Where has the News Gone?

The republican primary is in full swing with about 8 candidates running to be the republican nominee for president.  My man, Dr. Ron Paul, is in the mix and is doing very well, no thanks to the media.
It's quite amazing but the more I look at it I realize that the nominees are whoever the media says they are.  The media from the get-go said who the frontrunners were, and surprise, they are front-runners (Michele Bachman and Mitt Romney).  Texas governor Rick Perry jumps in the race late and the media instantly calls him a front-runner.

The Debate, and Iowa straw poll happened just recently and Bachman won.  Who came in second?  Ron Paul, with only .9% less votes.  The media are showering her with adulation and saying that this win puts her right up there in the front and shows she's a real candidate.  Not a word of Ron Paul....and he had 0.9% less votes.  Thats it.....less than 1% fewer votes.

They are calling for a Romney-Bachman-Perry stand-off in the primary.  I expect the debates to be a lot of fun to watch as the 3 of them speak with empty words, platitudes, and Ron Paul will kill them with substance. 

In the end I doubt it will matter because if the media say Rick Perry "is a front runner and a political legend in Texas", then the average voter, who doesn't bother to do any homework on the candidates and lets the media choose for them, will choose him, or Romney etc.

Ron Paul will make a splash regardless if he wins or not.  I just hope that there is someone who can take his place after he retires which I suspect will happen if he doesnt win.

Liberty Stolen

Since the harvest season is upon us I felt compelled to write about the the "great" establishment known as the Canadian Wheat Board.  I find it difficult to agree with a marketing board that will not allow a farmer to sell his own wheat or barley to the buyer they choose.  Farmers should own the fruits of their labour, and be able to sell it to whomever they want, no government strings attached.

The argument for wheat board involvement is that a single buyer acts as a single seller on the world market and receives a higher price than the farmer would get selling on his own.  I don't doubt the truth to this at all.  I'm sure the farmer's do, in general, get more.  That positive does not neutralize the negatives of the wheat board.  Let us not do evil so that good may come from it.

The most important thing for a person to have is their freedom and liberty.  Taking some of it, under the guise of receiving better prices, is not proper in a free society.

Producers who have toiled in the field should have the ability to sell their grain to any buyer they want if we want to call ourselves not only a free market economy but a free country.

I find it hard to listen to anyone who thinks that a farmer, who sells his own grain to a buyer should be fined and treated like a criminal for selling their own products they have grown with their own resources.