Gingrich: Ron Paul 'Biggest Danger' For Romney in Tampa
By Kenneth T. Walsh
Republican Presidential hopeful Ron Paul speaks during a town hall meeting at the University of Maryland.
As Republicans set their sights on their national convention in August, Ron Paul's forces are rattling the GOP establishment now more than ever.
The latest issue is a three-day festival that Paul supporters are planning at the Florida State Fairgrounds August 24-26, ending just before the convention starts. Thousands of Paul supporters would likely attend the festival, and it would be a natural jumping-off point for the convention in Tampa. What the Paulites do there has become the subject of considerable concern among GOP veterans.
[Ken Walsh: Ron Paul Diehards Worry GOP Establishment]
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who dropped out of the GOP presidential race three weeks ago, says Paul forces could cause disruptions and spoil what GOP front-runner Mitt Romney hopes will be a display of party unity.
Romney edged closer to winning the Republican nomination Tuesday with two primary victories in Arkansas and Kentucky. But there could be problems ahead for Romney's campaign, Gingrich said on conservative commentator Sean Hannity's radio show.
"I think the biggest danger in the short run is that they not think through how they're going to handle the convention in Tampa and how they're going to handle the Ron Paul forces," Gingrich said.
Gingrich added that Romney should be considering "not how to pander to them" but how to treat them with respect and to recognize their "legitimate rights" as delegates.
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As Gingrich pointed out, Paul supporters have gathered an unexpected number of delegates at state Republican conventions recently in Alaska, Colorado, Iowa, Louisiana, Maine, Minnesota, Missouri and Nevada. Paul's chances of overtaking Romney are remote, but his delegate strength could enable him to make a difference on the party platform and in setting the tone of the convention.
Ken Walsh covers the White House and politics for U.S. News. He writes the daily blog "Ken Walsh's Washington" at usnews.com and "The Presidency" column for the U.S. News digital weekly. He can be reached at kwalsh@usnews.com, on Facebook and Twitter.
Rand Paul: Political Ammunition
As Senator Jim DeMint and I continue to push for a roll-call vote in the U.S. Senate on the National Right to Work Act (S. 2173) in the next few weeks, the cause of workplace freedom is gaining momentum.
As you may know, in recent weeks conservative candidates have shocked the establishment to win the Republican nominations for the U.S. Senate in Indiana and Nebraska.
Mark Mix tells me that both candidates, Richard Mourdock and Deb Fischer, returned the National Right to Work Committee’s candidate survey in 100 percent support of Right to Work.
That’s especially crucial because their union-label opponents in November have made careers out of kowtowing to the union bosses, even though both Nebraska and Indiana are Right to Work states.
Now the National Right to Work Committee needs your help to turn the heat up on wavering Senators to vote for the National Right to Work Act.
Please click here to watch their new hard-hitting TV ad, and to make contribution to get it on the air in the crucial next few weeks.
You see, it’s vital we secure a roll-call vote on the National Right to Work Act in the Senate as soon as possible.
A public roll-call vote will provide the political ammunition the Committee needs to expose opponents of worker freedom in the months ahead.
Leading up to the vote, the National Right to Work Committee must be fully prepared to launch a full-scale lobbying program which includes mail, e-mail, phones, hard-hitting internet, newspaper, radio and even TV ads like the one you can watch by clicking here.
Meanwhile, the Committee is working to find out where every candidate for Congress stands with their 2012 Candidate Survey Program.
Those who vote against worker freedom or refuse to go on the record for Right to Work will do so at their own peril.
As a cosponsor of the National Right to Work Act, I’m doing my part.
Will you chip in with a contribution of $10 or more today to help fund the Committee’s programs?
And right now, your first donation to the Committee will be matched by a generous donor, dollar for dollar, to double your impact!
These are important steps forward in building momentum for this crucial legislation.
I hope I can count on your action today.
Sincerely,
Rand Paul, M.D.
U.S. Senator
P.S. The National Right to Work Committee relies entirely on generous voluntary donations from its
supporters. Please
click here to chip in with a donation now.
And right now, your first donation to the Committee will be matched by a generous donor, dollar for dollar, to double your impact!
And right now, your first donation to the Committee will be matched by a generous donor, dollar for dollar, to double your impact!
Fukushima disaster is 'nuclear war without a war'
by: Ethan A. Huff
(NaturalNews) It has been more than a year now since the massive
9.0-plus magnitude earthquake and corresponding tsunami devastated the
Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on the eastern coast of Japan,
sending untold amounts of nuclear radiation into the environment. And to
this day, the threat of nuclear fallout is ever-present all around the
world in what some have described as a "nuclear war without a war."
Though governments and many media outlets have downplayed the disaster, its aftermath continues to threaten the health and wellbeing of plants, animals and humans not only in Japan, but all around the world. Far worse than Chernobyl, the Fukushima catastrophe truly is a nuclear holocaust event with gradual, long-term consequences that we are only just now beginning to recognize and grasp.
Though the devastation was not delivered in one fell swoop via an atomic bomb, radioactive elements from Fukushima continue to be quietly delivered through air and ocean currents to soils, drinking water supplies, farms, lawns, children's playgrounds, airplanes and countless other sources. Products made with elements and materials that have been contaminated with radiation, particularly in Japan, are also exposing untold thousands, if not millions, of people to dangerous levels of nuclear radiation.
"Hazardous radioactive elements being released in the sea and air around Fukushima accumulate at each step of various food chains (for example, into algae, crustaceans, small fish, bigger fish, then humans; or soil, grass, cow's meat and milk, then humans)," writes Helen Caldicott in her piece, Fukushima: Nuclear Apologists Play Shoot the Messenger on Radiation, in The Age.
"Entering the body, these elements -- called internal emitters -- migrate to specific organs such as the thyroid, liver, bone, and brain, continuously irradiating small volumes of cells with high doses of alpha, beta and/or gamma radiation, and over many years often induce cancer."
Politically, the entire nation of Japan is the biggest casualty of this nuclear war so far, as the country's economy is in dire straits, and on the verge of collapse. Tokyo is reportedly now suffering its first trade deficit since the 1980s, and the rest of the country's manufacturing base is quickly dwindling as the world grows increasingly leery of importing goods from Japan that may be contaminated with Fukushima radiation.
Because no efforts are being made to contain Fukushima, as was done with Chernobyl, the facility itself is essentially a grounded nuclear weapon that every second of every day is waging war against Planet Earth. And as far as the human race is concerned, thousands have already died as a result, with millions more to follow in the years and decades to come as the unrelenting spew of radiation settles in every crevice of the global ecology, spurring rapid increases in cancer and other deadly conditions.
Sources for this article include:
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php
http://www.naturalnews.com/035847_plume-gate_Fukushima_radiation.html
(NaturalNews) It has been more than a year now since the massive
9.0-plus magnitude earthquake and corresponding tsunami devastated the
Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on the eastern coast of Japan,
sending untold amounts of nuclear radiation into the environment. And to
this day, the threat of nuclear fallout is ever-present all around the
world in what some have described as a "nuclear war without a war."Though governments and many media outlets have downplayed the disaster, its aftermath continues to threaten the health and wellbeing of plants, animals and humans not only in Japan, but all around the world. Far worse than Chernobyl, the Fukushima catastrophe truly is a nuclear holocaust event with gradual, long-term consequences that we are only just now beginning to recognize and grasp.
Though the devastation was not delivered in one fell swoop via an atomic bomb, radioactive elements from Fukushima continue to be quietly delivered through air and ocean currents to soils, drinking water supplies, farms, lawns, children's playgrounds, airplanes and countless other sources. Products made with elements and materials that have been contaminated with radiation, particularly in Japan, are also exposing untold thousands, if not millions, of people to dangerous levels of nuclear radiation.
"Hazardous radioactive elements being released in the sea and air around Fukushima accumulate at each step of various food chains (for example, into algae, crustaceans, small fish, bigger fish, then humans; or soil, grass, cow's meat and milk, then humans)," writes Helen Caldicott in her piece, Fukushima: Nuclear Apologists Play Shoot the Messenger on Radiation, in The Age.
"Entering the body, these elements -- called internal emitters -- migrate to specific organs such as the thyroid, liver, bone, and brain, continuously irradiating small volumes of cells with high doses of alpha, beta and/or gamma radiation, and over many years often induce cancer."
Nuclear war, whether intentional or unintentional, has already been waged
Regardless of whether or not the Fukushima disaster was a natural event or a man-made terrorist conspiracy (http://www.naturalnews.com/032692_Fukushima_earthquake.html), the trigger has been pulled, and the quiet nuclear war has been set in motion. Fukushima's thousands of exposed fuel rods continue to remain in a precarious plight. Reactor 4 is on the verge of collapse, and radiation from existing leaks and damage continues to spread.Politically, the entire nation of Japan is the biggest casualty of this nuclear war so far, as the country's economy is in dire straits, and on the verge of collapse. Tokyo is reportedly now suffering its first trade deficit since the 1980s, and the rest of the country's manufacturing base is quickly dwindling as the world grows increasingly leery of importing goods from Japan that may be contaminated with Fukushima radiation.
Because no efforts are being made to contain Fukushima, as was done with Chernobyl, the facility itself is essentially a grounded nuclear weapon that every second of every day is waging war against Planet Earth. And as far as the human race is concerned, thousands have already died as a result, with millions more to follow in the years and decades to come as the unrelenting spew of radiation settles in every crevice of the global ecology, spurring rapid increases in cancer and other deadly conditions.
Sources for this article include:
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php
http://www.naturalnews.com/035847_plume-gate_Fukushima_radiation.html
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