Posted on 10/01/2009 6:07:20 PM PDT by RobinMasters
Isn’t Ron Paul’s audit the Fed bill one co-sponsor short of a filibuster proof majority in the House? In addition to Grayson, I’m sure there are other sponsors you find much more palatable.
Reading comprehension is really slipping on this site.
Where do I say anything like that?
No, I don’t. I want it audited and then abolished and I want our currency returned to something with real backing.
I was talking about his book. I haven’t heard any rave reviews about it and so far it sucks. I have 4000 books in my library and have about half of them to finish reading. And I don’t want to waste time on Paul’s book if the entire thing sucks.
OK, thanks. Guess I’ll plow through it.
If you haven’t read Griffin’s The Creature from Jekyll Island, you ought to take a look at it. After reading that, everything on the Fed that I’ve read pales in comparison.
How can you know it sucks if you don’t read it? I have not but I give him credit in pushing for an audit of the Fed. It is a totally illegal NGO.
My point, Paul’s allies take in this POS.
This is so typical. Cindy Sheehan and other left wing
loons have allied with the same bunch.
They all have in common, anti war
Being wrong on one thing =/= being wrong on a different thing.
I haven’t read much at all about the Fed nor Austrian economics. I figured that, since he’s trying to reach a broad audience, Ron Paul’s book would be a good primer and wouldn’t go too far over my head. I’m too ignorant on the subject of fiat money and how it affects politics to agree or disagree with him, but he makes some intriguing arguments. That’s what I’d hoped to get out of the book, and that’s what I got.
I’ll take your advice and put The Creature from Jekyll Island on my reading list.
Add to that Ron Paul has refused to return donations from and repudiate endorsements from the Stormfront types.
AR: I’d rather vote for Bob Hope, the Marx Brothers, or Jerry Lewis. I don’t think they’re as funny as Professor Hospers and the Libertarian Party. If, at a time like this, John Hospers takes ten votes away from Nixon (which I doubt he’ll do), it would be a moral crime. I don’t care about Nixon, and I care even less about Hospers. But this is no time to engage in publicity seeking, which all these crank political parties are doing. If you want to spread your ideas, do it through education. But don’t run for President—or even dogcatcher—if you’re going to help McGovern.
The woman was a patriot.
Give it at least two month’s reading and studying time.
I guarantee it will fully mature much of what you suspected and believed, as well as open your eyes very wide regarding financial matters in this country.
Von Mises also has a decent history of the Fed.
I thought Ron Paul was a Republican...
“Main reason why GOP has become the party of the wealthy and big business.”
Main reason the GOP became a party of that group is because that is who has the most money, by far.
Yeah he switched Parties. He kept running as a Libertarian...kept losing...so he switch to Republican and then won. He is a RINO.
Allahpundit most recently jumped the shark by bashing Palin upon her resignation:
Breaking: Palin to resign within weeks? Update: Is her career over?
....Update: Says Ace, “It’s over. You can’t resign from a governorship and then run for higher office.” I agree. Placing your ambition over your commitment to the state looks shady, especially for someone who won’t have a single full term as governor under her belt for the primaries.
For the skinny on allahpundit, see these:
Predictably, Allahpundit is an officer of the PC Police. Palin bashing is fine, but don't be mean to Mrs. Obama!
Well both were atheist. But Rand was against Big Brother.
Some people overlook her atheism to embrace her glorification of the I.
Ron Paul voted against condemning Ahmadinejad.
His long list of anti war, having much the same views of Rev. Wright re 9/11, and other views and talking points of the Code Pinkos.
I have followed politics for several decades. worked in Reagan’s first campaign when he ran for gov.
Have also seen the damage Third Party malcontents do
to this country.
Have gone face to face many times with Code Pinkos and Paulites. Just too many issues with the same talking points.
Exactly, Stormfront, Rockwell, Jones, and the list goes on.
As far as I know, he ran as a Libertarian Presidential candidate back in 88’. He’s been a Republican for quite a while now. His voting record indicates to me that he seems to side with the Constitution no matter which party is in power at the time. Wish we had more “RINO’s” like Ron Paul...
For what it’s worth....
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In the 1988 presidential election, Paul defeated American Indian activist Russell Means to win the Libertarian Party nomination for president.[6] Paul criticized Ronald Reagan as a failure and cited high deficits as exhibit A.[16] On the ballot in 46 states and the District of Columbia,[24] Paul placed third in the popular vote with 432,179 votes (0.5%),[25] behind Republican winner George H. W. Bush and Democrat Michael Dukakis.[26] Paul was kept off the ballot in Missouri, and received votes there only when written in, due to what the St. Louis Post-Dispatch called a “technicality”.[27]
As the “Libertarian standard bearer”,[28][29] Paul gained supporters who agreed with his positions on gun rights, fiscal conservatism, homeschooling, and abortion, and won approval from many who thought the federal government was misdirected. This nationwide support base encouraged and donated to his later campaigns.[9] Kent Snyder, Paul’s 2008 campaign chair, first worked for Paul on the 1988 campaign.[30][31]
According to Paul, his presidential run was about more than reaching office; he sought to spread his libertarian ideas, often to school and university groups regardless of vote eligibility. He said, “We’re just as interested in the future generation as this election. These kids will vote eventually, and maybe, just maybe, they’ll go home and talk to their parents.”[24] He traveled the country for a year speaking about issues such as free market economics and the rising government deficits:[28] “That’s why we talk to a lot of young people. They’re the ones who are paying these bills, they’re the ones who are inheriting this debt, so it’s most likely these young people who will move into this next generation in government.”[32]
After the election, Paul continued his medical practice until he returned to Congress.[6][33] He also co-owned a coin dealership, Ron Paul Coins, for twelve years with Burt Blumert, who continued to operate it after Paul returned to office.[34][35] He spoke multiple times at the American Numismatic Association’s 1988 convention.[34] He worked with FREE on such projects as establishing the National Endowment for Liberty, producing the At Issue public policy series that aired on Discovery Channel and CNBC,[18] and continuing publication of Dr. Ron Paul’s Freedom Report.
Ron Paul & Associates (RP&A), Inc. was founded in 1984 by Ron Paul who served as President, Llewellyn H Rockwell Jr. served as Vice President, Ron Paul’s wife Carol served as Secretary and Lori Pyeatt as Treasurer. The corporation was dissolved in 2001.[36][37][38][39]
In 1985 Ron Paul & Associates began publishing The Ron Paul Investment Letter[40] and The Ron Paul Survival Report;[9][41] it added the more controversial Ron Paul Political Report in 1987.[42] Articles were largely unbylined but often invoked Paul’s name or persona. In 1992, RP&A earned $940,000 and employed Paul’s family as well as Lew Rockwell (its vice-president[43] and sometime editor)[44] and seven other workers. Murray Rothbard and other libertarians believed Rockwell ghostwrote the newsletters for Paul;[43] Rockwell later acknowledged involvement in writing subscription letters, but attributed the newsletters to “seven or eight freelancers”.[45]
Paul considered running for President in 1992,[46] but instead chose to support Pat Buchanan that year, and served as an advisor to his Republican presidential campaign against incumbent President George H. W. Bush.[47]
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