about the rant, but I've taken it upon myself to defend my adopted beloved hometown.

[Slimprofits]

Re: Ron Paul - "Prepare for Revolutionary Changes"

GM was in the midst of unwinding 50 years of bad management decisions when the credit crisis dropped sales volume by 1/3

So you think that 1/3rd was otherwise sustainable in a sane economy?

He was alluding to the fact that no one in Detroit was protesting the dependence of the industry on massive consumer debt expansion.

[jneal3]

Re: Ron Paul - "Prepare for Revolutionary Changes"

So you think that 1/3rd was otherwise sustainable in a sane economy?

No. Good point.

He was alluding to the fact that no one in Detroit was protesting the dependence of the industry on massive consumer debt expansion.

I just think the auto industry is very far from the only sinner on this front, but takes an outsize portion of the blame just because of it's scale. If you're going to blame Detroit for the expansion of consumer debt, to be fair you have to blame the entire retail consumer economy and credit card industry.

To lump Detroit alone in with Wall Street is just too much.

[blazespinnaker]

Re: Ron Paul - "Prepare for Revolutionary Changes"

Yeah, Ron Paul will certainly gain a lot of traction in 2012 I suspect.