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In a message dated 02/11/2008 12:45:30 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
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As to Ron Paul, just today it seems his campaign is essentially over.
I don't blame him for pulling back. Ahead lies . . . what?
Tom:
Actually, Ron Paul is taking a break to focus on a re-election to his
congressional seat. He will be back on board for the Convention. As for the gold
standard, what his stance is built on is to get away from the fiat currency
and counterfeiting out of thin air that is the policy of the Federal Reserve
System that was illegally fostered on us by the 16th Amendment, which in
itself is unconstitutional. Ron Paul wants our money to be backed up by something
of value like gold or silver and to reduce the size of government to keep
our expenditures within the means we have available to us. In 2004 our DAILY
interest payment on our debt was 1.6 BILLION dollars ! That is what Ezra
Pound was talking about when he moaned about usury as a banking practice. It
hits the lower economic classes the hardest in order to feed the rich pig.
Another major part of his platform to achieve this is his
"non-interventionist" foreign policy. That IS NOT isolationist, as John McCain claims. It is
the only truly Constitutional foreign policy. The founding fathers warned us
against entangling alliances, but have commerce with all nations. That is a
friendly foreign policy that will prevent a lot of "blowback" actions by
other governments that have resented our intervention into their lives. We
send close to one trillion dollars a year feeding that overseas empire, so bring
all of our military home and take care of our borders with a strong defense,
and then take care of OUR people and have commerce with all nations, rather
than telling them how to run their lives.
--Bob Bowen
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