Will this be the last election with the free sharing of ideas on the internet?

Thank you for the great question. If we continue to be a free nation, we will continue to have the ability to share openly. This is a very important question that every candidate should be asked. Just how much monitoring of our personal lives does the government already do?

Since Ron Paul would go unnoticed without the internet, this has been the only real method of spreading the truth about what he stands for and how he will protect us from a police state.

If we elect the wrong person, we could very well loose our freedom. This is why I'm against socialist ideas - National ID, biometrics, Real ID implants, socialized healthcare, etc.

Do you want the government to tell you if you can use herbs and limit over the counter medicines so they can better control you?

The internet is a wonderful tool that could be sensored like in China - they only receive information that their government allows them to see. Socialism to communism.

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Privacy and Personal Liberty

“The constitution was written to restrain the government, never to restrain the people.” Ron Paul

http://www.ronpaul2008.com/issues/privacy-and-pers...

The biggest threat to your privacy is the government. We must drastically limit the ability of government to collect and store data regarding citizens’ personal matters.

We must stop the move toward a national ID card system. All states are preparing to issue new driver’s licenses embedded with “standard identifier” data — a national ID. A national ID with new tracking technologies means we’re heading into an Orwellian world of no privacy. I voted against the Real ID Act in March of 2005.

To date, the privacy focus has been on identity theft. It was Congress that created this danger by mandating use of the standard identifier (currently your SSN) in the private sector. For example, banks use SSNs as customer account identifiers because the government requires it.

We must also protect medical privacy. Right now, you’re vulnerable. Under so-called “medical privacy protection” rules, insurance companies and other entities have access to your personal medical information.

Financial privacy? Right now depositing $10,000 or more in cash in your local bank account will generate a federally-mandated report to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network at the United States Department of the Treasury.

And then there’s the so-called "Patriot Act". As originally proposed, it:

Expanded the federal government’s ability to use wiretaps without judicial oversight;

Allowed nationwide search warrants non-specific to any given location, nor subject to any local judicial oversight;

*Made it far easier for the government to monitor private internet usage;

Authorized “sneak and peek” warrants enabling federal authorities to search a person’s home, office, or personal property without that person’s knowledge; and

Required libraries and bookstores to turn over records of books read by their patrons.

I have fought this fight for many years. I sponsored a bill to overturn the Patriot Act and have won some victories, but today the threat to your liberty and privacy is very real. We need leadership at the top that will prevent Washington from centralizing power and private data about our lives.

Ron Paul for President 2008

Not if the Leftist Democrats gain much power. The first to go would be Talk Radio, then just the political blogs like "Little Green Footballs", then any dissenting views at all anywhere at all. Leftist can't stand when one factually points out errors in their plans or thinking, so they do their best to shut up *any* thought that they don't approve of..

I would say that if Ron Paul winds up with the support that some think that he has from the internet, it might be.

I would suspect that our rights on the internet are going to be limited soon either way. Our government can't have us reading all the information that we do. We are only suppose to get our news from the main stream media that they are run by.

Probably not. The Reps and corporations want to segregate the Internet into different access levels with the people with $$$ getting better access and speed (bandwidth).

But with a Dem congress this, hopefully, won't happen.

That is a very good question. I hope not, but of course someone is planning a way to stop the dissemination of ideas and information.

If it is, you can thank Ron Paul and his rabid pack of sheep. Go Ronnie Paul!