I read a small portion and I noticed one section that basically said if Ron Paul didn't say something, than he might mean it. Credibility lost.
"Now Paul supporters will say that Paul has never uttered the specific words "Articles of Confederation" so that is not his intent; but George Bush never said he wanted an unnecessary war and its accompanying war crimes, or wanted to trash the Constitution, deny legal representation to people called "enemy combatants" or myriad other sins he has committed."
#6 you obviously didn't read the paragraph above that.
QUOTE:Paul has publicly stated that he wants the federal government to be shrunk mightily and wouldn't mind if it disappeared altogether. He says the only function it should have, if it didn't disappear, would be defense and maintaining a stable currency. Those are the conditions that existed under the Articles of Confederation (1781-1789) and they were a monumental failure, leading our Founding Fathers to write the Constitution that created a strong central government capable of addressing national problems as they arose.
What better time to bring it up than now? I thought Ron Paul was a kook since I saw him say "evolution is just a theory" so yeah, it will be fun to see how many bandwagoners I can troll.
just because you choose to believe one thing (evolution, clearly) doesn't mean others have to follow suit...especially when many religions suggest otherwise. religion isn't based on logic, while evolution is.
QUOTE: I don't recall Paul coming out to oppose George Bush's ascendancy to the presidency over the rightful winner in 2000 nor do I remember him siding with John Kerry in the 2004 election when this nation had its best chance of ridding itself of the George W. Bush cancer.
Paul may be the best the GOP has to offer now, but being the best of the worst doesn't even rate him equal to someone who may be the worst of the best.
Ron Paul isn't the answer. America can, and must, do better.
Very well written essay. I think you summarized the ignorance of many of the Ron Paul supporters. I used to be one myself because i mean hey, who isn't in favor of limitless personal freedoms? Once you investigate what other positions he claims to side with you get a much better view at why nobody involved in policy making takes him seriously. He's got a lot of good idea but a lot of bad ones that would turn our country on our head like going back to the gold standard. Sure we have lots of problems with the balance of power in our government branches but that doesn't mean you shouldn't even bother trying to fix them and instead simply cut off their funding and make them obsolete.
looks to me like this guy is just a huge liberal.. I didnt read it all.. but throughout what I did read he did nothing but praise liberals and say conservatives are the reason everything is wrong in america..
this is nothing but opinion really.. he doesn't cite any of his sources.. for someone who went to an "elite" school.. you'd think he'd do that.. and also got on a more well known website
and why are we talking about politics on gf.. i thought it was already established people will just post nonsense?
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It's not that I can't get out of cal-o.. it's that i choose not too..
QUOTE: and why are we talking about politics on gf.. i thought it was already established people will just post nonsense?
#25 because some people are curious about other people's opinions? A thread about politics is much more interesting than a thread about free porn site passwords or about DanielVuTran's deportation.
Ron Paul is no saviour
whos going to read that ? LOL
"Now Paul supporters will say that Paul has never uttered the specific words "Articles of Confederation" so that is not his intent; but George Bush never said he wanted an unnecessary war and its accompanying war crimes, or wanted to trash the Constitution, deny legal representation to people called "enemy combatants" or myriad other sins he has committed."
vague author and facts = no credibility
written 6 months ago, never head about this = no credibility
thank you for posting this.
just because you choose to believe one thing (evolution, clearly) doesn't mean others have to follow suit...especially when many religions suggest otherwise. religion isn't based on logic, while evolution is.
A theory in scientific terms != hypothesis/conjecture, it is a proven fact.
#16 It's not a belief system if it has a ton of evidence backing it up.
he might catch on
im out bye
Couldn't be closer to the truth. Unfortunately.
this is nothing but opinion really.. he doesn't cite any of his sources.. for someone who went to an "elite" school.. you'd think he'd do that.. and also got on a more well known website
and why are we talking about politics on gf.. i thought it was already established people will just post nonsense?
#25 because some people are curious about other people's opinions? A thread about politics is much more interesting than a thread about free porn site passwords or about DanielVuTran's deportation.
and #17 it's still just a theory.