Comments on: Ron Paul, Rebel Without a Solution http://www.heatherrobinson.net/blog/2007/12/31/ron-paul-rebel-without-a-solution/ Journalist - Middle East Commentator Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:58:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 By: Ayn Rand Fan http://www.heatherrobinson.net/blog/2007/12/31/ron-paul-rebel-without-a-solution/#comment-308 Ayn Rand Fan Wed, 02 Jan 2008 03:03:26 +0000 http://www.heatherrobinson.net/blog/2007/12/31/ron-paul-rebel-without-a-solution/#comment-308 I don't care about Ron Paul or what you think of him, just know that he has nothing to do with Atlas Shrugged or Ayn Rand: http://www.aynrand.org/site/PageServer?pagename=education_campus_libertarians Ron Paul knows Ayn Rand was against him. He likes her, but she would hate him. Ron Paul is religious and is against abortion, two of many anti-Objectivist views. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjwuGHPilwI I don’t care about Ron Paul or what you think of him, just know that he has nothing to do with Atlas Shrugged or Ayn Rand:

http://www.aynrand.org/site/PageServer?pagename=education_campus_libertarians

Ron Paul knows Ayn Rand was against him. He likes her, but she would hate him. Ron Paul is religious and is against abortion, two of many anti-Objectivist views.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjwuGHPilwI

]]> By: Heather Robinson » Dare I Publish Post Number Four About Ron Paul? http://www.heatherrobinson.net/blog/2007/12/31/ron-paul-rebel-without-a-solution/#comment-283 Heather Robinson » Dare I Publish Post Number Four About Ron Paul? Mon, 31 Dec 2007 19:51:33 +0000 http://www.heatherrobinson.net/blog/2007/12/31/ron-paul-rebel-without-a-solution/#comment-283 [...] comments, and for keeping them, for the most part, civil. Some of the criticism I’ve received for previous posts charges I don’t know enough about Ron Paul to dare [...] […] comments, and for keeping them, for the most part, civil. Some of the criticism I’ve received for previous posts charges I don’t know enough about Ron Paul to dare […]

]]> By: Bob http://www.heatherrobinson.net/blog/2007/12/31/ron-paul-rebel-without-a-solution/#comment-282 Bob Mon, 31 Dec 2007 18:55:55 +0000 http://www.heatherrobinson.net/blog/2007/12/31/ron-paul-rebel-without-a-solution/#comment-282 Heather, The fact that you would blithely use the word isolationist rather than non-interventionist for Ron Paul tells me you are the one who should spend some time "reading in the bathroom". And you talk about sloppy thinking! Sure you could define him like that if you want but then you turn around and say "bum" is sloppy thinking for bush because he is a patrician! But your point is well taken. Bush should more properly be called a pandering shill. Heather,

The fact that you would blithely use the word isolationist rather than non-interventionist for Ron Paul tells me you are the one who should spend some time “reading in the bathroom”. And you talk about sloppy thinking! Sure you could define him like that if you want but then you turn around and say “bum” is sloppy thinking for bush because he is a patrician!

But your point is well taken. Bush should more properly be called a pandering shill.

]]> By: Gulf War http://www.heatherrobinson.net/blog/2007/12/31/ron-paul-rebel-without-a-solution/#comment-281 Gulf War Mon, 31 Dec 2007 18:34:14 +0000 http://www.heatherrobinson.net/blog/2007/12/31/ron-paul-rebel-without-a-solution/#comment-281 [...] Ron Paul, Rebel Without a Solution [...] […] Ron Paul, Rebel Without a Solution […]

]]> By: Duane Pye http://www.heatherrobinson.net/blog/2007/12/31/ron-paul-rebel-without-a-solution/#comment-279 Duane Pye Mon, 31 Dec 2007 14:43:51 +0000 http://www.heatherrobinson.net/blog/2007/12/31/ron-paul-rebel-without-a-solution/#comment-279 In one sense, a 'bum' is a homeless person. And while W might not be homeless, the foreclosure wave he's presided over will certainly make many Americans homeless. So perhaps he qualifies as a Leader of Bums, a Bum in Chief? Alternately, he could have meant it in the context of taking or borrowing something with the understanding that repayment might not happen, although it would be hard to tell if this refers to habeas corpus, privacy, the doctrine of just war, or the more prosaic gutting of the US treasury. As far as looking for the 'bright side', you do have some glimmer of understanding that a million Iraqis have died, right? And you do understand that, if there *is* a bright side, it's hubris beyond belief to imagine, even for one second, that your ilk would be the arbiters of just how glimmering a future has been bought for the families of the dead. In one sense, a ‘bum’ is a homeless person. And while W might not be homeless, the foreclosure wave he’s presided over will certainly make many Americans homeless. So perhaps he qualifies as a Leader of Bums, a Bum in Chief?

Alternately, he could have meant it in the context of taking or borrowing something with the understanding that repayment might not happen, although it would be hard to tell if this refers to habeas corpus, privacy, the doctrine of just war, or the more prosaic gutting of the US treasury.

As far as looking for the ‘bright side’, you do have some glimmer of understanding that a million Iraqis have died, right? And you do understand that, if there *is* a bright side, it’s hubris beyond belief to imagine, even for one second, that your ilk would be the arbiters of just how glimmering a future has been bought for the families of the dead.

]]> By: Christian http://www.heatherrobinson.net/blog/2007/12/31/ron-paul-rebel-without-a-solution/#comment-277 Christian Mon, 31 Dec 2007 13:34:40 +0000 http://www.heatherrobinson.net/blog/2007/12/31/ron-paul-rebel-without-a-solution/#comment-277 Your post made it very clear that you don't understand Ron Paul or libertarianism. You seem to think Atlas Shrugged is some kind of guide book, but you couldn't be farther from correct. If you want something that may clear up the fog in your head, read For a New Liberty, by Murray Rothbard. I doubt you'll read it, even though it is more of a "Libertarian Manifesto" because, well, journalists and understanding go together like lamb and tuna. Taking the time to figure something out is less important to you than saying something useless. -Chris Your post made it very clear that you don’t understand Ron Paul or libertarianism. You seem to think Atlas Shrugged is some kind of guide book, but you couldn’t be farther from correct.

If you want something that may clear up the fog in your head, read For a New Liberty, by Murray Rothbard. I doubt you’ll read it, even though it is more of a “Libertarian Manifesto” because, well, journalists and understanding go together like lamb and tuna. Taking the time to figure something out is less important to you than saying something useless.

-Chris

]]> By: Mike http://www.heatherrobinson.net/blog/2007/12/31/ron-paul-rebel-without-a-solution/#comment-275 Mike Mon, 31 Dec 2007 10:34:07 +0000 http://www.heatherrobinson.net/blog/2007/12/31/ron-paul-rebel-without-a-solution/#comment-275 1) Ron Paul is not an isolationist. America is more isolated than ever due to its militant involvement in the rest of the world. China trades with the entire world, but does not have a single military base outside of its territory. That is not isolationist, that is rational. 2) Big government is very evil so Ron Paul has a right to call its greatest proponents 'bums'. Remember Bush, as head of the CIA, was responsible for the cocaine shipment via CIA planes during the Iran-Contra affair, so Ron Paul has even more right to call him a bum. Life expectancy went up 20.9 years from 1900 to 1950. This was a result of the Laissez Faire boom of the late 19th, early 20th century. Life expectancy went up only 8 years from 1950 to 2000. Big government doesn't work. Social Security is a failure. Government funded health care is a failure. Median wages have barely grown since 1971. For the 25-34 demographic, median wages are lower today than they were in 1971! It's time to return to peace, freedom and prosperity. No more centralized banking. No more big government military industry complex. No more costly foreign military engagements (Americans are taxed to maintain 700 military bases in over 130 countries). It's time to cut the crap and live life. Go America! Go Ron Paul! 1) Ron Paul is not an isolationist. America is more isolated than ever due to its militant involvement in the rest of the world. China trades with the entire world, but does not have a single military base outside of its territory. That is not isolationist, that is rational.

2) Big government is very evil so Ron Paul has a right to call its greatest proponents ‘bums’. Remember Bush, as head of the CIA, was responsible for the cocaine shipment via CIA planes during the Iran-Contra affair, so Ron Paul has even more right to call him a bum.

Life expectancy went up 20.9 years from 1900 to 1950. This was a result of the Laissez Faire boom of the late 19th, early 20th century. Life expectancy went up only 8 years from 1950 to 2000. Big government doesn’t work. Social Security is a failure. Government funded health care is a failure.

Median wages have barely grown since 1971. For the 25-34 demographic, median wages are lower today than they were in 1971!

It’s time to return to peace, freedom and prosperity. No more centralized banking. No more big government military industry complex. No more costly foreign military engagements (Americans are taxed to maintain 700 military bases in over 130 countries). It’s time to cut the crap and live life. Go America! Go Ron Paul!

]]> By: Tom http://www.heatherrobinson.net/blog/2007/12/31/ron-paul-rebel-without-a-solution/#comment-274 Tom Mon, 31 Dec 2007 10:30:29 +0000 http://www.heatherrobinson.net/blog/2007/12/31/ron-paul-rebel-without-a-solution/#comment-274 Were you Think-tanked? http://youtube.com/watch?v=VcJohfS4vTQ Were you Think-tanked? http://youtube.com/watch?v=VcJohfS4vTQ

]]> By: bt http://www.heatherrobinson.net/blog/2007/12/31/ron-paul-rebel-without-a-solution/#comment-273 bt Mon, 31 Dec 2007 10:08:18 +0000 http://www.heatherrobinson.net/blog/2007/12/31/ron-paul-rebel-without-a-solution/#comment-273 Ron is not an isolationist, that idea has been proven wrong enough that a bit of googling can find it. Also, save the word liberated until after the wars in those two countries is over, and the dust settles. Thanks for not writing this in that angry pissy tone that antiPaul articles usually have. K I was looking up something about Pakistan, how did I end up here. O.o Ron is not an isolationist, that idea has been proven wrong enough that a bit of googling can find it. Also, save the word liberated until after the wars in those two countries is over, and the dust settles. Thanks for not writing this in that angry pissy tone that antiPaul articles usually have.
K I was looking up something about Pakistan, how did I end up here. O.o

]]> By: wergerver http://www.heatherrobinson.net/blog/2007/12/31/ron-paul-rebel-without-a-solution/#comment-271 wergerver Mon, 31 Dec 2007 10:07:36 +0000 http://www.heatherrobinson.net/blog/2007/12/31/ron-paul-rebel-without-a-solution/#comment-271 just to clarify, Dr. Paul advocates a Non-Interventionist foreign policy, NOT an isolationist approach. Vast difference there. "...deign to credit George W. Bush for doing something about the Taliban?" i just don't even know where to start with this.. just to clarify, Dr. Paul advocates a Non-Interventionist foreign policy, NOT an isolationist approach.
Vast difference there.

“…deign to credit George W. Bush for doing something about the Taliban?”

i just don’t even know where to start with this..

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