Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr.'s Blog, page 2692

How I Wish There Were a Ron Paul Ad...

...trumpeting his economic credentials, how he predicted exactly what is happening, and is the one public official who knows what to do and how to do it. Everyone is America, aside from Soros, Buffett, Koch, et al., is worried sick about the economic future, and what the banksters, the militarists, the Fed, and the interventionist State have done to us, and to the world.

Hilarious Neocon Headline

In the Daily Caller ("DC," get it?):

"Poll: Romney leads New Hampshire, Huntsman in third, Perry in fourth" 

(Thanks to Chris Bieber)

UPDATE DC changed it! Now the headline, same URL, reads:

"Poll: Romney leads New Hampshire, trailed by Paul, Huntsman, and Perry, respectively." 

(Thanks to Eli Cryderman)

A Scholar Who Has Influenced Ron Paul

(Thanks to Kyle Hitchens and Travis Holte)

Is Ron Paul Wrong on Money?

Ron #2 in NH

According to the new Suffolk University poll:

"Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has surged among Republican voters in New Hampshire, and Rick Perry is a distant fourth, according to a Suffolk University/7NEWS (WHDH TV) poll of likely voters in New Hampshire's GOP presidential primary.

"Romney has opened up a 27-point lead over his nearest rival in New Hampshire, and pundits may have to rethink predictions of a two-man GOP race between Romney and Perry.

"Romney (41 percent) gained 5 points since June, followed by Ron Paul (14 percent), and Jon Huntsman (10 percent). Huntsman and Paul gained 6 percent each since the last poll.

"The single-digit tier consisted of Perry (8 percent), Sarah Palin (6 percent), Michele Bachmann (5 percent), and Newt Gingrich (4 percent), while Rick Santorum and Buddy Roemer each received 1 percent. Eleven percent of likely New Hampshire GOP primary voters were undecided."

New Ron Paul Ad

This ad, part of a $1 million buy, focuses on Ron's famed constituent services as a congressman, and shows that an opponent of war need not be anti-veteran. Ron opposed the US aggression against Vietnam, of course, during which 4-6 million Vietnamese were massacred, and 55,000 US soldiers, most of them victims of military slavery, were also cut down.

After WWII, the US rejected overtures from Ho Chi Minh, blocked elections, and divided Vietnam into Communist and US zones, so as to keep hostilities going (same with Korea). With Vietnamese independence, that is, the failure of the US invasion and occupation (though it was no failure for Brown & Root and the other merchants of death), and the end of Truman's Cold War, we have seen a capitalist renaissance in that great and ancient civilization. Despite the deaths and devastation of their land--through Agent Orange and other poisons, and the fact that people still die every day from US-planted mines--the entrepreneurial Vietnamese are very pro-American. They demonstrate the power of loving your enemies.

Another Tribute to Ron Paul

CNBC: "Fed-Bashing [sic] Becomes the One Issue Both Parties Agree On." (Thanks to Adam)

From the Left

"Is Ron Paul More Progressive Than Obama?" (Thanks to Rick Fisk)

Another Sign of Ron Paul's Influence in DC

The Republican leadership, corporatists and therefore Fedsters to a man, write the central bank to warn them against goosing the money supply to reelect Obama. The media is fanning itself and threatening to faint, but the actual advice is good. Is the Fed really supposed to be independent of politics, as they claim? Everything governmental is 100% political. When Arthur Burns arrived in Germany as ambassador, after serving as Nixon's henchman at the Fed, he was asked by a reporter how he could have enabled the monster's inflationary policy. Hilariously, Burns said that the Fed chairman has to do what the president wants, or the central bank would lose its independence. When I repeated that to a former high Fed staffer, then working for a Wall Street investment bank--of course--he told me it was the most damaging comment by a Fed official in its history. Burns had, for once, told the truth.

Can We Trust the Polls?

Who knows? Here are the latest claims:

Perry 30 percent

Romney 22 percent

Bachmann 12 percent

Paul 7 percent

Gingrich 6 percent

Cain 5 percent

Santorum 2 percent

Huntsman 1 percent.