¡Necesitamos Luz Solar para Desinfectar el Proceso Legislativo! (We Need Sunlight to Disinfect the Legislative Process!) | Ron Paul en Español

¡Necesitamos Luz Solar para Desinfectar el Proceso Legislativo! (We Need Sunlight to Disinfect the Legislative Process!)

Informe Semanal 24/08/2009 – Por Ron Paul

Español: Durante el receso de agosto, muchos legisladores han escuchado una cantidad inesperada de descontento de sus electores acerca de lo que está sucediendo en el Capitolio, en particular en relación con la salud. Algunas personas están justificadamente aterrorizadas por lo que el gobierno podría hacer con la Asistencia de Salud, en caso de hundir sus garras aún más en ella. Otros reclaman una opción pública de seguros de salud e insisten en que la salud se trate como otro derecho absoluto. Una cosa en la que todos están de acuerdo es que el proyecto de ley final necesita ser leído y entendido por todos los legisladores antes de que se vote. Para cualquier estadounidense, esto es sentido común. En Washington, eso es poco probable que suceda.

Hay mucha confusión y debate sobre lo que está y no está en el plan de reforma se está considerando. ¿Existen o no existen los llamados jurados de la muerte? ¿Para qué son realmente las consultas de Fin-de-la-Vida? ¿Cómo se verán afectados los seguros privados? ¿Se puede uno quedar con su plan actual o eventualmente será forzado a un plan gubernamental? ¿Se pagarán los abortos voluntarios o no? ¿Cuáles son las implicancias para la privacidad médica? La verdad es que nadie sabe lo que habrá en el Proyecto de Ley final hasta que llegue al Congreso, podrían añadirse y quitarse disposiciones en las primeras horas de la mañana anterior.

En Febrero, el Congreso fue obligado a votar una ley de “estímulo” de más de 1.000 páginas que había sido publicada en internet recién pasada la medianoche en la mañana de la votación. Y fue aprobada. Luego en Junio, los líderes de la Casa de Representantes urgieron a que se votara la ley “Cap-and-Trade”, aún cuando una “enmienda gerencial” de más de 300 páginas, que modificaba sustancialmente la ley, fuera introducida poco después de las 3:00 a.m. de la misma mañana de la votación.

Washington prospera en la crisis. Si suficiente gente puede ser convencida de que estamos en una emergencia, será más probable que toleren este tipo de apresuramiento en la legislación. Los “cambios de último momento” podrán ser filtrados, beneficiando así a vaya a saber qué intereses especiales y a qué costo para el contribuyente. Pero el mantra se repite una y otra vez: “estamos en una crisis, debemos actuar inmediatamente”.
Debería ser inadmisible que los legisladores voten a favor de legislación que no hayan tenido la oportunidad de leer. Es por ello que he introducido la “Sunlight Rule” (Regla de la Luz Solar), H.Res. 216. La Sunlight Rule prohíbe que cualquier legislación sea tratada en la Casa de Representantes a menos que haya estado disponible para su lectura por al menos 10 días.

La Sunlight Rule permite a los ciudadanos reprobar a cualquier Miembro de la Casa que haya votado por un proyecto de ley en violación de esta regla. Como no se podría renunciar a la Sunlight Rule, cualquier Miembro podría plantear una cuestión de orden requiriendo que el proyecto de ley en violación sea sacado inmediatamente del calendario de la Casa hasta que pueda ser presentado de forma consistente con dicha regla. Esta regla no requiere que los Miembros lean la ley, simplemente garantiza el que tengan la oportunidad de hacerlo. Ya tiene 4 co-patrocinadores.

El Juez Louis Brandeis dijo la famosa frase: “La Luz Solar es el mejor desinfectante”. La Sunlight Rule haría mucho por impedir el ciclo de pseudo-crisis y por limpiar el proceso legislativo aquí en Washington. Sinceramente espero que este año el Congreso recuerde sus deberes de deliberación y la apruebe.

Rusia today dice que un operativo de Blackwater (la empresa de mercenarios) a sueldo del gobierno se infiltró en la seguridad de Ron Paul durante su campaña. A partir de 2:40.

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Ron Paul va camino de tener un "accidente"...

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La publicidad nos hace desear coches y ropas, tenemos empleos que odiamos para comprar mierda que no necesitamos. Somos los hijos malditos de la historia, desarraigados y sin objetivos. No hemos sufrido una gran guerra, ni una depresión ( aunque vamos camino de arreglarlo... ).

El DVD oficial del "Rally for the Republic" saldrá dentro de poco. Aquí el trailer:

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Campaign for Liberty Update

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Ron Paul at Loyola 09-02-2009

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Los republicanos de Florida purgan del partido a los "Ron Paul Republicans"

En un intento del "stablishment" por parar el ascenso y popularidad de los "Ron Paul republicans" (republicanos que comparten los valores de Ron Paul), el presidente ha decidido purgar al partido. Diferentes miembros que se habían mostrado críticos, no podrán presentarse a las elecciones del partido durante 2 a 4 años. No es la primera vez que sucede, y la lucha es en todo el país.

Republican Party of Florida Purges Outspoken Members | The Next Right

Republican Party of Florida Purges Outspoken Members
Submitted by Dave Nalle on Tue, 09/08/2009 - 054

This is an ongoing fight in many states. Republicans need to figure out how to work with libertarians, rather than treating them as unwelcome outsiders. You can't ask for libertarian votes and then tell them to shut up and go away. But on the other side of this, libertarians also need to realize that a winning coalition requires an accomodation of interests and the way to lead the coalition is by showing them how they can actually win. Revolution! may be a lot of fun, but revolutionaries tend to get their heads cut off. Libertarians need to play electoral democracy....and Republicans need to remember what Ronald Reagan said: "the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism". - Jon Henke

On Friday — timed just right to minimize news coverage — Republican Party of Florida Chairman Jim Greer and the state party Grievance Committee notified a number of party members, many of them holding elective office, that they were effectively purged from the party and had been removed from their offices and would be ineligible to hold any other party positions for periods ranging from two to four years.

The targets of this purge are mostly members of the Florida chapter of the Republican Liberty Caucus, a group which seeks to return the party to its core beliefs of individual liberty, limited government, and free markets. These particular individuals were targeted because they had expressed opinions critical of party policy, candidates, and office holders, on the basis of which the grievance committee decided that they had "engaged in disruptive conduct likely to interfere with the activities of the Republican Party." Acting on the committee's recommendation, Chairman Greer issued letters stripping them of their offices and rights as party members.

This is the culmination of an ongoing assault by a party establishment dominated by big-government Republican hacks seeking to silence grassroots activists who are trying to reform the party and bring it back to the values on which it was founded. Previous actions against the RLC include an attempt to prevent them from using the word “Republican” in their name, despite the fact that the group has used the title for almost 20 years and obtained permission in writing from the party for the use of the name under a prior administration.

The current actions may be at least partially driven by the success of the RLC in Florida, where it has grown to be one of the largest political groups in the state, and by the outspoken support of many members for Marco Rubio, who is challenging incumbent Governor Charlie Crist in the next senatorial election. Many RLC activists supported Ron Paul in the last presidential primary and were not enthusiastic about the McCain nomination, drawing criticism from the party establishment. Also at issue were demands for an audit of the state party and an investigation into financial improprieties by Orange County Chairman Lew Oliver.

The complaint against Florida RLC Chairman Will Pitts was typical of the type of issues raised against the targets of the purge. Pitts attended a Campaign for Liberty event, wore a Ron Paul button after the primary, went to an End the Fed rally and was critical of GOP leaders, including describing Chairman Greer and Governor Crist as "pathetic and embarrassing."

On the basis of actions like these, which amount to little more than having an opinion which is unpopular with the party leadership, Pitts was banned from serving in any official office in the RPOF for two years plus another two years of probation, during which expressing an unapproved opinion will presumably lead to further punishment. Other RLC members targeted include Nick Egoroff of Orlando who was expelled for four years, Northeast Florida RLC Chairman John Stevens who was removed from his office as a Precinct Committeeman and banned from office until 2013 which is after the next election cycle, and RLC board member Elizabeth Campbell who was stripped of her position as a Committeewoman in Excambria County. Others targeted in the purge include Brevard Republican Chairman Jason Steele, Orange County Precinct Committeeman Deon Long and anti-tax activist Doug Guetzloe of Orange County. Egoroff plans to file a lawsuit against Greer and the state party.

It is troubling to see these purges directed at loyal grassroots activists like Will Pitts and John Stevens who have been working hard for years to build up the Republican Party in Florida, bring in new blood and encourage reforms and a return to Republican ideals. It's outrageous that they have been punished by the Florida Party for little more than expressing personal opinions which were not popular with a leadership which has no tolerance for dissent or speech which doesn't match their version of political correctness. The GOP has always been a "Big Tent" with room for diversity of opinion and a respect for the right of free expression, but in Florida under Greer the rules are more like those of the Soviet Communists who believed that slavish subservience to the party was more important than individual rights.

Who can blame these activists for their honest disagreement with the policies which have taken the GOP away from its principles of limited government and individual liberty, sold its soul to special interests, and brought it to a reduced status as a minority party in both houses of Congress? The party needs them and their idealism far more than it needs leaders like Greer who defend the status quo with purges and suppression of dissent.

It's also disturbing that many of those purged held offices which they were voted into in a public election. It is fundamentally wrong that party officials should negate the vote of the people for such petty reasons. The will of the people is not lightly flaunted and there will be a price to be paid in the next election for riding roughshod over the voters and party rank and file who see the need for change which the leadership is blindly resisting.

Party leaders ought to be looking to the RLC for a new generation of leadership, not singling them out for punishment for stating truths which ought to be obvious. This purge is a direct attack on loyal Republicans who just want to see the Party live up to its avowed beliefs. Healthy debate makes the party stronger and enthusiastic grassroots activists like these should not be punished for commitment to principle or idealism, even when it leads them to openly criticize the leaders who have failed them and the party.

The national board of the Republican Liberty Caucus has issued a strongly worded press release in support of the Florida chapter urging their members nationwide to write letters to newspapers and national party officials protesting the purges.

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pues entre esto y que la eleccion de Barr en el Partido Libertariano casi le da la puntilla al partido

mejor seria la fundacion de un partido nuevo