2008 Woodie Awards
Ron Paul's "The Revolution: A manifesto"
John Hitzel
Issue date: 10/2/08 Section: TruLife
Ron Paul, the Texan Libertarian who ran for President on the Republican ticket this year so he could participate in the "phony" televised debates, is also a 70-year-old retired doctor and economist who lived through World War II, Vietnam, the creation of HMOs, Watergate, the Kennedy Assassination, the Cold War, Alan Greenspan and both Gulf Wars. Paul released "The Revolution: A Manifesto" in April. That being said, what makes him and his platform different from all the other well-off old white guys running the government these days to warrant the attention of the average American?
Paul's political message is simple, yet eloquently and concisely stated in his 167-page book: Follow the Constitution and read about our founding fathers, who predicted many of the situations we find ourselves in. Doing this would solve many of our national woes - monetarily, militarily and domestically. Given the events on Wall Street this week, Paul's message in the introduction becomes eerily prophetic.
Paul cites the Federalist (and Anti-Federalist) Papers, the Farewell Addresses of the Virginian Presidents, the original Constitution, court records and congressional proceedings as far back as Daniel Webster, John Ashcroft on government infringements upon privacy and his economist buddies at the Ludwig von Mises institute to support his Jeffersonian argument that American government should be downsized and that the military should be withdrawn from across the globe, that our freedoms are being chipped away at and that all this mindless borrowing puts America in a more perilous economic position than ever before.
Paul has been called a joke candidate because of his position on legalizing marijuana. Feeding his argument that the media focuses our attention on trivialities in order to distract from the more important issues, the section of the book that addresses the war on drugs is seven pages long, hardly a portion large enough to be representative of Paul's entire platform. Yet, he is able to relate the problems arising from criminalization to the big picture:
Paul's political message is simple, yet eloquently and concisely stated in his 167-page book: Follow the Constitution and read about our founding fathers, who predicted many of the situations we find ourselves in. Doing this would solve many of our national woes - monetarily, militarily and domestically. Given the events on Wall Street this week, Paul's message in the introduction becomes eerily prophetic.
Paul cites the Federalist (and Anti-Federalist) Papers, the Farewell Addresses of the Virginian Presidents, the original Constitution, court records and congressional proceedings as far back as Daniel Webster, John Ashcroft on government infringements upon privacy and his economist buddies at the Ludwig von Mises institute to support his Jeffersonian argument that American government should be downsized and that the military should be withdrawn from across the globe, that our freedoms are being chipped away at and that all this mindless borrowing puts America in a more perilous economic position than ever before.
Paul has been called a joke candidate because of his position on legalizing marijuana. Feeding his argument that the media focuses our attention on trivialities in order to distract from the more important issues, the section of the book that addresses the war on drugs is seven pages long, hardly a portion large enough to be representative of Paul's entire platform. Yet, he is able to relate the problems arising from criminalization to the big picture:
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Bodybuilder
posted 10/02/08 @ 10:45 AM CST
There's a deep and biting irony in such a situation. Anything that could break through the bovine staring at the idiot box in the corner of the living room and actually motivate large numbers of people would be co-opted by the state itself. (Continued…)
Marc Woolbright
posted 10/02/08 @ 6:26 PM CST
Bravo, Bravo, Thank you for saying what needs to be said and doing what needs to be done. I was a baby boomer, no longer a baby, now I am an adult "BOOMER" a third generation American liberty lovin, peace preserving, Freedom forever follower of our fore fathers who penned the most importantant document the world has ever read! The Constitution of the UNITED States of America. (Continued…)
russell clink
posted 10/02/08 @ 7:10 PM CST
please run for president we only have 2 totaly dirty scum bags that dont care about anything except all of thier stocks they probably own in and out of the country we need a person to save our country run with ross perow and fix this mess thankyou
kevin
posted 10/03/08 @ 7:39 AM CST
I met Dr.Paul last may in Kansas City Missouri , He is as genuine and humble as a person can be. It is a shame the way the mainstream media treated this true patriot of the 21st century. (Continued…)
Mr. Perkins
posted 10/03/08 @ 11:58 AM CST
The major media doesn't like what Paul represents any more thant the "mainstream" politicians. He represents a return to what America was supposed to be about. (Continued…)
Jim Palmisano
posted 10/04/08 @ 3:25 AM CST
Can you believe we're really living in the Matrix?
"The Matrix is a system, Neo. That system is our enemy. But when you're inside, you look around. (Continued…)
Harry
posted 10/06/08 @ 3:34 AM CST
Is this a book review or an editorial?
Also this book came out six months ago. Dude, what?
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