Posted on 02/23/2007 6:01:05 AM PST by OrthodoxPresbyterian
www.house.gov/paul/
February 21, 2007
Washington, DC: Congressman Ron Paul has been recognized as a top advocate for taxpayers in the U.S. Congress for the tenth year in a row, earning the nonpartisan National Taxpayers Union’s annual award as a "Taxpayers’ Friend" for 2005. Only 30 of 435 members in the U.S. House of Representatives earned similar honors last year.
The annual NTU rating is based on critical congressional votes relating to federal tax, spending, and regulatory issues. Paul consistently ranks at or near the top of NTU’s scorecard in terms of his pro-taxpayer votes.
Overall, however, Congress is slipping when it comes to serving the least-represented special interest of all—American taxpayers.
"If every member of Congress voted like Representative Paul, Americans could enjoy much lower taxes and less waste in government," stated NTU President John Berthoud. "Overburdened taxpayers in Texas and across the nation owe Mr. Paul a debt of gratitude for his hard work on their behalf."
"While many Members of Congress talk about reducing the size of government, Representative Paul backed up those words with votes. This award proves that he is a consistent and effective ally in our battle to restore fiscal responsibility to Washington."
I loved Reagan...No...he wasn't an isolationist...but I think he was much more restrained in his foreign policy than some members of the Bush Administration would like the US to be. I don't believe he would have used the US military to create democracies around the world...especially in the middle east. He battled the Soviets on the battleground of ideas...where he knew we couldn't lose. Yes...he aided resistance movements in Afghanistan, Angola and Nicaragua...yes he toppled the Communist government in Grenada...but he always avoided direct confrontation with the Soviets...preferring to aid native nationalist movements...and, in the case of Grenada, it was tiny country in the US geographical sphere of influence.
When Libya bombed the disco in Germany...Reagan bombed Libya...a limited response
Reagan was prudent...direct American invasions of middle eastern countries is anything but prudent. About hios decision to "cut and run" from Lebanon after the bombing there, Reagan later wrote:
Perhaps we didn’t appreciate fully enough the depth of the hatred and the complexity of the problems that made the Middle East such a jungle. Perhaps the idea of a suicide car bomber committing mass murder to gain instant entry to Paradise was so foreign to our own values and consciousness that it did not create in us the concern for the Marines’ safety that it should have. In the weeks immediately after the bombing, I believed the last thing that we should do was turn tail and leave. Yet the irrationality of Middle Eastern politics forced us to rethink our policy there. If there would be some rethinking of policy before our men die, we would be a lot better off. If that policy had changed towards more of a neutral position and neutrality, those 241 Marines would be alive today.
--Ronald Reagan
Well, I am a Christian, and I want to be first in line to say I get damn tired of the DU mirror images I see sometimes. Same unthinking knee jerk reactions, same abysmal ignorance of facts, same phenonemally stupid ad hominem attacks, same everything. Swap alliegances and they would be right at home over there.
Our nation is at war. People are giving their lives for you and me. Ron Paul voted with the cut and run party. You are scum Ron Paul.
Not all Muslims are bad. If that were so, we would not have moderate Muslims fighting and dying in Iraq along side American troops. To label all as a whole as bad is not fair.
Ah. Well, I think that Paul is very strong on the border, port security, the coast guard -- these are the areas which I think are far more important to the actual Defense of America than is Iraq. Admittedly, Hunter's good on those issues also; I just don't think he's any kind of fiscal conservative, and that bothers me (a lot).
In Iraq, we have a choice between Sunni Terrorists on the one hand and Shi'ite Terrorists on the other. When Ronald Reagan faced that choice in Lebanon -- he left.
I believe that was the wise thing to do, and that Ron Paul's call for a restoration of Reaganite foreign policy is wise.
I do believe that the Sunnis and Shi'ites will continue to kill eachother if we leave Iraq; but I'm rooting for them to both Lose, anyway.
And how will leaving keep the M.E. terror monies and drugs coming in through Mexico?
Ron can't cowboy up when the going gets tough. Anyone that sides with Pelosi against sending additional forces to assist our soldiers when they are fighting terrorists, is not worthy to visit the oval office, not to mention occupy there.
Ron Paul is voting to end Military and Financial support to a Government of Iraq which is knowingly and willfully harboring self-confessed, and at least one convicted, anti-American Islamic Terrorists in their ruling coalition.
Do you believe that the Federal Government should provide Military and Financial support to Governments which knowingly and willfully harbor self-confessed, and even Convicted, Anti-American Islamic Terrorists?
Ron Paul's and Duncan Hunter's plan to build a serious border fence-wall will do far more to secure the Mexican border than any war 7,000 miles away, IMHO.
Like 10-to-1 more, IMO; and that's even assuming the Iraq occupation actually reduces the problem at all (for all we know, the continued US presence in Iraq may serve as a fundraising and recruiting boon to radical Islamists).
Polycarp, thanks for the support. Matter of fact, you can shepherd the thread for awhile, if you like. I'm gonna go spend an hour or so with my wife.
Best, OP
Your spamming your own post with the same diatribe that you got from liberal sources. Are you going to notify the mods on yourself? Remember, you told me not to spam because forum rules say it is forbidden.
Very Christian of you.
>>>Ron Paul's and Duncan Hunter's plan to build a serious border fence-wall will do far more to secure the Mexican border than any war 7,000 miles away, IMHO.
No walls will keep NGO sponsored Public/Private partnerships out.
>>>Notice how we are actually in control of the opium flow?
I question the 'we'. I do see the ROGUE interests though.
And some of the same entities of WW2 own patent rights on the processing.
"Ron Paul often votes for "National Carrot Farmers Day" and other feel-good trivilaties [sic] with no price tag attached. It uses up time when Congress could be voting on Spending Increases which do have multi-billion dollar price tag attached.
It's almost always a good day for taxpayers when Congress accomplishes nothing."
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