Posted on 08/11/2012 7:04:42 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
A quick observation: How important could God be to Paul Ryan if his number one inspiration for going into public life is the works of militant atheist activist Ayn Rand? Republican leaders always claim that God is their number one inspiration, Jesus their favorite philosopher. Ryan's is a woman who made it her life mission to kill God and replace Him with man. Ryan can claim he's Catholic until the cows come home - he's obviously not that religious if his number one reason for being a politician is the philosophies of an avowed atheist activist.
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Mitt Romney has chosen uber-conservative GOP House members Paul Ryan as his vice presidential candidate.
Ryan is most famous recently for his draconian bugget proposal that even fellow Republicans eventually walked away from.
Here is a quick bio on Ryan - what's interesting to me is that he only has a bachelor's degree. While that's not, in the modern era it's not at all uncommon for presidential candidates to have gone to graduate school as well (though, as the GOP now has disdain for a college education, per Rick Santorum, this likely won't hurt Ryan with the Republican minions).
This also means that Ryan's supposed "expertise" in economics and budgeting comes from undergrad courses in economics. Milton Friedman he ain't.
The other problem with Ryan's bio is that he has next to zero experience outside of Washington politics. His only real work experience outside of government (or "consulting" to the family business), is working as a waiter at Tortilla Coast, as a trainer at a gym, and driving the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile.
Ryan's health is also a serious concern. According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: “‘(My father) died of a heartattack at 55, my grandfather died of a heart attack at 57, my great-grandfather died of heart attack at 59, so I’m into the health thing,’ says Ryan." (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,4/26/09) Ryan is a big fan of militant atheist right-wing philosopher Ayn Rand:
"The reason I got involved in public service, by and large, if I had to credit one thinker, one person, it would be Ayn Rand," Ryan said during a 2005 event honoring Rand in Washington, D.C., the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported in April 2009.
During the 2005 gathering, Ryan told the audience, "Almost every fight we are involved in here on Capitol Hill ... is a fight that usually comes down to one conflict -- individualism versus collectivism." The event was hosted by The Atlas Society, which prominently features a photo of Rand on its website and describes itself as a group that "promotes open Objectivism: the philosophy of reason, achievement, individualism, and freedom."
Ryan also said during a 2003 interview with the Weekly Standard, "I give out 'Atlas Shrugged' as Christmas presents, and I make all my interns read it. Well ... I try to make my interns read it.” He noted that he "looked into" Rand's work when he was younger, but reiterated that he is a Christian and reads the Bible often.
In 2009, Ryan posted two videos on his Facebook page raving about the importance of Rand's views.
"If 'Atlas Shrugged' author Ayn Rand were alive today, here's the urgent message I think she'd be conveying," Ryan wrote alongside the first video, titled "Ayn Rand's relevance in 2009." So his favorite philosopher isn't God - but an avowed, militant atheist. That should go over well with the base.
And here's the bio from an oppo doc. Name: Paul Davis Ryan Born: Jan. 29, 1970 Home: Janesville, Wisconsin Education: BA, Economics/Political Science, Miami University, Ohio, 1992 Janesville Craig High School, 1988 Career: Legislative Director, United States Senator Sam Brownback of Kansas, 1995-1997 Aide, United States Senator Robert Kasten of Wisconsin, 1992Economic Adviser, Speechwriter, Empower America, 1993 - 1995Former Speechwriter, Jack Kemp Vice Presidential CampaignFormer Speechwriter, Office of the Director of National Drug Control Policy Former President, Ryan Incorporated Elected Office: Representative, United States House of Representative, 1998-present Organizations: Member, Community Solutions and Initiatives CoalitionCo-Chair, Congressional Sportsmen’s CaucusMember, Ducks UnlimitedMember, Janesville Bowmen, IncorporatedBoard Member, Rock County Junior AchievementMember, Saint John Vianney's Parish Member, Saint Mary’s Parish More on Ryan:
1. The Ryan budget raises taxes on the middle class - married couples earning between $100,000 to $200,000 a year would see their tax burden raise about $2700 because of eliminated deductions, while households earning more than $1 million a year would save $300,000.
2. Ryan cuts Medicaid by 45%, leaving 19m people without health care.
3. Ryan's budget would add $3.1 trillion to the deficit, more than would be added under current law.
4. Would end Medicare as we know it, moving the eligibility age up to 67 from 65, and putting caps on spending. If senior don't like it, he'd give them a voucher to go get violated with a private insurance plan that would likely cost them their entire life savings.
5. Wants to privatize Social Security.
6. Supports allowing states to jail women who get, and doctors who perform, abortions. (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9/26/98)
7. Would outlaw abortion, even for rape and incest (Associated Press, 9/26/98).
8. Ryan voted for the auto bailout, then criticized it (Janesville Gazette, 5/3/10).
9. Ryan voted for the Bush tax cuts, but felt they were too small (States News Service, 5/4/01).
First Read notes some other problems with Ryan: There are also holes in Ryan’s budget-hawk armor: He voted for some of the biggest drivers of the deficit/debt -- the Bush tax cuts, the Iraq war, and the Medicare prescription-drug benefit, all of which weren’t paid for. Moreover, Ryan voted against the bipartisan Simpson-Bowles recommendations.
Has never held statewide office and has no foreign-policy experience. Both could be liabilities. And while Romney has criticized Obama for not having private-sector experience, the same is largely true of Ryan: As the New Yorker has written, Ryan briefly worked for his family’s business as a “marketing consultant,” but most of his adult life has been spent as a congressman, congressional aide, or speechwriter/analyst at Jack Kemp’s Empower America think tank.
Fun fact: Ryan's childhood nickname is "P.D.," which in French means "f*g."
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Thanks for the voting review which will come in handy as the defecation begins.
On Sat news announcement Radio Chicago (WGN am 720) Bill Mahler panned both 2016 and Ryans announcement
Great voting record for Ryan. Compare it to Oblamo’s “Present” or “abstain” voting record.
Paul Ryan is a Randite? Did any of our FReeper Book Club members know this? It’s news to me.
Obama’s face is priceless in this clip, he does not comprehend, nor does the Man-Child messiah care, he just wants to “eat his waffle” and be left alone, But Ryan is serving “pea’s”.
what’s interesting to me is that he only has a bachelor’s degree
What did Algore have?
Ayn Rand’s philosophy is the exact opposite of the emotionalism, altruism, collectivism, statism, and socialism of the libtard intellectuals.It is a philosophy that is much closer to the Founding Fathers than libtardism.
I just keep wondering if we are going to even have an election. What politician in his right mind sets out to deliberately antagonize and demonize the voting public like obama does? In a normal world, when a politician doesn’t think a particular segment of the population will vote for him, the logical course of action is to try and woo them so they will.
Obama acts as if he neither wants nor needs their vote.
It looks like Obama knows something that we don’t that will change everything by November. I don’t know what, but there are any number of things on the horizon that are primed and waiting.
For months, the Right has been clamoring for the US to do something to prevent further bloodshed in Syria, including military action. For most of the his administration, the Right has been clamoring for the US to “do something” about Iran’s nuclear program.
This is classical Hegelian management-by-crisis. Given that both nations possess stockpiles of WMDs and both are led by guys crazy enough to use them, there are many possible scenarios that might require Obama to take “extraordinary measures” to “protect the homeland”.
The global economy could tip at any time, starting with Europe and rapidly moving our way until extraordinary measures might become necessary to prevent a complete collapse here.
I could be totally off my rocker here and I readily admit it. But to say that ‘something isn’t right’ seems to me to be an understatement of Biblical proportions to me. I hope everything goes as normal when it comes to the election, but we all know deep in our hearts, that this world is NOT normal anymore. God help us all...
So, if you are a Scholastic, as was Augustine, you worship Zeus?
Look at the big, tough, Chicago wise-ass, thug, punk giving Ryan the sly middle finger in that picture. What a phony! Where I come from, you may think you are a wise-ass punk tough guy, but you better be able to fight it out in an alley if you are called out. This Bozo, is a girly-man, sissy boy who has never been in a fist fight in his life, much less any other kind of physical fight. What a disgusting phoney POS he is!!
The Democrats probably had this false charge on the shelf, ready to use. Democrats are difficult, because they crank out the lies faster than you can refute them.
You sought and found. Good work.
What’s interesting to me is that he doesn’t have a law degree.
That’s a plus.
what’s interesting to me is that he only has a bachelor’s degree
Old Joe is in the basement under lock and key for two weeks. They’ll have to let him out sometime. I miss him
Jesus himself recognized and accepted the distinction between politics/economics and faith when he said, “Render on Ceasar that which is Ceasar’s. Render onto G-d that which is G-d’s.”
Copy and paste didn’t work on that one. Errant response
Ryan is a man of substance. I know of no democrat in the administration who knows the subject of our budget problems like Ryan. Besides that, what gives me hope is I think Ryan is a genuinly good man, with Christian core values. That will serve him and us better than anything.
here they go...boo hoo, whaaaa, yada, yeda. They are as predictable as the sun rising in the morning. They are like a bunch of little kids... only the little kids are normal...these people are pathetic.
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