There is wisdom here, but also misdirection and lies. I agree with the sentiment, but not the misdirection and lies. At the time this article or speech was given, Obama had been President for less than one month. It was Bush that launched the wars on Iraq and Afghanistan, against the advice of his own military and the world. Why did Ron Paul not make this speech while Bush was President? My only conclusion is that he is a hypocrite. Please remember to put things in context when you post them. Democrats ended the Iraq and Afghanistan wars and the neocons haven't stopped complaining since.
Calm down. Ron Paul was very critical of Bush's wars. He's been making anti-war speeches for decades, and unlike too many nowadays, he doesn't care much what letter is after someone's name, D or R. As for the neo-cons, war's fully bipartisan now, or haven't you noticed?
“In its obsession with Moscow’s supposed meddling, the Democratic Party elite eagerly rehabilitated the Bush-era neoconservatives, welcoming PNAC [Project for the New American Century] founder William Kristol and ‘axis of evil’ author David Frum into the ranks of the so-called ‘resistance,’ ” Blumenthal writes. “The Center for American Progress, the semiofficial think tank of the Democratic Party, consolidated the liberal-neocon alliance by forging a formal working partnership with the American Enterprise Institute, the nest of the Iraq war neocons, to ‘stand up to Russia.’ ”
Ron Paul was not unjust and not unfair toward Barack Obama, who did continue the war in Iraq and did continue the war in Afghanistan. Did you not notice that your friend Obama did not complete the withdraw from Afghanistan until he was running his third term by proxy through the "Joe Biden" administration in August 2021? Did you not notice what a completely idiotic mess was made of that actual withdrawal, with more American lives lost, and much suffering by those who had supported the USA government? I suspect you did notice and that you wouldn't care, because your tribe was in charge and can do no wrong in your eyes. Your conclusion is false and defamatory. Good thing for you Ron is a gentleman and hasn't time for the likes of you. God bless you. You have much learning to do. Amen.
Center-mass. On the one hand, generational wealth is created and quietly collected; on the other, generational gaps are created in the Combat Boot Class.
When I met him in 1983 at Columbia, Barack Obama had just been published in the Sundial magazine. He smeared every anti-war activist on campus, except me, because I wasn't at any of the meetings he attended of either of the two anti-war groups. He sought me out on campus to complete his report to his bosses in Langley. Barry never served in the military.
I would argue that "generational wealth" is stolen in a great many cases. Taxation is theft.
Good thoughts. However, don't put him up for sainthood yet. Of the 620 bills sponsored by Ron Paul during his long career in the House of Representatives, only four ever made it to a vote on the House floor and only one became an actual law. He was ineffective, palled around with White Supremacists and said: "“If they want to endorse me, they’re endorsing what I do or say — it has nothing to do with endorsing what they say,” said Mr. Paul, who is now running strong in Iowa for the Republican nomination." Sounds like a corollary to what Andrew Gillum said to Ron Desantis: "I don't think you're a racist but racists think you're a racist." Paul was an ineffective blowhard who never got anything done, and is somehow a guy whose statue belongs next to Mises and Hayek, two Jews.
As well you should. Here's my Yogism to put things into perspective: "In theory, there's no difference between practice and theory; in practice there is." The good doctor had plenty to say, in theory, about how the country should operate. In practice, he was as an .098 (or less) lifetime hitter with a long career.
His concerns, now fifteen years old, were justified but ignored
Bravo!!! Bravo!!
would have been cool if he played creed "what if" in the background https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkHjFzw1TUg
Sadly a lone voice from a man who somehow was able to resist selling his soul to the intelligence agencies.
He has always been right--thanks for posting
There is wisdom here, but also misdirection and lies. I agree with the sentiment, but not the misdirection and lies. At the time this article or speech was given, Obama had been President for less than one month. It was Bush that launched the wars on Iraq and Afghanistan, against the advice of his own military and the world. Why did Ron Paul not make this speech while Bush was President? My only conclusion is that he is a hypocrite. Please remember to put things in context when you post them. Democrats ended the Iraq and Afghanistan wars and the neocons haven't stopped complaining since.
Calm down. Ron Paul was very critical of Bush's wars. He's been making anti-war speeches for decades, and unlike too many nowadays, he doesn't care much what letter is after someone's name, D or R. As for the neo-cons, war's fully bipartisan now, or haven't you noticed?
e.g., https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/Ron-Paul-sole-GOP-hopeful-who-opposes-Bush-on-3298385.php
“In its obsession with Moscow’s supposed meddling, the Democratic Party elite eagerly rehabilitated the Bush-era neoconservatives, welcoming PNAC [Project for the New American Century] founder William Kristol and ‘axis of evil’ author David Frum into the ranks of the so-called ‘resistance,’ ” Blumenthal writes. “The Center for American Progress, the semiofficial think tank of the Democratic Party, consolidated the liberal-neocon alliance by forging a formal working partnership with the American Enterprise Institute, the nest of the Iraq war neocons, to ‘stand up to Russia.’ ”
https://www.truthdig.com/articles/reckoning-with-failure-in-the-war-on-terror/
I'll also throw this in for fun https://twitter.com/RudyHavenstein/status/1479248966726217728
Ron Paul was not unjust and not unfair toward Barack Obama, who did continue the war in Iraq and did continue the war in Afghanistan. Did you not notice that your friend Obama did not complete the withdraw from Afghanistan until he was running his third term by proxy through the "Joe Biden" administration in August 2021? Did you not notice what a completely idiotic mess was made of that actual withdrawal, with more American lives lost, and much suffering by those who had supported the USA government? I suspect you did notice and that you wouldn't care, because your tribe was in charge and can do no wrong in your eyes. Your conclusion is false and defamatory. Good thing for you Ron is a gentleman and hasn't time for the likes of you. God bless you. You have much learning to do. Amen.
You will move to a higher consciousness when you realise there is effectively no difference in outcome between voting R or D.
(Rudy frequently disclaimers his lack of partisanship fwiw)
Center-mass. On the one hand, generational wealth is created and quietly collected; on the other, generational gaps are created in the Combat Boot Class.
When I met him in 1983 at Columbia, Barack Obama had just been published in the Sundial magazine. He smeared every anti-war activist on campus, except me, because I wasn't at any of the meetings he attended of either of the two anti-war groups. He sought me out on campus to complete his report to his bosses in Langley. Barry never served in the military.
I would argue that "generational wealth" is stolen in a great many cases. Taxation is theft.
Good thoughts. However, don't put him up for sainthood yet. Of the 620 bills sponsored by Ron Paul during his long career in the House of Representatives, only four ever made it to a vote on the House floor and only one became an actual law. He was ineffective, palled around with White Supremacists and said: "“If they want to endorse me, they’re endorsing what I do or say — it has nothing to do with endorsing what they say,” said Mr. Paul, who is now running strong in Iowa for the Republican nomination." Sounds like a corollary to what Andrew Gillum said to Ron Desantis: "I don't think you're a racist but racists think you're a racist." Paul was an ineffective blowhard who never got anything done, and is somehow a guy whose statue belongs next to Mises and Hayek, two Jews.
I endorse what I quoted..
As well you should. Here's my Yogism to put things into perspective: "In theory, there's no difference between practice and theory; in practice there is." The good doctor had plenty to say, in theory, about how the country should operate. In practice, he was as an .098 (or less) lifetime hitter with a long career.
Maybe the country would be in a different place today if he'd had a better batting average.
.285, less than a standard deviation above the mean during his career. Butterfly Effect