The biggest threat to your privacy is the government. We must drastically limit the ability of government to collect and store data regarding citizens’ personal matters.
We must stop the move toward a national ID card system. All states are preparing to issue new driver’s licenses embedded with “standard identifier” data — a national ID. A national ID with new tracking technologies means we’re heading into an Orwellian world of no privacy. I voted against the Real ID Act in March of 2005.
To date, the privacy focus has been on identity theft. It was Congress that created this danger by mandating use of the standard identifier (currently your SSN) in the private sector. For example, banks use SSNs as customer account identifiers because the government requires it.
We must also protect medical privacy. Right now, you’re vulnerable. Under so-called “medical privacy protection” rules, insurance companies and other entities have access to your personal medical information.
Financial privacy? Right now depositing $10,000 or more in cash in your local bank account will generate a federally-mandated report to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network at the United States Department of the Treasury.
And then there’s the so-called Patriot Act. As originally proposed, it:
* Expanded the federal government's ability to use wiretaps without judicial oversight;
* Allowed nationwide search warrants non-specific to any given location, nor subject to any local judicial oversight;
* Made it far easier for the government to monitor private internet usage;
* Authorized “sneak and peek” warrants enabling federal authorities to search a person’s home, office, or personal property without that person’s knowledge; and
* Required libraries and bookstores to turn over records of books read by their patrons.
I have fought this fight for many years. I sponsored a bill to overturn the Patriot Act and have won some victories, but today the threat to your liberty and privacy is very real. We need leadership at the top that will prevent Washington from centralizing power and private data about our lives.
Now I ask what is not Conservative about any of this Ron Paul stands for? I support what was stated as his polices in my last three post. I seen no good reason as a Conservative not to.
Ron Paul is not a conservative, he is a Libertarian in Republican drag, and some of his past and present Libertarian buddies are weird, to say the least.............
The reason, IMHO, that folks are turned off by Paul is that he's rapidly morphing into a whirling dervish, and many of his followers are beginning to rotate...........
Now, I went to your FRsite, and read a few things, and, for the most part, you seem like a decent dude...................herein lies the problem.......as difficult as it is for you to understand exactly why many Freepers are not supporting Paul, it is just as difficult, and probably more so, for many Freepers to understand why you do support Paul...........Clinton said a lot of good things, but he was , and still is, fatally flawed............
Many Freepers have begun to realize that Paul, even though he stands for several good things, is, and I am trying to be nice here, is appearing to be a few sandwiches short of a picnic basket........
It is my humble opinion that you, and the country, would be better served if you perhaps choose a different candidate to support.............it is your decision, of course............I am just giving you my opinion...........