Posted by Adam de Angeli on 11/06/09

The title from Damian Lataan really hits the nail on the head.

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Mohamed El-Baradei said that there's nothing to worry about at Iran's nuclear facility at Qom.

So, sure enough: they're back to accusing Iran of supplying weapons to Hezbollah and Hamas.

You know: their violence baaaaaaaaaad!  Israeli violence goooooooooood!   Or something like that.

Because Iraq went so well, yes, let's invade another country that never did anything to harm us.  I'm sure bringing "American-style democracy" will be a walk in the park, even with our tattered economy, right?

Posted by Adam de Angeli on 11/02/09
Last updated 11/02/09

The Campaign For Liberty is seeking a Flash graphic designer to develop moving graphics for "money bombs" and other meters. (The banner atop randpaul2010.com is illustrative). The graphics will perform a special animation when a goal value for a given variable is reached.

The position is job-by-job (you will be contracted for each graphic). Rates are negotiable.

Qualified candidates will submit a portfolio of previous Flash work, preferably showcasing some comparable widget-type data-driven Flash graphic. Must be able to use code to handle various data cases. (i.e., "if input X > 100,000, display Y, else display Z with names A,B, and C and animate meter increasing to X...")

Send applications to me by messaging me on this website.

Posted 11/02/09 robertwerden Liberty Hill, TX

Where's the guy who did Ron's?

Posted 11/02/09 MRoCkEd Cheshire, CT

Is C4L getting a new site?

Posted 11/02/09 hash3m Seattle, WA

Whoever did RP's campaign site would be ideal. That set a new standard for campaign site quality/functionality.

Posted 11/02/09 Jon Champaign, Urbana, IL

Why not a Google Gadget? http://www.google.com/ig/directory?synd=open They integrate with all sorts of things!

Posted 11/04/09 ButterflyBabiesMoma melbourne, FL

Why not have a contest, with a prize for the winner?

Posted 11/04/09 NotCentralBanker Charleston, SC

Hey there. Are you still looking for some help? I have vast amounts of flash development experience, primarily action script coding and dynamic, data-base-driven apps. Are you using XML to feed the vars into the flash movie? If so should be pretty simple to do. It has been awhile since I worked in web-dev so I don't have a "portfolio" handy, but I could make a quick demo that was similar to RonPaul2008.com donation tracker. Where do i send it!? Ill offer great prices to help the cause.... viva la revolution. (just plz stop me from making a demo if you already have someone, thx!)

Posted by Adam de Angeli on 11/01/09

You cannot run from Michael Jackson.  Surely everyone in America knows him.  He's in every supermarket, every week.  One billion people are estimated to have mourned him.  The new documentary, This Is It, will keep him in commercial heavy rotation.

Michael Jackson is a filthy child molester.  To believe otherwise is delusional.  After the trial, jurors plainly told cameras that they all believed he was guilty but that they somehow thought they were supposed to find him not guilty.  The irony is supreme: literally millions of innocent people are found guilty by predatory judges who mislead juries, yet on the rare occasion a jury might put away a child molester, the manipulation goes in the opposite direction. 

It was obvious he was a psychological mess.  Everyone knows he molested children.  I don't understand how anyone can look past that.  Yet it seems almost everyone does.

"Molester" is a euphemism for "rapist."  He raped children.  He was a child rapist.  People who choose to use the term "molest" instead of "rape" are choosing to "go easy" on rape.  Children who listen to Michael Jackson are children listening to a child rapist.  Radio stations that play Michael Jackson are radio stations paying money to play a child rapist's music.

I remember when HIStory came out, and MTV became the Michael Jackson Channel for a month or so.  I was baffled.  I was a teenager then--I thought Michael Jackson was what little kids listened to, and then it had emerged that he was a child rapist.  I fully expected the album to be treated like some joke--the musical equivalent of Rod Blagojevich's new book. 

But no.  Pop culture embraced it; the rapist made millions. 

Michael Jackson reminds us that we have a culture that not only embraces dumbness--and his music was strikingly dumb--but embraces sickness.

I never once enjoyed Jackson's music, but I heard him at least three times yesterday.  It's not just the mass media; a lot of my friends like his music.

Tolerance of rape conditions us.  I once had a friend call me from Chicago.  He lived in a house with several other people, and was distressed because a visitor had "a problem with consent" (he tried to rape a girl in her sleep) and my friend was the only one in the house who wanted to kick the rapist out--his roommates thought he was "intolerant."  I told him that if his roommates tolerated rape he should get out immediately.  He did.  But it was distressful that my friend never even said the R-word as he described this scenario to me.  If I hadn't pointed out to him that he was describing rape, he wouldn't have even thought of it that way.

Of course, the elephant in the room that we choose not to see is state rape--not just taxes, but the wars, the regulations, the prison system, all of the things government does to control and diminish our lives.  All but a few people accept this form of rape; maybe this is why we put up with rape, even of children, in our popular culture. 

I'm just musing here; I don't think we should divert our action to this grim subject, but maybe we should at least make an effort to speak out against rape when it comes up in conversation, like when people talk about rapists like Michael Jackson, their Congressmen, etc.

Posted 11/01/09 Michael Delavar Washougal, WA

Excellent article, Adam. It is sobering to remind ourselves of the seriousness of MJ's crimes. It makes one ponder whether the evil that is promoted and lifted up in this country is indicative of the moral decline of our nation and the impending divine judgment. May God have mercy on us all.

Posted by Adam de Angeli on 10/09/09

Yesterday, Congressman Paul appeared on the Frank Beckmann show on WJR Radio to discuss the Austrian school of economics, of the Fed, and of his new book.  You can listen to the segment here.  Thanks to David Dudenhoefer for the link.

Dr. Paul's End the Fed promotional schedule has been so hectic lately, we must apologize for being unable to notify members of all appearances in advance!

Posted 10/09/09 Jason M Troy, MI

Thanks for the link. Great interview!

Posted 10/27/09 David Lonier Auburn Hills, MI

My e-mail address has changed, but I do not know how or where to get this info to C4L. My old e-mail was davidlonier@sbcglobal.net My new e-mail is davidlonier@gmail.com I hope that by posting this info here the change might be forwarded to whomever is in charge of this. David Lonier 9th District Coordinator, Michigan

Posted by Adam de Angeli on 09/25/09
Last updated 09/28/09

All attendees of the Valley Forge Regional Conference, of previous regional conferences, and those who have purchased conference training online may now find the complete taping of the Valley Forge Regional Conference online by logging in and clicking this link.

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This release also includes detailed notes from Mike Rothfeld's lecture "Keys To Changing Policy" which was given at prior conferences but not taped to allow the author one lecture of complete freedom to name names--a valuable addition to our library, to be sure.

Those of you with member accounts who do not have access to conference training (ie if you're logged in and the link above didn't work) can obtain access by logging in and then clicking here. It will be the best $89 you have spent in recent memory, with access to 28 lectures, 25 hours 20 minutes, and counting. You will learn how to fund-raise far beyond your investment.

Those of you without member accounts, setting one up is easy and then the link above will work for you.

I cannot stress enough how valuable this training is. Lobbying Congress is great, but it is our ability to raise leaders in this much greater fight for liberty that will determine our success. Watch these videos over and over again, share them with your friends (to the extent permitted by terms of service), and learn the keys to making change.

Posted 09/25/09 Son Of Liberty Erie, PA

This is a really awesome tool.

Posted 09/25/09 MRoCkEd Cheshire, CT

That Mike Rothfeld guy is really informative.

Posted 09/26/09 xLittleP New York, NY

I'm not sure if this is true for all of the videos, but I just downloaded the Daniel Hannan video, and it seemed to be slowed down by perhaps 50%, resulting in everyone talking with a very low voice. Just wanted to let you know!