Ron Paul Human Rights Hero of Amnesty International?

[gls]

Individual rights are at the core of human rights, therefore Paul's a great choice.

 

[gls]

Amnesty (not surprisingly) spoke highly of Paul in regard to the "Torture" debate a few weeks ago:
http://blog.amnestyusa.org/waronterror/gop-candidates-pledge-to-bring-back-torture/

Had to laugh at the headline: GOP Candidates Pledge to Bring Back Torture

Implies that the U.S. doesn't currently torture. Yeah, right.

 

[wide awake]

Individual rights are at the core of human rights, therefore Paul's a great choice.

Agreed.

Long before I supported Ron Paul, I have supported Amnesty International as a donor and still do. 10 bucks a month for the past 5 years... While some of it is involved in trying to influence government policy, it is a great organization that achieves the bulk of its success through ordinary people speaking up and writing letters to let the bullies of the world know that people are watching... that includes the US government.

EDIT: For me, Amnesty International will always be connected to Peter Gabriel's song "Biko". The last verse inspires me quite a bit and can be related to Ron Paul's campaign:

You can blow out a candle
But you can't blow out a fire
Once the flames begin to catch
The wind will blow it higher

 

[cucucachu0000]

do it up! i just voted and shared!

 

[affa]

When I loaded the screen (from the broken link) Ron Paul was giant and center. He's gonna win it.

 

[J_White]

done

looks nice now - Ron Paul with Gandhi, MLK and Mandela.

 

[Michael Landon]

Note that "Dr. Ron Paul" is also getting votes, he's in the bottom right corner.

- ML

 

[Lafayette]

Wow some of the names up there are disturbing.

Paul's name is getting bigger, its starting to blot out the others.

 

[ryanmkeisling]

Done.

 

[gls]

Wow some of the names up there are disturbing.

Paul's name is getting bigger, its starting to blot out the others.

Ron Paul is even bigger than Jesus!

Uh oh...now I've done it.

 

[cdc482]

Way to go. He now has the biggest spot.

 

[BuddyRey]

Ron Paul is even bigger than Jesus!

Uh oh...now I've done it.

LOL, I thought about saying something like that, but was afraid fellow Christians would think I was being serious.

But as long as we're comparing Ron to other people on the list, he's also bigger than John Lennon.

 

[TheDuke]

Well, Mandela is in another league then Ron... but great to see Ron up there

 

[gjdavis60]

Voted. Ron winning!

 

[vechorik]

I read the rules and prizes given -- it's sorta like a raffle and they DRAW A NAME OUT OF THE HAT -- more times Ron Paul is in the hat, the more likely he will win -- but that doesn't mean much -- does it?

 

[reagle]

voted

 

[jtbraine]

imnnmmnmn

 

[bunklocoempire]

voted n bumped

 

[cdc482]

contest goes on for a month. this is nowhere near over.

 

[cucucachu0000]

yea if i can remember im gonna vote like once a week with a different made up email address.