“The President’s announcement that all U.S. combat troops have left Iraq is no more believable than the ‘Mission Accomplished’ declaration was in 2003.

“Once again, we are being told the mission has been accomplished and our brave men and women are coming back home. Though the people are hopeful they remain skeptical, and rightfully so.

“The biggest problem is that success in Iraq is undefinable since the mission was never defined. The reasons given for the invasion were based on misinformation. Now, the war has cost us hundreds of billions of dollars and this has contributed significantly to our economic woes.

via Ron Paul Press Release on Obama’s Iraq Speech: Mission Not Accomplished | Ron Paul 2012 | Campaign for Liberty at the Daily Paul.

But you need to consider not only WHAT you buy, but how you cook it.

Eating much of your food raw is ideal. But most of us are not going to be able to accomplish a completely raw diet, and we’ll end up cooking some percentage of our food.

Smart food preparation starts with high quality foods and food preparation and that means saying sayonara to your microwave oven. Need to sterilize a dishcloth? Use your microwave. But zapping your casserole is a BAD idea if you are interested in preparing healthy food.

Why the no nukes policy?

via Dr. Joseph Mercola: Is This Common Kitchen Appliance Harming Your Health?.

via Gary Johnson: Legalize Marijuana to Stop the Drug Cartels.

“Defending the controversial use of property should be no more difficult than defending the 1st Amendment principle of defending controversial speech. But many conservatives and liberals do not want to diminish the hatred for Islam–the driving emotion that keeps us in the wars in the Middle East and Central Asia.”

“Is the controversy over building a mosque near ground zero a grand distraction or a grand opportunity? Or is it, once again, grandiose demagoguery?

“It has been said, “Nero fiddled while Rome burned.” Are we not overly preoccupied with this controversy, now being used in various ways by grandstanding politicians? It looks to me like the politicians are “fiddling while the economy burns.”

“The debate should have provided the conservative defenders of property rights with a perfect example of how the right to own property also protects the 1st Amendment rights of assembly and religion by supporting the building of the mosque.

via Ron Paul: Left and the Right Demagogue Mosque, Islam | Business Wire.

via Ron Paul on Rand Paul “The Opposition Are Pretty Desperate” « The Pulse of the Pulse.

via Video – Ron Paul on Alex Jones 8/18/10 Addresses Rumors of a 2012 Run | Ron Paul 2012 | Campaign for Liberty at the Daily Paul.

via Activist Post: 10 Signs The U.S. is Becoming a Third World Country.