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Segment 0: Eva Cassidy–A Singer’s Singer
“Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears.”
~Edgar Allan Poe
American Tune – (Eva Cassidy)
Eva Cassidy – Autumn Leaves
Eva Cassidy – Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Tennessee Waltz by Eva Cassidy
Eva Cassidy – What a Wonderful World
Silent Night by Eva Cassidy
Background Articles and Videos
The Eva Cassidy Story – on ABC Nightline
Eva Cassidy Story-Trevor McDonald Pt.1
Eva Cassidy Story-Trevor McDonald Pt 2
Eva Cassidy Story-Trevor McDonald Pt 3
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Eva Cassidy–Videos
Segment 1: Ron Paul Is Running For President of The United States In 2012!–The Third Time Is The Charm–A Man Of Integrity–A Candidate For Peace and Prosperity–Neither A Big Government Warfare Republican Nor A Massive Government Welfare Democrat–A Man Of And For The American People–A Tea Party Patriot–Ron Paul–Videos
‘Tis our true policy to steer clear of permanent Alliances, with any portion of the foreign world.”
~George Washington
Four Years Ago
Ron Paul Releases Presidential Exploratory Committee
Barry Goldwater, Jr. Endorses Ron Paul
Ron Paul: A New Hope
Now
Ron Paul Why I Want To Be President
Ron Paul for President
Ron Paul 2012: “Freedom Is Popular” – 6 Year Old Homeschooler Knows What Liberty Means
Ron Paul To Form Presidential Exploratory Committee
Ron Paul interviewed by Stephen Colbert 4/25/2011
Ron Paul to Announce 2012 Bid
Ron Paul on The View 04/25/11
American’s Takeoff To Peace And Prosperity vs. America’s Road To Serfdom
Ron Paul vs. Barack Obama for President – Rasmussen Poll 1% Difference
CNN Downplays Ron Paul’s Electability… This Is So 2008
Thomas Woods interviews Ron Paul on Peter Schiff Show 4/20/11
My political philosophy is classical liberalism.
In America a classical liberal is commonly identified as a libertarian and occasionally a conservative.
Classical liberals or libertarians favor a government that is limited in both size and scope and takes the form of a constitutional republic.
I became a classical liberal when Senator Barry Goldwater ran for President in 1964 when I read his book, the Conscience of A Conservative.
Mr. Conservative: Goldwater On Goldwater
Barry Goldwater, A True Conservative
The Conscience Of A Conservative
Freedom is the Only Solution
Ever since I have considered myself a member of the conservative movement and a traditional libertarian.
Today I am an independent and support the tea party movement and their candidates for public office.
Senator Barry Goldwater lost to President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964 for the office of President of The United States.
President Johnson was largely responsible for America’s war in Vietnam, the war on poverty and socialized medicine, namely Medicare.
The Democrats lost both the war in Vietnam and the war on poverty.
Socialized medicine in the form of Medicare while still popular is running massive deficits that will only become larger as the first of the baby boom generation turn age 65 in 2011 and becomes eligible for Medicare.
Today Medicare is actually costing more than ten times the estimated cost when it was originally passed in 1965.
Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid must be reformed and controlled and owned by the individual and not by the Federal Government.
Otherwise Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid will become insolvent and the promises made to the American people broken.
I.O.U.S.A. Bonus Reel: Social Security+Medicare Projections
The Real Fiscal Cancer that will Bankrupt the United States
I.O.U.S.A. Bonus Reel: A $53 Trillion Federal Financial Hole
Baby boomers and Medicare spell rationing
Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan opposed socialized medicine and warned of its cost in 1964.
Ronald Reagan Speaks Out Against Socialized Medicine
The Very Best of Ronald Reagan
The only Presidential candidate that I trust to do the right thing in addressing the above issues is Ron Paul.
The only Presidential candidate that has consistently supported a constitutional republic is Ron Paul.
The only Presidential candidate that has consistently voted for limited government in both size and scope is Ron Paul.
The only Presidential candidate that has consistently opposed government interventionism in the economy at home and nation building abroad is Ron Paul.
If you want to return the United States of America to a peace and prosperity economy with a constitutional republic, support and vote for Ron Paul.
If you want the continuation of the United States of America’s warfare and welfare economy with a collectivist tyrannical state, you will have many choices from both the Democratic and Republican parties.
I plan to support and vote for Ron Paul in 2012.
I hope and pray he gets the Republican nomination as their candidate for President of the United States of America.
I hope and pray that Ron Paul and the Republican Party choose Michele Backmann as his running mate for Vice-President of the United States.
Ron Paul / Michele Bachmann Student Town Hall @ UofMN – Sponsored by YAL – 2 of 9
The third time is the charm.
Obama and Congress to Murder More American Soldiers and Tax You for the Wars
Message for Democrats and Republicans from the Late Senator Barry Goldwater
Government is Oppression
Barry Goldwater Jr. Introduces Ron Paul
Join the second American Revolution and campaign for liberty.
~George Washington
Background Articles and Videos
Ron Paul : The Drug War Has Killed More People Than The Drugs! (Part 1/6)
Ron Paul : The Drug War Has Killed More People Than The Drugs! (Part 2/6)
Ron Paul : The Drug War Has Killed More People Than The Drugs! (Part 3/6)
Ron Paul : The Drug War Has Killed More People Than The Drugs! (Part 4/6)
Ron Paul : The Drug War Has Killed More People Than The Drugs! (Part 5/6)
Ron Paul : The Drug War Has Killed More People Than The Drugs! (Part 6/6)
Ron Paul Will Rock You
Money Bomb May 5, 2011
Ron Paul Launches Presidential Campaign
“…Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, whose outspoken libertarian views and folksy style made him a cult hero during two previous presidential campaigns, will announce on Tuesday that he’s going to try a third time.
Sources close to Paul, who is in his 12th term in the House, said he will unveil an exploratory presidential committee, a key step in gearing up for a White House race. He will also unveil the campaign’s leadership team in Iowa, where the first votes of the presidential election will be cast in caucuses next year.
Paul, 75, ran as the Libertarian Party candidate in 1988, finishing with less than one half a percent of the vote. After more than a decade as a Republican congressman, Paul gave it another shot in the 2008 presidential election, gaining attention for being the only Republican candidate calling for the end to the war in Iraq and for his “money bomb” fundraising strategy, which brought in millions of dollars from online donors in single-day pushes.
Paul took 10 percent of the vote in the Iowa caucuses and 8 percent in New Hampshire’s primary. He finished second, with 14 percent of the vote, in the Nevada caucuses, and eventually finished fourth in the Republican nominating process with 5.6 percent of the total vote. Paul’s campaign book, The Revolution: A Manifesto also reached No. 1 on The New York Times best-seller list in 2008. …”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHqqfkcreFA
2012 Presidential bid: Third time could be the charm for Ron Paul
“…Republican Congressman Ron Paul is expected to announce the formation of a presidential exploratory committee on Tuesday, a key step in any bid for the White House and a third attempt for the White House from the congressman.
They say the third time is the charm, and one likely does not need to tell that to Republican congressman Ron Paul. However, on Tuesday Mr. Paul intends to announce the formation of his presidential exploratory committee, according to a National Journalreport.
Congressman Paul, active in his twelfth term as a House legislator and known for his decidedly Libertarian views, will make a third run for the White House in what appears to be shaping up to be a considerably crowded Republican presidential contest.
“Paul, 75, ran as the Libertarian Party candidate in 1988, finishing with less than one half a percent of the vote,” Cameron Joseph reported for the National Journal. “After more than a decade as a Republican congressman, Paul gave it another shot in the 2008 presidential election, gaining attention for being the only Republican candidate calling for the end to the war in Iraq and for his ‘money bomb’ fundraising strategy, which brought in millions of dollars from online donors in single-day pushes.”
Mr. Paul has been an influential voice for a new generation of Republicans in Congress, and many of his positions have been attributed to Tea Party sentiments that have managed to make their way into mainstream Republican discourse and have posed a considerable challenge to the Obama administration and the remaining Democratic majority in the Senate following the 2010 mid-term elections this past November.
Read more: http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/305997#ixzz1KdjFuwyy
Medicare
“…Medicare is a social insurance program administered by the United States government, providing health insurance coverage to people who are aged 65 and over, or who meet other special criteria. Medicare operates similarly to a single-payer health care system.[1]
The program also funds residency training programs for the vast majority of physicians in the United States.
The Social Security Act of 1965 was signed into law on July 30, 1965, by President Lyndon B. Johnson as amendments to existing Social Security legislation. At the bill-signing ceremony, Johnson enrolled former President Harry S. Truman as the first Medicare beneficiary and presented him with the first Medicare card, and Truman’s wife Bess, the second.[2] …”
“…Costs and funding challenges
The costs of Medicare doubled every four years between 1966 and 1980.[47] According to the 2004 “Green Book” of the House Ways and Means Committee, Medicare expenditures from the American government were $256.8 billion in fiscal year 2002. Beneficiary premiums are highly subsidized, and net outlays for the program, accounting for the premiums paid by subscribers, were $230.9 billion.
Medicare spending is growing steadily in both absolute terms and as a percentage of the federal budget. Total Medicare spending reached $440 billion for fiscal year 2007 or 16% of all federal spending and grew to $599 billion in 2008 which was 20% of federal spending.[48] The only larger categories of federal spending are Social Security and defense. Given the current pattern of spending growth, maintaining Medicare’s financing over the long-term may well require significant changes.[49]
According to the 2008 report by the board of trustees for Medicare and Social Security, Medicare will spend more than it brings in from taxes this year (2008). The Medicare hospital insurance trust fund will become insolvent by 2019.[49][50][51][52] Shortly after the release of the report, the Chief Actuary testified that the insolvency of the system could be pushed back by 18 months if Medicare Advantage plans that provide more health care services than traditional Medicare and pass savings onto beneficiaries were paid at the same rate as the traditional fee-for-service program. He also testified that the 10-year cost of Medicare drug benefit is 37% lower than originally projected in 2003, and 17% percent lower than last year’s projections.[53] The New York Times wrote in January 2009 that Social Security and Medicare “have proved almost sacrosanct in political terms, even as they threaten to grow so large as to be unsustainable in the long run.”[54]
Spending on Medicare and Medicaid is projected to grow dramatically in coming decades. While the same demographic trends that affect Social Security also affect Medicare, rapidly rising medical prices appear a more important cause of projected spending increases. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has indicated that: “Future growth in spending per beneficiary for Medicare and Medicaid—the federal government’s major health care programs—will be the most important determinant of long-term trends in federal spending. Changing those programs in ways that reduce the growth of costs—which will be difficult, in part because of the complexity of health policy choices—is ultimately the nation’s central long-term challenge in setting federal fiscal policy.” Further, the CBO also projects that “total federal Medicare and Medicaid outlays will rise from 4 percent of GDP in 2007 to 12 percent in 2050 and 19 percent in 2082—which, as a share of the economy, is roughly equivalent to the total amount that the federal government spends today. The bulk of that projected increase in health care spending reflects higher costs per beneficiary rather than an increase in the number of beneficiaries associated with an aging population.”[55]
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicare_(United_States)
The Conscience of a Conservative
“…The Conscience of a Conservative is a book published under the name of Arizona Senator and 1964 Republican presidential candidate Barry Goldwater in 1960. The book reignited the American conservative movement and made Barry Goldwater a political star. The book has influenced countless conservatives in the United States, helping to lay the foundation for the Reagan Revolution in 1980.[1]
The book was ghostwritten by L. Brent Bozell Jr., brother-in-law of William F. Buckley.[1] Bozell and Buckley had been members of Yale’s debate team. They had co-authored the controversial book, McCarthy and His Enemies, in 1955. Bozell had been Goldwater’s speechwriter in the 1950s, and was familiar with many of his ideals. The first edition, 1960, is 123 pages in length and was published in the United States. The book covers such topics as education, labor unions and policies, civil rights, agricultural policy and farm subsidies, social welfare programs, and income taxation. The book is considered to be a significant statement of politically and economically American conservative ideas which were to gain influence during the following decades.[1] …”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Conscience_of_a_Conservative
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