Ron Paul

You may have noticed that I've been pretty silent on my blog for the past week or so. I've been so busy with work that I just haven't been able to keep up here. And for the next few weeks, I'm still going to be really busy, but I just wanted to touch on this subject since I have received a few requests asking for what I think.

By now, you probably have read or heard about the assassination of Anwar al-Aulaqi, a New Mexico born man with apparent and alleged ties to terrorism against the United States. And you probably also know that this is at least the second known attempt to take him out of the picture.

There seems to be a lot of questions about the legality and Constitutionality of the killing, as well as the fundamental question of whether this killing in particular was right or wrong. It is important to note that there are three independent questions to answer: legal vs illegal, Constitutional vs unconstitutional, and right vs wrong.

Ron Paul's 1988 GOP resignation letter:

As a lifelong Republican, it saddens me to have to write this letter. My parents believed in the Republican Party and its free enterprise philosophy, and that’s the way I was brought up. At age 21, in 1956, I cast my first vote for Ike and the entire Republican slate.

Because of frustration with the direction in which the country was going, I became a political activist and ran for the U.S. Congress in 1974. Even with Watergate, my loyalty, optimism, and hope for the future were tied to the Republican Party and its message of free enterprise, limited government, and balanced budgets.

The GOP Primary appears to have two liberty-minded candidates to choose from in Election 2012. And yes, both of these candidates would be great choices for President. But with two liberty-minded candidates in the field, one must ask which is the better choice.

Now, I can guess that many will say there is no other choice than Ron Paul. I get that a lot, mostly from uninformed voters with blinders on. And yes, that was true in the Election 2008; if you wanted a candidate that cared about freedom in America, you wanted Ron Paul.

The contrast between the videos is pretty self explanatory.

I've watched "For Liberty" multiple times, and I must say that it really needs to be available in the Documentary section on Netflix.  According to the "For Liberty" website, Netflix needs to hear from you in the next step of the content acquisition process.  You can call Netflix at 1-866-716-0414, or post on their Facebook wall.

A Rasmussen poll put out Wednesday shows that, if the voters were given the choice of Barack Obama or Ron Paul, it would be a statistical dead heat.

But considering his Libertarian views, it's near impossible that the Republicans will nominate him.  They'll likely nominate another big government candidate so that the election will once again come down to the lesser of two evils.