“Liberty built civilization. It can rebuild civilization.” ~ Ron Paul
“In [a] free society… schools are held accountable to parents, not federal bureaucrats.” ~ Ron Paul
Joel Salatin, founder of Polyface Farms (located in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley), is nationally recognized as one of the most influential local and naturally sustainable farmers in America. Salatin was featured in the films Food, Inc. and Farmageddon, which expose the corporate-government relationship in the field of agriculture. Salatin is also the author of eight books, including “Everything I Want To Do Is Illegal.”
Joel Salatin has endorsed Ron Paul for president twice, once in 2008 and again in 2012. This is what Salatin said of Paul in 2008:
I don’t think I’ve ever felt as comfortable with a Presidential candidate as I do this year with Ron Paul. Generally the conservatives worship Wall Street, the military industrial complex, and American empire building around the world. The liberals worship government agencies, government solutions, and never saw a tax they didn’t like or a baby worth saving. So where does a guy turn who wants small government, no subsidies, pro-life, no corporate welfare, and a hoe-your-own-garden military? Finally we have a candidate: Ron Paul.
The reason the mainstream can’t handle him is because he doesn’t fit the stereotypes. And therein lies his strength. As a Christian libertarian environmentalist capitalist, Ron Paul embodies the reasonable approach to thorny issues. He would rein in the globalists by unleashing grass roots entrepreneurs. That’s true free marketing, not pseudo free marketing via corporate welfarism and criminalizing small business. He thinks we should be able to choose what to eat and how to educate rather than big brother government being the only credible approval source.
Rather than squandering the nation’s treasury and goodwill to insure cheap oil, he would unfetter backyard tinkerers whose 100-mile-per-gallon carburetors and cottage-sized alternative fuel prototypes could make the U.S. energy independent. He understands that the real answers do not come from the top down, but always come from the bottom up. And that is why he often casts the solitary opposition vote in Congress. Bless him.
Salatin maintained nothing but praise when he endorsed Paul in the 2012 presidential election:
I’ve been a fan of Ron Paul for years, since the first day I learned about his positions. He’s the only one with enough backbone to take on the entrenched corporate-government fraternity by attacking with the power of freedom, thereby unleashing entrepreneurial dreams on the marketplace. Currently cowering under the withering fire of guns, badges, and bureaucracy, America’s home-based and back-yard innovators have plenty of antidotes to the problems that plague our culture.
Paul understands the power of bottom-up creativity. Reducing the military, both foreign and domestic, reducing regulatory power, and reducing the penetration of prejudicial government interests in the culture is the balanced approach to restore constitutional normalcy. Paul is the only national figure willing to go to the mat for these precious principles that will ensure tomorrow’s opportunities.
Joel Salatin is a pioneer in the growing local, sustainable, and natural food movement. His endorsement of Ron Paul is an endorsement of the principles of freedom and liberty, which Paul has strongly stood for since getting elected to Congress in 1976.
Joel Salatin photo made by Parkle Lee.
“Was it not once considered patriotic to stand up to our government when it is wrong?” ~ Ron Paul
Photo made by Parkle Lee.
“If we are not even free anymore to decide something as basic as what we wish to eat or drink, how much freedom do we really have left?” ~ Ron Paul
During his time in Congress, Ron Paul introduced H.R. 1830, legislation that would decriminalize the sale of unpasteurized milk and milk products across state lines. On May 16, 2011, Congressman Paul spoke of H.R. 1830:
Hard as it is to believe, the federal government is actually spending time and money prosecuting small businesses for the “crime” of meeting their customers’ demand for unpasteurized milk! Recently the Food and Drug Administration conducted a year-long sting operation targeting Rainbow Acres Farms in Pennsylvania. As a result of this action, Rainbow Acres’ customers will no longer be able to purchase unpasteurized milk from this small Amish farm.
Mr. Speaker, many Americans who the government wishes to deny the ability to purchase unpasteurized milk have done their own research and come to the conclusion that unpasteurized milk is healthier than pasteurized milk. These Americans have the right to consume these products without having the federal government second-guess their judgment about what products best promote health. If there are legitimate concerns about the safety of unpasteurized milk, those concerns should be addressed at the state and local level.
In this 2012 presidential election, Ron Paul is the only candidate who has stood up for the right to drink raw milk. Paul recognizes that it is up to each of us as individuals in our local communities to take responsibility for what we put in our bodies.
“What is so dangerous about you making your own choice about whether or not you can drink raw milk? I think we ought to vote for the right to drink raw milk!” ~ Ron Paul
In light of the disturbing developments with the National Defense Authorization Act of 2012, legislation passed by the House and Senate which would allow for the indefinite detention of U.S. citizens, it’s only appropriate to share a quote from Thomas Jefferson that is all too fitting for this occasion.
“[T]he same act undertaking to authorize the President to remove a person out of the United States who is under the protection of the Law, on his own suspicion, without accusation, without jury, without public trial, without confrontation of the witnesses against him, without having witnesses in his favour, without defence, without counsel, is contrary to these provisions also of the Constitution, is therefore not law but utterly void and of no force.”
~ Thomas Jefferson; Resolutions Adopted by the Kentucky General Assembly; November 10, 1798
This quote should be sent to every single politician (including President Obama) who thinks indefinitely detaining U.S. citizens is somehow a potential solution in the fight against “terrorism.” Our liberty is being taken by our own government, not far-off “terrorists” in the Middle East. Let’s listen to Thomas Jefferson and respect the rule of law.
It’s official. The PATRIOT Act gave the federal government the ability to wiretap U.S. citizens without warrants. The National Defense Authorization Act of 2012, which Obama has now promised to sign into law, grants the federal government the ability to detain U.S. citizens indefinitely without trial.
So much for the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution which explicitly states, “No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury.” 
What’s disturbing is Obama’s justification of signing this dreadful legislation into law:
“The White House announced today that President Obama will sign a once-disputed defense authorization bill because authors have removed language that would have restricted the administration’s handling of high-value terrorist detainees.” — USA Today; December 14, 2011
The purpose of the Fifth Amendment and the Constitution is not to protect the guilty, it is to protect the innocent. The fact that this was not the prime concern of the Obama Administration, or the majority of legislators in the House and Senate, is extremely frightening.
All lawmakers take an oath to uphold the Constitution. They don’t take an oath to fight terrorists, they don’t take an oath to increase military spending, and they certainly don’t take an oath eliminate liberty in the name of security; they only take an oath to uphold the Constitution. It is shameful that the American people let lawmakers and presidents legislate their human rights and liberties away in the name of protecting a false sense of security.
This legislation passed with a 93-7 margin in the Senate, with Senator Rand Paul staunchly opposing the bill. In the House, a 283-186 vote allowed a passage of the bill. Congressmen Ron Paul and Justin Amash were among the minority strongly against the legislation. Ron Paul described the bill as “arrogant and bold and dangerous.“
The police state is quickly expanding in the U.S. Obama is simply amplifying the horrendous legislation (such as the PATRIOT Act) that was signed into law under George W. Bush. If we are to protect our God-given liberties, I submit that there is only one man running for president worthy of our support. Watch this video to understand why:
People commonly criticize Ron Paul as being “anti-Semite” or “anti-Israel,” without taking the time to investigate Paul’s foreign policy and what benefits it would have to Israel. Paul proposes that Israel should control its own policies without the U.S. intervening every step of the way. What Israel does with its neighbors with regard to treaties, trade, and diplomacy is Israel’s business.
The United States, Paul says, should trade, talk, travel, and befriend Israel, but that friendship doesn’t equate to government foreign aid subsidized by U.S. taxpayers. Israel should not be dependent on the U.S., because this threatens their national sovereignty and independence. Paul stresses that Israel should be working toward self-reliance.
Is this a radical view? Perhaps it is a bit unconventional when compared to other Republicans and Democrats. But Paul is hardly anti-Israel or anti-Semite. Paul wants to treat all other nations, including Israel, as we ourselves would want to be treated. Trade, talk, travel, and befriend all those who are willing, but don’t overstep your bounds and prop up phony governments and tyrannical regimes under the guise of humanitarianism. Israel is a capable nation, and it can certainly survive and flourish without subsidies from U.S. taxpayers.
In a February 2003 interview on C-SPAN, Congressman Ron Paul explained his litmus test for whether or not a war is worth fighting: if you yourself are willing to lose your life in war or send your kids and grandchildren to war, then you are sincere.
Paul demonstrated incredible foresight with the Iraq War and the troubles it would provoke in the region. What other representative in Washington has demonstrated such consistency, foresight, and principle? Paul has indeed proven to be a “breath of fresh air.”
“I have this terrible habit of wanting to try to be consistent and develop a philosophy that’s coherent.” ~ Ron Paul
Ron Paul beautifully rebukes Elizabeth Warren’s now-infamous quote defending the “social contract,” government intervention in the economy, and the collective redistribution of wealth through the government.
