Ron Paul: Well, You Know, the Money IS Pink, so I Was Totally Validated On That One

Red State ^

[svcw]

Pretty sure the added colors which are really muted is an anti-counterfeit program not so “they” can track us.
I think, it’s those metal strips in the bills that track us.....really. I heard that, when you pass through a scan anywhere “they” can tell how much cash you have. Really it’s true.
I don’t worry though, because I am broke so never have any cash. wheeya dodged that one.

[elhombrelibre]

Yes, that’s true. But Run Paul does see her as his inspiration; he even named his son after her.

[RecoveringPaulisto]

His son’s name is Randal. “Rand” is his nickname. He went by “Randy” until his wife came along and liked “Rand” more. He wasn’t named after Ayn Rand.

Not that it clears Ron Paul of being influenced by the nutcase and fellow cult leader Ayn Rand.

[elhombrelibre]

Are you sure? All of the Ron Paul biographical information I’ve read and heard says he named his son after her.

[RecoveringPaulisto]

Pretty sure. Back when I was a Ron Paul supporter, we were actually wondering about this until it was cleared up in a few articles when he started to surge in the Senate race.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks mnehring.

Ron Paul's Destructive Foreign Policy
by Joseph Klein
December 28th, 2011
Posted by SJackson

Code Pink activist Liz Hourican told FoxNews.com that the "Ron Paul people are closer and closer to our talking points with each election." Paul also has other friends on the hard Left such as Tom Hayden, who wrote: Paul opposes the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. He opposes the empire of military bases. He opposes Wall Street thievery, tax subsidies for oil companies, the suppression of WikiLeaks, the drug war and the criminalization of marijuana. Those positions might just save America. At the same time, Paul's message is in sync with that of the paleoconservative, Israel-hating isolationist Pat Buchanan. Consider, for example, their common perspective on 9/11. Buchanan said that "Terrorism is the price of empire. They were over here because we were over there." Paul has attributed the al Qaeda attack to America's interventionist actions in Muslim lands and to our support for Israel. In a speech he delivered on the floor of the House of Representatives in January 2003, for example, Paul said: We believe bin Laden when he takes credit for an attack on the West, and we believe him when he warns us of an impending attack, but we refuse to listen to his explanation of why he and his allies are at war with us. Bin Laden claims are straightforward. The U.S. defiles Islam with bases on the Holy Land and Saudi Arabia, its initiation of war against Iraq, with 12 years of persistent bombing, and its dollars and weapons being used against the Palestinians, as the Palestinian territory shrinks and Israel's occupation expands. As for Osama bin Laden... Paul criticized the one decision that Barack Obama got right. Paul said he would not have authorized the mission, arguing that killing bin Laden was unnecessary and that he has "respect for the rule of law." Ron Paul remains steadfast in denouncing U.S. foreign policy as one of occupation that justifies what he has referred to as the terrorists' "blowback" response. During a CNN-Tea Party Republican presidential debate last September, for example, Paul stated that we're under great threat because we occupy so many countries... We have to be honest with ourselves. What would we do if another country, say China, did to us what we do to all those countries over there? Anti-American guru Noam Chomsky claimed that what Paul said was "completely uncontroversial."