Well said, Motivemagus.The newsletter issue raises serious questions about Paul’s character and leadership. Either he supported and believes the racist rants of his newsletter and is now being 2-faced to secure public office, in blatant contradiction to his sales pitch that he is a consistent thinker/actor OR he is a very careless leader, who will abstain from directing and controlling action that is taken in his name….neither is a good reference for a potential president.
The ingredients in “fragrance” in products, like soaps etc, are “proprietary” under the current rules, thus “secret”, even if they’re cancer producing, or worse, an example of deregulation by government agencies charged with “protecting” the public. Those “fragrances” might best be used to mask the smell of current right-wing politics, like Paul, Santorum, Bachmann, et al. So that gasping, wheezing, and collapsing upon inhalation, might be a good thing.
Imagine the hay Republicans would make of this had the publisher been a Democrat. However, hateful material can and should be rejected by the publisher. It’s a case of judgement , not free speech,as Mr Paul asserts.
Danny, what’s the libertarian stand on H.R. 1505, the start of the most destructive effort in history, Doc Hatfield and the Republican “leadership” on the Natural Resources Committee?
From Michael Lind, Salon.com: Did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 put America on the path to a police state? The answer is yes, according to Ron Paul, the Texas Republican Congressman and candidate for the Republican presidential nomination. Appearing on CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday, Paul explained that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 “destroyed the principle of private property and private choices” and “undermine[d] the concept of liberty.” The candidate drew a direct line from the Civil Rights Act to illiberal legislation passed in the panic that followed the 9/11 attacks: “Look at what’s happened with the PATRIOT Act. They can come into our houses, our bedrooms our businesses … And it was started back then.”
By equating the Civil Rights Act, which expanded American civil liberty, with the Patriot Act, which reduced it, on the grounds that both are federal laws with sanctions, Ron Paul displays the moral idiocy of someone who declares that a person who pushes a little old lady out of the path of a bus is just as bad as a person who pushes a little old lady into the path of a bus, because both are equally guilty of pushing little old ladies around.
vwdualnomand over 12 years ago
the pauls are all crazy.
Ketira over 12 years ago
You mean the Republicans. If it’s not this group, it’s the Tea Party-ians who want to take America back to the Dark Ages when women couldn’t vote.
vhammon over 12 years ago
Well said, Motivemagus.The newsletter issue raises serious questions about Paul’s character and leadership. Either he supported and believes the racist rants of his newsletter and is now being 2-faced to secure public office, in blatant contradiction to his sales pitch that he is a consistent thinker/actor OR he is a very careless leader, who will abstain from directing and controlling action that is taken in his name….neither is a good reference for a potential president.
Dtroutma over 12 years ago
The ingredients in “fragrance” in products, like soaps etc, are “proprietary” under the current rules, thus “secret”, even if they’re cancer producing, or worse, an example of deregulation by government agencies charged with “protecting” the public. Those “fragrances” might best be used to mask the smell of current right-wing politics, like Paul, Santorum, Bachmann, et al. So that gasping, wheezing, and collapsing upon inhalation, might be a good thing.
Dtroutma over 12 years ago
Eryx, LOL! My rancher neighbor has his horse trailer parked in the street tonight. Need I say more????
agate1 over 12 years ago
Imagine the hay Republicans would make of this had the publisher been a Democrat. However, hateful material can and should be rejected by the publisher. It’s a case of judgement , not free speech,as Mr Paul asserts.
DenverMosaic over 12 years ago
Love it
Dtroutma over 12 years ago
Danny, what’s the libertarian stand on H.R. 1505, the start of the most destructive effort in history, Doc Hatfield and the Republican “leadership” on the Natural Resources Committee?
Motivemagus over 12 years ago
From Michael Lind, Salon.com: Did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 put America on the path to a police state? The answer is yes, according to Ron Paul, the Texas Republican Congressman and candidate for the Republican presidential nomination. Appearing on CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday, Paul explained that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 “destroyed the principle of private property and private choices” and “undermine[d] the concept of liberty.” The candidate drew a direct line from the Civil Rights Act to illiberal legislation passed in the panic that followed the 9/11 attacks: “Look at what’s happened with the PATRIOT Act. They can come into our houses, our bedrooms our businesses … And it was started back then.”
By equating the Civil Rights Act, which expanded American civil liberty, with the Patriot Act, which reduced it, on the grounds that both are federal laws with sanctions, Ron Paul displays the moral idiocy of someone who declares that a person who pushes a little old lady out of the path of a bus is just as bad as a person who pushes a little old lady into the path of a bus, because both are equally guilty of pushing little old ladies around.pirate227 over 12 years ago
I love that this loony toon is surging in the polls.