Posted on 09/27/2007 11:13:55 AM PDT by jmeagan
CHICAGO - Late on a balmy Friday night in Wicker Park, a gentrifying neighborhood just northwest of the Loop, a small tribe of 20-somethings gathers outside a corner bar. Their leader, a petite, energetic 25-year-old named Meghann Walker, hands out leaflets to people heading inside.
"Do you guys know Ron Paul is going to be in town tomorrow?" Walker asks a short-haired young woman in jeans and flip-flops. "There'll be a lot of good people there, that's for sure."
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You're working from the (unsubstantiated) assumption that the intellectually bucktoothed assertions of the Paulestinians posted hereabouts genuinely merit "reasoned, coherent argument[s]," in response.
A little scientific truism for you to learn and remember: a faulty initial premise leads, invariably, to faulty conclusions.
You painted everyone who was against the war as cowards. It never takes a lot of courage to send other people off to war.
” A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse.” Now that was a cowardly leader.
The vast majority of people for and against the war have no personal peril, so it is not a matter of personal courage. It is a matter of ideals. You can only judge personnal courage or cowardliness when that person, or his loved ones, are at risk.
War is hell. Most of the Nam veterans will only talk about that war, except in very general terms, with other people who served in Nam. And combat veterans don’t like to talk to the people who served there in some what cushy base jobs away from the action.
Of course you didn’t respond to my statement that the anti war people are more courageous than the pro war people because we are more willing to take risks to protect our liberties. But that was to be expected.
Yes, he is a long shot, but there is no one waiting in the wings. After Ron Paul, for anyone to have a chance to change the country it will have to be a trillionaire with his ideals. The chance of that happening are minuscule, at best.
I think back to the Asimov “Foundation Trilogy”, once in several hundred years a person comes along that can change the course of history. Ron Paul is that type of person, but whether or not this is the time, I don’t know. I hope it is.
He is getting enough money to run an effective national campaign, but not an extravagant one. E.g., this week he will raise close to a million dollars on line. However, this does not count all the “in kind” contributions that his supporters are making. He has 40,000 volunteers in meetup groups alone. These people are spending their own time and money passing out Ron Paul materials. What other candidate has supporters who will BUY campaign literature to pass out or put in their yards?
I deal with every day people in my business and they have been getting grinded down for the last 35 years, with a small respite during the Reagan years. They are fed up. So the chance is there.
“Y’all haven’t seen the Ron Paul girl?
http://www.livfilms.blogspot.com/
A song keeps coming to mind.. cause she’s a blond, yea yea yea...”
I think all that peroxide has turned whatever brain she had into mush.*****
There is a much better Ron Paul Girl video out there.
I'm not sure that's an issue, but he's clearly a goldbuy, and if he were a dem of any credibility, yes, that would be an issue.
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| Organization | Value |
|---|---|
| 2422 Bluewater Hwy | $100,001 to $250,000 |
| 9 BT Archer Acreage | $50,001 to $100,000 |
| Agnico Eagle Minds | $15,001 to $50,000 |
| Alumina Ltd | $15,001 to $50,000 |
| Apollo Gold Corp | $1 to $1,000 |
| Barrick Gold | $100,001 to $250,000 |
| Carona Ltd | $100,001 to $250,000 |
| Carr Ltd | $50,001 to $100,000 |
| Claude Res Inc | $1,001 to $15,000 |
| Condominium | $100,001 to $250,000 |
| Congressional Federal Credit Union | $1 to $1,000 |
| Dundee Bancorp Inc | $1,001 to $15,000 |
| El Dorado Gold | $15,001 to $50,000 |
| First National Bank Texas/Savings | $50,001 to $100,000 |
| First Natl Bank of LJ Defnd Benefit A/C | $15,001 to $50,000 |
| Glamis Gold | $50,001 to $100,000 |
| Goldcorp Inc | $100,001 to $250,000 |
| Golden Cycle Gold Corp | $15,001 to $50,000 |
| Golden Star Res Ltd | $1,001 to $15,000 |
| Great Basin Gold | $1,001 to $15,000 |
| IAM Gold Corp | $50,001 to $100,000 |
| Kinross | $15,001 to $50,000 |
| Mag Silver Corp | $1,001 to $15,000 |
| Mines DOR VA Inc | $15,001 to $50,000 |
| Mutual Securities Inc | $1,001 to $15,000 |
| Newmont Corp | $100,001 to $250,000 |
| Oppenheimer Real Asset Fund | $1,001 to $15,000 |
| Pan American Silver | $15,001 to $50,000 |
| Pan American Silver Wrts | $1,001 to $15,000 |
| Placer Dome | $15,001 to $50,000 |
| Prudent Bear | $1,001 to $15,000 |
| River Gold Mines | $1,001 to $15,000 |
| Rydex Dynamic Venture Mutual Fd | $1,001 to $15,000 |
| Rydex-Ursa | $15,001 to $50,000 |
| Texas Dow Employees Credit Union | $100,001 to $250,000 |
| Texas Gulf Bank NA | $50,001 to $100,000 |
| Vista Golf Corp | $1,001 to $15,000 |
| WMC Resources | $0 |
No, I am saying that if the above were so, they could be defeated easily by a reasoned argument. People would not have to resort to calling names and posting “funny” pictures.
****A little scientific truism for you to learn and remember: a faulty initial premise leads, invariably, to faulty conclusions.***
Yes, but then people would be able to show, or at least debate, that the initial premise was false.
Look FRiend, if you want to disagree with Ron Paul when it comes to the WOT like I do, that is fair game and a legitimate criticism. You don't need to invent conspiracy theories.
Think about what you said for a second. Why would a Congressman who is only 1/435 of one body of Congress and has no chance of becoming POTUS would invest his life savings in gold mines and trading companies (whatever that means) thinking that he can influence the world and move markets?
That would be the equivalent of an NBA bench player who hasn't gotten onto the court in 2 seasons betting 100k thinking he can influence the outcome of the game.
BTW, Seoul NEEDS protection.
Incorrect. "You can't reason someone out of something they weren't reasoned into." -- Jonathan Swift.
How do you feel about Sharia law being imposed on America by paleoPaulie’s Islamofascist buddies? About Israel being threatened with nuclear extermination by Iran’s Ahmanutjob? Etc.
Actually, Winston Churchill’s mother was an American citizen by birth in Brooklyn and, unless she repudiated her ciitizenship, he was an American citizen by birth and, unless he repudiated his American citizenship, he was an American citizen at death as well. The US and the UK have long allowed dual citizenship.
To paraphrase somebody on a previous thread, Ron Paul is like a Smith & Wollensky steak that the busboy wiped his snot on. He is the perfect libertarian limited government candidate except for the snot.
Prawn Paul's best pal
I’ve been here for years and have never been reprimanded for anything. If someone has been banned it’s usually not for a single infraction....and this is a private site...so it’s still Jim’s prerogative after all. Anyway, I don’t think you should conclude that this site is representative of the republican party.
Dude! Wouldn't it be cool, if like, Taco Bell would deliver?
Whoa! Burrito Supremes at your front door, and yahooka in your back door....whoa, what did I just say?
uuuuh, I forgot....RON PAUL!!!!!!
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