Ron Paul is a true American Hero

Brief Overview of Congressman Paul's Record
He has never voted to raise taxes.
He has never voted for an unbalanced budget.
He has never voted for a federal restriction on gun ownership.
He has never voted to raise congressional pay.
He has never taken a government-paid junket.
He has never voted to increase the power of the executive branch.

He voted against the Patriot Act.
He voted against regulating the Internet.
He voted against the Iraq war.

Ron Paul is this Blogger's choice

The funny thing is most people admire Rudy for his stance on Homeland Security. The the problem is he does not fundamentally understand the consequences that our foreign policy has lead to. Do the Fundamentalist Muslims have a problem with the USA? Absolutely not...they have a problem with America's foreign policy. We need to stop this imperialism.

I think Ron Paul has the appeal from both the Liberals, Conservative Republicans, and Libertarians alike.

Geraldo and his libertarian ties?

Yesterday I heard Geraldo make a statement that made my ears perk up a bit. He said, "The true Republican is more of a Libertarian...". How true is that? The Republicans have ventured so far from their principles that it makes me disappointed of the party today. This is why I am Libertarian. You will find very dedicated, freedom loving individuals that hold true to their principles when it comes to not only politics but also their way of life.

If you want a real Republican (Libertarian) for 2008 then vote for Ron Paul (http://www.ronpaul2008.com/)

Something you won’t find in the 2008 Presidential Candidates

If you are following the presidential hopefuls for 2008 you may find candidates that:

• "Say" that they want less government
  
• "Imply" that they want to lower taxes
  
• Try to sway you from one side or the other
  
• Avoid sensitive issues that may be unpopular
  
• Or flat out have no platform but a pretty face (No, I'm not talking about Hillary)
  
• Rely on Name Recognition (I'm talking about Hillary)
  

You will find this in either Republican or Democrat candidates, but I implore you to find out. Who shows us to be a leader? Who will stand up for individuals and to keep our rightfully earned money? Who will be lead America to be a Great Nation that we are?

You won't find leadership in any candidate nor will you notice them to have leadership qualities. A leader is one who will make decisions not based upon polls but what is the right direction for the country. Our country was founded upon the principles of individuality and self-sovereignty…don't let politicians take this away from you. Vote Libertarian!

For those who think "it is a wasted vote" watch this on the History of the Libertarian Party.

Shame on you people who want to have kids

I can’t believe that people want to have their own kids these days. A “scientific” study just came out that adoptive parents are better than biological ones. Why waste your time now? How ridiculous! Well, that is a downer on all of you that have your own biological mom and dad…you may want to rethink about getting new parents.

Related Links:

• Adoptive parents more invested, study says


• Study: adoptive parents get high marks

ANS - A Nutty Story (Anna Nicole Smith)

You may have heard from the news media outlets that a person has passed away in the most recent days. If you haven't heard of this then you must not live on this planet. I would hope with more important things in the world that we would have better things to report on than this Hollywood starlet that has not done anything for us. We have American troops in Iraq everyday that are dying...do they get the same treatment in the media? There are already tributes out for this person.

This is what I was talking about regarding watering down our youth. The media is portraying her as somebody so important that her death is on every channel. This is then what our youth aspire and look up to. I'm sure that some of young girls out there view her as an idol. I'm sure we want out young girls to aspire to become a trailer-trash, turned stripper, turn prostitute, turn playbody centerfold, turn crazy and high women. Who are your idols?

Snowing in Texas

It is snowing in Texas!

Snow reported across Austin area

The Tide in the Affairs of Men

We know that new ideas do not take hold until an intellectual shift stirs the tide of opinion. Copernicus first discovered the heliocentric view of the world yet the Catholic Church would not recognize this as the major idea since it would create "disruption" in the world of man. Economics also shows this trend as it took centuries for man to adopt Laissez Faire economics after Adam Smith pubished The Wealth of Nations in 1776. Present day we find that collectivism seems to take hold and we see Government creating expensive departments with no improvements in our daily life. When will we see the implementation of a more freedom loving society promoted by Milton Friedman or Frédéric Bastiat?

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Related Links:

The Tide in the Affairs of Men - by Milton Friedman and Rose D. Friedman

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Related Quotes:

I am favor of cutting taxes under any circumstances and for any excuse, for any reason, whenever it's possible. - Milton Friedman

The government solution to a problem is usually as bad as the problem. - Milton Friedman

Each of us has a natural right, from God, to defend his person, his liberty, and his property. - Frédéric Bastiat

Do what you want...when you want to.

I'm sitting here at an Airport pissed off. Why? Because of my parents request of making me do something that I did not want to do. Doing so has caused me stress to no end and also stress to my family and other people...why do they do this? Good question, because simply they do not care about what I want but what they want. I'm sick and tired of playing this game. This makes me not want to come home in a very, very, very long time. (I can't stay away too long as I would miss my nieces too much.)

I'm trying to keep this in perspective as I blog... But you have your own life to live...nobody controls that. I have no idea why I agreed to this situation and I will NEVER again let this happen. I always did what I wanted to do in the past...why should this change? I wanted to create harmony and make my parents happy...but quite frankly to do that is either to lose a part of yourself and eventually have them live your life for you. Fuck that! I can NOT please them but I can definitely continue to do things that make me happy and successful.

What a learning lesson this has been for me this trip. Now I have to go home and start mending things for myself and to continue to get back on track.

Blogging and the future

I was driving to Pappasitos with someone very special to me and I realized that I have been blogging since before it went BIG on the Internet. Don't believe me...try going here: http://www.geocities.com/Genghis1227. If you go to My Links > Archives you will find a bunch of articles I wrote in the past...so it brings me to why am I complaining about this... I made a pretty successful attempt to create a larger based community when PromoteLiberty.org went with PostNuke but the hosting server crashed without a backup. I was pissed...who knows, my site could have been the myspace of the political realm (I can only dream.)

Nevertheless...I chose Myspace/Blogger to start blogging again...here I can keep up with friends and not worry about the webhosting bit. Maybe in the future I can make another "revolutionary" attempt on the web. Right now I will settle to rant & rave about issues.

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Notable Quotes:

Our constitution works. Our great republic is a government of laws, not of men. - Gerald Ford

It doesn't matter how you travel it, it's the same road. It doesn't get any easier when you get bigger, it gets harder. And it will kill you if you let it. - James Brown

Don't be attracted to easy paths because the paths that make your feet bleed are the only way to get ahead in life. - Saddam Hussein