Patrick J. Buchanan's Blog, page 201

VIDEO: Gerald Celente: There is No Recovery, It's a Cover-Up

A fantastic interview with Gerald Celente by James Corbett of the Corbett report… The worst is yet to come… The Second American Revolution is brewing…

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US Joins Ranks Of Failed States

By Paul Craig Roberts — VDare.com

In any failed state, the greatest threat to the population comes from the government and the police…

The US has every characteristic of a failed state.

The US government's current operating budget is dependent on foreign financing and money creation.

Too politically weak to be able to advance its [...:]

VIDEO: Never Talk to the Coppers!

Seeing this video linked on LewRockwell.com reminded me to watch it again. Find out why you should never agree to be interviewed by the police.

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VIDEO: Ron Paul: The Fed is a Counterfeiting Operation

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VIDEO: Oath Keepers: Orders We Will Not Obey

Send this video to all in the military and law enforcement! Note new web address is: http://oathkeepers.org

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U.S. Spies Buy Stake in Firm That Monitors Blogs, Tweets

by Noah Shachtman – Wired Magazine

America's spy agencies want to read your blog posts, keep track of your Twitter updates — even check out your book reviews on Amazon.

In-Q-Tel, the investment arm of the CIA and the wider intelligence community, is putting cash into Visible Technologies, a software firm that specializes in monitoring social [...:]

The Real Reason for More Troops in Afghanistan

by Michael Gaddy – LewRockwell.com

We can all look back at the wonderful decision that was made to send more troops to Korea. If we had not, we could have been bogged down in a quagmire there that would have required 50 plus years of American lives, involvement and money. What a wonderful decision it was [...:]

Alienated & Radicalized

By Patrick J. Buchanan

In the brief age of Obama, we have had "truthers," "birthers," Tea Party activists and town-hall dissenters.

Comes now, the "Oath Keepers." And who might they be?

Writes Alan Maimon in the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Oath Keepers, depending on where one stands, are "either strident defenders of liberty or dangerous peddlers of paranoia."

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You Might Be a Constitutionalist If…

By Chuck Baldwin – ChuckBaldwinLive.com

I originally published this column back in January of 2005. Since then (and especially lately), many people have called and written with requests to republish it. So, with a few minor revisions, here it is.

More than thirty years as a student of American history, constitutional government, and the Holy Bible leads [...:]

Unemployment: Now That's Sustainable!

by Darren Weeks – NewsWithViews.com

Every time the media reports the unemployment numbers, it reminds me of George Orwell's book, 1984. In the legendary book, a governmental organization referred to as the "Ministry of Truth" would report through the telescreens that the price of chocolate was going down. Winston Smith, the lead character of the book, [...:]