Posted on 09/23/2007 10:47:55 AM PDT by LdSentinal
Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul contends that the federal government has overreacted by limiting personal freedom in the wake of terrorist attacks six years ago, noting more people die on U.S. highways in less than a month’s time compared to the number who lost their lives on Sept. 11, 2001.
“We have been told that we have to give up our freedoms in order to be safe because terrorism is such a horrible event,” Paul said today to more than 1,000 supporters who attended a rally at a downtown Chicago hotel ballroom.
“A lot fewer lives died on 9/11 than they do in less than a month on our highways, but once again, who owns the highways? Do we own the highways? No. It’s a government institution you know. …We need to put all this in perspective.”
More than 2,970 people were reported dead in the terrorist attacks in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania. Federal highway traffic statistics show an average of 3,509 people a month were killed on the nation’s highways in 2001.
(Excerpt) Read more at weblogs.baltimoresun.com ...
[noting more people die on U.S. highways in less than a month’s time compared to the number who lost their lives on Sept. 11, 2001. ]
Well, that interesting revelation kind of puts 9/11 in perspective. I guess the 3000+ dead is OK after all. {sarc off)
What a penis pimple!
What a stupid blanking statistic. Ron Paul really is a horse’s *ss.
Highway accidents aren’t caused by AN ARMY OF PEOPLE TRYING TO KILL US, RON.
What a douche. This guy might as well be a George Soros-funded candidate .
They’re already putting up election signs for Paul in Austin,Tx.
RON PAUL
R(evol)ution
That’s either evil spelled wrong or love spelled backwards.
“Twenty posts and not a peep from the Paulestinian Liberation Organization on FR.”
Good, because they need to take their asses to MoveOn.org where they belong.
If he were to actually draw a line it would be allowed to be crossed while they drew another line.
...and very specifically, Mr Paul, what personal freedoms have you lost? That’s right, absolutely none. Yet, you are willing to compromise the ability of your government to protect it’s citizens, and join the George Bush bashing bunch in the process. Let’s see, who do I trust?
That will skew the results of course, but hey, statistics are fun, I mean they are just infidel Americans...
Glad you clear that up for us dude...
I don’t walk outside in a thunderstorm and I want my government to kill the scum anywhere they are...
If he doesn’t take the killing of 3,000 innocent people by terrorists seriously, than he doesn’t belong anywhere near the White House.
More Americans are also killed by illegal “migrants” than were killed in the 9/11 attack....-....-.....-.....
It's difficult to convince the straight-line thinkers among us that our choice is
1) to adequately estimate the potential for mass destruction posed by this enemy, or
2) assume our enemy will stay at the same level and not become emboldened by our willingness to ignore its potential.
Perhaps you should contemplate the political fallout after Katrina wrecked a city, where hurricanes had never reached Category 5 before — but had been widely predicted to do so some day soon.
It’s just a numbers game dontcha know...
Lol! Somewhere along the way Ron Paul became ‘strange’ for lack of a better word.
As a Texan, I can remember a time when I actually liked him. His family sent out great cook books!!
I’m a member of a grassroots forum and the nutters in there are psychos. I received a PM from one of them this afternoon screaming at me because I don’t like Ron Paul. According to him it’s all Bush’s fault that he is doing his third tour in Iraq. He said that I need to take a look at my soul for supporting anybody but Ron Paul because Ron Paul will get them all out of Iraq. I didn’t reply to him but I wanted to ask him why he was blaming me because as far as I know we have a volunteer army and nobody twisted his arm to make him join.
I’d like to see us out of there too but not until the time is right. Ron Paul would be a disaster on national security.
L Ron Retarded
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