We, the virtuous self-governors of the world are truth seekers and believe in ourselves, our talents and abilities to create a world of abundance without tyranny and oppression. This global political awakening is a threat to political power structures all over the earth.

Thank you, Dr. Ron Paul for placing the responsibility squarely on each of our individual shoulders to be virtuous, moral, ethical, tolerant, nonviolent self-governors. Conscientious, engaged citizens rejecting all acts of aggression insist on little government, freedom from all tyranny and oppression: "rejecting the use of coercion, compulsion, government commands, and aggressive force, to mold social and economic behavior."

All who follow a code of ethics or principles are self-governors. Our system is meant to protect the self-governors from those without ethics and principles; perpetrators of fraud, rape and violence. The state does not run the affairs of people in a free society. It upholds justice between people who conduct their own affairs. The American dream works, it's no pipe dream.

"Why is patriotism thought to be blind loyalty to the government and the politicians who run it, rather than loyalty to the principles of liberty and support for the people?" Asked Paul. True American patriotism is a willingness to shoulder your duty, to challenge the government when it’s wrong, to be a Rebel with Just Cause.

"Aggression and forced redistribution of wealth has nothing to do with the teachings of the world's great religions." Paul reminds us. Yet, "In God's Name," many support social gospel and preemptive wars backed by threats of violence and ignore the need for a principled people. "The immoral use of force is the source of man’s political problems," Paul swears. "Sadly, many religious groups, secular organizations and psychopathic authoritarians endorse government initiated force to change the world." Our consent to political power backed by guns is always meant to be small and limited but inevitably it metastasizes into an omnipotent political cancer. "A moral people must reject all violence in an effort to mold people’s beliefs or habits." Paul summarizes.

It’s too simplistic, idealistic, impractical, naïve, utopian, dangerous, unrealistic and maybe insane to accept government force and expect that to achieve peace and prosperity considering the results history has shown us over and over. Look at the state sponsored killing, by nearly every government during the 20th Century, estimated to be in the hundreds of millions. "It’s time to reconsider this grant of authority to the state. What a wonderful world it would be if everyone accepted the simple moral premise of rejecting all acts of aggression." Paul implores.

"Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority?" Paul asks. Empirical statistical evidence strongly shows that a republic (the American form of government) leads to less internal violence and democide. Democide is a term coined by political scientist R. J. Rummel in his book, DEATH by GOVERNMENT to describe "the murder of any person or people by a government, including genocide, politicide and mass murder."

"Strike the root!" Be brave, that's how we end terror. All we have to do is stop being afraid, and stop acting out of fear. True patriots never forget America is the home of the free and the brave.

Bring our troops home! Tell Congress, they have no legitimacy! Tell them, their dictates and actions are criminal. Tell the servants of tyranny they do not have our consent to police the world, the market or what we, as individuals choose as our medicinal/social drugs.

The Republocrats are a mix of five political philosophies; they are all over the political map. The old left right doesn't cover all political philosophies. Find out which philosophy you most agree with, take this short quiz!

A declaration is an affirmation. Independence means self-government. They could have called it, The Affirmation of Self-government. However I am sure we can all agree, The Declaration of Independence, sounds way more cool! Our founding document, announces and asserts our affirmation of self-government; freedom and liberty for all.

The Love revolution is one of the greatest cultural shifts in the history of mankind. We will soon reach the tipping point, as more of us refuse to remain neutral in these times of great moral conflict and work for positive change!

"To achieve liberty and peace, two powerful human emotions have to be overcome. Number one is 'envy' which leads to hate and class warfare. Number two is 'intolerance' which leads to bigoted and judgmental policies. These emotions must be replaced with a much better understanding of love, compassion, tolerance and free market economics. Freedom, when understood, brings people together. When tried, freedom is popular." Paul rejoices.

Cop Says Legal Marijuana Makes Communities Safer! Neill Franklin, a retired Baltimore narcotics cop, discusses how the marijuana legalization victories in Colorado and Washington will improve public health and safety for communities.

When other state legislators see Colorado's state coffers swelling from marijuana/cannabis tax revenues, with no accompanying rise in crime, they'll fall like dominoes in line with a similar law. Already lawmakers in four states plan to submit bills that would legalize marijuana for adult use and tax cannabis sales.

HOUTX (FOX 26) -The man who bankrolled California's attempt to legalize marijuana is talking about pursuing the same goal in Texas. Richard Lee, one of 2013 Rebels with Just Cause, was in Houston on Friday, leading a meeting with likeminded people who are pushing to change pot laws.

Cash Hyde Succumbs to Cancer, Family Says Medical Marijuana Extended His Life. "It extended his life. He had literally beaten cancer two times," Malanca said. "The little boy brought so much love to this world and brought so many people together. He educated people." Donations can be made at CashHydeFoundation.com so we can continue to help other families that are battling this horrific disease with their children. Medical Marijuana: The Replacement for Very Dangerous Drugs. Marijuana is less addictive and less dangerous than Starbuck’s espresso.

Obama has avoided controversies that could have harmed his chances for reelection. Now, he is "free at last" to keep his original promises about reforming justice. Considering the billions in cost savings from enforcement, yet safer communities and tax revenues it should be an easy sale. Maybe it will go like the Volstead Act, all statutes concerning marijuana (also known as cannabis) are hereby repealed except for those forbidding sales to minors and driving under the influence. Cannabis is safer than alcohol or caffeine but no regs like caffeine is probably too much to hope for. Deny your consent!

Mexican President Felipe Calderón says the legalization of marijuana for recreational use in two US states limits that country’s ‘‘moral authority’’ to ask other nations to combat or restrict illegal drug trafficking. Calderón spoke in an interview with the newspaper Milenio.

LEAP cofounder, Peter Christ, appears on WGRZ-TV in Buffalo, NY and takes on all aspects of our disastrous War on Drugs. Captain Christ is vice-chair of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition.

In Texas Dutton 's HB 184 would reduce the penalty for possession of less than two ounces of marijuana to a Class C misdemeanor, which is a ticket-only offense.

"Recently the news has been filled with ultra-long early voting lines, polling places destroyed by Sandy, and voter suppression and identification issues. These make me wonder why we are still voting using 18th century methods? Why do we do it on a Tuesday after harvest season? In the age of smart phones, Google, and Facebook, we can do better. Twenty years of e-commerce and file-sharing have developed better cyber-security and user authentication than we have with in-person voter registration. It's time to banish brick-and-mortar polling places and paperballots to the museum." - Buford Terrell

Today mass communication, mobile camera phones, social networking and other high-technologies allow us to band together and form a powerful united front for good over evil more easily and quickly than ever before. The web is the fastest growing communications medium in the history of the world. A powerful tool, a window of opportunity, in our war of good over evil; the Internet continues to revolutionize the way we communicate and has enormous potential for reshaping the political process.

Watch Ron Paul’s farewell address to Congress!

Gary Johnson and Judge Jim Gray are the recipients of McCool's 2013 Rebel With Just Cause Award for their efforts toward saving the American Dream: self-government free of big government corruption and oppression and restoring Justice the guardian of liberty! Richard Lee is the other recipient of McCool's 2013 Rebel With Just Cause Award for his trailblazing work, made in spite of great adversity, for drug policy reform. Richard has become one of the highest-profile, most sympathy drawing activists on this planet, a famous spokesman for self-government and ending cannabis prohibition.

Happy & Safe Holidays!!

"For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, 'It might have been'." - John Greenleaf Whittier Let's never say, The American Dream might have been!

We have the potent tool of nonviolent civil disobedience to effect positive change. True patriots are rebels with just cause. "Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today." - James Dean

Save lives instead of ruining them. Join LEAP! It is a LEAP year!! Join COP and DownSizeDC!

Get tough on violent crime! Restore Justice, the guardian of liberty!

"Strike the root!" Be brave, that's how we end terror. All we have to do is stop being afraid, and stop acting out of fear. True patriots never forget America is the home of the free and the brave.

Revolution is Easy! Exercising your political might is just a click away. Thanks for all you do for reform!

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Changing who's in charge will not affect much. The real cause of this huge quagmire of failed policy is the beast, big government, that money hungry beast, Uncle Sam! Ma Freedom tells it like it is! The beauty of it is when we focus on down-sizing our government we regain our roots of self-government and secure the blessings of liberty for future generations and ourselves.

Compiled and written by Colleen McCool