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Paul Delegate Purge Sparks GOP Civil War In Maine

Submitted by emalvini on Thu, 08/02/2012 - 21:10
Ron Paul 2012
Maine

BuzzFeed: Divisions among Maine Republicans deepened Wednesday over Romney backers' attempt to purge Ron Paul supporters — who the Romney camp fears could wreak havoc at the Republican National Convention — from the state's delegation.

Peter Cianchette, a Bush donor and ambassador, and Maine Republican National Committeewoman Janet Martens Staples Saturday filed a challenge to 14 pro-Paul delegates and alternates, as the Boston Globe reported. Both were listed as Romney endorsers in a campaign press release in February.

Today, 23 members of the state Republican committee signed on to a letter to party chairman Charlie Webster denouncing the move, and demanding Staples' own resignation.

"The recent actions taken by National Committeewoman Jan Staples against the Maine Delegation are destructive to party unity, blur our focus on maintaining Republican majorities in the Maine House and Senate and provide fodder for opponents in the Democrat Party to attack our candidates in upcoming races," they write in the letter, provided to BuzzFeed by a Maine Republican.

In a letter being circulated today, 23 state party leaders demand that top party figures allow Paul supporters to go to Tampa. Allegations of “a deal by Mitt Romney's campaign.”

Read more: http://www.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeedpolitics/paul-delegate-purge...

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Paul Delegate Purge Sparks GOP Civil War In Maine

In a letter being circulated today, 23 state party leaders demand that top party figures allow Paul supporters to go to Tampa.

Allegations of “a deal by Mitt Romney's campaign.”

Buzzfeed Politics



Maine Republican Party Chairman Charlie Webster. Image by Robert Bukaty / AP
Posted Aug 2, 2012 3:57pm EDT

Divisions among Maine Republicans deepened Wednesday over Romney backers' attempt to purge Ron Paul supporters — who the Romney camp fears could wreak havoc at the Republican National Convention — from the state's delegation.

Peter Cianchette, a Bush donor and ambassador, and Maine Republican National Committeewoman Janet Martens Staples Saturday filed a challenge to 14 pro-Paul delegates and alternates, as the Boston Globe reported. Both were listed as Romney endorsers in a campaign press release in February.

Today, 23 members of the state Republican committee signed on to a letter to party chairman Charlie Webster denouncing the move, and demanding Staples' own resignation.

"The recent actions taken by National Committeewoman Jan Staples against the Maine Delegation are destructive to party unity, blur our focus on maintaining Republican majorities in the Maine House and Senate and provide fodder for opponents in the Democrat Party to attack our candidates in upcoming races," they write in the letter, provided to BuzzFeed by a Maine Republican.

"It is with great sadness and humility that I am calling a special meeting of our body. I thought that we had finally began healing after the convention. I thought we were ready to move on, work out our differences and strengthen our party in the House and Senate," Jonathan Pfaff a Cumberland committeeman and Paul supporter wrote in an email circulating the letter. "Unfortunately, our National Committeewoman, Jan Staples, has other priorities. She has decided to put her own personal agenda ahead of Maine Republicans. Some have argued she's done this out of spite for her unsuccessful bid to be re-elected. Some have argued that she's being offered a deal by Mitt Romney's campaign."
Pfaff complained: "As an example of Ms. Staples sentiments, she was recently quoted in the Portland Press Herald as saying, 'For us, it's trying to get back control of our party.'

Who exactly is she trying to get back control from? We are all Republicans."

Paul Delegate Purge Sparks GOP Civil War In Maine

Massachusetts Delegates Strike Back

Submitted by sawx75 on Thu, 08/02/2012 - 18:50
Ron Paul 2012
Massachusetts

The Massachusetts Delegation has filed a challenge with the Committee on Contests. The 16 challenges were filed in order to restore the elected status of the MA delegation.

The Massachusetts Contestants’ Statement of Position can be seen here, along with all of the proof that will be presented to the RNC.

RNC Committee on Contests | Massachusetts Liberty Caucus

While we have been admonished for not doing enough here in MA, we have been busy working around the clock on a number of different ways to reseat our delegates. This is a major step to reinstating our people.

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Video Update: Ron Paul's Subcommittee Examines Parallel Currencies 8/2/12

Submitted by P.Au.L on Thu, 08/02/2012 - 18:46
Economy

Archived web link, Hearing entitled

Mainstream Reporter Tells The Truth About Audit The Fed And The Creation Of The Federal Reserve



When someone in the mainstream media goes out on a limb to tell the truth, then the rest of us should go out of our way to applaud that effort. Reporter Ben Swann of Fox 19 in Cincinnati is one of the few local television reporters in the United States that consistently tackles the tough issues. As you can see from his "Reality Check" archives, he regularly does reports on the Federal Reserve, the emerging police state, the loss of our freedoms and liberties, the advance of globalism, the economic collapse, political corruption, etc. etc. That is one reason why his YouTube channel is rapidly approaching a million views. In his most recent Reality Check, Ben Swann asked this question: "Is auditing the Federal Reserve really necessary?" In just four minutes, Swann covered the creation of the Federal Reserve, where money comes from, the 16 trillion dollars in secret loans given out by the Fed during the last financial crisis, and why an audit of the Fed is so important. It really was extraordinary to watch a local mainstream news reporter tell the truth about these things. We could definitely use about 1000 more reporters just like him.
The video of Ben Swann's recent Reality Check is posted below. If you have not seen it yet, it is definitely worth the 4 minutes that it takes to watch it....


What in the world would this country look like if we had hundreds of other real journalists such as Ben Swann that were willing to tackle these kinds of issues head on?
Certainly nobody is perfect, but when a reporter like Swann is willing to go out on a limb and attack the Fed we need to applaud his efforts.

The mainstream media is supposed to hold those in positions of power accountable.

But most in the mainstream media treat the Federal Reserve with kid gloves. It is incredibly rare to hear any real criticism of the Fed by mainstream reporters.

If the mainstream media was actually doing their job, then perhaps we could get some answers to some questions that have gone unanswered for a very long time.

For example, Zero Hedge has published a "smoking gun" that proves that the Federal Reserve was heavily involved in manipulating the price of gold long after the gold standard was abandoned. If you have not read that piece yet, you can find it right here.

I would love to know to what extent this is still going on today, and why nobody ever asks Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke about this.

Another mystery that I would like to see addressed is the trillions of dollars of "off balance sheet transactions" that are unaccounted for at the Federal Reserve. This was brought up once during a Congressional hearing, but nobody seemed to have any answers.

Video from this hearing is posted below....

As you can see from the video, nobody in the federal government seems to have any idea what is really going on over at the Fed.
But the Fed has more power over our economy and over our financial system than anyone else does.
Isn't it about time that the American people got some answers?
The Federal Reserve is at the very heart of our debt-based financial system that was created by the big Wall Street banks and for the benefit of the big Wall Street banks.
The Federal Reserve (and virtually every other central bank in the world) is not accountable to the people. The Federal Reserve has created a perpetual debt bubble that is designed to systematically transfer the wealth of the American people to the banks. In this system, the total amount of money and the total amount of debt is designed to continually expand.
Since the Federal Reserve was created, the value of the U.S. dollar has declined by well over 95 percent and the U.S. national debt has gotten more than 5000 times larger.
But nobody seems to want to hold the Federal Reserve accountable for any of this.
Just what in the world is going on here?
In a previous article about auditing the Fed, I listed some more questions that I would like to see someone ask the Federal Reserve....
If the Federal Reserve is supposed to prevent shocks to our economy, then why have there been 10 different economic recessions since 1950 and why are we about to enter another one?
Was the Federal Reserve involved in the manipulation of Libor?
What role did the Federal Reserve play in creating the housing bubble that resulted in our unprecedented housing crash?
Why has the value of the U.S. dollar fallen by 83 percent since 1970?
Why is the Federal Reserve paying U.S. banks not to lend money?
Why did Barack Obama nominate Ben Bernanke for a second term as head of the Federal Reserve when Bernanke has a track record of failure that makes the Chicago Cubs look like a roaring success?
Why is the U.S. national debt more than 5000 times larger than it was when the Federal Reserve was created in 1913?
Why were the Federal Reserve and the personal income tax both pushed through Congress in the same year in 1913?
Why does the Federal Reserve argue that it is "not an agency" of the federal government in court?
Why do all 187 nations that belong to the IMF have a central bank?
Most Americans are pinning their hopes for an "economic turnaround" on the upcoming election in November.
But the truth is that until something is done about the Federal Reserve it isn't going to matter very much who is in the White House.
As I wrote about yesterday, the total amount of all debt in America has grown from about 2 trillion dollars to nearly 55 trillion dollars over the past 40 years.
Yes, we should blame the American people for being really stupid about debt, but we also need to keep in mind that this is exactly what the debt-based Federal Reserve system was designed to do.
We have been enslaved by design and most Americans do not even realize what has happened.
Let us encourage reporters like Ben Swann to keep speaking out about the Federal Reserve, and the rest of us need to keep speaking out about the Fed too.

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August 1st, 2012 | Tags: Audit, Audit The Fed, Auditing, Crisis, Financial, Financial Crisis, Loans, Mainstream Media, Money, Secret Loans, The Creation Of The Federal Reserve, The Fed, Where Money Comes From | Category: Federal Reserve

Mainstream Reporter Tells The Truth About Audit The Fed And The Creation Of The Federal Reserve

Ron Paul Was Right About Our Involvement in Syria

Submitted by mwfontan on Thu, 08/02/2012 - 12:22
Peace / War
Texas
Quicklink

Ron Paul has implied in many speeches on the house floor that the Obama administration is giving covert aide to Syria, and is already involving our nation in yet another war.

Finally the mainstream media is reporting our involvement, but fails to make the connection to Dr. Paul:
http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/01/us/syria-rebels-us-aid/index.h...


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Lawrence O’Donnell Asks Tax Attorney If Romney May Be Hiding A Felony In His Tax Returns

Submitted by ralph hornsby on Fri, 08/03/2012 - 00:51
Politics, General + Law(s)

On MSNBC tonight, Lawrence O’Donnell raised a rather provocative question on his show tonight: did Mitt Romney participate in an IRS amnesty program in 2009, and was his refusal to report it a felony? He brought this up in the context of the renewed scrutiny of Romney’s tax returns after the recent allegations made against him by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.

After reading a statement by Reid regarding his initial comments and Romney’s response, O’Donnell brought up an IRS amnesty program regarding foreign bank accounts, and asked if Romney was involved in the program and didn’t report it, if it means he has committed a felony. Tax attorney Jeremy Temkin said it would have to be demonstrated that it was not done “willfully,” and the government would have to prove that one knew they had “an obligation to report” in that instance.

Full article: http://www.mediaite.com/tv/lawrence-odonnell-asks-tax-attorn...

Lawrence O

Paul delegates protest GOP lineup

Submitted by DeMolay on Fri, 08/03/2012 - 03:09
Daily Paul Liberty Forum

U.S. Rep. Ron Paul supporters have filed an official protest seeking to block the seating of Louisiana delegates to the Republican presidential nomination convention submitted by the state GOP.

The protest comes because state Republican Party officials violated the party’s state bylaws and rules of the Republican National Committee “so they could hand pick the national delegates,” Charlie Davis said Thursday. He is the state organizer for the Republican presidential contender from Texas.

At stake is who will represent Louisiana later this month at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., where delegates are poised to nominate former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney as the Republican candidate for president.

The challenge of 64 of Louisiana’s 89 delegates and alternates has been submitted to the Republican National Committee’s Committee on Contests.

http://theadvocate.com/news/3522236-123/paul-delegates-prote...

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Be afraid! Hide behind the government's skirts! Run! Fear!

Submitted by wolfe on Fri, 08/03/2012 - 02:14
Videos
Quicklink

This came up as an ad prior to one of my favorited Ron Paul videos. I was so horrified by the ad that I literally couldn't stop watching it.



This is why we can't have our country back.

Because too many people would rather believe this nonsense than face the truth of the bully in the mirror.

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