Yesterday, on President's Day, hundreds of VERIFIED US veterans marched on Washington in support of Ron Paul, and against Obama.
Ron Paul is the only pro-peace candidate, the only veteran candidate, and the only candidate who acknowledges the Constitution that these men and women took an oath to uphold.
Every other candidate - Obama included - is chiefly funded by big corporation who make billions (trillions?) off of the wars. Ron Paul's top 3 contribution groups come from - I kid you not - the US Army, Navy, Air Force.
Ron Paul receives more money from servicemen than EVERY other candidate -- COMBINED. He receives almost TWICE as much as Obama.
http://www.rollitup.org/politics/506795 … crazy.html
They carried out two moments of silences. Each second of silence represented the total number of veterans who have committed suicide and for those troops that have died abroad since Obama took office (he promised to end the wars by his first year).
They performed an 'About Face' away from the White House.
Did you not hear about this? Of course not. The only videos online of the whole thing come from, ironically, Russia Today and independent media sources:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yewKCcF … e=youtu.be
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHAnGCsSkQU
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/20 … ite-house/
The news media has its own objective by being selective with the news they put on the air. You take CNN & MSNBC and you get far left news. On the flip side of that coin you have Fox News which is far right. For once, I would like to see a news media outlet who is centered, fair and balanced.
CNN is far left?
I agree MSNBC is left, and Fox is right, but CNN is about as close to the center as you're going to get.
I think I might slightly agree with you for once Evan. One thing I admire about Ron Paul is that he is not afraid to call out the military-industrial complex.
Yeah, did you watch the video?
I assume that 100-300 counts as hundreds...
I think I saw a 20-second blurb about it on ABC news around 3:30am.
Ron Paul seems to be the only GOP candidate with any sanity. But then I have no vote. Religion should have no place in politics.
I do like Dr. Ron Paul But today so unstable world we cannot compromise US security. We need type of Reagan.
Paul supported Reagan's message, but then Reagan got in office and pulled a 180.
Well, not according to this:
http://projects.propublica.org/pactrack … tions/tree
who is Theil?
It's absolutely hilarious that the Revolution PAC isn't on there.
Your source is incomplete.
"the top ten donors to each of the 12 largest super PACs, through Jan. 31"
These were the TOP donors, not all of them. And you said Pauls top were the military...is it?
Obama's top appears to be SEIU: Union.
The vast majority of his money comes from individuals.
He just raised 2 million over the weekend from individual donors who each have a $2500 limit on donations.
Unless Thiel has donated over $20 million, then it really isn't worth talking about.
Peter Thiel gives Endorse Liberty Super PAC another $1.7 million Billionaire Peter Thiel has poured $1.7 million more into a super PAC supporting presidential candidate Ron Paul, bringing his total contributions to $2.6 million. Reports filed with the Federal Election Commission today show that Thiel, a Silicon Valley investor, made the additional contributions to the Endorse Liberty PAC in the first half of January. Thiel, a libertarian, is the single largest donor to the PAC. http://www.forbes.com/sites/lauriebenne … billion... read more
"The Treasurer of Endorse Liberty, Abraham D. Niederhauser, is a corporate executive who is a known Ron Paul supporter."
The top 3 contributors to Ron Paul's campaign are the three branches of military.
The top for Obama?
Corporation, Corporation, corporation.
"‘libertarianism’ as it is defined today is the natural philosophy of the plutocrat, the oligarch, and the fat-cat. Why this should be is hardly a mystery — in a truly libertarian society (sic) the guy with the most upper-body strength (ladies need not apply), the heaviest rock, the stoutest club, the biggest gun, or the most money gets to take all the liberties, while everyone else gets to pound sand, because the prols (that’s you, my friend, and me) have been deluded into abandoning the only thing which would otherwise stand between them and abject Dickensian enslavement under the iron fist of the Bosses: the rule of law."
Libertarianism _is_ the rule of law. It allows people to be treated equally regardless of wealth. It protects minorities from majority rule.
I don't see how states rights protects minorities.....
Like say gay people who want to marry.
And in that case, Ron Paul needs to change his designation, because he will throw me to the wolves.
It means, among other things, that if another state is more open to your lifestyle, you can choose to live there. Some states are much more liberal in terms of social lifestyle choices than others.
When these types of decisions are made on the Federal level, then if the majority is against you, you have no recourse but to leave the country.
I would trust the country as a whole over individual states.....
There has to be such a thing as Universal Rights.
There is: The right to property.
That's it. All other TRUE rights branch from this.
Yes, and the most precious property is my body. Do Not Tread On Me.
Evan - you're saying I have a right to own property?
So two questions: Do I have to buy it or is the gov't supposed to give it to me?
What about some law that says the gov't can come and take your property anytime if they need it?
It's called "Eminent Domian". The govt can pay market value for your property, however, govt WILL have the land evalutated at half price to screw you better!
Property is gained initially from homesteading: If you come across land that no one else claims, and you use it for farming, then you own it.
Ownership pre-dates government, thus government does not have a right to dish it out. It can only manage and enforce contracts.
Government has NO right to steal your property.
What if the federal government decides that abortion is illegal? Do you think that is more or less tyrannical than some states legalising, some states criminalizing?
That would be tyrannical in the extreme.
I don't think a majority of the people will let that happen.
It can only happen in America if a small minority lies their way into office and then shows their true colors. And that's much easier in a state.
That is still too much tyranny!
You're not supposed to get elected to throw your religion on everybody else.
Politics is to run a country, not run everyone's personal lives.
And as we as individuals live here, and pay for that priveledge, our private lives are just that....ours.
Render onto Ceasar that which is due...leave the morality to each his own.
Gvt is not a moral arbiter.
Duh, Innersmiff!
Don't you understand liberals? It's only tyranny if the government does it and they do NOT agree with it.
DUH!!!
Aya I agree. But still I do not like full libertarianism. They are very hostile. Only my experience.
Libertarianism. as espoused by most of its adherents is the modern day replacement of the Social Darwinism of the late 19th Century
No, not at all, actually.
It's anti-social darwinism.
Darwinism says "the strongest survive and flourish, and they dominate the weak". In a libertarian society, no one can dominate anyone.
Three thumbs up from Ralph "Might Makes Right" Deeds.
Maybe not in the idealized version in people's minds but those sort of policies would be used by some elements of society to dominate and exploit other elements of society ....
It's funny, because you just described PERFECTLY the situation we have now.
....and libertarianism would would exacerbate the problem
Don't see how that's possible!
In fact, I seem to remember you applauding the 99% movement that literally took to the streets in protest.
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