Stopping the Buck

My 13-hour long filibuster to force President Obama to admit he could not deploy drones to target American citizens for killing on U.S. soil.

You and other patriots swamped the offices of my colleagues with phone calls, emails and petitions to beat back (for now) President Obama's national gun registration scheme.

And just recently you rose up at town halls across America and forced the administration to halt his march to war in Syria.

These victories were only possible because the politicians in Washington saw that you stood with me.

That's why everyone in Washington drew a big red circle around September 30th on their calendars.

On that day, I must turn in my financial report.

You see, Big Government politicians will use that report as a basis to judge whether I really have the grassroots support and resources to prevent them from greasing their agenda through Congress.

So I've launched the Stand with Rand End of Quarter Money Bomb today.

My goal is to raise $112,456 by Monday, September 30th to prove to the politicians in Washington that you and I are fully prepared to FIGHT their schemes to grow government, balloon our debt and trash our liberties.

President Obama, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and his liberal allies in Congress will search for ANY hint of weakness on the part of conservatives.

I've always been able to count on you in the past.

Will you agree to stand with me as I continue to fight in the Senate for our conservative values?



You and I have fought high-stake battles in the past.

But the agenda that's being whispered about on Capitol Hill is truly breathtaking in its size and scope.

In just a few short weeks, Congress will vote to raise our nation's debt ceiling.

Our $16.6 TRILLION debt is a moral outrage.

And rather than slash spending to restore fiscal sanity, President Obama is demanding Congress pass a "clean" debt ceiling increase.

As you and I have seen in the past, Congress will gladly kick the can down the road and pile trillions of new dollars of debt on the heads of future generations.

Only in Washington is this madness and irresponsible behavior viewed as "consensus."

I won't stand for that and I'm determined to fight.

But it's not a lone freshman Senator from Kentucky causing my colleagues to sit up and take notice.

It's you.

That's why I need to prove you're still in my corner.

So I hope I can count on you to make your most generous contribution of $250, $100, $50 or $35 to the Stand with Rand End of Quarter Money Bomb right away.

If that is too much, please chip in a contribution of $25 or even just $10.



One sad fact about Washington is when the politicians aren't trying to finance their Big Government schemes with deficit spending, they're trying to grow government with higher taxes.

And one bill quietly snaking its way through Congress is the Internet Tax Mandate.

The last thing we need is more taxes for the purpose of implementing more government.

The internet is one of the greatest inventions of our time - and also happens to be the one marketplace with limited government intrusion.

The only way to ensure its growth is to allow small businesses and the consumers they serve to be as free from government interference as possible.

While larger corporations can take on the additional costs of the Internet Tax Mandate, small businesses won't be so fortunate.

I fear they won't be able to afford the extra burden -- putting them out of business and stifling economic growth.

Will you stand with me against the Internet Tax Mandate by making your most generous contribution of $250, $100, $50, or $35 today?

If that is more than you can afford, please chip in a contribution of $25 or even just $10.

You see, it's not just taxes and spending on the Big Government checklist.

Our gun rights always seem to end up on the chopping block.

Just the other day, President Obama called for a "transformation" of our nation's gun laws -- blatantly calling on the anti-gunners to spring into action.

Gun control activists have been targeting many of my Senate colleagues for months with everything from bus tours to ugly TV ads.

Based on public statements from my colleagues on both sides of the aisle, I’m afraid we could see another gun control Senate showdown this fall.

Vice President Joe Biden has been feverishly working the phones, telling Senators that failing to pass gun control will come back to haunt them in 2014!

I don’t believe that, and your support will help me prove it.



The good news is you and I were able to beat back their national gun registry scheme last spring.

But that doesn't mean the gun control lobby has accepted defeat.

They sense weakness.

And the best way to project strength is a loud and clear message when I turn in my fundraising report on September 30th.

So I hope I can count on you to make your most generous contribution of $250, $100, $50, or even $35 to the Stand with Rand End of Quarter Money Bomb.

If that's too much for you, please chip in a contribution of $25 or $10.

You are sadly mistaken if you thought that was the end of the Big Government onslaught.

You see, the senate's version of  “immigration reform,” is in the Republican House’s court.

The GOP-controlled House could stand firm and pass legislation that starts with border security and removes the onerous National ID database requirement for American citizens.

Under the National ID scheme, the Department of Homeland Security would create a massive new photo database to include names, ages, and social security numbers of every single American.

And if you don't get one, you'd be barred from working legally.

How long before you'd be required to show your National ID card to rent a house, open a bank account or even buy groceries?

How long would it be before you'd be required to be checked against the Department of Homeland Security's National Database before you could buy a firearm?



Such a scheme is only the beginning for Washington bureaucrats watching and cataloguing our every move.

This is the so-called “solution” to Congress’ failure to control our borders.

“Just let us spy on you, and you won’t have anything to worry about,” they say.

You and I have already seen President Obama’s IRS and NSA vastly abuse their power over American citizens.  And we’re supposed to believe this newest power won’t be abused?

It would be madness to believe it won’t.

But if the House passes legislation that even differs by a word from the Senate bill, it will go to a Conference Committee where select members of both houses and both parties will have to hash out final legislation.

Any kind of shenanigans could go on at that point, so we need to make sure we keep the pressure on both houses of Congress.

You see, these sorts of backroom deals are only successful when politicians believe no one is looking -- or worse -- no one is powerful enough to stop them.

Forcing Congress to debate our broken borders in the light of day will only happen if I can submit a quarterly fundraising report that demonstrates I have the resources necessary to whip up a storm of grassroots support through email, direct mail, online and social media ads.

That's why I hope I can count on you to make a generous contribution of $250, $100, $50, or even $35.

If that's more than you can afford, please consider chipping in a contribution of $25 or $10.

I wasn't just me standing in the well of the senate for 13 hours filibustering President Obama's policy to deploy drones to target American citizens on U.S. soil.

You stood with me and made the difference.

And it wasn't any great speech I gave that turned the tide on President Obama's gun control scheme or stopped his march for war in Syria.

Your grassroots activism was the loudest voice saying, "no!"

If you and I are going to slam the breaks on the Big Government agenda over the next few months, I'm going to need to show everyone I can kick up a storm of grassroots opposition.

So I hope I can count on you to make your most generous contribution of $250, $100, $50 or even just $35 to Stand with Rand End of Quarter Money Bomb TODAY!

If that's too much, please chip in a contribution of $25 or $10.

Thank you for all that you do.

In Liberty,

Senator Rand Paul

Just in Case YOU Need a Laugh Today...

Quit trashing Obama's accomplishments. He has done more than any other President before him. He has an impressive list of accomplishments:

First President to apply for college aid as a foreign student, then deny he was a foreigner.

First President to have a social security number from a state he has never lived in.

First President to preside over a cut to the credit-rating of the United States.

First President to violate the War Powers Act.

First President to be held in contempt of court for illegally obstructing oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.

First President to require all Americans to purchase a product from a third party.

First President to spend a trillion dollars on "shovel-ready" jobs when there was no such thing as "shovel-ready" jobs.
First President to abrogate bankruptcy law to turn over control of companies to his union supporters.

First President to by-pass Congress and implement the Dream Act through executive fiat.

First President to order a secret amnesty program that stopped the deportation of illegal immigrants across the U.S. , including those with criminal convictions.

First President to demand a company hand-over $20 billion to one of his political appointees.

First President to tell a CEO of a major corporation (Chrysler) to resign.

First President to terminate Americas ability to put a man in space.

First President to cancel the National Day of Prayer and to say that America is no longer a Christian nation.

First President to have a law signed by an auto-pen without being present.

First President to arbitrarily declare an existing law unconstitutional and refuse to enforce it.

First President to threaten insurance companies if they publicly spoke out on the reasons for their rate increases.

First President to tell a major manufacturing company in which state it is allowed to locate a factory.

First President to file lawsuits against the states he swore an oath to protect (AZ, WI, OH, IN).

First President to withdraw an existing coal permit that had been properly issued years ago.

First President to actively try to bankrupt an American industry (coal).

First President to fire an inspector general of AmeriCorps for catching one of his friends in a corruption case.

First President to appoint 45 czars to replace elected officials in his office.

First President to surround himself with radical left wing anarchists.

First President to golf 73 separate times in his first two and a half years in office, 102 to date.

First President to hide his medical, educational and travel records.

First President to win a Nobel Peace Prize for doing NOTHING to earn it.

First President to go on multiple "global apology tours" and concurrent "insult our friends" tours.

First President to go on 17 lavish vacations, including date nights and Wednesday evening White House parties for his friends paid for by the taxpayers.

First President to have 22 personal servants (taxpayer funded) for his wife.

First President to keep a dog trainer on retainer for $102,000 a year at taxpayer expense.
 First President to fly in a personal trainer from Chicago at least once a week at taxpayer expense.

First President to repeat the Holy Quran & tell us the early morning call of the Azan (Islamic call to worship) is the most beautiful sound on earth.

First President to tell the military men and women that they should pay for their own private insurance because they "volunteered to go to war and knew the consequences."

Then he was the First President to tell the members of the military that THEY were UNPATRIOTIC for balking at the last suggestion.

First President to side with a foreign nation over one of the American 50 states (Mexico vs Arizona).

How is this hope and change working out for you?

NOT ANOTHER WAR!!

Today, I will return to Washington for emergency hearings of the Senate Foreign Relation Committee, of which I am a member.

We are told we will hear evidence from Obama administration officials of why we should engage our military in Syria.

I cannot imagine what they will say that could justify another war.

Our national interests are not at stake in Syria, and using our men and women in uniform to salvage the credibility of this administration would be a shocking misuse.

Next week, the full Senate will deliberate and vote on an authorization for military action. I will lead the opposition to try to stop this mistake from ever happening.

And it would be a grave mistake, one whose consequences we cannot even be sure of right now.

I am asking you to let your voice be heard this week and next.

You see, one of the major reason the constitution requires CONGRESS to send us to war is because the voice of the people can be heard clearly here.

Let them hear your voice, and let them hear a resounding "NO" to war in Syria, as they weigh this important decision.

There are many reasons my colleagues could have for voting no, among them:

*** Our military would be joining the same side of this civil war as Al Qaeda. We cannot be sure who among the Syrian rebels are potential allies, and we know many of them are Islamic militants.

*** The hundreds of thousands of Christians in Syria would be in even more danger if the extremist rebels were to take over Syria.

*** There is no real military goal, and no clear sense of what victory is. Without that, our military should never be asked to risk their lives.

There certainly are more strong reasons to stay out of this civil war in Syria. And I will make sure my colleagues here them all this week and next, as I take to the Senate floor and to the airwaves to lead this fight.

But I am counting on you to back me up.  Click here to sign the petition!! http://www.rand-2016.com/syria-petition.aspx?pid=0903

Congress MUST hear from every American who doesn't want to see anyone's sons or daughters be the first to die for a mistake.

Congress MUST hear from every American who knows we can't be the world's policeman.

And Congress MUST hear from every American who would be sickened to know we were contemplating joining a war on the same side as Al Qaeda.

So let them hear you.



Please sign this petition today to add your voice to mine and say "NO" to U.S. military action in Syria.


In Liberty,

Senator Rand Paul

P.S.   American involvement in the Syrian conflict would only strengthen al-Qaeda terrorists.

The president and Congress need to learn from history and pursue a Constitutional, common-sense foreign policy. One that does not needlessly endanger our brave men and women in uniform.

Please, add your name to this petition calling for Congress to reject Obama's request to take military action against Syria.

Common Core -- A Little Fuzzy

None of us are so buried in the sand that we don't know what Common Core is, or what it's all about. Sadly (and surprisingly) though there are many that have positive ideals (or none) about this new curriculum and the processes that schools are having to go through in order to be compliant. Please read this article found on FoxNews.com and email the link to your friends and family who may not be "in the know."

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/08/30/new-age-education-fuzzy-math-and-less-fiction/