MIni Eagle Freedom Links -- King of the Hill Edition -- 3-18-12

EAGLE FREEDOM LINKS 

Western Hero - Life: Ten Universal Principles 

American Perspective - Outrage! Teen Commits Suicide After Forced Marriage to Rapist

A Pissed Off Irishmen - Rosie O' Donnell's  disastrous new show was cancelled 

Adrienne's Corner - The Message: Communism doesn't work... 

Barking Spider - Welcome To Britannistan 



Bread Upon The Waters - Allen West on Disarming U.S. Marines for Panetta Speech 

Catholic Fire - St. Patrick, Apostle of Ireland 

Sentry Journal - The Constitution: Keeping a Promise (H.R. 347) 

Hack Wilson - Ron Paul fanatics plan to vote for Obama

Conservative Hideout 2.0 - Why the Hurry??? We The People have a Primary to participate in. 

The Conservative Lady - WARNING: Offensive Video: Obama's Million Dollar Man 



The Other McCain - Humor-Deficient Charles Johnson Sides With #OccupyMovement vs. NYPD 

Weasel Zippers - McRINO: GOP Should Allow Obama To Trample on Catholics First Amendment Rights...

Atlas Shrugs - Video: Pamela Geller on SUN TV Discussing NY Times Islamophobia 

Don't Tread On Us - Trestin 2012 

TOTUS: Conservative Political Commentary - Obama's Political Cover 

Right Wing Theocrat - While California Dreams 



Bunkerville - Obama Signs Executive Order March 16, What's Up With This? 

To Have Her Heart - The Four Paths of Repentance by St. John Chrysostom 

Blogsense-by-Barb - The Fall of the America I Love

Reaganite Republican - Reaganite's Sunday Funnies 

My Daily Trek - Hot Shots Part Deux... Some of my favorite scenes



Mind Numbed Robot - Illegal Immigration Solved (Partially) 

Maggie's Notebook - Judge Napolitano: No Free Speech in Presence of Secret Service - Federal Restricted Buildings and Grounds Act 

The Camp Of The Saints - Don't Shoot Me, I'm Only The Politics Playah 

A Catholic View - Vatican Opens "Verbum Domini," a Unique Exhibit on the History of the Bible

AlwaysCatholic - AlwaysCatholic.com wishes you a beautiful day honoring St. Patrick 

MIni Eagle Freedom Links -- Journey Edition -- 2-7-12

The past few weeks I have felt sooo tired. It is probably due to some medicine I'm taking. That is the main reason I haven't done a Eagle Freedom Links post or the mini version lately.  Plus, I'm on the hunt for a better job.

Zilla of Zilla Of The Resistance has moved her blog to a new site so please be sure and visit her new blog soon and often.

About a week or so ago we had the HHS decision mandating that all non-profit organizations provide contraception, sterilization procedures and abortion inducing pills even though that violates the conscience and religious liberty of citizens.  Another sign that Obama is an anti-constitutional tyrant who is imposing his beliefs (or lack thereof) on the American people. He is morally bankrupt IMO.  We must fight together against this unjust mandate.

Some questions: Who is your choice to be the GOP nominee out of those presently running?  If you could pick who would have been your choice for GOP nominee, excluding those presently running? What are the characteristics you look for in a President?  Do you have any prayer requests? If so, please do mention and myself as well as the rest of the conservative bloggers will keep your prayer intentions in our thoughts and prayers.

Conservative Hideout 2.0 - Obama Invokes Jesus at National Prayer Breakfast - fails miserably 

The Anchoress - Axelrod: Might Be Room For "Compromise" on HHS Mandate Update

Bunkerville - Rockefeller Fund Sabotages Keystone Pipeline Approval  

American Perspective - My Kind of Immigrant, er, NOT! 

Woodsterman - Costa Concorda 



Western Hero - Obama Declares Jihad on the Catholic Church 

TOTUS: Conservative Political Commentary - Obama's War on Religion in Full Swing, That is War on Christianity Not Islam! 

The Observatorium - Bandying Semantics 

The Blog - SUPER Bowl 

STOP MARXISM - Another Eric Holder Lie Exposed 



Robbing America - America Must Fix Its Electoral Process... And Then Maybe,... 

LET THE TRUTH BE KNOWN - Obama's War 

Mind Numbed Robot - The Vote Pump - Bill Whittle [Video] 

My Daily Trek - Air Force To Cut 10000 Airmen, Shift Aircraft 



Bread Upon The Waters - Downtwinkle: Rat Families Evicted From Occupy DC 

Weasel Zippers - Santorum Wins Missouri - Update: And Minnesota... 

Sentry Journal - Happy Birthday Mr. President 

Breitbart TV - Registering Tim Tebow and Tom Brady To Vote in Minnesota 

Pat Dollard - Fugitive Obama Fundraiser Linked To "Fast and Furious" 



America's Watchtower - Ron Paul Compares Americans Who Support Closing the Mexican Border To Nazis 

The Camp Of The Saints - Nomination Excitations: I'll See You On The Dark Side Of The Moon 

American Thinker - No Sex, Many Lies, One Videotape, and a Soldier's Unnecessary Death 

Maggie's Notebook - Fork in the Road: Better Turn Right Video 

Political Realities - How Will History Judge Us If We Let Our Republic Slip Away? 

It Don't Make Sense - Sponge Khomeini Square Pants 

MIni Eagle Freedom Links - Christmas Commercials - 12-15-11

Bunkerville - Give a Gun a Loving Home (AD) 

Always On Watch - Buy Lowe's!

Amusing Bunni's Musings - Simon's Cat Discovers Christmas! 

Adrienne's Corner - Robert Stacy McCain... 

Barking Spider - Anjem Choudary's Brother Arrested 



Blowing San #1 - An indication of national priorities... 

Catholic Once Again - Super Pro Life Fetal Development Video 

Fuzzy Logic - Fuzzy Shorts: Newt, BO, Unicorns, Income Inequality, and Other Stuff 

Innominatus - Caffeine should be its own food group 

Just a Conservative Girl - Supporting Newt is Racism? 



Let The Truth Be Known - Breaking News for December 8, 2011 

Legal Insurrection - Defeat National Review 

Pedaling Fast - Mrs. Horton's Candy Cane Cookies 

Randy's Roundtable - Obama and Corzine 

Woman Honor Thyself - Christmas in Israel:) 



The Other McCain - Is Congress, Unexpectedly, Robbing Us Deaf, As Well As Blind? 

The Country Thinker - Will the Crashing Euro and Rising Dollar Take Us Into Recession? 

Maggie's Notebook - Rush Limbaugh Greta Van Susteren: Most Conservative Issue Is Obama - Liberals Have To Lie To Win 

Political Realities - National Defense Authorization Act Passes House 

America's Watchtower - Gunrunner: Brian Terry Murdered One Year Ago Tonight 



Lisa Graas - Rick Santorum Releases TV Ad in Iowa: Sing, Sing, Sing 

Big Government - Scott Walker: Public Sector Unions and Big Government Destroy Jobs for Young People 

The Libertarian Patriot - Ron Paul Doesn't Matter To 'Time' 

Robbing America - Gingrich Under Attack - Parries and Repostes; No Better Way To Know A Man 

MIni Eagle Freedom Links -Coca-Cola Christmas--12-13-11

I have decided to do a series of Mini Eagle Freedom Links this week since I have been feeling fatigued. Probably partially due to my having a Vitamin B12 deficiency.  I'm working on remedying that.  I still get a little dizzy but thankfully not near as much as before.  Still waiting for results from my colonoscopy and endoscopy.  It still hurts when I breathe.  Not quite as bad as it was, thankfully. I am heading to the ENT doctor on Thursday to find out whether the tube that was in my throat during my surgery is what has caused my throat problems.  I am very thankful that I am in the process of fixing my medical issues and that I am feeling better than before.  The month of December seems to be flying by very quickly. Is everyone ready for Christmas?  Got all your holiday decorations up and presents wrapped?  Still shopping for that special person?  I still need to put up my Christmas tree and decorations.  Have you been watching any Christmas movies?  I hope everyone is enjoying this Christmas season.

*American Perspective* - A Plot To Undermine The Right To Bear Arms - Fast and Furious 

_It Don't Make Sense_  - The Capital of Sex Exploitation 

A conservative Teacher - Fear and Doubt are Enemies of Success and Advancement - A Defense of Capitalism and Free Markets 

A Patriotic Rottweiler - Reasons Not to Vote Democrat 

Bread Upon the Waters - Global Warming Scare Dying Death of 1,000 Cuts 



Don't Tread On Us - The Culture Of Corruption 

Left Coast Rebel - Ron Paul Highlights from the December 10, 2011 Iowa Debate 

Zilla Of The Resistance - DhiMITTude 

Woodsterman - Social Security or Ponzi Scheme? 

What Does The Prayer Really Say? - A Reading Tip - Priests Falsely Accused: The Facts, The Fraud, The Stories 



Western Hero - It's Not a Free Marketplace...

TOTUS: Conservative Political Commentary - OWS and The Tea Party 

The Observatorium - Whodathunkit? 

The Conservative Lady - Obama Says Work Hard and You Can Get Into the Middle Class 

The Camp Of The Saints - Bob's Musings: Come Fly With Me 



Conservative Hideout - Limbaugh Destroys Obama's Attempt To Channel Teddy Roosevelt 

DaTechguy's Blog - Q & A From The Santorum Conference Call Yesterday 

Sentry Journal - I'm a little confused...

Atlas Shrugs - Muslim Police join 500 Muslim students in demolishing church 



My Daily Trek - California rewarding illegals, encouraging crime 

Why I Am Catholic - The Most Consistent, Pro-Freedom, Pro-Constitution, Pro-Life Candidate in the Race

Reaganite Republican - Gingrich: 4.2% Unemployment - That's My Credential 

Allied Liberty News - HOME - Dierks Bentley 

Nonsensible Shoes - White House Miffed as GOP block La Raza Ambassador Nomination 

Medical Procedures.... Some Links... And Christmas Carols

 I will be undergoing a couple medical procedures tomorrow so I will be taking the day off from blogging.  Here are some worthwhile links.

Judicial Watch has uncovered some documents which shows that the "pro-life" executive order Obama signed after the passage of Obamacare ain't worth the piece of paper its signed on.  The rest of the story is here. 

Ron Paul breaks ranks from a Republican Conference earmark moratorium.  He is one of four Republicans to include earmarks in the 2011 budget.  More here.

Beck asked some hard-hitting questions in his interview with Newt Gingrich.  I thought that it was a pretty good interview.  Here is the interview. 

Gingrich has affirmed his pro-life views after having made a bumbling misstatement answer to a question on when he believes life begins. More here. 

Then we have some thuggery occurring in the Windy City.  Two people brutally beat an 80-year old priest as he lay asleep in his rectory.  Prayers for his healing.  Full story here. 

The NAACP has petitioned the U.N. over what it perceives to be 'voter suppression'.  The NAACP claims that blacks and Hispanics will be disenfranchised in the next election. Such absurdities.... What some states have instituted is voter registration or voter I.D. requirements in order to prove citizenship when voting.  The U.N. better stay the heck out of our next election.   Story here. 

EAGLE FREEDOM LINKS -- The Beatles Edition - 11-9-11

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American Perspective - Businessman nails OWS protesters 

Atlas Shrugs - Ya Don't Say?! 

It Don't Make Sense - In uncertain times, size does matter 

A Conservative Teacher - Tea Party and conservatives are the counter-culture today - Occupy Wall Street simply fights for the establishment? 

A Pissed Off Irishman - Woman charged with pimping teen at Obama-endorsed Occupy New Hampshire Rally 


Acts of the Apostasy - Sister Patrica: On Seven Quick-Takes Friday

Adrienne's Corner - Rudy Giuliani... 



Always Catholic - Be "Always Catholic"... invite all to our "family reunion" - Catholics Come Home announces ad campaign on major networks 

Always On Watch - Footage that the Mainstream Media Will Not Air 

Amusing Bunni's Musings - Mentals ratchet up the mayhem!

Barking Spider - EU referendum: new e-petition 

Barracuda Brigade - U.N. report to show evidence of Iran's nuclear weapons program advancing 

Battle Beads Blog - What's Really Important? ..... The Eucharist, rosary, and confession 

BBCW - Mike Church's excellent description of an article 5 constitutional convention 



Black Or White Is A Choice - A real life experience expressed to the miscreants that judge bank folks as miscreants 

Blog de King Shamus - The enduring genius of occupy wall street, part deux

Bread Upon The Waters - If these were global warming graphs, we'd all be vaporized 

Can We Keep Our Republic? - Obama DOJ response to fast and furious 

Catholic Once Again - All Saints Day Nov. 1 

Commentarama - So much for shovel ready projects 

Common Cents - RIP: Andy Rooney passed away last night 



Conservative Hideout 2.0 - Occupy Portland protester charged with pushing cop in front of bus - their media head threatens more of the same 

Conservative Perspective - 2011 election watch: Ohio 

Creative Minority Report - The abortionist signed her birth certificate 

Don't Tread On Us - Mormonism & Socialism 

Down Under On The Right Side - Maybe now western leftists will get it

Eye Of Polyphemus - Us House reaffirms "In God We Trust" as US motto 

Fuzzy Logic - "All he has to do..."



Global Domination Through Applied Inactivity - Political divorce decree

Hack Wilson - Video: Wall Street protester says "pay my college tuition for me" 

HolyCoast.com - One year from today can be the end of an error 

Innominatus - Time for another one of *those* posts 

Jo-Joe Politico - link to a good interview by Thomas Sowell 

Just a Conservative Girl - Don't look now, but Newt is gaining in the polls 

Laughing Conservative - Hissy McFit arrested 



Left Coast Rebel - (Video) South Park take on #OccupyWallstreet Protests

Let The Truth Be Known - A Moment with Our Father Our Lady of Fatima - An Orthodox Catholic version 

Legal Insurrection - Tin soldiers and Trumpka coming 

Libertarian Republican - Now they're censoring "Iranian terrorist" our of 80's movies 

Lisa Graas - Santorum: "Obama's naive Iran policy has put Americans in grave danger" 

Lone Star Parson - All Saints, All Souls 

Maggie's Notebook - Bill Clinton wants 3 terms for presidents - after time off after second term 



Milton Wolf.com - My Washington Times latest: Save America: Repeal Obamacare 

Mind Numbed Robot - How to steal power - Bill Whittle (video) 

My Daily Trek - Girl Scouts open to everyone - even boys 

Nonsensible Shoes - Can the GOP compromise on taxes? 

NoOneOfAnyImport - It came from Nashville 

Obama Cartoons - Worst president 

Pedaling Fast & Trying To Keep Up - Hey Occupy wall street... I am the 53% 



Political Realities - Freddie Mac loses billions, requests billions from treasury

Proof Positive - Ron Paul, apologist for dictators 

QUICKWIT - Another Country's government that will soon run out of other people's money 

Random Musings by Cliff - Tea Party vs. OWS graphics 

Randy's Roundtable - General should be promoted, not fired 

Rational Nation USA - Real conservatism and classical liberalism... on the same page 

Reaganite Republican - Second veteran injured at occupy Oakland: violence and mayhem reign 



Right Klik - The race card: to play or not to play? 

Robbing America - The essence of a good debate: leave the press out 

Sancte Pater - Abortionist pleads guilty to murder after killing dozens of newborns at "House of Horrors" clinic 

Sentry Journal - Friday Ramblings late edition: Liberty is about the power of choice

Solid Rock Or Sinking Sand - Crossdressing 7-year old boy allowed to join girl scouts 

Standing On My Head - What I love about the Catholic Church - 8 

STOP MARXISM - Why do the left wingers hate babies 



The Audacity of Logic - How did Ayn Rand's 'Atlas Shrugged' predict an America spinning out of control? 

The Blog - Cat Blog Friday 

The Catholic Knight - Tea Parties versus OWS Protests - What the establishment doesn't want us to know 

 The Camp Of The Saints - Can't you smell that smell? 

The Conservative Lady - Air Force Academy accused of religious intolerance - they choose to back away from charity 

The Country Thinker - Ohio overwhelmingly rejects Obamacare mandate: a huge grassroots victory 

The Daley Gator - Governor Walker calls a Christmas Tree a Christmas Tree; Leftists appalled 



The Last Tradition - Soldier home early from Iraq surprises fiance by running to her on Kansas Chiefs football field 

The Libertarian Patriot - Steve Kroft catches Nancy Pelosi with her hand in the cookie jar 

The Malcontent - Proving once again that Barack Hussein is a anti-semitic product of his mentor Reverend Jeremiah Wright 

The Observatorium - Hypocrisy 

The Other McCain - Karen Kraushaar, serial victim 



The Republican Mother - Wall Street and the Bolshevik Revolution: The Cliff notes 

The Sci-Fi Catholic - Now if we can just make people understand that the whole field of social psychology is a fraud, we'll be in good shape

The scottcarp Dream - Reagan statue vandalized 

The Wyblog - Joe Biden, Penn State, and Glee

TOTUS: Conservative Political Commentary - Israel is Alone!  

Tu Ne Cede Malis - Biblical Deck of Cards 

Virtual Mirage - Just FARCing around 

Warning Signs - The Third Party Jinx

We The People... - Pics of the day  

Western Hero - Bonfire of the insanities 

Woman Honor Thyself - MMA experts foil robbery 

Woodsterman - Top 12 Reasons 

Zilla Of The Resistance - The Resistance Benevolence Society 

On Foreign Policy, Ron Paul, and Missionaries

Before starting this post I want to let everyone know that my entire family will be getting together to celebrate my parents 50th wedding anniversary so from tomorrow through Sunday I will be taking a break from blogging.  Hopefully next week my blogging will return back to normal, including Eagle Freedom Links and a rule 5 post returning next Saturday and Sunday.

Our foreign policy is so muddled right now that its mission needs to be much better defined and more limited in nature.  While I do think that Ron Paul's foreign policy is isolationalist to a degree (not trade policy) he makes some very good points about the U.S. needing to be less comingled/intertwined in other country's affairs.  While I still believe that it was right for us to enter both Iraq and Afghanistan to stop both perceived and imminent threats, I also think that in the case of Libya, Egypt, Africa, and other Middle Eastern countries' uprisings that we should stay out of those countries' affairs and Ron Paul is correct in saying that we should stop policing the world unless a country would be subjected to a Rwanda-style massacre.  In the case of Afghanistan we were responding to an act of war - 9/11 - just like we did after Pearl Harbor was attacked during WWII.

I do think that it is good if the United States influences other nations but should that necessarily include our military involvement?  Missionaries take care of the needy all over the world.  Their mission is to evangelize, help educate, assist with medical care, and bring the message of Christ around the world.  Maybe missionaries would have more success at converting individuals in foreign lands into a more civilized lifestyle where people are tolerant of all religions, so that those of different faiths could coexist as equals in civil society rather than U.S. militarily try to change the countries and its people?  Maybe we should leave the changing of minds, hearts, and souls to missionaries instead of having the military try to influence these peoples?

Now, if there is an imminent threat to our nation's national security I do think it would be necessary for us to respond militarily.

Eagle Freedom Linkarama

Instead of doing my Eagle Freedom Links today I have decided to do something a little different.  This is partially due to my not having enough time to do my links and due to my health situation.

John from Sentry Journal has posted an important message that Judge Napolitano had for the Occupy Wall Street Protesters.  The only thing I disagree about is Judge's implication that if people are for the defense of our nation when there is an imminent threat or even a perceived imminent threat to our freedom and people are for defending those threats by having wars in those countries which threaten our freedom that that makes a person anti-liberty or anti-freedom.  What would have happened if we had ignored Hitler?  I would equate the threat of Muslim extremists with that of Hitler.

The Lonely Conservative highlights some good aspects of Herman Cain's 9-9-9 Plan.  Overall I like his plan but I do have concerns with starting a new tax, a national sales tax.

Atlas Shrugs informs us that Con Ed is will evict the Mosqueteer. This is great news!  The Ground Zero Mosqueteer is a deadbeat who has failed to pay back loans, back taxes and pay his rent.  He tried to get taxpayers to foot the bill but thank goodness didn't get what he requested.  The man obviously needs to find a new line of work, one where he can pay his own bills.

The Daley Gator lets us know that the Nazi Party has endorsed the Occupy Wall Street Protest.  I have seen evidence of anti-semitism at the protest.

Not too far from where I live here in Pa we had a steel bridge stolen.  Your probably thinking how did someone or someones steal a whole bridge.  I thought the same thing when I first heard about this.  Yes, really a whole bridge was stolen.  Apparently two brothers used a blow-torch to steal the bridge and scored over $5000 by selling the scrap metal from their thievery.

Leaders of 20 Catholic organizations have signed a letter which was sent to both Congress and the Obama administration which declares that Obamacare needs to be reformed in order to protect conscience rights.  Thanks for standing up for everyone's conscience rights Catholic organizations.  This HHS mandate needs to be changed because it is against our religious liberty and civil rights.

More Than 2000 Military Chaplains Say "No" To Homosexual "Marriage"  

There is no such thing as homosexual "marriage".  It is against the natural law.

Christian students at Messiah College react to Frances Fox-Piven's address.   I couldn't believe what she actually admitted about the Tea Party at the end of the video.

Matt of Conservative Hideout shows a video showing a great moment in civil discourse.  The Tea Party meets Occupy Wall Street.  The way Occupy Wall Street protesters react shows just how much they truly believe in "diversity" and "tolerance".

A Catholic friar calls Catholic politicians who do nothing to stop abortion "liars"  I love it. Go Fr. Gregory Coiro, O.F.M.Cap!!!  He called out "Catholic" politicians who don't vote like Catholics at all.  Keep on speaking up Father.  I'm behind you 100%. 


Ann Barnhardt responds to a death threat.  Her response is pure gold.  May God Bless her and keep her safe.  
 The Conservative Lady shows us that Obama knew about the troubles with Operation Fast and Furious earlier than Holder has admitted knowing of the fiasco.  Eric Holder is either a liar or is utterly incompetent, or both.  He's probably both.  He needs to resign.  


I am having my surgery tomorrow so I won't be around the next few days.  Have a great week, my friends. 


I will leave you with Ron Paul's powerful pro-life ad. 





H/T The Blaze 

Question On Ron Paul: Is the ignored really ignoring media requests?

Apparently Ron Paul was invited on The O'Reilly Factor after complaining to Megyn Kelly that he was being ignored by the media after his close 2nd in the Iowa Straw Poll. Can complainers be choosers? I mean is Ron Paul really being too choosy with which show he gets interviewed on or is he really being ignored by the media?  I wonder whether he has been invited on other shows and refused to be interviewed?  From my perspective it seems like it is a little of both. What are your thoughts?

Ron Paul Confronts Ben Bernanke: Is Gold Money?

I Found this on WhatisGold.net: 

Gold is Money

Gold has always been accepted around the world as a means of exchange and a store of value - the mark of good money. Gold is money because it is uniquely suited for being our money, not because it's shiny and fancy looking, but because it is actually the most practical choice. What makes Gold the good money? Gold is money because gold is durable. Other choices from the past like wheat, hemp, fish, cows, or even people, cannot endure the test of time - only gold can. Gold is money because Gold is divisible and consistent. Pure gold is worth exactly the same amount per unit regardless of how it is divided; it is all just gold. Making change for a cow is far too messy, cumbersome and subjective. If you take a pretty, shiny, 1 ounce coin and chop it in half with a hatchet, you have two half ounce pieces of gold. Melt it down and pour it into 10 1/10 ounces and all 10 pieces together will equal the value of the original one ounce gold piece. Gold is money because gold is portable. One ounce of gold has almost always had the same 'purchasing power' throughout history.

It is said that in Rome, one ounce of gold would buy a nice toga, a belt and a pair of shoes. Today, an ounce of gold is worth about $1400 so this is relatively accurate. One ounce of gold won't buy you the best suit on the market, but that tiny little one ounce coin packs a purchasing power punch; $1400 in the palm of your hand. A hand bag filled with gold coins, about the same weight as Paris Hilton's dog (say three pounds), would be worth around $70000! Gold is well-suited for travelling or moving abroad because people around the world accept it. And, lastly and perhaps most misunderstood, gold is money because it has intrinsic value, it is extra ordinarily useful in ways that nothing else on earth or the known universe is useful.

Gold, in the form of gold nanoparticles, is used in extremely high technology like space travel and cutting edge cancer treatments. Gold is both the most ductile (one ounce can be pulled into an extremely thin wire 35 miles long!) and most malleable (can be pounded into an extremely thin wafer, so thin that light passes through it - 1 5/1000000 of an inch thin!) element in the known universe. Gold is the second best conductor of heat and electricity next to silver. Paired with gold's rarity, gold's amazing properties make it extremely valuable as money and to the progress of science and technology and ultimately mankind. For now, you can easily make an Investment in Gold, Trade Gold Online, and Save your Wealth in Gold. Just hurry and buy gold now because, as the prices rise, it won't always be this easy! Gold is money, gold is the world’s true money.


"The great merit of gold is precisely that it is scarce; that its quantity is limited by nature; that it is costly to discover, to mine, and to process; and that it cannot be created by political fiat or caprice." ~ Henry Hazlitt

Ron Paul's Common Sense Solutions For Health Care Problems

This is a wonderful repost from My Thoughts on Freedom in which Chris posted Ron Paul's common sense solutions to the health care problems in America.

Before the US House of Representatives, September 23, 2009



Government has been mismanaging medical care for more than 45 years; for every problem it has created it has responded by exponentially expanding the role of government.


Points to consider:




1.No one has a right to medical care. If one assumes such a right, it endorses the notion that some individuals have a right to someone else’s life and property. This totally contradicts the principles of liberty.


2.If medical care is provided by government, this can only be achieved by an authoritarian government unconcerned about the rights of the individual.


3.Economic fallacies accepted for more than 100 years in the United States have deceived policy makers into believing that quality medical care can only be achieved by government force, taxation, regulations, and bowing to a system of special interests that creates a system of corporatism.


4.More dollars into any monopoly run by government never increases quality but it always results in higher costs and prices.


5.Government does have an important role to play in facilitating the delivery of all goods and services in an ethical and efficient manner.


6.First, government should do no harm. It should get out of the way and repeal all the laws that have contributed to the mess we have.


7.The costs are obviously too high but in solving this problem one cannot ignore the debasement of the currency as a major factor.


8.Bureaucrats and other third parties must never be allowed to interfere in the doctor/patient relationship.


9.The tax code, including the ERISA laws, must be changed to give everyone equal treatment by allowing a 100% tax credit for all medical expenses.


10.Laws dealing with bad outcomes and prohibiting doctors from entering into voluntary agreements with their patients must be repealed. Tort laws play a significant role in pushing costs higher, prompting unnecessary treatment and excessive testing. Patients deserve the compensation; the attorneys do not.


11.Insurance sales should be legalized nationally across state lines to increase competition among the insurance companies.


12.Long-term insurance policies should be available to young people similar to term-life insurances that offer fixed prices for long periods of time.


13.The principle of insurance should be remembered. Its purpose in a free market is to measure risk, not to be used synonymously with social welfare programs. Any program that provides for first-dollar payment is no longer insurance. This would be similar to giving coverage for gasoline and repair bills to those who buy car insurance or providing food insurance for people to go to the grocery store. Obviously, that could not work.


14.The cozy relationship between organized medicine and government must be reversed. Early on, medical insurance was promoted by the medical community in order to boost re-imbursements to doctors and hospitals. That partnership has morphed into the government/insurance industry still being promoted by the current administration.


15.Threatening individuals with huge fines by forcing them to buy insurance is a boon to the insurance companies.


16.There must be more competition for individuals entering into the medical field. Licensing strictly limits the number of individuals who can provide patient care. A lot of problems were created in 20th century as a consequence the Flexner Report (1910), which was financed by the Carnegie Foundation and strongly supported by the AMA. Many medical schools were closed and the number of doctors was drastically reduced. The motivation was to close down medical schools that catered to women, minorities and especially homeopathy. We continue to suffer from these changes, which were designed to protect physician’s income and promote allopathic medicine over the more natural cures and prevention of homeopathic medicine.


17.We must remove any obstacles for people seeking holistic and nutritional alternatives to current medical care. We must remove the threat of further regulations pushed by the drug companies now working worldwide to limit these alternatives.


True competition in the delivery of medical care is what is needed, not more government meddling.

H/T goes to My Thoughts on Freedom

Ron Paul on Health Care