Radio Show Hour 2 – 02/17/2025

* Guest: Lowell Nelson - CampaignForLiberty.org, RonPaulInstitute.org* The US Should Not Take Over Gaza - Ron Paul.* KY Sen. Rand Paul came out strongly against the idea. Even SC Sen. Lindsey Graham was skeptical, which may be the first time he wasn't supportive of sending US troops abroad.* Ron Paul concludes, "The best thing the United States can do to rebuild Gaza and promote peace in the Middle East is to stop funding Israel’s occupation and blockade of Gaza. Instead, the US should work toward peaceful relations backed by free trade with Israel and its neighbors."* Foreign Aid Isn’t - Joel Salatin.* "We have plenty of resources. We can feed ourselves. You western countries need to leave us alone. Your cheap FOOD DUMPING displaces our farmers by lowering prices to the point our indigenous agriculture can’t compete. These displaced entrepreneurial farmers and food system folks then get bored and become warlords and gang leaders."* Bottom line, foreign aid cripples the country that receives the aid, and enriches US companies which sell their products to that country. Basically, US taxpayers enrich favored US corporations.* "The US should not send any foreign aid to anyone anywhere anytime for anything. Period. Even to Israel? Yes, even to Israel. They can buy stuff. So can Ukraine. Bring all of these meddlesome outfits home; disband them. As Paul Harvey used to admonish, why don’t we hoe our own garden instead of hoeing others?"No military aid. No food aid. No construction aid. No nothing. Enough already. Close down all foreign military installations. Become like Switzerland. Don’t give a penny to a single NGO. Let them raise their own money. This doesn’t mean philanthropy stops; it means charity won’t come from coercion... You can’t build charity on a foundation of coercion."* The Myth of Emergency Powers - Andrew Napolitano.Does the Constitution allow for the declaration of emergencies, and for the use of emergency powers?* Happy Worst President’s Day - Thomas DiLorenzo, LewRockwell.comI will celebrate George Washington today, Sam, but not Abraham Lincoln.