Tuesday, September 11, 2007

WHAT WOULD PRESIDENT RON PAUL DO ON 9/11?



9/11. Ron Paul, and H.R. 3076, the September 11 Marque and Reprisal Act of 2001...

The following is excerpted from 9/11, SIX YEARS LATER
By Pastor Chuck Baldwin

http://tinyurl.com/2xn56q
http://tinyurl.com/2xn56q


" Instead of invading a country with no ties to 9/11, we should have followed Ron Paul's advice. Congress should have passed H.R. 3076, the September 11 Marque and Reprisal Act of 2001, and sent our forces on a specific and narrow mission to take out bin Laden and al-Qaeda.

According to Paul, "A letter of marque and reprisal is a constitutional tool specifically designed to give the president the authority to respond with appropriate force to those non-state actors who wage war against the United States while limiting his authority to only those responsible for the atrocities of that day. Such a limited authorization is consistent with the doctrine of just war and the practical aim of keeping Americans safe while minimizing the costs in blood and treasure of waging such an operation." This is precisely what President Thomas Jefferson did when America's ships were confronted with Barbary pirates on the high seas.

A few days following the attacks on 9/11, and drawing from our own history and Constitution, Congressman Paul proposed the following to his fellow members of Congress:

"If we can't or won't define the enemy, the cost to fight such a war will be endless. How many American troops are we prepared to lose? How much money are we prepared to spend? How many innocent civilians, in our nation and others, are we willing to see killed? How many American civilians will we jeopardize? How much of our civil liberties are we prepared to give up? How much prosperity will we sacrifice?

"The founders and authors of our Constitution provided an answer for the difficult tasks that we now face. When a precise declaration of war was impossible due to the vagueness of our enemy, the Congress was expected to take it upon themselves to direct the reprisal against an enemy not recognized as a government. In the early days the concern was piracy on the high seas. Piracy was one of only three federal crimes named in the original Constitution.

"Today, we have a new type of deadly piracy, in the high sky over our country. The solution the founders came up with under these circumstances was for Congress to grant letters of marque and reprisal. This puts the responsibility in the hands of Congress to direct the President to perform a task with permission to use and reward private sources to carry out the task, such as the elimination of Osama bin Laden and his key supporters. This allows narrow targeting of the enemy. This effort would not preclude the president's other efforts to resolve the crisis, but if successful would preclude a foolish invasion of a remote country with a forbidding terrain like Afghanistan- a country that no foreign power has ever conquered throughout all of history.

"Lives could be saved, billions of dollars could be saved, and escalation due to needless and senseless killing could be prevented."

Had we followed Dr. Paul's counsel, Osama bin Laden and most of his al-Qaeda terrorists would no doubt be dead, our troops would not be bogged down in another no-win war in Iraq, and America would not be hated and despised by almost everyone in the world as it is today."

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Thursday, September 06, 2007

Gunny G: We The Sheeple and Congressman Ron Paul




Gunny G: We The Sheeple and Congressman Ron Paul

Since 1776 and The Declaration of Independence, we have gone from being subjects of the King to, appearances aside, actually electing our own kings and willingly serving them well. And not only serving the king, but also the sub-kings in congress and at every level of the ever-growing federal government, and right on down to the lowest local level of government.

This is self-imposed tyranny, we have surrendered our
individual sovereignty to a fictional entity--The State--that permeates every aspect of our daily lives and affairs, and it's getting worse all the time.

Is it too late to come to our senses--should we really choose to do so--and again break the bonds of oppression? How much further can they go? Can we still Take Back America?
No man knows.

Has the time yet come when we, as did those first real Americans in 1776, have it up to here, declaring, again, our independence?
Can we do it in 2008?

Many say yes to the above question, albeit desperate and confused as to how, specifically, to do so. At the same time many more are quite content with a new king every 4-8 years. In fact, they will fight you at every turn at any hint or suggestion that might deprive them of the status quo.

Even if sufficient numbers of us are finally waking up to reality and wish to free ourselves from our self-imposed chains--who will serve as our leader? Who among the legions of potential kings can we turn to, really?
Short answer: None of them!

No, none of them are capable and worthy to lead us. Nor is there any "lesser of evils"--this we should all well know by now.

But there is one among us unlike the others, one who marches to a different drummer, separate, one who knows and thinks for himself. And that one man can be our pivot point.

Again, One, just the one--Congressman, Dr. Ron Paul of Texas.
We can make a change in Election 2008, if we so choose.

Don't take my word for this, nor the word of any other. Find out for yourself, think, and decide.

Best to you,
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The True Frontrunner!
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Congressman Ron Paul Targeted For 'Destruction' By US War Leaders
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