tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339045.post4380369631729713721..comments2024-03-26T15:19:23.091-07:00Comments on false dichotomy by charles davis: I'll take the reactionary over the murderer, thanksCharles Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06005070529766546097noreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339045.post-31425725801332293652012-10-25T20:42:12.587-07:002012-10-25T20:42:12.587-07:00Why is Phen375 so good? phentermine dosage chart p...Why is Phen375 so good? phentermine dosage chart phentermine vs phentermine hcl Allison and his colleagues suggest there are a total of ten factors in addition to lifestyle and diet that are making Americans fatter. Natrum sulphur | Another remedy with a sulphur component is known for people who deal with depression, and what obese person is not suffering from this problem? They may have had a head concussion from a sports injury or accident. They tend to be very responsible individuals, with a strong sense of duty. Music can make them emotional, sad and more depressed. Physically, they have thick yellow discharges.They do not like fish foods or damp weather or homes. Obesity among children, teenagers and adults is increasing day by day. Obesity is not a hereditary disease but it is a chronic pathological condition. Social, Genetic, Psychological and emotional factors led to Obesity.Pendergrasshttp://buyphentermine375hq.com/phen375/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339045.post-57562466826668420912011-12-25T09:54:40.384-08:002011-12-25T09:54:40.384-08:00Really enjoyed this and I overall share your view....Really enjoyed this and I overall share your view. Thank you.stacymcardlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03571329640953576592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339045.post-17022811189658894362011-12-25T00:56:23.038-08:002011-12-25T00:56:23.038-08:00I wish more seemingly intelligent liberals would l...I wish more seemingly intelligent liberals would learn a little something about libertarianism and the fact that leftism is what's ruining this country.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339045.post-494995536242870752011-12-23T05:27:42.019-08:002011-12-23T05:27:42.019-08:00Great article with loads of good reasons for choos...Great article with loads of good reasons for choosing Paul over Obame, and it even missed out my favourite one:<br /><br />Citizen's rights! Obama wants unlimited executive power over US citizens (indefinite detention without evidence, judicial oversight or a trial) which, even if he treats it perfectly, will still be there for other presidents, one of who <b>will</b> misuse it.<br /><br />Any politician voting for the USA PATRIOT Act or the NDAA should be charged with treason. They swear to uphold the Constitution and these two Acts are in direct violation of that document.<br /><br />What use Social Security or MedicAid when the government can come to your house and lock you up for ever without trial because they made a mistake with your fingerprints: http://finger-prints.com/fingerprinterror1.html The only reason that innocent guy is free is because NDAA hadn't passed yet.March Harehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13116034158087704885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339045.post-32348273346060110282011-12-23T01:37:35.834-08:002011-12-23T01:37:35.834-08:00Wow this is a stupid article. If you run for presi...Wow this is a stupid article. If you run for president then you are running to be a "murderer" according to this article's description. There is not a single president who didn't have someone's blood on their hands.<br /><br />Because when you run a country as large, influential and with as many enemies as the united states you are going to have make choices where either way people are going to die. Through action or inaction people will die. Maybe not immediately but through inaction as much as through action. And either way someone is going to accuse you of being a "murderer".<br /><br />If Ron Paul were elected he would be signing orders just like all his predecessors. It should be the duty and burden of every elected president to take decisions in a rational, calculated, informed manner that protects the interests of the United States, minimize deaths. And if he didn't, if he took some stance of inaction then he is derelict in his duties. And people will still die, probably a lot more than if he acted according to the purpose of his office.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339045.post-23146710734417628942011-10-17T16:24:07.869-07:002011-10-17T16:24:07.869-07:00you all miss the mark because you all came out of ...you all miss the mark because you all came out of the grind-house schools. Read the deliberate dumbing down of america and open your eyes. Sounds like you all get your news from the MSMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339045.post-52485931213462771592011-08-30T20:56:45.883-07:002011-08-30T20:56:45.883-07:00Got here via Tom Woods' site. Good to see the...Got here via Tom Woods' site. Good to see there are still real progressives out there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339045.post-24404869959188092172011-08-30T05:21:25.483-07:002011-08-30T05:21:25.483-07:00"John said...
"...is for spending tax do..."John said...<br />"...is for spending tax dollars to support christian schools"<br />i highly doubt that. link?<br /><br />http://www.ontheissues.org/ron_paul.htm"<br /><br />larryy,<br /><br />Thank you for providing the link that you presume is a smoking gun. I'm sorry to say that it is not. The lists provided on that site are largely generalizations of Yes/No answers to questions that can be interpreted a number of different ways. This is a "defense" that I afford not only to Ron Paul, but any other candidate listed on that site, included Barack Obama and Joe Biden.<br /><br />Simply put, they're good for a very broad, general understanding of candidates, but any detailed understanding must still be weeded out, independently.<br /><br />For the line regarding "spending tax dollars to support christian schools", if you click the link that says "full quotes on education" you can see the full context of the question that he answers "Yes" to. Leave aside the broad stroke answer of "Yes" to questions that deserve deeper discussion, and you're still wrong, sorta.<br /><br />What it comes down to is either a misunderstanding of the meaning of the term tax-credit or you equate tax credits with "spending tax dollars". If you're a victim of the former, that's understandable since the language can be confusing. If you're a proponent of the latter, then you're being disingenuous, because Ron Paul does NOT equate tax-credits with "spending tax dollars", and my honorable opinion is that he's correct. Allowing individuals to keep more of their own money so that they're free to spend it how they wish, in this case Christian Schooling, is not spending tax dollars to support an institution (such as big-ag and big-oil subsidies). You may disagree, and I think I understand why, if you do, but if you do disagree, then your argument should not be that he "...is for spending tax dollars to support christian schools", which seems to me to be more an attack attempting to paint him as a religious bigot (which he's not, he also favors tax credits for home and private schools of any ilk), instead you should be arguing why tax credits are the same as "spending tax dollars" in an attempt to point out ideological inconsistencies.<br /><br />Here is the full question posed to candidates, via the above link, for others who may be interested:<br /><br />Q: I’m 17, and I’m the product of school choice. In the public schools I repeated the 7th grade three times, because of my deficiency in math & English. My mother then sent me to New Generation, a Christian school. After one year, my math improved 5 grade levels, and my English improved 3. Will you support school choice for other students like me with similar tax-credit programs?<br /><br /> HUCKABEE: Yes.<br /> TANCREDO: Yes.<br /> COX: Yes.<br /> BROWNBACK: Yes.<br /> PAUL: Yes.<br /> HUNTER: Yes.<br /> KEYES: Yes.Stevennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339045.post-11689550500790148942011-05-15T14:04:11.846-07:002011-05-15T14:04:11.846-07:00I'll take the sane man over the raving racist ...<i>I'll take the sane man over the raving racist lunatic</i><br /><br />Again, Paul's faults merely underscore the awfulness of Barack Obama, who -- unlike a certain racist loon -- supports a status quo that has imprisoned hundreds of thousands of poor minorities for non-violent drug offenses. In fact, Obama hasn't so much as pardoned a single victim of the disastrous war on drugs that Paul has long forcefully opposed. There's nothing sane or "progressive" about that.Charles Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06005070529766546097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339045.post-84724782508849498492011-05-04T15:26:20.556-07:002011-05-04T15:26:20.556-07:00Interesting article but since Ron Paul has never b...Interesting article but since Ron Paul has never been Commander-in-Chief, it's an inept comparison. Put him in the Big Chair and I'm sure he'd be involved in plenty of acts, operations and situations he would never have imagined or wanted to be in.Scott Mnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339045.post-86070455822612245642011-05-02T00:06:20.618-07:002011-05-02T00:06:20.618-07:00Found you and the present column at lewrockwell.co...Found you and the present column at lewrockwell.com; clicked through to counterpunch, which I often read, for the same reasons as racketmench: that is, for Counterpunche's excellent power elite analysis, disregarding its naive progressivism. (And I'd have put all of that last in quotes, racketmench, but your own words just had too many parentheses and quotes for me to unpack.)<br /><br />Anyway, after reading the column, I inserted my very brief comment and linked to your Ron Paul-Obama piece on my Facebook page.<br /><br />Predictably, I had not much response, aside from one genuine friend of mine (who happens to also be a Facebook "friend"). <br /><br />So this is maybe too much history, when my point is first, just to say that I've never enjoyed the quality of comments following an essay as much as the comments here, now.<br /><br />But second, I've included that Facebook exchange I mentioned, hoping for further comment.<br /><br />So, from Facebook:<br /><br />Keeping in mind that I don't recommend voting, as politics is the means by which you overpower those whom you can't convince, nevertheless:<br /><br />Charles Davis: Is Ron Paul More Progressive Than Obama?<br />(www.counterpunch.org<br /><br />And my friend's comment:<br /><br />So Doug- what's the alternative to voting?<br /> <br />My first reply:<br /><br />Did you read the Davis piece, Bob? And to your question, I'm guessing you want a short answer?<br /> 9 hours ago · LikeUnlike<br /> Yes Doug, i read the Davis piece: though it powerfully lambasted Obama i never found any mention of alternatives to voting- unless my reading comprehension has gone the way of my hairline or I'm just too dull to catch the oblique references. I'll take any explanation- long or short- and would be particularly impressed if it covered conflicting sides of the issue. I've never discussed this matter before--not even with you.<br /><br />6 hours ago · LikeUnlike<br /><br />Me:<br /><br />About voting--I misspoke: nothing wrong with voting, per se, only with political voting... politics... government. Voting within a church group or Toastmasters, for example, is fine. Only in politics does the winning group enforce its will upon the rest through compulsion, if necessary.<br /><br />But you asked, “alternatives?” And to begin an answer, I ask in reply, why do we need alternatives to THAT? When did using force to accomplish our aims make it up onto the table as an acceptable option at all?<br /><br />We all kind of go along with the idea that ends don’t justify means. But we leave blank spaces, unacknowledged areas in life where we live in contradiction with that principle, such as after a majority vote, or a government decree. In those places, we are taught, anything goes, INCLUDING the use of force to secure compliance with (whatever) decrees.<br /><br />So. Alternatives?<br /><br />Civilization grows up WHEREVER we refrain from bending our neighbors to our will. Thus as an alternative I might suggest... whatever is voluntary! And workable or not, this leaves hundreds of millions of us free to act according to our own inner guidance, none of us subject to those–fewer in number–who would play God, presuming to direct the lives of others.<br /><br />Even to speak of ends and means confuses things. All we ever have is the present moment. Thus the means we choose become the ends we obtain. No matter how dramatically we might point to some glorious future goal, if our hands are bloody, then we are living moment by moment in blood.<br /><br />And any moment is a fine moment to renounce violence, to renounce politics.<br /><br />See More<br /> 5 hours ago · LikeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339045.post-86055557370030909712011-05-01T04:16:57.301-07:002011-05-01T04:16:57.301-07:00Call me insane (it must be my anarchy), but I must...Call me insane (it must be my anarchy), but I must say I have never understood why the left hates libertarians so much. There are certainly strong points of disagreement, but why can't we accept all the awesome great parts and just ignore or criticize what we don't like? We could do that instead of just demonizing, going crazy, calling them libertards (seriously? welcome to 2nd grade...) and fleeing from them as if they are the worst invention of all time.<br /><br />But then i suppose that would require having real beliefs not partisan assface fakery.<br /><br />seriously, libertarians are great about war, government stupidity, war on drugs, police and prisons, freedom of speech and plenty of other topics. Most of them are also very anti-coercion which should be, but for some reason isn't, popular with the anti-war/nonviolence crowd. some of them even care about the poor much more than many progressives (of course, caring about the poor TM being the supposed main belief of progressives, this is a no no that must be attacked or at least strongly ignored) <br /><br />of course they libertarians love capitalism too much and have other problems but i suspect the real problem for obamaprogressives is that libertarians (however right or wrong) actually seem to believe what they say and act on what they believe. I also suppose that while republicans are just to absurd to pose any real threat to watertreading liberalism, libertarians can tempt the faithful to "gasp" criticize his holiness the president or other democratic policies and persons. which as we can see in the recent attacks on greenwald, is the only real sin that matters in times of apparent progressive power.<br /><br />reason magazine and radley balko ought not be dirty words or the enemy. They ought to be allies that we sometimes disagree with or laugh at.Jeff BBzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11704724892704077645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339045.post-17942031276657326352011-04-30T20:44:04.077-07:002011-04-30T20:44:04.077-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15464981776947008079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339045.post-75115210919711344542011-04-30T18:13:53.797-07:002011-04-30T18:13:53.797-07:00I'd campaign for Satan at this point, if he co...I'd campaign for Satan at this point, if he could deliver on the promises to end the foreign occupations and NATO bombings.Anyone But Obama!noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339045.post-40057303381354954802011-04-30T14:25:01.798-07:002011-04-30T14:25:01.798-07:00The US doesn't use cluster-bombs you cluster-t...<i>The US doesn't use cluster-bombs you cluster-twit.</i><br /><br />"Amnesty International provided the media with photographs of the aftermath of the Abyan strike in June this year, including remnants of US-sourced cluster munitions and the Tomahawk cruise missiles used to deliver them."<br /><br />See: http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/wikileaks-cable-corroborates-evidence-us-airstrikes-yemen-2010-12-01Charles Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06005070529766546097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339045.post-25550656665552746662011-04-30T14:19:32.301-07:002011-04-30T14:19:32.301-07:00The US doesn't use cluster-bombs you cluster-t...The US doesn't use cluster-bombs you cluster-twit. Ron Paul talks the talk, but he'd be frozen in place once he got in--the libertarian dream is certainly further away and more dangerous than the democratic socialist dream.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339045.post-42948980758034714002011-04-30T13:17:54.630-07:002011-04-30T13:17:54.630-07:00well I think first one reason alot of movment dems...well I think first one reason alot of movment dems don't like him is because he's competition! If your issues are abortion rights, unions and other issues there is very little risk of you defecting to his side. If you are any number of other types, the guys never changing platform speaks for itself. Most people are touched by at least on of the things he's good on: the war on drugs, the war on terror, inflation, etc <br /><br />Also, sites like DU, while a great resource for various democrat causes and well within its rights in not allowing out and out republican types of threads, have led to a kind of groupthink that is unhealthy and creepy. I was reading a thread there today about the police going after amish farmers for selling raw milk. There were some intersting ocmments but some of them were like "what are you a tea bagger. why post this". What's up with that?<br /><br />Maybe ther is a good reason there is little liberal libertarianism outside of Glenn Greenwald and way more on the right but I don't know it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339045.post-6906288310158603412011-04-30T10:48:13.674-07:002011-04-30T10:48:13.674-07:00Ron Paul would end all the wars. Obama and the Re...Ron Paul would end all the wars. Obama and the Repubs support endless Wars for Israel, it all started nearly a decade ago under a false flag attack.<br />9/11 and Israel, here:<br />http://www.iuniverse.com/Bookstore/BookDetail.aspx?BookId=SKU-000190526Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339045.post-35802473686195686582011-04-30T10:28:22.496-07:002011-04-30T10:28:22.496-07:00TPTB are very frightened by what Mr.Paul represent...TPTB are very frightened by what Mr.Paul represents; Freedom,Liberty, and the rule of law, for ALL people-No more "Animal Farm" rules, I mean it's all in the Constitution-Bill of Rights which Mr.Paul represents, check out his voting record (I did) why do you think they call him Doctor No? cause he's not of the Status quot. Strictly Constitutional he is, and why not? since it worked well, until perverted and inevitably compromised like "Boiling Frogs".IMO US needs to go Back to the basics of that document which were well founded by very intelligent peoples wanting a gov "For and By the people" and banning the yoke of tyranny like we have today, not to mention the "Wars", Assassinations, Empire building, AND bailouts of failed companies on YOUR dime!<br />(more like 40k each? soon to be a cool Mil?) Mr. Paul would have none of that (Ban The Fed!), he is not supported by big corps (unlike Obama and 99% on both sides). only by people like you and me.<br />I will vote for the first time ever (no other candidate has been worthy of it:D) at 55 yrs,for Mr. Paul, and I would hope, (god willing) that Mr. Paul would continue to walk the walk that he has been on for so long *other wise all bets are off and I revolt*<br />However my major concern would be for his life, how long would he be allowed to live or remain in some position of (maybe) real power were it so? JFK is one thought that springs to mind :(<br />Ya gotta think about it, why do they literally ban him from debates and the MSM? A crackpot or a threat?.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339045.post-21901547116785093642011-04-30T10:22:34.539-07:002011-04-30T10:22:34.539-07:00I am at a complete loss of words to describe how s...I am at a complete loss of words to describe how some people can take the simplicity of Ron Paul's message and turn it into some boogaboo fear trap that we may fall into.<br /><br />The man has been clear and steadfast on his message for over 30 years. Quit inventing crap like "he wants to get rid of social security and medicaid,etc."<br />What he wants to do is give us an OPTION to invest in our future or continue on the governmental "retirement" plan. Given that social security is operating in the red, I would opt for taking care of my own security.<br /><br />As for Medicare and medicaid, how do you suggest we fund that????<br /><br />It's quite clear to me that Ron Paul doesn't intend to throw people out into the streets as some of you fear mongers want to fantasize but with monies now being diverted from the multiple wars and bases around the world, prosperity would now not be an issue and SOME programs might be kept for the welfare of Americans and not for the destruction of life.<br /><br />See how simple the truth can be.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339045.post-37552249913601174622011-04-30T09:56:50.206-07:002011-04-30T09:56:50.206-07:00This is a great post. I was happy to link back to ...This is a great post. I was happy to link back to it from my blog.<br /><br />I want to add a few notes since I've been doing this dance for a while now.<br /><br />1. Ron Paul cannot end Medicare, Social Security, or any other safety net you have worked for, if elected President. He can only attempt to persuade Congress to do so. Then it will be up to you to fight tooth and nail to keep it. <br /><br />2. Ron Paul does not want to end these safety nets immediately. He wants to give young people the chance to opt out. He has maintained his stance for a long time that he would end the wars first, and use the savings to keep the welfare system going. <br /><br />3. The welfare (and warfare) systems are made possible by the Federal Reserve. If you want to end any government waste at all, no matter your ideology, you have to go after the printing press. If you don't, they will slowly and then surely bankrupt us all through inflation. If our current trajectory stays true, we will all need a safety net, only there will be no one left to pay for it.<br /><br />4. The war issue should be foremost in all American's minds, Repub or Dem or Independent. It's the most serious moral issue. It's the most dangerous to our future. If we don't stop this endless senseless killing, we will destroy our currency and the moral fabric of the nation.<br /><br />5. It's a small sample, but my liberal friends are very receptive to Ron Paul and would love to see a Paul-Kucinich ticket. They all swear they would cast their vote that way, and I have no choice but to believe them.<br /><br />6. Changing the subject to homeschooling, one no longer needs money to give their kids a homeschooled education. In fact, no parent in America has an excuse any longer. Websites like www.khanacademy.org are completely destroying the traditional education concept. If you've never visited Khan's site, I implore you have a look. Certainly, tutoring and special needs are still in demand, but beyond that the entire educational paradigm has shifted to low-cost and no-cost education that is significantly better than standard public school (and even some private school) instruction. <br /><br />Thanks for a great read.David in Qatarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339045.post-54524202667099009042011-04-30T09:42:05.675-07:002011-04-30T09:42:05.675-07:00larryy,
So you think the government that actually...larryy,<br /><br />So you think the government that actually DOES murder Muslims has the right to forcibly remove children from their homes and educate them in your preferred doctrines?<br /><br />Sure, public schools don't teach creationism (not yet, anyway). But they do celebrate "Earth Day" and teach children to worship Gaia. They also tell kids that Abraham Lincoln fought a Civil War to free the slaves and FDR saved capitalism. Are some fairy tales more acceptable than others?<br /><br />As for homeschooling being illegal until 1981, it is still illegal in Germany, since being made so by Hitler. You are in good company.<br /><br />I don't understand the statists' obsession with control. They need to control everything, including what other people's kids are taught. They think they are sole keepers of The One Truth and have the right to impose it on others. They are like the religious extremists they deride so much, forcing conversions to their faith at the point of a sword.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339045.post-74901269161245276772011-04-30T09:21:34.391-07:002011-04-30T09:21:34.391-07:00There's always SO much optimism-until the poli...There's always SO much optimism-until the politician actually gets into office and is alone with all of that power.<br /><br />Ron could get elected and within a year the exact same things will be written about him...<br /><br />Change the system-completely. Stop shuffling politicians and whining about why they behave badly.Lilinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339045.post-1783193104693183642011-04-30T09:19:46.857-07:002011-04-30T09:19:46.857-07:00Okay, Ron Paul's policies on drugs and foreign...Okay, Ron Paul's policies on drugs and foreign intervention are fantastic. If I could cross those traits of his and social policies of Obama, I would vote for that person in a second. But barring dramatic medical advances, that's not possible.<br /><br />So, given a choice between both men as they are, not picking and choosing policies, who do you choose? Are you saying you would vote for Ron Paul and support ending Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, the FDA, OSHA... essentially pushing all existing federal regulation to the state level?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9339045.post-37759027916933543222011-04-30T08:38:05.013-07:002011-04-30T08:38:05.013-07:00F A N T A S T I C ! ! ! A rousing 'HUZZAH'...F A N T A S T I C ! ! ! A rousing 'HUZZAH' for you my good man!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com