Watching. Production quality is a little iffy but the content is sobering… no, disturbing.
Clayton -
And you thought the US was the only country with drones. What happens when we pick a fight with a country that can shoot back?
Clayton -
Awesome! Ron Paul’s campaign has come a long way. Anyone remember 2007?
Can you give any book suggestions? I would like to read more stuff like Bureaucracy from Mises, a pure critique for why state is a bad way for producing anything. Mises said it’s because of calculation in his Socialism, but i have always found the language of the book too hard to read and haven’t finished it yet. I have thought about reading some public choice-stuff, so recommendations please. Basicly I don’t want to read books about how free markets work, just critique for state.
(from drudgereport.com) Romney follows Ron Paul and snubs The Donald. Makes it clear who the true GOP front-runner is. Trump’s going to debate with Gingrich only.
You might want to go with “Shih Tzu”…I don’t think Rothbards disciple would be too happy with your more phonetic spelling.
From a recent Iowa ABC poll:
- Regardless of who you may support, which of the Republican candidates do you think (ITEM)?
Full item wording:
a. best understands the problems of people like you
b. is the most honest and trustworthy
c. has the best experience to be president
d. has the best chance to defeat Barack Obama in the general election
e. best reflects the core values of the Republican Party
f. is most likely to stand up for what he or she believes in
12/4/11 – Summary table, likely Republican caucus-goers*
Understands Honest Experience Defeat Values Stand up
Newt Gingrich 22 13 43 29 25 24
Mitt Romney 12 12 16 24 12 10
Ron Paul 19 23 13 8 14 22
- Regardless of who you may support, which of the Republican candidates do you trust most to handle (ITEM)?
Full item wording:
a. The economy
b. Immigration issues
c. Social issues, such as abortion and gay marriage
12/4/11 – Summary table, likely Republican caucus-goers*
Economy Immigration Social issues
Newt Gingrich 31 27 14
Mitt Romney 20 8 12
Ron Paul 21 13 13
- For each item I name, please tell me if it is a major reason to (support) that candidate, a major reason to (oppose) that candidate, or not a major factor?
12/4/11 – Summary table, likely Republican caucus-goers
Major Major Not a
reason to reason to major No
support oppose factor op.
a. Mitt Romney’s policies on health care when
he was governor of Massachusetts 14 45 34 7
b. Mitt Romney’s religious beliefs 4 15 78 2
c. Mitt Romney’s business experience 61 7 27 5
d. Newt Gingrich’s political experience 70 11 15 4
e. Newt Gingrich’s marital history 1 16 79 3
f. Newt Gingrich’s position on illegal
immigration 38 15 36 10
g. Ron Paul’s views on limited government 66 14 17 3
h. Ron Paul’s opposition to U.S. military
interventions overseas 22 46 28 4 .
What realy annoys me about democracy, is not only is it a circus in terms of principles and personalities. But the actual polling and voting system itself seems completely corrupted and faulty. This is not just in the US, this is all over the world.
Where there is an election there is voting fraud.
This may deserve a thread to itself but I’ll post it here to start. Don’t know if anyone has seen the news today (or past couple days) about the former president of Costa Rica writing a letter to the Hatian president saying that “an army would be an enemy of development, peace and freedom.” Here are a couple of sources and the full letter. Really cool to hear another politician say this (not that it gives me hope for any other politicians).
Someone could respond to that by saying that mega corporations do support libertarian ideals, such as lower taxes and deregulation. That person would be wrong, of course. I think an even better question would be: If libertarianism would benefit mega corporations, then why don’t mega corporations support Ron Paul? After all, he would get rid of all regulations and taxes.
Courtesy of the LRC Blog## FOX, lies & the wrong videotape: What’s NOT happening in Moscow
WikiLeaks Posts Spy Firm Videos Offering Tools For Hacking iTunes, Gmail, Skype
“… While most of the capabilities shown in the videos have been previously revealed in a special report by the Wall Street Journal that published dozens of surveillance firms’ sales documents , the Journal had posted only screenshots and short segments of the videos, perhaps fearing that Gamma International would take legal action against the newspaper for copyright violations. WikiLeaks seems to have no such concerns. …”
He seemed completely at ease there. Probably had something to do with the interviewer…
http://www.amazon.com/Darwinian-Politics-Evolutionary-Origin-Freedom/dp/0813530962
Just from reading the first chapter and the preface, this is on my Christmas list.
AJ, James: you guys will probably find this book interesting.
Clayton -
Clayton, don’t forget Larry Arnhart’s work on Darwinian politics. He even has a blog.
You mean how polite she was? 
Speaking of this Ron Paul “big dog” ad…Business Insider was kind enough to explain it to those of you who might not get it: