Not linked on Ron Paul’s Congressional Website.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a
previous order of the House, the gentleman
from Texas (Mr. PAUL) is recognized
for 5 minutes.
2009 Ron Paul 56:1
Mr. PAUL. Could it all be a bad
dream, or a nightmare? Is it my imagination,
or have we lost our minds? It’s
surreal; it’s just not believable. A
grand absurdity; a great deception, a
delusion of momentous proportions;
based on preposterous notions; and on
ideas whose time should never have
come; simplicity grossly distorted and
complicated; insanity passed off as
logic; grandiose schemes built on falsehoods
with the morality of Ponzi and
Madoff; evil described as virtue; ignorance
pawned off as wisdom; destruction
and impoverishment in the name
of humanitarianism; violence, the tool
of change; preventive wars used as the
road to peace; tolerance delivered by
government guns; reactionary views in
the guise of progress; an empire replacing
the Republic; slavery sold as liberty;
excellence and virtue traded for
mediocracy; socialism to save capitalism;
a government out of control,
unrestrained by the Constitution, the
rule of law, or morality; bickering over
petty politics as we collapse into
chaos; the philosophy that destroys us
is not even defined.
2009 Ron Paul 56:2
We have broken from reality – a psychotic
Nation. Ignorance with a pretense
of knowledge replacing wisdom.
Money does not grow on trees, nor does
prosperity come from a government
printing press or escalating deficits.
2009 Ron Paul 56:3
We’re now in the midst of unlimited
spending of the people’s money, exorbitant
taxation, deficits of trillions of
dollars – spent on a failed welfare/warfare
state; an epidemic of cronyism;
unlimited supplies of paper money
equated with wealth.
2009 Ron Paul 56:4
A central bank that deliberately destroys
the value of the currency in secrecy,
without restraint, without nary
a whimper. Yet, cheered on by the
pseudo-capitalists of Wall Street, the
military industrial complex, and Detroit.
2009 Ron Paul 56:5
We police our world empire with
troops on 700 bases and in 130 countries
around the world. A dangerous war now
spreads throughout the Middle East
and Central Asia. Thousands of innocent
people being killed, as we become
known as the torturers of the 21st century.
2009 Ron Paul 56:6
We assume that by keeping the already-
known torture pictures from the
public’s eye, we will be remembered
only as a generous and good people. If
our enemies want to attack us only because
we are free and rich, proof of torture
would be irrelevant.
2009 Ron Paul 56:7
The sad part of all this is that we
have forgotten what made America
great, good, and prosperous. We need to
quickly refresh our memories and once
again reinvigorate our love, understanding,
and confidence in liberty.
The status quo cannot be maintained,
considering the current conditions. Violence
and lost liberty will result without
some revolutionary thinking.
2009 Ron Paul 56:8
We must escape from the madness of
crowds now gathering. The good news
is the reversal is achievable through
peaceful and intellectual means and,
fortunately, the number of those who
care are growing exponentially.
2009 Ron Paul 56:9
Of course, it could all be a bad dream,
a nightmare, and that I’m seriously
mistaken, overreacting, and that my
worries are unfounded. I hope so. But
just in case, we ought to prepare ourselves
for revolutionary changes in the
not-too-distant future.
