(NaturalNews) Rep. Ron Paul, the only 2008 presidential candidate who supports honest health freedom reforms and the ending of Big Pharma's monopoly over medical free speech, raised more than $6 million in yesterday's record-breaking online "Boston Tea Party" event. Nearly 25,000 of the donors were new donors, indicating that Ron Paul's support base continues to rapidly expand, reaching new people who resonate with the message of genuine freedom for the American people.
Registered as a Republican,
Ron Paul is actually a Libertarian who strongly disagrees with the current Republican administration. Paul is against the war in
Iraq, against the Federal Reserve
running the nation's money supply, and against the United States surrendering its sovereignty to outside authorities such as the World Trade Organization. Most importantly for NaturalNews readers, Paul is the primary Congressional sponsor of the "Health Freedom Protection Act" that seeks to end the FDA's censorship of
nutritional supplements, granting the American public full access to scientifically accurate
information about the benefits of herbs, superfoods and nutritional
supplements.
Why the FDA censors the truth about healing foods and supplements
Current FDA regulations do not allow
nutritional supplement manufacturers to make any true statements about the
health benefits of their products. Companies that sell
vitamin C, for example, cannot claim vitamin C cures scurvy without being threatened, raided at gunpoint and having their inventory confiscated by the Food and Drug Administration. Also notable: Cherry growers and cherry product manufacturers have been threatened and intimidated by
the FDA over simply
linking to scientific articles published in peer-reviewed medical journals which describe the health
benefits of natural phytochemicals found in cherries.
The FDA's campaign of censorship and intimidation against nutritional
supplement companies has been called "a campaign of terrorism" against U.S.
companies, and even while over 100,000 Americans are killed each year by pharmaceuticals -- the very people who could likely be saved by safe, natural and effective
remedies that work even better than prescription
drugs -- the FDA continues to protect the financial interest of Big Pharma by censoring all
free speech from food or supplement companies. The FDA, it turns out, simply wants to keep the
American people enslaved to Big Pharma and ignorant of their
natural health options.
If elected, Ron Paul would introduce desperately-needed
reforms that would help restore genuine
health freedoms to the American people. This could dramatically improve the health of Americans, providing them with safer, more
natural and far more affordable options for preventing cancer, lowering cholesterol, restoring healthy blood sugar levels, beating heart
disease and enhancing their health and productivity through the use of honestly-labeled natural health
products.
No other candidate in the running supports
health freedom. Even both Democratic candidates (Clinton and Obama) essentially support the status quo in health care today. And the Republicans? They seem closely allied with
Big Pharma and have no apparent reason to offer reforms that would disturb Big Pharma's
monopoly over medicine in
America.
Challenging the status quo
This is precisely what makes Ron Paul the exception: He's willing to shake up the establishment and end the FDA's campaign of tyranny and oppression against the American people. At the same time, he's looking to dismantle the
IRS, restore honesty to the U.S.
money supply (requiring that the currency be backed by gold) and end our illegal war on Iraq and Afghanistan. While Paul may have other positions that aren't much liked by progressive thinkers (he's not yet well informed on global warming, for example), he's probably the only truly honest, freedom-supporting candidate running for President today.
This is the guy that the mainstream media (MSM) is trying to shut out. They don't want Paul in the debates because he makes all the other candidates look like liars (which, of course, they are). Paul is willing to tell the truth, and he's willing to shake up the establishment. In an honest voting system that wasn't engineered to favor the two-party system, Paul would no doubt be the victor. Such voting systems include
Instant Runoff Voting where voters choose their first, second and third choice, allowing them to vote for who they really want to support without fearing they might "waste" their vote on a candidate who doesn't have a real shot at winning.
Both the Democratic and Republican parties hate the idea of an Instant Runoff Vote because it would allow independent-minded candidates to threaten their stranglehold over U.S. elections.
Click here to learn more about Instant-Runoff Voting at Wikipedia. You can also learn more at
www.InstantRunoff.comRon Paul needs your continued help. I donated another $100 last night as part of the
Boston Tea Party event. You can donate today at
www.RonPaul2008.comAnd you want to know the most interesting part of all this?
Ron Paul is a doctor! He was actually trained as a physician, and yet unlike most other physicians, he believes in genuine freedom for
patients. Paul believes that patients should have open access to scientifically accurate information about the usefulness of natural remedies and nutritional supplements. This just goes to prove that
not all doctors are idiots!In fact, as I've stated in every article I've written that's critical of doctors,
many of the strongest advocates for health freedom are, in fact, doctors. While probably 98% of doctors remains nutritionally illiterate and hopelessly brainwashed by Big Pharma into believing that drugs are the only answer to disease, there are a few outstanding, brilliant doctors who are interested in promoting what really works: Superfoods, disease prevention, high-grade nutritional supplements and natural healing modalities.
If you believe in freedom and you want to support a candidate that will actually work to restore it, Ron Paul is the only sensible choice for the next U.S. President. Everybody else will only defend the current system with minor tweaks or reforms.
About the author: Mike Adams is a consumer health advocate and award-winning journalist with a strong interest in personal health, the environment and the power of nature to help us all heal He has authored and published thousands of articles, interviews, consumers guides, and books on topics like health and the environment, impacting the lives of millions of readers around the world who are experiencing phenomenal health benefits from reading his articles. Adams is an honest, independent journalist and accepts no money or commissions on the third-party products he writes about or the companies he promotes. In 2010, Adams created NaturalNews.TV, a natural living video sharing site featuring thousands of user videos on foods, fitness, green living and more. He also founded an environmentally-friendly online retailer called BetterLifeGoods.com that uses retail profits to help support consumer advocacy programs. He's also a noted pioneer in the email marketing software industry, having been the first to launch an HTML email newsletter technology that has grown to become a standard in the industry. Adams volunteers his time to serve as the executive director of the Consumer Wellness Center, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, and enjoys outdoor activities, nature photography, Pilates and martial arts training. He's also author a large number of health books offered by Truth Publishing and is the creator of numerous reference website including NaturalPedia.com and the free downloadable Honest Food Guide. His websites also include the free reference sites HerbReference.com and HealingFoodReference.com. Adams believes in free speech, free access to nutritional supplements and the innate healing ability of the human body. Known by his callsign, the 'Health Ranger,' Adams posts his missions statements, health statistics and health photos at www.HealthRanger.org
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