Cee+Politics OR A Message from Ron Paul

I normally don't impose my political views, but I love Ron Paul, and if you don't, you should. It's not a Republican vs Democrat thing, it's an American thing. Enjoy his message about his recent trip to SoCal, and find out some of his ideas.Oh, and I've bolded the important parts for you lazies.

July 17, 2007

What a day and half in northern California!  On Friday, my first
appointment was at 6:00 am, and my day ended at 11:00 pm.  I did radio
and tv interviews in San Francisco, followed by a meeting with the
editorial board of the San Francisco Chronicle. The questions were tough
but fair: my favorite! Meanwhile, more and more interview requests pour
into the campaign.  There is a real hunger for our ideas, even in the
mainstream media.  The message of liberty is popular!

Then I headed for Google, one of America's great businesses.  Some of
the young stars who populate that company took me on a tour of a firm
that seemed like a university student union.  I saw where everyone
works, eats, and exercises.  Next I did a political YouTube interview
with questions submitted from the web.  I was told that never had
Google, in the entire history of this series, received the sheer number
of questions that it had for my interview.  People care about freedom.

Then I spent an hour answering questions from Google employees, crowded
into a large room with overflow rooms overflowing too.  Next was
fascinating briefing from some of the technical heads of Google Earth,
Google Maps, Google Apps, and other extraordinary innovations.  Then
there was a press conference for the media gathered in a company
courtyard, and then a fundraising reception that a group of Google
employees had organized off-site.  In the evening there was another
successful fundraiser.

Saturday morning was the Silicon Valley Meetup in a park right next to
Google.  A huge and enthusiastic crowd was there to hear about our
ideas, and the diversity was astounding.  There were bikers in leather
and hippies, young parents and grandparents, high-tech workers and
business owners, and so many young Americans.

I talked about all our ideas:  marching out of Iraq just as we marched
in; no more meddling in the Middle East; bringing the troops home, from
hundreds of expensive bases all over the world, so that we could have
the money we need for the transition to freedom in social programs, and
to abolish the personal income tax and the IRS.  They are not compatible
with a free society.

In a Ron Paul administration, we would also repeal the Patriot Act and
the Military Commissions Act, restore habeas corpus and stop the spying
on Americans.  No more eavesdropping on our emails and bank accounts,
our phone calls, home and businesses. No national ID -- just the bracing
freedom of the Constitution.

We must have sound money, and not a giant counterfeiting machine called
the Federal Reserve that causes recessions and inflation.  We must have
private property rights, with no pollution or other attacks on property.
 We should enforce the Second Amendment, and all the Bill of Rights.
We can have privacy for us, not secrecy for a corrupt bureaucracy.

It is all within our grasp, the restoration of the republic and our
sovereignty.... no UN, no North American Union, no Nafta, no WTO, no World
Bank, no IMF.  Just federalism, free enterprise, peace, prosperity, and
the kind of future we all want for our families, ourselves, and our
fellow Americans.

The dream can be a reality.  You can help make it so.  Please:  make
your most generous donation to this effort for America's future
(https://www.ronpaul2008.com/donate/).  Instead of wars and inflation
and spying and poverty, we can have peace and freedom and the blessings
for our children and grandchildren of doing better than we have, of
secure retirements and childhoods.  No more theft -- of our savings or
our liberty.

Please -- give to this campaign, for all our futures
(https://www.ronpaul2008.com/donate/).

Sincerely,
Ron