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ORIGINAL: ClassIsInSession

As to his ideology being stuck in the 50's, I couldn't disagree more. Gravity was first talked about by Newton, the law still applies. Keynesian economic principles were created by a socialist who deplored capitalism, most don't know that. These principles create the booms and bust in our economic cycle and when exploited by crony capitalists (the good ole boys that look out for their own that everyone else pretty much hates) leads to legislation rigging the game so that the principles of liberty and of everyone having a shot at creating wealth through hard work and ingenuity are unreachable by the vast majority.

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Hmmmmm........ going back to the gold standard..........about as probable as going back to prohibition.
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As to his ideology being stuck in the 50's, I couldn't disagree more. Gravity was first talked about by Newton, the law still applies. Keynesian economic principles were created by a socialist who deplored capitalism, most don't know that. These principles create the booms and bust in our economic cycle and when exploited by crony capitalists (the good ole boys that look out for their own that everyone else pretty much hates) leads to legislation rigging the game so that the principles of liberty and of everyone having a shot at creating wealth through hard work and ingenuity are unreachable by the vast majority.

WTF are you talking about? Do you think Keynes and anarcho-capitalism are the only two economics schools? Back to class.

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Hmmmmm........ going back to the gold standard..........about as probable as going back to prohibition.
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Hard to argue that point...but to say that he's crazy because he aspires to it (or at least, backing our money with something real....tangible)....hardly makes him a nut case as others have suggested.

It's almost like saying the guy who opts to pay cash for his house or car is a fruit loop because everyone else has a mortgage.  Rational people use a mortgage.

True....just because the guy who pays cash is probably outside of the loop as to general likelihood....just doesn't make him insane.

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As to his ideology being stuck in the 50's, I couldn't disagree more. Gravity was first talked about by Newton, the law still applies. Keynesian economic principles were created by a socialist who deplored capitalism, most don't know that. These principles create the booms and bust in our economic cycle and when exploited by crony capitalists (the good ole boys that look out for their own that everyone else pretty much hates) leads to legislation rigging the game so that the principles of liberty and of everyone having a shot at creating wealth through hard work and ingenuity are unreachable by the vast majority.

WTF are you talking about? Do you think Keynes and anarcho-capitalism are the only two economics schools? Back to class.

I will say this for you Wilbur, you have an amazing knack for picking out minute items out of people's posts and then coming up with befuddling arguments that have nearly always zero relationship to the point a poster was making.

But hey...at least you're consistent.

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As to his ideology being stuck in the 50's, I couldn't disagree more. Gravity was first talked about by Newton, the law still applies. Keynesian economic principles were created by a socialist who deplored capitalism, most don't know that. These principles create the booms and bust in our economic cycle and when exploited by crony capitalists (the good ole boys that look out for their own that everyone else pretty much hates) leads to legislation rigging the game so that the principles of liberty and of everyone having a shot at creating wealth through hard work and ingenuity are unreachable by the vast majority.

WTF are you talking about? Do you think Keynes and anarcho-capitalism are the only two economics schools? Back to class.

I will say this for you Wilbur, you have an amazing knack for picking out minute items out of people's posts and then coming up with befuddling arguments that have nearly always zero relationship to the point a poster was making.

But hey...at least you're consistent.

Apparently you dont understand what he was saying, because it was far from "minute". But hey...at least you're consistent.

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Hard to argue that point...but to say that he's crazy because he aspires to it (or at least, backing our money with something real....tangible)....hardly makes him a nut case as others have suggested.

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Hard to argue that point...but to say that he's crazy because he aspires to it (or at least, backing our money with something real....tangible)....hardly makes him a nut case as others have suggested.

Just a question. If we are on a gold standard, and a huge find is discovered in a country like Tanzania in 2009, what happens?

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Hard to argue that point...but to say that he's crazy because he aspires to it (or at least, backing our money with something real....tangible)....hardly makes him a nut case as others have suggested.

Just a question. If we are on a gold standard, and a huge find is discovered in a country like Tanzania in 2009, what happens?

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That idea worries me pops. What happens if gold floods the markets? I do have other issues with him, but this one truly just perplexes me.

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Hard to argue that point...but to say that he's crazy because he aspires to it (or at least, backing our money with something real....tangible)....hardly makes him a nut case as others have suggested.

Just a question. If we are on a gold standard, and a huge find is discovered in a country like Tanzania in 2009, what happens?

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That goes for gay, straight, bi

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We all know that Mitt is the candidate that looks Presidential, keeps a solid position in the polls - and the Republicans don't like.

But what's the story with Ron Paul?  The guy has never had the whiff of scandal, has held consistent positions for years, and has a strong third place position in the polls. I consider him a more credible candidate than Newt any day.  He's also shown solid fundraising strength.

So why won't the GOP show this guy any love?

The GOP hates him, because most of them are neocons, which is a group of people that view everything through the prism of war and force. I think it's psychological damage brought on from decades of the Cold War, and a large group of mostly 50 years and older geriatrics still live in that world. They will be dying off slowly but surely, they've already lost the GOP of the future, the percentages flip in the younger crowd.

So, maybe they can stop the inevitable change that is coming for another election cycle or two, but the neo-cons are literally a dying breed.

So, short answer, they have mental issues, and obsess on violent solutions at every turn.

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We all know that Mitt is the candidate that looks Presidential, keeps a solid position in the polls - and the Republicans don't like.

But what's the story with Ron Paul?  The guy has never had the whiff of scandal, has held consistent positions for years, and has a strong third place position in the polls. I consider him a more credible candidate than Newt any day.  He's also shown solid fundraising strength.

So why won't the GOP show this guy any love?

The GOP hates him, because most of them are neocons, which is a group of people that view everything through the prism of war and force. I think it's psychological damage brought on from decades of the Cold War, and a large group of mostly 50 years and older geriatrics still live in that world. They will be dying off slowly but surely, they've already lost the GOP of the future, the percentages flip in the younger crowd.

So, maybe they can stop the inevitable change that is coming for another election cycle or two, but the neo-cons are literally a dying breed.

So, short answer, they have mental issues, and obsess on violent solutions at every turn.

Wow, I didn't realize they were so bad. But are you sure they are going to die soon. Maybe we should line them all up and shoot them. Just to be safe.

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Paul is called racist due to remarks made in some of his newsletters, back in the '80s, like the following (source is The Weekly Standard):

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Though particular articles rarely carried a byline, the vast majority were written in the first person, while the title of the newsletter, in its various iterations, always featured Paul’s name: Ron Paul’s Freedom Report, the Ron Paul Political Report, the Ron Paul Survival Report, and the Ron Paul Investment Letter. What I found was unpleasant.

“Order was only restored in L.A. when it came time for the blacks to pick up their welfare checks,” read a typical article from the June 1992 “Special Issue on Racial Terrorism,” a supplement to the Ron Paul Political Report. Racial apocalypse was the most persistent theme of the newsletters; a 1990 issue warned of “The Coming Race War,” and an article the following year about disturbances in the Adams Morgan neighborhood of Washington, D.C., was entitled “Animals Take Over the D.C. Zoo.” Paul alleged that Martin Luther King Jr., “the world-class philanderer who beat up his paramours,” had also “seduced underage girls and boys.” The man who would later proclaim King a “hero” attacked Ronald Reagan for signing legislation creating the federal holiday in his name, complaining, “We can thank him for our annual Hate Whitey Day.”

He's also famous for conspiracy theories, for example:

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In a March 2009 interview, Paul entertained Jones’s claim that NORTHCOM, the U.S. military’s combatant command for North America, is “taking over” the country. “The average member of Congress probably isn’t a participant in the grand conspiracy,” Paul reassured the fevered host, essentially acknowledging that such a conspiracy exists. “We need to take out the CIA."