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Re: Did The Ronulans Disappear Overnight?

George Dance — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 01:09:31 -0000

Ah, oui, mon capitaine. You singlehandledly destroyed the Ron Paul Revolution three weeks ago. All of Ron Paul's supporters quit overnight: his campaign never received another dollar or another vote. Paul's very name was forgotten by February. Everything else you think happened since was just a bad dream. Happy now?

Re: Bob Barr removed from Louisiana ballot

George Dance — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:57:58 -0000

Because the Barr/ campaign was given incorrect information by the state, a District Court reversed the decision and put Bar/root back on the ballot; but the Circuit Court reversed that and took them off again. The case is being appealed to SCOTUS.

If Barr doesn't make the ballot, I'd advise his supporters to vote for Ron Paul and Barry Goldwater Jr., who are on the LA ballot for the Taxpayers' Party.

Re: Narrowing down to Baldwin vs. Barr

George Dance — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:54:13 -0000

Barr "praised the surge"? Barr "favored re-authorization" of the Patriot Act? Mary Starrett (who is, BTW, a Constitution Party candidate) may have got these ideas from some isolated quotes -- or she may have made them up -- but neither are true. In fact, Barr opposed the Patriot Act from the beginning, and voted for it only to get the sunset provisions in. And he has opposed the war in Iraq since at least 2004; in fact, he says he never voted for the war as the 2003 'use of force' resolution was not a declaration of war. Barr's only difference from this Baldwin on this issue is that Baldwin wants "immediate" withdrawal, while Barr points out that you do not publicly announce withdrawal dates.

Re: Barr None

George Dance — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 21:13:50 -0000

Unfortunately, the debate was cancelled. Please read: http://www.nolanchart.com/article5242.html

Thank you for checking into and following up my last comment (on Barr vs. Baldwin), BTW.

Re: Ron Paul

George Dance — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 16:27:02 -0000

It's your support, so withdraw it if you like; but Paul's "implausible" story is consistent with the facts that

(1) no one's caught him saying anything like this, anywhere, at any time in his 30-year political career;

(2) some of the the opinions (for example, the opposition to MLK Day in two of the articles) are clearly inconsistent with Paul's statements and voting record;

(3) independent sources have confirmed the story; eg, this investigation of the same story by FreeMarketNews last spring:

Ron Paul Race Smear Erased?
Thursday, January 10, 2008 - FreeMarketNews.com

Initial post 5.22.07

Internet information claiming that presidential candidate Ron Paul (R-TX) is a racist – and made derogatory comments about African Americans - has been making the rounds within the blogosphere. But sources close to the editorial group that published the newsletter (or newsletters) that supposedly carried the comments claim that Ron Paul never had anything to do with them, and wasn’t even aware of them.

These sources say that editorial operation in question was a fairly large one, and profitable for its time - focused in large part on measures that one could take to generate a lifestyle independent of government influence and intervention.

The publication, or publications, comprised a business venture to which Ron Paul lent his name. Headquarters were “60 miles away” from Ron Paul’s personal Texas offices.[...]

This source and others add that publications utilized guest writers and editors on a regular basis. Often these guest writers and editors would write a “Ron Paul” column, under which the derogatory comments might have been issued.[...]

Says one source, “Ron Paul didn’t know about those comments, or know they were written under his name until much later when they were brought to his attention. There were several issues that went out with comments that he would not ordinarily make. He was angry when he saw them.”

Ron Paul has said that he did not write the comments in question, but, nonetheless, has taken "moral" responsibility for them.

An excerpt from an apparent interview with Texas Monthly as quoted on the blog Everything2.com clarifies the above information as follows:

http://everything2.com/index.pl?node=Ron%20Paul

The operative sentence in the above would seem to be: “What made the statements in the publication even more puzzling was that, in four terms as a U. S. congressman and one presidential race, Paul had never uttered anything remotely like this.”[...]

Adds a source aware of the current tempest over these remarks, “Anybody who claims that Ron Paul made the comments in question is deliberately mis-stating what occurred to make political points. It is a measure of [his opponents] desperation that they are dredging this up again. Anybody who reads all that he has written – and there’s lots of it – could see that right away.”

read the complete story at:
http://www.freemarketnews.com/WorldNews.asp?nid...

Re: Critics question plans to deploy 20,000 troops in U.S. for domestic security

George Dance — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 04:34:04 -0000

That's precisely the problem; that "military forces are trained to engage with the enemy." The U.S. population is not the enemy, and that's why using the military can be inappropriate. Add in the executive branch's idea that "domestic military operations" are immune from the Bill of Rights, and one doesn't need a "conspiracy mind" to worry about what that could lead to.

Re: Critics question plans to deploy 20,000 troops in U.S. for domestic security

George Dance — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 22:44:04 -0000

Perhaps a Brigade of ACLU members should be organized to respond to an attack on the U.S. with weapons of mass destruction.

LOL! "Nuke us and we'll sue your butts off!"