Ron Paul’s Foreign Policy: Non-Interventionalism
Nice overview of his views on foreign-policy blowback, Iran, etc.
You Like Ron Paul, Except on Foreign Policy
Jay Rockefeller Roasting Pat Buchanan (yep)
*Correction: The man in this clip is Senator Jay Rockefeller, not David Rockefeller.
The clip below is from 1991, at a Spina Bifida Foundation roast of Pat Buchanan. Rockefeller’s jokes about protecting the rich, joining the Trilateral Commission, and world domination are all quite interesting. Despite what you may hear, these are real organizations. They have real agendas. For example, Mario Monti, recently-installed “technocrat” head of Italy, chairs the group’s European operations. More after the clip.
By the way Pat, do you bank with Chase Manhattan?
Some people immediately tune out at the mention of a group like the Trilateral Commission. Don’t get all conspiracy theory on me bro. Call groups like this what you will, they’re quite real. I can’t vouch for their intentions, as I haven’t been invited yet.
But we can get some insight from contemporary historical accounts. Such as this one from the great libertarian economist Murray Rothbard:
Alan is a long-time member of the famed Trilateral Commission, the Rockefeller-dominated pinnacle of the financial-political power elite in this country. And as he assumes his post as head of the Fed, he leaves his honored place on the board of directors of J.P Morgan & Co. and Morgan Guaranty Trust. Yes, the Establishment has good reason to sleep soundly with Greenspan at our monetary helm. And as icing on the cake, they know that Greenspan’s “philosophical” Randianism will undoubtedly fool many free market advocates into thinking that a champion of their cause now perches high in the seats of power.
Love Rothbard. More at Mises.org.
Newt and Mitt: Brothers in Flop
My favorite parts: Gingrich on Libya, Romney on everything.
Best of Jim Grant on Money
Nice compilation of clips featuring the founder of Grant’s Interest Rate Observer. He talks Fed, monetary policy, the gold standard, and more. Bonus: Margaret Brennan is the interviewer in 2 clips.
