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11/13/09 7:00 PM Congressman Ron Paul Speaking in Ames
On Friday November 13th at 7:00 p.m., Texas Congressman Ron Paul will speak in Benton Auditorium in the Scheman Building (adjacent to Hilton Coliseum) at Iowa State University in Ames.
The theme for Dr. Paul's speech will be "Free Markets, Sound Money, and Non-Intervention". Come and listen to America's leading conservative - this event is free and open to the public. Bring your friends!
This is Congressman Paul's first trip to Iowa since his 2008 presidential campaign.
This event is hosted by Iowa Campaign For Liberty and the ISU chapter of Young Americans For Liberty. Iowa Campaign For Liberty, a partner with the national Campaign For Liberty organization, is an all-volunteer organization of over 2,300 Iowans dedicated to promoting more freedom, more prosperity, and less government.
11/14/09 09:30 AM Congressman Ron Paul at Fundraiser for Iowa Representative Kent Sorenson
On Saturday November 14th at 9:30 a.m., Dr. Paul will appear at a fundraiser for Iowa Representative Kent Sorenson, who has announced he is running for the Iowa Senate. This event will take place in the Ballroom at the Des Moines Airport Holiday Inn located at 6111 Fleur Dr. in Des Moines. The fundraiser event is a free will offering.
(Iowa Campaign For Liberty is not a sponsor of this event).
01/23/10 1:00 PM 2010 Iowa Caucuses
Iowa republicans and democrats will hold their 2010 precinct caucuses on the same day. These are party organizational meetings where members are elected out of the precinct to seats on their County Central Committee. Attendance at these "off-year" caucuses is much lower than during presidential election years and it's a great opportunity to get more involved!
Iowa Campaign For Liberty is pleased to announce that U.S. Congressman and former presidential candidate Dr. Ron Paul will make a visit to Iowa this November 13th and 14th.
On Friday November 13th at 7:00 p.m., Dr. Paul will speak in Benton Auditorium in the Scheman Building (adjacent to Hilton Coliseum) at Iowa State University in Ames.Come and listen to America’s leading conservative - this event is free and open to the public.Bring your friends! Iowa Campaign For Liberty and the ISU chapter of Young Americans For Liberty will host this event.
On Saturday November 14th at 9:30 a.m., Dr. Paul will appear at a fundraiser for Iowa Representative Kent Sorenson, who has announced he is running for the Iowa Senate.This event will take place in the Ballroom at the Des Moines Airport Holiday Inn located at 6111 Fleur Dr. in Des Moines. (Iowa Campaign For Liberty is not a sponsor of this event).
This is Congressman Paul’s first visit to Iowa since his 2008 presidential campaign.
It has been a few weeks now since Ron Paul's H.R.1207 had a hearing in Washington. Well, the Busy Little Bees have certainly been busy in the background working on "gutting" 1207! At this moment, a "mark-up" by Mel Watt has taken the heart out of 1207. He is attempting to remove "the Full Audit" portion of 1207. Ron Paul has not given up on 1207 and neither should we! If the remainder of the full banking committee vote with Ron Paul to restore the "gutted" language, then we have passed another obstacle and "AUDIT THE FED" will still be a Viable Bill!
Please view the "Ron Paul:Important News on Audit The Fed" to get a feel for what we are up against, and then remember the words of Winston Churchill during WWII, "We will NEVER,NEVER,NEVER,NEVER,NEVER GIVE UP!!!!!!!"
Just for the record, (in case there are new readers to this blog) The Iowa C4L patriots have been successful in obtaining co-sponsorship of all five of our congressmen to H.R.1207 in the house, and both of our senators to S.604, however, it is always possible for an elected representative toremove their co-sponsorship of a bill and support a different bill.We Do Not Want That To Happenwith any of ourelected representatives! They are exactly where we want them right now!
Just in case your wondering why we need to Audit the Fed? Watch The Inspector General of the Federal Reserve, Elizabeth Coleman, display her Keen Understanding and Great Knowledge about where all those Trillions of dollars have gone! (can you say,RAT HOLE!)
Just click here, and then pick up your jaw from the floor when finished!
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To see the most up-to-date list of co-sponsors, go to,(click here)----> http://thomas.loc.govand then enter the bill number H.R.1207 for the House and S.604 for the Senate, select bill and click search.
There are times in a persons life, where you have acquired something from the past, that you know will come in useful someday, so you stick that "something" in draw, or a folder, or a file until that "someday" arrives. Well, that "someday" has finally arrived!
The following story was told by a credit manager of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, back in the late 1930's. His name, Mr. Robert Hemphill. It is the story of our money......
Once upon a time, to the Temple of the Thirteen Suns came the rich and powerful Chief Oomah the Third, who said to the goldsmith of the Temple, Hansen L. Roschab, "I have much gold and am about to depart for a far country. Wilt thou keep this gold safely for me against my return a year hence? I will pay thee well."
The wily Hansen coughed loudly and covered his countenance with a cloth lest the rich Oomah the Third observe his joy to have his treasure in his possession. When he was calm and could look serious he said unto Oomah, "It is a very great responsibility and risk, but I will undertake it for a tithe which shall be 1 shekel in every 10."
Then said the Chief Oomah, "Its a deal," and forthwith his slaves delivered many bags containing in all a thousand shekels of gold, for which Hansen L. Roschab, the goldsmith, gave the Chief a parchment deposit writing payable to whomsoever; and thereupon Chief Oomah departed happily upon his journey.
As soon as he was well out of the country the shrewed Hansen called his confidential scribe and bade him thus, "Go thee now to the merchants whom I tell thee of and secretly say to each that thy master hath a little gold for hire upon good security," and the servent departed swiftly.
Soon there came to him a great merchant, who said, "Hansen, you old crook, I am in a jam for a few shekels of gold. Wilt thou lend me?" Hansen replied, "Money is very tight these days, but it might be arranged. What is thy need?" The merchant answered, "Two hundred shekels."
Then said Hansen, "It is much money. What security could st thou pledge for so great a sum?"
Then the merchant showed Hansen a writing of his possessions of merchandise to the amount of a thousand shekels. Hansen said, "It is not enough; thou must also pledge thy dwelling and thy slaves and thy raiment," whereupon the merchant, after much protest, pledged all his possessions, even unto his innermost personal raiment.
Then said he to Hansen, "I have no place to store so much gold, keep it safe for me and give me a writing which I may deliver to whomever I will," and Hansen did even so.
The next day came another merchant, and another and still another, and to each Hansen shewed the great store of gold of Oomah the Third, and to each he pretended to loan a portion, although he had previously loaned it all to the first one who came.
Hansen reflected much upon this curious state of affairs, and said to himself, "Thes birds know not how much gold I possess. They do not want the actual gold itself; what they really want is credit, some deposit writing which they may pass from hand to hand as money. I have one grand idea."
And it came to pass at the end of another 10 days, Hansen had pretended to loan to many more merchants and had given writings of deposit for a second thousand shekels, making 2,000 shekels in all, although he had only 1,000 shekels, and still had all the gold.
Thereupon Hansen caused it to be noised about that he possessed a vast store of gold for hire, and many merchants came to borrow, and to each Hansen delivered writings of deposit and collected generous usury and demanded pledges from each of all his possessions even unto his innermost personal raiment, until he held mortgages on substantially the whole city.
Then went Hansen to the wise man of the city and said unto him. "Verily I have discovered the greatest racket of all time. I have learned the magic of making gold out of baloney, and if I can keep my formula secret for a few years, I will collect a fortune that will make Solomon's treasure look like a second-hand clothing store. Tell me how I may keep secret this bonanza for mine own profit."
Then said the wise man,"Look wise and say little and only upon little known matters afar off. Obtain the ear of the town crier. Engage him to spread the impression that money is a mysterious subject which no one understands save thee alone. Be friendly with the king's councilors and grant their favors that the king may smile upon thee."
And Hansen did as he was bid and collected much usury from his phony loan deposits and built for himself a mansion and collected works of art, and clothed his wives and concubines with fine linen and jewels, and when his business had grown to many times its humble beginnings, he took over the entire temple and by way of a sly joke called it the First National Bank, the same being from an obscure language meaning "Place of Imaginary Money."
And this is the reason all banks have great marble pillars and bronze doors, so that they may resemble outside as well as internally the "Place of Imaginary Money" which Hansen L. Roschab build-ed upon the gold of Oomah the Third in the Temple of the Thirteen Suns.
-Robert Hemphill
So, Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls, that is the story of our money, as told by Mr. Robert Hemphill, who was for 8 years; credit manager of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.
This is also the reason that we need to "AUDIT THE FED", so that we can "END THE FED."
Much has been said recently about the growing controversy regarding the Iowa Film Office. Missing from all the discussion is why this big-government program exists at all.
In a nutshell, the Iowa government offered 50% tax credits for a company's cost to make a movie in Iowa. These companies could use the credits themselves if they had enough Iowa tax liability or sell them to another Iowa company who did. So, essentially the movie company gets half of its production costs paid for by ordinary Iowans and big businesses in Iowa get to buy some tax coupons from the movie companies (at a discount). The idea was to lure Hollywood to Iowa and grow a film industry here.
As if the existence of this program isn't ridiculous enough, it's the mismanagement of the program that has put it in the headlines. Apparently the movie industry provided very little documentation of their expenses but got the credits anyway - $32 million so far and it could go well over $300 million. Credits include over $125,000 for a Mercedes and a Range Rover that weren't even used in making a movie. This is a good investment for Iowans?
The story is really just getting started. The honchos at the Iowa Film Office and Iowa Department of Economic Development have abruptly resigned. Investigations are forthcoming and there is outrage all around. But nobody should be surprised when government carelessly plays Santa Claus with "other people's money" and opportunists take advantage of the situation.
Where's the call to terminate this unnecessary big-government program and close the Iowa Film Office? Knowing this was among Governor Culver's initiatives, I expected republican legislators to call for its closure...but that's hard when you endorsed its creation. The 2007 legislation that allowed this mess to happen reportedly passed the Iowa House by a 95-1 vote and the Iowa Senate by 48-2. Whoops!
I guess that explains why leaders from both parties think the solution is more probes, more accountability, more oversight, and better management. Such faith in big government solutions is misplaced. The solution is the elimination of this special-interest corporate welfare program. Subsidizing the entertainment industry at the expense of ordinary Iowans is not a proper role for government.
The politicians and bureaucrats who created this mess and the companies taking advantage of it can tell us such a program is in our best interest all day long...this scandal is just more evidence that it isn't. Thumbs down!
A letter to the editor from today's Des Moines Register (available here):
Joel Brinkley's assertion that corrupt officials were the problem in Vietnam and are the problem in Afghanistan strikes at the root of America's foreign-policy mistakes (Sept. 13 column). The nations of Vietnam and Afghanistan never posed a threat to U.S. security.
The lesson we should have learned by now is that futile international adventurism is not worth one precious American life. The action warranted in response to the Sept. 11 attacks is plainly spelled out in the U.S. Constitution. Article One, Section 8 states that Congress shall have the power to grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal. This would offer a reward to individuals for bringing non-state enemies to justice.
Ron Paul, as a member of Congress, proposed this immediately after Sept. 11 and was ignored by his colleagues who were either ignorant of history or working for defense-industry lobbyists.
As the American empire rushes to a Soviet-style economy, the Afghan war could combine with socialist economics to bankrupt us as well. The lesson should not be to choose our foreign puppets more carefully, but to not choose them at all.
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