Changes in Liberty

This week the topics have centered around the Memorial Day holiday which we celebrated last Monday. Memorial Day honors all those who have served in the military and have paid with their very lives to preserve the freedom and liberties that our country was founded on.

Much of the week, I shared with you the transcript of a speech given by Dr. Ron Paul, the Republican Congressman from Texas, who is also a 2008 Presidential Candidate. Ron Paul, in his speech titled "What Patriotism Really Means", mentioned a lot of topics previously presented in this blog, from the War in Iraq and Afghanistan, the attacks of 9/11, our civil liberties being eroded in the name of protection, and other forms of governmental abuse.

However, this is not the usual political rhetoric that you would expect from a candidate running for office. Anyone listening or reading one of Ron Paul's speeches can easily tell that this is not the typical candidate. One can easily speak out against the war where thousands of sons, daughters, and fathers are dying, but what candidate speaks out for lesser government, abolishment of the Federal Reserve System, and a tax system that makes sense?

What candidate speaks out against the "Patriot Act" which is hardly patriotic? This act erodes our freedom to do business and other civil liberties in the name of protection from a faceless enemy. What candidate speaks out against the Military Commissions Act? This act is especially heinous and detrimental to our rights, not just the rights of suspected "terrorists". Terrorists at this time means anyone who speaks out or protests against the government. Think about that one for a minute. So much for the land of the free!

This act, to quote Ron Paul: "grants excessive authority to use secretive military commissions outside of places where active hostilities are going on. The Military Commissions Act permits torture, arbitrary detention of American citizens as unlawful enemy combatants at the full discretion of the President and without the right of habeas corpus, and warrantless searches by the NSA. It also gives to the President the power to imprison individuals based on secret testimony."

This is the best summarization I've seen concerning this detestable legislation. It seems as though it is something out of the SS manual used by the Nazis during World War II. All this in the name of protecting us. Right! Who believes this crap? The problem is most people are not aware of these rights and civil liberties being stripped from us. Wake up America!

Are you just a piece of livestock being herded down the pasture to the slaughtering house? Do we have individuals that are mortified by the acts of our government and are willing to speak out against these acts of tyranny. Who is the Bush Administration really serving with these unconstitutional Executive Orders? What do Congress get for voting for these heinous violations of our rights? If you are a regular reader of this blog, you know the answers to these questions.

What are you going to do - go along with the crowd (livestock)? What has all of those brave soldiers given their lives for - money? oil? power? What about our freedom? What about our rights? If you want to exercise your rights, vote for Ron Paul who really will change things not just issue bogus campaign promises that they never intend to keep.

As with all Saturdays, I will recap some key financial indicators that really provide some insight into what the markets are doing. The last several weeks, the spot price of precious metals have been rising with the US dollar index going down, depreciating an already weak dollar. This week these trends recovered slightly on slower activity because of the short trading week. The price of gold closed down from the week before closing on Friday at $886.90. Silver also fell to $16.89 per ounce. The price of oil also fell this last week closing at $127.68 per barrel. Because of these factors, the US dollar index rose and gained strength against the other major world currencies closing at 72.88. This week will likely be just a little dip before the trends continue.

So, what does liberty really mean to you? Reflect on that one for a while.

Among my people are wicked men
who lie in wait like men who snare birds
and like those who set traps to catch men.

Like cages full of birds,
their houses are full of deceit;
they have become rich and powerful

and have grown fat and sleek.
Their evil deeds have no limit;
they do not plead the case of the fatherless to win it,
they do not defend the rights of the poor.

Should I not punish them for this?"
declares the LORD.
"Should I not avenge myself
on such a nation as this? Jeremiah 5:26-29 (NIV)

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