What is your objection to Zionism? Why do you care if Jews have a Homeland, and want to return to it?
On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 3:09 PM, plainolamerican <[email protected]>wrote: > the MSM, Mitt Romney, Rick Perry and Michele Bachmann > --- > all are zionists > > know the enemy > > On Aug 18, 12:54 pm, MJ <[email protected]> wrote: > > Ron Paul and Libertyby Walter BlockIf Ron Paul had won the Ames Iowa > poll, the mainstream media would have dismissed the entire exercise as > unimportant. If he had come in at, oh, 6th place, they would have used this > as evidence that he is incompetent, not in the first rank of Republican > candidates, can’t get out the vote, the American people had rejected his > candidacy, etc. So, when Congressman Paul took a magnificent second place, > only 1% behind the winner, I said to myself, Hot diggity dog; the MSM can’t > ignore him now. They cannot dismiss this entire result since if they did so, > they would have to also deprecate Michele Bachmann’s win, and that they will > not do. They now MUST give Dr. Paul his due credit, since he finished in > close second place to her. They will be forced to discuss his ideas: bring > the troops home, get rid of the Fed, drastically reduce taxes, eliminate a > slew of illicit Federal departments, legalize drugs and other victimless > crimes, stop foreign "aid," save the American dollar via 100% gold backing, > etc. > > Silly me. That shows how much I know. Instead, the talking heads are now > tooting this line: "The three front runners are Mitt Romney, Rick Perry and > Michele Bachmann." In their view, these are the major candidates, and all > the others are also-rans. Why Mitt Romney? Well, he looks presidential, and > he has a good chance with the tea partiers despite his Romney-car health > policy in Massachusetts, oh so similar to Obama-care. Why Rick Perry? Well, > he’s the governor of Texas, the second biggest state, isn’t he? And this > despite the fact that he has not yet won anything in the presidential > sweepstakes. Why Michele Bachmann? This is because, of course, she just won > the Ames Iowa poll. Notice any name missing from all of this? I’ll give you > a hint: this is the guy who came in SECOND, 1% behind "major candidate" > Bachmann in this recent election. There used to be among the beltway > "Austro-libertarians" a campaign to promote and study Austrian economics > without "You Know Who" (Ludwig von Mises, of course). There is now a > campaign amongst the major media to analyze the Republican presidential > process without uttering the name of "You Know Who" (Ron Paul, of course). > > What can be done about this? Well, keep sending in those cards and > letters; keep protesting; keep writing those e mails to these self-appointed > judges. Vote for Ron Paul. And, most of all, let us all pledge to donate as > much as we can to all of the upcoming Ron Paul money bombs. > > There are some otherwise excellent libertarians who hold their noses at > the political process. They think it is somehow incompatible with the non > aggression principle, the foundation of our philosophy. Voting just gives > "them" sanction, these people think. Well, if so, then libertarians should > not use fiat currency to transact grocery purchases, travel on government > roads, attend concerts at public theatres, patronize public libraries, > parks, museums, teach in, or attend, any public university, or even private > one that is subsidized. They should also not eat food, since the government > is heavily involved in subsidizing some of it. They should not live in > houses, since the statists have heavily involved themselves with building > materials. They should eschew … the list goes on and on, and includes every > jot and tittle of the economy, so heavily ensconced in it is the state > apparatus. > > The point is, the modern government is so heavily engaged in ALL facets > of our lives. If we really didn’t want to give "sanction" to them, and > wanted, also, to be logically consistent, we could not operate in modern > society at all. We would have to either go off to live in a self sufficient > farm, or commit suicide. Hey, we don’t want to lose our souls, do we? > > Some libertarians say that we have a choice regarding whether or not to > vote, to support Dr. Paul, whereas we have no choice with regard to any of > these other things. Nonsense. No, nonsense on stilts! Human action always > includes choice. We are engaging in human action all over the place. Self > sufficient farming, and/or suicide ARE choices! This attitude of > libertarians is very self destructive. It prevents us from supporting Ron > Paul to the extent that would otherwise be the case. > > I suggest a remedy for this sort of irrational thinking. It is Murray > Rothbard’s "Do you hate the state?" availablehere. While you’re at it, read > this other excellentpieceby the same author, about my man Hector. If we > really see our political leaders as the gangsters most of them are (there > are but a few honorable exceptions to this general rule, certainly including > in the modern day You Know Who, and his son, the junior Senator from > Kentucky), we will reject this utter nonsense that to engage with them in > any way is to be false to libertarianism. If we don’t engage them, in many, > many ways, certainly including voting, how will we ever rid ourselves of > this pestilence? If we don’t support the greatest advocate of libertarianism > now active in behalf of the cause of liberty (hint: You Know Who), we lose > the best opportunity we now have to promote this philosophy. > > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. > * Read the latest breaking news, and more. > -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
