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Rep. Ron Paul surprise winner of CPAC presidential straw poll

U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, a stalwart foe of government spending, won a blowout victory Saturday in the annual Conservative Political Action Conference presidential straw poll.
With participants naming “reducing the size of federal government” as their top issue, the 74-year old libertarian hero captured 31 percent of the 2,400 votes cast in the annual contest, [...]

Ron Paul: After ‘CIA coup,’ agency ‘runs military’

US House Rep. Ron Paul says the CIA has in effect carried out a “coup” against the US government, and the intelligence agency needs to be “taken out.”
via Ron Paul: After ‘CIA coup,’ agency ‘runs military’ | Raw Story.
Way to risk your own life, Mr. Paul. The Establishment notices shit like that, yanno? I’ve [...]

Bankers making turkeys out of taxpayers

The nation’s bankers have much to be thankful for as they sit down to their turkey dinners on Thursday.
At this time last year, the American financial system was near collapse, rescued only by hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars. Now the system has stabilized, and the industry is on the verge of a coup that [...]

Audit the Federal Reserve

On The ED Show, Rep. Alan Grayson discusses the bill to audit the Fed, which passed out of the Financial Services Committee on November 20, 2009.
Rep. Alan Grayson, on November 19, 2009, argues in support of the Paul-Grayson amendment, which would subject the Federal Reserve to a complete audit. The amendment later passed the House [...]