[Vision2020] For what it's worth ....... Fw: On Ron Paul and Racism

[Tom Hansen]

Clue for Mr. Price:  That is why there are such gubmint offices as the ICC and other interstate agencies at the federal level, ok?

Seeya later, Moscow.

Tom Hansen
Spokane, Washington

"If not us, who?
If not now, when?"

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On Dec 31, 2011, at 12:23 PM, Wayne Price <bear at moscow.com> wrote:

> Question:
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> Then why even have states?  If we did away with that layer of government, look at all the tax money it would save. Just let the National Government  run government and that way everybody, no matter where they live in the US would be playing under the SAME set of rules. 
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> Wayne
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> On Dec 31, 2011, at 12:03 PM, Saundra Lund wrote:
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>> In part, Paul wrote:
>> “Racism, like abortion and gay marriage, are all "theatrical issues".  They are issues that are tossed out to the American public like scraps to hungry dogs for them to fight over.  While they are important in and of themselves, they are really meant to distract us from realizing that we have more power than we think we do.”
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>> Yes, I do suppose it’s a lot easier to look at issues like racism, abortion, and gay marriage as “theatrical issues” when you’re not the minority family unable to rent a home due to racism, and you’re not the 17-year-old incest victim forced to carry your granddaddy’s baby or risk death from a backdoor abortion, and you’re not the lesbian at risk of losing custody of your children born via IVF to your now-deceased 15 year partner because her family never “approved” of the non-marriage.
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>> Yuppers – I guess for some, it is a lot easier to take the position that those issues, while “important,” really are just “theatrical issues” when one isn’t the target, when one lacks of empathy . . . or when one lacks the sense God gave a billy goat.
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>> Not in my America.  I agree with Sue’s comment, “All rights and even some privileges should belong to all citizens” and shouldn’t depend on where in the US one lives.
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>> Paul also wrote:
>> “In my opinion we should concentrate on our civil liberties . . .”
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>> I guess I’m unclear as to how you define “civil liberties,” but reproductive freedom & gay marriage both fit into my definition of the right of privacy, which is an important US civil liberty.
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>> Saundra Lund
>> Moscow, ID
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>> The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do nothing.
>> ~ Edmund Burke
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>> From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com] On Behalf Of Paul Rumelhart
>> Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2011 9:37 AM
>> To: vision2020 at moscow.com
>> Subject: [Vision2020] Fw: On Ron Paul and Racism
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>> I sent this only to Sue, when I meant to send it to the list.
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>> Paul
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>> ----- Forwarded Message -----
>> From: Paul Rumelhart <godshatter at yahoo.com>
>> To: Sue Hovey <suehovey at moscow.com> 
>> Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2011 9:32 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] On Ron Paul and Racism
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>> It doesn't negate the evidence.  For what it's worth, he claims that he didn't write those newsletters that were put out in his name.  Like you've shown, a person can be compassionate and still be racist.  Being racist is not a black and white thing, no pun intended.  It's something that can change over a period of years.  I grew up in a casually racist household, and had to unlearn much of that over the years, as did my parents.  It's easy to fall into that trap when you grow up with it and everyone around you thinks the same thing.  As society changed, so did those around me, and so did I.
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