In an Associated Press article focused on outside groups spending over $1 million to defeat US House Member Walter Jones (R-NC) in his May 6 primary, Jones, an RPI Advisory Board member, explains his voting philosophy: "I heard years ago — it might have been from my...
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Following Bundy Ranch Raid, Congress Moves to Transfer Tortoise Habitat to US Military
by Adam Dick | Apr 30, 2014 | Congress Alert
With the US House of Representatives back in session this week after the standoff between the US Bureau of Land Management on one side and the Bundy family and protestors on the other, the House Committee on Natural Resources held a hearing regarding the BLM. What did...
Ron Paul Rewind: A Warning Against Arming the BLM…in 1997!
by Adam Dick | Apr 25, 2014 | The Liberty Report
Speaking on the House of Representatives floor on September 17, 1997, then-Rep. Ron Paul warned of the “massive buildup of a virtual army of armed regulators.” Paul, the chairman and founder of RPI, proceeded to comment in his speech that, with the number of armed...
Judge Napolitano: Hooray for Obama’s Clemency for Nonviolent Drug War Prisoners
by Adam Dick | Apr 22, 2014 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Judge Andrew Napolitano, speaking on Fox News with Jenna Lee, explains why, “as someone who has harshly and repeatedly criticized the President,” he believes President Barack Obama “is doing the right thing” in granting clemency to potentially hundreds or thousands of...
Sen. Reid Ups Threats Against Bundy Ranch Protestors, Calling Them ‘Domestic Terrorists’
by Adam Dick | Apr 18, 2014 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
United States Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) is upping his threats against the protestors at the Bundy ranch. Following his ominous declaration on Monday that the US government’s confrontation with protestors at the Nevada ranch is “not over” despite the...
Judge Napolitano: Bundy Ranch Protestors’ Line in the Sand Stops Thieving Feds
by Adam Dick | Apr 15, 2014 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Judge Andrew Napolitano, speaking Monday with Stuart Varney on Fox Business, explains the significance of the United States government backing off its raid of the Bundy ranch in Nevada after “suffering such a terrible PR loss” from its confrontation with protestors,...
Stephen Colbert’s Ron Paul Interviews
by Adam Dick | Apr 12, 2014 | The Liberty Report
With the Thursday announcement that Stephen Colbert will succeed David Letterman as the host of the Late Show on CBS next year, it is a good time to look back at Colbert’s in-studio interviews of RPI Chairman and Founder Ron Paul. While humor-filled, the interviews...
Ron Paul Blasts US Ukraine Policy
by Adam Dick | Apr 8, 2014 | The Liberty Report
Speaking with RT's Sophie Shevardnadze, RPI Chairman and Founder Ron Paul presents a masterful, in-depth critique of the US government’s actions related to Ukraine. Among many matters discussed, Paul addresses the US government’s foolhardy imposition of sanctions as...
Eric Margolis: US Afghanistan Elections Not Up To Standard of Soviet Afghanistan Elections
by Adam Dick | Apr 7, 2014 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
While reviewing media reports of democracy in action in the Afghanistan election to select a replacement for President Hamid Karzai, consider the comments of RPI Academic Board member Eric Margolis on the Scott Horton Show on Friday. Margolis starts off the interview...
Rep. John Duncan’s Plea for US Non-Intervention in Ukraine
by Adam Dick | Apr 7, 2014 | Congress Alert
Rep. John J. Duncan, Jr. (R-TN) on March 13 presented on the floor of the United States House of Representatives a brief and insightful plea against the US government “sending billions” of dollars to Ukraine and escalating US intervention to cause “some type of...
Ron Paul: US and IMF Bailout of Ukraine is a Bankers Bailout
by Adam Dick | Apr 3, 2014 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Speaking Wednesday on the Ron Paul Channel, RPI Chairman and Founder Ron Paul challenges the United States and International Monetary Fund bailout of Ukraine, calling the bailout “criminal.” Paul explains: All this nonsense we hear now of bailing out Ukraine -- it’s...
Rep. Thomas Massie Bills Would Legalize Raw Milk Sales
by Adam Dick | Apr 3, 2014 | Congress Alert
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), who introduced legislation last year to eliminate the US government’s ban on growing hemp in accordance with state laws, last week introduced two bills that would remove US government restrictions on the sale of raw milk and raw milk...
Ron Paul Rewind: 'Repeal the Whole War on Drugs'
by Adam Dick | Mar 31, 2014 | The Liberty Report
While United States Attorney General Eric Holder’s support for reducing some drug crime sentences promises to help some drug war victims and their families, RPI Chairman and Founder Ron Paul has advocated for decades the comprehensive solution of ending the war on...
The TSA PreCheck Extortion Racket
by Adam Dick | Mar 27, 2014 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Transportation Security Administration Administrator John Pistole touted on Tuesday the expansion of TSA's extortion racket-style program known as the PreCheck. Pistole’s comments were part of his testimony at the US House of Representatives before the Homeland...
Col. Lawrence Wilkerson: How to Avoid War Over Ukraine
by Adam Dick | Mar 21, 2014 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, speaking with Chris Hayes on MSNBC this week, details steps the United States government can take to avoid war over Ukraine. Wilkerson suggests: Ukraine needs to be a buffer state between what is now an alliance that Russia hates -- NATO --...
Ron Paul Gives John Kerry a Reading Assignment
by Adam Dick | Mar 17, 2014 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
RPI Chairman and Founder Ron Paul presents this week at the Ron Paul Channel a list of seven books Paul suggests Secretary of State John Kerry should be reading to understand foreign policy and American history. Of course, these books would provide solid education for...
Judge Napolitano: Congress and CIA Relationship at ‘Turning Point’
by Adam Dick | Mar 14, 2014 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Speaking with Neil Cavuto on Fox Business, Judge Andrew Napolitano predicts that Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s (D-CA) strong reaction to Central Intelligence Agency snooping on the Senate Intelligence Committee she chairs “is a turning point in the relationship between the...
Absolute Perversion of the Law in US Drone Killings
by Adam Dick | Mar 13, 2014 | Featured Articles
We see in the United States government’s “targeted killings” program carried out by drones and other means a perversion of the law so extreme that it brings to mind the introductory paragraph of Frederic Bastiat’s classic book The Law: The law perverted! The law —...
Ron Paul on CIA Targeting Congress
by Adam Dick | Mar 13, 2014 | The Liberty Report
RPI Chairman and Founder Ron Paul, speaking on the Fox Business show The Independents Wednesday night, addresses the Central Intelligence Agency’s spying on the Senate Intelligence Committee -- seemingly to cover up torture revelations against the agency. Paul notes...
Dennis Kucinich and Lawrence Wilkerson Expose US Role in Creating Ukraine Crisis
by Adam Dick | Mar 7, 2014 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Breaking through the mainstream media’s suppression of contrary voices regarding the Ukraine crisis, RPI advisors Dennis Kucinich and Lawrence Wilkerson this week expose, on Fox News and MSNBC respectively, the United States government’s role in creating the crisis....
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