Hi i'm new here. I've thought long and hard about our country's foreign policy and military, and I have come to agree with Ron Paul's stance on these issues. I started up a petition on the White House petitions site to close down overseas military bases and reorient U.S. foreign policy to a noninterventionist, quasi-isolationist one and a defense policy that corresponds to such a foreign policy. I shared it on my Facebook but I don't think my friends really noticed that I posted it, in any case, I'm the only person who has signed it.
I remember the secession petitions, which are considerably more radical and out of the mainstream than the contents of this petition...even those were recognized by the mainstream media, so I thought, why not start a petition on this! If you support the petition, please sign it so it gets to 150, which is the cutoff for it being viewable to the public on the petition site. Here's the link: https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/close-all-us-military-bases-foreign-soil/NjX5920K
Some info about me, and a brief story as to how I became a libertarian: I'm 23 years old, and live in Orange County, CA.
I remember being a college student in 2008, and voting for Obama almost without thinking about it. I don't exactly regret my decision, as it was a historic election and in my view he's not exactly a terrible president (it could be worse). I remember hearing about Ron Paul and libertarianism, almost exclusively on the Internet, and I thought it was a fringe movement and it never crossed my mind that it could make any sense. At that time, I didn't really think about politics at all; I was basically apolitical and ignorant about the issues that are so important to our country and our world. I was first made aware of libertarianism through the Tea Party movement, which received a huge amount of coverage in the mainstream media. I began reading more about the housing bubble and ensuing financial crisis, the bailouts, and learned more about our nation's history, and the dots began connecting in my head. I could see that the meddling hand of government and misgovernment, both at home and abroad, was the root cause of much of the ills that our nation is facing, and that mass mobilization at the grassroots level was a key step in the necessary corrections to restore our nation as it was intended. I see this petition as potentially being able to make a difference, and would be very grateful for your support (if it's something you agree with of course).
Thanks and am thrilled to join ronpaulforums,
Jay
I remember the secession petitions, which are considerably more radical and out of the mainstream than the contents of this petition...even those were recognized by the mainstream media, so I thought, why not start a petition on this! If you support the petition, please sign it so it gets to 150, which is the cutoff for it being viewable to the public on the petition site. Here's the link: https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/close-all-us-military-bases-foreign-soil/NjX5920K
Some info about me, and a brief story as to how I became a libertarian: I'm 23 years old, and live in Orange County, CA.
I remember being a college student in 2008, and voting for Obama almost without thinking about it. I don't exactly regret my decision, as it was a historic election and in my view he's not exactly a terrible president (it could be worse). I remember hearing about Ron Paul and libertarianism, almost exclusively on the Internet, and I thought it was a fringe movement and it never crossed my mind that it could make any sense. At that time, I didn't really think about politics at all; I was basically apolitical and ignorant about the issues that are so important to our country and our world. I was first made aware of libertarianism through the Tea Party movement, which received a huge amount of coverage in the mainstream media. I began reading more about the housing bubble and ensuing financial crisis, the bailouts, and learned more about our nation's history, and the dots began connecting in my head. I could see that the meddling hand of government and misgovernment, both at home and abroad, was the root cause of much of the ills that our nation is facing, and that mass mobilization at the grassroots level was a key step in the necessary corrections to restore our nation as it was intended. I see this petition as potentially being able to make a difference, and would be very grateful for your support (if it's something you agree with of course).
Thanks and am thrilled to join ronpaulforums,
Jay
