Ron Paul At U.C. Berkeley 4/5/12 Official Thread

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[WeThePeople777]

Glad I went. Hard to believe I actually saw him in person. Amazing how many people there are out there like Ron Paul.

 

[kathy88]

That news story was very nice! That guy was so psyched Ron signed his sign. LOL. I CANNOT wait until he comes to PA. It will probably be State College.

 

[V3n]

Seeing a handful of "March 2012" join dates in this thread really made my morning.
THIS is how we win, people. THIS is how we have already won.

Welcome to the forums!

 

[rag-time4]

For me, one of the best points Paul made during his speech was that we should not be placing labels on anyone. Race, culture, etc... We are all just individuals who are entitled to the basic freedom to make our own choices. By placing labels on ourselves and others we are only limiting our power.
I think a lot of people forget that. We are all wrapped up in labels, but we forget we are all the same.

Please keep in mind the other side of this issue, which Dr Paul also mentioned, which is that people have certainly been (and are being) treated negatively because of being part of a certain group. We shouldnt impose this message on those who are part of historically victimized groups. Instead, its much more important to internalize the message and to respect all others as individuals. Those who have been discriminated against as a group are rational to identify as a group and struggle against discrimination as a group.

 

[HOLLYWOOD]

The Mercury News is a far left rag. Don't expect anything honest from them when it comes to politics. I cancelled my subscription for that reason, and they finally stopped calling when I told them it would be a cold day in hell when I purchased their ultra-biased crap.

It would be nice if venue scheduling be coordinated better between locals and the campaign. When you are on a roll, you ramp up your appearances and schedule. I hope the campaign can hit as many campuses and appearances in each primary state before the national convention.

 

[ClydeCoulter]

Please keep in mind the other side of this issue, which Dr Paul also mentioned, which is that people have certainly been (and are being) treated negatively because of being part of a certain group. We shouldnt impose this message on those who are part of historically victimized groups. Instead, its much more important to internalize the message and to respect all others as individuals. Those who have been discriminated against as a group are rational to identify as a group and struggle against discrimination as a group.

They are rational to do so, but that is not going to solve the problem.
We have to become individuals to ourselves first, stop putting ourselves into a movie role or sterotype or whatever the outside wants to put us in. Then we will begin to see others as individuals.
Who knows, we may even begin to speak the same language and understand one another. But right now, lingo is different for each group, understanding of a word or phrase and the conotations that they have for us in 'group think'.

 

[Batman]

My wife and I got pictures and video too. I'll upload when I can. Successful event IMHO.

 

[maxoutco]

I just watched the speech for Berkeley and it gave me chills. Berkeley loves Paul. My favorite line was "In your twenties if you aren't a liberal, you don't have a heart. In your fourties, if you aren't conservative you don't have a brain. Why can't we have a heart and a brain."

 

[dannno]

I note that Berkeley allowed signs. At UCLA we all had to leave our signs behind and those that managed to sneak them in to the stadium got them confiscated.

When I came out to get my sign, all signs were gone. They said "someone took them all".

Ya, I lost a sign.. it better not have ended up in the trash.

 

[S.Shorland]

This 'picture' is a collage? Look at the older man in the blue shirt wearing glasses front row.His shirt is infront of the girl and his head behind.Plus his head is 5? times larger than hers.

Yes, He Did, isn't it absolutely great ?

 

[KerriAnn]

This 'picture' is a collage? Look at the older man in the blue shirt wearing glasses front row.His shirt is infront of the girl and his head behind.Plus his head is 5? times larger than hers.

It's a panorama from my phone! sorry if the quality isnt all that great. i was trying to get as good a photo as i could of the crowd from where i was. i'm only 5'5" so it was hard to get a good angle!
my phone "stitched" the photo together for me.... i noticed the lighting is different on one side of the photo too.

 

[HOLLYWOOD]

I just watched the speech for Berkeley and it gave me chills. Berkeley loves Paul. My favorite line was "In your twenties if you aren't a liberal, you don't have a heart. In your forties, if you aren't conservative you don't have a brain. Why can't we have a heart and a brain."

quoting Winston Churchill? Maybe Michael Badnarik's Constitution Class 12/42 : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9h45...DvjVQa1PpcFNgowOoZJkdddEriQ4VEaQWgxarBB7mGlQ=

This 'picture' is a collage? Look at the older man in the blue shirt wearing glasses front row.His shirt is infront of the girl and his head behind.Plus his head is 5? times larger than hers.

Hah! R we living in the MATRIX? I mean, there's a glitch in the MATRIX? Meaning: "...this was a warning, they then found themselves betrayed, and the agents, authorities, the matrix, was coming for them."

 

[Carson]

Part 1.

My trip to Berkeley to see presidential candidate Ron Paul.


I had been working on myself for some time trying to get up the gumption to go in amongst them and see Ron Paul at the UC Berkeley rally. I hadn’t heard back from the reservation people. I had moved to slow for the early tickets and was still on standby.

I saw harikaried’s post that the venue had been changed to a larger location. I was off. I checked out Eventbrite and printed out a ticket voucher, hit the shower, dressed, grabbed a camera bag, and I was gone.

The traffic from Fremont to Berkeley was stop and go at times. I sort of imagined it was because of everyone going to see Ron Paul. Realistically it was probably just a little daily traffic.

I made it to Berkeley where my Google map showed where the parking garages were and pulled into one. IT WAS TO EASY. I freaked and turned around and headed back the way I came to try somewhere else. Once again I pulled in to one. To EASY! There were only a couple of cars. I read all the rules I could find. Paid the meter for a ticket. Parked out in the wide open. My car was one of the few in the lot. ?

I was there but it was creeping me some. Did I mention it was just too easy?

So I meander off in the general direction I remembered the place being on the map. Holy Cow. I walked over the first little rise and I was already there!

Ron Paul showed up a few minutes later and the show was on.

 

[Carson]

Part 2

At some point I asked a lady what time it was and she pointed to the sky over my head. Wow. I’ll bet that comes in handy.

Beautiful place.


As I moved around looking for that Treefolk picture like from the UCLA event. I would catch pieces of Ron Paul’s speech.
(More of jtc74's Treefolk.)

 

[Carson]

Part 3

I have listened to a lot of him on video and knew what he was saying hearing only pieces of his words. I’ll bet some others here can read his lips in some of his pictures. It gave me some piece of mind in being able to move about to try and find some better shots. Still in the back of my mind I worried I might miss something. In his speech the day before at the UCLA rally I had read that he mentioned Obama’s plan to put 25,000(?) drones in the skies over the United States. I would imagine this plan will still go into effect if we allow any other globalist shill in presidential office.

The Blue Meanies will have their glove or finger in the sky.

I was kind of to excited to do any one-thing right. To busy listening to frame a shot and to busy finding a shot to listen. I did notice that traveling around there were spots where the sound was dead and easy to weasel in with a camera. Other smiling people had noticed and were there with their cameras also.

It was nice to see some of the members of Ron Paul’s family. I think I saw Rand Paul in an earlier picture. Here is his wife and niece?

He’s been holding out!

Before I knew it she was gone…

and it was over.


P.S. I didn't know she was married!

I hope others get a chance to see Dr. Ron Paul like we did.

Maybe some of the rallies can be set up to make a day of it and get a chance to enjoy each other more. Maybe a little music? (Insert raising wiggle of the eyebrow thing here.) Maybe a few booths so we can spread our propaganda and mess with each other’s minds a little more. No reason for all of us to hit and run. I don’t blame Ron Paul and his family for getting in and taking off so fast. After all they may be on their way to another rally (Maybe your way!) AND then… on to the Whitehouse.

I can’t think of a more deserving man.


P.S. My car was still there!

It was all just to easy.

 

[Carson]

I just watched the speech for Berkeley and it gave me chills. Berkeley loves Paul. My favorite line was "In your twenties if you aren't a liberal, you don't have a heart. In your fourties, if you aren't conservative you don't have a brain. Why can't we have a heart and a brain."

Great quote. I was there but I knew I was missing a lot of good stuff. Thanks maxoutco.


Thread for Berkeley speach;

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?370794-President-Paul-full-speech-at-UC-Berkeley-Video

 

[Gideon]

So Zellerbach holds 2000, and it wasn't a large enough venue...

What is an accurate crowd estimate? 3000?

The SJ Mercury News (toxic) reported 1100, so it must have been at least 3 times that amount.

On a related San Jose note:

I broke-up the San Jose City Hall Occupy Protest, by showing up with a Ron Paul Revolution t-shirt.

RP scares the sh*t out of libtards!

 

[S.Shorland]

I'm getting on but that is amazing! technology.Your phone alone did that or with editing software at home?

It's a panorama from my phone! sorry if the quality isnt all that great. i was trying to get as good a photo as i could of the crowd from where i was. i'm only 5'5" so it was hard to get a good angle!
my phone "stitched" the photo together for me.... i noticed the lighting is different on one side of the photo too.