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CounterPunch
by Charles Davis
04/28/11

Ron Paul is far from perfect, but I'll say this much for the Texas congressman: He has never authorized a drone strike in Pakistan. He has never authorized the killing of dozens of women and children in Yemen. He hasn't protected torturers from prosecution and he hasn't overseen the torturous treatment of a 23-year-old young man for the 'crime' of revealing the government's criminal behavior. Can the same be said for Barack Obama?

http://counterpunch.org/davis04282011.html



Who does Obama want to be when he grows up?

The American Prospect
by Jamelle Bouie

04/28/11

Obama clearly envisions himself as a two-term president in Reagan s mold, and wants his tenure to be as central to liberals as Reagan s was to conservatives. But, as much as the president might like to compare himself to Reagan, he should be mindful of a slightly more recent Republican president: George H.W. Bush...

http://tinyurl.com/3r696h6



The Ron Paul Revolution continues

by Seth King

04/27/11

Ron Paul s success will not come in the form of winning an election. His message has been, and always will be, directed towards the remnant. And the truth is that we are the remnant. We are the ones who are going to have to pick up the pieces after society self-destructs. And if you have made it this far you know that the next system we build will not be predicated on coercion. It will be built on voluntarism...

http://tinyurl.com/4yw98yj


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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