.."i now yield to my colleage from the great state of Texas, Mr. Paul, for as much time as he may consume...."

such obtuse formalities-
....pleased to address, blah blah blah.....Yield to the floor, hruumm pphhumm phumm...brggggggh....tell of the coming dire future, puny humans, blah blah blah...Beirut, Iraq, plughhhh, mmmmffffph! , ...guts, spending...budget....errrr, uhh problem attack go away...... earmarks, billions, uhhh, "

please, can I scalp a ticket off this motherfucker??!!!

can i have another minute?????

^no, you may not, choggie. now sit down and watch this again *promote

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After six minutes of watching ron paul, suddenly I have the urge to do vigorous exersize. Gotta stay in shape, its the least i could do for the economy.

i ahve one for the inflation sift and my playlist

"The mcdonalds falling dollar menu"
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-pento/the-mcdonalds-falling-dol_b_104389.html

Why is this guy not president yet?

>> ^MarineGunrock:
Why is this guy not president yet?


Because he's nowhere near incompetent enough. In government, as with most jobs, you fail upwards.

"You fail upwards"


Fucking hilarious.

WHY is this man not president!!!!!???

He's not President because it's not November and he hasn't had a chance to be written in yet.

This man is so intelligent and astute on virtually every single thing he says, he really should have been voted in (let's be honest and assume it's a foregone conclusion)

Why is he not President? Because it isn't 'we' that ultimately choose who will be President.

I agree with Dr. Paul, but the reality of the world doesn't mesh with his POV, which is a shame because 90% of what he's saying is correct.

In a perfect world, militarily we could mind our own beeswax and simply protect our borders, but if we stay home, China or others will move to take over the world by force.

In a perfect world, Congress would stay within its budget like we have to, but the reality is, they don't have to and therefore won't. If Congress spent only the money it collected in taxes, all these wonderful government programs and boondoggles loved by both major parties and "the people" would dry up.

Government is "that great fiction by which everyone tries to live at the expense of everyone else." You and I benefit from all the "illegal" spending going on so we're not about to stop it.

Some things RP wants are impossible due to human nature. Others are possible but improbable, like people eating only healthy foods at all times. Still others were once possible or probable, but no longer due both to human nature and how simultaneously small and complex the world has become.

>> ^quantumushroom:
if we stay home, China or others will move to take over the world by force.


ROFL, good one dude!

>> ^deathcow:
WHY is this man not president!!!!!???


because so many people within our government are scared of his radical changes. The media hates his stances on many many many subjects so they do a media black out, eliminating all but the occasional reference to him. The american people, by and large dont know much about him. I cant tell you how many times I have spoken about who i'd vote for to other adults and they havent even HEARD of Ron Paul. It hurts and infuriates me to no end!

>> ^xxovercastxx:
>> ^MarineGunrock:
In government, as with most jobs, you fail upwards.

In the local parish government, we say that you "Fuck UP".

I like many of Ron Paul's policies. But not all of them. I'll stick with the Democrats.

yeah, we should all have that attitude. stick with the Dem/Rep/Same-Damn-Thingicrats. its working out wonderfully. positive change has just been overflowing.

if we stay home, China or others will move to take over the world by force.

ROFL, good one dude!

The good news is your ignorance is curable.

Ron Paul isn't the President because, believe it or not, the typical e-opinion is nowhere near representational of the general population. Except maybe Montana, where I hear he did pretty well. Enjoy that one.

I'm not so sure if Ron Paul's lack support is due to the media or the herd mentality. I think a lot of people just rally around whoever their chosen party seems to support, and whether Ron Paul embodies true republican values or not, his party doesn't support him, at all. I think there have been enough videos on the sift to show people will just spout off whatever slogans or sound bites or floating around. They want politics to be easy, and they don't want to be alone in 'their' opinion.

While I admire Ron Paul's stance on the war, and also feel we really need to dial back on our military presence in a lot of areas I don't agree on his economic or social policies.

Ron Paul supports a true free market, a lot of people feel by having government completely out of the market the corporate structure and monopolies will break down. I see just the opposite happening, once the government is out there is no mechanism to regulate business practices, which will allow the large corporations to freely manipulate the market in their favor. There may be short term benefits in certain areas as companies compete, but once one company gains the market share they can use a cavalcade of 'unfair' business practices to kill competition and keep any from starting up. As the market stands now there are several huge corporations that own most of the infrastructure in certain areas, and competition only exists because the government is forcing them to share that infrastructure with their competition. Even if the playing field were even, eventually some business would rise above the pack and gain control.

For social policies Ron Paul supports state and local level control. I think that would be just fine if everyone had a live and let live attitude, but they don't. And those that don't actively push their vision of how others should believe and act, which is much easier to do on a local level, and often comes at the detriment of the minority population. He himself has stated he didn't think the Supreme court should have ruled in favor of cases like Brown vs Board of education, nor should the civil rights act have been passed. You may disagree, but I see issues like that as reasons why it is important for the federal government to have some say in social matters.

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