Ron Paul on Fox Business News 5.13.08

Belief In Global Warming Hoax Slips

This is just…terribly unfortunate. Better spend hundreds of millions of dollars on more wasted resources expending hours upon hours of carbon dioxide to step up the PR effort.

The proportion of Americans who say that the earth is getting warmer has decreased since January 2007, mostly because of a decline among Republicans, according to the latest national survey by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press.

Overall, 71 percent of Americans say there is solid evidence of higher global temperatures, compared with 77 percent at the beginning of last year.

Republicans in particular are increasingly skeptical - just 49 percent of Republicans say there is evidence that the earth’s average temperature has been rising, down 13 points since January 2007.

Roughly half of Americans (47%) say the earth is warming because of human activity.

Groups are working hard to raise awareness about global warming. The Alliance for Climate Protection will spend $300 million over the next three years on a global warming marketing campaign.

No evidence Canadian gas prices have dampened consumer thirst in carbon tax

Canada’s Bill C-51 May Outlaw Natural Health Food Products

Arrested for taking vitamins?

JBS, Ann Shibler 5.08.08
A newly proposed law in Canada, Bill C-51, just may outlaw up to 60 percent of natural health products currently sold in Canada — and criminalize people who use them. Bill C-51 which makes significant changes to Canada’s Food and Drugs Act, was introduced into the House of Commons by the Canadian Minister of Health. The first reading on April 8 was followed by it’s second reading on April 28, barely time for consumers, trade groups, and elected representatives to examine, debate, or compose official positions.

…The text of the lengthy bill describes many changes to be made to Canada’s Food and Drugs Act and seems to have left no stone unturned. The sweeping changes are couched in the increasingly broad language we have come to expect from bureaucratic governments. The language leaves the door wide open for extreme governmental regulation, licensing, and enforcement that would have devastating consequences on an entire industry and millions of consumers.

One of the radical changes the proposed bill offers is in terminology. The word “drug” will be replaced with the term “therapeutic product.” This one change alone could effectively put all vitamins, herbs, supplements, and even some foods under the complete control of the government. The term “sell” would now include anyone who sells, buys, or uses “therapeutic products,” and anyone who administers those products.
Read full article…

A Timely Speech From JFK

Can you imagine a president saying something like this today?

New Jason Satellite Indicates 23-Year Global Cooling

Probably just another crazy “unscientific” NASA thing right?

Canada Free Press
By Dennis Avery Thursday, May 1, 2008

Now it’s not just the sunspots that predict a 23-year global cooling. The new Jason oceanographic satellite shows that 2007 was a “cool” La Nina year—but Jason also says something more important is at work: The much larger and more persistent Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) has turned into its cool phase, telling us to expect moderately lower global temperatures until 2030 or so.

Military Personnel Give Antiwar Candidates Biggest Campaign Donations

Ron Paul Gets the Most Donations From Military Personnel and Their Spouses, Obama Second

Airforce Times is reporting that Ron Paul continues to lead all presidential candidates in campaign contributions from the military (as he has since 2007). This is not surprising given the way military personnel (along with the rest of the country) have been lied to and manipulated about the reasons for the Iraq war and the war on terror in general.

Support the troops — bring them home!!!

From January 2007 through March of this year, service members or civilian employees of the military donated at least $766,000 to presidential candidates, according to data made available April 20 and provided by the Center for Responsive Politics, a nonprofit research group in Washington.

The analysis included donations of at least $200 made by individuals who listed their employer as one of the four branches of the military — Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps — or the Coast Guard, National Guard, Army Air Force Exchange Service, armed forces or military.

These donors gave the largest amounts to Rep. Ron Paul, the long-shot Republican candidate from Texas who has acknowledged defeat in the nomination process but continues to campaign, and Sen. Barack Obama, the Democrat from Illinois.

During the reporting period, Paul — a former Air Force surgeon who broke with his party to vote against the Iraq war — received the most military contributions, with $201,271.

That’s significantly more than the presumptive Republican nominee, Sen. John McCain from Arizona, who received $132,133 from military donors, according to CRP.

Big Government Responsible for High Gas Prices

by Ron Paul
In the past few months, American workers, consumers, and businesses have experienced a sudden and dramatic rise in gasoline prices. In some parts of the country, gasoline costs as much as $4 per gallon. Some politicians claim that the way to reduce gas prices is by expanding the government’s power to regulate prices and control the supply of gasoline. For example, the House of Representatives has even passed legislation subjecting gas stations owners to criminal penalties if they charge more than a federal bureaucrat deems appropriate. Proponents of these measures must have forgotten the 1970s, when government controls on the oil industry resulted in gas lines and shortages. It was only after President Reagan lifted federal price controls that the gas lines disappeared.

Instead of imposing further restraints on the market, Congress should consider reforming the federal policies that raise gas prices. For example, federal and state taxes can account for as much as a third of what consumers’ pay at the pump. The Federal Government’s boom-and-bust monetary policy also makes consumers vulnerable to inflation and to constant fluctuations in the prices of essential goods such as oil. It is no coincidence that oil prices first became an issue shortly after President Nixon unilaterally severed the dollar’s last link to gold.

Basic economics says that when government restricts the supply of a good, the price will increase. Yet Congress continues to reject simple measures that could increase the supply of oil. For example, Congress refuses to allow reasonable, environmentally sensitive, offshore drilling. Congress also refuses to remove the numerous regulatory hurdles that add to the prohibitively expensive task of constructing new refineries. Building a new refinery requires billions of dollars in capital investment. It can take several years just to obtain the necessary federal permits. Even after the permits are obtained, construction of a refinery may still be delayed or even halted by frivolous lawsuits. It is no wonder that there has not been a new refinery constructed in the United States since 1976.

Alaska’s Gull Island Oil Fields Could Power U.S. for 200 Years

The Energy Non-Crisis
(Long but interesting video presentation explaining the untapped American oil reserves, false scarcity, and the real oil profiteers.)

Wolf Blitzer, Ron Paul, John McCain and “Book Bombs”

Ron Paul appeared on CNN today with Wolf Blitzer and was asked predictably (how many times have people asked this question now?) if and when he will support McCain, why he will NOT support McCain (hmm, perhaps because RON PAUL IS STILL RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT!!! — not to mention McCain is virtually the polar opposite of what Paul is and what he stands for) and why he is still running for president. I think Wolf might have missed the “why don’t you run third party?” question this time though.

But you’ve gotta love this interview. The media still doesn’t understand why Ron Paul refuses to play the game all of the other major candidates do/did. It’s fun to watch the perplexed, confused media try to make sense of someone with a solid moral and ideological foundation who actually follows his principles.

Bloomberg Interviews Ron Paul 4.29.08

This is a good, fairly in-depth interview:

Part One

(Click “Read More” to see parts Two and Three)

Ron Paul’s Book is #1!

Ron Paul’s book, The Revolution: A Manifesto is currently the #1 book on Amazon.com for ALL categories! It is also set to debut at #7 on the New York Times Bestseller List, which tracks brick and mortar store sales only I believe. Buy your own copy today. Here is Paul with a brief statement on his bestselling book:

KIVI Channel 6 Coverage of Ron Paul in Boise

KIVI (Today’s 6 ABC)’s coverage of Ron Paul’s visit to the Boise, Idaho area. He spoke on April 26, 2008 at the College of Idaho to a crowd of over 1000 supporters.

The Ron Paul support base is still growing:

“…There’s still a lot of enthusiasm for what we’re doing, although the numbers look like they’ve already picked our nominee, but everyplace we go we seem to get more people,” said Paul.

That was certainly the case in Caldwell today. The Jewett Auditorium was overflowing with Paul supporters, both young and old.

Presidential candidate Ron Paul visits Caldwell, KTVB.com

Ron Paul Interview on Brian and the Judge

Here is a good interview with Ron Paul (every interview with Ron Paul is good) from the radio show Brian the Neocon and the Judge on 4.28.08:

Part One

Part Two

Ron Paul Interview on CNN 4.28.08

Ron Paul appeared on CNN with John Roberts this morning to discuss his new book, events at the recent Nevada Republican convention (the rEVOLution is alive and well!) and his presidential campaign.

Unboxing the Revolution

At first I was a bit surprised to see that someone (Israel Anderson[?] from IsraelAnderson.com) went through the trouble to record the arrival and opening of Ron Paul’s new book The Revolution: A Manifesto. But it turns out that it’s actually pretty enjoyable to watch. Buy Ron Paul’s new book at Amazon or wherever books are sold!

Campaign Update from Ron Paul