Why Ron Paul should be in some president’s cabinet
I have said throughout this Republican presidential primary that I do not believe Ron Paul will win the nomination. That said, I do think he will be in the race until the end because of his loyal supporters and fund-raising prowess. He might well finish second, and most likely no worse than third, in number of delegates to this summer’s GOP convention. That kind of success would merit more than a nice speaking time slot in Tampa and a few relatively meaningless planks on the party’s platform.
Should the eventual nominee, whoever it is, defeat Barack Obama in November, he ought to appoint Paul to his cabinet.
Which cabinet position? Whichever one that president-elect wanted to eliminate or dramatically shrink.
That’s not a way of pulling a fast one on the man who more than one wag has deemed America’s Grandpa (i.e., he says some things that sound wise, and some other things that make you think, Oh, there goes crazy ol’ grandpa again!). I intend it as a compliment.
Of all people whom a president could appoint to the cabinet without having to worry that he’d resort to petty bureaucratic fights to protect his turf, it would be Paul. Can you imagine what the man would do with the instructions to reduce his budget and work force as much as possible? He could be America’s version of Maurice McTigue, whose government-cutting exploits down under I’ve mentioned before.
Assuming he finished the job in less than a four-year term, I’d then appoint him to the next on my list of agencies to cut.
I don’t know if Paul would take the job(s), but he said he isn’t running for re-election to Congress and certainly has a passion for limiting government. If he were up for it, a Republican president ought to be, too.
– By Kyle Wingfield
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Lil' Barry Bailout (Revised Downward)
January 27th, 2012
6:01 pm
Obama-Backed Green Company Files for Bankruptcy
Ener1, the electric car battery maker that received more than $100 million in government funding from the Obama administration has filed for bankruptcy protection, the company announced Thursday.
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Thanks, Democrats.
More government interference in free markets, more failure and waste.
Tiberius - Your lightning rod of hate!
January 27th, 2012
6:02 pm
“Because the pro-life movement isn’t telling women what they should do with their bodies.”
Then why do they tell women who are victims of rape or incest that they can’t have an abortion?
TRUTH
January 27th, 2012
6:07 pm
He should be in a cabinet….(haven’t we told you to keep an eye on our crazy uncle….)
Kyle that would be presuming that a Mitt or a Newt actually won the general election??
Lil' Barry Bailout (Revised Downward)
January 27th, 2012
6:08 pm
Because they’re against murder.
redneckbluedog
January 27th, 2012
6:10 pm
Lil’ Barry Bailout (Revised Downward)
January 27th, 2012
6:01 pm
Obama-Backed Green Company Files for Bankruptcy
Ener1, the electric car battery maker that received more than $100 million in government funding from the Obama administration has filed for bankruptcy protection, the company announced Thursday.
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I probably wouldn’t argue this with anyone that knows anything at all about current events….because Mitch Daniels and Dick Lugar lobbied the government HEAVILY to land this company….
Lil' Barry Bailout (Revised Downward)
January 27th, 2012
6:15 pm
Mitch Daniels and Dick Lugar lobbied the government HEAVILY to land this company
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Mitch Daniels and Dick Lugar didn’t blow millions in American’s federal tax money.
Obozo did.
Thanks, Democrats.
Tiberius - Your lightning rod of hate!
January 27th, 2012
6:18 pm
“Because they’re against murder.”
But they’re for rape and incest?
Great position to take. Punish the woman for the crime committed against her. And oh, yeah. Please provide the name and DOB of the “murdered” victim.
Karl Marx
January 27th, 2012
6:22 pm
Tiberius-Fearless Defender of the 1%
http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/policy/abortion/abreasons.html
Lil' Barry Bailout (Revised Downward)
January 27th, 2012
6:25 pm
But they’re for rape and incest?
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They’re against murder.
Lil' Barry Bailout (Revised Downward)
January 27th, 2012
6:28 pm
Hit-run crash takes life of unborn baby
The driver of the Ford faces charges of hit-and-run and second-degree feticide, police said.
http://www.ajc.com/news/henry/hit-run-crash-takes-1320325.html
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Apparently, not having a name or DOB doesn’t change the fact that the unborn child was murdered.
Linda
January 27th, 2012
6:29 pm
There’s an unprecedented snow storm in Alaska (global warming?). I encourage Obama to donate his shovel to the residents. It would also help the economy & his polls.
Lil' Barry Bailout (Revised Downward)
January 27th, 2012
6:32 pm
We need all the shovels we can get down here in the lower 48, having just been subjected to Obozo’s state of the union speech.
What a sh**storm that was!
MarkV
January 27th, 2012
6:35 pm
redneckbluedog @6:10 pm
You might have added that the talk about 100 million federal dollars lost because of Ener1 bankruptcy is a lie.
Lil' Barry Bailout (Revised Downward)
January 27th, 2012
6:37 pm
Obozo has a bad habit of investing hundreds of millions of our tax dollars in companies that go bankrupt.
Linda
January 27th, 2012
6:55 pm
redneck, Did you know that they’ve got computers in the jury waiting rooms now? You can do the same thing there that you do wherever you are now: blog. The last time I was called to jury duty, I was looking forward to being called on a high profile case, writing a book & making a million dollars. It didn’t work out quite that way, but I felt patriot. I take advantage of my freedom to vote & my civic duty to serve. We worked for years to obtain voting rights for women & minorities & promote justice for the accused. You don’t vote to avoid jury duty. What a hypocrite!
Tiberius - Your lightning rod of hate!
January 27th, 2012
7:14 pm
Just proves even the cops can be fools, LBB. Anyone can be charged with a “crime”. Making it stick? Not so much.
Real Athens
January 27th, 2012
7:17 pm
Linda:
Words have power, therefor they beget consequences. If you’re going to publicly espouse yours you should be ready to defend them.
There is a record snowfall in Alaska, and yes, many scientists (which you obviously are not one of) around the globe who suspect the effects of global warming could be a culprit. The jury is out. Pardon me if I listen to them and examine their models before adhering to your comments at 6:29.
Talk about oversimplification.
Hillbilly D
January 27th, 2012
7:22 pm
Real Athens @ 5:39
My name here is a nod to my home and ancestory. My family in North Georgia goes back over 200 years. It really doesn’t have anything to do with Dwight’s first record, which was a masterpiece by the way, but I take any reference to it as a compliment. I first used the name Hillbilly Deluxe, as a play on words, from a song that I don’t really even like, by Brooks and Dunn. I later shortened it because I thought the Deluxe part sounded uppity, which ain’t me.
I once saw a documentary about Dwight and I was really struck to listen to him talk about his family and upbringing. Often, celebrities tend to distance themselves from their past or to put it down. None of that for Dwight, he spoke of how his parents, grandparents, etc, were as fine a people as you would ever want to meet. I’ve always liked and respected him as a musician but when I heard him say that, my opinion of him went up a few notches. He’s never lost touch with his roots and treats them with the respect and dignity that they deserve. Hope I do the same thing with mine.
Anyway, back to the festivities.
Tiberius - Your lightning rod of hate!
January 27th, 2012
7:25 pm
Hillbilly D, you are one of the least uppity people on this, or any other, blog.
Real Athens
January 27th, 2012
7:33 pm
Hillbilly D:
‘Twas meant as a compliment. My family arrived in Wilmington, NC from Scotland and Ireland in the early 1700’s. None made it as far as Georgia, instead they settled in VA and NC. I spent several years in Young Harris in the early 80’s and in the Friendship Community outside of Hiawassee in the 90’s.
I think Crow Gap is one of the most magical places on Earth.
It is my greatest desire to return to the NE Georgia mountains to live one of these days. There or over in the Brasstown Valley between Murphy and Warne.
Rafe Hollister
January 27th, 2012
7:44 pm
Tiberius, not getting into the abortion fight, I can’t get pregnant and it is not my fight, but your argument with LBB reminds me of how hypocritical our criminal “justice” system is.
LBB is right in Georgia fetacide is a felony and abortion is legal. Go figure, kinda like some of the drug law applications, where if you are caught with pot in California it is a $10 fine and if caught in S GA they try to send you to prison. What a crazy way to administer “justice”.
Lil' Barry Bailout (Revised Downward)
January 27th, 2012
8:16 pm
Anyone can be charged with a “crime”. Making it stick? Not so much.
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But it is a crime. The cops didn’t pass the law that made it so.
Linda
January 27th, 2012
8:16 pm
Real@7:17, Thank you for eliminating your play yard tactics in addressing me (sort of). I have a Bachelor of Science degree from one of the largest universities in the Southeastern US. Does that perhaps qualify me to give an opinion on the science of global warming? Maybe. Maybe not. I believed it hook, line & sinker in the beginning. I have done extensive research on it. I believe that it is the greatest hoax ever pulled on the American people & the world. The globe could be warming as a result of our coming out of the mini Ice Age. Remember 5th grade science? What I don’t believe is that politicians in DC can do anything about it. The fact that the UN is the leader of the science & the remedies (spreading our wealth to other countries) (burying CO2 in the ground) is very suspect. The lament that the “science is settled” & that deniers are disingenuous is suspect. The “fact” that there are more scientists that believe in man-made global warming than scientists that don’t is suspect. It’s not a vote. The fact that models collected from a few years differ from models collected from thousands of years is suspect. The fact that global warming fear mongers don’t adhere to their preachings is suspect. The fact that global warming fear mongers benefit greatly from their cap & trade exploits is suspect.
I understand that you do not believe in God or the Bible, a heathen you are, but someone created photosynthesis, that is we breath in oxygen & emit carbon dioxide, & plants take in carbon dioxide & emit oxygen. The fact that global warming experts chose carbon dioxide as the culprit is the most giveaway fallacy of the entire argument. Common sense, anyone?
Lil' Barry Bailout (Revised Downward)
January 27th, 2012
8:25 pm
Democrats in action:
O’Malley wants to tax apps, e-books, other downloads
ANNAPOLIS — Marylanders might have some extra inspiration when they download “Angry Birds” to their smartphones in coming months.
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More Democrats in action:
Hawaii may keep track of all Web sites visited
Hawaii’s legislature is weighing an unprecedented proposal to curb the privacy of Aloha State residents: requiring Internet providers to keep track of every Web site their customers visit.
Democratic Rep. John Mizuno of Oahu is the lead sponsor.
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Democrats: Liberal fascists.
Real Athens
January 27th, 2012
9:14 pm
Linda:
You’re doubling down on … nothing. Again. You tout your degree from so and so. The President graduated Cum Laude from the finest law school in America yet you call him a fool. Why should I hold your degree to any standard of anything. You respect nothing but yourself. You know nothing about me yet you draw some asinine conclusion regarding my belief system. What pomposity. Your argument has more holes in it than the brain of a mad cow. I won’t even begin. You are unable to see the dichotomy in your own argument.
Your argument is ALMOST entirely built of straw. As I posted earlier today:
“The Straw Man fallacy is committed when a person simply ignores a person’s actual position and substitutes a distorted, exaggerated or misrepresented version of that position. This sort of ‘reasoning’ has the following pattern:
Person A has position X.
Person B presents position Y (which is a distorted version of X).
Person B attacks position Y.
Therefore X is false/incorrect/flawed.
This sort of “reasoning” is fallacious because attacking a distorted version of a position simply does not constitute an attack on the position itself. One might as well expect an attack on a poor drawing of a person to hurt the person.”
You really do slay me.
Real Athens
January 27th, 2012
9:17 pm
LBB:
Newsflash:
http://georgiaslate.com/report-nathan-deal-considers-extending-sales-tax-enforcement-to-internet-purchases.html
ATLANTA — Gov. Nathan Deal is considering extending the state sales tax to online purchases, he told newspaper publishers Thursday.
Eight states already tax electronic commerce, but most states have held off because Congress had signaled it would devise a national model to simplify the thousands of tax rates used by state and local governments across the country.
Deal said he wasn’t content to wait on Congress to act on immigration enforcement when he signed a tough law last year and that states may grow tired of waiting for federal leadership on e-commerce, too.
Linda
January 27th, 2012
9:39 pm
Real@9:14, I admire Obama for his intelligence & degrees (education) & many other aspects. He’s a man to be commended, & he’s not a fool. He knows exactly what he is doing. He is deliberately sabotaging the economy.
I’m only repeating what you have said about yourself, over & over.
Funny that you didn’t even address what I posted about “global warming.”
Real Athens
January 27th, 2012
9:54 pm
This blog is full of your comments regarding Obama and his intelligence, one only need hit the scroll key. Your “admiration” has been on display for all to read.
You have never heard me once, mention anything about my belief system. Ever. Period. Any other claim is a lie. I’ve admonished people here who use religion as a tool of intolerance or oppression. Please point me to something in the New Testament that preaches either of these “virtues.”
I addressed your comments regarding global warming. Reread from this point on: “Your argument has more holes in it than the brain of a mad cow. I won’t even begin. You are unable to see the dichotomy in your own argument …” What’s really funny is you were unable to comprehend.
You care only about being “right.” Being correct be damned. Contrary to your belief the world isn’t “red” or “blue” or even black or white. It’s a myriad of colors and shades of grey.
I defend your right to say what you believe. Fly it up your flagpole, just don’t expect me to salute it.
Linda
January 27th, 2012
10:37 pm
Real@9:54, I have never discounted the fact that Obama is intelligent & well-educated. I just don’t agree with his policies. I have sense.
Oh, yes, you have proclaimed your believe system over & over again on this blog.
The Bible condemns any sex outside of marriage. It explicitly states that homosexuality is an “abomination,” many times. If you missed these, maybe you should scan the Bible again. If you are for same sex marriage, what is your new definition of marriage? Does it include plurals & non-discriminatory mandates as to age, death, species, etc.?
I missed your addressing my comments on global warming. Where are they?
jeff_r0x
January 27th, 2012
11:57 pm
A rather dumb premise for a dumb article, by what seems to be less than a stellar thinking man. (At least I think it’s a man.) The premise would work, IF Ron paul were not running for president. It’s funny how the press think that because they’ve discussed it certain ways around the water cooler, than Ron Paul could never win. They are obviously too dishonest in their labors to consider the polls, being that he is current neck and neck with Obama in a general election. And this without half of the name recognition of Romney and certainly less than the sitting president. Just wait as this thing roils out, and the press scrambles to support some other phony candidate that is as corrupt as they are. No one mentions the number of delegates that are unavailable to Gingrich and even Santorum. Given the split between the three “same old, same olds,” not one of them will have a majority of delegates. It would also be a mathematically impossible feat for one of those three to beat Obama in November without the Ron Paul army, which they will NEVER have in their corner.
celebs4truthcom
January 28th, 2012
1:58 am
OMG! Ron Paul gets two pivotal Maine endorsements Saturday! Share this EVERYWHERE! http://www.examiner.com/libertarian-in-denver/ron-paul-to-receive-two-pivotal-endorsements-at-maine-events
independent thinker
January 28th, 2012
6:03 am
Just one more ignorant and stupid Texas politician who has a limited grip on reality
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January 28th, 2012
7:22 am
I’m in total agreement with Kyle. Secretary of Veterans Affairs would be perfect?
Lil' Barry Bailout (Revised Downward)
January 28th, 2012
10:08 am
As long as half of Americans aren’t paying any federal income tax, you Obamaggots whining about anyone else’s tax rates have no credibility. Shut your mouths and get to work getting your parasite base contributing to funding their country’s government.
Real Athens
January 28th, 2012
11:12 am
Linda @ 10:37.
Please, don’t drink and type.
Lynn
January 28th, 2012
9:54 pm
Just so long as we wouldn’t have to rely on the charity of others for medical care, when insurance companies will no longer cover people with pre-existing conditions (if you get your wish, Kyle), your suggestion makes good sense. Dr. Paul is quite an impressive man, very easy to like with loads of great ideas, both parties should listen to.