[Vision2020] Ron Paul Spokane Speech On C-Span

[Ted Moffett]

Paul et. al.

Ron Paul's recent Spokane appearance and speech was on C-span last night.  I
watched the whole event.

Though I think some of Paul's economic theory is highly questionable, and
compared to him, I'm probably a flaming socialist on the issue of how far
government should help people or interfere in the economy (like on
alternative energy development to address climate change), in point after
point I found myself agreeing with him.  He is a "strict constitutionalist,"
so to my mind he is a bit of an ideologue.  But he states what he really
thinks, and does not pander to polls or political correctness.  I have heard
about his alleged racism and/or sexism, but have not investigated these
claims.  Barack Obama is a Muslim, haven't you heard?  Give me a break!

He is one of the few presidential candidates that has called the Bush
administration WMD hype before the Iraq invasion, "lies," as he did in
Spokane.  He mentioned the drain on the American taxpayers of the global US
military presence, how the Japanese and the Germans enjoy a huge financial
boost off the money our military presence pumps into their economies, money
that should be spent on the US economy and to benefit US taxpayers.  He was
emphatic opposing the attacks on our civil rights; the suspension of habeas
corpus, the legal definition of "combatants" that allows the government to
hold a suspect indefinitely with no trial, the suspension of the fourth
amendment with "sneak and peak" searches with no court orders or requirement
to inform anyone, and the shocking defense of torture as a legal procedure.

He made parallels between the nation building and global empire ambitions
involved when comparing the Vietnam War to the Iraq War, declaring both wars
to be unwise, wasteful and fundamentally against the intentions of the so
called "founding fathers" who wrote the US Constitution.

He appeals to the growing conservative wing of the anti-globalization
movement, which is interesting given the mix of US nationalism, patriotism,
and libertarianism, with an approach to economics that some would call "left
wing," when it is assumed the anti NAFTA, anti WTO, etc. groups are often
labeled as on the left.  Free global trade is a capitalist "conservative"
agenda, right?  But not when it is undermining US sovereignty, with a
program to allow the flow of cheap illegal immigrant labor taking jobs away
from Americans and lowing wages, out sourcing jobs to foreign
nations, coupled with the expanding merger of the US and Mexico with the
planned NAFTA super highway, and the discussion of adopting a new currency,
like the Euro in Europe, to replace the Dollar, called the "Amero."

Article on NAFTA Superhighway:

http://www.thenation.com/doc/20070827/hayes

Discussion of the suggested new "Amero" currency:

http://www.amerocurrency.com/

These two media outlets, with large radio audiences, support Ron Paul, and
represent the "conservative" but anti-globalization movement in the USA.
Both represent what could also be described as a "conservative" but very
anti-Bush administration trend:

http://www.thepowerhour.com/index.html

http://www.infowars.com/
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Vision2020 Post: Ted Moffett

On 2/3/08, Tom Hansen <idahotom at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> Paul Rumelhart inquires:
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> "Did Ron Paul piss on your puppy or something?"
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> No.  I'm simply emphasizing the obvious, that Ron Paul is the . . .
>
> "Nowhere Man"
> http://www.tomandrodna.com/songs/Nowhere_Man.mp3
>
> "He's a real nowhere Man,
> Sitting in his Nowhere Land,
> Making all his nowhere plans
> for nobody."
>
>
> Tom Hansen
>
>
>
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