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Saturday, August 16, 2008

Swiss Newspaper covers Anti-RFID Campaign and mentions Ron Pauls CFL

Some of you may know the tireless work of Roger aka swisstiger, the guy from Switzerland running the bilingual german/english site Ron Paul Europe Network - www.ronpauleurope.net/ind... . He had recently to reduce his commitment for this online project due to a new threat to liberty in his country: the introduction of a new passport with RFID - chip and biometric fingerprint by the Swiss federal government.

A bill introduced by the governing coalition parties to comply with the Schengen Agreement to remove all frontier controls and permit free movement of persons between the European Community and non EU-Member Switzerland got a majority in both chambers of Swiss parliament.

This bill exceeds by far the requirements of the Schengen Agreement and implicates the strictest law worldwide by forcing the whole Swiss population to deliver their biometric data (fingerprints and biometric foto) to their government. Yet the Swiss constitution provides for a unique instrument for the people to block and bypass unpopular legislation: a referendum by the people.

With other freedom-loving Swiss Roger started the Freiheitskampagne www.freiheitskampagne.ch to popularize the idea of a referendum to overrule parliaments decision. Freiheitskampagne, which means Freedom Campaign, found instant support among a wide range of the political spectrum. Starting from right wing patriots to conservative groups, politicians from left and right wing parties to the national Green party, socialist and even communist groups, but also Human rights groups. Currently their work is in full progress to get the quorum of 50.000 signatures necessary to file for a referendum and, after the first month, they are on a good way to reach this goal.

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

NY Times on Ron Paul: Its Not a Campaign, Its a Mission

By ALEX WILLIAMS | Published: May 25, 2008

A YEAR ago, Leon Lim, a 35-year-old doctoral student in Sanskrit from Dayton, Ohio, decided with his wife, Ranjani Powers, a yoga instructor, to head off to Bali, or India, or anywhere, really, just somewhere very far away from the Iraq war, the Patriot Act and the tanking dollar, Mr. Lim said.

We were just so disillusioned with the way everything was going, explained the shaven-headed Mr. Lim, who wore a gold hoop earring in each ear. The couple had supported Ralph Nader in 2000, Ms. Powers said, but had since given up on America.

But they found an unlikely reason to stay: Ron Paul, the libertarian Republican congressman from Texas who continues to run for president, even months after Senator John McCain has essentially sewn up the nomination.

Continue at the NY Times

Importance of Washington State

Romney has suspended his campaign. Some have suggested that he is bowing out simply for financial reasons, but I don't buy it. I believe he is taking a hit for the team to avoid a brokered convention, which is Ron Paul's only hope to win. Look at the timing - McCain needs to win in virtually all of the remaining states to achieve a majority of delegates, something he could not do with Romney in the race. (I haven't done the math and possibly McCain can't get his 51% even with all of the remaining races, but I'll bet it's close - and I'm sure complicated.)