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Mises Circle Houston Recap

Norman — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 01:49:21 +0000

I’ve been reticent to post a recap of Mises Circle Houston because I didn’t have any photos of the event until yesterday. But now, everything is here and I’m happy to tell you a little about it… First off, I need to send a great big THANK YOU to Jeffrey Davis, the conference sponsor, and the entire staff of the Mises Institute for their amazing service – Kristy, Norma, Pat, Chad, and Willard. We love you guys!!!

Our group from the Libertarian Longhorns (and Robert Butler, executive director of LP-Texas) left Austin around 6am on Saturday, January 23, to make sure we arrived in time to get a decent seat. Robert volunteered his vehicle, and so I didn’t have to drive. We talked up the LP’s plans and upcoming events on the drive to Houston and back.

Upon arrival, we had the privilege to meet some really neat people. I happened to run across a few LCC readers as well, like Yvonne Kelly (on the far left of the group picture). Tom Woods said hello as he walked in, and I briefly spoke with Lew Rockwell as well while drinking some coffee.

The theme of the day was "the failure of Keynesianism" — appropriate considering our current political situation, wouldn’t you say? Doug French was the first speaker. For some reason I have lost my notes, but his topic was "Bank Failures in a Keynesian World." What was most interesting to me about his talk was the striking parallels of the circumstances preceding "the lost decade" and the circumstances we are now experiencing in the United States. One can only hope that failed policies would be remembered, but alas and alack it’s politics not wisdom that we deal with.

Tom Woods spoke about "Keynesian Predictions vs. American History." Did you know that as World War 2 was coming to a close, policy makers were concerned that the soldiers coming home would overwhelm the economy and that a new depression would ensue. How wrong they were: 1946 was the single greatest year for the American economy ever. I also enjoyed his ransacking of Paul Samuelson and Paul Krugman.

Before lunch we enjoyed hearing the beloved Congressman Ron Paul. His principal point was simply that a true revolution is philosophic in nature. This is most certainly true, and the Austrian School of Economics is at the forefront of this change. Dr. Paul touched on many topics, but as he likes to do he focused on monetary policy and foreign policy. He made specific mention of the importance of auditing the Federal Reserve. He said that once audited, two well-kept secrets will be brought into the open once again: (1) that the Fed frequently bails out friends via the discount window (Fed short term loans), and (2) that the Fed has many international activities unaccounted for. Thus, we find monetary policy is also connected to foreign policy as well. Call me conspiratorial if you must, but the CIA’s funding goes beyond Congress – it’s tied to the Fed as well. Best quote from Ron: "Quite frankly, in a Constitutional Republic, you would not have a CIA."

Lew Rockwell was our final speaker for the day on "Economics and Moral Courage." He noted that although in many ways we are quite free (such as the freedom of the internet), we are also having much freedom taken away from us little by little. Moreover, as more freedom is stolen from us, people are more frequently not able to envision how freedom actually works. They simply do not have experience in understanding cause and effect. In truth, this is due to the "banality of evil," something small that ekes its way into public life. For example, the acceptance of a wrong premise about the role of government in life can be a first step toward more and more government control, leading finally to totalitarianism. What begins with banality, ends in bloodshed.

Overall, I’d say it was a great day…

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Ron Paul: Get out of Afghanistan NOW!

Norman — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:30:37 +0000

Some reminders from the honorable Ron Paul that we should not even be in Afghanistan. End the wars NOW!

Here’s clip #1:

Here’s clip #2:

The book Dr. Paul cites sounds really interesting, check out Barbara Tuchman’s The March of Folly at Amazon.

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Ron Paul’s "End the Fed" Now Available!

Norman — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 05:01:42 +0000

I have ordered my copy and now await the arrival of End the Fed by Ron Paul, his exposition on why the Federal Reserve bank needs to be flat-out abolished. I’m pretty excited about it and I hope you’ll get a copy as well. The Audit the Fed campaign is picking up steam and could very potentially pass in Congress. This would be a monumental achievement in a time when bailouts and welfare-ism are so prevalent.

Check out the description on Amazon.com:

In the post-meltdown world, it is irresponsible, ineffective, and ultimately useless to have a serious economic debate without considering and challenging the role of the Federal Reserve.
Most people think of the Fed as an indispensable institution without which the country’s economy could not properly function. But in END THE FED, Ron Paul draws on American history, economics, and fascinating stories from his own long political life to argue that the Fed is both corrupt and unconstitutional. It is inflating currency today at nearly a Weimar or Zimbabwe level, a practice that threatens to put us into an inflationary depression where $100 bills are worthless. What most people don’t realize is that the Fed — created by the Morgans and Rockefellers at a private club off the coast of Georgia — is actually working against their own personal interests. Congressman Paul’s urgent appeal to all citizens and officials tells us where we went wrong and what we need to do fix America’s economic policy for future generations.

We live in troubling, yet exciting times, folks. Enjoy reading the book! I’ll be posting a review as soon as possible…

Get your own copy of End the Fed from Amazon.com.

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Young Americans for Liberty launch new version of YALiberty.org

Norman — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:48:59 +0000

Young Americans for Liberty, the continuation of Students for Ron Paul, launched a new version of their flagship website www.yaliberty.org yesterday morning. It looks very sleek, even better than the original! There are also a number of new links for social networking and students.

Take a look at the new website and their excellent blog.

(Hat tip to Bonnie Kristian for this comic.)

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Ron Paul on the Morning Joe

Norman — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 20:46:05 +0000

Ron Paul was on MSNBC’s Morning Joe this morning, and he fielded questions about the state of the economy from about five different people at once. It is incredible to me how they fail to comprehend some of the most basic concepts of economics.

They tacitly assume that the solution to the financial crisis must involve greater government intervention than before! And furthermore, they take on faith that more government intervention will stop unemployment! This is unfathomably stupid, and if they would have listened to Paul in the first minute they could figure out how to answer their own question:

Government cannot do anything at all – it cannot build a road, arm a military, or start a post office – without taking money out of productive hands first. Thus, any unemployment they “solve” can only be accomplished by reducing employment in another sector – because capital has been swindled in the process. Moreover, productivity is further lost because the government will consume part of that which it takes in the process of redistribution. The government is like a vampire, it never can create wealth – it only consumes.

Ron Paul has been likened in recent days to the financial version of an Old Testament prophet. Seriously, what has he predicted at this point that hasn’t occurred? Like Peter Schiff, he has been consistently vindicated as events play themselves out. Take heed, America, take heed.

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Real Change Requires R[3VOL]ution

Norman — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 22:09:47 +0000

On inauguration day of the new emperor (last Tuesday), the Young Americans for Liberty sponsored a nation-wide campus demonstration against the policies of Barack Obama. A number of students (including myself) participated in the event and had a great time. I reported to YAL National:

“At UT-Austin, we had a lot of success handing out our materials when we combined them with free pocket-Constitutions. That worked REALLY well. We gave away ALL that we had and many more that [belonged to] the Libertarian Longhorns group. About 1/4 of the giveaways resulted in new emails, but everyone who got one received a YAL flyer plus a homemade insert about our Facebook groups and next meeting.

We didn’t receive any harassment but also didn’t get any significant media attention. However, ABCNewsOnCampus came out to talk to us about Students for Concealed Carry on Campus. We had a nice interview with them. The Daily Texan (student newspaper) came out and took some pictures as well. We will have videos for you forthcoming.”

And now, the video is finally available (and has been featured on the YAL blog). Here it is care of Jeremy Hodes. You’ll see me a number of times hawking pocket-Constitutions in my Rothbard “Enemy of the State” shirt. Heheh.

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