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Ron Paul emerges as GOP's unlikely rock-star candidate
DETNEWS.COM | 18 JULY 2007 | Michael J. Mishak/Las Vegas Sun

Posted on 07/18/2007 9:32:48 AM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist

http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070718/POLITICS01/707180319/1022/POLITICS


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: paulbearers; paulistas; ronpaul
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To: wideawake
It would a completely pointless exercise.

Well, then, it seems to me it was a completely pointless excercise to make mention of them and authorize them in our founding documents.

101 posted on 07/18/2007 1:19:10 PM PDT by Fester Chugabrew
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To: Dead Corpse
"Er... no. Dumbass."

You must be the pro-Ron Paul poster who posted this to the Admin yesterday.

"Hey stop f@!#ing deleting and banning Republicans who are for Ron Paul you piece of garbage. Just because we disagree with neocons on some issues doesn’t mean you should ban us! You act like some f@!#ing Communist who stifles all dissenting opinions. If you and your goons weren’t going around banning all who disagree with Fred Thompson’s fat ugly evil looking ass you would see Ron Paul Republicans all over your neocon front website. Ron Paul Republicans would destroy your neocon minions easily if we weren’t constantly banned you filth. You did the same bull s!@t to Pat Buchanan supporters. F#!! you and all your little posters who get away with calling Ron Paul names without any facts or anything real to say.

Btw Fred Thompson is a disgustingly evil looking bald bastard, Rino who has no chance of winning or beating any democrat. Support your little fake conservative crony you motherF#!!er.

Don't take my work, take the Admin's word.

Also, must I show you the link to proper conduct here on Freerepublic as well?

102 posted on 07/18/2007 1:21:04 PM PDT by lormand (Ron Paul - Surrender Monkey for GOP nominee.)
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To: CJ Wolf
I'm all for bounty hunters and privateers. I would love to see a private citizen whack bin Laden and bring back his remains to claim a well-deserved $50M prize.

However, issuing letters of marque and reprisal is:

(1) A pointless exercise, since they cannot help or incentivize that bounty hunter in any way and

(2) Not a substitute for using troops to fight terrorists: both military and private methods should be - and are being - used.

We have thousands and thousands of private contractors working alongside our troops every day.

103 posted on 07/18/2007 1:21:37 PM PDT by wideawake
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To: Dead Corpse
"Nice going Ace... still batting .001"

You know damned well that Ron Paul blamed America for Islamic hate, and propagated a "Gulf of Tonkin" conspiracy.

I don't play baseball, but I'm guessing you are a "catcher".

104 posted on 07/18/2007 1:25:05 PM PDT by lormand (Ron Paul - Surrender Monkey for GOP nominee.)
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To: wideawake

Should we really think those who excercise letters of marque wait for further “authorization” from the people who are served such letters? The letter is just a formal way of saying one has been sent under the authority of his country to take and break another’s stuff.

We are authorized to send private individuals to do this, and those individuals may do so without fear of being prosecuted by our country. The other country will obviously not recognize it as legal. Who cares? It’s end of story. Their stuff is gone, and there isn’t a thing they can do about it unless they want to come, fight, and lose even more stuff.

Of course we are not obligated to respect letters of marque served upon our own interests. That would be ridiculous. Our military and law enforcement are permitted, if not obligated, to engage anyone who tries.


105 posted on 07/18/2007 1:30:50 PM PDT by Fester Chugabrew
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To: lormand
Er... nope. Are you done with your criminal slander then?

You do realize that slander is a crime don't you?

106 posted on 07/18/2007 1:31:01 PM PDT by Dead Corpse (What would a free man do?)
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To: lormand
You know damned well that Ron Paul blamed America for Islamic hate...

Well... no. What he said is we need to take it into consideration in order to combat it effectively. Otherwise, we are just striking blind.

He's right.

You however, are still spouting slander.

107 posted on 07/18/2007 1:32:42 PM PDT by Dead Corpse (What would a free man do?)
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To: Fester Chugabrew
Well, then, it seems to me it was a completely pointless excercise to make mention of them and authorize them in our founding documents.

Not at all. In 1789 various nations recognized letters of marque and reprisal.

They were used in an attempt to stop Muslim terrorist pirates from attacking our shipping in the Mediterranean and the African Coast (the Barbary Wars).

However, they were not very effective and the Marines had to be called in to stop the piracy (hence: "From the halls of Montezuma/ to the shores of Tripoli").

It wasn't until the Declaration of Paris in 1856 that all the European powers stopped recognizing letters of marque and reprisal.

From that point on, no nation has honored another nation's letters of marque and reprisal, and such letters are now utterly useless.

108 posted on 07/18/2007 1:34:23 PM PDT by wideawake
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To: Dead Corpse
"You do realize that slander is a crime don't you?"

First, it is not slanderous. If you think it is, please use all resources you can to do something about it. I dare or beg you too. Any way you want it.

I thought that slander was something that libertarians can tolerate. Who would enforce such a thing, BIG GOVERNMENT?

109 posted on 07/18/2007 1:35:07 PM PDT by lormand (Ron Paul - Surrender Monkey for GOP nominee.)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
Rock star candidate?

BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

110 posted on 07/18/2007 1:36:28 PM PDT by MEGoody (Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.)
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To: wideawake

Again, letters of marqure are not for the purpose of gaining the legal respect of other countries, but to authorize one’s own citizens privately to undertake the forceful reclamation of property.


111 posted on 07/18/2007 1:36:28 PM PDT by Fester Chugabrew
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To: lormand
First, it is not slanderous.

slander


A type of defamation. Slander is an untruthful oral (spoken) statement about a person that harms the person's reputation or standing in the community. Because slander is a tort (a civil wrong), the injured person can bring a lawsuit against the person who made the false statement. If the statement is made via broadcast media -- for example, over the radio or on TV -- it is considered libel, rather than slander, because the statement has the potential to reach a very wide audience.

So... yeah. Blatant misrepresentation of Paul's words and policies counts.

112 posted on 07/18/2007 1:36:57 PM PDT by Dead Corpse (What would a free man do?)
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To: lormand
This is Freerepublic, and you just posted a pro-Ron Paul thread.

And? Ron Paul is a viable candidate running on the GOP ticket. The problem with posting this article.......is?

113 posted on 07/18/2007 1:38:59 PM PDT by nicmarlo
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To: Dead Corpse
"What he said is we need to take it into consideration in order to combat it effectively. Otherwise, we are just striking blind."

That is such a soft and touchie explanation of what Ron Paul said, that it is nauseating.

Maybe we should do a CNN/Gallop poll of our enemies before we consider attacking them right?

114 posted on 07/18/2007 1:40:45 PM PDT by lormand (Ron Paul - Surrender Monkey for GOP nominee.)
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To: marsh_of_mists
He's three, three, three wackos in one...

Sorry, could not help myself...

115 posted on 07/18/2007 1:41:56 PM PDT by ejonesie22 (Hillary has already beat Rudy, She is the better cross-dresser.)
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To: Dead Corpse
"So... yeah. Blatant misrepresentation of Paul's words and policies counts."

Can I help you find some legal representative to support your allegations?

Otherwise, take the critisisms of him like a man.

116 posted on 07/18/2007 1:42:30 PM PDT by lormand (Ron Paul - Surrender Monkey for GOP nominee.)
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To: lormand
the US cannot afford to have surrender monkeys on both the GOP and DU side in 08.

What do you call signing the SPP treaty, which purpose is to mesh three countries into one North American Union? The immediate purpose is to sink the US economy and stature so that Mexico's economy can rise....thereby attempting to equalize the three countries. Sounds like socialism in the short term and removing US sovereignty in the long term.

117 posted on 07/18/2007 1:43:43 PM PDT by nicmarlo
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To: lormand
Man, are these guys like DU deep cover sleeper cells or what?
118 posted on 07/18/2007 1:44:24 PM PDT by ejonesie22 (Hillary has already beat Rudy, She is the better cross-dresser.)
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To: Dead Corpse

Good luck with that one, if that was the standard, DC would be a prison camp...


119 posted on 07/18/2007 1:46:14 PM PDT by ejonesie22 (Hillary has already beat Rudy, She is the better cross-dresser.)
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To: nicmarlo
"The problem with posting this article.......is?"

It should be pretty obvious.

He is a nut-ball "blame america" and "Gulf of Tonkin" propagator. I don't think pro Rosie O'Donald threads should be here either.

120 posted on 07/18/2007 1:46:48 PM PDT by lormand (Ron Paul - Surrender Monkey for GOP nominee.)
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