Ron Paul
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In this show Al discusses:
- Segment 1 and Segment 2 – Congressman Ron Paul’s campaign is getting stronger each day. Jeff Deist gives specifics and opines on both parties.
- Segment 3 – Al discusses politics and medical care with Jeff Deist, Chief of Staff for Congressman Ron Paul.
- Segment 4 – From Washington D.C. Jeff Deist discusses the connection between politics and investing.
- Segment 5 – Jeff Deist and Big Al wrap up the show discussing big government.
- Segment 6 – Jeff Deist, Chief of Staff for Ron Paul, discuss economics and the upcoming election.
- Segment 7 and Segment 8 – Congressman Ron Paul is one of the greatest living American patriots. He has done more to increase the awareness of people, not just in the United States but around the world, about the positive aspects of our country and also of the things that need to be changed. He is one of the few politicians whose actions are not directed toward getting re-elected but to making the United States a better country.
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Morning Mr. Higgins,
My wife and I are on vacation this week, and it seemed kind of appropriate to devote a show to the Congressman and his philosophy given where this country is politically.
Trust me, 80% of our material will always be financially related.
I appreciate you comment.
Have a great weekend in your wonderful state.
Big All
thanks for airing more truth about ron paul! the more people that can be woken up to the Ron Paul liberty message, the better for the future of our country and economy!
Seriously guy? I’m a ron paul supporter (not a robot). Why don’t you go tghourh my comments and see how I knock those conspiracy theorist. Well to me its not so much a conspiracy as it is a fact that you are brainwashed by either the news organizations or your parents that are brainwashed by the news organizations. Why don’t you do some research. Then post something with some real facts.
I agree with John Higgins.
Hi Richard,
Appreciate our input.
I just feel like I have to throw in sensible political views every once in a while.
Big Al
I disagree. The markets will still be here on Monday. I consider this a rare opportunity. And as an investor, I want to hear from the only voice for sound money in our government.
In some ways I agree with you Martin C. This is a timely show to talk about this great man who is ignored by so many in his country, ignored by too many. However, I do get bored with politics. I don’t consider Ron Paul to be a politician – more a stateman or a wise man, a potential founder of a new nation. The stuff that bores me is talking about Obamacare and all that jazz. From here in the UK I would rather hear abut Ron Paul, because we have no-one like him over here.
I am very fond of Mr. Paul constitutional approach and contribution to the political arena. Politics is the “divine science after all” (John Adams) . However, I prefer Franklin`s monetary policy over austrian.
A Modest Enquiry into the Nature and Necessity of a Paper-Currency by Benjamin Franklin (1729)
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/users/brock/webdoc6.html
Plus, I find it bizarre that a constitutionalist would insist gold and silver are the only allowable money. That restriction is imposed on the states, not the federal government.
Many thanks for the link Mr. Missive.
Big Al
-Ron Paul is for letting the market decide. He knows that the market will choose gold and silver and is, in fact, increasingly doing so currently.
-I find your obsession with paper bizarre.
“That restriction is imposed on the states, not the federal government.” ??? –I thought we cleared this up! Rights not (specifically!) delegated, NOR PROHIBITED to the federal government are reserved to the states! It’s worded this way because it would be nearly impossible to list everything the federal government CAN’T do. So, by listing ONLY what it CAN do, we know that EVERYTHING else is off-limits. The restrictions imposed on the federal government are not found in any stated restriction, but in the LACK OF a stated authority.
It’s interesting that you are for the right of the federal government to allocate wealth and power to itself by circumventing the market and, ultimately, the will, and property rights, of the people. This wouldn’t be right or just even if the Constitution did allow it. Intrinsically worthless money requires the force of a central authority for it’s acceptance by the market. You are for force, not cooperation.
It is also strange that you support a regime that protects the elites’ hoards of gold. Shouldn’t they be forced to pay their millions of de facto servants something of real value?
Hello Matthew,
You are absolutely right sir! Excellent reasoning and analysis! I always enjoy your writing! Best
Thanks Matthew,
I also agree with you.
Big Al
I wonder what Ben Franklin would say after the Continental Collapsed.
Such a smart guy Ben was…… why would he write such things in 1729 at the tender age of 23?
Could it be that in 1728 he opened a Printing Office in Philadelphia?
Could it be that been that Ben’s printing press had some down time after churning out Newspapers and later Poor Richard’s Almanac.
I wonder what the Printer thought about in his later years as the Continental plunged.
Some say it was not that the Continental was not backed by a commodity it was just that there were too many of them. Too many is exactly the Austrian’s point…..human nature is such when dealing in irredeemable paper money they always eventually attain the status of reproducing rabbits.
Counterfeiting as an act of war as did the British, act of Congress, or counterfeiting sanctioned by a Central bank reaches the same result.
Ben Franklin was at the center of two Revolutions. One went well in his homeland the other went poorly in his beloved France. Although Franklin did not live to see the French tragedy it was his rhetoric in the Parlors of France that significantly seeded it.
Both of Franklin’s revolutions featured collapsing currencies. One collapse he lived through in his last years as the Constitution was being written. I provide a link to Franklin’s closing speech at the Constitutional Convention. He is much more humble in his later years after witnessing so much……. September 17, 1987:
http://www.usconstitution.net/franklin.html
Hi Dennis,
Wow! This is really helpful!! Enjoy so much this brief glimpse back into monetary history with respect to Ben Franklin. Excellent writing and much appreciated.
Best
Most revolutions are rooted in economics.
Franklin was instrumental in obtaining financing from France.
The loans the US obtained from France were revolutionary life blood. Ironically after the news of Benedict Arnold’s heroics which resulted in victory at Saratoga France condemned itself to it’s own bloody revolution. With news of this victory Franklin was able to obtain funding as the possible ultimate victory was removed from fantasy land. The then collapse of the paper Continental put France and the US in a debtor creditor kind of bind. Franklin would have been so fond of paper money when he was 23 and looking for printing contracts. I wonder what he thought after he saw the US Continental plunge. Later as the US operated under Articles of Confederation and was on mission to write the Constitution France was falling apart. France’s deterioration was significantly contributed to by the loans they extended to the US…….it has to make you wonder where Franklin was in the end.
Although from a 1905 execution….I offer a somewhat graphic passage relating to the form of execution popularized in The Franch Revolution. In context the guillotine was a brutality improvement over other forms of capital punishment in use prior.
Some saw decapitation as a reflection on the the French then strong anti-Catholic bias because it was then believed a severed head would prevent eternal life. France is a classic example of how things can devolve quickly….
I wish upon none of us what follows,but what follows is our common history.
I wish upon none of those who read this tomorrow’s equivalent of yesterday’s lion’s.
Cut and paste from wiki guillotine-Living Head: followed by jpg of the execution scene.
The following report was written by a Dr. Beaurieux, who experimented with the head of a condemned prisoner by the name of Henri Languille, on 28 June 1905:
Here, then, is what I was able to note immediately after the decapitation: the eyelids and lips of the guillotined man worked in irregularly rhythmic contractions for about five or six seconds. This phenomenon has been remarked by all those finding themselves in the same conditions as myself for observing what happens after the severing of the neck …
I waited for several seconds. The spasmodic movements ceased. […] It was then that I called in a strong, sharp voice: “Languille!” I saw the eyelids slowly lift up, without any spasmodic contractions – I insist advisedly on this peculiarity – but with an even movement, quite distinct and normal, such as happens in everyday life, with people awakened or torn from their thoughts.
Next Languille’s eyes very definitely fixed themselves on mine and the pupils focused themselves. I was not, then, dealing with the sort of vague dull look without any expression, that can be observed any day in dying people to whom one speaks: I was dealing with undeniably living eyes which were looking at me. After several seconds, the eyelids closed again […].
It was at that point that I called out again and, once more, without any spasm, slowly, the eyelids lifted and undeniably living eyes fixed themselves on mine with perhaps even more penetration than the first time. Then there was a further closing of the eyelids, but now less complete. I attempted the effect of a third call; there was no further movement – and the eyes took on the glazed look which they have in the dead.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e6/Execution_of_Languille_in_1905.jpg
Hello Dennis,
I enjoyed this piece very much. Also, the account by the Dr., of apparent ability of the brain to function and process information(limited as it was) even moments after decapitation is very instructive and interesting. Appreciate your time and effort to bring this to us.
Yes….interesting comment regarding the notion in France to use decapitation as a means to prevent the resurrection and thus ‘eternal life’.
HI Dennis and Mr. C,
My sentiments exactly!
Big Al
Greetings Big Al,
Hope your time of R & R in San Fran was good. They say the air coming off the bay is therapeutic, offering a boat lover the best in scenery and picturesque beauty.
Thanks as always for a top-notch format and show!!!!
Best to you
i didnt think of that either haha.. ya man i would take it down if i were you, you are conmittimg at least 15 years on youtube live, a dude got jailed for 5 for showing people how ot get a free meal from a fast food joint. b careful
Hi Al, I love Ron Paul, he`s one of the greatest Statesman alive and quite frankly the only one that has got the only workable plan to create lasting wealth here in the United States of America, and to get us out of the mess this country`s got itself into with the spend, spend, spend its way to prosperity crap that Clinton, Bush, Obama has gotton addicted to. Going for bankruptcy, red lining budgets have got to go. No business on earth has ever succeeded with this kind of insanity. And let`s be real the Gov`t is the biggest business on earth. And with what Obama`s got planned for the our future isn`t a future but civil war, possibility the end of our country. I`m not wanting to live in a police state and go through living in a hell hole here in America. If something doesn`t happen soon most of those who can will simply leave, while others not so lucky will go through life living as slaves to a system that doesn`t work. Some who don`t really like Ron Paul can go on voting for the 3 stooges(mitt,rick,newt). Go to their sites. This site is really truly a financial site with really smart people on it. Ron Paul has gotten a bum deal the lamebrain main line news press. If any thing Ron Paul if you don`t get the nomination at and for the GOP, Run for as an Independent. You`ll get California for sure. Thank You Al for making this happen.
Morning Denis,
I feel compelled to support a person who I think has the only solution to the huge problems facing our country.
Big Al
Whom we choose as president really has EVERYTHING to do with investing.
Amen Terry S. Smith.
Thank you for the astute comment!
Big Al
I have no problem with Ron Paul on for the entire show. But in the end, Paul, Schiff, Turk, Sprott, etc.. they are all saying the same thing.
As far as tips on what mining stocks to buy, there are so many sites you can go to and honestly, most of them will be crushed because they have no money or are in the act of burning it.
All politicians of all nationalities, religions and genders are scum.
Paul is a unique one. He is not afraid of the populace and speaks truthfully about foreign policy and the balance sheet and income statement of the US Govt.
AT LEAST HE IS A BREATH OF FRESH AIR. His competition is crappy this year. Sad that Sarah Palin was not running.
ALL FOREIGN AID STOPPED. LOVE IT!!!!!
And allow Israel to annhiliate any muslim that it wants. What’s not to love about that?
USA gives far more aid ( money taken from your children’s mouths) to muslims that it does to Jews. Stop it all!!!
USA, like every other Western nation is on life support. Our govts have ruined us and I do not know how to stop it.
I am from Montreal, Canada. No reason to be arrogant. Have you seen our roads? Have you seen our hospitals? Disgusting – 2 things govt should do but is too corrupt to do it properly.
Keep stacking – Gd bless
I agree with much of what you say, James B.
I will say that my only experience in a Canadian hospital was at St Paul’s in Vancouver.
Once I got past the front desk with my daughter, after paying $750 in cash, I was a bit taken aback by the physical environment but I was incredibly pleased and comfortable with the physician who took care of my kid.
Best,
Big Al
Unfortunately fellas, this Ron paulism will continue to permeate all the way to Nov.
As I’ve said for one year now, he’d male a wonderful treasury secretary, but a VERY short sided president. As I am not at all happy with Obama, another incarnation of past isolationist american presidents, would hurt us even more!!! History is infamous for its short memory but it does serve to teach!!! I agree w/ Mr. Higgins about this show”s format, and cant wait for Nov 3rd to be done w/it!!!
Hi Edward Murphy, I guess going broke or how to go broke or bust with one of the other 3 Stooges(mitt,rick,newt) clones of Obama or Obama seems like what makes sense for you, but not for me. I`m into mining sector as you must be too, does a marzist state that now seems to be the norm for what this country stands for include you? When Mandela was released from prison in South Africa, he quicky begged the white africaners not to leave Africa because he knew they stood for what had made his country a great financial power – they knew how to run a business and make a profit. If we are broke what help can we offer the world at large, nothing but what any chapter 11 business can a tax shelter? Let`s be real, loser poor people haven`t got the world`s ear have they.
Morning Denis,
Your comment about loser poor people is an interesting one. No, they do not have the world’s ear.
It is what it is in the U.S. and I would hope that the segment of the population that you are talking about wakes up and realizes the opportunity that this country once, and to an extent still does, offers them.
We need all the intelligent input we can get.
I will support anyone who is in it to win it not just for themselves but for the entire community.
Do I have my head in the sand? I really hope not!
Big Al
Morning Edward,
History does serve well to teach. It is a real shame that more have not learned from it.
Regarding the current administration, it scares me to death!
Big Al
Unfortunately fellas, this Ron paulism will continue to permeate all the way to Nov.
If you have your way, Eddie, your choice in Nov will between the inventor of Obammie Care and the Implmenter of Obammie Care and that’s NO choice at all.
And both of them are for sending trillions of your dollars for foreign governments, the World Bank, UN, bankster bailouts, Fanni/Freddie bailouts and I think I’ll stop typing because the list is endless in this baiout/bankrupt nation.
Great point, Ken!
Big Al
sorry guys, obviously, I should proof read my posts!!!my bad!
BTW- Good one James B from Canada!!!
“Multiple exclamation marks (…) are a sure sign of a diseased mind.”
Unfortunately, I hear nothing about him locally here in Wisconsin. No political commercials(radio ads), I do not watch TV, and no local talk radio air time, I do however see 1 yard sign everyday.
It seems as if he is non-existant in these parts considering that Paul Ryan recently endorsed Mitt romney. Shame. But Paul also voted to rob us with his TARP vote.
As much as I like a lot of Mr. Paul’s views, I do not think he will get the nomination.
Prediction: Obama 52% – Romney 48%
🙁 Lynn
I still pray for a miracle, Lynn.
The stakes are pretty high aren’t they!
Big Al
I posted this earlier today on the post of two days ago in response to Scott Hamilton. Thought it would fit in well with some of Big Al’s and Jeff Deist’s comments.
Hi Scott,
Appreciate your comments and the benefit of your real world experience. Since we’re talking about ‘rights’, and more specifically, ‘Gov’t. funded, universal, health care’, paid for by the people, that’s us, my question is, “Why should I pay for your or anyone else’s healthcare?” On what Freemarket principle is that based? I should pay for mine, and you should pay for yours, and each one should pay for their own, generally speaking. YES, there should be some kind of basic level, ‘safety net’ for those who are, through no fault of their own, physically or mentally unable to work and provide for themselves. BUT, this would be for only truely legitimate cases, NOT for the millions of lazy and indigent ‘free-loaders’ that we have on the welfare system today. IMHO, healthcare is NOT a right. It is service or privelege, that is available to people who can afford it, at the level they can afford, based upon their standard of living. Everyone cannot afford the same level of care, just as everyone cannot afford a Rolse Royce, or a million dollar mansion, or organic vegetables, or caviar every week. Healthcare is a ‘benefit’ that comes to a society as a by-product or direct result of the affluence and prosperity achieved by that progressive, technologically advanced culture. Do you get the same level of care in Zimbabwe as you do in Germany? Of course not. Why is that? Because of the horribly depressed society. No wealth, no prosperity, lack of sanitation, poor living conditions, disease, famine, gov’t.corruption, poor education, lack of scientific emphasis, poor learning conditions, debauched currency, and I could go on, but you get the point. Top notch health care is a blessing to societies, and it is a privelege that people afford based on their standard of living. We’ve got to get away from this socialist notion that everything is a right, and I deserve the best, and someone else should pay for it. That’s nonsense in my book! What do you all think?
Yes sir, not everything is a right!
Big Al
I hope I’m wrong but I think at this point in the primaries the only hope Ron Paul has is a brokered convention and even in that scenario he will not get the nomination.
But this doesn’t surprise me at all. Both the Republican and Democrat political parties are totally corrupt and immoral and there is no way an honest, decent person like Ron Paul would have any chance at all at winning the nomination of either party.
In a country where the gorvernment is a criminal enterprise there is no way a person like Ron Paul is going to be President.
We have a government of the criminals, by the criminals, for the criminals and it is the most successful criminal enterprise the world has ever known. And that cannot and will not change in a short period of time.
If you don’t believe me that the government is a vast criminal enterprise I will give you just one example of its criminal behavior.
Through ZIRP the criminal Bernanke is robbing savers blind while at the same time bailout criminal banksters and you are going to have to pay for that one way or another.
Any country that destroys savers to save criminal banksters is an immoral country and is destined to collapse.
As a Scottish person living in Canada, for the life of me I cannot figure out why Ron Paul is not soaring ahead in the Polls in the US. When I’ve looked into each of the candidates policies and past records, it seems to me blatantly obvious that none of them offer anything new to the country (US) in the way of solutions to existing issues. Only Ron Paul has a clue about economics in the big picture and is consistent with his view as opposed to the flip flopping of the other candidates. Romney has only one argument he uses and he repeats it every time he’s interviewed, that is how great a Businessman he is and boasts about his companies and how much money they’ve made. Well, thats all well and fine but building an Oil company or what have you into a success story is a far cry from running a Country, arguably the most influential country in the world.
If I was an American, there would only be Mr Paul on my ballot paper.
Whatever happens, he’s gained a huge amount of respect from much of the rest of the world. We just need Americans to wake up and start voting for him instead of the other bland alternatives.
Alan,
Those are very astute comments about the USA. Only one problem…this is NOT a wisevrack…tell my average countryman to get off their duff watching all the bull crap on network TV and get informed and take responsibility for making intelligent decisions that will help change the direction of the most ‘graced” country known in the history of mankind. OH, I am sorry, that is asking too much of them. Sorry. I am going to the mall to shop at my local Nieman Marcus, Macy’s or Nordstrom -whatever strikes my fancy! Of course, I will use my credit card..I will deal with that later.
See ya,
Marc
Hi Marc,
Brilliant comment!
Big Al
Marc,
Right on!!!!
Why pay for today what I can put off till tomorrow, right? This string of credit is too good to pass up. I mean, I can just keep leveraging and passing it on. Maybe I will even die before having to pay it off,(seen the bumper sticker: “HE WHO DIES WITH THE MOST TOYS WINS”) and then my kids can pay for it…..hmmmm?? Someone once said, ”We can take over America in one of two ways, 1) Either put a soldier with a machine gun and german shepherd on every street corner, or we can put a television in every home and dumb them down with socialist propagand, and in 50 years we’ll have them.” Yep, these people are not stupid. It worked……..
As a Scottish person living in Canada, for the life of me I cannot figure out why Ron Paul is not soaring ahead in the Polls in the US.
The people who run the Republican party and their benefactors are completely against Ron Paul getting the nomination. The gig would be up for them as Ron Paul would blow their crony capitalism out of the water. This also explains the media coverage situation for RP.
Also, the American people are completely ignorant about economic issues. All they care about is what the politicians promise they will give them.
The system is totally corrupt and the electorate is ignorant. There is no way a person like Ron Paul stands a chance in that environment.
History will distinguish polls and diebold.
HI Mr. Alan in Vancouver,
As I announced to a large group of people at dinner, I am writing in Ron Paul for President.
What else can I do?
Big Al
Anyone not interested in hearing Paul’s ideas have no idea of the trouble we face in the future. He is radical because that is what it takes to restore our freedom. The status quo will lead to bankruptcy and he is the only one proposing real reforms.
Hi Wesley,
Amen, my friend, amen!
Big Al
AMERICANS=DUMB.
Actually Mr. Irish, I believe the correct term is…. Boobus americanus
Common guys,
We are not all Dumb!
Some of us care and some of us don’t give a sh–! Isn’t that really sad!
Big Al
Mark,
Funny!!
Big Al,
I just stepped on the blog…right now…I see you are hear too. Hey, my friend- have a good rest of the weekend to you and yours!
hello irishtony,
I know you speak about the majority, which is true, the exception being those of us here on the kereport blog, of course. ha ha
Dumbed down through 50 years of socialist engineering and a hundred years of financial manipulation. Just gotta keep preparing for what’s coming.
Hey Al,
When did you do this interview with Ron Paul?
Great Show,
Was a while ago Tom.
The Congressman is hard to pin down right now. Jeff and I talk a couple of times a week.
I support the Congressman in every way possible.
we need a leader with original and intelligent ideas!
Big Al
A link to make you think!
Have you ever asked yourself was the Euro debacle done through ignorance or was it done on purpose.
This telling interview in 2004 shows Jim Rogers looking like a prophet, Marc Faber looking like a minor leaguer and Anthony Burgmans, then CEO of Unilever and Head of the European roundtable looking like a village idiot, Burgmans is either ignorant or cleverly evil…I cannot tell which. Maybe he is both.
Watch and consider was the Euro debacle a mistake or entered into knowing it would fail?
Before you can take advantage of a crisis you need a crisis;
The video starts in Dutch but the interview is thankfully in English.
This is a good one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=A7hZv8ucqms&NR=1
I for 1 enjoy hearing ron paul. Conan the barbarian used to be my hero but now its ron paul. As to the comment “americans dumb” I think americans are the same as everyone else in the world. I dont particularly think people are overly inteligent.
You dont see mice building better mice traps but people build really big bombs to kill ourselves with, yup, we geniuses. Anyway, alot of people dont know that at the end of ww 2 along with the nucleure scientist the americans also took the propoganda guys, the americans been useing that propoganda ever since, tuff thing to over come.
1 comment about the resource show in calgary, where i got to say hello to Mr. fulp,
they seemed to be looking at oil and gas, just my impression, was more mining last year if i recall.
anyway, i enjoyed ron paul, maybe to make it a little more interesting you could of asked for some stock picks Al. good show
benb,
Conan, yep, he’s good. But what do you think about ‘Braveheart’. My favorite epic hero film.
” I think americans are the same as everyone else in the world”. I agree. Wherever you go, when you get past the cultural and ethnic differences, we are pretty much the same, people are people.
Best
I got a small inheritance from an uncle william wallace, my ancestry was a bit scot i suppose,probly a popular name
Great movie, saw it 11 times on the big screen, after the 2nd time I left before the end. not sure if many people realised but the cavalry was medium not heavy.
heavy is armoured hoarse and rider, the movies horse was not armoured, thus medium. I used to own a store where we did alot of historical wargaming. anyway,excellent movie.
The Scots are a great stock of people. I have a wee bit of ancestry to Scotland and Ireland(hello irishtony) on my Mother’s side, so I take real pleasure in that. Never got any financial inheritance, but I suppose I’ve got some of “thee ol’ blood runnin’ thru me veins, for sure!”
Best to you!
The only downfall of the article is the fact the main stream media have basically blacked Dr. Ron Paul out and have declared (pretty much) one of the other stooges the winner. The msm are slowing down the snowball affect and in some way making sure it’s another four years of, democratic presidency. The way the GOP have disenfranchised Ron Paul and his supporters only hurt their agenda in the future. If you look at the current administration and the other three out of four running for office, there is only one candidate that stands apart from the status quo.
Yeah, but a HUGE front page + cont splash in local paper in 92, the FBI and hi pifrole state attorneys to be filing embezzlement charges against local ambulance workers for being paid. The FBI and attorneys knew very well that most 503(c) orgs (like hospitals) pay workers. Smell a rat? The paper didn’t report that gas had been drained or battery cables cut on the amb. I got no answer from the AG, insisting a murder was planned. 5 days later, two children bled to death, no ambulance. News.
Al…I like Ron Paul, but I listen to your show for financial information. Some Ron Paul is OK, but a complete Saturday show on Ron Paul is not what I am listening for.
John Higgins
North Carolina