Thoughtful. Constitutional. Pro-America.

Well said.

If only a few more Congressman besides this boy, Cruz and Rubio would stand up and say this. I used to call the Congress the "535 Criminals". Now I have to say the "532 Criminals."

Congress is totally disconnected from reality. They have now made themselves into a ruling class statists if you will, who believe that they can run our lives better than we can based on ideology.

The problem for the Republican Establishment is that Google exists and anyone with access to a computer can see for themselves that they have been gaming their constituents for many a year now.

There is a reason why they keep losing the war on government growth and spending. They are as addicted to it as the democrat party and thus they do not want to win it.

The Republican Establishment generals will continue to purposely leak their own battle plans, sabotage equipment, give the position of their hidden forces, even frag their own soldiers in effort to make sure the war is never won, at least, by them.

The only threat to them is actual victory.

Got Tea?

All we need to know about DC is to look at the reaction of Congress as Obama walked into the building last night. Politicians falling all over themselves to shake this man`s hand, greeting him like a pack of 13 year old school girls fawning over their latest pop star hero, pen in hand anxiously pining for an autograph.

The display was sickening to the core. Rome has burned. All that is left is the direction the wind will blow the ashes.

Thank you, Dr. Paul. There is yet one in DC who gets it.

I don´t understand why the newsmedia and the American people are not in a screaming panic.
Here´s the math.

We have a deficit of 1.5 trillion. That means we are spending that much more every year than we take in. We can´t keep doing that indefinitely. At some point the lenders are going to stop lending. Right now if the lenders were to stop lending - the country ends.(The states secede and form new countries among themselves.)

Math shows we only get 0.4 trillion from the rich but they will just move their money to avoid paying and anyway that´s not nearly enough. The Democrats like to talk about taxing the rich but there aren´t enough rich and they aren´t rich enough to solve this problem.

The only place to get more money is from the typical wage earner. 50k$ to 150k$ per year per family. Assume 50 million families. 1.5 Trillion / 50 million = 30k$ per year in additional taxes.(NOT 30k$ one time BUT 30k$ every year!) Assuming a progressive form of taxation on this group - because the 50k earner can´t possibly pay 30k - means the 100k earner pays 60 to 70k. Most people will be left will 10k to 20k per year to live on. That means pay mortgage, utilities, food, healthcare. Obamacare alone is projected to cost 20k per year.

Conclusion, in order to balance the budget by taxation, the majority of people would not have enough money for food. The budget cannot be balanced by taxes. It must be cut in half.

It will be like the housing meltdown. Hardly anyone will be concerned until the roof falls in. Then it will be too late.

I like Rand Paul--so far, at least.

Last night, Marco Rubio spoke to the heart while Rand Paul spoke to the head. (NerØbama spoke to another part of the anatomy.)

While both Rubio and Paul gave excellent responses, the difference in approach highlights the need for a new conservative party that does not try to be Democrat Lite. When in trouble like our Republic is, it is necessary to set aside emotion and objectively and methodically address the situation at hand. We must get down to brass tacks with clear eyes and determination. That´s how survivors - survive.

A couple of years back Rand did a program by program review of the US budget (back in the days when the President and Senate felt required by law to prepare one) to evaluate the spending based on twin principles: was the spending effective AND did the spending fall within the Constitutional Authority of the federal government. As I recall, he found 600 billion dollars a year that the GAO had declared to be ineffective spending AND were for things outside the authority of the government. This will need to be the approach to reducing spending. We can reduce spending by a penny of each dollar, but we need end the really bad programs right away.

I really like Paul, but he cannot seem to understand that open borders are a material threat to liberty. He would do well to freshen up on the Rise and Fall of Rome. Otherwise, he´s great -- like his Pop it´s clear he cares more about the cause of liberty than being famous.