I found out today that I'm going to be getting an Apple iPhone to replace my Palm Treo 700p. I haven't really been happy with my Treo since I got it and I can't get a signal at work (or home usually). I'll be switching to AT&T but keeping my same number.
I'm hoping that all goes well with the transition and this new phone helps me to really organize myself to the fullest potential.
Ron Paul is releasing his new book "The Revolution: A Manifesto" on April 30th, 2008. The book will discuss the entire revolution that has been born from his race for President as well as the future of the movement.
This movement and election for me isn't about Ron Paul anymore. I will vote for him and write him in if I have to but the movement is now about fighting for our Constitution. The Administration wants to limit our rights in many ways unseen by the public eye. They don't cover most of it in the mainstream media.
We need to elect officials that deal with the real issues and care about maintaining Constitutional integrity, not hiding behind Religion, Gender and Race.
I'm not sure how I feel about this Romney thing. McCain and Romney were bitter enemies and then all of a sudden he bails and gives McCain the nod? It's sounds fishy to me.
Either he was bribed by money or a VP deal or something along those lines. I have a hard time believing he would just flip that easy.
If you are pissed about this, join the Ron Paul camp! At least he can keep his word.
directly from the ronpaul2008.com website:
A few news sources are misreporting Ron Paul’s e-mail from last night. The presidential campaign is not ending, not being suspended, and not even drawing down. It’s slimming down and ramping up — with over twenty states having already voted, we’ve shed staff, and we’re concentrating financial and organization resources on the remaining states. We’re going to the convention, and we’re fighting for every vote and every National Delegate along the way.Republicans do not want John McCain to be their nominee. He has only been able to become the front-runner because the field was so divided and because he’s a media darling. We can see just how unpopular McCain is in the heartland by his performance in the Kansas caucuses today. Kansans resoundingly rejected the Arizona senator, and McCain’s big wins so far have mostly been in blue states — states he won’t win in November if, heaven forbid, he’s the Republican nominee.
Republicans want and need an alternative. Some people think Mike Huckabee provides an alternative to McCain. But Huckabee, who now tries to sound like Ron Paul when he talks about abolishing the IRS, raised taxes in Arkansas and vastly expanded spending in that state when he was its governor. Huckabee is no alternative at all. Ron Paul, on the other hand, has never voted for a tax increase, never voted for an unbalanced budget or for an unconstitutional war or government program.
At stake here is not just the Republican nomination — which McCain still has not locked up — but the future of the Republican Party and, much more importantly, the future of our liberties. We have to organize in every single state, including the ones that have already voted in the primaries and caucuses, to continue the fight to take back the Republican Party and to ensure that Ron Paul’s principles, the principles of Washington and Jefferson, prevail. For the sake of that cause, Ron Paul’s campaign continues, all the way to the convention.
Intro
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This revolution we are leading has the word LOVE outlined for a reason my brothers and sisters.
Some people have said some very bad things about all candidates involved but there is something we all have in common. We are all passionate about saving this country no matter what differences we have.
I'm sorry that your guy dropped out and I know you must be hurting because if you believed in his message as much as we believe in Ron Paul we know how you feel.
Another thing we have in common is that we all know McCain is a little bit scary for the wrong reasons. Paul may seem scary to some of you but it's because his solutions are the right ones and would take most people out of their comfort zone. Leaving your comfort zone is SCARY and we understand that.
Welcome to the Ron Paul rEVOLution and we welcome you with open arms. Please donate and do everything you can to help us restore the Constitution and our Freedoms.
Peace!
Congressman Paul Cosponsors “Combat Veterans Debt Elimination Act”
February 6, 2008
For immediate release
Washington, DC - Congressman Ron Paul has signed on as a cosponsor of legislation that would prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from collecting certain debts owed to the United States by members of the Armed Forces and veterans who die as a result of an injury incurred or aggravated on active duty in a combat zone.
If a service member dies in combat and has received Montgomery GI benefits, his or her surviving family members are required to repay those loans.
So far the VA has attempted to recover over $56,000 from the families of 22 deceased service members, with the bulk of the money owed in the form of college loans.
“This practice is an outrage and adds insult to injury to our fallen war heroes. They have given their lives in service to their country and they deserve better than this,” stated Congressman Paul.
Three of the 22 cases of this occurred in the State of Texas, which is more than any other state.
Introduced by Representative Randy Neugebauer (R-TX) H.R. 5148, The Combat Veterans Debt Elimination Act would wipe the slate clean for these grieving families, giving them the peace of mind that the sacrifice their loved one made on behalf of a grateful nation is honored.
I listened to quite a bit of talk radio this morning and on several stations I'm hearing the same thing.
We won't vote for Hillary or Obama because they are going to turn us into a socialist society and McCain is going to be the end of the Republican party.
They all talked about how there isn't anyone conservative enough to represent the party... hello? Is this thing on? RON PAUL?!
Super Tuesday is going to get the spin of being a giant failure on multiple levels for Ron but what people don't realize is he already knew he wouldn't get the majority vote in the primary. That wasn't part of the plan from the start.
If you are feeling discouarged check out this from the ronpaul2008.com website blog:
The American Revolution—the very thing whose legacy Ron Paul is fighting to keep alive—had darker days in 1776 than anything we have yet faced. George Washington and the Continental Army, as well as the American irregulars who fought for their own homes and families even apart from the organized army, lost battle after battle that fall and the following winter, ceding New York and New Jersey to the British and retreating into Pennsylvania.Our country was on the brink of being reabsorbed into the empire from which it had struggled to break free, and our revolution was close to being extinguished in spirit as well as in the flesh—and that crushing of the American spirit would have been the one defeat from which there could be no recovery. Think of George Orwell’s 1984, where the ultimate horror was not the endless wars between Oceania, Eastasia, and Eurasia or the state’s unlimited powers of surveillance and control, but the crushing of one man’s spirit at the end of the novel.
We've done this before and we can do it again. It's time to take our country back and make it WE THE PEOPLE instead of WE THE SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS.
from Nolan Chart:
"We all always knew that Ron Paul was not going to get enough delegates to steal the nomination. He just needs enough to bring to the convention, which he has. The plan was to make it to a brokered convention, so that the message would get out to all of the republicans. The delegates are in fact uncommitted and many of them may not even know who Ron Paul is.By having a brokered convention, they will all hear the message, no matter how the media has tried to black him out. The media will have no choice but to show the good doctor and his message as the whole thing will be televised. It will be run by the GOP, not the biased main stream media. This is what we need. Everyone will be watching if there is a brokered convention, Republican and Democrat. Whether the good doctor gets elected or not, the seed of freedom will be planted.
The revolution has a bigger purpose other than electing a man to President. It's about taking back our freedom.
This site was always meant to be a place to open minds from the deep sleep of the daily war on the brain. I always had dreamed big things for it and never found the right message or motive to keep it up. I've found that reason now.
This site will become a place for truth and justice. The Mainstream Media has waged war on our minds long enough and I'm tired of the lies and manipulation. Stand with me if you believe in the cause and join us.
Today I was sitting in my College Algebra class and my professor walked up to me and said "You know he doesn't have a snowballs chance right?"
I looked down at my Ron Paul shirt and smiled. "It's not about the man, it's about the message." I replied. The message is not new... the only thing that's new about it is we are ready to hear it.
This is directly taken from the ronpaul2008.com website:
In the race for delegates, Ron Paul appears to closely trail Romney for first place
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 4, 2008
ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA – While most reports about this past weekend’s Maine Caucus focused on the purely symbolic presidential preference poll, in the meaningful race to secure delegates to the state convention Ron Paul is primed to finish second with likely 35 percent of the total delegates.
Delegates to the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis are elected by the state delegates. Internal results from 10 of 16 counties, including the largest cities of Portland, South Portland, Lewiston, Auburn, Augusta, Waterville, Bangor, and Brewer, show Ron Paul picking up 215 of 608 State Convention delegates so far reported, or 35%.
“Ron Paul’s strong second place finish in Maine, in which he beat John McCain, is proof that this race is far from over,” said Ron Paul campaign manager Lew Moore. “We’ll continue to battle for every delegate in this wide-open race for the Republican nomination.”
In the presidential preference poll, with 70 percent reporting, Ron Paul is in third place just two percentage points behind John McCain. However, the Maine preference poll is purely a beauty contest, and in the actual election of state delegates the so-called “frontrunner” McCain is far behind Ron Paul.
I'm a little discouraged and excited at the same time. I need some strength right now after those debates.
I wish Ron would have been more aggressive tonight when he was obviously being cut off and ignored. He's a gentleman and didn't want to interrupt but you could totally see that he was pissed off about it. The things he said are spot on and he did very well WHEN he actually got a chance to talk.
There are people telling me everyday he can't and won't win. Why bother voting and wasting your time? There are some people that after tonight might have even quit the Ron Paul movement.
I think people are mad because it doesn't appear we are spending any money at all. We are seeing everyone else's ads all over the place though. The Ron Paul Blimp had to dock because we couldn't raise enough money but honestly most of us are pretty tapped out or saving for this Friday.
As much as it is weighing on me I have to trust the man. He's the smartest candidate out there for sure. He must have a plan. I think he's waiting for the right time to attack while the other candidates run out of money... once they run out he will be sitting on about 40 Million and can really attack and be fresh on people's minds.
He is also releasing a book about this Revolution movement in April that will debut at #1 on the best seller's list. I know it will.
Please all Ron Paul Supporters stay strong and hang in there... I know there is a reason for all this and we will prevail.
I can sum up things pretty short.
Ron Paul was ignored on purpose. The few people the mass media already want to win were the ones that they showed the entire time. Ron Paul basically rocked on every answer he gave and it scares people. McCain also had no clue was going on when Ron asked him the question.
They had a fit when Ron Paul fans cheered and clapped and they didn't say a damn thing to anyone else.
Closing statement by McCain was the I know Rudy is going to drop and make sure you vote for me.
When Romney was asked if he would do for Social Security what Ronald Regan did for....? You could hear someone (not Romney) say Im not going to raise taxes!!!!! Then Romney said" Im not going to raise taxes!!!!
It sounded like some was telling him the response to the question. This happened at about 9:19 pm Central time.
It was the Mitt and Huck show, and it's bullshit. MSNBC you embarrass me.
Ron Paul's ending statement was awesome... I'm hope what little you got to see of this man changes your view of him.
I say only with a hint of sarcasm. Almost 2 million dollars is a hell of an achievement in such a short period of time (24 hours). The two previous money bombs raised much more but there's a very good reason for that.
I believe that this last money bomb didn't have the same exposure as the others and it wasn't started soon enough. I actually discovered this was going on by accident after emailing them with a suggestion to do one on Martin Luther King's Day and at the same time boycotting FOX.
I did some searching and found that very idea was being organized already so it made me content. I didn't however hear about this money bomb until yesterday in a email late in the evening. It felt like poor planning on someone's part. I told everyone person that would listen about it for the last week.
The important thing is if you read around the web you will hear stories of first time voters coming out to donate. People who are young and old that have never cared enough to vote are going to now. It's an important shift in the right direction. People are stoping payment on their car insurance and riding a bike to work just to donate that extra money because they believe in his message.
Why does that seem so insane to some? People donate money every Sunday because they believe in a cause from someone who they have faith. It seems people even if marginal compared to some other's are starting to believe. They are tired of the lies, manipulation and death. We are the "greatest nation in the world" according to some, so why don't we act like it? We have established military bases in almost every part of the world which costs us billions to keep going, but we have people in our own country starving. It's a sad state of affairs.
Ron Paul suggests that if China wanted to build a Military base in the United States we wouldn't have it and I agree. Why would someone else want us to do the same? If they ask for it maybe that's different but we don't really give people a choice it seems. We are off trying to save the world and meanwhile the outside view of us is much different.
I think we should take care of our own and lead by example in education, poverty, and stop focusing on people as groups and more as individuals. Religion, Race and Gender shouldn't matter... we are American and we are all human beings.
