[Marxism] "vote Ron Paul"

[Tyler Zimmer]

Or add to this his quotes about Katrina:

"Is bailing out people that chose to live on the coastline a proper function
of the federal government?" he asks. "Why do people in Arizona have to be
robbed in order to support the people on the coast?"

Or his feelings about the Civil Rights Act of 1964:

"I would vote against it... it hurt personal liberties"

Or his thoughts about the separation of church and state:

"Through perverse court decisions and years of cultural indoctrination, the
elitist, secular Left has managed to convince many in our nation that
religion must be driven from public view....The notion of a rigid separation
between church and state has no basis in either the text of the Constitution
or the writings of our Founding Fathers. "

Or about evolution:

"I think its just a theory... I don't accept it"

Or about healthcare:

"The lesson is clear: when government and other third parties get involved,
health care costs spiral. The answer is not a system of outright socialized
medicine, but rather a system that encourages everyone – doctors, hospitals,
patients, and drug companies – to keep costs down."



What amazes me is not how awful all of his politics are (they are standard,
well-worn libertarian positions)... but that anyone other than pimply
adolescents hooked on Ayn Rand would give him a second glance.

-Tyler





On Jan 6, 2008 1:42 PM, Peter McLaren <drpetermclaren at gmail.com> wrote:

> http://www.austinchronicle.com/issues/vol16/issue9/pols.paul.side.html
>
> * "Opinion polls consistently show that only about 5% of blacks have
> sensible political opinions, i.e. support the free market, individual
> liberty and the end of welfare and affirmative action."
>
> * Although "we are told that it is evil to be afraid of black men, it
> is hardly irrational. Black men commit murders, rapes, robberies,
> muggings and burglaries all out of proportion to their numbers."
>
> * "Black males age 13 that have been raised on the streets and who
> have joined criminal gangs are as big, strong, tough, scary, and
> culpable as any adult and should be treated as such."
>
> * "The Earth Summit is the creepiest meeting of politicos since the
> first gathering of Bolsheviks. Officially known as the UN Conference
> for Environment and Development, it will be held in Brazil in June;
> bad guys from all over the globe will attend."
>
> * "[Hillary Clinton] is one of the most dangerous women in public
> life. Not only is she a fanatical abortion advocate, she wants
> parents to register with the government as a condition for having
> children to be able to sue and `divorce' themselves from their
> parents. Maybe her daughter ought to sue her parents for attempting
> to raise her as a leftist. That sure qualifies as abuse to me."
>
> * "...University of Texas affirmative action law professor Barbara
> Jordan is a fraud. Everything from her imitation British accent, to
> her supposed expertise in law, to her distinguished career in public
> service, is made up. If there were ever a modern case of the empress
> without clothes, this is it. She is the archetypical half-educated
> victimologist, yet her race and sex protect her from criticism."
>
> * Disgruntled taxpayer "Dean Hicks fired bombs through mortars at
> night at buildings of the Internal Revenue Service in California.
> Hicks did damage federal property, but no individuals were injured...
> Hicks was sentenced to 20 years in prison, given a $45,000 fine, and
> ordered to pay $335,000 in restitution to the IRS. If he had been a
> serial murderer, he would not have gotten this sort of sentence."
>
> * "Why do we need the federal government? There's no Cold War and no
> Communist threat. Many other nations are breaking into smaller and
> smaller pieces. The centralization of power in Washington occurred in
> a different time. Why not think about getting rid of the federal
> government, returning to the system of our Founders, and breaking up
> the United States into smaller government units?"
>
> * "There is good news after the L.A. riots. Statewide, gun sales are
> up 45% over the same period last year. People have been purchasing a
> record number. If the cops are not going to take care of the problem,
> the people will."
>
> * "There is no such thing as a hate crime, only crimes against person
> and property."
>
>
>
> Peter
>
>
> On Jan 6, 2008, at 11:18 AM, Ruthless Critic of All that Exists wrote:
>
> > On Jan 6, 2008 1:30 PM, Louis Proyect <lnp3 at panix.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Radicals
> >> somehow feel the need to identify with powerful forces, whether it is
> >> the Iranian state or a Republican Congressman who has raised
> >> millions of
> >> dollars.
> >
>
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