Ron Paul Defeats the Patriot Act Extension

After Ron gave this speech, 25 Republicans followed his lead in voting against the keystone of the current police state, the Patriot Act, which was enough to defeat it. Now the two parties will pass it with a majority, not needing 2/3rds as they did for their rush...

Good for Pat Robertson

I never thought I’d say, Good for Pat Robertson, but the religious neocon turns out to be more religious than neocon, at least in the area of marijuana. He now advocates legalization. Pat, now you need a heart-to-heart with Ron Paul on other drugs, and war, too....

Tuesday Is the Day

That is when the inflationist, bankist, Fedist Republican leadership in the House will give Ron Paul his due—chairman of the monetary subcommittee (or, rather, part of his due, since seniority means he should be chairman of the full committee). I think they will not...

Happy Thanksgiving, From the TSA

Bow down or be punished. That is the holiday message of the TSA. If a plebian enters the gulag zone at the airport, and then refuses to submit to either the Chertoff radiation-scanner and its naked photo, or the full-body feel-up, and decides to opt out of flying, he...

Targeting Earmarks

the anti-earmarks issue is a fraud. It’s a neocon trick, pushed by the Club for Growth and similar groups. It’s a way for the neocons to seem to be against spending while not actually being against it, and it’s a way to strengthen the presidential dictatorship against...