The Comeback Kid

Every day that passes, my excitement in the Ron Paul campaign grows because I see so many people catching on to his philosophy, especially the young people of this country who are ready for change.

Just today, I had a conversation with someone about registering to vote and mentioned that they should vote for Ron Paul in the elections coming up. Their response, "that's who I am planning on voting for."

For once, I really feel that Ron Paul has a chance at winning this election and not just making a big impact on it. It will take long and hard work but the payoff will be the greatest thing to happen to this country since the founding of it.

MSNBC.com has a new polling device on their website for the presidential candidates that is interesting to say the least, which you can access it by clicking here. You can rate the candidates on a total of five issues -- the economy, energy, health care, immigration and the iraq war -- on how you feel about what they support. You can then submit your ratings to a member's poll in which all the ratings are taken into account and are visible to everyone.

Ron Paul is, of course, leading in the polls in every category. Is that surprising to anyone? Not to me.

Everyone should watch this video in which Mitt Romney completely ignores the question from a medical marijuana patient in regards to whether Mitt Romney would arrest him -- if he became president -- for using marijuana for medical purposes.

As Kody Tinnel posted in his blog, Meet the Press Ignores Ron Paul, on how Tim Russert from Meet the Press managed to ignore Ron Paul's third quarter fund raising which exceeded $5 million dollars, MTV seems to be one of few that has fairly reported it.

It showed up in between commercials on their segment "MTV News" when they talked about Hilary Clinton's popularity in the polls and then mentioned that even though the numbers were high, others weren't "throwing in the towel" yet. MTV News mentioned that "darkhorse candidate" Ron Paul had raised over $5 million dollars.

Quite interesting how MTV News is not even a journalistic television station and they managed to report things fairly while others ignore Ron Paul.

This is an update on the following post: Patriotism and the Patriot.

I ended up getting a 'B' on the paper, a little worse than what I hoped but still not that bad. Anyways, the Ron Paul quote I used in it on the topic of patriotism, got some notice from my professor who commented on it. I am a bit confused as to the context of her comment, but she stated "Where did you get this (Even though it was in my Works Cited)" and "He's a libertarian." I don't fully understand the last comment but, I hope it was meant as something good.

The more and more I hear of Ron Paul, the more I see him speak, and the more I read his writings, the more I love this guy. He is, the Thomas Jefferson of our day.

While our government is seeking more power and all the while taking away our rights under the name of patriotism and safety, a quote comes to mind -- author unknown, "You are like men in a mist, seeking for freedom and know not what it is." The leaders of our day speak under the name of patriotism, calling descent of any kind unpatriotic. How quickly we fail to remember history. Not to mention, which I will write about in the next post, the president has established a new department which will participate in domestic spying using satellites which can peer into houses and use infrared to detect people and movements in houses.

I just watched a video on Ron Paul speaking about his faith. He points out that Jesus was a man of peace -- turn the other cheek, for example -- and the Christians of today fail to realize this or, if they do, don't understand and practice the text.

It is great that we still have freedom of speech to some extent, but it is fading and we better use it while we can to reverse this trend.

For those who do not know of Ron Paul, I encourage them to check him out at RonPaul2008.com

Hillary Clinton announced today her plan to introduce universal healthcare here in the United States. The presidential candidate claimed that her plan is not government-run however, it will cost the government (or, the American people) $110 billion a year to run. This $110 billion increase in the Federal budget will come from higher taxation among the wealthy, Clinton claims.

According to Clinton, individuals who receive their healthcare through their work will be allowed to continue to do so and businesses, on the other hand, will be forced to offer insurance to their employees or, pay taxes to a government-run healthcare pool for those who do not have healthcare.

I am not sure how this plan is not government-run. Sure, the individual can choose to keep their own healthcare, but everyone will be mandated to have insurance. Not to mention the force which will be used to ensure that businesses are giving their employees healthcare. It is not totally socialist but pretty damn close.

I do not understand the concept that the rich should be forced to pay for the poor. I do not understand why I am forced to pay for some other persons inability to provide for themselves. Health care is not a right, it is a privilege and, until we understand that, our medicine and hospitals will continue to decline in efficiency and productivity.

I do not welcome this idea at all. Government programs only create more problems and we should have learned this from other countries that have already tried and failed at socialized medicine. We should have learned that socialized anything will ultimately fail.