When it doesn't fit anywhere else
 #20994  by chuck
 
hey yall, my friends have been telling me non stop about this republican candidate in the 2008 presidential election that i think everyone here should know about because his message is so important. essentially he is republican in the true form meaning small gov't, lower taxes, and so on, but he is also a libertarian and constitutionalist. his goal is simple minimize federal gov't maximize individual liberties and restore the constitution. something i find interesting is that right now the president has the power to search, arrest, and detain pretty much anyone he feels threatens his actions in the middle east. do we really want to trust these powers to the next president or we have the chance now to end the patriot act and elect someone who will restore those freedoms and govern us with no hidden agenda. honestly i am scared the direction this country is heading, all it takes is one more terrorist attack and more of our freedoms will be gone to "protect us". Paul will get us out of the middle east.

also thouht many of you would be interested to hear Ron Paul wants to end the war on drugs. he feels this like many issues should be state controlled not federal. example of the federal government getting to big.

here is a website you can read his policies:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_ ... f_Ron_Paul

The political positions of Ron Paul are in line with his stance as a Constitutionalist who professes a libertarian ideology. Accordingly, he opposes presidential autonomy and judicial activism and rejects a welfare state or nanny state role for the federal government.

Paul says that the Republican Party has lost its commitment to limited government and has instead become the party of big government. He regularly votes against almost all proposals for new government spending, initiatives, or taxes. His unwillingness to vote for proposals not expressly authorized by the Constitution, along with his medical degree, have earned him the nickname “Dr. No.”

Paul supports free trade, the gold standard, gun ownership, and tight border security. He opposes capital punishment, the Federal Reserve, foreign intervention, and federal definition of marriage. He also believes that the federal government should have no influence on education.

Congressman Paul advocates a non-interventionist foreign policy that avoids entangling alliances. He believes that when a war must be fought, it must be fought to protect the citizens, be declared by Congress, planned out, won and then left: "The American public deserves clear goals and a definite exit strategy in Iraq."




here is his official site:
www.ronpaul2008.com

im just a normal musician and i wrote this very fast so if their is something that needs to be clarified or you have a question i would be happy to answer it to best of my ability.

Be Part of the Ron Paul Revolution
SAVE OUR COUNTRY, SAVE OUR CONSTITUTION.

 #21001  by CountryMile Cadillac
 
I have heard of this guy, he sounds interesting. Yet despite not affiliating myself with any political party I still fear the word Republican (even if his politics tell a different story). It is also important to remember that presidential candiates regularly back out of campaign promises, as soon as they are elected...


By the way, I never heard if they found Bush's head when they went looking up his ass?

 #21003  by phpbb
 
There are plenty of places to talk politics on the internet, and this is not one of them.

 #21009  by chuck
 
phpbb wrote:There are plenty of places to talk politics on the internet, and this is not one of them.
First Id liked to say i can understand why you would say that this being a grateful dead forum, but at the same time I did post this in the non grateful dead “everything else” section of the website. I feel this community, which I consider myself part of, is interested in this stuff and every one here is affected by it. You do not have to agree with me, am just presenting information. I see nothing wrong with that.

 #21010  by Shaggy
 
It doesn't affect me nor does it interest me. Those days for me are long gone.

What does affect me is the flooding outside my house!

 #21013  by strumminsix
 
chuck wrote:
phpbb wrote:There are plenty of places to talk politics on the internet, and this is not one of them.
First Id liked to say i can understand why you would say that this being a grateful dead forum, but at the same time I did post this in the non grateful dead “everything else” section of the website. I feel this community, which I consider myself part of, is interested in this stuff and every one here is affected by it. You do not have to agree with me, am just presenting information. I see nothing wrong with that.
Hey chuck! I've gotta say I appreciate your passion for politics and most people know I have a strong passion for it myself.

What I don't think you realize is that Gregg didn't say he agreed or disagreed. He simply stated not here.

I see him as the host of this great party! And, like any host, when they make a request I feel it only proper to abide by it. Please not I didn't say respect or agree to it.

He showed you respect by not simply deleting the post. On other forums I am at if somebody tosses a political post in a non-political area I move it or delete it without question.

Politics is the only topic where the open-minded deadheads seem to be most closed-minded. I'll never understand that but I think it's because of how passionate we are regularly...

Just something to think about!

 #21015  by chuck
 
yes i totally understand what both Gregg and strumminsix are saying and if this topic needs to be reomoved i understand. my intent was just to inform, sorry i dont want to create any hostility.

 #21019  by strumminsix
 
No hostility I was just trying to help you understand a different perspective than I thought you had.

 #21027  by phreaker
 
CountryMile Cadillac wrote:By the way, I never heard if they found Bush's head when they went looking up his ass?
well they did find it, but it was too far up there. 4 brave men died trying to retain it.

 #21054  by Shaggy
 
Politics is the only topic where the open-minded deadheads seem to be most closed-minded. I'll never understand that but I think it's because of how passionate we are regularly...

With regard to what? Their political views or the fact that they aren't too interested in talking about it as much as others are?

 #21073  by strumminsix
 
Shaggy wrote:Politics is the only topic where the open-minded deadheads seem to be most closed-minded. I'll never understand that but I think it's because of how passionate we are regularly...

With regard to what? Their political views or the fact that they aren't too interested in talking about it as much as others are?
That most deadheads become closed minded to alternate points of view with regards to politics.

 #21095  by Shaggy
 
I guess it's true which is ironic when you think of the environment they've attached themselves to.

But many seem rather indiffernt to the real workings of politics so they just skim the surface and retain a stereotypical view of things, because they think it's the view they have to have.

 #21333  by grateful4booze
 
I find it oddly coincedental that the dude busts this perfectly typed and worded off the top of his head on his 7th post. Ron Paul people are spamming the net and the talk radio waves.