Here is what I wrote to Anderson Cooper after watching the so-called debate tonight:

Anderson,

You are a thug, not a moderator. You let McCain and Romney ramble for most of the debate, you don't let Ron Paul answer a question about conservatism after you promise him you would, and you cut him off at one sentence. This is sickening.

You are a credit to the Fatherland, Herr Goebels.

This is a good one:

http://www.electoralcompass.com/

http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/196/4897/

As the power of the executive branch of government increases with undeclared wars and foreign intervention at a scale making the Roman Empire look like a village, the violation of civil liberties is increasing as well with the Patriot Act, domestic spying, and other acts that would remind you of Orwell's 1984.

In addition, the government continues its paternalistic attitude toward people fostering a culture of dependency and keeping them in poverty. Our currency is being devalued creating an inflation tax which disproportionately affects the middle class and poor. Our tax system robs everyone of their money and puts it into the bureaucratic meat grinder of unprincipled power corrupting absolutely.

We are reverting back to tyranny and the revolutionary experiment of liberty may end up being a failure.

Tomorrow is "Boston Tea Party '07" day (http://www.teaparty07.com/), which will coincide with the 234th anniversary of the famous Boston Tea Party of 1773 which is widely recognized as helping to spark the American Revolution.

If you want to take back your government while we still can, please check out http://www.ronpaul2008.com/ for yourself. You don't have to agree with everything he says to see that he is the only candidate who will not keep the "status quo." He is the only candidate who doesn't pander to special interests and who has the voting record to prove it. It doesn't matter whether you are a Democrat or Republican, our lives and the survival of our republic are at stake. Take this very seriously. The quality of life of our generation and future generations depend on your full engagement.

"The rest of Paul’s platform is based on the same idea, that government has no place in our lives. This may appear to be a typical conservative stance, but he takes it much, much farther. In a time when our children are facing competition with children all over the world, Paul wants to eliminate the Department of Education."   The man even opposes the UN, the one body that we can use to achieve global cooperation. In effect, Paul wants to dismantle every government institution that does some good for people. It’s ridiculous! "

Eliminating the department of Education would be the best action that we can take to improve the education of our children.  I don't see our PUBLIC schools as being the model of the world.  Our private schools are much better and if we would let the market handle this, we would get well educated children. So if you want better education, we need to eliminate a department that has shown itself to be inept in what it was designed to do.  If you want to know about public education and its history, take a look  here.

"With global warming becoming a pressing world issue, he wants to eliminate the Environmental Protection Agency. "

He wants to move many issues to the states. When he eliminates a federal department, people think that there will be nothing to replace it. There would either be a state agency or private agencies to deal with this issue.  

"He expects all Americans to be self-reliant, and opposes Social Security and Medicare so we don’t have a choice."

We currently don't have a choice because our money is stolen by the government and redistributed in the manner that politicians see best.  He wants to return OUR money back to us so we do have a choice.  He also made it plainly clear that he would not throw existing people off of Social Security or Medicare.  He wants to eliminate the mindset of dependence on the government over time.

The author also writes:

"Supporters call his campaign, “The Ron Paul Revolution”, and they insist that their candidate will provide us with much-needed change. Well, here’s a quote from Paul that seems to illustrate his idea of “change” rather well:

“Why do we need the federal government? There’s no Cold War and no Communist threat. Many other nations are breaking into smaller and smaller pieces. The centralization of power in Washington occurred in a different time. Why not think about getting rid of the federal government, returning to the system of our Founders, and breaking up the United States into smaller government units?” (Austin Chronicle, 1996)

"I’m not afraid of our government, and I would very much like to keep my government intact. What I am afraid of is Ron Paul. As primary season approaches, I can only hope that voters think long and hard before casting their ballots for a radical that we do not need. 

This is an opinion with no factual backup.  The author likes the government and many of us do not.  We don't want power to be centralized in one place because the addage that "Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely" is true. 

As for calling him a radical, that is a compliment as he joining the ranks of : Thomas Jefferson, Mohandas K. Gandhi, Martin Luther King and other great men.