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Generally seeing support for Ron Paul is a good thing, it demostrates a modicum of common sense. Don't support him because he is OK with pot, that is the least of our worries. The reason most support him is because he demostrates a real respect for the Constsution, and don't kid yourselves, if he was boss there would be some hardship. This is inevitable anyway so it is better to take the hit before we are literally on our death bed.
Very little corporate money goes to Paul, it is from regular folk, and what's more alot of it comes from out of state. What does this imply ? To me it implies that there is noone in their home state worthy of their support. I find that true here in Ohio. But one congressman has as much power as the next, and if we have one on our side it matters not from where he hails.
The problem is that Paul is getting too old for the big chair, and it might be damn hard for him to find a viable and pallatable running mate, which he will need desperately due to his age. Some hope may be found in Rand Paul, his son. If Rand is cut from the same cloth as his Dad, he might just be our Man. He has just tossed his hat into the political arena, I forgot what he is running for, but I could find out later today, or I am sure it is googleable.
I don't have to watch him, AFP will do that. I disagree with that paper on many issues, but some things are more important than others. Like most of the "radical" media in which I imbibe, it is not so much the facts they provide, but the conclusions they draw. Sometimes the solutions they propose are not viable.
For example the comprehensive audit of the fed reveals how they have screwed the US so badly that 200,000,000 sign a petition calling for their beheadment. Fine and good, in fact televise it. But the big question is what comes next ? The general consensus is that the power of money is returned to congress where the Constitution placed it. Oh yeah, like we can trust those leeches.
I think a very viable solution to the major problems here is to make sure all government employees are stuck with the programs and entitlements that they so graciously bestow upon us. In other words no separate health care, retirement and so forth. No more special unattachable bank accounts (remember that scam, with reports of how much in checks they wrote fraudulently, happened about a decade ago). I would also remove their franking priveledges, make them buy stamps like the rest of us (or pay up to Piney Bowes, whichever). In other words, make them live in the environment they so carefully provide for us.
I think such a petiton would have great reponse even among the sheeple. Remember what's been said about picking one's battles ? This one could win. Put their asses on SS like the rest of us, make them buy their own health insurance, or pay their own damn doctor bills. Take away all the priveledge. Sure, still pay them handsomely, but let them see how far a couple hundred grand a year goes to support their lifestyle. I could easily sell this to the densest of soccor Moms. So could everybody.
I have no problem with making money. For a short time I made upwards of a thousand dollars an hour, but of course that was short lived. I think Bell and Edison should have become rich Men. I don't even fault Bill Gates who stole have of what he sells. His edge is figuring out how to get paid for it. For example when he bought DOS, he bought it off a ninny. They didn't get what it was worth. They did not insist on ongoing royalties of any import. Their bad. What he stole was not protected well enough, and what Microshaft really did was to make sure they got paid. What happened later was pure greed.
But why are politicians, once elected pretty much set for life ? I have done alot of good work in my life, and the nature of which is and was beneficial to our economy for the most part. Why couldn't I just serve six years and then retire handsomely, because I think I have done more for this country than any congreeman or senator, and many or even most Presidents. You see when I am successful in my job I keep money here, if I fail it goes overseas. I have alot more detail on that upon request.
So why can't I have bodyguards, the penultimate in free medical care and a pension that can't be beat ? Because the industry cannot support such things. Well I fucking did something positive, they did not.
Anyway, abolishing the fed is not the answer. However extant law seems to indicate that it can be reformed by congress. With the proper degree of regulation, it can still work, although we still have to tighten our belts. That is coming no matter what.
Even Alan Greenspan has admitted folly, that he had too much faith in free market principles. Nice time for a fucking revelation eh ? There have been other times ex politicians and or appointees have found themselves in error, or try to atone for their greed. The question remains, why couldn't they find these errors when they had the power to repair them ? With all I know, there is only one viable conclusion. Greed.
It's an addiction, just like a drug. You are not going to get off of it by taking it every day. Now that Greenspan is out, all the sudden his mind clears. Sound familiar ? Ever know a drug addict ? They either make a fundamental change in their thinking process or it becomes impossible to maintain their lifestyle.
Enough for now. I must get out the hotsauce for breakfast and go to work soon.
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