Patrick J. Buchanan's Blog, page 180

Ron Paul's State of the Republic Address

by Congressman Ron Paul – RonPaul.com

In his 2010 State of the Republic address, Ron Paul outlined the following 8 point plan for a transition to a free society:

Balance the budget by reducing spending
Change our foreign policy to that of non-intervention
A full audit and more supervision of the Federal Reserve leading to abolishing the Federal Reserve
Legalize [...:]

Saving Professor Bernanke

By Patrick J. Buchanan

"Elections don't matter!" conservatives have long groused. "No matter who you vote for, things never change."

Well, we may have an exception here.

Scott Brown told Massachusetts' voters if they elected him to what David Gergen calls "the Kennedy seat" in the Senate, he would go to Washington and run a sword through Obamacare.

Thirty-six [...:]

The Terrorism Conundrum

by Philip Giraldi – AntiWar.com

In the wake of 9/11, almost anything the US government did was accepted uncritically by the public. The Patriot Act was quickly passed, abridging the freedoms that Americans had enjoyed for more than two hundred years with barely a whimper from Congress and the media. George W. Bush declared [...:]

Why Veterans Are Descending on DC to Close Gitmo

by Jon Soltz, Co-Founder of VoteVets.org

Among the tragic news in Haiti, and the expected dissection of the Senate race in Massachusetts this week, there's another story going on that likely will not get as much coverage, but is still extremely important. Dozens of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans from VoteVets.org are flying into Washington, DC to [...:]

Has Obama Lost White America?

By Patrick J. Buchanan

If Republicans will study the returns from Massachusetts, then review the returns from Virginia and New Jersey, light will fall upon the path to victory over Barack Obama in 2012.

Obama defeated John McCain by winning the black vote 24 to one, the Hispanic vote two to one and taking a larger [...:]

The Guantánamo "Suicides": A Camp Delta Sergeant Blows the Whistle

by Scott Horton – Harpers

1. "Asymmetrical Warfare"

When President Barack Obama took office last year, he promised to "restore the standards of due process and the core constitutional values that have made this country great." Toward that end, the president issued an executive order declaring that the extra-constitutional prison camp at Guantánamo "shall be closed [...:]

Fear Rules

By Paul Craig Roberts – Information Clearing House

The power of irrational fear in the US is extraordinary. It ranks up there with the Israel Lobby, the military/security complex, and the financial gangsters. Indeed, fear might be the most powerful force in America.

Americans are at ease with their country's aggression against Afghanistan, Iraq, and Pakistan, which [...:]

Is America Moving Right?

By Patrick J. Buchanan

Whether or not Republican Scott Brown captures the Senate seat in Massachusetts today, his surging and successful campaign is a fire bell in the night for the Party of Government.

For Brown has run as an independent, an outsider, a protest candidate. His principal target: the health care reform bill that is the [...:]

Is a U.S. Default Inevitable?

By Patrick J. Buchanan

We were blindsided. We never saw it coming.

So said Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein of the financial crisis of 2008. He likened its probability to four hurricanes hitting the East Coast in a single season.

Blankfein was reminded by the chairman of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Committee, Phil Angelides, that hurricanes are [...:]

It Is A Madhouse Out There

by Chuck Baldwin

I think we need to face it: 2010 is more than a new year; it is also part of a new era in which all vestiges of normalcy and common sense have been left behind. In other words, it is a madhouse out there. Let me give you some examples of what I'm [...:]