I already met your burden of proof with his contradiction
You did nothing of the kind, and you can't hide your failure to do so by increasing the volume of your blather. Ron Paul is an honest man, and you are a liar, trying to smear him.
Oh, that's so clever! They must be so proud of you at your junior pinko meetings.
You started this by telling a baldfaced lie, trying and failing to impugn Ron Paul's integrity. He is an honest man, and you are not. Sucks to be you, I'm sure.
That he voted against any facet of abortion is a violation of his position, which is to leave it to the states.
Nonsense. His intention to return jurisdiction over abortion to the states doesn't require him to ignore the fact that today, it's a matter over which the federal government claims power.
Their decisions are final.
Oh really? I'm sure that many people in this country will be very distressed to learn that Plessy v. Ferguson is still the law of the land, then. So much for integration. (Oh, wait.. Plessey was overturned in Brown v. Topeka.)
Gold and Silver coinage are mandated by the constitution. If circumstances make coinage impossible, then there's a way to amend the constitution to deal with those new conditions. Merely ignoring parts of the constitution because some people find them inconvenient leads to many problems. (Like undeclared wars and uncontrollable inflation, to name two.)
Note that during these votes, the Roe v. Wade decision was in effect as the supreme law of the land due to the Supreme Court, rendering all of these yes votes a violation of the U.S. Constitution.
Very interesting spin you have there, but you haven't succeeded in showing that Ron Paul's votes are inconsistent with his words. A supreme court decision isn't a "supreme law of the land", (as you put it) it's a determination of a particular case, which can set a precedent which may or may not be upheld in subsequent decisions.
He's a liar and flip-flopper just like the rest of them.
Actually, you're the liar. Ron Paul's votes on this issue are consistent with his stated position: he votes against federal funding for abortion (since he votes against federal funding for anything not authorized by the constitution), and he votes to allow the states to set their own policy on the matter.
As for changing his position, the only issue I can name where Ron Paul has changed his stance is on the death penalty: he used to be in favor of it, but given the number of death row convicts who have been exonerated by DNA evidence, he no longer supports it. I don't have a problem with that.
Didn't know a Continental would fetch that much, but a Confederate dollar is worth up to a couple hundred, depending on its condition. That's numismatic value for you.
The last time a Republican got a lot of crossover voters, he was also vehemently opposed by the "mainstream" of the Republican party, although they like to pretend now that they supported him all along. That was Ronald Reagan.
No, the confederacy never had a goal of holding northern territory. The whole purpose of their campaign was to make the federal forces withdraw from the south, and force the north to recognize the CSA's independence.
That wasn't really a civil war. A civil war is two factions fighting for control of a country, not one part of a country splitting off and being re-conquered by the other.
Cause basing your currency on the pricing of a commodity is somehow more secure than the faith and trust of the government.
Had a look at just how much the currency has been inflated since the Federal Reserve was established? For extra credit, can you tell us who benefits from inflation?
Great understanding of economics there, pal.
Ever heard the phrase "not worth a Continental"? Any idea what it refers to?
The gold and silver clause was written into the constitution because the framers had recent, painful experience with the dangers of fiat currency.
I rather like the idea of one slap across the face per spam message. If they sent out ten e-mails, they get a sore face for a couple of minutes. If they sent out millions, then they're likely to become a red smear on the floor of the cell.
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I already met your burden of proof with his contradiction
You did nothing of the kind, and you can't hide your failure to do so by increasing the volume of your blather. Ron Paul is an honest man, and you are a liar, trying to smear him.
-jcr
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Oh, that's so clever! They must be so proud of you at your junior pinko meetings.
You started this by telling a baldfaced lie, trying and failing to impugn Ron Paul's integrity. He is an honest man, and you are not. Sucks to be you, I'm sure.
-jcr
his post is unjustly maligning my comment
I'm taking you to task for calling an honest man a liar. If you can't handle that, try to work it out in therapy.
next time you try an ad hominem remark, take a step back and consider how it looks.
that's advice that you would do well to follow.
-jcr
Is that your excuse?
I need no excuses. You're the one who's tried to tar Ron Paul as a liar, and failed to do so. Your claim, your burden of proof.
Feel free to keep trying though, I'm enjoying watching you dig your hole.
-jcr
That he voted against any facet of abortion is a violation of his position, which is to leave it to the states.
Nonsense. His intention to return jurisdiction over abortion to the states doesn't require him to ignore the fact that today, it's a matter over which the federal government claims power.
Their decisions are final.
Oh really? I'm sure that many people in this country will be very distressed to learn that Plessy v. Ferguson is still the law of the land, then. So much for integration. (Oh, wait.. Plessey was overturned in Brown v. Topeka.)
Try again.
-jcr
Gold and Silver coinage are mandated by the constitution. If circumstances make coinage impossible, then there's a way to amend the constitution to deal with those new conditions. Merely ignoring parts of the constitution because some people find them inconvenient leads to many problems. (Like undeclared wars and uncontrollable inflation, to name two.)
-jcr
Note that during these votes, the Roe v. Wade decision was in effect as the supreme law of the land due to the Supreme Court, rendering all of these yes votes a violation of the U.S. Constitution.
Very interesting spin you have there, but you haven't succeeded in showing that Ron Paul's votes are inconsistent with his words. A supreme court decision isn't a "supreme law of the land", (as you put it) it's a determination of a particular case, which can set a precedent which may or may not be upheld in subsequent decisions.
Try again.
-jcr
He's a liar and flip-flopper just like the rest of them.
Actually, you're the liar. Ron Paul's votes on this issue are consistent with his stated position: he votes against federal funding for abortion (since he votes against federal funding for anything not authorized by the constitution), and he votes to allow the states to set their own policy on the matter.
As for changing his position, the only issue I can name where Ron Paul has changed his stance is on the death penalty: he used to be in favor of it, but given the number of death row convicts who have been exonerated by DNA evidence, he no longer supports it. I don't have a problem with that.
-jcr
Didn't know a Continental would fetch that much, but a Confederate dollar is worth up to a couple hundred, depending on its condition. That's numismatic value for you.
-jcr
Have you ever heard of the Great Depression?
Do your homework: find out when the Federal Reserve was created. The Great Depression was the first of its many failures.
I'd rather have controlled inflation than another recession like that.
So, you're all for a problem that pretends to be its own solution, eh?
took a US History class in school.
If all you know of history is what you learn in a government school, then your ignorance is no surprise.
-jcr
The last time a Republican got a lot of crossover voters, he was also vehemently opposed by the "mainstream" of the Republican party, although they like to pretend now that they supported him all along. That was Ronald Reagan.
-jcr
No, the confederacy never had a goal of holding northern territory. The whole purpose of their campaign was to make the federal forces withdraw from the south, and force the north to recognize the CSA's independence.
-jcr
Yes, I've read it. He's the only politician I can remember in my lifetime whose votes match his words 100%.
-jcr
A tiny vocal minority
He has more individual donors than any other candidate in the race, Republican or Democrat.
-jcr
That wasn't really a civil war. A civil war is two factions fighting for control of a country, not one part of a country splitting off and being re-conquered by the other.
-jcr
Cause basing your currency on the pricing of a commodity is somehow more secure than the faith and trust of the government.
Had a look at just how much the currency has been inflated since the Federal Reserve was established? For extra credit, can you tell us who benefits from inflation?
Great understanding of economics there, pal.
Ever heard the phrase "not worth a Continental"? Any idea what it refers to?
The gold and silver clause was written into the constitution because the framers had recent, painful experience with the dangers of fiat currency.
-jcr
Not much more to say...
-jcr
There's all kinds of crap on YouTube, and lots of good material as well. When you see crap, flag it. Don't bother arguing with the idiots.
-jcr
I rather like the idea of one slap across the face per spam message. If they sent out ten e-mails, they get a sore face for a couple of minutes. If they sent out millions, then they're likely to become a red smear on the floor of the cell.
-jcr
He's not a "purported" spammer, he's an admitted spammer. So fuck you, too.
-jcr
Hear, hear!
I'd set my price at a hundred grand.
-jcr
If people who want to share music try to use my bandwidth or equipment to do so, then I'd treat them like spammers, or any other kind of intruder.
-jcr
Better make damned sure of that, you thieving asshole.
-jcr
So it is not as black-and-white as most people here try to put it.
Yes it is, you scumbag.
Even though not everyone opted in, some actually did.
If you send your ads to ANYONE who didn't opt in, you are a spammer. You are scum. You should die from uncontrolled anal bleeding. Clear enough?
-jcr
You may be a nice person and run a respectable enterprise
Nope. It's a spammer, so by definition it's not a nice person. It's a thief.
-jcr