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  1. Keith and stuff's Avatar
    This guide doesn't include Free Talk Live which is more popular than almost all of the radio shows listed.
    http://www.freetalklive.com
    It is live from 7:00 P.M. to 10:00 P.M. seven nights a week.
    It has over 100 radio affiliates and a large online/podcast listening audience.

    It also doesn't include the many pro-liberty radio shows and podcasts from New Hampshire, nor the many pro-liberty TV shows from New Hampshire.

    For example:
    Free Minds Radio http://www.freemindstv.com
    Capital Access TV http://www.nhcaptv.com
    Free Minds TV http://www.freemindstv.com
    Free Keene TV http://freekeene.com/video/tv/

    It is just strange how Keene, NH is the liberty media capital of the world and the guide ignored Keene liberty media entirely.
  2. emazur's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by JoshLowry
    Sorry emazur, just got back from the holiday break.

    I had some time away from RPF.

    If you feel like something should be promoted just talk to a mod. I haven't had a chance to read it yet, but will soon.
    Thanks for the response. It wasn't that I was seeking a favor with promotion from a mod, I thought the work stood by itself and posted about it multiple times to let people know but almost nobody cared . Not quite what I expected from a community called "RonPaulForums" . If a mod or other poster enjoyed it and promoted it b/c he felt it deserved promoting based on the merit of the work (as happened on DailyPaul), that would be something else. If that's the case with you (welcome back BTW) after reading it, great. But no pity and no favors!
  3. JoshLowry's Avatar
    Sorry emazur, just got back from the holiday break.

    I had some time away from RPF.

    If you feel like something should be promoted just talk to a mod. I haven't had a chance to read it yet, but will soon.
  4. emazur's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by WorldonaString
    It was a very good read. Keep it coming!
    Thanks - I've been pretty disappointed with RPF for an almost complete lack of response to something I worked so hard on - good to know someone here actually read and enjoyed it.
  5. WorldonaString's Avatar
    It was a very good read. Keep it coming!
  6. emazur's Avatar
    continued:

    The Stars Are In Allignment. Is Ron Ready to Run?

    As a leader, Congressman Paul is well researched and versed in an array of issues, while also having an incredible grasp of the U.S. Constitution and its impact on economics, government and war. This understanding serves as a baseline for everything he advocates. He handily beat all Republican candidates three years ago in the debates--as a matter of fact, he embarrassed them.
    - Retired U.S. Army Major Don Vandergriff. The visionary: Ron Paul, Washington Post, Dec. 20, 2010

    Run Paul has seen an eplosion of support since the the 2008 election. While he was once ignored by media and not taken seriously, Paul earned a great deal of credibility for his understanding of free market economics that allowed for accurate predictions of financial callamity caused by the Federal Reserve in conjunction with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. He was the most successful fundraiser for the Republican primaries and received more donations from the military than any other candidate. This fundraising happened prior to the formation of Paul's outreach organization Campaign for Liberty, which would surely be a pipeline to breaking new fundraising records in 2012 and attracting more voters. Paul's ability to attract grassroots support has raised eyebrows from Republican National Committee Contenders. Interest in free markets and skepticism of the Fed has never been higher, and Ron Paul has recently earned a powerful position to overlook and question the Federal Reserve. Interest in the Constitution has soared, and candidates like his son Rand Paul were swept into office by the Tea Party faithful who want a government that is kept in bounds by the Founding Fathers' framework. Americans are becoming increasingly dissatisfied with foreign policy and the progress of the wars. They are also becoming wary of the debt and hopefully are starting to see how war spending has a negative effect on an already fragile economy. If the dollar collapses, and Ron Paul predicts it will if we stay the course, America won't be able to pay for any national defense. F.A. Hayek's classic book The Road to Serfdom showed what the unpleasant outcome might be. The Council on Foreign Relations has been running simulation games on financial collapse at least as far back as 2002, and fears of high dollar inflation are bringing calls for a new world reserve currency. The horizons may bring troubled times and America will need a President who is committed to dismantling the Washington's command & control economy and allow for a free market to blossom. The man for the job is Ron Paul. Reagan White House budget guru David Stockman praised Dr. Paul in a July 2010 interview

    Yet Stockman hopes the Republicans gain the majority in the House and Senate next November, because “then the next Congress gets down to the business of trying to reform entitlements and cut spending. Also, while we’re at it, we have to get out of the imperialism business, okay? No imperial power has succeeded on the edge of bankruptcy.”

    Which means: Get out of Afghanistan and Iraq right away—the same prescription touted by renegade Republican congressman Ron Paul.

    “I’m totally in agreement with Ron Paul,” Stockman says. “I don’t think he can be elected president, but I think he’s the only guy who really understands monetary policy, economic policy, the proper role of the state, the proper role of the U.S. in the world. On the other hand, the world is changing pretty dramatically before our eyes. I wouldn’t rule out anything right now. But if you asked me who is speaking truth to power, it’s Ron Paul.”

    Strong praise, but Stockman does bring up the issue of electability. Is America and a conservative Republican Party ready for a libertarian? In a July 1975 interview with Reason Magazine, Ronald Reagan stated "I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism." Was Glenn Beck right when he said he thought America was "libertarian in conversion"? Some in the Tea Party are ready for Ron but others have their doubts. A Politoco article writes

    “Save for Ron Paul, I'm not really happy with many Republican officials,” said Marc Delphine, a leader in the Beaverton, Ore., tea party. Other respondents, though, blasted Paul, the libertarian-leaning Texas Congressman, for requesting earmarks or for his isolationist foreign policy.

    Some of the challenges Ron Paul will face if he chooses to run will be addressing the perception of these issues. Paul actually votes against the bills earmarks are attached to but puts dollar amounts on their allocations. Failing to do so would mean that money taken from his district from the Federal government would not be transparently spent. If Paul did not allocate the money, it would not reduce federal spending at all. Ron Paul is not an isolationist and that subject has already been covered here. Will Americans be ready to hear that by continuing the spending on wars we are falling for the trap laid out by Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda? Time will tell, but the Pew Research survery that showed a 19% increase since 2002 of Americans who thought America should "mind its own business" is a good sign for Dr. Paul. The economy will surely be the top issue of 2012 and that is subject in which Ron Paul has excelled.

    But does Ron Paul want to run again in 2012? He's already stated that the chances are "at least 50-50". The Ron Paul Revolution would to like to remind Dr. Paul of his newly gained recogntion in the media, his own party, the CPAC and SRLC polls, and the Paul vs. Obama poll. And don't forget the Rand Paul victory, the organizational power of the Campaign for Liberty, and the soaring interest in the Constitution and the free market. Whatever the decision, Ron Paul has always done has country proud and supporters will know he made the choice with the best of hearts.