Infowars.net | April 11, 2007
Steve Watson & Alex Jones
Congressman Ron Paul warns elite believe they own us and are “always prepared” to take our liberties
Presidential candidate Ron Paul has warned that the US is now at a crisis point because the people have been so neglectful of protecting their liberties and big government has been so effective in eroding them. He warned that the elite are prepared to concoct events to scare the American people and asserted that the 2008 Presidential election is a contest between the people who care about their freedoms and those who are willing to succumb to the temptations of dictatorship. 
Congressman Ron Paul joined Alex Jones on air this week for a full hour to discuss his ongoing Presidential campaign and give his views on what he believes the fundamental issues are in America today.
The Congressman gave a candid interview in which he discussed many topics in depth including the economy, foreign policy, the North American Union, the possibility of a draft and the situations in Iraq and Iran.
Known for what many have described as his impeccable voting record, Ron Paul is a champion of individual liberty and a strong campaigner for restoration of a true Constitutionalist form of US government, a trait that has made him a rare and popular candidate amongst people from all across the political spectrum.
When asked what he believes the overriding issue in America today is the Congressman pointed towards the erosion of personal freedoms:
“Probably it’s the threat to individual liberty. because our government is growing endlessly by leaps and bounds and nobody seems to want to put a hold on it. every time government grows it is at the expense of personal liberty.”
The Congressman explained that freedom is the underlying issue because the consequences of such erosion of individual liberty have a knock on effect in many different areas. Economically, for example, the country is becoming dependent, less productive and less self sustaining.
“Economically the consequences will be that there’s going to be a wholesale rejection of the dollar, because the world has trusted the dollar, especially since the breakdown of the Bretton Woods in 1971, when the linkage of the dollar to gold was broken, they still trusted the dollar as if it were gold, and therefore we can print the money and we can spend the money and foreign countries take our money, then loan it back to us, so they’re getting a bum rap.” Paul stated.
“They get a temporarily good deal but what it does is encourage us not to be productive, it encourages us not to have manufacturing any longer, we can let others do it cheaper, cheap labour, and then we buy it with cheap money. That is going to come to an end. That means later on there are going to be a lot of changes here. Domestically the interest rates are going to rise, the inflation rate, the price of all goods and services, that will rise, and the economy will weaken, so we have some very serious problems ahead.”
Turning to foreign policy the Congressman asserted that his first action if he were to be elected as President would be to start to bring American troops home from all over the world.
“As a Commander in chief you could certainly handle the troops around the world. I would start talking to all our allies and tell them what the plans were and start coming home. We are now spending close to a trillion dollars maintaining our foreign policy. It’s a lot bigger than most people realise if you add up the Dod, the supplementals, the interest on the money we spend and taking care of our veterans.”
The Congressman made it clear that aggression abroad and America as a world police force has had a disastrous impact upon the very fabric of the country.
“We have turned our own country into isolationists, diplomatically we don’t talk to anybody, we have more enemies than we’ve ever had before and fewer allies, and at the same time our ability to defend this country is being diminished on a daily basis. We worry about borders, all around he world, we worry about borders in Korea, about borders around Iraq, and what do we do with our own borders? Here we don’t do anything.”
Paul then turned to the issue of the North American Union and made it clear that he believes the plans that have been secretly laid in Washington to merge the US, Mexican and Canadian economies are yet again the fallout from the souring of liberty in America.
We have behind the scenes a plan for a North American Union, that’s the part that the American people are starting to wake up to, although we have a long way to go to wake up Washington. It’s amazing to me how many people outside of Washington are very much aware of the plans with this North American Union, at the same time they are in total denial in Washington, except for the few behind the scenes who are laying the plans and providing the finances.”
Turning to discussion of his Presidential campaign, Ron Paul championed the alternative media and the internet as vital tools in allowing him to get his message across to a multitude of people that never could have been reached before without huge injections of money:
“The internet already has been very helpful and I think it’s going to be more helpful as time goes on, and that’s something that is becoming more so everyday, ten fifteen years ago it wasn’t so significant. The other thing is radio talks shows like what you have are very important. Almost every place I go somebody will come up to me and I’ll say ‘how did you get involved’ and it’s through your show. So there are a lot of people who have joined our campaign and have already started to show up at our events because of your encouragement.”
Paul emphasized that although the bigger candidates can raise millions of dollars through special interests, a lot of that money is wasted on private jets, huge salaries, advisors, advertising and the like. So there isn’t as big a gulf between he and the other candidates as people may think.
The Republican Congressman, who has been dubbed “founding father material”, by his supporters has surprised some with his initial success, having gained widespread support from Libertarians, Liberals and Conservatives alike.
He stressed that you have to be in the game to have any chance of winning it, and that this not only applies to his own campaign but more importantly applies also to everyone who wishes to remain free in America.
“Time is running out and we may lose our liberties to the point where we won’t have these responses.” Paul stated.
“You know there’s nothing that guarantees that they will allow you to air your radio show forever. They have already trampled on our rights, they talking about putting people in prison today without Habeas Corpus… If we don’t preserve our fundamental freedoms we can’t fight back. I’m convinced of one thing, we could all be very very poor tomorrow and have to start from scratch but if we have our freedoms and we have our sound currency and we have the government off our backs, this country would rebound so quickly.”
Paul then outlined what he feels that the 2008 Presidential election is all about, and also warned that the elite are prepared to attempt to take the liberty of the people and change the course of history:
“I think they are always prepared and everyday they have more powers than before because under these emergency powers acts, the President now has more authority than ever. And the contest that is really going on in this Presidential election is are there enough of us that care about our freedoms versus those who are willing to succumb to the temptations of dictatorship. Just think of the attitude, what it was like right after 9/11 when they passed the Patriot Act, I said ‘you know it’s not even available, you can’t even read it and we’re getting ready to vote’ they said ‘it doesn’t matter, the people want us to do something, this looks like we’re doing something, it sounds good, there’s no way I’m even gonna question this’, so they voted for it. They got their signals from the people. it is true that there are a lot of people who wanted something done, the big question is are there more of them or more of us?” Paul commented.
in further reference to 9/11 the Congressman stated:
“I think freedom’s been sliding for a long time and it got a lot worse after 9/11 and I’m always afraid of some concocted event that will scare the American people…. The people in this country need a little bit more reason to go along with the President, but unfortunately our leaders in this country too often have been able to provide the incident that unifies the country behind more militarism.”
We implore our readers to listen to the entire interview here and support Ron Paul’s campaign. His voting record speaks for itself and he represents a genuine chance to attempt to put things right in America today.
To support Ron Paul you can visit his website at www.RonPaul2008.com , where you can donate online or find out how to donate via other methods.
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Glad to hear that we have finally reached critical mass! The suspense was killing us all. It will be very interesting to see what happens next.
Personally, I think the elite have seriously under estimated their place. Their arrogance became our ally.
The question now is, what will they do within the next few days.
They can either secede and re-group or blow it all up. We have come to it. Its funny, I thought it would take a few more years!
12 Apr 07 at 9:59 p #Donate to Ron if you like him.
btw, if you donate and live in Oregon you can write it off on your taxes . It must be over 10 dollars , max 50 per person
12 Apr 07 at 9:59 p #People don’t care anymore, It’s over, we have effectively been conditioned to love our servitude, we deserve the kind of government we have, left-right polity is a dialectical game where everything is fixed, everyone just plays their role. People are no longer concerned with what really matters, governments love Anna Nicole Smith, Paris Hilton, Britney Spears -they love it when people are destracted with trivial persuits, while they put shackles on us, remember Samson and Delila…..don’t forget to dust off the picture of our dear leaders.
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12 Apr 07 at 9:59 p #Dr. Paul’s understanding of human foibles and the lessons of history is superb. No other candidate can touch him. America desperately needs someone at the helm of the Ship of State who knows what must be done to keep this noble vessel from destroying itself on the rocks of socialism.
We are used to Santa Claus in the White House. What we need is a compassionate father figure who will revive the Constitution.
12 Apr 07 at 9:59 p #What is it about being in power, about being the president of the most powerful country on Earth today, that allows a totally incompetent administration to still remain in power and LOOK effective? In a business today, a group of managers that were as incompetent would be reassigned or terminated.
Are the majority of the American people so easily MANAGED by the MEDIUM of the media to just wait it out until the point of no return has been passed and the abyss awaits below? You must always pay for your mistakes and the USA has been on extended overdraft. The fees are piling on. It’s odd that American corporations are profiting extensively by destroying the goose from within.
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12 Apr 07 at 9:59 p #By the sounds of that last remark, he might be a closet 9/11 truther.
Good for him. I’d like to know the truth one day myself.
Its unfortunate though, that he choses to call himself a member of 1 of the 2 parties that is destroying this country.
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12 Apr 07 at 9:59 p #And guys like Sean Hannity glorify these dictators and call us un-American if we don’t like it.
http://www.hatehannity.com
12 Apr 07 at 9:59 p #Dr. Ron Paul ran for President as a Libertarian in ‘88 but the mainstream media and the two major parties collude to block any real alternatives. They block real canidates from the debates and TV and then the major parties use tax money to fund their own campaigns.
When he ran on the Republican ticket, the party used their resources to smear him instead of support him.
He still won.
When he talked in congress about how the growing national debt and the fed’s inflationary policies are undermining working American’s real earnings, they turned off his mic even though he is not only an elected senator but also on the banking committee.
Thoughout the Republican primary he has consistantly rated higher with voters than several of the other canidates *combined*, yet he was repeatedly excluded from the debates and is not covered by the news while low grade ‘me too’ canidates are included.
Please take the time to research Ron Paul and tell your friends what you find.
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12 Apr 07 at 9:59 p #highest income maximum tax rate under Eisenhower (and before…) 91%…
Kennedy / Johnson started cutting them and the we had Reagan’s 28% maximum tax rate, and then… they got so greedy as to take the money directly., a la Halliburton Repunicans et al…
who’s sugesting that “they” do not “own” us already?!?
12 Apr 07 at 9:59 p #Ron Paul, if elected president, would not make big changes such as eliminating Social Security because that would disruptive. But the trend would be in that direction. He would allow gold and silver to be used as money along with the Federal Reserve Notes.
Buy stock for 10 ten gold coins and years later sell the stock for t0 gold coin and no income tax is due even though if you had purchased it for $5000 Federal Reserve Notes and years later it would be $10,000 Federal Reserve notes you pay a tax on $5000 inflation tax.
12 Apr 07 at 9:59 p #SET PRECEDENCE !!!!!!!RON PAUL FOR PRESIDENT!!!!!!!!
12 Apr 07 at 9:59 p #I know i’m going to register as a repugnicant so i can vote for him in the primaries
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13 Apr 07 at 9:59 p #On his website is states “He has never voted to raise congressional pay.” However, it fails to mention that these raises are automatic unless voted against by Congress. That that is something I would like to see happen.
13 Apr 07 at 9:59 p #So, it turns out he’s just another crank.
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13 Apr 07 at 9:59 p #The Media has changed. I watched vietnam war on TV live for many years before I was drafted into it….I think we should have some troops out there, but not to spend our money to rebuild any countries(did I hear they have oil there). Iranian soldiers were trained by the USAF to fly when I was in the war…see what happended to that. If inflation takes over with dead real estate (I WAS a realtor and inactive now after 20 years)….we are totally screwed…We need manufacturing…let the illegal aliens do it, and tax them like citizens…they get the benifits for free now~!
13 Apr 07 at 9:59 p #Fuck Bush, Ron Paul FTW!!!
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13 Apr 07 at 9:59 p #This Ron dude has been catching my eye, and he’s the only candidate that has the same concerns that I do about my liberties.
13 Apr 07 at 9:59 p #The system is so corrupt that it would be impossible for an honest candidate like Ron Paul to get in.
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13 Apr 07 at 9:59 p #I love this guy. I would write him in if he wasn’t running. This is the first politician in my lifetime that I actually wanted to vote for. I don’t care if I’m the only one, I can finally vote my conscience with him, and know that if he really wins he could be the only one who could save the US. Already I’m selling all my american assets and moving them out of the country, because I think we are real close to the big collapse if someone like him doesn’t get in.
13 Apr 07 at 9:59 p #As for the guy who says he’s part of one of the 2 parties that are destroying the country, I totally agree that those 2 parties are destroying the country, and this will actually be the first election for which I will vote for one of them, because if Ron Paul took over the republican leadership, we would seriously shift half of the voting base (currently the stupid half) into voting for a real leadership. And hopefully more repubs would join in in being true defenders of the constitution. You know, if republicans actually did what they were supposed to and spent less than democrats instead of more, and shrank government instead of growing the military and incentives to big business, I would have some sympathy for them.. I might even like them. But as it stands now, they should really be called the christian conservatives, or the big business military party, because they share no ideals with the republicans of 40 years ago and earlier.
13 Apr 07 at 9:59 p #So pleased to see a candidate with some balls and a real world perspective. This guy should be President rather than the bloody joker we have now.
13 Apr 07 at 9:59 p #It’s so sad that mainstream media does not support coverage of Congressman Ron Paul.
13 Apr 07 at 9:59 p #However, it has been such a relief to me, to know that he is getting through to the masses, via the internet.
I have tried to encourage the sheep to vote for him, but sadly to say, most people refuse to get involved with supporting such a wonderful canidate,(or anyone else for that matter) that desire to help us all, from the elite; to the poor and oppressed.
The sheep think it’s too late, but it isn’t, and I will lay my life on the line, in the name of freedom from oppression.
Sincerely, I hope that he wins this campaign, and shame on the media for not covering our only chance to regain our constitutional rights. This is why people are going crazy in the U.S., and if he doesn’t get elected, and we get another dictator in office, I think some of us are really going to rebel, and maybe a revolution will wake the country up, those of us who really care…it’s been said before, and I’ll say it again, ”Give me life and liberty, in the pursuit of happiness, or give me death!” Currently, people are being ‘tazed’ and cars are raided and homes, without warrents; in my community, and many are too afraid to come forward, I am not. This is apparently what the elite running my community want. The citizens here to live in fear and terror of local government, and shame on Congressman Pete Hoekstra for not looking into this, as he refuses to listen to me. I’d like to see him wear our shoes, in fact I’d like to put my foot up his ass!
We don’t need people like him representing us!
Furthermore, former FBI agents don’t belong in any form of local government, from the Chief of Police here, to the Public Defender, as this only invites corruption! I wonder how many other communities this is happening to? We are not terrorist, and we don’t need any more political nonsence in the air, for it should be ‘WE’ the American people who have the constitutional right of way.
And Congressman Ron Paul, and Senator Carl Levin, I do believe, are the real people to represent the American people who still believe in government, by the people and for the people. I encourage, legislation that Senator Levin provided as a co-sponsor to a bill; in the 108th congress; to be re-introduced, to have those involved with racial profiling, investigated, and held accountable for their actions, or have funding revoked! Go, Go Congressman Ron Paul! We need you now, not tomorrow! With best wishes…former fiancee’ to Lawrence Eagleburgers’ nephew…
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14 Apr 07 at 9:59 p #RE:
Anon E. Mouse, on April 12th, 2007 (6 days ago) at 9:39 pm Said:
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Its unfortunate though, that he choses to call himself a member of 1 of the 2 parties that is destroying this country.
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No, it is unfortunate that he has to join one of those parties to have a chance at being elected. There is not enough 3rd party support in this country, and the sheeple choose to vote for the Republicrats every time. I think this is a smart move by Ron Paul, and he definitely has my support. We need to get back to the basics and rediscover what our founding fathers really wanted for this nation. If we do not, we will be - scratch that, we will CONTINUE to be in serious trouble, and it will only get worse. I am glad to have finally found the oxymoron of the centures, an “honest politician”.
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