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Post by sometimeman on Dec 17, 2007 21:47:32 GMT -4
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Post by sometimeman on Dec 18, 2007 5:38:13 GMT -4
 By now, readers will know who I favor in the Democratic race. Here's my most considered case. But what of the GOP? For me, it comes down to two men, Ron Paul and John McCain. That may sound strange, because in many ways they are polar opposites: the champion of the surge and the non-interventionist against the Iraq war; the occasional meddling boss of Washington and the live-and-let-live libertarian from Texas. But picking a candidate is always a mix of policy and character, of pragmatism and principle. And what these two mavericks share, to my mind, is a modicum of integrity. At one end of the character scale, you have the sickening sight of Mitt Romney, a hollow shell of cynicism and salesmanship, recrafted to appeal to a base he studied the way Bain consultants assess a company. Paul and McCain are at the other end. They have both said things to GOP audiences that they knew would offend. They have stuck with their positions despite unpopularity. They're not saints, but they believe what they say. Both have also taken a stand against the cancerous and deeply un-American torture and detention regime constructed by Bush and Cheney and Rumsfeld. In my book, that counts. I admire McCain in so many ways. He is the adult in the field, he is attuned to the issue of climate change in a way no other Republican is, he is a genuine war hero and a patriot, and he bravely and rightly opposed the disastrous occupation policies of the Bush administration in Iraq. The surge is no panacea for Iraq; but it has enabled the United States to lose the war without losing face. And that, in the end, is why I admire McCain but nonetheless have to favor Paul over McCain. Because on the critical issue of our time - the great question of the last six years - Paul has been proven right and McCain wrong. And I say that as someone who once passionately supported McCain's position on the war but who cannot pretend any longer that it makes sense. Let's be clear: we have lost this war. We have lost because the initial, central goals of the invasion have all failed: we have not secured WMDS from terrorists because those WMDs did not exist. We have not stymied Islamist terror - at best we have finally stymied some of the terror we helped create. We have not constructed a democratic model for the Middle East - we have instead destroyed a totalitarian government and a phony country, only to create a permanently unstable, fractious, chaotic failed state, where the mere avoidance of genocide is a cause for celebration. We have, moreover, helped solder a new truth in the Arab mind: that democracy means chaos, anarchy, mass-murder, national disintegration and sectarian warfare. And we have also empowered the Iranian regime and made a wider Sunni-Shiite regional war more likely than it was in 2003. Apart from that, Mr Bush, how did you enjoy your presidency? McCain, for all his many virtues, still doesn't get this. Paul does. Paul, moreover, supports the only rational response: a withdrawal, as speedily and prudently as possible. McCain, along with Lieberman, still seems to believe that expending even more billions of dollars to prop up and enable a fast-devolving, ethnically toxic, religiously nutty region is somehow in American interests. Given the enormous challenges of the terror war, the huge debt we are piling up, the exhaustion of the military, the moral and financial corruption that has its white-hot center in Mesopotamia, I do not believe that an endless military, economic and political commitment to Iraq makes sense. It only makes sense if we are determined to occupy the Middle East indefinitely to secure oil supplies. But the rational response to oil dependence is not to entrench it, but to try and move away from it. Institutionalizing a bank-breaking, morale-busting Middle East empire isn't the way to go. But the deeper reason to support Ron Paul is a simple one. The great forgotten principles of the current Republican party are freedom and toleration. Paul's federalism, his deep suspicion of Washington power, his resistance to government spending, debt and inflation, his ability to grasp that not all human problems are soluble, least of all by government: these are principles that made me a conservative in the first place. No one in the current field articulates them as clearly and understands them as deeply as Paul. He is a man of faith who nonetheless sees a clear line between religion and politics. More than all this, he has somehow ignited a new movement of those who love freedom and want to rescue it from the do-gooding bromides of the left and the Christianist meddling of the right. The Paulites' enthusiasm for liberty, their unapologetic defense of core conservative principles, their awareness that in the new millennium, these principles of small government, self-reliance, cultural pluralism, and a humble foreign policy are more necessary than ever - no lover of liberty can stand by and not join them. He's the real thing in a world of fakes and frauds. And in a primary campaign where the very future of conservatism is at stake, that cannot be ignored. In fact, it demands support. Go Ron Paul! (Photo: Scott Olson/Getty.) Permalink :: Trackback (2) :: Sphere It! TrackBack URL for this entry: www.typepad.com/t/trackback/2224950/24282414Listed below are links to weblogs that reference 'Ron Paul For The Republican Nomination' Andrew Sullivan Endorses Ron Paul!!! Excerpt: At last! Sullivan: Ron Paul For the Republican Nomination. I was thinking of emailing him just this morning to try to press him on this. On a day when the rest of the conservative blogosphere has collectively decided to stick their heads in... Weblog: The Crossed Pond Tracked: Dec 17, 2007 12:26:21 PM Ron Paul for President Excerpt: I had been curious where Andrew Sullivan would come down on the Republican nominations he confirms it today : Ron Paul For the Republican Nomination. I remain hopeful Paul can win. Like Mr. Sullivan, I would be just as happy wit... Weblog: danielholter.com Tracked: Dec 17, 2007 1:23:10 PM andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2007/12/ron-paul-for-th.html |
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Post by sometimeman on Dec 21, 2007 11:50:47 GMT -4
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Post by sometimeman on Dec 25, 2007 16:11:41 GMT -4
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Post by summerose on Dec 25, 2007 16:26:31 GMT -4
That is great news sometime!
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Post by sometimeman on Dec 25, 2007 22:37:24 GMT -4
Paul: Iran attack on Israel, illusionTue, 25 Dec 2007 22:53:18  GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul Maverick Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul says the leaders of the Israel are impelling the White House to wage war on Iran. "The government of Israel encourages Americans to go into Iran," Paul said Sunday on MBC's Meet the Press. The 10-term Texas lawmaker added that neoconservatives have also been pushing the administration into 'bombing Iran'. www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=36337§ionid=351020101
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Post by shortcircuit on Dec 30, 2007 23:58:13 GMT -4
World of Warcraft Gamers Plan Avatar March for Ron Paul
Published on Friday, December 28, 2007.
Source: Game Politics
Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul’s rampant Internet popularity is about to take an amusing new shape.
WoW Insider reports that a World of Warcraft guild will march from the Alliance cities of Ironforge to Stormwind (GP: that’s a helluva long walk!) on New Year’s Day in support of Paul’s candidacy. From the WoW Insider story:
Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul’s internet regiment has come to World of Warcraft - a group of his supporters are planning to form a guild on Whisperwind and do a march from IF to Stormwind (which means they’ll probably be Gnomes or Dwarves, which is too bad, because I liked the idea of “Trolls for Ron Paul”) on New Year’s Day at 8:30pm EST.
The Ironforge to Stormwind route was probably selected because those cities are close to starter locations. That gives Ron Paul supporters who may not have a character on the Whisperwind server the opportunity to quickly create one and jump right into the march without the need to spend time leveling up.
The question now becomes: will Horde players mount a raid in an attempt to disrupt the march?
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Post by shortcircuit on Dec 31, 2007 0:01:34 GMT -4
Bank predicts Ron Paul win, US slump
Published on Thursday, December 27, 2007.
Source: Press TV
Denmark-based Saxo Bank predicts Ron Paul presidency in 2008, saying US economy will plunge into a depression prior to the election.
The Bank predicted that Ron Paul, US congressman and Republican presidential candidate, will win the US 2008 presidential election.
Saxo Bank says the US economy will shrink by 25% and the Chinese economy will decrease by 40%. The economic downturn will come about as a result of the housing crash.
Ron Paul has been critical of the Federal Reserve and has blamed the Federal Reserve for causing the real estate bubble and crash. Paul has said that the loose monetary policy of the Fed had artificially inflated real estate prices which lead to the collapse.
Paul supports 'Sound Money' and opposes the Federal Reserve's 'Inflation Tax' and says that he wants to prevent a dollar collapse.
Saxo Bank also predicts $175 a barrel for oil and the price of grain will double. Some have predicted that oil will climb to $250 a barrel if the US attacks Iran. The bank also predicts that 30% of large building companies will go bankrupt.
MRI/RA
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Post by taylor on Dec 31, 2007 8:57:17 GMT -4
Bumper sticker spotted on a Silverado pick up truck
on loop 610 in Houston, Texas, on Oct 30, 2007:
"I WISH HILLARY HAD MARRIED OJ"
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Post by summerose on Dec 31, 2007 10:14:51 GMT -4
LOL! That one is hilarious!
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Post by sometimeman on Dec 31, 2007 10:44:35 GMT -4
Would you like to see, "Ron Paul 2008", Sky Typed above the Rose Parade?
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Post by summerose on Dec 31, 2007 10:52:14 GMT -4
Yes, it sure would help his chances of winning!
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Post by sometimeman on Dec 31, 2007 11:45:22 GMT -4
Skytyping over the Rose Parade Jan 1 -- Final thank you to donors!!!Posted December 30th, 2007 by holdino Final update Money has been paid, contract has been signed. On the morning of the Rose Parade, "Ron Paul for President" will be skytyped 2 miles in the air. Each letter will be taller than the empire state building. You will be able to see it 15-20 miles away. We've got someone on the ground ready to take pictures and video.
Check out www.skytypers.com/ to see their product... Since the LA meetup group was already planning on doing heavy flyering (I checked their meetup site) this will be a great time to get Ron's name up in the sky. There's also talk of anti-war protesters being there, and those could be Paul supporters in-the-making. Thanks to all chipped-in on such short notice. YES, there is discussion of repeating this type of promotion, especially since a member in our meetup already has a PAC set up; however, we're staying quiet about that until we see the results up in the air on Tuesday. The $1,000 we paid for this is unusually low, and more ambitious sky campaigns can be more cost prohibitive. -Matt Holden jftholden@yahoo.com 805-264-0790 Thank you and God Bless!
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Post by sometimeman on Dec 31, 2007 11:57:30 GMT -4
"IF" Ron makes it to hold the office, forces against freedom will make it tuff.
The "ONLY" hope we have for freedom is to "issue" our own money.
All other candidates portray continued economic slavery to world corporations and world bankers. The only independent sovereign in the game is Russia and Putin.
In the past, Russia came to America's aid and sent their naval fleet to our harbors, when the world bankers tried to split our nation during the civil war. If Ron makes it to the office, with his diplomacy, perhaps he can secure relations with Putin and Preserve our freedom once again
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Post by sometimeman on Jan 1, 2008 20:28:39 GMT -4
Excerpts from some of these messages could be helpful. First, they prove that what I told you is true. Some of them are scary. Second, they inspire; they prove that, as Dr. No says, freedom is contagious. People everywhere want it. Third, reading them will convince you that you are not alone and you are not crazy. Go here and read There are thousands like you Fed up with slime in government like Lie more >>>>>>>> www.newswithviews.com/Stang/alan23.htm |
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