Why Rick Perry is scared of Ron Paul

One of the cardinal rules of politics is "never attack down,” meaning a front-runner should never attack or respond to an opponent who is far behind. Yet that is what Rick Perry is doing. He is intimidated by Ron Paul, and responding to Ron Paul. Why? The answer is that Ron Paul is a true libertarian and a true conservative, while the latest version of Rick Perry, the man who once championed Al Gore, is a phony conservative and can't even pretend to be a phony libertarian.

As I have written repeatedly, Rick Perry is the ultimate pay-for-play government man, the exact opposite of a true conservative and a true libertarian. Ron Paul, whether one agrees with him or not, is the true libertarian and a genuine conservative in ways that Rick Perry can never be. That is why Rick Perry fears Ron Paul.

The rest of the story from The Hill

Quote of the Day

Some writers have so confounded society with government, as to leave little or no distinction between them; whereas they are not only different, but have different origins.  Society is produced by our wnts, and government by our wickedness; the former promotes our happiness positively by uniting our affections, the latter negatively by restraining our vices.  The one encourages intercourse, the other creates distinctions.  The first is a patron, the last a punisher.

-Thomas Paine

Bill Hicks: Gulf War I

The greatest comic that America has ever produced. If you think different, you are wrong. I know that sounds cruel and insensitive, but that's what I am. The world needs people like Bill, now, more than ever. A truth teller and philosopher of the highest order. R.I.P. my brother.

Bill Hicks: The Family "Trip"

The greatest comic that America has ever produced. If you think different, you are wrong. I know that sounds cruel and insensitive, but that's what I am.

Ron Paul 2012 - Ron Paul Destroys Michael Moore On Larry King

If Mr Paul is not the next president, we are doomed (if not already) as a country.

Ron Paul: Mobs In Europe A Sign Of Things Coming

Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) on the challenges in reining in government spending.

"There’s going to be an inflation tax to hit us and I am just afraid there will be people in the streets when they don’t get what they want," Paul told the FOX Business Network.

So you think the government works for you?

WASHINGTON — The Securities and Exchange Commission may have destroyed documents and compromised enforcement cases involving activity at large banks and hedge funds during the height of the financial crisis in 2008, according to allegations made by a lawmaker on Wednesday. 

“From what I’ve seen, it looks as if the SEC might have sanctioned some level of case-related document destruction,” said Sen. Chuck Grassley, Republican of Iowa, in a letter to the agency’s chairman, Mary Schapiro.

“It doesn’t make sense that an agency responsible for investigations would want to get rid of potential evidence. If these charges are true, the agency needs to explain why it destroyed documents, how many documents it destroyed over what timeframe, and to what extent its actions were consistent with the law.” 

The Agency staff “destroyed over 9,000 files” related to preliminary agency investigations, according to a letter sent in July to Grassley, the top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, and obtained by MarketWatch.

SEC may have destroyed documents, senator says
Market Watch article

Matt Taibbi on SEC’s Records Destruction Reveals How Deeply Entrenched Official Corrpution Is
Rolling Stone article

I don't know, so I'm an atheist libertarian & new book - Penn Jillette

Great new Penn Jillette article.  Penn is one of my all time hero's, and I was lucky enough to meet and speak to him, he was incredibly gracious....

 I don't know, so I'm an atheist libertian

Penn also has a new book out, "God no!  Signs you may already be an atheist and other magical tales".

Praise for God, No!
"People who say that libertarians have no heart or atheists have no soul need to read this book. Because Penn Jillette has a lot of both." -- MATT STONE and TREY PARKER, creators of South Park and the award-winning Broadway musical The Book of Mormon

"There are few people in the country who question more boldly, brashly, and bravely than my friend Penn Jillette. This book is funny, provocative, and profane. But is it right? God, no!" --GLENN BECK

"This planet has yielded exactly one mutual friend for Glenn Beck and me and that friend has written a brilliant book called God, No! Penn reveals 'the big secret of magic,' tells you why tattoos are perfect expressions of atheism and exactly what to eat when you know you're going to vomit later." --LAWRENCE O'DONNELL

"Penn Jillette is a twenty-first-century Lord of Misrule: big, boisterously anarchic, funny, Rabelaisian, impossible and unique. There isn't--couldn't be--better not be--anybody like him." --RICHARD DAWKINS, bestselling author of The Greatest Show on Earth and The God Delusion

Jon Stewart: Why is Everyone Still Ignoring Ron Paul?

Fantastic piece on how the media ignores Ron Paul.  Hat tip to the Atlantic Monthly.

John Stewart on Ron Paul

Rick Perry's Army of God

A little-known movement of radical Christians and self-proclaimed prophets wants to infiltrate government, and Rick Perry might be their man.  Craziness....

Rick Perry's Army of God