Democracy Is Coming... To The USA!

Allow me to also recommend a blog – the one belonging to Lew Rockwell, who is president of the Ludwig von Mises Institute.

If you are a serious libertarian, you would be well advised to subscribe to their “daily article” from www.mises.org.

Lew Rockwell’s blog, however, is a must read because it covers libertarian politics – especially the campaign of that other Republican candidate, Ron Paul, the senator from Texas who has a huge fan following.

Ron Paul stands for a non-interventionist foreign policy (get the troops back home), and he also stands for sound money – the abolition of the federal reserve.

Whereas Ron Paul lost the Republican nomination to John McCain, that has not stopped his “Campaign for Freedom.” He held a huge convention recently in Minneapolis – where one of the songs performed was Donovan’s “Universal Soldier” – one of my favourite anti-war songs.

While the world is hooked on to the Obama-McCain non-debates – what Rockwell calls “The Great Distraction” – Ron Paul has managed to snatch a phenomenal political victory from the jaws of defeat.

He has roped in all the third party candidates and got them to agree on 4 major policy issues. The idea is to bring into the political debate those vital issues that concern all Americans – which the major parties would like to keep under covers.

Here is Lew Rockwell’s post on this great event, which has been completely missed by our Reichwing press, all besotted by the grand distraction.

“The Republican/Democrat duopoly has, for far too long, ignored the most important issues facing our nation. However, alternate candidates Chuck Baldwin, Cynthia McKinney, and Ralph Nader agree with Ron Paul on four key principles central to the health of our nation. These principles should be key in the considerations of every voter this November and in every election.

We Agree:

Foreign Policy: The Iraq War must end as quickly as possible with removal of all our soldiers from the region. We must initiate the return of our soldiers from around the world, including Korea, Japan, Europe and the entire Middle East. We must cease the war propaganda, threats of a blockade and plans for attacks on Iran, nor should we re-ignite the cold war with Russia over Georgia. We must be willing to talk to all countries and offer friendship and trade and travel to all who are willing. We must take off the table the threat of a nuclear first strike against all nations.

Privacy: We must protect the privacy and civil liberties of all persons under US jurisdiction. We must repeal or radically change the Patriot Act, the Military Commissions Act, and the FISA legislation. We must reject the notion and practice of torture, eliminations of habeas corpus, secret tribunals, and secret prisons. We must deny immunity for corporations that spy willingly on the people for the benefit of the government. We must reject the unitary presidency, the illegal use of signing statements and excessive use of executive orders.

The National Debt: We believe that there should be no increase in the national debt. The burden of debt placed on the next generation is unjust and already threatening our economy and the value of our dollar. We must pay our bills as we go along and not unfairly place this burden on a future generation.

The Federal Reserve: We seek a thorough investigation, evaluation and audit of the Federal Reserve System and its cozy relationships with the banking, corporate, and other financial institutions. The arbitrary power to create money and credit out of thin air behind closed doors for the benefit of commercial interests must be ended. There should be no taxpayer bailouts of corporations and no corporate subsidies. Corporations should be aggressively prosecuted for their crimes and frauds.”

This is surely a great day for libertarian politics in the USA.

While the mainstream Reichwing Indian media has ignored this development, Russian television has not: here is a link to the news report on Russia Today.

Song of the Day: Leonard Cohen’s “Democracy Is Coming - To The USA!”.