The Independent Rant

[Melissa]

This article is by one of my old high school best friend's husbands. I was in their wedding and my daughter who is 20 was their flower girl. we just found each other on facebook. He is political and a good family man. He asked some questions and I answered him and was sloppy about it because I tried to do it so fast. Any one that loves to answers long questions please go over there and answer his questions in a respectful way please. Any of the rude Ron Paulers please dont respond dont make my friend hate me or Ron Paul make him love Ron Paul and the message so all you wonderful articulate writers please educate my high school friends

http://theindependentrant.com/2012/01/16/difficult-questions-for-ron-paul/#comments

 

[Melissa]

I hope the reason no one said they would do this are because they are over there doing it..Come on I know some of you are amazing at writing answers to tough questions and I think he and his wife can be convertated.

 

[Mike4Freedom]

I will take on his 2nd point. Ron Paul is not going to get rid of fiat currency. He is going to audit the fed and repeal legal tender laws allowing competing currencies. The fiat dollar will still be around.

Also, if we did end up going to a gold standard, when the population rises and the amount of gold or silver stays the same, the value of the metals just goes up. So if someone dropped a gold coin in a sewer, the value of all gold coins would go up if this happened on a big scale. Also, at the reclamation plant the coin would still be intact, unlike paper currency gold will not be destroyed in that manner.

On what he said about the Patriot Act and NDAA.
The 4th amendment states:
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

The Patriot Act goes against that by allowing broad search warrants and not stating on them what they are searching for.

On NDAA the 6th amendment is violated:
In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the assistance of counsel for his defense.

Issues number 6,
As president he will have Veto power. Any unbalanced budget he will veto. This is huge. You need 2/3 of the house and senate to overturn this. Also, Paul's budget is only taking spending to 2006 levels, its really not that much.

 

[Melissa]

I will take on his 2nd point. Ron Paul is not going to get rid of fiat currency. He is going to audit the fed and repeal legal tender laws allowing competing currencies. The fiat dollar will still be around.

Also, if we did end up going to a gold standard, when the population rises and the amount of gold or silver stays the same, the value of the metals just goes up. So if someone dropped a gold coin in a sewer, the value of all gold coins would go up if this happened on a big scale. Also, at the reclamation plant the coin would still be intact, unlike paper currency gold will not be destroyed in that manner.

On what he said about the Patriot Act and NDAA.
The 4th amendment states:
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

The Patriot Act goes against that by allowing broad search warrants and not stating on them what they are searching for.

On NDAA the 6th amendment is violated:
In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the assistance of counsel for his defense.

Issues number 6,
As president he will have Veto power. Any unbalanced budget he will veto. This is huge. You need 2/3 of the house and senate to overturn this. Also, Paul's budget is only taking spending to 2006 levels, its really not that much.

awesome start please tell me you posted this on his page so more people will refute the other questions. I really hope he can be converted

 

[Mike4Freedom]

i did

 

[The Gold Standard]

I took a shot at it.

 

[seapilot]

I posted about Iran with a youtube travel documentary, it seems he could learn more about history.

 

[Feelgood]

I read but sorry your friend is just not worth the time. 2-3 hours of research time on his own, he could answer all his own questions and be a staunch RP supporter. If he is too lazy, or too clueless to help himself, I am not going to provide the answers. Alot of his crapola could be answered is he just took the time to listen to what RP says or by linking a few vids that explain these policies. Your friend just seems plain lazy.

Sorry.

 

[DealzOnWheelz]

I read but sorry your friend is just not worth the time. 2-3 hours of research time on his own, he could answer all his own questions and be a staunch RP supporter. If he is too lazy, or too clueless to help himself, I am not going to provide the answers. Alot of his crapola could be answered is he just took the time to listen to what RP says or by linking a few vids that explain these policies. Your friend just seems plain lazy.

Sorry.

If that is how you feel then there is no reason for you to try to bring anyone to Ron Paul because 80% of the electorate and people like this man are lazy & have the same beliefs

 

[tttppp]

I will take on his 2nd point. Ron Paul is not going to get rid of fiat currency. He is going to audit the fed and repeal legal tender laws allowing competing currencies. The fiat dollar will still be around.

Also, if we did end up going to a gold standard, when the population rises and the amount of gold or silver stays the same, the value of the metals just goes up. So if someone dropped a gold coin in a sewer, the value of all gold coins would go up if this happened on a big scale. Also, at the reclamation plant the coin would still be intact, unlike paper currency gold will not be destroyed in that manner.

On what he said about the Patriot Act and NDAA.
The 4th amendment states:
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

The Patriot Act goes against that by allowing broad search warrants and not stating on them what they are searching for.

On NDAA the 6th amendment is violated:
In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the assistance of counsel for his defense.

Issues number 6,
As president he will have Veto power. Any unbalanced budget he will veto. This is huge. You need 2/3 of the house and senate to overturn this. Also, Paul's budget is only taking spending to 2006 levels, its really not that much.

Good point about the competing currencies. Does anyone know why Ron Paul doesn't mention competing currencies more? He's had plenty of chances of mentioning this in debates but never does.

 

[affa]

I read but sorry your friend is just not worth the time. 2-3 hours of research time on his own, he could answer all his own questions and be a staunch RP supporter. If he is too lazy, or too clueless to help himself, I am not going to provide the answers. Alot of his crapola could be answered is he just took the time to listen to what RP says or by linking a few vids that explain these policies. Your friend just seems plain lazy.

Sorry.

yet you'll spend the time to write about not helping to convert someone.

melissa - can you post the questions here? not all of us have face book.

 

[LibertyEagle]

Good point about the competing currencies. Does anyone know why Ron Paul doesn't mention competing currencies more? He's had plenty of chances of mentioning this in debates but never does.

I would imagine because to someone who hasn't researched it, it sounds a little whacky.

 

[soulcyon]

Imo, they're not really difficult questions. I believe I understand Paul's stances pretty well, so I can answer all of them with ease. If you would like me to comment on there, I will - but it seems other people have already got this handled.

 

[Nate-ForLiberty]

1. Specifically, how does he plan on getting Congress to relinquish its commitment to the war on drugs and how does he envision a realistic implementation?

Well, the most direct thing Paul will do in stopping the War on Drugs is vetoing unbalanced budgets. If you can't pay for a war, there is no war. The second most direct thing he will do is secure our border with Mexico. Currently we have 625,000 troops stationed all over the world. We defend the borders between Afghanistan and Pakistan better than the one between Mexico and Texas. Ron Paul will bring those troops home and put them on our own borders. This will undoubtedly have the effect of drastically lowering the importation of illegal drugs into the U.S from Mexico. In the long term, Ron Paul will bring both sides of the partisan isle together on this issue. The right wants to balance the budget, and the left understands the that the Drug War is a complete failure which disproportionately punishes minorities. One other thing Ron Paul will do is pardon non-violent drug offenders. This has the effect of rendering federal drug laws useless, but will also save the tax payer hundreds of millions of dollars that are spent on incarcerating these people. Can you imagine the political awakening that would occur if a President pardon such a large group of people? Congress will have no choice but to get behind President Paul and his crusade to end the Drug War.


....will answer these one at a time. More to come!

 

[Nate-ForLiberty]

2. How does Ron Paul plan to handle replacing our fiat currency? Who will produce it and what will it be?

It is important to first understand that the days of the dollar as a viable currency are quickly coming to an end. The debt of the United States is now passing $15 Trillion. We have a running deficit of $4 Trillion. This is entirely unsustainable even in the short term. What most people don't realize is that the United States has $60 Trillion in debt obligations. The dollar is quickly becoming worthless. The Chinese, who hold hundreds of billions of dollars, are going to be sending those dollars back over here once they feel the time is right. When is the time right? When they will lose more wealth by holding on to dollars than by losing their biggest trading partner. This will be a huge event that will mark major hyperinflation in the U.S.

Ron Paul will bring change to monetary policy in a similar way that he will with the drug war. One, he will pardon those who have been imprisoned for coining gold and silver to use as currency. This will mean it is open season in the United States to start using other currencies instead of the Dollar. When people see more stability in gold and silver, and a wildly uncontrollable dollar, they will favor using precious metals. Already, people are converting their savings from dollars to gold and silver. The people's awareness of this issue will grow and they will put demands on Congress to repeal unconstitutional monetary laws. Two, an audit of the Fed already occurred because of Ron Paul. That is how we found out that the vast majority of the bailout money from 2008 when to offshore central banks. If you don't understand what this means, please read carefully. The government forcefully took money from you through the inflation tax and handed it for free over to foreign interests. You were stolen from. Ending the Fed will restore economic stability, not destroy the economy.

So, who will make our new currency(-ies)? The free market will. We, the People, will get to decide what our money will be instead of having a extremely secretive banking cartel force their monopoly on us.

 

[Nate-ForLiberty]

3. Will Dr. Paul attempt to ignore Iran as they start a global energy war and if not, how does he plan on handling the situation as Commander-In-Chief?

If you think Iran is the aggressor in this situation, you need to go look at a map of all the U.S. military bases that surround them. Let's flip this around and see how you feel about it. Russia has put 10 forward bases on the Mexico/U.S. border, 20 on the Canadian/U.S. border, has a fleet of naval vessels operating in the Pacific just off the coast of California and in the Atlantic dangerously close to our nation's capital as well as many of our major cities including New York and Boston, and they are not so covertly engaging in Black Ops destroying our power plants and killing our citizens (who happen to be scientists). The United States then says, if you don't back off we are going to close the Gulf of Mexico to all traffic. Then Russia comes out and says "Look! SEE! The U.S. wants to destroy us!"

Is it any surprise that the government and media are pressing for yet another war? The same thing happened to Iraq. There were supposed to be "Weapons of Mass Destruction!", "We can't let the proof arrive in the form of a mushroom cloud!" We need to recognize war propaganda for what it is if we are going to be a free people. Also, consider where you get your information from. The companies that make billions off of government contracts for war machines also own the apparatus known as the Mainstream Media. They produce the weapons for war, they produce the public support for war through the media, and they control the war apparatus (a.k.a the government). President Dwight D. Eisenhower warned us about the "Military-Industrial Complex". We didn't listen.

Now if you are really concerned about Iran shutting off oil trade, then you are 100% AGAINST war with Iran. Glad to hear it! Ron Paul will immediately pull our naval forces out of the region, which will drastically reduce tensions in that area overnight. Iran wants to trade with the world because that is how they increase their wealth. Remember, Iran is threatening to shut the Strait of Hormuz because of actions WE ARE CURRENTLY TAKING. We need to change our tune to get what we want, which is peace and prosperity.

 

[Nate-ForLiberty]

4. Considering that America would still be a British territory without the aid of France in the Revolutionary War, will Dr. Paul ignore Israel should things escalate?

You should go back and rethink/reword your question. Right now your reasoning is "240 years ago France spent blood and money to help us, therefore, we should spend blood and money to help Israel today." This doesn't make a shred of sense.

But I guess your point is, "Will Ron Paul help Israel if she is invaded or attacked?"

Well why doesn't the United States stop sending foreign aid to Israel's enemies. That would be a great start. Ron Paul will end ALL foreign aid. We gave over $30 Billion to hosni Mubarak. We send money to Syria. All those weapons that were used against us in 1991 and 2003 by Iraqis were made right here in the United States. They were given to Saddam Hussein in the 80's as foreign aid. Stop arming Israel's enemies and there won't be such a threat to them.

 

[Melissa]

You guys are awesome and to the rude guy I asked for anyone that wants to be rude just not answer gee. But to the rest of you thanks so much I think he is a thinker and just has not read what we have and I know some people on here are so articulate and smart. And for the one that asked about facebook..it is not a facebook link it is my friends private page and I sure hope you posted your answers Nate they were very good but I dont want to bring him over here specially to see someone call him names

 

[Melissa]

I took a shot at it.

Thanks so much you are awesome I read it and everyone was great so far

 

[Melissa]

I posted about Iran with a youtube travel documentary, it seems he could learn more about history.

Thanks I saw it could not watch it yet but will put it in my own list thanks