And a side note: It’s people like Ron Paul that enable us to discuss these issues in a free and open forum. He is against Internet regulation, an important issue in times like these when our civil liberties are heavily at stake.

Vote for a Constitutionalist. Vote for Ron Paul!

Comment by criticalthinker — November 6, 2007 @ 7:58 pm

then vote for a real progressive – kucinich or gravel!

critical thinker. i dropped my 2 cents in and then read the history of comments.

i am 100% in agreement with you. he is the only candidate who is steadfast on these major issues. the others are personal opinion and can be tackled by the other branches of government. He is anti-imperial, which is a core tenet of true republicanism. people forget a republican should be a supporter/defender of a republic not monarchistic fealty.

btw, there is another rather disturbing way to put this. independance from britian was never fully implemented or maybe in essence rolled back. the monetary system is not in the full control of the US federal government system. It is though under the control of British and European “private/state/central” banking institutions. They dont care what laws are enacted, as they control the money.

Any president who threatened this system died at the hands of “lone gunmen”. odd huh !

Check this out

BTW he is a true republican. the current lot are not republicans. they are monarchists. he may be imperfect, but he seems a damn sight more honest that any other ticket.

he also advocates reform of the federal reserve, which is a death sentence in executive politics in the USA.

you tube “ron paul federal reserve”

Because he is not a Democrat and because this is a corrupt 2-party system where 3rd parties stand no chance. If Ron Paul gets the nomination it will be the first step in killing this corrupt system. If he is elected president that will be the only thing to kill the Neo-Con movement in America. If Hillary wins it will only fuel the fire for the Neo-Cons and they will be back with more fire and stronger than ever in 2012. If you want to save America and kill the Neo-Cons you HAVE to support Ron Paul, whether you agree with his economic policies or not. Those are debatable and he can’t snap his fingers and institute them. He can change foreign policy immediately, and will, which is something none of the Democratic frontrunners will do.

And don’t you dare associate Ron Paul with the closet-Fascists he shares the stage with. “Republican” is a just a word on a piece of paper. He shares almost no beliefs with those people, listen to what he says and stop being so knee-jerk judgmental based on the party he is riding. That sounds like what NeoCons do. ;)

The last thing this society needs is to have even less regulation of corporate capitalism and more political power for corporations. That’s reason enough for any sane person. Unbridled capitalism always leads to economic chaos. Robber baron capitalism, the roaring twenties or the last 27 years. Take your pick. These periods have always resulted in misery for the general population. Unregulated capitalism doesn’t work. Even Adam Smith knew that. If you don’t believe me, take another look at “Wealth of Nations.”

I could see Paul as being able to work with a Democratic Congress in a thoughtful non-confrontational manner, yet he will not be a corporate lapdog as will Hillary and many other Ds and Rs. Together Congress and Paul would offer checks and balances for the people.

Ron Paul won’t buy into the current absurd Fed and administration NAFTA CAFTA,etc trade policies that have destroyed the dollar. He also won’t buy the Democratic policies on amnesty for illegals that are all about getting more voters for the Democratic Party. Illegal immigration along with free trade has destroyed the middle class of our country.

Comment by Ret. Col. Jack Ripper

I think that in this age of the Internet we should look at automating as much of government as possible and build up individuals working as teams at a state and local level …just like how all the Ron Paul people joined together and organized… no one offered this to us… we used the power of the Internet to do great things… just like how the W3C can be a big important part of the Internet and yet it is not government…

As far as health care goes… have you seen Sicko? The reason its sucks now is NOT because businesses are involved… it is because of ONCE AGAIN back room deals where put together for buddies so they get rich the more they deny us health care… doctors in the past would not stand for this… but once the entire system was taken over doctors had no choice but to play by the new rules…

It is profitable… it is a cheated system however so it goes beyond being profitable to being a “growth center” on wall street… like oil….

That’s your opinion. It’s not fact. I don’t agree.

Its a matter of science. Opinion plays no part. What is in question is where is the boundary between the rights of the mother and the baby… we all know that there is cellular life and then larger and larger… until a baby pops out…it is not in question.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8048620586643337778&q=where+money+comes+from&total=8966&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=6

http://www.salon.com/index.html

glenn greenwald on rachel maddow tipped me off…
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Yes, of course that’s “nice.” So what. The point is that corporations have a lot more to donate than citizens. There’s more profit in it for them. A million dollars here and there gets them hundreds of millions in return. Citizens, in my opinion, are at a profound disadvantage.

That’s your opinion. It’s not fact. I don’t agree.

So, are you saying you agree with Ron Paul that we should get rid of the FDA, EPA, FCC and the Dept. of Education? How about public libraries? Do you agree with Paul that the government has no business providing literature to citizens who can’t afford their own libraries?

And, as far as healthcare is concerned, he has made it clear that he favors “free market solutions.” Since some aspects of healthcare are not profitable, how do you think the “free market” is going to deal with this?

Comment by Ret. Col. Jack Ripper

That is one way… however as we have shown on Monday it is really nice when the common people come together to donate to show who they really support… however I dont have a real strong stand on this as long as people are not being bribed…

Comment by Ret. Col. Jack Ripper

Abortion IS taking of a human life… it is not like human women have dogs as children…

The issue is whether the government can go through a womans body to protect the baby… doing so violates the womans privacy… well I see this whole issue as coming to and end as being relavent… SCIENCE is providing the cure for this whole issue… soon males and females will be able to have many different ways to make sure they dont get pregnant….

However Ron Paul does make a good logical argument… we ALSO do not violate peoples homes normally (violating a womans body) … HOWEVER if we know that children are in there being abused we save them…. that is a pretty good point though not enough for me entirely…

The #1 thing about Ron Paul and abortion that I agree with is this (and so should all pro-choicers…) HE has NO right forcing his religious views on the rest of us… he does NOT support a Constitutional amendment to force their beliefs on the rest of us…

Ron Paul said the other day on an interview that if a woman uses something to make sure she does not get pregnant soon in the process then no one can prove one way or the other that anything happened at all… and so the government can have no standing…

The best way to deal with the political power of corporations would be to publically finance all federal elections. Then, no politician would have to go to a corporation for money. Ron Paul is completely opposed to that idea.