"Whatever happens, the Fed and its defenders have seen that people are becoming very wary of its methods of operation, and many are downright angry at its very existence. Never again will the Fed be immune from the scrutiny of its critics.” ~ Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX)

"We are rapidly moving toward a dangerous time in our history. Society as we know it is vulnerable to political and social chaos.

• Our flawed foreign and domestic economic policies;

• A silly notion about money;

• Ignorance about Central Banking;

• Ignoring the onerous power and mischief of our out-of-control intelligence agencies;

• Our unsustainable welfare state; and

• A willingness to sacrifice privacy and civil liberties in an attempt to achieve safety and security from an inept government.

Dangerous times indeed!

What can be done about it? Must we wait for the inevitable and expect to restore our liberties in a street fight against the overwhelming power of the state? Not a good option!

The only way that we can prevent blood from running in (our) streets is to offer a better idea of the proper role of government in a society that desires, first and foremost, liberty.

And that is impossible without a firm commitment by our thought leaders to the ideas of freedom, the source of all creative energy and prosperity. An all-powerful state is the threat to that ideal.

The prevailing attitude of the people - as it once was in early America - must be that of liberty and self reliance, rather than the nanny state and dependency relying on government force to mold all private choices.

If this is understood, a smooth - although not painless - transition (in)to a free society is achievable. Ignoring this option will be very destructive to everything that is dear to the hearts of most Americans.

• Balance the budget by reducing spending

• Change our foreign policy to that of non-intervention

• A full audit and more supervision of the Federal Reserve leading to abolishing the Federal Reserve

• Legalize competition to the Federal Reserve with competing currencies

• Regain respect for civil liberties and privacy while reigning in the CIA

• Wean ourselves off the dependence of wealth transfers by government

• Abolish crony capitalism — no subsidies, no bailouts, no regulatory or tax privileges to protect the powerful elite, especially the military industrial complex

• Eliminate the income tax, inheritance tax and taxes on savings and dividends.

None of this can happen without the restoration of Congress to its dominant position of the three Branches of Government as was originally intended by the Constitution. The Executive and Judicial must be reined in, and Congress must assert its prerogatives over all legislation curtailing all unconstitutional agendae through budgetary controls.

Signs abound that angry Americans are now more ready than ever before for a change in direction that is indeed real. If this program were improvised - even suddenly and dramatically - the adjustment, though significant and to a degree somewhat painful, would be much shorter and of minor consequence compared to the chaos and poverty that will result if we refuse to change our gluttonous appetite for a free lunch. " ~ Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX) (Ron Paul's State of the Republic Address - with emphasis added. Want more? Read the entire transcript HERE or watch the video above.)

"We have GOT to realize we're being conditioned on a mass scale. Start challenging this corporate slave state! The 21st Century's gonna be a new century! Not the century of slavery, not the century of lies and issues of no significance, of classism and statism, and all the rest of the modes of control... it's gonna be the age of humankind, standing up for something PURE and something RIGHT!" ~ Alex Jones, InfoWars.com and PrisonPlanet.tv