Here is Ron Paul at Jordan Page concert. Skip to 9 minutes. It is not the best quality, but I'm still looking for another.
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Rick Perry booed for his endorsement
Boos erupted Thursday at the Texas Republican Convention when Gov. Rick Perry repeated his support for U.S. Senate candidate David Dewhurst
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Why Ron Paul is right about the war on drugs
Constantly I see post saying things like "why would you want to legalize drugs?". Dr. Paul is 100% accurate on that fighting drugs with laws don't work. It has been proven that if you treat people with addiction it helps more than throwing them in to prison. In fact minor offenders tend to be violent when they get out of prison..
So to understand this lets look back on the history of trying to outlaw drugs. From the 1600s people were trying to ban smoking due to its risk. There wasn't a lot of restrictions on drugs though until the early 1900s. This was due to a large opium use in common life of people and fear drove people to regulate these drugs. It didn't all together ban them, but it made you need a prescription to get some heavy drugs like heroin etc. The use almost dropped to 0 until after world war 2. During this time laws were created requiring companies to put labels on products defining what their products contained, and I think this is important for people to make informed decisions. An important fact to note was there was a huge uproar over Coke putting caffeine in their beverage and the growing coffee industry. Most people don't realize the damage caffeine does to your body.
During the 60s and early 70s drugs became big again among society, so the US government they needed to step in and create laws (some started in the 50s, but mainly in 60s). President Nixon coined the phrase "war on drugs". SO since then the battle has continued with more laws at a federal level created. Before now there were some laws and regulations, but they were city or state level, so it followed constitutional rules.
I do agree with the need to label products so people can make informed system, but lets look at the cost of this "war on drugs". Since the war on drugs has begun and 2009 the United States has spent over 2.5 Trillion dollars of tax payers money. 34,000 people died in Mexico alone in a little over 4 years... This doesn't include all the other countries or the 40 years this "war" has been going on. It also doesn't take in to account killers that were made in the rough prison system they're thrown into rough prisons for selling marijuana. I ask you is it really worth it? How many starving families could of been saved?
Please leave comments below. I would like this topic to be debated so the people who think drugs should be battled can explain why. I want to note I don't do drugs and wouldn't if they were legal.(excluding caffeine)
References:
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/laplaza/2011/06/mexico-war-dead-update-figures-40000.html
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1887488,00.html
http://www.deamuseum.org/museum_idaendl.html
So to understand this lets look back on the history of trying to outlaw drugs. From the 1600s people were trying to ban smoking due to its risk. There wasn't a lot of restrictions on drugs though until the early 1900s. This was due to a large opium use in common life of people and fear drove people to regulate these drugs. It didn't all together ban them, but it made you need a prescription to get some heavy drugs like heroin etc. The use almost dropped to 0 until after world war 2. During this time laws were created requiring companies to put labels on products defining what their products contained, and I think this is important for people to make informed decisions. An important fact to note was there was a huge uproar over Coke putting caffeine in their beverage and the growing coffee industry. Most people don't realize the damage caffeine does to your body.
During the 60s and early 70s drugs became big again among society, so the US government they needed to step in and create laws (some started in the 50s, but mainly in 60s). President Nixon coined the phrase "war on drugs". SO since then the battle has continued with more laws at a federal level created. Before now there were some laws and regulations, but they were city or state level, so it followed constitutional rules.
I do agree with the need to label products so people can make informed system, but lets look at the cost of this "war on drugs". Since the war on drugs has begun and 2009 the United States has spent over 2.5 Trillion dollars of tax payers money. 34,000 people died in Mexico alone in a little over 4 years... This doesn't include all the other countries or the 40 years this "war" has been going on. It also doesn't take in to account killers that were made in the rough prison system they're thrown into rough prisons for selling marijuana. I ask you is it really worth it? How many starving families could of been saved?
Please leave comments below. I would like this topic to be debated so the people who think drugs should be battled can explain why. I want to note I don't do drugs and wouldn't if they were legal.(excluding caffeine)
References:
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/laplaza/2011/06/mexico-war-dead-update-figures-40000.html
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1887488,00.html
http://www.deamuseum.org/museum_idaendl.html
Why Ron Pauls Speaking at the RNC is so Important
As I read through forums, Facebook and other online source, I come across people who are constantly complaining Ron Paul does not speak at state conventions. People need to realize that he can't just show up and give a speech to the crowd. The GOP has broken people's fingers for attempting to do this or turned off their mics.
As seen here
He has to be invited, and I'm willing to bet he is trying, but his biggest focus is getting the grass roots organized. This gets to the point of this post..
I think a very large number of delegates and people in general vote for other candidates because of lack of knowledge or understanding of Dr. Paul. When he speaks he motivates people while proving a valid point. I have never met an ex-Paul supporter in my life. If/When Paul speaks at the RNC there is a good chance a lot of the people who supported other candidates will think to themselves "Hey he's right". This is the hope at least... The media tends to spin the things he says, but when it comes from the horses mouth they will be motivated like most Paul supporters. There will be the few who think he is a loon still, but they should be in the minority.
That being said, I think the only true way for Paul to win this is his speech at the RNC. When he talks to these people who are more grassroots, but they still want to be a part of the political process. They will understand he speaks the truth and he isn't crazy. They will understand we can defend ourselves without sending drones to kill children and families. The Roman empire stretched its army too thin while depreciating its currency. Do we see the Roman empire anymore?
Please leave your comments!!!
As seen here
He has to be invited, and I'm willing to bet he is trying, but his biggest focus is getting the grass roots organized. This gets to the point of this post..
I think a very large number of delegates and people in general vote for other candidates because of lack of knowledge or understanding of Dr. Paul. When he speaks he motivates people while proving a valid point. I have never met an ex-Paul supporter in my life. If/When Paul speaks at the RNC there is a good chance a lot of the people who supported other candidates will think to themselves "Hey he's right". This is the hope at least... The media tends to spin the things he says, but when it comes from the horses mouth they will be motivated like most Paul supporters. There will be the few who think he is a loon still, but they should be in the minority.
That being said, I think the only true way for Paul to win this is his speech at the RNC. When he talks to these people who are more grassroots, but they still want to be a part of the political process. They will understand he speaks the truth and he isn't crazy. They will understand we can defend ourselves without sending drones to kill children and families. The Roman empire stretched its army too thin while depreciating its currency. Do we see the Roman empire anymore?
Please leave your comments!!!
