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Started by Enrico Salazar, November 09, 2005, 07:32:42 PM

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#135
May 13, 2008, 08:47:48 PM
Certainly there will be a big fight over the independents who didn't have a chance to cast a vote in the primaries.  That's what makes Bob Barr and Ralph Nader's presences in the race at least mildly interesting.  In the end, I think they cancel each other out, but it might at least bring us some comical news footage to keep it interesting. 
Cynicism is a blank check for failure.

hooplala

#136
May 30, 2008, 08:08:44 PM
Serious question:

I don't pay a hell of a lot of attention to politics... so I was hoping someone could help me out with this. 

I know Ron Paul gets ribbed a lot on this forum, but I was just listening to an interview with him and he seemed like an interesting candidate.

So, what is the problem with him?
"Soon all of us will have special names" — Professor Brian O'Blivion

"Now's not the time to get silly, so wear your big boots and jump on the garbage clowns." — Bob Dylan?

"Do I contradict myself?
Very well then I contradict myself,
(I am large, I contain multitudes.)" — Walt Whitman

Cain

#137
May 30, 2008, 08:10:32 PM
Quote from: Hoopla on May 30, 2008, 08:08:44 PM
Serious question:

I don't pay a hell of a lot of attention to politics... so I was hoping someone could help me out with this. 

I know Ron Paul gets ribbed a lot on this forum, but I was just listening to an interview with him and he seemed like an interesting candidate.

So, what is the problem with him?

He's a NeoConfederate, in short.

Also see http://ronpaulsurvivalreport.blogspot.com/ and http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=site%3Adneiwert.blogspot.com+ron+paul&btnG=Search&meta=

LMNO

#138
May 30, 2008, 08:11:02 PM
He wants to abolish the federal reserve, the Department of Education, and pretty much every federal program that exists.

Cain

#139
May 30, 2008, 08:14:13 PM
Quote from: LMNO on May 30, 2008, 08:11:02 PM
He wants to abolish the federal reserve, the Department of Education, and pretty much every federal program that exists.

Psh, dont give a shit about that.

He's friends with Christian theocrat Gary North, has played every far-right conspiracy theory going and is nothing less than the candidate for the Heavily Guarded Compound crowd.  The people really behind him are the sort of people who cheered at the Oklahoma Bombing and think abortionists should be murdered.

Mesozoic Mister Nigel

#140
May 30, 2008, 08:21:40 PM
Quote from: Hoopla on May 30, 2008, 08:08:44 PM
Serious question:

I don't pay a hell of a lot of attention to politics... so I was hoping someone could help me out with this. 

I know Ron Paul gets ribbed a lot on this forum, but I was just listening to an interview with him and he seemed like an interesting candidate.

So, what is the problem with him?

His weird, creepy, fanatical followers.
"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."

hooplala

#141
May 30, 2008, 08:33:50 PM
Quote from: Cain on May 30, 2008, 08:14:13 PM
Quote from: LMNO on May 30, 2008, 08:11:02 PM
He wants to abolish the federal reserve, the Department of Education, and pretty much every federal program that exists.

Psh, dont give a shit about that.

He's friends with Christian theocrat Gary North, has played every far-right conspiracy theory going and is nothing less than the candidate for the Heavily Guarded Compound crowd.  The people really behind him are the sort of people who cheered at the Oklahoma Bombing and think abortionists should be murdered.

People who think abortionists should be murdered don't sound like what Libertarianism is supposed to be about though, do they?  Or do I have the wrong idea about Libertarianism?
"Soon all of us will have special names" — Professor Brian O'Blivion

"Now's not the time to get silly, so wear your big boots and jump on the garbage clowns." — Bob Dylan?

"Do I contradict myself?
Very well then I contradict myself,
(I am large, I contain multitudes.)" — Walt Whitman

Cain

#142
May 30, 2008, 08:53:27 PM
Quote from: Hoopla on May 30, 2008, 08:33:50 PM
Quote from: Cain on May 30, 2008, 08:14:13 PM
Quote from: LMNO on May 30, 2008, 08:11:02 PM
He wants to abolish the federal reserve, the Department of Education, and pretty much every federal program that exists.

Psh, dont give a shit about that.

He's friends with Christian theocrat Gary North, has played every far-right conspiracy theory going and is nothing less than the candidate for the Heavily Guarded Compound crowd.  The people really behind him are the sort of people who cheered at the Oklahoma Bombing and think abortionists should be murdered.

People who think abortionists should be murdered don't sound like what Libertarianism is supposed to be about though, do they?  Or do I have the wrong idea about Libertarianism?

Ron Paul isn't really a Libertarian.

He's in favour of states being able to legislate away rights enshrined in the Constitution and is opposed to the Federal Reserve and UN on the basis they are part of a militarist bankers conspiracy - not that they interfere with the free market and autonomy of the individual.  He'd have no problem with a state taking away every single right a person has - just so long as the Federal government doesnt do it.  The links explain it pretty well.

hooplala

#143
May 30, 2008, 08:55:18 PM
Ok, thank you very much... I will check that link when I get home.
"Soon all of us will have special names" — Professor Brian O'Blivion

"Now's not the time to get silly, so wear your big boots and jump on the garbage clowns." — Bob Dylan?

"Do I contradict myself?
Very well then I contradict myself,
(I am large, I contain multitudes.)" — Walt Whitman

hooplala

#144
December 03, 2008, 03:53:15 PM
So..... anyone heard what's been going on in Canadian politics this week?
"Soon all of us will have special names" — Professor Brian O'Blivion

"Now's not the time to get silly, so wear your big boots and jump on the garbage clowns." — Bob Dylan?

"Do I contradict myself?
Very well then I contradict myself,
(I am large, I contain multitudes.)" — Walt Whitman

AFK

#145
December 03, 2008, 03:55:21 PM
Isn't it kind of like a more peaceful version of what's going on in Thailand? 

Basically the minorty parties want to gang up and throw out the PM right? 
Cynicism is a blank check for failure.

Suu

#146
December 03, 2008, 03:59:27 PM
Canada has politics? I though Stephen Harper was a real estate agent.

Sovereign Episkopos-Princess Kaousuu; Esq., Battle Nun, Bene Gesserit.
Our Lady of Perpetual Confusion; 1st Church of Discordia

"Add a dab of lavender to milk, leave town with an orange, and pretend you're laughing at it."

hooplala

#147
December 03, 2008, 04:02:01 PM
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on December 03, 2008, 03:55:21 PM
Isn't it kind of like a more peaceful version of what's going on in Thailand? 

Basically the minorty parties want to gang up and throw out the PM right? 

Bingo.  I'm loving it.
"Soon all of us will have special names" — Professor Brian O'Blivion

"Now's not the time to get silly, so wear your big boots and jump on the garbage clowns." — Bob Dylan?

"Do I contradict myself?
Very well then I contradict myself,
(I am large, I contain multitudes.)" — Walt Whitman

AFK

#148
December 03, 2008, 04:17:10 PM
When I was up visiting the folks for Turkey Weekend, I spent my nights watching The National on CBC. 
Cynicism is a blank check for failure.

hooplala

#149
December 03, 2008, 04:19:42 PM
You have my sympathy.
"Soon all of us will have special names" — Professor Brian O'Blivion

"Now's not the time to get silly, so wear your big boots and jump on the garbage clowns." — Bob Dylan?

"Do I contradict myself?
Very well then I contradict myself,
(I am large, I contain multitudes.)" — Walt Whitman
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