This is a very simple and very concise response to the Liberal mantra of “Solving Problems.” Or as one of our authors used to call “Using Government Creatively.” Ron Paul is very effective of making the point that “Progressivism” is nothing if not regressive.

Ron Paul on “Central Planning.”

Ron Paul didn’t have a chance from the beginning for one simple reason:  He’s a threat to the “Centralites” who keep their power by making sure everyone is convinced that they can solve ALL problems Federally.

From the neocon national review, of all places. The GOP at least has diversity of ideas on it’s side.

A teaser,

Paul rallies heave with voters waving placards and shouting “Liberty! Liberty!”

Are those supporters crazy, as some colleagues tell me?

Perhaps they are, to be shouting for liberty in 2007

Here’s an article about the Ron Paul phenomenon. As expected, there’s a little too much emphasis on the “liberal” part of modern “libertarianism” (the war on drugs is mentioned more than once), and of course the war on Iraq is cited as a cornerstone of flawed interventionism. Here, however, is the part that describes most accurately the “libertarian” tendencies of some within the Republican party.

…In the 1990s, conservative Republicans rose to power by relentlessly attacking Big Government. Yet the minute they took control of both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue, they kicked out the jams on even a semblance of fiscal responsibility, signing off on the Medicare prescription drug benefit and building literal and figurative bridges to nowhere. From 2001 to 2008, federal outlays will have grown by an estimated 29 percent in inflation-adjusted terms, according to the Office of Management and Budget.

And I almost took issue with this part:

Now with about 5 percent (and climbing) support in polls of likely Republican voters…

Until I looked at the numbers. It seems he’s gotten a little boost just within the last couple of months. I sincerely think he should hang in there and nip at the big money in the race (although according to this article he IS the big money lately). Hopefully, maybe, possibly, we’ll have an actual discussion about real issues at one of these debates

MSNBC poll shows the real winner of the debate. I think Americans are finally disenchanted enough to listen to a fresh voice (who is really a libertarian!) who makes the most sense.

Hopefully, the people will continue to learn about Ron Paul and continue giving him support.

Hopefully, it won’t be like nominations in the past, where the best candidates get pushed into the corner of obscurity.