Way far from strong enough and very Republican (not Conservative) approach generally (marriage amendment to the constitution which is never going to happen; blaming the judiciary without acknowledging the role of Congress and the two parties) – but the statement almost provides a glimmer of hope. Maybe if they repeat it enough – “parental rights undermined” – they might eventually get it to the point that they’ll feel a need to do 180 degree turn on their family policy agenda and do something to fix it. “parental rights undermined” is this millenium’s understatement.

Taken into Custody: The War Against Fatherhood, Marriage, and the Family

Guy Fawkes was not an anarchist. His beef was, like that of many folk of the day, with King James. A cursory glance at history shows that James 6th was the Catholic (Hah!) King of Scotland who took the English crown to become James 1st of the new United Kingdom quite against the will of the people of England. James was quite a nasty bastard even by the measures of the day. Fawkes was a patriot betrayed by lily-livered wassers. (Not to be cofused with Jesse James).

I too will be a nasty bastard, but only to the corrupt and the rent-seekers, the Judges and the Lawyers (for a start). Then, in the second week…..

Vote #1 Amfortas. Be in the best company.

Expect the mass media to bring out its most virulent snarling dogs to snuff him this time: I’ve made a small checklist and am watching it in amusement to see if the following things come true:

1. Allegations of homophobia either on Paul’s part or one of his close fundraisers or advisors. A convenient token plant will emerge to support the smear, claiming Paul said or did something “against the gays”. His every past statement is likely being combed this very second by media personnel for faint scents of homophobia to be used against him on a very loudly amplified national scale.

2. If using my people doesn’t work and push enough buttons of outrage for the media, there will be allegations of anti-Semitism. Plants at Columbia University continue to try to smear and call negative attention to that school for inviting Ahmadinejad to speak. First it was a noose. That didn’t spark enough outrage. Next a swastika conveniently appeared. Still no ejection for Bolinger. I predict similar plants will begin to pop up like mushrooms around Paul and his campaign. Paul’s commitment to closing and enforcing our nation’s border will be painted as “hateful” and “hate-filled” to Mexican-American citizens and an attack on Latinos instead of what it is: defense of the Republic against persons residing and working here illegally, regardless of ethnic background. The GOP and DNC will aggressively mobilize Latinos in and outside America to march against, protest and smear Paul. As a minority, trust me: the powers that be are fond of and well versed in manipulating gullible extremists within our ranks to smear opponents and stay firmly in power. The problem for them is that with the exception of gays and Latinos, the rest of us see it now and are no longer fooled.

3. The gold standard will be mentioned over and over again, and Paul will be smeared as an extremist loon both mentally unstable and politically unreliable. The media will begin chanting “unpresidential”, “unpresident-like”, “dangerous”, “extreme” and “revolutionary” in tracts describing him. They are already terming him “left-field” and “long shot”, despite his success and obvious connection with most American voters. This trend will worsen.

4. Finally, if all else fails, the media will call him a domestic terrorist and faintly imply that if any American votes for Paul, other Americans should identify that person, and that the identification will be as “unpatriotic” as well as “endorsing domestic terrorism.”

In short, they’re going to throw everything but the kitchen sink at this guy, and that’s their standard practice. I saw it begin as an internet practice in 1997 against people who were generally doing good works and daring to be outspoken that they were. Smearing, slandering outsiders would appear to promptly Google and smear them online. The media picked this up in about 1998 and 1999, and now it has become so omnipresent that even schoolchildren recognize it: “Oh, I guess now they’ll smear so and so now.” To me that means the game is over and Americans are awake now.

Again, I am a woman, I am black, and I am a Center Democrat, and I will be voting for Ron Paul this election. The circus has escalated to surreal and no longer tolerable conditions. For the sake of the Republic, and for a return to normalcy, I consider Dr. Paul my candidate, and am alerting my family members and other black people that he exists and that he apparently stands for the old school America of morals and personal responsibility we miss and remember.

So, you spent a week undercover cruising the supporter sites? Good idea! So few reporters (yes, you, MSM) would do such.

I’m of the belief that his message – and the man himself – are so powerful, and compelling, that any amount of prolonged exposure to him brings about almost certain conversion. That’s one of the key reasons why the mainstream media are so resistant to giving him fair coverage, terms of both quality and quantity.

On that basis, I can’t help but wonder what effect that week had on you, in terms of your exposure to his policies. I know that you may be reluctant to state your opinion openly, but, methinks by the fairness of the article, you may at least be heading down the right path.

Kudos to you, for putting in the research, and being so open-minded.

I’m a bleeding-heart, Bush-hating, dovish liberal, who admires the European social model.

But I love Ron Paul, and I donated to his campaign on Nov5. He’s the best hope we have right now.

He’s better than virtually all the Democratic candidates in my opinion, and needless to say I’m terrified by the rest of the Republican field. They’ll make Bush look like a teddy bear.

I love Ron Paul because he best exemplifies many of my “liberal” beliefs, such as my hate for American empire-building, and the financially-wasteful more-dangerous-than-drugs Drug War.

Go Ron Paul!

You are correct, but Americans can best understand the popularity of Bonfire Night by its being compared to Halloween rather than, for instance, St. Martin’s Day in Germany which is also November 5th I believe.

Chuckle. Note to Mike Lasalle: Any post mentioning Ron Paul gets more hits than usual from lots of new readers.

Here is a video about the V for Vendetta film that modernized a Guy Fawkes concept (although Guy’s cause was selfish for Catholics only and, although he would have killed everyone he wanted to kill with that gunpowder, his cause would have lost as the Protestants would have murdered thousands of Catholics in response). This movie better depicts what we face with the Repuglicrats:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TLD3Z6sJWA

Ron Paul does not speak out for men’s rights per se, but he did vote against VAWA along with only 3 other Congresspeople and 0 Senators.

What _is_ the point of comparing consititutionalist and freedom-loving Ron Paul with a Jesuit swine who plotted the spilling of innocent blood on a massive scale. Why not just say “figuratively blow up,” and skip the pathetic attempt to
paint Guy Fawkes out of the murderous history of Roman Catholic terrorism.

They continue to ignore and downplay Mr. Paul’s candidacy because most of the perverted patriots (Repugmocrats) will vote their party line hoping for a “win”. I will vote my conscience. Come election in Nov, 08 I will vote for Ron Paul, or I will write him in.

When the media does discuss his issues, they make hay of the fact that he wants to put us back on the gold standard. I say to them, it’s not the gold standard per se, sucker, it’s a return to the Constitution!

Vote for Ron Paul, or be a pervert(ed patriot)!

http://www.presidentpolls2008.com/

Is such a poll more revealing than the ones produced by managed news and political parties? Would Ron Paul stand a better chance of winning if people were not being convinced by managed news that he doesn’t stand a chance?

I answered about 10 or so questions including that I intend to vote for Ron Paul.

The phone call then just terminated abruptly.

Was my response counted?

I am suspicious about polls.

They will tend to give the results desired by those who commission them.

The poll came from this phone number: 214-283-1316

The media currently refers to Ron Paul as a “long shot” candidate but I believe that is quite false. I have been creating a web site to demonstrate just how wrong this “long shot” label is when referring to Ron Paul. While Ron Paul registers low in the national polls, he dominates in the Straw Polls, Debate Polls, Fund Raising, Web Traffic and Grass Roots Networking.

Please visit http://www.thecaseforronpaul.com and decide for yourself.

Interesting idea; has Ron Paul said anything to that effect, or do you gather that from free association (which we’ve lost) men will spontaneously congregate?