ganjagoddess
Well-Known Member
Voting for RON Paul is voting for Mc Cain...
thats just how the system works...
sorry buddy...
thats just how the system works...
sorry buddy...
Unless you can back up what you claim than STFU.. What the hell do you know that i don't know? Huh?Voting for RON Paul is voting for Mc Cain...
thats just how the system works...
sorry buddy...
Whooooosaaaaaaaa........ Whooooosaaaaaaaaaa...... (you know like they say from Bad Boys 2 YouTube - Bad Boys 2)Brother man like I said in the other forum I am just trying to lighten the mood..
Breath....
Sorry again my sarcasm can be a little blunt and hard to read...
its cool...
Wow Dave. That was the most honest post I've ever seen on this site. Having lost my brother to Viet Nam and experienced that shithole myself, I have extreme empathy for anyone in your situation. Not trying to be arguementative on the subject, but Obama has said he will end all combat operations in 16 Months starting with a true phased withdrawel. I would also suppose that would mean that there wouldn't be any need for more fresh troops and the troops still there would be kept out of harms way.
My wifes best friends son is in the Air Force and is sceduled for Iraq in the near future. She is a cancer survivor and very weak, that could probably kill her. They are as you said, using AF and Navy personel for cannon fodder, driving convoy, and that is probably where my wifes friends son would be put.
I actually believe Obama will hold good on his promise. I've been fooled before, but I have a gut feeling on this one. I hope for your sons sake and all of our brave men and women that I'm right.
I have probably been the most avid anti-war member on this site from day one. I will always believe there is a better way.
Thanks MM, and please convey my most heartfelt empathy to your wife's best friend if you get a chance.Wow Dave. That was the most honest post I've ever seen on this site. Having lost my brother to Viet Nam and experienced that shithole myself, I have extreme empathy for anyone in your situation. Not trying to be arguementative on the subject, but Obama has said he will end all combat operations in 16 Months starting with a true phased withdrawel. I would also suppose that would mean that there wouldn't be any need for more fresh troops and the troops still there would be kept out of harms way.
My wifes best friends son is in the Air Force and is sceduled for Iraq in the near future. She is a cancer survivor and very weak, that could probably kill her. They are as you said, using AF and Navy personel for cannon fodder, driving convoy, and that is probably where my wifes friends son would be put.
I actually believe Obama will hold good on his promise. I've been fooled before, but I have a gut feeling on this one. I hope for your sons sake and all of our brave men and women that I'm right.
I have probably been the most avid anti-war member on this site from day one. I will always believe there is a better way.
Ron Paul was one of the few who read the CIA report and knew who the US of A should go after. Wise men see fools rush in. Watching the debates got me interested in Ron Paul. He knows the issues. It was funny to watch McCain stammer when he tried, unsuccessfully, to answer Ron Pauls question during one of the debates.I feel much more than just remorse MM. I feel betrayed, angry, and fearful. I do feel responsible for what has transpired in Iraq, but not because I voted for Bush (although that's part of it), but because I also voted for Congressmen who allowed it to happen as well. As I sit in my son's home here on the naval base in Guam getting ready to drive him to his ship, I fear everyday dreading if he's going to tell me one day that he's got orders for Iraq. The military is now sending Navy personnel to Iraq for convoy and roadside inspection duty. Two very dangerous jobs in Iraq. He's my only child...my only son...and I helped place him in this predicament. The loss of my only child due to a war that I helped perpetuate is a difficult thing for me to bear....and I bear that burden every time I think of him. I live with that guilt everyday.
Perhaps you now can understand, or at least appreciate, my vehemence toward refusing to vote for any candidate (Rep or Dem) that will only perpetuate this fiasco. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.
My number one issue with the election is to get the US out of the war in the Middle East. I'm voting for Ron Paul because of this. I know he'll get the US out.I actually believe Obama will hold good on his promise. I've been fooled before, but I have a gut feeling on this one. I hope for your sons sake and all of our brave men and women that I'm right.
I have probably been the most avid anti-war member on this site from day one. I will always believe there is a better way.
Hi ceestyle,oh yeah. this isn't 'obama vs. paul', first of all, so I'm not here to defend or compare. Ron Paul should give back the money from Don Black unless he is a racist. Period. If I were to defend Obama, it would be to say that the NBPP does not stand for racism or intolerance, even if members of it undoubtedly are. Therefore, taking money from them is not principally wrong, unless there is a history of the organization perpetrating racism and violence. If that is the case, then it is every bit as foul.
I must profess that I do not care enough about the Libertarian party to discuss the semantics of Ron Paul's policy differences. The reason is that I think the Libertarians and Ron Paul are off the deep end in terms of what they believe in. And the few saving graces of the platform - sexual freedom applied to homosexuality and the right to safe, legal abortion - are not included in Ron Paul's agenda! I could not possibly support such a ludicrous platform. The right to life BS would be enough in itself. Even if you don't believe in abortion - for whatever reason - it is a public health issue, as it was when Roe v. Wade was decided ...
I don't believe in defining life as beginning at conception, and doing so opens the door for arguments defining it as murder. I believe the mandate should be for the right to choose. Besides that, I could not in good conscience vote for someone who states that they are an "unshakable foe of abortion". Outlawing abortion is simply being blind to the public health issue that pushed Roe v. Wade to fruition in the first place.Hi ceestyle,
What don't you like about Ron Pauls stances?
Ron Paul on abortion- It's not a federal issues. Each state should vote on it. He believes in life at conception, based on a scientific statement. "Protecting the life of the unborn is protecting liberty"
Ron Paul on sexual freedom applied to homosexuals - The State of Texas has the right to decide for itself how to regulate social matters like sex, using its own local standards. But rather than applying the real Constitution and declining jurisdiction over a properly state matter, the Court decided to apply the imaginary Constitution and impose its vision on the people of Texas.
We get our rights from our Creator as individuals. So every individual should be treated the same way. So if there is homosexual behavior in the military that is disruptive, it should be dealt with. But if there's heterosexual behavior that is disruptive, it should be dealt with. So it isn't the issue of homosexuality. It's the concept and the understanding of individual rights. If we understood that, we would not be dealing with this very important problem."
On gay marriage - Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, has voted against a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage on the federal level. He believe s that marriage is a church function, not a state function.
By health if you mean having an abortion to save the mothers life Ron Paul supports this.Outlawing abortion is simply being blind to the public health issue that pushed Roe v. Wade to fruition in the first place.
I don't own a gun. Someday I will. The statistics tell us that violent crime rises in places of gun control. Maybe some day in the future there will be no need for guns but I don't see it happening in the near future. That mindset is far off imo.Oh, and did I mention gun control?
What I meant is that people will have abortions illegally if it is outlawed, and women will die because of them. That issue is what pushed Roe v. Wade. If abortion is legal in even a minority of states, it will simply mean that one must travel to have one if it is necessary.By health if you mean having an abortion to save the mothers life Ron Paul supports this.
I don't own a gun. Someday I will. The statistics tell us that violent crime rises in places of gun control. Maybe some day in the future there will be no need for guns but I don't see it happening in the near future. That mindset is far off imo.
In case people don't know Ron Pauls issues with gun control lie with the reasoning guns need to be in the hands of the people in order to stop tyranny by their government. "Unarmed citizens cannot be secure in their freedoms."
Like I said earlier I don't own a gun and I'm not one of those guys who does weekends in the boonies to do Survival Camp. But I don't trust my government to do what they were elected to do. The fat cats in Washington don't know what's good for the people in my state. Most are too far removed or have their own agenda $$$. And being middle class I feel the pain of our inept government way too much.
Your viewpoints on these issues are obviously different than mine. Good chatting with you ceestyle.