Posted on 03/15/2008 9:13:01 AM PDT by pissant
Breaking the laws you make and swear to uphold is big.
whadda’ fool
I always thought there was a mossad connection there myself.
Indeed. I’d argue that 70% of the federal gov’t needs to go away altogether.
Who is Ron Paul?
I agree.
“Ron Paul (R-Texas), he of the quixotic GOP presidential campaign and unique policy positions, is never one to be shy about his opinions.” One problem with Paul’s opinion is that he has no idea what the facts of the case are. Therefore, at this point, his opinion is worthless.
He certainly does, and he (Cong. Paul) makes a valid point there. Should banks be required to report to Big Brother every transaction over x dollars that any customer participates in? Where in the Constitution does Congress have the power to compel such snooping by private entities over private citizens?
I don't think it would have mattered. Bill and Hill were already working for them. On the issue of Spitzer, he enthusiastically used all of the tools that were used against him when he was Attorney General, and had no problem with them when he was on the other side of the courtroom. What's the old saying? A liberal is a conservative that's just been arrested?
Part of the glee with which the downfall of Spitzer was greeted was because he so enthusiastically prosecuted prostitution rings. It's hard to feel sympathy for someone when they're caught in their own trap.
Do we really want to be like most countries?
It seems the more we become like most countries socially, the more we are becoming like them overall.
Yes, but two Wrights do make an airplane.
Call me stupid, but I can't seem to figure that out.
I didn't assert it was an "amoral" position, you did. The assertion was that it wasn't "that bad". An amoral position would deny "good" or "bad" as having any relevance at all. Beyond there, there's the flawed tacit assertion that any "amoral" argument is inherently immoral by simply failing to address morality. Think you can figure that out?
Ron Paul has NO moral boundaries. He favors LEGALIZED prostitution. Ron Paul NEVER gets the facts right. It was unusual BANK TRANSFERS that alerted the BANK to investigate what was going on. Again, the Spitball was breaking laws. Ron Paul is an anarchist.
Imho, they should be routinely polygraphed, just like certain other government employees.
One thing that Ron Paul doesn’t address....you can do anything you want....as long as you are willing to take the responsibility for what you do and the big thing.......don’t get caught. People have been doing this since the begining of time....big surprise huh? We play dumb, go about our business and pretend it doesn’t happen. People we look up to say this type of behavior is wrong.....but.....we find out later that they are doing the same thing they talk against. WOW....what a surprise.
Somebody wanted Spitzer to go down....and go down he did.
You have to make the distinction between the capital-L Libertarians and Ron Paulistas — and the small-l libertarians and conservatives that have some libertarian leanings.
I fall into the latter category. Think more along the lines of Larry Elder, not Ron Paul — and certainly not Shane Cory.
You are correct on both counts: Spitzer was not entrapped (though he may have been wiretapped illegally - I don’t know the specifics), and repealing this Orwellian law is a great idea.
(snicker)
I have some libertarian leanings myself, but so far I have been able to keep my brains from falling out........
I don't doubt that. I have always thought that our enemies as well as our friends who wanted to have leverage over us, would exploit the blatantly exposed weakness of Slick Willie when he was president.
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