Liberty Poster (ORG)

Steven Heller published an article in NY Times on March 25th - you can read it here.

Here is my full interview with Steven:

[Steven] What prompted you to develop this site?

That was my way of ensuring that the great political, moral and philosophical ideas, would not be buried under piles of irrelevant media junk that surrounded me daily. After listening to Ron Paul speak at one of the early GOP debates, I realized that I can no longer be ignorant. I felt the urge to stand up and voice my support for this gentleman. So I acquired a projector and outdoors screen, and started playing his interviews and speeches at Harvard Square on weekends. At the same time, inspired by Micah Wright, I started working on a series of WWII style posters supporting Ron Paul. I wanted to whatever it takes do deliver his message - at that point of time most people never heard about Ron Paul, so it seemed that if I can get their attention once, it would be sufficient. I started making more posters at night, working as electrical engineer during the day. Soon I realized that it will cost a small fortune to print any reasonable quantity of [posters], so I acquired a used 60″ printer for this purpose only. It was only natural to get the domain name and build up http://libertyposter.org offering my posters to other supporters.

[Steven]  I’ve noticed a lot of hand made Paul posters, particularly in upstate NY. What has inspired such a grass roots response? Rather than accept the official images?

I felt that the official images are not very different than the official images of any other candidates. The consensus seems to be that the official images must be mediocre enough in order not to scare away an average person with intellectual strain. You can justify this when a candidate has nothing to offer. But Ron Paul’s message actually carries value, so should the images. That might explain such active grass root response. There is also the feeling of exhilaration that one has when pursuing something very dear to the heart.

[Steven]  How many posters have you documented?
I have at least 20 posters on my site, at least 20-30 that I saw on-line and liked a lot, but authors never responded granting permission to publish. There are literally thousands hits if you search on deviantart or cafepress.

[Steven] What is the most ambitious poster?
Ames Tribune Ron Paul Mosaic poster. It was done by ‘Lord Xar’ with support of many from ronpaulmosaic.com and ronpaulforums.com
My understanding was that early into campaign there was a site that collected pictures of Ron Paul supporters (ronpaulrally.org). The site was growing out of proportion very quickly. So about a week before the early Iowa Straw Poll, ‘Lord Xar’ and a team from Ron Paul mosaic got together and created a beautiful mosaic out of the pictures, with US Constitution in the background. They managed to raise funding for a full page ad in Ames Tribune (local paper) on the day of the poll, and it was a complete success. The spontaneous effort coordination and understanding between supporters was unprecedented. You can read how things were happening in real time here:  http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?t=8226

I think that was the first full page ad sponsored by an independent effort, but more followed. Lawrence Lepard and Linda Lagana designed a full page ad for USA Today (http://mysite.verizon.net/nathanielyao/USA_Today_final.pdf), followed by “Common Sense 2.0″ by Lawrence in NY Times, and later there was a full page ad in Boston Globe and many other papers, paid out of pocket by supporters.

My most challenging poster was ““If presidential candidates are representing special interest groups, maybe they should be like NASCAR with the little patches on the back,” based on opensecret.org data website. The idea was to implement one of the quotes from “Man of the year” and draw out candidates with NASCAR patches proportional to the top 20 donations that they got in Q3. It took a long time to compile all the patches and draw out the outlines of the candidates. My mistake was that I started with republican candidates. By the time I got to Hillary Clinton, I realized that at this scale her patches must be bigger than her outfit so I had to scale it back down, making Ron Paul’s top 20 contributions essentially invisible to the eye (Q3: Google, US Army, US Navy, …)

[Steven] What is the most popular?

Leah Triscione made “Ron Paul delivers Baby Liberty” poster (http://acmwallet.com/ronpaul) for her father, James Tiscione. It is not often that you have OB/GYN running for president, but the picture is worth a thousand words. I printed at least 30-40 posters for people across the nation.

Michael Nystrom also made 500 posters in order to raise funds and support his site (http://www.isupportronpaul.com/posters/index.html). Daily Paul has played enormous role in Ron Paul’s campaign.

[Steven]  Has the Paul organization acknowledged your effort?
They have many other much more important things to worry about

I was also looking on flickr for Ron Paul related graphics, and saw this image (although the author remains unknown):

While going through deviantart.com, I discovered this beautifully executed work by Kathryn Amanda A. Lewis. You can order the poster at cafepress here:

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Ki Han created two matched posters that pretty much summarize the current state of the Republican party. In his own words:

“I have been closely following the 2008 Presidental race and I believe that Ron Paul should be the next president. While watching the Republican Primaries, it became clear that front runner John McCain is very opposite of what Dr. Ron Paul represents. I was inspired to illustrate this piece which sums up their view and policy. I’ve also set up shop at Cafepress and Printfection for those who are interested in purchasing a print or shirts. If there are enough interest, I’d not be oppose to doing limited signed and numbered offset prints.”

Sergio Paez created one of the best stylized works: “Let it not be said no one objected once it’s realized that our liberties and wealth are in jeopardy.” The original painting sold online on eBay, all of the proceedings went towards Ron Paul’s campaign. Now you can order museum quality reproductions of this painting through his website directly, prices start at 40$ and up. The other less known paintin, “Legalize Freedom,” is also available.

You have the right to protect your life, liberty, and property. As President, Ron Paul will continue to guard the liberties stated in the Second Amendment. Juliet Annerino, the founder and producer of the ‘Hotties 4 Ron Paul’ calendar and ‘Rock 4 Ron Paul’ event, fully endorses Ron Paul’s belief that in a free society each citizen must have the right to keep and bear arms. So does Gina Dumania, who is passionately active in both Orange County and L.A. Meetup groups supporting Ron Paul. This is the first in Hotties4RonPaul series posters.

Read the incredible story of “thinking outside the box” and the making of the calendar here.

This is the poster that started it all: Iowa Ames Tribune full page mosaic ad by Lord Xar (printed with his permission). Printed at high resolution (300×300 dpi), each picture is about 1/2″x1/2″ on a large poster, so you can clearly identify yourself and your friends. For some reason media likes to take pictures of this poster here.

While searching for a good picture of Ron Paul I discovered these two intriguing images by David Lamarand. They immediately captured my attention, so I decided to turn them into posters.

“If presidential candidates are representing special interest groups,
maybe they should be like NASCAR with the little patches on the back”
Tom Dobbs, Man of the Year (2006)

I liked the first 30 minutes of this movie, but this line got stuck with me for a long time. So I made a poster to match the line. It took me almost a month to compile this poster.

Leah Triscione has generously agreed to provide her Ron Paul image graphics free of charge for reprint.
Here is the original story of the image by her father, James Tiscione http://acmwallet.com/ronpaul
If you would like to get a large format 18″x24″ version of a poster (or larger) click and order on the image below.

I was looking for a great picture of Dr. Paul during his medical carrier, and finally found one great set on Flickr. Enjoy this new poster (I plan to post it all over Mass General/Mount Auburn Hospital posting boards.

I decided to try something new - a GIANORMOUS Ron Paul sticker. Printed on self-adhesive paper so it can be placed in most interesting places quickly and efficiently. I think these are also called fathead posters.

• Crisp, clear, HUGE.
• 3 feet wide!

Currently I can print indoor version only with dye ink - but if I get more than 10 orders for outdoor water resistant version, I will offer it as well for the same price. Also, you will have to cut out the shape of the round sticker manually. I can also change the text to be anything you (and I) like.

Each poster in this set is heavily blurred - suggesting that the way it is right now is not quite what Founding Fathers had in mind. I plan to add more posters of this kind in a short while. Any suggestions for background?

I added two more freedom posters to support Ron Paul!

In search of powerful anti-war images, I discovered this great photo by Terry Foss from “Eyes Wide Open Exhibition.” I added war causalities statistics from Massachusetts, USA and Iraq, to create this powerful poster promoting Ron Paul’s antiwar message. It is very striking - 1.2 millions Iraqi dead? How long will this go on? To quote this article:

These numbers suggest that the invasion and occupation of Iraq rivals the great crimes of the last century — the human toll exceeds the 800,000 to 900,000 believed killed in the Rwandan genocide in 1994, and is approaching the number (1.7 million) who died in Cambodia’s infamous “Killing Fields” during the Khmer Rouge era of the 1970s.

Here are my sources:
Washington Post, Faces of the Fallen
ORB survey of casualties of the Iraq War
Currently, I cannot offer this poster for sale.

I got inspired by Micah Wright, and decided to use the same “poster remix” idea to promote Ron Paul. I plan to add a poster a day (actually, every four days you will see four new posters added on). You may order any of the posters shown below directly from me in quantities of four at a time. Most of them are 18″x25″ wide, printed on a glossy paper, shipped the next business day with USPS priority mail for 4.60$. Your feedback and comments are greatly appreciated.