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There is Joy in Paulville
It’s not exactly the Ron Paul revolution in full.
But on Wednesday afternoon, a small piece of his grand vision will hit prime time, when a great majority of the House will vote to pass his Audit the Fed bill. To understand how remarkable this moment is — coming near the end of Paul’s congressional career — consider this: When Paul first introduced his bill a decade ago, it was written off as another piece of his far-flung libertarian worldview. For a long time, Paul was a lawmaker who was largely ignored by Washington — that guy on the losing end of 414-1 votes.
And now his Fed transparency bill has 270 co-sponsors — including the great majority of the Republican lawmakers and a good number of Democrats. It’s a sign that this issue has moved into the mainstream, even if Ron Paul himself has not.
Never mind that the Fed audit is dead in the Senate — Majority Leader Harry Reid’s office has said he won’t bring it up — Paul’s relentless pursuit is backed by an energetic grass-roots movement, and he has made transparency of the Federal Reserve a national issue, not just some quirky back-burner debate.
During a floor debate on the bill, lawmaker after lawmaker gave kudos to Paul for his efforts.
“I want to appreciate and congratulate Dr. Ron Paul for his tireless pursuit of openness and transparency,” said Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah). “Without his leadership, we wouldn’t be at this point today.”
Billy Fuster
July 25th, 2012
One only has to follow the money trail to find the largest vipers.
Stranded in Sonoma
July 25th, 2012
I have always supported an audit of the fed. However, this may be one of those if-you-don’t-like-the-answer-then-you-shouldn’t-have-asked-the-question moments. Do you realy want to know how much we owe the fed? Remember, a Federal Reserve Note isn’t. It has nothing to do with the federal gov’t (it’s a private bank), it has nothing in reserve, and it is not a note (a promise to pay). If we audit the fed (and I mean if the truth comes out) be prepared for some really scary numbers.
Tim
July 25th, 2012
That’s like, what … one legislative (almost) victory in 100 years of hogging at the public trough?
MaryfromMarin
July 25th, 2012
Persistence is a virtue. Although I disagree with much of Mr. Paul’s stances, I agree with this one.
And @Stranded is right: if the Fed is audited, what will be revealed will be a nightmare. But I’d rather know what we’re really dealing with than continue to have it shoved under the carpet.
Stranded in Sonoma
July 25th, 2012
@MaryfromMarin — Absolutely. The pile of dirt under the rug is starting to look like Mt. Everest. We can no longer conveniently just go around it. We are going to have to face it sooner or later. And with the number of liberal nitwits “graduating” from school, I’d prefer not to kick this one down the road to them.
MaryfromMarin
July 25th, 2012
@Stranded–
(Slightly O/T) Went to a great presentation last night, from Peter Friedman, on how to effective mobilize for elections. He also did an outstanding presentation some weeks ago on “Islam–the Threat to America”.
He mentioned that he will be speaking to a couple of Tea Party groups in August in Sacramento. Don’t know which presentation he’ll do (he also does one focusing on Sharia Finance, which I haven’t heard yet) but I encourage everyone to try to go! I am hoping he’ll update his calendar on islamthreat.com very soon, with details on this event.
Def. worth attending!
MaryfromMarin
July 25th, 2012
P.S. @Stranded–
He will be in Fairfield (not Sacto) on August 1st. He’s doing “Islam–Threat to America”. It’s a “can’t miss” presentation!!!
“Islam – Threat to America!”
Meeting to be held at:
JWC Sports Pub & Grill
2390 N Texas St, Fairfield, CA
Pass this info on!
citizenjane
July 25th, 2012
I’ll take Ron Paul over 95% of the morons in Congress.
He’s a principled man and patriot.
Unneutral
July 25th, 2012
Ron Paul isn’t presidential material but if he pulls this off then he deserves a gold star next to his name.
Ignoring the facts is not beneficial to anyone that cares.
dissident
July 26th, 2012
We Paul supporters are the trail-blazers. It’s very likely that in the future many of you will be saying exactly what we are saying today.
You don’t support the government on anything except when it reaches it’s last resort and starts shooting. (military, police, etc). The fact is that the brass is just as corrupt of the POTUS no matter what party has power.