Retired Representative Ron Paul Continues Revolution By Building An Army

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Former Representative Ron Paul is arguably the leading proponent of liberty and pure Constitutionalism to have walked the halls of Congress in the past several decades. And though many of his supporters were pained to hear him announce his retirement from the Legislature, the bastion of liberty continues to build a legacy that has the potential to shape American politics for decades to come.
At the ripe age of 77, Paul has managed to do something most politicians can only dream of by building a relationship with America’s youth — mostly because the ideas he espouses are popular with the Nation’s younger set, despite having their roots in centuries-old political doctrine.
And unlike many of his Congressional contemporaries, Paul never seemed to have a problem with younger or more socially liberal Americans gaining footing within the Republican Party (likely because of his own libertarian makings). Instead of supporting a conservative ideal that flourished in the late 1980s and died with the Presidency of George W. Bush, like many other members of the GOP did, the former Representative set his sights on popularizing agendas that politics can actually have a hand in shaping. They are: sound fiscal policy, being the Nation the Founders envisioned and following the rules laid forth in the Constitution first and foremost.
Paul has now made clear that he intends to keep his Constitutionalist movement alive and healthy by doing everything he can to get his message out to generations of younger Americans. Recently, he announced that he would offer an alternative home-school curriculum focused on providing an education in liberty.
On Wednesday, the former Congressman unveiled his latest undertaking: a new think tank called the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity. With the help of advisory and academic board members who have made notable contributions to the small-government movement, the organization will examine key political issues and give examples of how its members believe the United States could achieve better prosperity in the future.
Another aspect of the institute will be a Congressional grading system that ranks lawmakers by their support for peace and opposition to governmental tyranny on its website.
Paul writes in an introductory post on the think tank site: “As we see each new administration, regardless of claimed ideological or political differences, pursuing the same destructive policies abroad and trampling our civil liberties at home, we must now face the key issues of our time. The issues of war or peace, republic or empire, liberty at home or the encroaching police state, can no longer be ignored. We find ourselves at the edge of a precipice, where it is obvious that the failed policies of the past cannot be repackaged under a new name to solve our crisis today.”

more: http://personalliberty.com/2013/04/...aul-continues-revolution-by-building-an-army/

 

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"PRESIDENT PAUL"

 

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"PRESIDENT PAUL"

Yeah:

“As we see each new administration, regardless of claimed ideological or political differences, pursuing the same destructive policies abroad and trampling our civil liberties at home, we must now face the key issues of our time. The issues of war or peace, republic or empire, liberty at home or the encroaching police state, can no longer be ignored. We find ourselves at the edge of a precipice, where it is obvious that the failed policies of the past cannot be repackaged under a new name to solve our crisis today.”

I love that man.

 

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POTUS RAND

 

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POTUS RAND

If you are a fan of literature, you may note that in most epics, the son redeems the father. it is a tale that has been told many times.

 

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Ron hardly needs redeeming.

 

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Ron hardly needs redeeming.

it could be seen as redemption in the eyes of history. or in some cases, the son is the one who completes what the father finishes.. and in that- there is usually a redemption... if not also a benediction.

 

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Rand didn't even attend and stresses difference in views, including on Guantanamo. I don't think, were someone else to redeem Ron, it would be Rand.

Seriously, I think Ron is head and shoulders above Rand on these subjects.

 

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Rand didn't even attend and stresses difference in views, including on Guantanamo. I don't think, were someone else to redeem Ron, it would be Rand.

Seriously, I think Ron is head and shoulders above Rand on these subjects.

And you are naive about politics. Come with me next election cycle, so you can see the reality we are in- it takes all kinds... and I believe it will take guile, not just the right ideas to navigate the matrix. that is- if your goal is to have liberty in this life time. you goal may be just to gamble on solely educating a few kids and hope someday after you are a rotting corpse, liberty may happen.
I'm fighting for liberty in my lifetime. are you with me?
then trust someone who has been down this road for 17 years... there is a crease that we can break through- and its behind rand. you can bitch all you want- but that doesn't change that fact.
so either get behind us and push, and fold your arms and judge. i'm tired of this rand nitpicking bullshit. he is doing this shit for all of us, not just for him. he'd be better off just practicing medicine in bowling green. his wife doesn't have to endure the crap she hears on a daily basis... this isn't fun. this is sacrifice. he is rolling around with pigs so you don't have to- and all you can do is sit there and talk about how dirty he is... what the fuck.

 

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I didn't say RAnd may not do good. I said he doesn't compare to Ron on this, and the idea of HIM redeeming Ron just seems bizarre to me, and insulting, frankly.

You are entitled to your opinion but so am I to mine. Everything good Ron does isn't a conversation starter about Rand. If anything, what I see is a HUGE red line around foreign policy and 'edgy' civil liberties, and Ron is the one pushing the whole ball of wax. You don't change minds by pretending you're really just doing what people already agree with, and I think minds need to be changed.

Rand is almost certainly going to be the best guy running for president in 2016, and when he does good stuff, I support him. I tweeted thousands of tweets, probably, when he was filibustering on drones. but being good on a topic or two, or incrementally better than others, isn't the role I hoped he would choose for himself. He has every right to live his own life, but Ron is the one taking the positions I think need to be pushed, personally.

 

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i am a pragmatist. i like rand and highly respect doctor ron for all that he has done...

 

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I didn't say RAnd may not do good. I said he doesn't compare to Ron on this, and the idea of HIM redeeming Ron just seems bizarre to me.

in the long run, it will be rand who redeems ron in the eyes of history. otherwise, ron will become a foot note of a foot note. as the collectivist write their history.

 

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in the long run, it will be rand who redeems ron in the eyes of history. otherwise, ron will become a foot note of a foot note. as the collectivist write their history.

You can have that opinion; I disagree.

 

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even so... lets hope rand becomes the header of a GOP ticket before he's in his late seventies

 

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You can have that opinion; I disagree.

maybe you don't realize who writes the history you know. its called the victor. without rands victory- this movement will go the way of the bourbon democrats.

 

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This thread is about Ron Paul's Peace and Prosperity Institute.

 

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even so... lets hope rand becomes the header of a GOP ticket before he's in his late seventies

he will never be Ron, are you ok with that? it seems some other people can't get over that fact.

 

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torchbearer... tis true what you just said about the bourbon democrats

 

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This thread is about Ron Paul's Peace and Prosperity Institute.

I agree.

 

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sailingaway, i namedropped rand...