Pretty Cool Song & Debate Tomorrow!

There have been a lot of pretty interesting songs come out about the Ron Paul/Liberty Movement. Such as this and this. But I found a new song today that I think is really genuinely good. Check it out.



Also, don't forget! The CNN Republican Presidential Debate is tomorrow (2/22) at the Mesa Arts Center! How cool is that!? I will be down there probably for a good majority of the day, but the debate starts at 6PM. Come down to the Arts Center to be in the action and watch on the big screen (tickets are $200 bucks a pop and probably sold out). I'm contemplating setting up a LDS for Ron Paul booth outside, but not for sure. You can be sure to be able to learn lots about Paul there; many of his supporters will be there with brochures, ready to answer any of your questions. To get involved, visit www.meetup.com/ronpaulphoenix. Exciting, huh!

Good Times

It's been a little while since I've posted, and that's because instead of sitting on my butt in my house writing about things I really believe in to an audience of maybe 2 or 3 people, I've decided to get out and do something about it. A while back I joined a Ron Paul Meetup Group so I could get walk the walk instead of just talk the talk but just haven't gone out for one reason or another. Well a couple weeks ago I went to my first Meetup - to voice my concerns about the NDAA 2012.

Last week I went to the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Performance at the US Airways Center to hand out brochures about Ron Paul in hopes that the attendees would learn a little bit about him (from something other than Fox News sound bites) before defaulting to Romney. I saw a few friends who I think were surprised to see me handing out the literature, but I think their eyes were opened. :) It was fun! I hope they went home and looked him up on youtube and fell in love with his message of freedom because it's what they have believed in all their lives but just never had a candidate that represented that viewpoint. Last night, a bunch of us went to the Mitt Romney rally at the Mesa Amphitheater to show our support for Ron Paul peacefully and positively. We got a lot of love from people driving by, and again I ran into a bunch of people I knew who hopefully say, "Woah wait, Savanna supports him enough to come and wave signs? She's not a pot-smoking, radical liberal! Maybe there is something that the media isn't telling us about him. I think I'll look him up at ronpaul2012.com or on youtube!" Maybe they would have seen that other Latter-day Saints, conservatives, and people that aren't just young, naive followers also support Ron Paul. Even if they didn't, we had a blast trying to convince them.

I don't really expect for Ron Paul to win the AZ Primary come February 28th. We didn't get the word out soon enough and wide enough. We're probably not ready for a Ron Paul, though it would do us some good. But please, look into his message. The more we strive for freedom, liberty, and respect, the better off we will be. If you like what you learn, please spread the message. Show your support by voting for him so other people will take notice and look him up. He's not the only candidate that talks about following the Constitution anymore, but he is the only candidate that really does and has a record to prove it. 

Did you Know?

Ron Paul is pro-life! In fact, he spent much of his life as an OB/GYN and delivered over 4,000 babies! When working with a pregnant woman, he realized he had two patients, and feels that we should fight to protect all human life! The following is a story from someone he helped as a doctor back in the 70s.

Last Day!

Don't forget - today is the last day to register to vote in order to be eligible to vote in the next election! Make sure you're registered Republican (see why here) and that if you moved, got married (changed your name), or had any other of those such changes, that you have updated your registration so that you can confirm your ID with your driver's license at your polling place when you go to vote on February 28th! You can make all of these changes at servicearizona.com. It is pretty easy. I like to sign up for the early ballot so I can have a couple weeks or so to peruse my choices - I usually just drop my early ballot off at a polling place anyway because it's more exciting that way and I get a "I Voted Today" sticker. :)

Don't forget! You have until midnight to make sure you're all squared away to vote for the best candidate we've had since like Thomas Jefferson!

Wow - Please Read!

Wow. People if you don't know this is going on, please wake up. The mainstream media is generally not talking about this, and I was so surprised to hear this question come up in the debate last night. I have not had a chance to watch the whole thing, but this part of it floored me.

I have been contemplating my choices here. Many Ron Paul supporters say they can't support anyone else in the general election and say they would write-in Paul's name if he isn't the nominee. I strongly believe that we shouldn't just settle for the lesser of two evils and that it's wrong to vote against your conscience; however, I have been trying to rationalize because yes, I would love to get Obama out of the White House. I figure if Ron Paul doesn't win, it's safe to say that Romney will be the nominee based on the polls. I am fighting 100% for Paul to win but also thinking ahead to the general elections and what I would do in case he doesn't. I was starting to possibly consider voting for Romney because, well maybe he isn't that bad. Last night's debate just made this really hard for me.

So, what happened exactly?

Ok, for those of you that don't know, the NDAA is a bill that allows the military, under direction from the President, to detain American citizens indefinitely without a trial on suspicion of terrorism. The 4th Amendment has been effectively destroyed through the Patriot Act, and now the 5th Amendment has effectively been destroyed through the NDAA which was passed from Obama's Hawaiian getaway on New Year's Eve. The media is bashing him for the recess appointments he made (also unconstitutional) but not saying hardly anything about this Constitution-destroying piece of legislation. Jon Stewart is one of the only ones in the mainstream who has made a big deal about this as far as I can tell. 

Point of the story - Mitt Romney would be just like Obama. We can't keep letting them use the war on terror as an excuse to take all of our freedoms away! They are destroying America from the inside, and because of that, the terrorists are winning! I can't word it better than Jon Stewart does in the above link, it just kinda makes me sick that he's joking about it, but at least he's getting it out there. Romney justifies his support in a couple ways. One, that it's treason to join al Qaeda - that's arguably true, but even treason is a crime people should all have the right to be tried and hung for, especially American citizens on US soil! We tried and hung Saddam Hussein - what's so hard about capturing criminals and giving them the right (or writ) of habeus corpus (established in 1215 by the Magna Carta I believe - pre-American, pre-Constitution even!) and trying them and then sentencing them instead of assasinating or locking them up forever without any charges or trial?? People, this could be you!  This flier was produced by the FBI and Bureau of Justice Assistance to notify members of the community who could possibly be considered a terrorist. Of course as a disclaimer on the flier, it says, "some of the activities, taken individually, could be innocent and must be examined by law enforcement professionals in a larger context to determine whether there is a basis to investigate." Too bad this new law takes away your right to a trial so you're at the mercy of the law enforcement, unprotected by a jury trial of your peers. My writing of this blog (which really is my first amendment right and motivated by a love for my country), combined with purchasing a year-supply (more than seven days to be exact) of food (Mitt just sold out his fellow Mormons!), paying with cash (we try to avoid debt that may come with a credit card), and my husband shaving his beard for a wedding this weekend could lead to him being locked up as a terrorist without trial, for however long the military feels he is a threat!

Another thing Romney says to justify his support is that the people should elect a President they feel is moral enough to not abuse the power this law gives them. These days, I wouldn't trust anybody with that kind of power, let alone the people to be aware enough to elect a person that strong. No offense, Newt, but you aren't exactly the most moral person and you still garner a lot of support from Americans. And I guess Mitt trusts Obama with that power. "In questions of power...let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution." --Thomas Jefferson: Kentucky Resolutions, 1798. The founders went through all this tyranny that we're seeing and constructed a government to protect their posterity from having to be subject to it. They did the work for us, we just have to be diligent in standing for it! Why are people applauding Mitt's answer? Do they not know that he just said, in effect, "Yes, I would like to help destroy the Constitution just as Obama and many people in power before him did." Where do we draw the line?

Important Reminder!

Don't forget - the last day to register to vote is January 30th. This includes changing your address if you've moved (makes sure it matches the address on your driver's license so you can confirm your ID at the polls), changing your political affiliation (I highly recommend registering Republican and explain why here. Register to vote online at servicearizona.com. (Also a great resource to renew car registration and other stuff so you don't have to spend a whole day at the MVD!)

Great Video

Great depiction of the case of Iraq a few years ago and today Iran. Also, if you check out the debates from 2008, they are saying the same things about Iran as they are today with just about the same urgency (Ron Paul disagreed back then, but didn't have as much support as this time around, so they didn't really debate it because the people they gave time to in the debates all agreed).