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Old 08-08-2007, 12:22 AM
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Ron Paul For President!

My first political thread! YAY! After out last goof ball I would like to see a real candidate make office. I'd vote for this guy if my vote actually counted.... Unfortunately it doesn't. If you don't know about Ron Paul, check him out!
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Old 08-08-2007, 12:33 AM
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I'm not sure, but I may have heard of him...
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Old 08-08-2007, 12:34 AM
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Who knows, the man could be for real. I won't try to argue that point.

If someone gave me a hand-held voting machine tomorrow and I started pushing the "republican" button as fast as I could from that point 'til next election day, I probably couldn't cast enough votes to secure a GOP victory.

I don't mean to sound cynical, but I wonder if the republicans have a snowball's chance in hell of retaining the presidency next go-round?
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Old 08-08-2007, 01:02 AM
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what about Dennis Kucinich ?

http://www2.kucinich.us/issues
(old website looks like they're making a new one soon)
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Old 08-08-2007, 01:15 AM
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what about Dennis Kucinich ?
I seem to recall he wants to make spanish mandatory for "all" school kids in America.

How 'bout we make "english" mandatory for all schools kids in America?

Noticed his health care bill in passing and "guaranteed" education...kinder thru undergraduate level.

Gee........I wonder who's gonna pay for all of this....the ever dwindling middle class?

This guy makes Hilary look like Ronald Reagan.
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Old 08-08-2007, 02:15 AM
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what about Dennis Kucinich ?



Whew! that was a good one!
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Old 08-08-2007, 02:55 AM
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I seem to recall he wants to make spanish mandatory for "all" school kids in America.

How 'bout we make "english" mandatory for all schools kids in America?

Noticed his health care bill in passing and "guaranteed" education...kinder thru undergraduate level.

Gee........I wonder who's gonna pay for all of this....the ever dwindling middle class?

This guy makes Hilary look like Ronald Reagan.
last i checked english was mandatory for school kids.

would speaking a second language be such a bad thing? i realize that people dont want to make spanish an official language and what not but english is not the only language in the world. but how could speaking two languages hurt?
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Old 08-08-2007, 09:09 AM
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I'm not sure, but I may have heard of him...
the media is really downplaying this guy.. He has potential..

But that Mike Gravel.. maaan did you see his youtube commercial.. its deeep
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Old 08-08-2007, 09:30 AM
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would speaking a second language be such a bad thing? i realize that people dont want to make spanish an official language and what not but english is not the only language in the world. but how could speaking two languages hurt?
Your point is well taken. Mine is simply this.

We need ONE language for commerce and commerce is what the U. S. is all about. If you want to speak a 2nd langauge at the dinner table with your family/friends - fine with me. But do not require others to learn another language that will not be used in their daily interactions outside the home.

English is not the only langauge, but it has been the only language used by the masses in this country for years. Requiring people to learn a 2nd language because another group is too lazy to get on board is ridiculous. I believe the Canadians have been plagued with this problem for years....dual computer databases...one in english; the other in french. Huh??

The Germans, Poles, Scandanavians and many other ethnic groups gave up their native tongue. So why after all of these years do we have to make spanish mandatory?

The demo candidate is pawing for hispanic votes. Intelligent, educated hispanics are not going to buy into this.
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Why indeed Mike.

Children who learn a second language do much better in college. People who do much better in college make more money. That's reason enough for me.

Oh, and Ron Paul also has no chance of being elected, regardless of party. He wants to demolish the Fed.
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Old 08-08-2007, 10:32 AM
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Ron Paul has less of a chance than I do of winning the election.

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Old 08-08-2007, 11:43 AM
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Ron Paul has less of a chance than I do of winning the election.

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I'll vote for you if the price of diesel can be brought into the same scale as I've seen in Europe. Funny how a few yrs. ago it was considerably less than gas.
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Old 08-08-2007, 01:37 PM
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I seem to recall he wants to make spanish mandatory for "all" school kids in America.

How 'bout we make "english" mandatory for all schools kids in America?

Noticed his health care bill in passing and "guaranteed" education...kinder thru undergraduate level.

Gee........I wonder who's gonna pay for all of this....the ever dwindling middle class?

This guy makes Hilary look like Ronald Reagan.
I'm waiting for the guy who promises to make everything free. . . . Oh, wait. That might not work. Okay. I'm waiting for the guy who makes everything for ME free. To hell with everybody else. I mean, seriously, SOMEBODY'S got to pay to support me.
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Old 08-08-2007, 01:58 PM
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I'm waiting for the guy who promises to make everything free. . . .
I didn't read every word at the Kucinich WEB site, but it would appear he's more or less hoping to do just that....free this, free that.

Now if someone would free the taxpayer from the free ride syndrome.
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Old 08-08-2007, 02:25 PM
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Ya know.. this whole party thing is a bunch of crap.. the dems said they would not buckle to bush.. but .. they did.. and the repubs still suck..

I think its third party time

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