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Consumers Entry automatically signs you up should make informed decisions when purchasing products and services, and when considering business opportunities, and research before investing. for our newsletter. Subscription by mail is $50 per year to CONUS or FPO addresses. For advertising information, call (858) 537-2280 October 1, 52012 THE MILITARY PRESS 3 From Our Publisher Democrat, Republican or Libertarian? companies and corporations from investing in new extremists over a video? and diversified businesses. Our country needs new We launched millions of jobs desperately and if we fail to create them we will dollars worth of missiles be looking at four more years of a near depression to bring down Gaddafi, like economy. and this is what we get. The question has been asked if we better off than We hail and encourage we were four years ago. The answer is “absolutely the outbreak of an Arab not!” Can this country put up with increasing gov- Spring in Egypt, send ernment jobs, “out of control” spending ($8 trillion them billions of dollars dollars) and Big Brother (the government) control- Governer Gary Johnson we can’t afford, — and our ling us by taking away our rights guaranteed by the embassy is breached and Constitution. our flag desecrated. In Afghanistan, we continue to By electing a new president will we be guaran- put our troops in harm’s way 10 years after our post- teed of a new prosperity in the United States? I 9/11 mission was complete. Why? The airwaves are don’t think so nor do many Americans, but we can- filled today with political chest-pounding and calls not stand by and put up with the corrupt politicians for decisive action. now in office. So the only choice that we have is to The most decisive and prudent action we can take try a different political party. Am I saying elect a today is to stop trying to manage governments and Republican president or am I referring to the Liber- peoples on the other side of the globe who don’t want tarians? Below is an article by the Libertarian Gov- to be managed, get our people out of impossible situ- ernor Gary Johnson. I think he makes a lot of sense. ations that have no direct U.S. interest, and imme- diately stop sending money to regimes who clearly Governor Gary Johnson released the fol- cannot or will not control their own countries. Pro- tecting America with a strong lowing statement regarding the attack national defense and a rational on the U.S. Consulate in Libya: foreign policy is our leaders’ most basic responsibility. But resident Obama is in favor of the distribution “It is tragic when Americans serving their coun- let us not confuse national se- of our wealth. His idea is to tax the wealthi- try are murdered, and we both mourn their loss and curity with senseless interven- Pest 1% of our nation at a higher rate and this honor their service. Part of honoring that service is tion where our interests are amount will create monies for more jobs! Repub- to ask the obvious question: What U.S. interest is be- clearly not being served.” licans on the other hand say that we will lose jobs ing served by putting our people – and our money because distribution of the wealth will stop private – in places where U.S. personnel can be killed by Richard Matz, Publisher We Can Bring Food & TogetherHope To Children In Need In the United States Every day, Feed The Children works diligently together with our partners toward the vision to see that no child or family goes to bed hungry in America or around the world. 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