A conservatives view of the Republican Party.
Posted on 09/16/2007 8:53:29 AM PDT by NapkinUser
When Americans evaluate today's political landscape, most feel something between impotence and disapproval. So, while citizens shake their heads or shrug at the mainstream media's “top tier” presidential candidates, it is extraordinary how many are becoming overjoyed about one lesser covered candidate.
Tens-of-thousands have joined the appropriately named Ron Paul Revolution, joining Meetup.com groups, putting up signs, and crossing states to attend rallies. Congressman Ron Paul's genuine message and untarnished record of promoting individual liberty for everyone, a free-market economy of wealth and abundance, and a foreign policy of non-intervention, peace and free trade, has attracted vast support from diverse individuals. Inspired libertarians, Democrats, independents, and previous nonvoters have registered Republican so they can vote for Ron Paul in the primaries.
For those who watch mostly mainstream media sources, Paul is one of the most “searched” humans in cyberspace, has won several straw polls, has been the subject of dozens of blogs, and has an amazing number of entertaining, amateur Youtube.com videos promoting him.
Ron Paul, a medical doctor, worked as a flight surgeon for the U.S. Air Force before becoming an obstetrician. As a 10-term congressman, he has consistently promoted individual rights and kept his oath to defend our Constitution. In 1988, he was the Libertarian Party's nominee for president. As a supporter of Dr. Paul's for more than a decade, I enjoy watching people first learn about this great statesman and appreciate the universal benefits of liberty.
So just what is it that many of us think Ron Paul gets? Why do we want a president who does not want to run our lives nor our economy? How can we make our lives on this planet more peaceful, fairer, greener, and more prosperous? Let me discuss (too) briefly a few important, and recently highlighted, issues.
Our foreign policies have gone well beyond matters of defense. Regardless of whether our intervention in the affairs of other countries is altruistic or self-interest, it is a negative for everyone. Not only do we not have the right, we have created enemies who are now aggressors against us, making us less safe; we have supported those who would oppress many; we have militarized areas of conflict; we have unwisely spent borrowed trillions; we have created opportunity for large-scale graft; many well-intentioned Americans and innocents have been killed or injured and otherwise have had their lives disrupted.
Military is for protection
The only appropriate use of our military is to protect Americans. It is immoral and illegal to order U.S. soldiers into battle for any other reason. If we truly want peace, to be safer, and to not drain the pockets of our children, we should redeploy our military personel back to our shores and waters and trade freely with all nations.
Consumers have enjoyed the benefits of lower prices and better quality in products and services offered by the least regulated industries. Unfortunately, two of our most important services are the most heavily regulated. Public education has innovated little in 50 years and student performance is poorer. Patients find it more and more difficult to access affordable health care.
To provide quality health care to the greatest number of people, the costs for all levels of care need to be less prohibitive, so that near everyone can achieve a level of care to which they are comfortable. This is accomplished by deregulating the industry, re-establishing competition amongst health care insurers and providers, and allowing patients more freedom in their health choices.
Corporations benefit unfairly from favorable legislation that drives out competitors, harming the consumer. There is only one way to end this inequity and to get money and corruption out of politics. Take back the power from politicians by returning government to its constitutional limits.
There is no surer way to have the money you have earned for yourself and your family be used to support that which you do not value and given to those who have not earned it than by allowing the government to tax your income.
They say a frog thrown into a pot of boiling water will immediately jump out, while a frog in a pot of water that is slowly brought to a boil will remain to be cooked. Authoritarian usurpations of our freedoms progresses.
Laws prevent adults from making decisions for themselves every day. They decide when you must use personal protective equipment, what you cannot eat or drink, what you cannot sell and buy, how much you are to get paid for a service, who is not allowed to provide services, and what medical therapies you may choose for yourself.
Right now there are untold numbers of people being imprisoned, without due process, by the U.S government that have not been charged with a crime. The Real ID Act has been passed and soon Americans will have to present their papers to be allowed the privilege to travel domestically. Citizens are spied upon by government officials without legal warrant.
In our often well-intentioned attempt to solve more quickly the few problems suffered by any free society, we have created wider-spread, deeper-rooted and longer-standing ones by burdening ourselves with the heavy fist of government. Many of us think an effective way to advance liberty and enjoy the benefits of a free society is to elect Ron Paul president. So, order a yard sign and a bumper sticker, donate to the campaign, join a local Meetup group, register Republican for the primary, and join the Ron Paul Revolution.
Marc Guttman is an emergency doctor and vice chairman of the Libertarian Party of Connecticut. He lives in East Lyme.
Were it vomit, it would still be preferable to the bovine excrement that you spread so liberally on these threads.
Do you read the news?
They ARE here
Have you read the Koran? The hadiths or the sura?
Have you heard of the term Dar Islam?
A worldwide caliphate is a pillar of what they believe in.
Its not just one wacky guy spouting this stuff. they are legion
Then just don't eat too much. Drink a bunch of sodas or beers and go up to a high floor and produce warm rain for the parade down below. That is back-slapping fun. Ron Paul will think it's water.
Well if they ARE here and we're 'over there' fighting so we won't have to fight them 'over here', the whole 'over there' becomes sort of meaningless doesn't it? Since they're already 'here'....
This still doesn't explain how they're going to set up some sort of caliphate with less than 3% of the population, no matter who or what they bomb. Do you think we won't have access to our own guns? That the average citizen won't stand up to them? What exactly are you expecting that would kill over 150 million people (half our population) and even then they wouldn't be able to win. Lot of faith you have in the average citizen if you think the only way you'll stop an imaginary caliphate here is to bomb their homeland repeatedly..
A conservatives view of the Republican Party.
Have you seen whats going on in Eurabia?
They are coming and we have to deal with it like it or not.
I suppose you buy from the local arab mart in your neighborhood and think nothing of it.
I do not, I will not support them, and I will not ignore them.
When The Muslims start to denounce Osama and Zawahiri I will cut them some slack
I got nothin against these people, but THEY sure have a big chip on their shoulder, and they are intolerent.
They need a firm handed spanking
Some people are dopes.
I have a buddy in the reserves. He was in Gulf War I and is currently in Afghanistan. He had no illusions
Read: He promised his wife that he will not consider a 3rd party or independent run. He's been married to his wife for 50 years, so I trust that he's not going to lie to her.
And he will siphon votes..from the Republicans, not Hillary..
And who's problem is that? The GOP doesn't own ANYONE'S vote, pal. The candidate has to go out and EARN them. There are a lot of folks who usually don't vote and young adults who have no intention of holding their nose for the GOP nominee if you guys keep bashing them and their candidate.
L0L! How pathetic. Everyone knows warriors are only legitamit if they fight for free!
AAAAIIIIIIIHHHHH!!!! Hide the children!! Oh wait, the UK percentage wise has a lower population of Muslims than here. So no I haven't 'seen' what's going on. Perhaps you could fill me in? Oh wait, I just need to read Londistan right? And listen to more Mark Steyn I suppose. Ralph Peters does a good job of putting the Eurabia myth to bed. And that is in the Post, an 'acceptable' news outlet for 'conservatives' I believe...
I got nothin against these people, but THEY sure have a big chip on their shoulder, and they are intolerent. They need a firm handed spanking
By God they're intolerant!! Oh hell we've just come up with another 'reason' the US goes to war. Forget defense, forget protection of our borders, we can go to war now because the other side is 'intolerant'. That'll make the world stage quite interesting....
Tell the beefy guy behind you with the Magnum pointed at your dome to stop forcing you to click on them.
As opposed to homosexual degenerates and military commanders who can't make up their minds if Romney was in charge.
Its rule or be ruled.
Mark Steyn would be a good place to get an education
If you were here, I could fix you up with some Barbacoa burritos and some Carnitas burritos. I got plenty.
Don't bother with this one. I see my hands is trying to revive the "Ron Paul is a truther" meme. Even his/her fellow Ron Paul detractors have dropped that one because it's obvious now that he isn't. He's disavowed them again and again.
Wow, your level of class and decorum is really taking a dive. Congratulations, your mother must be very proud.
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Too bad it's so late over there and you're likely headed to bed.
alegraluvsburritos ya know.........in honor of Ron Paul, of course.
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