Ron Paul officially endorses Charles Baldwin

Ron Paul officially endorses Charles Baldwin of the Constitution Party for President in 2008.

I voted for Peroutka & Baldwin on the CP ticket for President in 2004, and I had already decided to vote for Baldwin/Castle in November - since writing in Ron Paul isn't an option here in Missouri.

So speaking personally, I'm glad he made this move. And I'm also gratified that Dr. Paul's press release makes his reasons for doing so perfectly clear. I hope that even former supporters of the Barr campaign will understand why it was done.

What I don't know right now is what real difference this endorsement by Dr. Paul will make in the long run; as the brainwashed masses still mistakenly believe they must either "vote for or lesser of two evils" or "pick the winner of the horserace" rather than pick the best person for the job. Just de-programming the average ignorant voter is the real challenge we face in the coming years.

Updates

Our first meeting of the Ozarks Property Rights Congress in Barry County was not well-attended, but neverthless, I think we're off to a good start.

On Friday, I spoke with Mrs. Angela Basham, the lady who has organized a Petition to End Personal Property Tax in the State of Missouri.
So far the petition has gained over 13,518 signatures online, with not advertising or activism.

The Secretary of State's office is dragging its feet about approving this issue, but we hope to begin collecting official signatures, after the November elections.

Hopefully we will see the petition to eliminate most features of Eminent Domain, on the ballot, next year as well.

To quote Barry Obama's speechwriter,

"Yes we can."

I hope to visit the McDonald County Chapter of the OPRC next month and talk about this movement to end the property tax in Missouri.

Back in the USSE (United States Socialist Empire)

For those who might have somehow missed your un-optional daily gov-prop broadcasts, the US-FED-GOV recently instituted a double-plus-good financial reform package that demonstrates once and for all that we are no longer burdened with the unequal demands of the previous unfair capitalist regime-method.

Yes comrades, my loyal brothers and sisters, we are now a fully socialist empire.

To paraphrase the Beatles:

"You don't know how lucky you are boy,
Back in the USSE"
(United States Socialist Empire)

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The US federal government is working on a sweeping series of programs that would represent the biggest intervention in financial markets since the 1930s.

Few exact details of the plan have been revealed, but it essentially involves creating a new government agency that could soak up all the bad assets that are bringing down US financial firms.

Bush said the intervention would require a 'significant amount of taxpayer dollars.' Paulson earlier said the cost would be in the 'hundreds of billions.'

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In an amazing show of ignorance,
Wall Street and investors across the globe celebrate.

But even Federal Reserve historian Allan Melzer calls Paulson Plan "Social Democracy at Its Worst"

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The SEC Continues the Big Lie

Remember that Carl Menger wrote in his wonderful Grundsatze that "all things are subject to the law of cause and effect." Indeed, Menger's words live here; falling prices are an effect, not a cause. Short sellers and others who are helping to drive down asset prices are restoring the markets to their natural equilibrium, not preventing it. Unfortunately, the SEC is channeling Hoover and FDR, and they are preventing the economy from recovering.

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Ron Paul & Lew Rockwell talk about it all here: Give it a listen.

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Update: 9-20-08
Robert Higgs actually put it best in "Does Wall Street Have A Death Wish?" where he stated:

"it is fair to conclude that the government has given up entirely on the free market and has decided to occupy the wasteland where outright socialism and economic fascism meet."

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The Republic Is Dead.
"Long Live" The Empire.
"Long Live" Big Brother.

Third Party Ticket [w/video]

Recently Ron Paul gave an historic press conference asking for voters to consider voting for third party candidates. Here's a great video clip from it:



In his press conference he made three major points:

1. A large number of people do not want a McCain or Obama presidency - collectively we are a political force.

2. All four of his suggested third party candidates have 4 positions in common; bring the U.S. troops home; protect our civil liberties, investigate the Federal Reserve and balance the federal budget.

3. Any of the four candidates would be better than Obama or McCain as president of the United States.

Currently, our large group of disenfranchised voters is not focused on one candidate to rally behind. So... What should we do?

One idea is currently being developed at Third Party Ticket

Obama & McCain miss Texas filing deadline - Barr files suit

Bob Barr, the Libertarian Party's nominee for president, has filed a lawsuit in Texas demanding Senators John McCain and Barack Obama be removed from the ballot after they missed the official filing deadline.

A 2006 Texas Supreme Court decision ruled that state laws "does not allow political parties or candidates to ignore statutory deadlines."

Bruce adds:

...Yeah, we'll see how far this suit gets. Because my friends, "might now makes right," and "we are now a nation of men, not of laws."

The Republic Is Dead, "Long Live" The Empire.

I, for one, welcome our new socialist overlords. ;)

Great , funny video about the Republicrats

As we watch "the middle of the end" of Wall Street this week, console yourself with a few laughs from this BreakTheMatrix video about the Republicrat party...



Please share far & wide...

Blog Censorship in Branson

Columbia Daily Tribune editor Hank Waters will probably have a big smile on his face after reading this post from the Branson’s Edge blog:

A tax funded entity in Branson is spending public funds to limit free speech on the Internet. In fact; they’re spending nearly $400,000 to do it.

Since they hate me so much; they haven’t asked for my advice - instead they’ve issued a hate campaign to silence my voice. Due to the comment spam, I’m going to publish the message sent by Lynn Berry communications paid for by Branson taxpayers:

Dear Ones,

As many of you may know, there is a Branson blog out there in cyberspace

(http://www.bransonmissouri.blogspot.com/)

that is troublesome. If you read even a few paragraphs of the content, it will be evident that this blog, in its present state, is clearly harmful to the citizens of Branson; unfortunately, when you “Google” Branson, Missouri, it shows up on the very first page.

In order to get the attention of search engine administrators, there must be a hue and cry over the inappropriate content of this site. Attached are instructions to allow each of us to voice our opposition to allowing this site to continue to appear online.

If you should have any questions, please give me a call.

Thanks for your prompt attention to this matter,

Lynn Berry
Director of Public Relations
Branson/Lakes Area CVB

PO Box 1897
Branson, MO 65615
office — 417-334-4084 ext. 337
cell — 417-527-5670

Missouri gets an glowing “F” on Sunshine compliance

Missouri gets an glowing “F” on Sunshine compliance

Jean Maneke, the Missouri Press Association’s legal counsel, writes in the December issue of Missouri Press News that the state fails miserably when it comes to appealing denials of sunshine requests. That should come as no surprise to anyone who has tried to appeal a a denial. The failing grade comes from a survey of all states and is available http://nfoic.org/newsw/bag/overview.html.

Not only does the survey indicate that there’s no alternative than a clogged court system available to the public, but that if and when an appeal is ever successful, the penalty is simply a civil one.

“That’s a sad commentary on the status of our state’s open meetings law, ins’t it?” she opines. Sad indeed.

Dump Blunt "08

An anti-Bush tour sponsored by Americans United for Change will stop in Springfield on Thursday, Sept. 11th.
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The 45-foot, 28-ton bus will target Rep. Roy Blunt from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. at the Teamster Hall on 1850 Division Street. A press release states the event will be designed to hold Congressman Blunt accountable for "voting in lockstep with Bush's failed policies."

Show Me The Money

Wouldn't it be nice if each taxpayer could learn easily how his or her state government spent taxpayer dollars? Wouldn't it be great to go to one simple website where you could search for spending by keyword, similar to a google search?

Join the Show Me the Spending Coalition

This group belongs to a coalition of organizations who are working to establish "Google-government" websites where users can easily search for state spending information, including data on grants and contracts.

Updates

Taken some time to recover from last week's trip to the Minneapolis-based Rally for the Republic.

Hope to post regularly, or at least more often, as time permits.

Some updates.

U.S. Tommorow is a new monthly newspaper, which was distributed at the Rally. It contains the work of many great writers in the movement, like Chuck Baldwin, Alan Stang and Paul Craig Roberts.
Visit their website, or sign up and receive a free copy, now.

The Barry County Chapter of the Ozarks Property Rights Congress will be holding its first meeting on September 20th, 2008, at 4 p.m. in the community room of the Cassville Branch Library.

This meeting is intended to be organizational in nature, but we also will also be introducing several Topics for discussion which we hope to take concrete action upon, in the immediate future.

1. Understanding local government policy, taxation and functions.

2. Understanding the chain of boards and committees which sustain this structure and how we can become a part of, and eventually take over these important organs of local government, by beginning at the school board, and Central Committee level.

3. How we can effectively eliminate local taxes without affecting the financial structure of the local governments public institutions which these taxes supposedly support.


Sign this Petition to End Personal Property Tax in the State of Missouri. Hopefully this will be a ballot issue, next year.

Missouri Citizens for Property Rights Withdraws Suit Against Secretary of State

“We've been asked if we will try again. How can we stop now? We've been working on this for three long years, but I've met folks around the state, like Homer and Julie Tourkakis, who have been struggling for much longer to keep their home or business from being taken -- not for a road or school, but for the private profit of a developer. We can not stop! Watch for us next summer.”