Guest Post by Ron Paul
When future historians go searching for the final nail in the US coffin, they may well settle on the date April 20, 2024.
On that day Congress passed legislation to fund two and a half wars, hand what’s left of our privacy over to the CIA and NSA, and give the US president the power to shut down whatever part of the Internet he disagrees with.
The nearly $100 billion grossly misnamed “National Security Supplemental” guarantees that Ukrainians will continue to die in that country’s unwinnable war with Russia, that Palestinian civilians will continue to be slaughtered in Gaza with US weapons, and that the neocons will continue to push us toward a war with China.
It was a total victory for the war party.
The huge spending bill is all about politics for Biden, yet so many Republicans simply went along with it. The last thing the people running Biden’s White House want to see as a close election approaches are ads blaming Biden for “losing Ukraine.”
The US and its allies have already sent over $300 billion to Ukraine and the country is still losing its war with Russia. Nobody believes another $60 billion will pull a victory from the jaws of defeat. But this additional money is meant to keep up appearances until November at the expense of Americans who are forced to pay for it and Ukrainians who are forced to die for it.
Speaker Johnson could not have passed these monstrosities without the full support of House Democrats, as the majority of Republicans voted against more money for Ukraine. So in the worst example of “bipartisanship,” Johnson reached across the aisle, stiffed the Republican majority that elected him Speaker, and pushed through a massive gift to the warfare/(corporate) welfare state.
After the House voted to send another $60 billion to notoriously corrupt Ukraine, Members waved Ukrainian flags on the House Floor and chanted “Ukraine, Ukraine.” While I find it distasteful and disgusting, in some way it seemed fitting. After all, they may as well chant the name of a foreign country because they certainly don’t care about this country!
Along with sending $100 billion that we don’t have to fund more overseas war, Speaker Johnson threw in another version of the Tik Tok ban, which gives Joe Biden and future presidents the power to shut down websites at will by simply declaring them to be “foreign adversary controlled.”
Not to be outdone, the US Senate on that same day passed the extension of Section 702 of the FISA Act, which not only allowed the government to continue spying on us without a warrant, but also contained new language massively expanding how they can spy on us.
Many conservative voters are asking what the point of Republican control of the House is if the agenda is determined by Democrats. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is even reported to have bragged to his colleagues about how easily Speaker Johnson gave Democrats everything they wanted and asked for nothing in return.
What is the silver lining in all this bad news? Most Republicans in the House voted against continuing the Ukraine war. That’s a good start. Our ideas are growing, not only across the country but even in the DC swamp. Take courage and don’t give up! Work for peace!
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” We are not going to achieve a New World Order without paying for it in blood as well as in words and money .”
Arthur Schlesinger Jr. – CFR magazine Foreign Affairs ,August 1975
Eric does a pretty good job explaining the new world order in this video. Your posted quote is in the video
Arty Schleshebe, the bill for your “New World Order” hasn’t come due just yet.
But your errand boys coming to collect it won’t be delivering any bill from me back to your flunkies….
You smug NWO boys will be paying for it personally. In blood almost assuredly.
I don’t intent to acquiesce to a single thing you evil shits have in mind for me and mine. Molon Labe.
Our politcians are so corrupt they don’t even hide it anymore, everyone waving a flag knows they got a nice kickback coming .”We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office” Aesop
May have as well been waving swastika flags. The fascist dictatorship is here.
They don’t hide it because the People are also corrupt.
Bless Ron Paul. He’s the last voice of sanity in this insane world.
Yes he is !
History will look upon him as a great American.
Many years ago, when i voted for him and Pat Buchannan in GPO primaries, I knew we were fucked because they lost YUUUGELY. And they were the real
DC outsiders.
Unloading a nation into the fiery lake of Hell required crossing many Rubicons.
spenders anonymous – wait.. you mean we know their names?
http://www.spenders.org/
Weed, Hitler and our ass sucking dogs.
The government is borrowing money to pay the INTEREST on the national debt. There is no way to sustain this, and no intention of drastically reducing spending. It is going to crash, hard, and those responsible intend on surviving at everyone else’s expense.
Yes, it is unsustainable. The most amazing thing is that it has continued this long. I don’t understand how. How much longer will it continue? It’s anyone guess. I don’t think anyone knows.
As cancer cannot and should not be reformed, but excised, so with government.
Wonderful Rogan interview w/ Tucker. 3 hours – absolutely worth it:
My Dear Ron Paul your continuous stand for the Republic and the Constitution is not falling on deaf ears across this once great nation !
Unfortunately flooding with millions of illegals and a tyrannical socialist government now like a myriad of malignant cancerous growing rapidly the true battle will no longer have a chance in hell to be won in the ballot box or the jury box ! The cartridge box is probably our only hope of restoring what was our Republic!
The Democrats and RINOS are nothing more than a NEW NAZI PARTY willing to use any means necessary to crush opposition !
Sadly as with the NAZIS of the past there are numerous badge Wearing minions armed and prepared to use the excuse JUST DOING MY JOB , I MUST FOLLOW ORDERS !
Hope to see the next NUREMBERG STYLE TRIBUNAL for all the treasonous parasites masquerading as representatives in Washington DC