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Ron Paul

Ronald Ernest Paul (born August 20, 1935) is an American physician, author, and former politician who served as the U.S.

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should I make a compilation video of Noam Chomsky, Christopher Hitchens and Ron Paul reading Redditor names out loud
The closest we have come to this are the brief moments when Ron Paul was allowed to talk during the Presidential debates.
Google search --> Glad I'm not the only one that gets Ron Paul & Marshall Applewhite mixed up.
The first GOP presidential debate for 2012 was held in South Carolina the evening of May 5, 2011. Participants were Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX), Minnesota Governor ...
She just appears to have a cult leader like effect on some people. Look at Paul Ryan. Rand/Ron Paul. Pat Buchanan to name a few.
After being emailed for youtube videos that I watched since they started and many years of my own research I chose to check out Dr. Ron Paul as a candidate for President, now I could care less. Your people are rude, couldn't answer simple questions and when I asked again I was blocked and then still sent nasty messages, proof which are in the video...peace out losers of all kinds mostly you wanna be arm chair politicians that think ya know so much, get a grip and bite me!
WATERVILLE, Maine (AP) — A former GOP state committeewoman who was rebuked for challenging the election of Maine's Ron Paul delegates says Paul's supporters have no interest in hearing her side of the story.
The Degeneration of the National Rifle Association, by Nominal, But Inactive, Member, Allan Greene, May 5, 2013   Earlier tonight, I was watching the comedy bit, “Weekend Update, with Seth Meyers,” on Saturday Night Live.  In one of his set-up pieces, Meyers referred to the new president of the National Rifle Association as a guy who, evidently, still refers to the American Civil War as the “War of Northern Aggression.”  It’s typically in the set-ups to their riffs that they have a bit of truth, followed by their riff.   I hadn’t heard that.  But it wouldn’t really surprise me.  Decades ago, Ron Paul was photographed in front of a confederate flag delivering a speech in which he said, “The South was right.”   Anyone who has studied the American Civil War and events leading up to it knows well it was, in reality, a war of Southern aggression.  It was, in effect, a war of the Southern slaveowning class in defense of the political economy of slavery – in defense, that is, of them ...
check this out Ron Paul to Liberals: If You Really Care about People You Must ...: Ron Paul is America...
Rand Paul IN IOWA: Republican celebrity Rand Paul arrives in Iowa this week, offering the tantalizing potential of a possible presidential aspirant who could bridge Iowa's warring GOP factions — or please none of them.Quiz: Do you know the differences between Rand Paul and Ron Paul?
Ron Paul & Jim Rogers, at a financial conference in Chile, explain how chaos will reign as all economies decline:
check this out Jim Rogers and Ron Paul: You Can't Disobey ... - ETF Daily News: Jim Rogers On the heel...
!!! B E W A R E !!! Open Carry March on Washington, July 4, 2013 - Adam Kokesh !!! Alrighty, folks. Do you know who Adam Kokesh is? I've written about him many times. He's from the Russian Today (a state-run subsidiary of RIA Novasti) TV Show, Adam vs The Man. He is an agent provocateur, friend of Ron Paul and member of the communist front groups, Veteran's for Peace and Iraq Veterans Against the War (with Communist and 'leaked Pentagon Papers', Daniel Ellsberg listed on their Advisory committee).  Kokesh is a 911 Truther, friend of the communist group, Code Pink. He was fired from Adam vs The Man because he solicited donations for Ron Paul on a Russian news agency. Will you REALLY march with LOADED WEAPONS to the White House and stand by the Communists, Anarcho-Communists and Voluntaryists? ... Really??? ... REALLY?!!!? Links to learn about Adam Kokesh: KeyWiki:  Survival:  articles by Trevor Loudon and Cliff Kincaid: Russia Today: you need more information, I suggest you do either a Yahoo or Google ...
Rand bats a pretty high average, his father Ron Paul has always knocked it out the park.
Prison » Ron Paul & Jim Rogers On Government ...: And in case it still weren't obvious, ...
Jim Rogers & Ron Paul : We are going to have a Calamity in Economics and Political Crises 
Ron Paul + Jim Rogers on the government: "They'll use force and they'll use intimidation..." via
On the heels of Prestitute Lawrence O'Donnell calling Ron Paul a lair when he called the Man-hunt and door to door searches in Watertown Mass a martial Law e...
I found silver coins of Ron Paul, Andrew Jackson, the state of Texas, and John Galt. Buy, buy, buy, buy.
Republicans calling out the RINOs in their party. It needs to happen more often! After serving in the House for over five years, Georgia Republican Paul Broun is now running to replace retiring Sen. Saxby Chambliss in 2014. Endorsed by Ron Paul, would Broun be a shill for leadership in the upper chamber? Likely not, judging by his comments in a recent exclusive interview with TheBlaze. “Harry Reid is an obstructionist,” Broun told TheBlaze senior contributor Mallory Factor. ”We’ve got problems in the Republican Party in the House, too.” Broun said one of the reasons Congress has been unable to get anything done is a failure of leadership from both parties. “Everything I’ve been doing in Washington has been geared at going back to constitutional limited government,” Broun said Monday, adding that his main focus as Senator would be to bring our nation back to the right course financially. Through his career in Congress, U.S. Rep. Paul Broun, R-Georgia, gestures as he finishes announcing his ...
How many of those voted for Ron Paul?
I came of age in the 80s in suburban New York as an optimistic Reagan Republican.  However, as we rolled into the 90s, I became disillusioned with the direction the GOP was moving.  Like so many other liberty Republicans, I left the party, abandoning it to the whims of the neoconservatives and the religious right. We all know how that turned out. After banging my head against the wall with my Libertarian Party friends for a few years, I came to realize that restoring the Republican Party would be the only way to accomplish a meaningful restoration of liberty in our communities and in our country. I joined the Ron Paul presidential campaign in 2008 as a volunteer and rose to lead the King County, Washington delegation at our State Republican Convention.  King County is the most populous county in Washington (including Seattle) and has historically been one of the most hostile to the Liberty Movement. After 2008, when many discouraged liberty activists once again left the party, I redoubled my efforts t ...
“Foreign aid is taking money from the poor people of a rich country and giving it to the rich people of a poor country” - Ron Paul
Ron Paul and Jim Rogers spoke at the Sovereign Man: Offshore Tactics Workshop in Santiago, Chile, on March 30 - April 1, 2013. Sign up for Simon Black's free...
Austin Aries and Ron Paul what could be better?
Former congressman Ron Paul is not going gently into that good night: Forced lockdown of a city. Militarized police riding tanks in the streets. Door-to-door armed
“The Boston bombing provided the opportunity for the government to turn what should have been a police investigation into a military-style occupation of an American city,” warns Ron Paul. By William F. Jasper
Former GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul has slammed US law enforcement for responding to the Boston Marathon bombing with “police state tactics.”
Former congressman Ron Paul was no fan of the police presence and manhunt in the Boston Marathon bombings. The libertarian-thinking Republican slammed what he called the 'military-style takeover' of Boston on
well you voted for Gary Johnson..which is lower than voting for Pat Buchanan or Ron Paul.
Ron Paul slams Boston police. Has he gone too far? - Yahoo! News via
What Gary Dykstra said about Ron Paul, Manny Steele, the grand jury and regrets in the robocall lawsuit interview:
Ron Paul: Boston manhunt scarier than attack
Charles Dharapak / AP: Texas Representative Ron Paul speaks at a rally at the University of South Florida Sun ...
WND uploads floor speech on Syria intervention | RPForums
"A New Degree Of Freedom", translation of a Russian Language article on etc | RPForums
Ron Paul: Shutdown After Boston Bombings ||How easily the govt suspended the Constitution 2 "protect" the citizens.
Ken MacMillan Ron Paul is right, his followers are *** Look at the comments.
Tempted to leave my number for the guy who owns the truck with a Ron Paul bumper sticker. Call me?
10 years of no boob hope, no johnny dollarsign and certainly no Stephen 'the apple man' 'iSteve' iJobs - the job maker ron paul 2012
An upron, an upron, my kingdom for an upron - leterally ron paul the third, ye olde uprons to the left.
Ron Paul slams Boston 'occupation' via for iPhone
goes Global: "Don't Steal, the Govt hates Competition" in Russian! via
"When one gets in bed with government, one must expect the diseases it spreads." ~ Ron Paul
Three people were killed in Boston and that is tragic. 10 die in some city on any given weekend. These cities are not locked-down - Ron Paul
That appears to be you with a microphone, behind Ron Paul in the pic making the rounds on FB tonight.
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Ron Paul: Shutdown after the Boston bombings more frightening than the actual bombings
This is why Ron Paul was never president: "Police manhunt for Boston suspect scarier than attack"
Why Ron Paul is slamming Boston's response to the bombings
Yet Mitt cozied up to Christie and stiff-armed the Tea Party, Sarah Palin and Ron Paul. What's wrong w/this pic?
Ron Paul: Police manhunt for Boston Marathon bombing suspect scarier than attack
Every time Ron Paul says something loony, Rand Paul ought to be asked to what degree he agrees with it.
Ron Paul: Boston Police Tactics ‘should frighten us as much or more than the attack itself’
My President is Dr. Ron Paul! I live by his teachings. The U.S. lost out having the greatest leader of our time.
A vote for Ron Paul is never a waste. Be proud that you voted good over evil.
lol don't forget to mention Ron Paul, Peter Schiff, and Niall Ferguson
"If we follow Ron Paul's Utopian ideology that the United States States would turn into Somalia"Thom Hartmann said.
Ron Paul, Sean Paul, and Paul Hughes walk into a building
Ron Paul says Mark Sanford has always been a "friend of the Liberty Movement." I think he means libertine movement.
John Pilger and Ron Paul are those old white dudes that can actually be respected by me for their political views.
BMC Presidential Inauguration is almost as important as Ron Paul's inauguration.
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Ron Paul: Mark Sanford has always been a strong ally of the Liberty Movement. Help him get to Congress. Donate today!
You don't think Ron Paul's statement to the banking committee from 2003 is on record?
Why did Ron Paul leave Republican Party in 1988 & run as Libertarian? He disagreed w/ Reagan administration's handling of the federal budget
Rand Paul adviser signs on with American Crossroads: A top adviser to Ron Paul and Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) has ...
Watching Youtube videos of the 2012 GOP primaries. Rick Santorum was the biggest *** of them all. Very rude and hostile towards Ron Paul.
Gold: “I’m Buying”: Ron Paul discusses his views on gold, central banks, and the weaken...
Golden Boy Promotions, Ron Paul's 'The Revolution', and a cup of joe. It would a lot cooler if I had a little bit of weed.
You conspiracy..people...how come Alex Jones, Ron Paul and Lew Rockwell are still among the living?
Ron Paul, Bryan Cranston and Pat Robertson are just some of the people more "evolved" on marijuana than Obama
New post: Ron Paul espouses wary view of big government - The Brown Daily Herald
Lew Rockwell, Ron Paul's former Chief of Staff, has some choice words about Boston and Watertown's finest...
Ron Paul, Chris Christie, & Andrew Cuomo all lend their voices to our new 4:20 anthem.
Ron Paul wants the suspect to hold a bake sale to raise money for his medical care. No free rides!
Chris Christie, Andrew Cuomo, & Ron Paul have a jam session to condemn the war on drugs
If you are more inline with Code Pink, Ron Paul, Veterans for Peace, and Dennis Kucinich on foreign policy, unfollow me.
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More Boston Marathon trutherism from the website of Ron Paul aide Lew Rockwell.
Boston Marathon bombing trutherism from Ron Paul associates Lew Rockwell and Thomas DiLorenzo?
Ron Paul and Dennis Kucinich want to give peace a chance | Mobile Washington Examiner:
Ron Paul relaxed about gold's slump, focused on the dollar: Gold bug Ron Paul weighs in on this week's...
"The neo-conservative era is dead." Ron Paul and Dennis Kucinich launch a foreign policy think tank.
Rand Paul is far more outdated, reactionary, stupid, and obsolete than Ron Paul.
Kudos to Ron Paul for reiterating his call to close via
Poll: 93% have a favorable opinion of Ron Paul via
"With at the launch of the Ron Paul institute for Peace & Prosperity 🇺🇸 2 true patriots
With an assist from Dennis Kucinich, Ron Paul launches a new foreign policy think tank. Yup.
Ron Paul and Dennis Kucinich Launch Olympic fish bicycling Team. There. Fixed it.
via BuzzFeed Ron Paul launches his new foreign policy institute, with an assist from Dennis Kucinich. Rand skips...
Ron Paul To Launch Non-Interventionist Summer School: The school will be part of Ron Paul's new think tank.
Ron Paul's home schooling for dummies, spelled out by
Ron Paul on traveling to Cuba (I hope this is the only time I ever link to Lew Rockwell):
I liked a video Ron Paul on Julian Assange
Actually at the very same time as McVeigh. Ever heard of the John Birch Society or Ron Paul. Libertarians.
have u seen freedom of facism by Aaron Russo? Eye opener 4real! Also watch the covo between him & Ron Paul
So...Ron Paul has launched a new home schooling curriculum? - this is more than passing strange!!
Ron Paul: Do you think gold is money? Ben Bernanke: (3 second pause) No. RP: It's not money... BB: It's a...
'Silver Circle': A libertarian love story where the bad guys work at the ...: Ron Paul endorsed it. Paul inadv...
Ron Paul? Really? Amazing... And *** is that addressing the topic of this thread?
Right and Left find common ground in non-interventionism again -- Ron Paul + Dennis Kucinich forpol think tank:
Dennis Kucinich and former judge and Fox host Andrew Napolitano joining Ron Paul foreign policy think tank.
Had a great time interviewing Dr. Ron Paul one on one during his visit to Cincinnati last weekend. I will be...
Good way to start the morning: a video chat with Dr. Ron Paul!
Tom Selleck, Ron Paul, Ben Bernanke, Johnny Depp, George Jetson and YOU. in my new video.
I freaking loved it when Ron Paul shoved a silver coin in Bernanke's face and told him he's killing the dollar.
Ron Paul: . deserves Nobel Peace Prize more than Obama. Manning's killed 0 ppl.
“How Rand Paul and Ron Paul differ over the meaning of the Constitution: I like Rand better
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They would, it was Ron Paul who said a young man w/o insurance should be left to die.
Ron Paul and Jim Norton are both mocking Christians just like that filth Obama does.
Ron Paul pales in comparison to Franklin Pierce or Grover Cleveland. And look at the hate Paul draws!
Saw a Nissan leaf with Ron Paul stickers. Wonder if they passed on the government incentives for buying a leaf
Barney Frank and Ron Paul will Introduce Legislation on Thursday to Fully Legalize Marijuana
we are easy to find. We just lack a unified platform. we carry a wide range of beliefs from John Stossel to Ron Paul.
One Lie and Distortion After Another: Politico goes after Ron Paul. Article by Lew Rockwell. | LRC Daily
Ⓡ Ron Paul: Very nice Lew Rockwell speech to the Alabama state convention of Young Americans for Libertyhttp:/...
yup, for sure. I was shocked at Franklin Graham :( Did you see that Ron Paul just opened his own homeschool online program?
FYI - Paulbots2.0 are same as t/ original Many state Ron Paul's anti-Chris Kyle statement was correct.
Good turn out in Oberlin for Ron Paul... Liberty Defined
Steve Martin, Ron Paul, David Hyde Pierce, Ian McDiarmid (Emperor Palpatine), all sing in the Mormon Tabernacle Choir!
My kitty "Liberty" has been guarding my Ron Paul book "Liberty Defined" since I got it back. Dr. Paul signed the...
Lew Rockwell at Alabama YAL: "I am an anarchist. Ron Paul is not an anarchist."
I remember Ron Paul and Jill Stein with the Green Party! (
Ron Paul in 1998 John Birch Society Documentary on the UN Plot to take over America
Tune-in to tomorrow at 9am to hear my interview of colleague Kyle Anderson, on his experience interviewing Ron Paul for WRGW
hold on now... is this the SAME Emma Caulfield that supports/supported Ron Paul ?? :0
Tim,no its not. Exaggerate much? (In the US,Ron Paul has/had worse endorsements from worse characters,and worked around it)
Ron Paul in Ohio: Writes Joe Fetz: Ron will be speaking at the Duke Energy Convention Center in Cincinnati, Oh...
- according to Ron Paul, America died when it became "THE North American Union" !
Gonna see Neil deGrasse Tyson speak this week, Ron Paul next week! It's great to be a Florida Gator!
Oh hey a Ron Paul fan. How are thing in the GOP Ladies Auxiliary these days?
Libertarian Dept. Did you know that the author of Barry Goldwater’s 1964 acceptance speech supported Ron Paul in ’88?
All Around Pizza and Deli on Life size cut outs of Ron Paul and Snoop Dog that I found hilarious
Bitcoin is the Future of Money - Zeitgeist Movement, Occupy Wall Street, Ron Paul and Stefan Molyneux -
Ron Paul is speaking at Brown later this month and I am gonna die.
Indians legend Travis "Pronk" Hafner donated the maximum to Ron Paul.
“Believe me, the next step is a currency crisis because there will be a rejection of the dollar-Ron Paul"
Agree. I hoped not MT: "LOL U guys know Ron Paul =Rand Paul Oh man he was hateful 2Santorum in presidential debates"
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[[RON PAUL all the way to DESTROY the FEDERAL RESERVE]] Ron Paul on Federal Reserve, banking and economy
RuPaul, Chris Paul, Rand Paul, Ron Paul and Cliff Paul all living under one roof
We made an Easter piñata resembling Ron Paul and filled it with chocolate gold coins. It was thrilling to watch the little ones beat him to death.
Ron Paul ally Robert Lowry to challenge Rep. Pete Gallego in 2014 TS CD23
Why have we allowed the federal government to regulate commodes in our homes? - Ron Paul
Why are sick people who use medical marijuana put in prison? Why does the federal government restrict the drinking of raw milk? - Ron Paul
Ron Paul vs. Paul Krugman: Austrian vs. Keynesian economics in the financial crisis - ...
I love Ayaan Hirsi Ali. :) I'm not the biggest fan of Ron Paul though. :p
Likening the Ron Paul-fueled revolution in the Republican Party to Billy Beane and Moneyball was perfect. Good interview so far!
Spent my evening reading up on Ron Paul and Ayaan Hirsi Ali and it's all very interesting and inspiring. I'm off to save the world now.
Ron Paul is correct when it comes to the North American Union. It's coming, whether you like it or n... -
Out and out fantastic piece by on Ron Paul, his followers & possible future of American politics. Must, must read. Buy Harper's.Now
Ron Paul "supports the elimination of the income tax and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)"
Ron Paul states America is Gone if North American Union agreenemt is for...: via
Internet slowly discovering Rand Paul is Ron Paul except on the issue that made the Internet love Ron Paul -- weed.
"At this time CNN is projecting that Dr. Ron Paul it would have to be in gold.
Its like wayne says . . . first I *** then I come to my senses . I like beating your guts up , but no Ron Paul is not a musician .
Fellow Texan I see. Ron Paul kind of scares me, but I like a lot of the things he says and he isn't swayed by anything.
read this for the first time tonight. Ron Paul wrote it. sent it to me.
Ron Paul has never voted to raise taxes. Ron Paul has never voted for an unbalanced budget. Ron Paul has never vot...
Someone who 'thinks' they're Conservative and promoting Lew Rockwell/Ron Paul is a big fish. It's cost us two elections.
OMG I linked to Ron Paul. Now I am on the NeoCon watch list.
To Brooks and Ron Paul it does, you're just so thick headed you don't get it. Like a black man supporting Dems.
No. I'm 1000% correct. Neocon is code for Jew. My links are better than yours..Ron Paul..You linked to Ron Paul.. smh
HighTimes said Ron Paul isn't KOOL enough to be on its cover he don't smoke Marijuana No he just introduced a bill so we can. $
You'd think Willie Nelson would of jumped on the Ron Paul legalize marijuana wagon? No he's a paid $ Spokesman for Norml.
You run to Brooks and he gives you a link to Ron Paul condemning Neocons as "They unconditionally support Israel"
Ron Paul 2003 "The Truth About Neo Conservatism" never mentions the word Jew or Jews at all in this piece. Huh.
I just knew Norml Pac an its members would be there for the Ron Paul cause.. Nope they Cons who profit $$$
I get on Cato and the Ron Paul stuff is always at the periphery. I almost went from Left to LP, but open borders stopped me.
Needless to say Rothbard, Rockwell and Ron Paul aren't fit to lick an anarchists boots.
and he got former Ron Paul campaign manager (and Ron's grandson) as campaign Manager, Jesse Benton.
If u U can defeat Hagen 4 Senate! Meanwhile U can assume Ron Paul's mantle in the HoR!
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BUT WE are the Ron Paul camp.. the work isn't done and this time we're smarter and won't be bought.. the Freedom-minded
Ron Paul: Let's Not Over-React to North Korean Saber Rattling: Tensions on the Korean peninsula have again rea...
Finally finished The Revolution by Ron Paul. Great book, really recommend it if you have a passion for liberty and our nation.
is that an Easter joke? And there is a UofM St. Paul campus?
Now you're crying? But, where were YOU when we were voting for Ron Paul?
Figures only local sport's team worth a *** plays, where else? St. Paul.
Ron Paul explains to Rudy Giuliani the meaning of the word "Blowback" [2007]
Ron Paul needs to pull a Favre and come back in 2016
Having a discussion on Ron Paul where is when she is needed?
A 'brush fire of liberty' in Peabody -Ron Paul endorses Leah Cole 4 TUES vote in MA
guess whats in the middle? I just told you the answer. Do yourself a favor check them out. Libertarians. Ron Paul.
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Quickly becoming my favorite actor, Hellboy, SoA, and of course, being an awesome person.
I listened to video with Dennis Kucinich. There is another dam fine man like Ron Paul,Cruz, Rand Paul and Dr Ben Carson.
I added a video to a playlist Flashback: Obama on Ron Paul, CFR, and North American Union
Si no me esperan como corresponde no les llevo nada eh! ( Ustedes saben a lo que me refiero)
Organ. Didjeridu. Electronics. Voices. Thousands of years of cultures in just 20 minutes of music by Ron Nagorcka. It's called Sanctus and it's sensational.
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