Paul Campaign Calls Etch a Sketch Game

     The Ron Paul campaign released a new advertisement that scolds the media and other Republican candidates for talking so much about the Etch a Sketch comment when there are serious issues to discuss.  Eric Fehrnstrom, a Romney aide, used the example of an Etch a Sketch toy when referring to the difference between a primary election campaign and a general election campaign.  The press and Romney opponents jumped on the statement, trying to make it a campaign issue.  Ron Paul's  new advertisement asks if people are "tired of the games."

  

  The Paul advertisement talks about a "$15 Trillion Debt," "12 Million Americans Unemployed," and "A Country At War," as the issues candidates should be addressing.  As you can read in an earlier post, I see the Etch a Sketch issue as a Dog and Pony Show that has come to the forefront because the press and the candidates are afraid to discuss the real issues.  Ron Paul calls for discussion of "A Serious Plan To Restore America Now."  As a Conscious Conservative, I couldn't agree with him more.

EU Will Penalize Germany for Protecting Civil Rights

   The European Union has given Germany an ultimatum that it must enact a law to comply with the Data Retention Directive.  The Directive says that all E.U. countries must store telecommunications data about phone calls, e-mails, text messages and other electronic transmissions and allow law enforcement agencies to access that data.  The German Constitutional Court has ruled that such a law is unconstitutional and an invasion of privacy.  Courts in Romania and the Czech Republic have also ruled the law violates their constitutions.  The E.U. has given Germany one month to enact the law or face legal and financial consequences.
     As a Conscious Conservative, I see this series of events as a shocking reminder as to why the United States cannot afford to get involved with a North American Union or a organization like it.  Imagine having your internet search history turned over to Mexican or Canadian authorities for some reason known only to them.  The citizens in Germany now have a tough decision to make.  Do they give up their privacy to multi-national will or do they pay a protection fee to keep their privacy intact.    

Another Conservative View of TSA Nude Body Scanners

This video shows another government program that doesn't meet it's stated objective, but takes away civil liberties.

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TSA Out of Our Pants

Conservative Book List

A Couple of Books About the Central Intelligence Agency

This is former CIA Director George Tenet's memoir of his time leading the CIA.  He discusses his views on the 9/11 attacks,War in Iraq and Afghanistan and the War on Terror.  Although he doesn't answer it,he asks the biggest question of all.

Was war with Iraq inevitable from the moment Bush the Younger became president?

There is a section towards the end  of this book that I find especially interesting.  It refers to the CIA as a type of "Yale Men's Club" and discusses heavy recruiting of personnel from that institution and a culture of Yale superiority.  Given the number of people who have recently been either the POTUS or runner-up for that position that come from Yale and it's Ivy League cohorts, Harvard and Columbia, I must wonder.  Is there some type of psyops operation?  Maybe certain elements within the CIA operate a little closer to home than we may like?