As Congress comes back in session after summer recess, Republican U.S. Senator from Kentucky Rand Paul returns to Washington D.C. with the wind at his back following a well-received address at the Republican National Convention last month, and the upcoming release of his second book: Government Bullies: How Everyday Americans Are Being Harassed, Abused, and Imprisoned by the Feds. Sen. Paul came to TheBlaze newsroom in New York City Monday to discuss his new book and where government regulations can go too far, in an interview with TheBlaze.com’s Senior Contributor Mallory Factor.
“Sometimes government regulations start out reasonable, but sometimes they get carried away,” Sen.Paul said Monday.
In Government Bullies, Sen. Paul examines out-of-control government regulations and ill-advised legislation that infringes on the rights of citizens. At TheBlaze newsroom Monday, Sen. Paul told us about some of the outrageous cases discussed in the book, and how even policies created with good intentions can have the ability to run amok. Sen. Paul pointed to the Clean Water Act of 1974, arming of federal agencies like the Department of Agriculture, and policies of the Transportation Security Administration as examples of legislation that has gone too far.
“We tell the stories in this book about people who have been imprisoned by the American government, bankrupted by the American government, just basically abused,” Sen. Paul told Factor. “It’s terrible and tragic but the stories are very moving.”
Watch Sen. Rand Paul discuss his new book with Senior Contributor Mallory Factor:
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PointBreak
Sep. 12, 2012 at 2:20amHow about two-faced lying traitors? Maybe Rand would like to discuss that since he’s an expert? Better line up that Fox contributor gig dick ’cause your political career is OVER.
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coizinho
Sep. 11, 2012 at 10:47pmAnother opportunist, just like his father. They are doctors, but decide to go easy way to living from tax pays money, give me a brake!!!
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DOra Glasberg
Sep. 12, 2012 at 12:52amThey would rather help themselves than people.
Also Ron is a creationist. hell-OOOOOOOO
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MrNeuron
Sep. 12, 2012 at 2:14amCOIZINHO
You’ve got it backwards… The Pauls are the types non-professional politicans We need in the USA. Not the career fat cat politicians that have no other skill in life…. Maybe We would be better off with an ALL-Volunteer Government? People that have accomplished real things in private life !
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coizinho
Sep. 11, 2012 at 10:43pmAdd your comments
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coizinho
Sep. 11, 2012 at 10:43pmI hope he not change his mind later, used the Republic Party them said is not his party, like his father. After 30 years, he stabs the Republicans.
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RayOne
Sep. 11, 2012 at 10:26pmResults of the Electoral College will be reported from a ‘connected’ company in Spain. Congress has allowed this to happen. The MSM is not on the side of the voters, especially the legal ones.
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Detroit paperboy
Sep. 11, 2012 at 9:45pmGrab your dads torch and run with it …….we are living under a criminal federal government, and if they were a business , their paychecks would have started bouncing by now…….they are stealing from future generations to fund their wages, benefits and retirement packages,,’, PERIOD,,’,,,’,,,,
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justangry
Sep. 11, 2012 at 9:55pmI’m planning on voting for Ron Paul in 2016 too!
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pdw
Sep. 11, 2012 at 11:39pmA Vote for Ron Paul is 2 votes for Obama
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riseandshine
Sep. 12, 2012 at 1:02amA vote for Obama is a vote for Obama.
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perry1980
Sep. 11, 2012 at 9:23pmThis guy has real potential for his political career.
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Daveed
Sep. 11, 2012 at 9:15pmThe fact that Americans are even have to have discussions that we have been having shows that we are under attack by our Government. This has been going on and it is now on steroids. It is corrupt and the people doing the bidding are just as corrupt. So what you won’t have a job if you refuse to do evil harmful things to your fellow Americans. Tell us about it and we will help you.
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Individualism
Sep. 11, 2012 at 8:58pmRand Paul needs to be majority leader to stop Obammy or Rommy the commy from destroying America until we have real elections for the presidency again. his endorsement of Romney was a lie and it just shows how ignorant your typical neo conservative voters is, not knowing much about his record and what he has done, which is why we need knowledge tests before people can vote, cause being a citizen is being informed.
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kaydeebeau
Sep. 11, 2012 at 9:12pmSo why do the aPaulogists seem to place such great store in a presidency? If you are really such a “grand Constitutionalist” shouldn’t you be focused more on the local – closer to the people elections? Isn’t the biggest lesson from our founders that government is local?
Soyou refuse to vote again for the “lesser of 2 evils” and will be content to elect the greater of 2 evils in Obama? Really?
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soybomb315_II
Sep. 11, 2012 at 9:23pm@kay
I am not content that Obama OR Romney get elected. What do you mean?
I AM interested in the local level. In fact, I am able to be interested in more than 1 thing at a time. If our government obeyed the 10th ammendment, i would have nothing to worry about
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Ming The Merciless
Sep. 11, 2012 at 9:28pmRemember Rand endorsed Rommy the commy… booo booo..
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Individualism
Sep. 11, 2012 at 9:31pmwe are much more focused on the senate house and yes state and local elections, if you read the daily paul there are constant updates on that stuff. but we also prefer to have 4 more years instead of 8 so why not obstruct Romney when we can so we can try again in 2016.
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freeberty
Sep. 11, 2012 at 9:34pmHow this for the local level?
http://www.therightsideofthelake.com/
Same problems as national level, (sheeple)
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kaydeebeau
Sep. 11, 2012 at 9:44pm@Soy – the issue as I see it is that we are at war with leftists. We have battles, O vs Romney is but one of those battles. If we do not rid ourselves of Obama – the war is more difficult and could be unwinnable.
I am looking at this election -as Any Body but Obama – as a band aide – to give us more time to educate, activate, stimultate- the masses.
We need time to slow the bleeding, to catch up. We can do that with Romney – with Obama we are way behind.
I will take the “lesser of 2 evils” over the greater of 2 evils any day.
We have 2 generations (at least) way behind the curve. We have to look at this election strategically. We cannot survive an O re-election, We have a chance with an R & R election.
I was asleep for most of my life (as were most of my generation and I assume yours) I will not even “nap” again.
We did not get here over night. To avoid chaos, we cannot expect to restore ourselves over night either.
If defeating Obama does not unite us, what will?
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soybomb315_II
Sep. 11, 2012 at 10:08pm@Kay
You are at war with democrats
I am at war with progressivism
If Romney wins against Obama, you win the battle but Romney will still lose you the war. You have been duped election after election that if we just elect republicans, things will be fixed. They were wrong. The pendulum swings from the left to the right – but the Constitution is destroyed more and more.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlZldWmmDTY
I cannot vote for Romney unless I see a huge change in him or the RNC. As it stands, they are both showing themselves to be the same evil power that has got us into this mess. At the end of the day, don’t blame me – the goal of a Romney nomination was to convince moderates and liberals to vote for him. Romney’s appeal has NEVER been for the Constitutional wing
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kaydeebeau
Sep. 11, 2012 at 10:22pm@ Soy – you are assumng wrongly – I am too at war with progressives. Romney is progessive lite, He is not Obama – communism on steroids.
I would much rather be behind the “eight ball” with Romney than out of the game with Obama.
We need time. Romney gives us time. Obama doesn’t
Does the math behind Ross Perot mean nothing to you?
There is a greater evil in Obama. Do you really not see that?
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soybomb315_II
Sep. 11, 2012 at 10:30pmthere is no time
Yes, Obama is more evil – but that will NEVER make Romney good
I voted for G.W. Bush both times before i woke up. Bottom line….nominate Constitutional candidates and get the RINOs out of your establishment – that is the only way to get us back.
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kaydeebeau
Sep. 11, 2012 at 11:26pm2 soy – so if there is no time why bother to vote at all – let’s just surrender? We have only just begun to fight.
Anybody but Obama must be the battle cry for this round otherwise there will no more rounds.
We can deal with the other problems and issues later. Obama and his minions must be gone first.
Obama must go – so you are saying that we can’t come together for this goal? Really? Really? Romney is more of a threat than Obama? Really? You want to stick with that? Really?
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soybomb315_II
Sep. 11, 2012 at 11:57pmyes, really. I have witnessed the republican establishment tear down the most conservative and Constitutional candidates in favor of the progressive. i have seen cheating and rule breaking in order to deny certain candidates. I have seen the RNC power grab at the convention because they fear the Tea Party. There is no light in the GOP establishment. And I know about Mitt Romney’s progressivism.
Stop beating down my door – seek out the moderates and the liberals, because they are the ones that might vote for someone like Mitt. The enemy of my enemy is not my friend. I wiill NEVER AGAIN vote for a republican just because he is running against a democrat. I did it twice and am partially responsible for the resulting tyranny. The republican party has used up all their mulligans on me. Only anti-establishment Tea Party candidates please
I only vote for good from here on out. If you have a problem with that, then dont be on the side of ‘lesser evil’. If Mr. Obama brings the end of the world – so be it – that is God’s will
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imallthatsman
Sep. 11, 2012 at 8:56pmI wore my Ron Paul 2012 shirt to SLC airport and I was pulled aside for further searching. On my way there another man who had just finished being searched commented on my shirt. After the search the TSA agent pointed at my shirt and said; “Is he running for President? I’ll vote for him” and my response was “then you won’t have a job”
A vote for Ron Paul is a vote for the constitution and sanity
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soybomb315_II
Sep. 11, 2012 at 9:31pmlol – way to go bro
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WAKEUPUSA2012
Sep. 11, 2012 at 9:39pmVery nice.
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nighttrainno9
Sep. 11, 2012 at 8:53pmWe, as Americans, definetly are being bullyed. We are bullyed by local inspectors,
local police, IRS, EPA, DHS,obamacare, forest service, TSA,FBI, CIA, in general
the entire govt. We need to be a free America again, under the constitution,
not some wanna-be dictators thumb. But who has the guts to start the rumble,
we could have elected an honest man like Ron Paul, but no, so I think it will
take a very bloody civil war to get this straightened out again. I wish us luck.
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watersRpeople
Sep. 11, 2012 at 8:40pmHere’s thinking of you Saints.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4dhvm9ivGQ
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watersRpeople
Sep. 11, 2012 at 9:05pmIt’s note worthy to mention that the Lord said he’d never destroy the earth again for man’s sake, but he didn’t say he wouldn’t torch the field.
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watersRpeople
Sep. 11, 2012 at 9:09pmYou like government so much – how’s that for government?
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pdw
Sep. 11, 2012 at 11:45pmWATERSPEOPLE but he did say he would cleanse world with fire.
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WAKEUPUSA2012
Sep. 11, 2012 at 8:32pmAs long as Rand holds fast to solid constitutional governing he would have my vote in 2016 or 2020. I wish we could have gotten a more solid conservative this time around. As long as we keep going to the same establishment choices, we will keep getting the same results. Mitch Mcconnell openly pushed for the opponent of Rand in his Senate race. If Rand did run for POTUS, the establishment would not want him to win. Meaning they would pull dirty tricks against him, like they did to his father. Then all you people who hate Rands father can see what it is like to be against the establishment. Its no cake walk.
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drs1969
Sep. 11, 2012 at 9:44pmI expect in a few years the Dems will be replaced w/establishment Reps as the left and Paul could very well help lead a new 3rd party. Otherwise, he’s screwed. You’ll know where he’s going if he pulls a ”John Roberts”.
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soybomb315_II
Sep. 11, 2012 at 8:26pmi always wonder how much of this book Rand Paul actually wrote – or how much someone else (one of his aides?) wrote and asked Rand to put the finishing touches on it
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justangry
Sep. 11, 2012 at 8:37pmI don’t know, but shilling a book on the Blaze isn’t the way to get the Paul supporters back in his camp after the Romney endorsement. I’m not one that gave him a hard time about it, but there’s others out there… well you know.
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soybomb315_II
Sep. 11, 2012 at 8:48pmA lot of people around here have been salivating at the thought of having a real Constitutionalist they can vote for without all the baggage of a humble foreign policy. For them, Rand Paul is that kind of guy (even though he is related to Ron). So at the end of the day, I would take Rand in a heartbeat because he is in the Constitution ballpark.
I dont know about you, but i never made a big deal about Rand Paul – he seems like an amazing guy but he has a very short record. Ron Paul EARNED his Liberty respect by standing against big government and tyranny for DECADES. That respect cannot just be passed through the gene pool
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Mutiny
Sep. 11, 2012 at 9:19pmI was pissed about the endorsement but in all reality he still has the best Constitutional voting record in the Senate. He will stick to his guns and the endorsement was ultimately the only way to continue to advance the Liberty Movement.
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freeberty
Sep. 11, 2012 at 9:26pmSoy, Just
I’ve been impressed by what I’ve heard from Rand. Seems encouraging that he is keeping himself in the fray whether he actually wrote the book or not.
Hopefully, he’ll prove himself in the next 4 years. I know a lot of people who have hopes for him in 2016
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justangry
Sep. 11, 2012 at 9:52pmYeah, I’m not going to give him a hard time about. Some folks think we need people inside the GOP to work from within, others not so much. I’m not going to fault him for what he’s decided. I know he and his father still actively support one another. His dad was who sent the post regarding his book a day or two ago. I like his father’s style better. I hate the federal government, the dnc and the rnc, they all can kiss my ass. I’d prefer to tell them that on a daily basis rather than play nice and work from within to be honest. Rand’s voting record is pretty sound and that’s really all that matters in the end.
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watersRpeople
Sep. 11, 2012 at 8:18pmOh well, all the more reason an asteroid slamming into earth at 250,000 mph is justified.
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502_eagle
Sep. 11, 2012 at 8:14pmCongress creates various government agencies that can write there own laws- what could possibly go wrong?
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Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Sep. 11, 2012 at 8:01pmOf course Pat and Stu played the “Why are you hitting yourself, Senator” game with him. And Jeffie gave him a big wedgie, I won’t even mention what Sarah made him eat. Glenn was nice to him, he only made him sing “I’m a little teapot” 10 times.
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thibx
Sep. 11, 2012 at 8:00pmgovernment idiots really get to me when they protect a rat a bug a 2 inch fish and the bug he lives 6 feet underground and grass that belong on wetlands the epa and every dept should be looked into or done away with. some idiot politians sits up there thinking what can i come up with. oboma when ask why he had not done a budget said ” well i would rather be thinking about a new program”. idiots we need a business man. romney i like rand paul.
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