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Ronald Ernest Ron Paul (n le 20 aot 1935) est un homme politique amricain, membre du Parti rpublicain, reprsentant du Texas la Chambre des reprsentants de 1976 1977, de 1979 1985, puis enfin de 1997 2013. Il a t candidat l'lection prsidentielle de 1988 pour le Parti libertarien, l'investiture du Parti rpublicain pour l'lection prsidentielle de 2008 et pour l'lection prsidentielle de 2012[1].

Partisan du libertarianisme, il prconise un tat fdral au rle limit, de faibles impts, des marchs libres, une politique trangre non interventionniste ainsi qu'un retour des politiques montaires bases sur des mtaux (or, argent) pour talon.

Il est parfois surnomm Doctor No[2] au Congrs parce qu'il est diplm en mdecine mais aussi parce quil vote contre toutes les lois qui selon lui violent la constitution amricaine, augmentent les revenus des membres de la Chambre des Reprsentants, ou augmentent les impts.

Ron Paul est n Green Tree en Pennsylvanie durant la Grande Dpression. Il est le troisime d'une famille modeste de cinq enfants. Durant son enfance, il travaille dans la petite exploitation agricole de ses parents, la livraison de journaux, et dans un drugstore.

En 1957, g de 22 ans, il pouse Carol Wells, rencontre au lyce de Dormont et avec qui il aura cinq enfants. Il fait des tudes suprieures et sort diplm en 1961 de la Duke University School of Medicine. Il devient gyncologue obsttricien Lake Jackson au Texas.

Il s'installe ensuite dans la rgion de Houston au Texas.

En 1974, Ron Paul devient dlgu la convention rpublicaine du Texas. Il se prsente l'lection au sige du 22e district du Texas la Chambre des reprsentants. Il est largement battu par le reprsentant dmocrate sortant Robert R. Casey.

En avril 1976, il est lu lors d'une lection partielle reprsentant rpublicain du 22e district du Texas la chambre des reprsentants afin de terminer le mandat de Robert R. Casey nomm la commission fdrale maritime par le prsident Gerald Ford. Cependant, en novembre 1976, il est battu de 300 voix (0,2%) lors du renouvellement du mandat par le candidat dmocrate Robert Gammage. Ron Paul prend sa revanche en 1978 et est rlu en 1980 et 1982. En 1984, Paul choisit de ne pas se reprsenter la chambre et pose sa candidature pour le Snat. Il est battu ds les primaires rpublicaines par Phil Gramm alors que son sige de reprsentant du 22e district est remport par le rpublicain Tom DeLay. Paul retourne alors dans le secteur priv.

En 1988, Paul est candidat la prsidence des tats-Unis pour le Parti libertarien (tout en restant membre du Parti Rpublicain[3]). Il est battu mais, en obtenant un peu plus de 400000 voix (0,4% des suffrages), il arrive en troisime place du vote populaire derrire George H. W. Bush (lu prsident) et Michael Dukakis.

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Kurt Nimmo Infowars March 11, 2009

Alex Jones has received a secret report distributed by the Missouri Information Analysis Center (MIAC) entitled The Modern Militia Movement and dated February 20, 2009. A footer on the document indicates it is unclassified but law enforcement sensitive, in other words not for public consumption. A copy of the report was sent to Jones by an anonymous Missouri police officer.

The MIAC report specifically describes supporters of presidential candidates Ron Paul, Chuck Baldwin, and Bob Barr as militia influenced terrorists and instructs the Missouri police to be on the lookout for supporters displaying bumper stickers and other paraphernalia associated with the Constitutional, Campaign for Liberty, and Libertarian parties.

Missouri Information Analysis Center (MIAC) provides a public safety partnership consisting of local, state and federal agencies, as well as the public sector and private entities that will collect, evaluate, analyze, and disseminate information and intelligence to the agencies tasked with Homeland Security responsibilities in a timely, effective, and secure manner, explains the MIAC website. MIAC is the mechanism to collect incident reports of suspicious activities to be evaluated and analyzed in an effort to identify potential trends or patterns of terrorist or criminal operations within the state of Missouri. MIAC will also function as a vehicle for two-way communication between federal, state and local law enforcement community within our region.

MIAC is part of the federal fusion effort now underway around the country. As of February 2009, there were 58 fusion centers around the country. The Department has deployed 31 officers as of December 2008 and plans to have 70 professionals deployed by the end of 2009. The Department has provided more than $254 million from FY 2004-2007 to state and local governments to support the centers, explains the Department of Homeland Security on its website. Missouri is mentioned as a participant in this federal intelligence effort.

Last month, the ACLU issued a news release highlighting the activity of a fusion center in Texas as the latest example of inappropriate police intelligence operations targeting political, religious and social activists for investigation, in particular Muslim civil rights organizations and anti-war protest groups.

The MIAC report does not concentrate on Muslim terrorists, but rather on the so-called militia movement and conflates it with supporters of Ron Paul, Chuck Baldwin, Bob Barr, the so-called patriot movement and other political activist organizations opposed to the North American Union and the New World Order. The MIAC document is a classic guilt by association effort designed to demonize legitimate political activity that stands in opposition to the New World Order and its newly enshrined front man, Barack Obama.

In September of 2008, Missouri sheriffs and prosecutors organized truth squads to intimidate people opposed to Obama and threatened to arrest and prosecute anybody who ran misleading television ads. Missouri governor Matt Blunt eventually denounced the use of police state tactics on the part of the Obama-Biden campaign.

MIAC claims members of a rightwing militia movement organized in the 1990s generally in response to the Oklahoma City bombing and the events at Waco continuously exploit world events in order to increase participation in their movements. Due to the current economical and political situation, a lush environment for militia activity has been created and supposedly exploited by constitutionalists and white supremacists, the latter an oft-employed canard used to demonize activists as dangerous and potentially violent lunatics.

MIAC notes many of the political issues cited by the so-called patriot movement the Ammunition Accountability Act, the impending economic collapse of the government, the possibility of a constitutional convention, the North American Union, Obamas Universal Service Program, and the implementation of RFID, issues that are not limited to the patriot movement but are shared by a wide array of political activists.

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Ron Paul on the Issues

Dr. Ronald Ernest Paul (born 1935) was a Congressman from the 14th Congressional District of Texas and is an honorary lifetime member of the Libertarian Party.[2]. Having ended a bid for the Republican Party's nomination in the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election on 8 March 2008 after obtaining only 15 delegates out of 2,360 (although he did garner 5.7% of the vote in the Republican primaries that year), Ron Paul loitered around the lunatic fringe before entering the 2012 Republican nomination process in 2010. He was supposedly gaining popularity thanks to the work of his fanbase, affectionately known as "Paulbots," "Paultards," or "Paulites," and most have, by now, seen the rabid shrieks of "RON PAUL 2008 2012!!1!!!" at least once on the Internet.

It took him absolutely nowhere, unless you count winning the Virgin Islands in 2012 Republican primaries as an accomplishment. In early January 2013, Ron Paul announced his retirement from politics.[3]

You see, Mr. Powers, I love goooooold! The look of it! The taste of it! The smell of it! The texture! I love gold so much that I even lost my genitalia in an unfortunate schmelting accident.

Ron Paul is frequently described as a conservative with many libertarian ideas, giving him the label of paleolibertarian.[4] However, given that he is not so much interested in reducing governmental powers as shifting them from the federal government to the states, the term "anti-federalist" would be more accurate.

Anywho, he is a strict constitutionalist though his interpretation of what the US Constitution is is somewhat inaccurate, to politely say the least and believes in "limited government"[5] to the point of abolishing the IRS and the income tax, slashing most federal spending, reintroducing the gold standard, and abolishing the Federal Reserve. (We don't have to tell you what the consequences of that are.) He also voted against the Darfur Accountability and Divestment Act of 2007,[6] which would have banned federal contracts with firms doing business with the Janjaweed militia of Sudan.[7] He was the only Congressman to do so.

On the other hand, he wants to end the War on Drugs, supports medical marijuana, and opposed the U.S. war in Iraq.

Following the recent TSA act, he was the one standing up to say that taking nude photos of passengers, and feeling up people's grandmothers, is not making anyone safer.[8] He proposed a simple law which would essentially say that government officials have to go through the same screenings the rest of us do, in an effort to wake them up. He has even spoken in defense of WikiLeaks, a whistleblowing website that has among other disclosures exposed government corruption.[9]

However, even in areas of foreign policy, Paul has demonstrated that he is not to be trusted; a month after 9/11, he proposed H.R. 3076, which would place a $40 billion bounty on top Al Qaeda members who were brought to the government dead or alive. Essentially, it would hire a group of private mercenaries to handle the Afghanistan War their own way. That or some of the more... dedicated leaders would be sacrificed to give their organization tens of billions of dollars to recruit and support tens of thousands more members.

For some reason, he seems to not like the idea of jus soli the granting of citizenship to those born in America.[10]

It has been suggested that Paul is in league with the Dominionist and Christian Reconstructionist movements.[11] Paul introduced the We the People Act into the House of Representatives twice. This bill would strip federal courts of jurisdiction in cases involving abortion, same-sex marriage, privacy related to sexual behavior, and Establishment Clause issues, leaving them to the states... which is exactly what the Religious Right wants to do. He has engaged in outright dishonesty in support of this agenda, for instance claiming that prayer has been prohibited in schools.

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Ron Paul - RationalWiki

Ronald Ernest "Ron" Paul (Pittsburgh, 20 de agosto de 1935) es un mdico y poltico estadounidense, miembro del Partido Republicano, exrepresentante por el decimocuarto distrito de Texas en la Cmara de Representantes del Congreso de los Estados Unidos. Reside en Lake Jackson, ciudad del mismo estado. Form parte del Comit de Asuntos Exteriores, el Comit Econmico Mixto, el Comit de Servicios Financieros, y fue presidente del Subcomit de Poltica Monetaria Interior, donde ha sido un crtico de las actuales polticas exteriores y monetarias estadounidenses, abogando por la auditora y disolucin de la Reserva Federal.

Paul se gradu en el Gettysburg College y en la Universidad Duke, donde consigui su ttulo en medicina. Sirvi como cirujano de vuelo en la Fuerza Area de los Estados Unidos desde 1963 hasta 1968, durante la Guerra de Vietnam. Trabaj como mdico obstetra y gineclogo en los aos sesenta y setenta, atendiendo ms de 4.000 partos, antes de entrar en la poltica en 1976.

Es el fundador del grupo de presin Campaign for Liberty y sus ideas han sido expresadas en numerosos artculos y libros publicados, incluyendo Liberty Defined: 50 Essential Issues That Affect Our Freedom (2011), End the Fed (2009), The Revolution: A Manifesto (2008), Pillars of Prosperity (2008), A Foreign Policy of Freedom: Peace, Commerce, and Honest Friendship (2007), y The Case for Gold (1982). De acuerdo con Keith Poole, un politlogo de la Universidad de Georgia, Paul tiene el registro de votos ms conservador que ningn otro miembro del Congreso desde 1937.[1] Su hijo Rand Paul fue elegido para el Senado de los Estados Unidos por Kentucky en 2011, siendo la primera vez que coinciden en el congreso un padre y un hijo.[2]

Ha sido llamado el "padrino intelectual" del Tea Party.[3][4] Ha conseguido notoriedad por sus posiciones libertarias en muchos temas polticos, chocando a menudo con los dirigentes de los partidos republicano y demcrata. Paul ha postulado tres veces para la Presidencia de los Estados Unidos, primero en 1988 como candidato del Partido Libertario y de nuevo en 2008 y 2012 como republicano. En diciembre de 2010, Ron Paul, partidario de eliminar el banco central, fue nombrado presidente del comit que controla la Reserva Federal.[5] En mayo de 2011, Paul anunci oficialmente que se postulara a la presidencia una vez ms como candidato del partido republicano en el ao 2012.[6] El 13 de julio de 2011 anunci que no buscar la reeleccin al congreso en el 2012 para concentrarse en su campaa a la presidencia.[7]

Paul naci en Pittsburg, hijo de Margaret (nacida Dumont) y Howard Caspar Paul. Sus bisabuelos paternos inmigraron desde Alemania, y su madre era de ascendencia Alemana e Irlandesa.[8][9] Cuando estudiaba en Dormont High School, fue campen estatal de los 200 metros.[10] Obtuvo un ttulo de Bachelor of Science en biologa en Gettysburg College en 1957. Durante su estancia en la universidad, fue miembro de la fraternidad Lambda Chi Alpha.[10] Despus de conseguir el ttulo de Doctor en Medicina en la Duke University School of Medicine (Artculo en ingls) en 1961, se mud con su esposa a Mchigan donde complet sus estudios en el hospital Henry Ford de Detroit. Luego sirvi como cirujano de vuelo en la Fuerza Area de los Estados Unidos de 1963 hasta 1965 y en la Guardia Nacional de los Estados Unidos (Artculo en ingls) de 1965 a 1968.

A fines de los aos sesenta, Paul y su esposa se mudaron a Texas, donde contino trabajando como mdico. Especializado en obstetricia y ginecologa, Paul empez su propia prctica privada.

Est casado con Carol Wells desde 1957.[11] Tienen cuatro hijos, que fueron bautizados episcopalmente: Ronald, Lori, Rand y Joy. Rand, es senador por el estado de Kentucky. Fue criado como luterano y luego Paul se volvi Bautista.[12]

Como residente mdico en los aos sesenta, Paul fue influenciado por el libro de Friedrich Hayek, el Camino de servidumbre, que lo llev a leer varios trabajos de Ayn Rand y Ludwig von Mises. Tambin lleg a conocer a los economistas Hans Sennholz y Murray Rothbard, los cuales lo influenciaron en su estudio de la economa. Paul lleg a creer que lo que los economistas de la Escuela austraca escribieron se estaba volviendo realidad el 15 de agosto de 1971, cuando el Presidente Richard Nixon cerr la "ventana de oro" separando el dlar Americano del Patrn oro.[13] Ese mismo da, el joven mdico decidi entrar a la poltica, diciendo despus que, "Despus de aquel da, todo el dinero ser dinero poltico en vez de ser dinero con valor real. Yo estaba sorprendido".[14]

Inspirado en su creencia de que la crisis monetaria de los 1970s fue predicha por la Escuela austraca y causada por el excesivo gasto fiscal por la Guerra de Vietnam[15] y el estado social,[16] Paul se volvi un delegado para la convencin Republicana de Texas y un candidato Republicano para el Congreso de los Estados Unidos. En 1974, el titular Robert R. Casey lo derrot en el 22 distrito de Texas. Cuando el Presidente Gerald Ford nombr a Casey como cabeza de la Comisin Martima Federal (Artculo en ingls), Paul gan en abril de 1976 una eleccin parcial para llenar el puesto vaco.[17] Paul perdi unos meses despus en la eleccin general, al Demcrata Robert Gammage, por menos de 300 votos (0.2%), pero derrot a Gammage en una revancha en 1978, y fue reelegido en 1980 y 1982.

Paul fue el primer representante republicano del rea. Tambin dirigi la delegacin texana de Reagan en la Convencin Nacional Republicana.[18] Su exitosa campaa contra Gammage sorprendi a los Demcratas locales, quienes esperaban a retener el puesto fcilmente a raz del Escndalo Watergate. Gammage subestim el apoyo de Paul de parte de las madres locales: "Tena dificultad en el condado de Brazoria, donde el ejerca, porque l haba asistido a la mitad de los bebs en el condado. Solo haba dos obstetras en el condado, y el otro era su socio."[19]

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Ron Paul - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre

Artful advocates advise this about addressing the court: if the facts are on your side, pound the facts; if the law is on your side, pound the law; if neither is on your side, pound the table. Adding to that adage, pusillanimous politicians propose undressing the court: if you fear its decision, strip it of jurisdiction.

At the root of the culture wars lies a fundamental dichotomy in worldviews. Which is more essential to humanity: the individual or the collective?

Dave Pruett

Former NASA researcher; Emeritus Professor of Mathematics, James Madison University

A recent op-ed in the New York Times chastises Rand Paul for being insufficiently libertarian. His critics are particularly upset over his "hawkish" foreign policy, accusing him of abandoning the ideal of individual liberty. The reverse, however, is true

Peter Schwartz

Distinguished Fellow, Ayn Rand Institute; Author, "In Defense of Selfishness"

The younger Paul knows that in the political big leagues, candidates of conviction who refuse to moderate their message or refuse to adapt to the prevailing contemporaneous political sentiment, are often abandoned at the alter by the electoral consumer.

Rich Rubino

Author, 'The Political Bible of Humorous Quotations from American Politics,' 'Make Every Vote Equal What a Novel Idea,' and The Political Bible of Little Known Facts in American Politics

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Ron Paul: Pictures, Videos, Breaking News

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On Friday, the House passed a massive National Defense Authorization for 2016 that will guarantee U.S. involvement in more wars and overseas interventions for years to come. The Republican majority resorted to trickery to evade the meager spending limitations imposed by the 2011 budget control act - limitations that did not, as often reported, cut military spending but only slowed its growth.

But not even slower growth is enough when you have an empire to maintain worldwide, so the House majority slipped into the military spending bill an extra $89 billion for an emergency war fund. Such "emergency" spending is not addressed in the growth caps placed on the military under the 2011 budget control act. It is a loophole filled by Congress with Fed-printed money.

Ironically, a good deal of this "emergency" money will go to President Obama's war on ISIS even though neither the House nor the Senate has debated - let alone authorized - that war! Although House leadership allowed 135 amendments to the defense bill - with many on minor issues like regulations on fire hoses - an effort by a small group of Representatives to introduce an amendment to debate the current U.S. war in Iraq and Syria was rejected.

While squashing debate on ongoing but unauthorized wars, the bill also pushed the administration toward new conflicts. Despite the president's unwise decision to send hundreds of U.S. military trainers to Ukraine, a move that threatens the current shaky ceasefire, Congress wants even more U.S. involvement in Ukraine's internal affairs. The military spending bill included $300 million to directly arm the Ukrainian government even as Ukrainian leaders threaten to again attack the breakaway regions in the east. Does Congress really think U.S.-supplied weapons killing ethnic Russians in eastern Ukraine is a good idea?

The defense authorization bill also seeks to send yet more weapons into Iraq. This time the House wants to send weapons directly to the Kurds in northern Iraq without the approval of the Iraqi government. Although these weapons are supposed to be used to fight ISIS, we know from too many prior examples that they often find their way into the hands of the very people we are fighting. Also, arming an ethnic group seeking to break away from Baghdad and form a new state is an unwise infringement of the sovereignty of Iraq. It is one thing to endorse the idea of secession as a way to reduce the possibility of violence, but it is quite something else to arm one side and implicitly back its demands.

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