[SatinDoll]

Deninger, who wrote this piece, is a Libertarian for whom most Libertarians aren't "libertarian" enough. I don't expect him to like a 'statist' like Romney, but this was unexpected. He has written on Paul Ryan during the past year.

For the links to his articles as referred to in this piece, you will have to go to Market-ticker.org.

However, I am a firm believer voters should know exactly what they are voting for before filling out their ballots.

So, I do background checking on candidates and post it to Free Republic. This isn't always appreciated, as my research on Richard J. Santorum unearched a doozy.

Just so everyone knows, I will not and have not supported Obama.

Representative Paul Ryan is a Republican representative of a Democratic Party heavily-dominated region. One presumes he is as conservative as it is possible to be under that situation.

[jwalsh07]

Deninger is full of shit. He voted for Obama for cripes sake. Why don’t you post his garbage at HuffPost where it belongs.

[Mr. Jeeves]

I like Karl most of the time, but his judgment of Ryan is far too harsh. Ryan is inside the system - as an insider, he is as good as we are likely to get. The outsiders Karl prefers are never going to get within a thousand miles of the Presidency.

The situation is unfixable - the Great Collapse is inevitable. At least Ryan is a guy who thinks right. Maybe he can help a lot of Americans get through the tribulations ahead better than they otherwise would have.