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Ron Paul's New Primary Goal Is "Internet Freedom"
Charliemopps writes "Ron and Rand Paul are shifting the central focus of their family's libertarian crusade to a new cause: Internet Freedom. From the article: 'Kentucky senator Rand and his father Ron Paul, who has not yet formally conceded the Republican presidential nomination, will throw their weight behind a new online manifesto set to be released today by the Paul-founded Campaign for Liberty. The new push, Paul aides say, will in some ways displace what has been their movement's long-running top priority, shutting down the Federal Reserve Bank. The move is an attempt to stake a libertarian claim to a central public issue of the next decade, and to move from the esoteric terrain of high finance to the everyday world of cable modems and Facebook.' This seems like welcome news to me. Let's see if they can get more traction here than they did with the Fed."
I would definitely mod this up if I had any points. It's also worth pointing out that in the rare circumstances where he actually gets congress to vote on one of his proposals, it ends up getting watered down by the other members of congress so much that it becomes pointless. Of course, this is no fault of Rep. Paul's. You can read about such an event here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Reserve_Transparency_Act , but you might as well not waste your time because me and the other 20% of the voters in the GOP primaries that voted for Ron Paul are all KKK members.
The Supreme Court elected W as our president.
I can't correct it all right now...
I personally disagree with homosexuality, but even I can see the change has been occurring since long before Obama reached office.
There was a clear inflection point in polls though when Obama publicly stated his support for gay marriage.
Obama has had 3.5 years to do something and the unemployment rate has not only EXCEEDED the HIGHEST he said it would go, it has STAYED there for a long long time.
We've been doing doing about a million jobs a month better lately than the economy he took over in 2009. As economists know, spending is what pulls an economy out of a recession. You can clearly see when the stimulus worked in the unemployment numbers, but Congress blocked the jobs bill and has forced austerity, which is a drag on the economy.
How much voter fraud do we have in this country?
Almost none. Well, there was that O'Keefe guy. Got any others?
What does it even mean to "agree/disagree" with a thing that happens? I hear people say that a lot, do they really mean "disapprove"? Agreement is for propositions. It makes sense to say "I disagree that homosexuality occurs in 5-10% of the population" or that "I disagree that homosexuality is a choice" or that "I disagree that homosexuality will not cause the collapse of civil society". Those are at least well formed ideas. Saying "I disagree with homosexuality" is a lot like saying "I disagree with poetry". What does that even mean?
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