Comments on: Ron Paul: Theocrat by his own words

By: ThePaleoConservatist

ThePaleoConservatist — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 15:51:47 +0000

“# Shane Killianon 02 Jan 2008 at 7:38 am
Well, those of us who have actually READ the First Amendment know that it specifically prohibits CONGRESS, and is the only amendment to do so. The founders did NOT want Federal intrusion in this area. In fact, that’s really the whole point of the First Amendment!

This is supposed to be a state and local issue. If a fire department puts up Christmas decorations, then it’s no business of people who live outside that area, and if people who live inside that area complain, they have redress with their local and state governments.

What America needs is a President willing to stand up and uphold the Constitution–the ENTIRE Constitution, not just cherry-picked bits and pieces of it–and Ron Paul is the ONLY one who fits the bill.”

-> That is exactly right Shane.

By: OutsiderDaveUK

OutsiderDaveUK — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 10:46:41 +0000

Whatever you think of Ron Paul. One things for sure, he’s the best of a bad bunch. The rest of them are bought and paid for elitist stooges.

Atleast his heart is in the right place and atleast he has a heart, unlike the others. Frankly they aren’t fit to govern a cockcroach, let alone the American people and candidates like John McCain are truly damn right scary. If Bush is warmonger mk1, McCain is warmonger mk10 and then some and the religious zealot Mike Huckabee isn’t much better. These guy’s are complete nuts and so are those people who even give these men 10 seconds of their time. The majority of people in Europe think American’s are stupid. You have a chance to vote for peace and security and yet, time and time again you vote for war, fear and no security. You truly are a dumbed down people or maybe it’s that John Wayne mentality, that no matter how hard you try, you just can’t seem to shake off. Sigh!!!!!!

Vote Ron Paul or even better start a revolution. Europe is certainly long over due for one. Down with the fascist EU constitution.

By: Gigs

Gigs — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 20:18:09 +0000

“Ron Paul is an ignoramus and a dangerous maniac.”

I’m sure he would think highly of you, “JediBear”. Maybe when you move out of your parent’s basement, you might meet him.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 17:32:49 +0000

constitutionalist* rather. *

By: Ryan

Ryan — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 17:31:52 +0000

Wow, who cares? I look at Ron Paul because he follows the constitution and has the only record to back it up. He understands the economy which I think no educated person can disagree with as well as foreign policy. Suggesting limited goverment, and getting things back the way we used too is what we should be looking at. Not petty little things. Take a few essays and blow it out of proportion, congratz. No one is perfect and we should stick by someone with the record and views of a true institutionalist.

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 22:25:42 +0000

Quick Question…all you name calling dems, please tell me which candidate you are going to support?? Warmonger A or Subtle Warmonger B??

As far as phasing out the fed…Paul says we should FIRST LEGALIZE gold and silver to be used as a competing currency in the US…There is no way to get rid of the Fed reserve note anytime soon and Paul recognizes this..we have to start somewhere, because the Fed is robbing us all by printing more and more money….You know when they say they are lowering interest rates??? That means printing money, robbing what you have saved by devaluation..
and if people began to have real wealth not paper they would be more inclined to help those people in financial trouble, but paul says we can’t get rid of entitlement programs without the fed govt helping those who are dependant…IT IS called Transition! and it may take decades, but we have to start…
Please those who call us Paultards address this….

By: NewsView

NewsView — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 09:29:33 +0000

Freedom from religion had its place — most notably in the former Soviet Union and China. Forced religious observance is theocracy — portions of the Mid East come to mind. Capitalism without conscience is a plutocracy (what some may argue characterizes the United States what with multi-billion dollar special interests and lobbyists tugging at the shirt tails of Democrats and Republicans alike). Corporatism, meanwhile, is fascism. Don’t believe it? Read up on Mussolini’s beliefs on the subject. My point being, no extreme in behavior, religion, atheism or legalism is worth defending because in all cases these extremes share in common a perversion of logic, morality and, in this case, legality. Those that seek the high ground gravitate toward the middle ground, and this sentiment is ultimately much more in keeping with the Constitution and America’s history than many of the “either/or” arguments that have increasingly supplanted reasoned discourse over the past two decades. Read, for example, some of the old grammar school primers that were around during President George Washington’s era. References to God were plentiful, and few members of the American population expressed a problem with it until, ironically, the Soviet era (some coincidence).

Keep in mind, also, that history is no more favorable toward the communist (atheist) regimes in the world than the dictatorships, monarchies or any other form of governance, religious or otherwise. Nation states that promote secular allegiance to state at the expense of religious freedoms have often been aggressors against other nation states. For if religious freedoms fall — the easy pickings as it were — one can be sure that all manner of other freedoms are sure to follow. Religious freedoms or the lack thereof, therefore, can often serve as a barometer for freedoms or their absence in many other forms.

Bottom line? The John Lennon “Imagine” argument that idealistic and intolerant types alike tend to advance — that religion underlies all world conflict and removing religion will therefore inspire peaceful coexistence — these are simply the products of wishful or historically ignorant thinking. The 20th Century was dominated by the brutalities of Communist (anti-religious) regimes and the wars they fought, just as the beginning of the 21st Century has been dominated by talk of the evils of radical Islamic ideology. Whatever side of the coin one examines, the only constant throughout history and ideological/religious/political fad is human nature — and the sad reality that we need absolutely no excuse to seek violence for all manner of reason and rationale. Therefore, there can exist no such thing as utopia. Imposing religion on the unwilling won’t bring peace. Attempting to erase all historic reminders of our religious roots by barring the mere sight of them from our public places won’t inspire peace either. The closest we can come to any sort of ideal in this life is to agree to live and let live — and this, as it so happens, is also the philosophy that most upholds the spirit of the Constitution.