I really love to listen to folk music. One of my favorite songs is Arlo Guthrie's "Alice's Restaurant."
Television
I watch all the news stations and C-SPAN.
Books
These are several of the books that have influenced me: The Law by Frederic Bastiat, Blowback by Chalmers Johnson, Boris Pasternak's Doctor Zhivago, The Road to Serfdom by Friedrich A. Hayek, and Human Action: A Treatise on Economics by Ludwig von Mises are just a few of the many books that I enjoy.
Heroes
Mahatma Gandhi
Ron Paul's Details
Status:
Married
Hometown:
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Religion:
Protestant
Zodiac Sign:
Leo
Children:
Proud parent
Education:
Grad / professional school
Occupation:
United States Congressman
Ron Paul's Schools
Duke University
Durham, NC
Graduated: 1961
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Professional
Major: M.D.
About me: United States Congressman Ron Paul of Texas enjoys a national reputation as the premier advocate for liberty in politics today. Dr. Paul is the leading spokesman in Washington for limited constitutional government, low taxes, free markets, and a return to sound monetary policies based on commodity-backed currency. He is known among both his colleagues in Congress and his constituents for his consistent voting record in the House of Representatives: Dr. Paul never votes for legislation unless the proposed measure is expressly authorized by the Constitution. In the words of former Treasury Secretary William Simon, Dr. Paul is the "one exception to the Gang of 535" on Capitol Hill.
CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
Representative Paul serves on three Congressional committees. He serves on:
* COMMITTEE ON FINANCIAL SERVICES
o Ranking Member - Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade and Technology
o Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigation
* COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS
o Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights and Oversight
o Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere
* JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE
The Ron Paul FREEDOM PRINCIPALS:
* Rights belong to individuals, not groups.
* Property should be owned by people, not government.
* All voluntary associations should be permissible -- economic and social.
* The government's monetary role is to maintain the integrity of the monetary unit, not participate in fraud.
* Government exists to protect liberty, not to redistribute wealth or to grant special privileges.
* The lives and actions of people are their own responsibility, not the government's.
Ron Paul was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Gettysburg College and the Duke University School of Medicine, before proudly serving as a flight surgeon in the U.S. Air Force during the 1960s. He and his wife Carol moved to Texas in 1968, where he began his medical practice in Brazoria County. As a specialist in obstetrics/gynecology, Dr. Paul has delivered more than 4,000 babies! He and Carol, who reside in Lake Jackson, Texas, are the proud parents of five children and have seventeen grandchildren.
While serving in Congress during the late 1970s and early 1980s, Dr. Paul's limited-government ideals were not popular in Washington. He served on the House Banking committee, where he was a strong advocate for sound monetary policy and an outspoken critic of the Federal Reserve's inflationary measures. He also was a key member of the Gold Commission, advocating a return to a gold standard for our currency. He was an unwavering advocate of pro-life and pro-family values. Dr. Paul consistently voted to lower or abolish federal taxes, spending, and regulation, and used his House seat to actively promote the return of government to its proper constitutional levels. In 1984, he voluntarily relinquished his House seat and returned to his medical practice.
Dr. Paul returned to Congress in 1997 to represent the 14th Congressional district of Texas. He serves on the House Financial Services Committee, the International Relations committee, and the Joint Economic Committee. On the Financial Services Committee, Rep. Paul serves as the vice-chairman of the Oversight and Investigations subcommittee. He continues to advocate a dramatic reduction in the size of the federal government and a return to constitutional principles.
Dr. Paul is the author of several books, including Challenge to Liberty; The Case for Gold; and A Republic, If You Can Keep It. He has been a distinguished counselor to the Ludwig von Mises Institute, and is widely quoted by scholars and writers in the fields of monetary policy, banking, and political economy. He has received many awards and honors during his career in Congress, from organizations such as the National Taxpayers Union, Citizens Against Government Waste, the Council for a Competitive Economy, Young Americans for Freedom, and countless others.
Dr. Paul's consistent voting record prompted one Congressman to comment that "Ron Paul personifies the Founding Fathers' ideal of the citizen-statesman. He makes it clear that his principles will never be compromised, and they never are." Another Congresswoman added that "There are few people in public life who, through thick and thin, rain or shine, stick to their principles. Ron Paul is one of those few."
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Thank you helping save our republic you are a hero Ron run in 2012 we the people will make sure that you win you have liberty behind you there’s no way you can loss
It is simple, Ron Paul and Alex Jones had the ground work set by people such as JFK, and MLK. Today we are more willing to accept that we have and are being lied to by what we consider our authorities. The minute we decide that this government, or religious group etc no longer has to be our authority for whatever reason (we decide) , then they well cease to exists. Ron Paul, and Alex Jones are just 2 people within a labyrinth of individuals and ideas that are expressing the notion that change needs to come.
And on a personal note: KEEP GOING RON PAUL ! WE ALREADY GOT THEM BEAT ! WERE JUST NOW PUTTING IT INTO ACTION, WE ALL HAVE NOTHING BUT LOVE AND SUPPORT FOR YOU !
PLEASE I beg you. Run again in 2012. I promise to stuff twice as many envelopes...make twice the phone calls and knock on twice the doors as I did last time. This country NEEDS you!
Just A Reminder......In the War for Our Independence....our fledgling country lost nearly every battle. However Patients and persistance ruled the day! Come 2010 congress, like the British army then, Has nowhere to retreat! Vote 'em out!
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