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Polls: Americans Want Our Liberties Restored, Our Troops Brought Home and the Federal Reserve Reined In
Americans Hate the Federal Reserve
CNN notes:
“We are seeing a level of enthusiasm for Ron Paul that
can be compared with President Obama in 2008?, said Eric Brakey, Media
Coordinator for NYC Liberty HQ, the grassroots organization hosting the
rally for the candidate. “Congressman Paul’s youth support is different
now than it was during his last presidential campaign. It’s more
organized and it’s picking up steam and continues to grow”.
As the longtime congressman from Texas stepped onto the stage, the crowd screamed with enthusiasm. The audience’s biggest reaction came when he spoke about ending the Federal Reserve.
“The country has changed in the last four years, but my message hasn’t
changed” Paul said. “The country is ripe for a true revolution”.
At least 75% of the American people want a full audit of the Fed, and most were against reconfirming Bernanke.
Indeed, as Bloomberg noted last December:
A majority of Americans
are dissatisfied with the nation’s independent central bank, saying the
U.S. Federal Reserve should either be brought under tighter political
control or abolished outright, a poll shows.
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Americans across the political spectrum say the Fed shouldn’t retain
its current structure of independence. Asked if the central bank should
be more accountable to Congress, left independent or abolished entirely,
39 percent said it should be held more accountable and 16 percent that
it should be abolished. Only 37 percent favor the status quo.
As I have extensively documented, the Fed is largely responsible for the economic crisis, and has failed to meet a single one of its stated mandates (and its implied ones as well).
Americans Are Sick and Tired of Never-Ending War
Ron Paul is also gaining popularity because he is against the
never-ending War On Terror, and wants to bring the troops home.
Americans are sick of the never-ending, ever-creeping war. See this, this and this.
Americans Want Our Liberties Back
Americans are also becoming less tolerant of the wholesale
destruction of our constitutional liberties in the name of fighting
terrorism. As Talking Points Memo writes:
On the eve of the ten year anniversary of 9/11, the Pew Research Center has released new data
on Americans’ reaction to the attacks, and the foreign and national
security policies pursued in the post 9/11 era. They show a country with
views that have evolved on the relationship between civil liberties
and the tools given to government to fight terrorism, and a disbelief
that the continuing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan helped to lessen the
chance there will be another terrorist attack on the United States.
The Pew survey showed a large shift in the number of Americans who
are willing to see some of their civil liberties go out the window in
the name of fighting terrorism. Directly after 9/11, Americans were
willing to make the deal, as 55 percent thought it was necessary,
against 35 percent who felt the opposite. Now, only 40 percent felt that giving up some civil liberties is necessary to curb terrorism, with 54 percent against.
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“…only about a quarter say the wars in Iraq (26%) and Afghanistan
(25%) have lessened the chances of terrorist attacks in the United
States,” the Pew report reads. “In both cases majorities say the wars
either have increased the risk of terrorism in this country or made no
difference.”
Top American military leaders agree, saying that the war on terror has weakened our national security.
Hundreds of Millions of Americans Can’t Be Stopped
Of course, criticizing the Fed, wanting to end the wars, liking Ron Paul, or “taking
a cynical stance toward politics, mistrusting authority, endorsing
democratic practices, … and displaying an inquisitive, imaginative
outlook” can bring on heightened scrutiny or displeasure from the powers-that-be.
But given that the overwhelming majority of Americans fall in one or
more of these categories, they can’t harass hundreds of million of us.
Note: Instead of labeling the opinions described above as “conservative” or “liberal, please read this.
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Who gives A FUCK what the American people want or (on those rare ocassions) think??? The only things that really matters to them are porn, dancing with the stars, american idol, WWF, football, and jersey shore. And beer.
The only things that really matters to them are porn, dancing with the stars, american idol, WWF, football, and jersey shore. And beer.
You need to acquaint yourself with a better class of Americans.
Where triple H led I would follow.
Freedummmmm!
I ve got twooo woooordss for ya.....
I am finally getting around to reading Saul Alinsky's "Rules for Radicals" for the first time. It appears to be the bible for self serving power hungry psyochpaths such as Obama and the Clintons. And, while the book is another of the many ego pieces written by someone claiming they are the only good and right one and that everyone is really a schmuck undernearth it all, it goes a long way to explaining the thought process and tactics of those seeking power and what they do once they get into power.
For while I do not believe that everyone is a self-serving psychopath, I do believe that self-serving psychopaths disproportionately rise to power and they all act pretty much the same. Alinsky made a point that people who spew words such as hope, change, dawn of a new day, freedom etc. etc. etc. are just using the words to con people so that they can get into power and then do whatever they can to stay in power. He states, as an example, that Nehru once getting in power outlawed passive resistance.
Obama, a community organizer trained in the Alinsky school, could not fail to comprehend this and simplistically uses Alinsky's teachings as his roadmap. He has no other special talent.
Understanding the above, WTF did we expect? The problem is that the vast majority of people do not understand the above and as a result we will be perpetually screwed until we do and can stop electing, enshrining and catering to self-servig psychopaths.
Yeah and the book is dedicated to the original slime bag lier and deciever, Satan Oh how appropo that fucking scum thief!!
We have a winner!
Status Quo's God = Satan.
I am sure that book has some great survival tips but lets not lose our soul in our thirst for liberty. We ought to give Ron Paul a chance before we visit that Mad Max scenerio. Stock up on ammo til then.
Fuck the Politicians, they're all crooks. Every damned last one of them.
I'm stocking up on shells, that's the only way this is ever going to end. The sooner the populace realizes it, the sooner the great event will come. Our forefathers had these same diatribes over 250 years ago, and one day everyone finally got fed up. Prepare for that day, it's coming....
Ron Paul Rocks.
But at 76 years old (77 by election 2012), one needs to think of a vice-president that has the same political philosophy as Ron has and can attract additional voters and states. Who would that be?
Uh let me think....Chris Christie?
He should make his son Rand Vicepresident
Very bad idea!!!! His son is a fool.
ergo?
Jesse Ventura as VP!
Judge Andrew P. Napolitano
The same was said of everyone's favorite Veteran from Arizona, and look what happened to him!
or if he is assassinated....a real possibility
The resistance to WS's mafia economy has to begin at the roots, in NY, where the symbolic power of this ponzi construct is and where its Oligarchs hide playing their dark pool games.
It is in Washington and downtown NY that the rage of the people should express itself. And en masse...
Ron Paul in 2012, bitchez!
Dick Cheney aka Darth Vader as a running mate 2012! That would be something! Perfect YIN&YANG.
Your seventies style shorts have cut off circulation to your brain.
D.P. GUMBY my brain hurts...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIlKiRPSNGA
Yeah, and 100% of people won't do shit about it, if they vote will keep voting for 'their' side, because the 'other' side is abhorent, think the Wall Street protesters who were trying to be heard and raise some shit somehow deserved being kettled and maced, and are too fucking cowed to do a fucking thing about any of the crap the polls you reference ask them about.
And they are right - when an arrest, combined with perpetual computer memory, means the man can fuck you over for ever getting another serious job for life with one trip downtown, who can afford to take the risk? Besides all the brave ZH armchair keyboard warriors, that is.
people in hell would like some icewater also. what are the odds of this happening?
http://expose2.wordpress.com
Check out a Tea Party rally sometime, see people in action. Just watch out for the Union thugs.
Fuck liberties. How bout a little justice? Liberties should only be afforded to those who follow the law.
The rule of law over the law of rulers.
Support locally and fuck off globally is as good a start as any. Buy the car closest manufactured to you. I got a mazda 6 because it is made within 50 miles of me. The fusion is made in mexico, fuck that shit. Support your local store. Buy from the local farmer. Buy from the local meat producer. Go with local credit union. Conserve energy. Stop paying interest on credit for shit you don't need. Hire the local one man contractor instead of trying to fix and butchering with a half assed job. Talk to neighbors, even when they aren't listening.
Give all incumbents the fucking boot.
Stop flying. Walk more. Prepare for anything.
Going local is where the real power is. I agree with you perfectly. The closer to the ground you are the more likely that the bullets will fly over your head.
Ruffcut
I follow the Stamper example and do what's best for me and mine.
I don't give a shit where something is made as long as we can save a few bucks to feed ourselves.
And fuck my neighbors because when the collapse does come it's all The monsters on Maple street.
If my neighbors and community are too stupid to look out for themselves they deserve what the fuck they get.
Gully, TPTB want you to withdrawl and listen to the spew on MSM channels.
Selling emergency situations to neighbors is tough indeed. Don't give up and let the power brokers win. They want you to capitulate and curl up into a ball, on the floor. The family members that have been told and are not prepared for an emergency will be kicked to the curb verses a couple of my neighbors that are starting to listen. Shit, I don't need an emergency to desire kicking the shit out of many of my inlaws, anyway.
speak for yourself. there are many doing something. if you don't see it then try crawling out of your hole and open your eyes.
If anybody can help the first world to get out of this mess it is the american people and we european sheeples are waiting for you to help us out as usually. Drag Racer you are reving too tight and you need alum rods which are a bitch to change every so often. Eight grand maximum in this time of a felt recession I would say.