[VA Voter]

The problem with Ron Paul is that some of what he says sounds really good and the rest about fiat money and the Fed is loony tunes.

[Erik Latranyi]

Ron Paul’s foreign policy position towards Iran mirrors Europe’s foreign policy position towards Hitler.

[PGalt]

Ron Paul: Isn’t it true that the FED can buy debt of other nations?...under the Monetary Control Act of 1980...is that not permissable?

Ben Bernanke: Yes, that’s true but we have no plans whatsoever to be involved in any foreign bailouts or anything of that sort.

4:44 to 5:31...here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ8lHp-ihCI

NOTICE Barney Frank’s follow up and Ron Paul’s facial expression...not to mention Ron Paul’s allegations before his question to Bernanke...that triggered Frank’s closure on this political theater.

[em2vn]

You use Wikipedia as a source? That alone makes anything you present questionable.

[McGruff]

U.S. Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) was one of only four House Republicans to break rank from the party and request earmarks despite a Republican Conference earmark moratorium. Paul sent 41 earmark requests totaling $157,093,544 for the 2011 Fiscal Year. His largest single request was $19,500,000 for a naval training ship at the Texas Maritime Academy in Galveston, followed by a $18,126,000 to provide maintenance on the Matagorda Ship Channel.

For Fiscal Year 2010, Paul requested 54 total earmarks, adding up to $398,460,640 in pork that the former presidential candidate sought to bring home to his district. These requests were made prior to the House Republican Conference’s voluntary ban on filing earmarks.

Paul’s largest request in 2010 was $51.5 million in federal money to be spent on “Reconstruction of Bluewater Highway Hurricane Evacuation Route Between Brazoria and Galveston Counties in Texas.” He requested another $50 million to be directed to the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway and $46 million for deepening the Texas City channel. The majority of Paul’s requests were for projects related to various ports and channels, though other sectors of his district also received attention, such as $20 million for a hospital in Chambers County. Even smaller projects received attention from the libertarian representative, such as $2.5 million requested “to redevelop historic downtown area and to purchase trash cans, bike racks and decorative street lighting” in Baytown.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2786532/posts

I guess it depends upon what the meaning of hypocrite is.

[Absolutely Nobama]

Pinga-roo!

[raygun]

All money not allocated or earmarked is not deleted from the budget, but rather is turned over the the executive branch to spend as it sees fit.

I know, lets vote to pass a budget where $1.5 trillion is appropriated for green cheese on the moon's back-side.

Yep! That's what I was thinkin' too: great idea!