My Mom's Country Pie

Dear Subscriber, When I was younger, my mom used to make an outstanding "country pie," which was one of my favorite dishes ever. And, amazingly, it achieved that status without me ever seeing a single commercial for it. There is a big difference between what someone decides on his own that he likes, and what someone has to be bludgeoned into "liking" by constant advertising. There's nothing inherently evil about advertising and trying to persuade someone, but obviously the people who do the selling have something to gain. Likewise, if a friend tells you that the joint down the street has the best burgers, you're far more likely to believe him than a commercial made by people who are PAID to say nice things about someone's food. And so it is with politicians, too. It's not often that people actually get excited about a candidate. Most people who want power have to spend MILLIONS of dollars trying to persuade people to like them.

Why? Because there's nothing genuine about them worth liking, so they have to perpetually advertise themselves. Do you think anyone who knows Hillary Clinton personally would ever say, "Gee, I want HER running my life!"? Not unless they DID inhale- - -a lot. How about Rudy Giulliani? Let's see what that supposedly great leader thinks, by considering his own words. "We look upon authority too often and focus over and over again, for 30 or 40 or 50 years, as if there is something wrong with authority. We see only the oppressive side of authority. Maybe it comes out of our history and our background. What we don't see is that freedom is not a concept in which people can do anything they want, be anything they can be.

Freedom is about authority. Freedom is about the willingness of every single human being to cede to lawful authority a great deal of discretion about what you do." (Rudy Giulliani) So who on earth would get excited about THAT fascist lunatic obtaining lots of power? Mitt Romney? John McCain? Any of the other stuffed suits? If you knew them in your daily lives, would you ever have said, "Gee, you should run for President!"? Pretty darn unlikely. (Maybe, "Gee, you should be a used car salesman.")

And then there is Ron Paul. Lots and lots of people WANT him to be President--I mean genuinely want it, not because commercials told them to, or because of slick propaganda and advertising, but because, on their own, they can see the value of what he advocates. They like what he says, and they want what he wants: freedom. And those are the people now driving his campaign.

Day in and day out, all the status quo puppets who pass themselves off as pundits tell you who you SHOULD support. And many of them don't even bother to hide their utter contempt for the people's choice: Ron Paul. It's obvious that they find it disgusting that someone they DIDN'T push on you is getting any attention at all. They are perpetual advertisers for the status quo, and to them, for the lowly peasantry to come up with our own suggestion, is a slap in their faces. Well, keep on slapping. My mom's country pie was better than anything I've ever seen advertised in a slick, expensive commercial.

And Ron Paul is better than anyone the establishment would ever try to pawn off on you. While the various would-be tyrants kiss up to their fellow rich, influential megalomaniacs, in order to get the money to try to convince YOU to elect them, Ron Paul is pushed by the "peasantry," while being resisted by the establishment. In short, all the candidates running for office say they care about you.

Only one of them means it. And that is why only one is being pushed by lots of regular Americans, instead of by establishment control-freaks.

Sincerely, Larken Rose

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