My retort to a video on youtube

I was looking around YouTube and found this video.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=7a2xHXP4Kn8

There were some things I wanted to correct from what I know personally these statements may be incorrect but I wanted to talk about some points and I could not do this in 500 characters or less.

First off the author Sonofnewo I think is the person in the video and he said that Ron Paul is pro-life when it comes to abortion. I believe Ron is pro-life and I think that can be backed up with some speeches but Ron Paul. Now Ron is also a constitutionalists and believes that the constitution is the supreme law of the land or should be and the 10th amendment says

"The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved for the States respectively, or to the people."

With that in mind Ron would have to support what the states or the people decided. If a state wanted to outlaw abortions within the boarders of the state they do have that ability as stated in the 10th amendment, and if a state did not have a law that power to perform abortions would be in the hands of the people. So what does all that mean is means Ron would not stop people from getting abortions he personally may think it is terrible but that is their choice. I know you are probably not going to believe me but I actually have no opinion on the subject of abortion I can see their would be problems created with both sides. I don't think I should have any opinion on this subject until my girlfriend or wife asks me for that opinion.

Second subject the author hit on was the Federal Reserve. I don't think Ron Paul would shut down the Federal reserve. Now wait you may be saying I heard him say that, yes you did but the Fed is a complex issue we need to differentiate between the Federal Reserve which is a private company that lends to the United States just like XYZ Bank may lend you money for a house the difference is the payment book when you get a payment book for your house it usually looks like a check book and has pieces of paper that you send in with your payment. Well the Fed's payment book is a little different they have multiple payment books some are never seen by the public and some are seen every day, the ones you are familiar with is the dollars you have in your wallet. Those are the representation of debt that the US government owes to the Fed so when someone says money you think of the green papers but nope that is actually debt.
With that little lesson on the Fed we need to talk about the Federal Reserve Act which is a law that was passed back in the early 20th century this act sets up a monopoly for the Federal Reserve.
What I believe Ron Paul is talking about is the Act he wants there to be competition for the currency in the United States if this came to pass there may be one currency everyone in the United States uses or there could be regional currency for example everyone on the west coast uses currency A and everyone in the middle of the country uses currency B and everyone on the east coast uses currency C. The author also said he thought that eliminating the Federal Reserve could have adverse effects on the economy in the US I think that these competing currencies are probably going to actually have something behind them with most of the currencies around the world they are not back by anything other then the promise of the government that is using that currency, if you look back through history that is a bad idea because all governments have fallen and history seems to repeat so I think that governments will keep on falling. If the currency is backed by something like gold or silver companies would be more likely to use that currency because if the bank does go belly up they will still have something that can be sold and they would not loose all their purchasing power.

Now this is just brief overlook and I would urge you to look in to this further I do not know everything about the Fed but this is my opinion using the knowledge I currently have.

Ron Paul's coments during the 2nd republican debate

Afternoon everyone this is going to be a intellectual post so dust off a few brain cells and you may need to look some things up to verify everything I am communicating is true. With that said lets chew the fat.

First off this second debate had more substance but still the debate lacked interaction other then the segment I will call the shock heard around the world between Representative Ron Paul and Giuliani. First off you need to know where Dr. Paul is coming from if you are going to figure out where he is going with his answers. Dr. Paul is a strict constitutionalists which means if something is not written in the constitution or the amendments to the constitution it is UNCONSTITUTIONAL this is the true meaning. The way the government was set up was that the supreme court was supposed to say this is constitutional this is unconstitutional that has not been the case for a long time. If you understand those facts you should be able to figure out where Ron Paul was coming from.

Now lets get to Ron Paul's message why 9/11 occurred. He said that it was because of the governments policies not just in the Middle East but all around the world. I hate to break this to you but guess what it's true. The U.S. government has been screwing around with other countries and have been supporting dictatorships around the world. If you don't believe me look in to the US policies in the Middle East. Lets just look at Iraq, Saddam did come in to power without the help of the US government but he would have been outed long ago by the citizens of that country if the US did not supply him with money and weapons. In Iran the US has empowered the Shah in Iran and gave tons of support. Just these two examples should be enough to make people realize that maybe the US government did contribute to the 9/11 attacks not to mention the CIA was working with Bin Laden in Afghanistan. I will tell you there are more examples I could keep going on for pages but please look in to the history of what the US government has done.

I know this is tough to understand and even harder to swallow but sometimes the truth hurts but truth is always better then lies. Now on to the idea that the terrorist hate Americans because of the freedoms Americans have and coke and Britney Spears. This idea is the craziest thing I ever heard. Do Americans hate people in Amsterdam because they have the freedom to buy and consume marijuana? No why would Americans care about what the citizens in Amsterdam put in their bodies. The argument holds about as much water as a collender.

Now I have been praising Ron Paul but I think he is wrong on a couple of his ideas but I know where Ron Paul stands on issues and I will agree with Ron on most issues I will take that rather then taking a fascist or a socialist.

2nd republican presidential debate

Ok First off I think I was tripping I heard Brownback say we need to cherish all life but he supports to keep the war in Iraq going which results in deaths of both American soldiers and Iraqi people every day. He needs to stick with a principle and say with it you cant support a principle when you think it suits you.

I would have to say Ron Paul was definitely the most exciting candidate and no one can say he is just a carbon copy of the rest of the candidates. Ron was very candid he pointed out the real reason why the 9/11 hijackers targeted the United States. In case you missed it was because we have been fucking around with their countries for years and we still are. If the United States has a army which I think is unconstitutional except for 2 year stints but that is for another day. Also during the question about the hypothetical question about the terrorist attack I have to give props to Ron for pointing out the rest of the people on that stage wants to take away your rights or other if it does good for the collective.

Why Down with Big Brother?

I figure I should explain why I named my blog "Down With Big Brother". For starters if you have not read 1984 by George Orwell please take some time to read it free Here. The book is fiction but I think we all know fiction can become a fact especially with time. I as a American believe that we are at a fork in the road we can either proceed toward liberty where every person who lives in the States is free to do what they wish as long as they do not harm another person, or to a police state that will make Nazi Germany, and Communist Russia blush. I would like to see the first option prevail but to get freedom personally you and I have to make sacrifices.

What does the statement "Down with big brother" mean to me? It is sort of a rallying cry to say I can make decisions for myself I do not need or want someone looking over my shoulder telling me don't do that or this. People learn the consequences of decisions one of 2 ways.

1. They plunge in make the choice and then have to deal with the consequences. This is learning by making mistakes sort for example I make the decision to touch a hot stove with my hand the consequences are that I will get burnt.
2. Research other people that have made the decision previously and make the choice based on that research. For example I will research what a stove does and what high heat can do to a human body and I make the decision to wear a protective glove before touching the stove the consequences are that I do not get burnt because I took the actions of others before me and added a new variable to the problem.

Big brother is there to make the choices you are just a puppet and Big brother is pulling the strings. I don't know about you but that sounds like slavery to me and I do not want to be a slave.

Now the question is for you. Will you choose to support Big Brother or will you choose to make decisions for yourself only you can make that decision.

ABC Censored my posts

I made a post on ABC's site last night with a link to my blog here because of the retort I wrote to their story on the "Ron Paul effect."My post was remove within a matter of minutes. I noticed the number of posts drop 10 total posts in 2 minutes. What did ABC expect when they publish a opinion piece on candidate for the office of president of these United States. I don't normally like any politicians but when a politician has proven himself by voting on principle year after year that makes me want to give that politician a extra glance. I actually met Ron Paul this winter in NH just before he announced he was going to run for president and he seemed to be like the NH granite not easily changed.

Back to ABC they brought the shit storm that is going to happen by pissing off a lot of people. I have seen blogs about the censoring of the posts even by people that out right support other presidential candidates. From what I can tell most American people like companies that they get services and products from to listen to the customer, you know the old saying the customer is always right. I do think ABC owns the servers and the code that runs on them and can do what ever they want with that property if they want to allow only racists comments they should be allowed to do that but they should not complain when people find out what they are doing and stop using their services and products. Personally I like the local ABC news channel but I am going to try and not tune in to the network I may break down watch John Stossel but it would have to be a interesting story.

Is Big Brother using the government as a puppet?

OK I guess I should relate my blog posts to the title of my blog.

This is not a conspiracy theory but something is not smelling right in Denmark. According to ABC article about the "Ron Paul Effect". From what I can get out of that article it sounds like ABC believes that the online poll at MSNBC was bogus and was manipulated. I personally voted at that poll and I know that I was only able to vote once so it appeared to me that the poll was not easily exploitable. I did not dig in and try to exploit it being a Information Technology professional I know there is always a way to change 1's and 0's. Back to the article they make a guess that a group of people or even 1 person could have manipulated the poll, like I said this is possible but you need to look at who would be behind this conspiracy and the group that is very vocal for Ron Paul is Libertarians and the mainstream media did any checking about libertarians they would find out that fraud is against the libertarian principles which is at the core of the beliefs. So thinking about that I am really questioning ABC's conspiracy.

Now if ABC is going to create a conspiracy they need to cover a few more bases. The conspiracy needs to have a leader saying libertarians is like saying black people. They need a reason why the group would do this i.e. money, power, or sex.

Lets talk about money? Libertarian's what to keep their money and be able to make profits by providing customers with a product or service.

Lets talk about power? Libertarian's want the people to have the power to choose for themselves what to do with their body, property, and time.

Lets talk about sex? This is just a insane idea that Ron Paul would get the group sex at all. Well maybe since libertarians think you can do with your body what you want as long as it is not hurting someone else there could be more group sex. <--- That was a joke

So saying that I can't see ABC's conspiracy getting any traction even with the American people listening to their "news" broadcasts. (I put "news" in quotations because I cant call something like Anna Nicole Smith's death news.)

GOP Debate - 08

Disclaimer - I am not a republican, I am not a democrat, nor affiliated with any other political party!!

Now to my thoughts. I was watching the GOP debate last night because it was commercial free and I was playing a computer game and wanted something to listen to. After the debate finally got started and Chris Mathews stopped explaining the rules to the audience. I got the feeling that all the people on the stage wanted to distance themselves from the current president.

The first time I stopped playing my game was when Congressman Ron Paul spoke for the first time he was asked about his vote against the Iraq war which was a inaccurate question because no matter how many times people say we are at war congress never declared war and congress has not declared war since WWII. Ron Paul got my attention and kept it for the entire time he was speaking actually when he finished his answer I was clapping my hands. Ron's answer to the question was straight to the point and displayed his thought process.

Some of my feelings from the other candidates is that McCain is a warmonger and Mathews gave him too much leeway and more questions then the other candidates. Huckabee has a face like Nixon but none of Nixon's charisma. The rest of the lineup seemed like they were all clones and they did not impress me at all and some made me ill.

I think Ron Paul was given a softball with the question asking if he would eliminate the IRS. Ron took that softball and hit it out of the park. Getting rid of the IRS is a issue that will resonate with every American and who wants to fill out the forms before April 15th. Ron said multiple times he is not in favor of the Iraq war and that the foreign policy needs to be changed. The US is not the police of the world and the US should not be.

The abortion item is a issue I personally do not have feelings about this has been my stance since I heard about the topic. I think I have no say what goes on in another person's body and I would like the same respect. I can see the argument from both sides but as I look at the issues that come up with the war on drugs I see what happens when the government prohibits something but I think if people in a town do not want abortions going on in their town they can make a law that says that but the people of the town will have to bear the responsibility. From what I have been able to find Ron Paul would not make a law prohibiting it but leave the decision up to the community as the 10th amendment says.