One of the people that I spent many long hours on the highways of America with last weekend was Missouri State Representative Jim Guest.  This is a great and couragous man.  He is standing up against the central party politic of his republican party to do the right thing.  Here is a breif video just released by Representative Guest regarding the Real ID card.   Put your seatbelts on folks, this could get a little rocky.

This is going to be a September to remember!

As the Republican National Convention gears up to nominate a candidate at odds with so many of the party’s traditional principles, and who promises us four more years of war, inflation, and financial ruin, we’ll be holding our Rally for the Republic in neighboring Minneapolis.

On September 2nd, at the University of Minnesota’s Williams Arena, the message of freedom and the Constitution will be shouted from the rooftops.  We’ll hear from top-notch speakers, musicians, and organizations who share our message.  (We’ve already revealed a few of them, with many more to be announced in the coming weeks.)  We’ll stand up for the principles of limited government, individual liberty, and respect for the Constitution that were once the hallmarks of the Republican Party.

And we’ll have a great time.

Our program in the Twin Cities will be unforgettable.  With your help, this can be the biggest event the freedom movement has ever seen.

At the rally we’ll also officially launch the Campaign for Liberty , complete with a multimedia presentation introducing the organization and laying out our short- and long-term goals. We’ll also hold workshops on how to organize and win in your precinct, district, and state. There are no shortcuts: this is the kind of knowledge we need if we are to translate great ideas into electoral victories.

But that’s not all: we also have exciting events planned for September 1st, the day the GOP convention opens.  First, Ron Paul will hold a book signing for his #1 New York Times bestseller, The Revolution: A Manifesto, at 1:00pm at a Borders bookstore on the outskirts of St. Paul (866 Rosedale Center, Roseville, Minn.).  That night, as a thank-you to all those who worked so hard on the campaign, we are pleased to announce the Ron Paul Nation Celebration , a free concert by musicians who supported Ron Paul.

Next week we will debut a new website dedicated exclusively to our events in Minnesota, including logistical support, information on performers, a working schedule, and promotional items to download and distribute. We’ll let you know as soon as it’s up and running.

In short, please come to Minneapolis if you possibly can.  Urge your friends and family to do the same.  Be a part of the grand culmination of Ron Paul’s historic campaign, and the official launch of his new one, the Campaign for Liberty.  There is no better or more dramatic way to declare that we are here to stay, that Dr. Paul’s support was no flash in the pan.

Ron Paul has made incalculable contributions to the cause of freedom, and inspired millions with his message.  Will you join us in standing beside him in September, at a critical watershed for the freedom movement?

In liberty,

The Campaign for Liberty Team

P.S. With the two major-party nominees rattling sabers at Iran and making phony promises with money that doesn’t exist, our message of peace and freedom needs a high-profile boost more than ever.  Come to Minneapolis, and let’s make it happen!

P.P.S. We want to reach 100,000 members of the Campaign for Liberty by September.  Can you lend a hand by signing up one friend or family member by the end of the week?

13 FAMOUS AMERICAN LAWYERS
 ALL BUT ONE NEVER WENT TO LAW SCHOOL
 
 1. Patrick Henry (1736-1799), member of the Continental Congress,
 governor of Virginia
 
 2. John Jay (1745-1829), first chief justice of the Supreme Court
 
 3. John Marshall (1755-1835), chief justice of the Supreme Court
 
 4. William Wirt (1772-1834), attorney general
 
 5. Roger B. Taney (1777-1864), secretary of the treasury, chief
 justice of the Supreme Court
 
 6. Daniel Webster (1782-1852), secretary of state
 
 7. Salmon P. Chase (1808-1873), senator, chief justice of the Supreme
 Court
 
 8. Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), president
 
 9. Stephen Douglas (1813-1861), representative, senator from Illinois
 
 10. Clarence Darrow (1857-1938), defense attorney in Scopes trial of
 1925. [While Clarence Darrow attended a law school for one year, he
 did not distinguish himself and preferred to study law on his own. He
 received the greater part of his education in a law office in
 Youngstown, Ohio.]
 
 11. Robert Storey (b. 1893), president of the American Bar Association
 (1952-1953)
 
 12. J. Strom Thurmond (b. 1902), senator, governor of South Carolina
 
 13. James O. Eastland (b. 1904), senator from Mississippi
 
 Wallechinsky, David, “The Book of Lists,” 1977
 
 Clarence Darrow, did go to law school for one year before he quit. He
 became the most famous. Hmmmm….maybe it does pay to go to law
 school.

By the time you read this I will be half way to our nations capital driving a van full of patriots.  We are gathering in Washington to let them know, we have had enough.  If they do not return to following the law as it is layed down in the Constitution, they are fired!!

Your thoughts and prayers are appreciated.  I can’t wait to tell you all about this grand adventure!

If you would like to learn more about how you can help please go to www.coppercards.com and sign up as a member.  Please put Dr. Drumright as your guardian when you sign up, I will explain more about this latter.  There is no cost or obligation to become a member other than to follow the golden rule.  Beyond that, it is important to study the constitution, because you cannot benefit from the law if your do not know the law.

See you Monday,

DrD

The number you get on the news only includes those who die in place.  If they make it to the helicopter before they die they are not included in the official media count…  are you tired of the lies yet?  I got this information directly from the department of veterans affairs website.

The Department of Veterans Affairs, May 2007, Gulf War Veterans Information System reports the following:

Total U.S. Military Gulf War Deaths: 73,846
– Deaths amongst Deployed: 17,847
– Deaths amongst Non-Deployed: 55,999

Total “Undiagnosed Illness” (UDX) claims: 14,874
Total number of disability claims filed: 1,620,906
- Disability Claims amongst Deployed: 407,911
- Disability Claims amongst Non-Deployed: 1,212,995

Percentage of combat troops that filed Disability Claims 36%

The most basic principle to being a free American is the notion that we as individuals are responsible for our own lives and decisions.  We do not have the right to rob our neighbors to make up for our mistakes, neither does our neighbor have any right to tell us how to live, so long as we aren’t infringing on their rights.   Freedom to make bad decisions is inherent in the freedom to make good ones.  If we are only free to make good decisions, we are not really free.

Socialist ideologies blur this line between self reliance and government control because the mistakes of the individual are spread to everyone else.  Thus the government becomes very interested in your decisions and way of life, with the justification that you could make a mistake others will have to pay for.  The end result is, of course, that everyone loses privacy and control over their own lives.  Whether they realize it or not, they are no longer truly free.

This week in Congress brought some examples from both sides of the aisle on these issues of freedom and personal responsibility.  We talked about online gambling quite a bit with the markup of some legislation dealing with the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act.  Now, I am not someone who enjoys throwing money away, but I am someone who understands issues of freedom and self-ownership.  As such, I strongly support the right of free people to do with their hard-earned money as they please.  Gambling is ultimately a matter of personal choice, and some people find it entertaining.  As long as I am not forced to underwrite their losses, it is none of my business what gamblers do with their time and money.

There are those that feel online gambling is morally wrong and financially irresponsible, which I do not argue with, but they also feel that because of this, the government should step in and prevent or punish people for taking part in these activities.  This attitude is anathema to the ideas of liberty.

However, most of the same anti-gambling crowd sang an entirely different tune when we discussed giving away free birth control in schools.  All of a sudden, they did not want others making decisions about their lifestyles and families, while the other side felt the need to interfere.  It is interesting that the same group that feels parents have the absolute right and ability to control how and when their kids get birth control, are powerless to monitor their internet activity and must enlist government regulatory assistance to protect against gambling or predators.  Which is it?  Are parents the ones to parent, or not?  Both sides switch their positions based on the subject at hand, but the philosophy of liberty is elegantly simple and consistent. 

I can assure you of this – once the government gains a foothold into regulating the internet, even for benevolent reasons, the wonders of the free internet will soon be a thing of the past.  Parents, with modern day technology, are quite capable of monitoring their children’s internet activity.  The internet must remain a government-free zone to maintain its integrity and usefulness to modern society, and that is something for which I will continue to fight. 

Posted by Ron Paul (06-30-2008, 01:44 PM)

In 1941 the American inventor and businessman Henry Ford built a car both made from and fueled by hemp.  Imagine a weed that we spend billions of dollars a day trying to destroy, replaces both steel and oil…

No wonder this stuff is illegal!!! 

If I owned a US senator or two and I fed my family by selling steel, oil, gas, drugs, paper, corn or cotton, it would certainly be in my best interests to get together a few of my friends and use our governmental and media connections to both outlaw and publically slander anything to do with this incredible weed.

River Market Brewery

8pm

Speakers and Performers

Tom Mullen - Private citizen, patriotic American, and our grassroots representative, with an important message for our servant government.

G. Edward Griffin – founder of Freedom Force International and author of The Creature from Jekyll Island, shares his in depth research and analysis concerning the Federal Reserve System and the forces behind its inception.

Charles Goyette – syndicated talk radio host based in Phoenix, Arizona to discuss a return to the country’s constitutional traditions of sound money and limited government, the foundation upon which a viable economy can be rebuilt.

Marcy Brooks – Juror in the tax trial of Whitey Harell v. State of Illinois (featured in Aaron Russo’s America: From Freedom to Fascism will talk about the responsibility of being a juror in tax evasion cases.

Thomas E Woods Jr - author of “Who Killed the Constitution?: The Fate of American Liberty from World War I to George W. Bush” to discuss how the federal government has circumvented the Constitution and is systematically dismantling the rights and freedoms that are the foundation of a Constitutional Republic.

Naomi Wolf – advocate of progressive politics and author of “The End of America: A letter of warning to a young patriot”. Ms. Wolfe will take a historical look at the rise of fascism, outlining the 10 steps necessary for a state to take control of individuals’ lives.

Jack McLamb – Military Veteran, retired police officer, and radio talk show host to discuss the potential for martial law to come to America.

Howard Phillips - Chairman of The Conservative Caucus since 1974, will discuss the multifaceted plan to turn the U.S., Canada and Mexico into a North American version of the European Union.

Terri Hall – Founder and Director of Texasturf.org to discuss among other things, the ranches that are being unconstitutionally confiscated to build the Trans-Texas Corridor (NAFTA Superhighway).

Congressman Jim Guest - MO representative to discuss the potential loss of U.S. Sovereignty; U.S. jobs that will permanently be lost; and environmental issues among other things, with the Kansas City Smart Port.

Jeff Lewis - co-founder of Fire Coalition to discuss the economic impact illegal immigration has had on the country as well as the tie between the lack of enforcement of our immigration laws and the NAU, as well as discussing why we are fighting a war on terrorism when our borders are still not secured.

Michael Scheuer – 22 year veteran of the CIA and bestselling author of ‘Imperial Hubris’ to discuss American foreign policy and its implications on terrorism, security, and Iraq

Chuck Baldwin – Constitution Party Presidential Candidate, Pastor, and radio talk show host to speak about hope for America and a new breed of politician.

Ron Paul - to speak about the future of the Revolution.

*Additional speakers are pending.

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