Candidates Hailed For Open Government Pledge (Obama, Brownback, RON PAUL!)

The New York Press ^ | August 27, 2007 | John DeSio

[OrthodoxPresbyterian]

Monday, August 27, 2007
Candidates Hailed For Open Government Pledge

Congressman Ron Paul

Three presidential candidates (Illinois Senator Barack Obama, Kansas Senator Sam Brownback, and Texas Rep. Ron Paul) are being hailed by the Reason Foundation for putting their signatures on a pledge declaring that, should they win the presidency in 2008, they will issue an executive order during their first month in office instructing the entire executive branch to put into practice the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006.

The act would create a Google-like search tool that will allow average Americans to see just how their tax dollars are being spent on federal contracts, grants and earmarks. The pledge was sent to every major candidate from each party.

"When government spends the people's money, it must be done with utmost possible transparency," said Congressman Ron Paul (pictured above), the first candidate to sign the oath. "Signing the Oath of Presidential Transparency was a no-brainer for me."

More here.

[OrthodoxPresbyterian]

I think that it is very important that we all understand that the All-Holy George W. Bush is Always Right, and it is very important for our National Security that American Citizens have no idea whatsoever as to how their money is actually being spent.

We must always Trust the Government in All Things, because they're here to Help Us.

Senators Barack Obama and Sam Brownback, together with the Arch-Traitor Congressman Ron Paul, are clearly determined to bring down our Republic. We can only be Safe and Free if we trust the Government 100% in all things, forever, and let them spend our Money however they see fit. It's the only way that we can be truly Secure, it's Patriotic, and if you don't believe that, you must be a Terrorist Sympathizer. Oh, and by the way, Ron Paul personally Hates America and wants to kill your children.

Always Remember that. Never Forget. 9/11 and stuff. Ron Paul is a Traitor. Government knows best. Believe and Obey.

[OrthodoxPresbyterian]

RON PAUL is the RIGHT Candidate for Pro-Life social conservatives.

• Ron Paul introduced the Sanctity of Life Act of 2005, recognizing the Personhood of every unborn baby and removing Abortion from the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court.
• Ron Paul is rated ZERO percent by the National Abortion Rights Action League.
• Ron Paul is an original co-sponsor of the Marriage Protection Act.
• Ron Paul voted to ban Homosexual adoption in Washington DC.

RON PAUL is the RIGHT Candidate for Tax-Cutting fiscal conservatives.

• Ron Paul is ranked by Human Events as the biggest Tax Cutter in all of Congress. Paul Named #1 Tax Cutter in Congress: “(Paul) is a co-sponsorÂ… of a constitutional amendment to repeal the 16th amendment and end income, gift, and estate taxes. Regularly pushes for tax cuts. Sponsor of bills to allow tax credits for private school tuition, to permit tax deduction of college tuition, and to stop all taxation of Social Security benefits. Opposes all unconstitutional spending programs.”
• Ron Paul has ranked in the 99th percentile of the National Taxpayer Union ratings every year he has been in Congress, and holds the NTU record for the most #1 "Taxpayer's Friend" rankings.

RON PAUL is the ONLY 100% Anti-Terrorist candidate.

• The ruling Islamic Theocracy of Iraq is dominated by the psychopathic gang of murderers known as the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI) and the Islamic Al Dawa Party, who are the very same Islamic Terrorist Parties which bombed the US & French Embassies in Kuwait, and murdered 241 United States Marines in Beirut in 1983. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, of the Al Dawa Party, was the Bureau Chief of the Al Dawa Party's terrorist "Jihad Office" in Damascus in the 1980s and was thus heavily responsible for Al Dawa operations in Beirut, while parliament member Jamal Jafaar Mohammed of his ruling coalition is one of the "Kuwait 17", still under a Kuwaiti death sentence (in absentia) for his direct involvement in the vicious attack on the US Embassy in Kuwait! Ron Paul is the ONLY candidate calling for an immediate END to all Military and Financial support for the criminal Islamic Terrorist thug-regime of Iraq.

RON PAUL is the RIGHT Candidate for National Defense and Foreign Affairs.

• Ron Paul voted for the National Missile Defense Act. (source)
• Ron Paul is one of only two co-sponsors of H. Res. 123, for the establishment of a Select Committee on POW/MIA Affairs to "conduct a full investigation of all unresolved matters relating to any United States personnel unaccounted for from the Vietnam era, the Korean conflict, World War II, Cold War Missions, or Gulf War, including MIA's and POW's." (POW-MIA InterNetwork)
• Ron Paul supports a strengthened Coast Guard and increased port security, and increased benefits for veterans.
• Ron Paul advocates United States withdrawal from the United Nations and withdrawal from the World Trade Organization. Says Ron Paul: "We don't need CAFTA or any other international agreement to reap the economic benefits promised by CAFTA supporters, we only need to change our own harmful economic and tax policies. Let the rest of the world hurt their citizens with tariffs; if we simply reduce tariffs and taxes at home, we will attract capital and see our economy flourish." (source).
• "Ron Paul is one of the outstanding leaders fighting for a stronger national defense. As a former Air Force officer, he knows well the needs of our armed forces, and he always puts them first. We need to keep him fighting for our country." --U.S. President Ronald Reagan

RON PAUL is the RIGHT Candidate for the Bill of Rights.

• "Congress Unanimously Supports Paul Amendment to Protect Civil Liberties"
• Ron Paul is one of only five Congressmen to have an A+ Rating from the Gun Owners of America.
• Ron Paul Denounces National ID Card.

RON PAUL is the RIGHT Candidate on Illegal Immigration.

• Ron Paul voted for the Secure Fence Act of 2006. “Amnesty for lawbreakers is not the answer, and itÂ’s time to rethink birthright citizenship,” Paul added. ("Paul Votes for Stronger Border Security")
• Ron Paul is a co-sponsor of HR 487, which "expresses the sense of Congress that the United States should not engage in the construction of a NAFTA superhighway or enter into any plans to create a North American Union between Canada, the U.S., and Mexico."
• "We need to allocate far more resources, both in terms of money and manpower, to securing our borders and coastlines here at home. This is the most critical task before us, both in terms of immigration problems and the threat of foreign terrorists. Unless and until we secure our borders, illegal immigration and the problems associated with it will only increase." – Ron Paul (source)

RON PAUL is the ONLY socially-conservative Candidate defending the independence of the Christian Church against Federal "Faith-Based Socialism".

• "Government funding of religious organizations will transform them into adjuncts of the federal welfare state, more concerned about obeying federal rules and regulations than fulfilling the obligations of their faith." – Ron Paul (source). Every other so-called "social conservative" candidate actually FAVORS this underhanded Orwellian Federal assault on the Freedom of the Christian Church.

"I got to know President Reagan in 1976 when, as a freshman congressman, I was one of only four members of that body to endorse then-Governor Reagan’s primary challenge to President Gerald Ford. I had the privilege of serving as the leader of President Reagan’s Texas delegation at the Republican convention of 1976, where Ronald Reagan almost defeated an incumbent president for his party’s nomination. I was one of the millions attracted to Ronald Reagan by his strong support for limited government and the free-market. I felt affinity for a politician who based his conservative philosophy on '...a desire for less government interference or less centralized authority or more individual freedom.' I wish more of today’s conservative leaders based their philosophy on a desire for less government and more freedom." – Ron Paul, Remembering Ronald Reagan

In 2008, I'm voting for the REAGAN REPUBLICAN. I'm voting for former Vietnam Combat Flight Surgeon, and Leader of Ronald Reagan's Electoral Delegation from Texas: In 2008, I'm Voting for RON PAUL!

"The greatest champion of conservative principles we have seen in Congress in the past quarter century."
(David T. Pyne, Esq., Vice President of the National Federation of Republican Assemblies)

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[wastedyears]

They won’t let people know what’s going on at Area 51. I bet we won’t ever know how they got that name, or Hanger 18.

[OrthodoxPresbyterian]

They won’t let people know what’s going on at Area 51. I bet we won’t ever know how they got that name, or Hanger 18.

I couldn't care less about "Area 51". I don't actually believe in Aliens. At all.

But I would like to have the Right to inspect how every single one of my Tax Dollars is being spent. Fully Transparent, fully accounted down to the penny, on demand, when I ask. It's my money!

I bet you think I'm a Traitor for wanting to know how my own money is spent.

Whatever.

[DustyMoment]

Political candidate promises have the same value as an NFL player’s contract or toilet paper - neither has much value and candidates know it.

There was a time when news organizations would track political campaign promises versus post-election action to hold the candidates accountable for their promises. But, that hasn’t happened for at least 20 years and probably closer to 30.

I put no stock in this promise whatso ever. ACTIONS always have and always will speak louder than phony, meaningless promises on the campaign trail. Don’t tell me what you are going to do, SHOW me that you are a person of honor and character and that you will stand behind your promises.

Then, MAYBE, we’ll talk!

[massgopguy]

There must be a mistake. I don’t see Hillary’s signature anywhere.

[OrthodoxPresbyterian]

New Ron Paul Thread.

(I promise I won't accidentally transpose my feeble attempts at HG Wells plagiarism this time)

[OrthodoxPresbyterian]

There must be a mistake. I don’t see Hillary’s signature anywhere.

No mistake. Hillary doesn't WANT you to know how your own money is being spent. Hillary's a Patriotic American. She trusts the Government to do What's Best. So should you.

Only America-hating Traitors like Ron Paul ask the Government to actually display to the citizenry how their Money is being spent.

[George W. Bush]

I think that it is very important that we all understand that the All-Holy George W. Bush is Always Right...

At last, my supremacy is recognized and given its due deference.

I'd summon EEE to post some nice pics of Wyler's packets but I've surmised he's being sued for plagiarism and is awaiting a hairplug procedure.

[billbears]

There must be a mistake. I don’t see Hillary’s signature anywhere.

Nor do I see Romney's, Giuliani's, Hunter's, Tancredo's, or McCain's signature. Wonder why that is.....

[Petronski]

...I've surmised he's being sued for plagiarism...

That's extraordinary. Do tell.

[OrthodoxPresbyterian]

put no stock in this promise whatso ever. ACTIONS always have and always will speak louder than phony, meaningless promises on the campaign trail. Don’t tell me what you are going to do, SHOW me that you are a person of honor and character and that you will stand behind your promises.Then, MAYBE, we’ll talk!

Brief Overview of Congressman Paul’s Record:

• He has never voted to raise taxes.
• He has never voted for an unbalanced budget.
• He has never voted for a federal restriction on gun ownership.
• He has never voted to raise congressional pay.
• He has never taken a government-paid junket.
• He has never voted to increase the power of the executive branch.

All those Facts are 100% True. When Congress votes 434-to-1 to raise its own pay, give its members more benefits, or otherwise waste hundreds od billions of Dollars -- Ron Paul is is ONE who says, "No". Even at 434-to-1... he'll be the "1".

He's the only guy I've ever known who says, "Actually. I'd rather NOT have a Pay Raise -- because that would cost the Taxpayers more money."

THAT is Congressman Ron Paul.

So, MAYBE, we’ll talk?

[George W. Bush]

(I promise I won't accidentally transpose my feeble attempts at HG Wells plagiarism this time)

It just won't seem like a Ron Paul thread without some Martian killing-machines.

The article is quite good. I was going to post it a few days back but wasn't sure if someone else had already done so.

For Ron Paul, signing this one is a complete no-brainer. It would have been more interesting if they'd tried to prevent him from signing it. I'm picturing a very angry slim but well-armed Texas gent, kicking down their doors and forcing them to produce the document so he could sign it.

This kind of thing really is Ron Paul's cup of tea. Too bad the other Republicans aren't willing to be as open. As usual, they give their backhand to any tax-limiting small-government organization that expects accountability in government.

[George W. Bush]

Did Mr. Grumpy get out on the wrong side of the bed again today? LOL.

[M203M4]

But you forgot the shrimps!!!111111 (pass the cornbread cleatus). Ron Paul Osama bin Laden 2008!

/sarcasm

[George W. Bush]

A ping for a new Ron Paul supporter here at FR...

[wastedyears]

Not at all

But there likely will be things, maybe small things, that are not published. Like if a President requests bottles of King Louis the 3rd, which is $160 per ounce. I don’t think you’d want to know that your money is going towards the President owning a $1000 bottle of alcohol.

Bad example, but all I could come up with.

[Petronski]

Did Mr. Grumpy get out on the wrong side of the bed again today?

I don't know. Who is he?

[OrthodoxPresbyterian]

It just won't seem like a Ron Paul thread without some Martian killing-machines.

You are NOT gonna let me live that down, are you??

"War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches". Nice little Sci Fi Book available HERE:

http://www.amazon.com/War-Worlds-Dispatches-Kevin-Anderson/dp/0553575988

That's what I was toying with. 'Strewth, Honest to Saint Francis, or whatever.

But, apparently, I can't type up a little HG Wells-ish short story of my own, and just accidentally Cut&Paste it onto FR along with the carefully-constructed little Political essay, which I actually did intend to post -- OH NO!!

You see one opportunity for comedic relief, and the next thing I know I've got 17 oversized clowns climbing outta my volkswagen. Very nice, George, very cute.

Well, have your fun. I say, HARRUMPH!

[t_skoz]

Not only did America hating traitor Ron Paul blame America for 9-11, but I heard he *personally* aborted 4000 babies and bilked the Medicare/Medicaid system for hundreds of thousands of dollars!.

Can you pass the Gulf shrimp? I’m getting hungry over here!