Slashdot Mirror
Has Ron Paul Quit?
Lally Singh sends us to the inside-the-Beltway blog Wonkette for a quick take on a letter Ron Paul sent to his supporters. In this analysis, Dr. Paul has basically called it quits. "Late Friday night, Dr. Congressman Ron Paul posted a letter to his fans basically saying it's over, but he will continue talking about his message, and plus it would be completely embarrassing for him if he also lost his congressional seat."
Now we'll be allowed to talk about economics scientifically again.
(NB: Paul's supporters believe in Austrian School "economics", which explicitly refutes science and empiricism)
http://www.accountkiller.com/removal-requested
Ron Paul is a fuck-nut racist evolution denying fool.
He doesn't vote for things, just against them.
Considering that you have sites like ScumFront running threads on how great it would be if Ron Paul were president (because he would keep all those nasty immigrants out etc.), if nothing else he is tainted by association.
The fact is though, he never stood a chance. The Greens were getting supporters to vote for him in the Primaries 'cause they wanted a fool candidate for the Republicans, thus meaning more people voting "left" (thought the Democrats are hardly left of the Republicans in most meaningful senses of the word).
Anyway, haha.
I wank in the shower.
check out vietnamveteransagainstmccain.com
Opinionated Law Student Strikes Again!
I've never felt very strongly about any Presidential candidate, or any politician for that matter. But every candidate has a small % of avid, fervent, even whacko followers. With Ron Paul, he has so few followers to begin with, they're all whackos.
Research shows that 67% of those who use the term "research shows", are just making shit up.
Why does this website care so much for Paul?
Libertarianism of the kind espoused by Dr. Paul is very popular among the more self-centered and socially isolated types who get into computers and technology. Too much time spent alone causes them to lose empathy and understanding for other people, making an egocentric ideology like Libertarianism seem very appealing.
I've never understood why Americans seem to admire people who fight in wars so much; could you enlighten me as to why? Does killing make you more intelligent, insightful, learned? Maybe I could understand it of Americans of the revolutionary days, but today, where most people live happy family lives in their suburban homes and recoil in terror at the idea of their kids falling over and scraping their knee? What gives?
== Jez ==
Do you miss Firefox? Try Pale Moon.
Thanks God... Less one fascist transvestited as libertarian on the US politics... Only the stupid geeks that live on WoW would think that this Ron trash was something good... He can stay on the race if he wants, he wont make any difference as he hasnt made until now. He is just a BIG L like all the Ronulan Nazi-Storm-Troopers. He is garbage now, gone, sent to the trash can of history by the conscientious Americans that want preserve our constitution and won't get cheated by some wolf on sheepskin, like all those geeks that think they now politics while they use our Founding Fathers letter to wrap marijuana joints...
McCain 2008 this is real America! If you don't like it, go live on your virtual WoW!
I have the misfortune of haven taken a job in Oklahoma.
There is a seriously large fraction of the population here would cheer of Obama got lynched. A frightening number of people who would volunteer to do it.
I hate the south.
Social Programs = channelling money to corporations. Education = channelling money to corporations. No matter where the government spends money, it goes to corporations one way or another. And those will become big, fat corporations, just like every other government contractor.
You can't win when the government has your money. Your best bet is to ensure they have as little of it as possible. If you compromise on these issues, the only thing that happens is that you lose your principles (and your cash.)
Then unless Hillary and Obama team up then I guess Democrats are going to have to accept that half of them are sexist and half of them are racists. Oh the sweet, sweet irony!
Care to define "seriously large" Wonko? I'd wager there's more real racism to be found in the northwest and northeast regions of the country than in the South.
By the way, the South's none too fond of your sort either. Don't let our collective trailer door hit you in the ass as you scurry back across the Mason-Dixon line.
McCain was shot down and surrendered.
Hardly a hero.
if you steal from one source, that is plagiarism, if you steal from many, well, that's just research.