Why Support HR 1207? Ron Paul Explains, Bernanke Panics

The FED has already hired a former Enron lobbyist to combat HR 1207. Bernanke is now starting to use scare tactics as he explained recently,

My concern about the legislation is that if the GAO is auditing not only the operational aspects of the programs and the details of the programs but making judgments about our policy decisions would effectively be a takeover of policy by the Congress and a repudiation of the independence of the Federal Reserve would be highly destructive to the stability of the financial system, the Dollar and our national economic situation.

So if we actually knew what Bernanke and the FED were up to, then the dollar would collapse? What is it that might be revealed by a simple audit to make this happen? I think it's likely that when we find out about where the trillions of dollars have gone and when we find out about the corrupt deals they make with foreign banks, that the American people will demand an end to the FED. That's what they are really scared of - they want to maintain their domination of the currency and the fractional reserve banking system, which feeds money to the politically well-connected at the expense of the rest of us.

Texas Secession

Daniel Miller, president of the Texas Nationalist Movement, was on Glenn Beck this week to discuss why secession is necessary. Miller seems to be very intelligent, which should help to give his cause some legitimacy in the public eye.

I especially liked Miller's reference to Judge Napolitano on why secession is a natural right. To add to that point, the War Between the States, did not decide the debate over secession. It only proved that the North had a better military than the South. They were the biggest bully on the block and Lincoln proved he was a tyrant willing to invade and slaughter his own country. Nothing regarding the moral or legal legitimacy of secession can be determined from war.

If somehow Texas actually does secede, I will be moving there immediately.

Number of Climate Change Skeptics Climbing

This article from the Wall Street Journal outlines the growing number of skeptics of global warming. The science simply does not exist. Some day in the near future people will laugh at how gullible the people of the world were when they almost allowed their governments to pass off fake science as a reason to tax the very air they breathe.

Among the many reasons President Barack Obama and the Democratic majority are so intent on quickly jamming a cap-and-trade system through Congress is because the global warming tide is again shifting. It turns out Al Gore and the United Nations (with an assist from the media), did a little too vociferous a job smearing anyone who disagreed with them as "deniers." The backlash has brought the scientific debate roaring back to life in Australia, Europe, Japan and even, if less reported, the U.S.

Bachmann to Join the Liberty Movement?

I'm starting to warm up to the Minnesota Congresswoman. On Glenn Beck today, she told him that she would refuse to fill out the Census despite the threat of a $5000 fine. She pointed out that the survey is not in agreement with our natural and Constitutional right to privacy. She is also a leading supporter of HR 1207 and Thomas Woods has said very nice things about her willingness to seek the truth.

Even hardcore libertarian Karen De Coster has written some supporting words about Bachmann at Lew Rockwell's site.

Bachmann is also articulate and pretty—which is never detrimental to a woman in politics—and comes across as steady and confident. The attribute of hers that gives me hope is her tendency to reveal recurring signs of un-Republican-like behavior. Questioning the constitutionality of the census and making Timothy Geithner stutter like a pickled parrot are just a couple of strong points in her favor.

Additionally, she gave this speech from the House floor on how our government is becoming a bunch of gangsters. Of course government is always and has always been, by definition, a gang of thieves. But we will give her some credit for at least approaching these realizations.

Bernanke Has Trouble Remembering His Crimes

Clearly, Bernanke was lying at the Congressional hearings today. Or he is coming down with a case of alzheimer's. Either way, he should be removed immediately before he does anymore damage. Congressman Burton (also a cosponsor of HR 1207) did an especially nice job nailing him today with some difficult questions.

Ron Paul at Cato on the Federal Reserve

One of the annoying aspects of the Cato Institute is that these so called libertarians often endorse the Federal Reserve. Maybe it is a good sign that they have invited Ron Paul to come talk. The Fed is completely inconsistent with libertarian principles. Hopefully everyone at Cato can at least agree that it should be audited.

Jim DeMint Joins the 'Audit the Fed' Movement

Senator Jim DeMint from South Carolina has signed onto the Senate version of Ron Paul's HR 1207. The Senate bill is S604. He spoke with Glenn Beck today about the bill on Fox News. He also mentioned the "disappearance" of Gov. Sanford, which the media is freaking out about for whatever reason. I know that I sure wish our Governor would go on an extended trip somewhere. And he can take along all the other parasites in Richmond with him. Truth is that we do not need these people in order for society to function. In fact, it would function much better without them.

FTC Nazi's to Regulate Blogging

Of course, this is for our own good. People should not be allowed to just say and read whatever they want. There have to be limits. The FTC is just making sure us common folk do not hurt ourselves. And do not ever think that the government would use these regulatory powers for their own benefit or to target anti-state blogs or political enemies. They are public servants, not a gang of thieves. It is not like they threaten us with violence and steal half our income or anything... oh wait...

Karen De Coste is more cynical in a post at Lew Rockwell's site:

[Regulation of blogs], of course, is a maneuver the government has long sought so it can effectively turn off the uncontrollable competition to benefit its favored participants in the corporate state. Alternative free media, and especially the community spontaneity of blogging, is a huge problem for government and its favored business alliances that benefit from laws, regulation, barriers to entry, etc.

You can read the AP article with some of the lame excuses from the FTC here.

More Government Waste

This is a fun little fact about the efficiency of government education. In New York City alone, 700 teachers are literally paid to do nothing:

Hundreds of New York City public school teachers accused of offenses ranging from insubordination to sexual misconduct are being paid their full salaries to sit around all day playing Scrabble, surfing the Internet or just staring at the wall, if that's what they want to do.

Because their union contract makes it extremely difficult to fire them, the teachers have been banished by the school system to its "rubber rooms" — off-campus office space where they wait months, even years, for their disciplinary hearings.

I bet taxpayers in NYC are just thrilled. This is yet another example of what labor unions and progressivism has done to this country. As with many other areas of life, the masses of people would be much better off if we had a separation of education and State. Freedom of choice and competition would rid the system of incompetent teachers. Costs would be dramatically reduced as wasteful schools would go bankrupt and quality would certainly improve (it cannot get much worse).

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