Tetrasect Posted December 1, 2011 Posted December 1, 2011 It seems like the psytrance culture is in tune with his philosophy of restricting government, in fact i think the way forward would be to shrink government down more and more until people have the confidence in themselves to be able to govern themselves and stop trying to boss people around and telling them how to live... ...? Quote
Trance2MoveU Posted December 1, 2011 Posted December 1, 2011 My wife and I were talking the other day and we said we would vote for him if he came out of the Republican primary. Unfortunately the status quo won't allow that. He's got zero chance of winning the Republican nomination primarily because of his anti-war stance, the base feels he is soft on terrorism. He said he wouldn't have authorized the kill order for Bin Laden and I don't know many people who didn't support that. I like some of his positions though. How can we patrol borders of other country without securing our own? Also, stop trying to buy influence in other nations. Cut off the teat to these nations which hate us anyway. Start taking care of your own country first. Mdk Quote
abasio Posted December 1, 2011 Posted December 1, 2011 Moved to off topic. Please keep the off topic out of the general forum. Also I don't know who Ron Paul is so I would have to say I am not a Ron Paul supporter Quote
Agneton Posted December 1, 2011 Posted December 1, 2011 Big pro. Continue your discussions here: http://www.freedomainradio.com/ Kthxbye Quote
Veracohr Posted December 1, 2011 Posted December 1, 2011 Tetrasect, there's not a ton of Americans here, you're not going to get much response. Ron Paul has his good points and his bad points, like all of them. Quote
needle ninja Posted December 3, 2011 Posted December 3, 2011 It seems like the psytrance culture is in tune with his philosophy of restricting government, in fact i think the way forward would be to shrink government down more and more until people have the confidence in themselves to be able to govern themselves and stop trying to boss people around and telling them how to live... ...? For the purpose of explaining to an international audience I will note a few things about life in the United States of America. Our government and all of its workers are not overseen by effective forces, they have no checks and balances that function. For this reason many Americans believe that government itself is a bad thing. We hear stories everyday about how someone who works for a government agency has failed in their responsibility. For example, the other day I saw a news story about a person who was sent to a deportation detention area. They were a citizen of this country, but only after a lawsuit was filed did this fact come to light. It is an easy and populist thing for politicians in this county to simplify things in order to get elected and that is exactly what Ron Paul and many other are doing. Overall America has a shrinking workforce, whether it is in the public or private sector, the remaining workers get paid more while the unemployed fend for themselves. I have not seen any candidate for either party come up with an effective plan for the future of the country. Quote
karan129 Posted December 4, 2011 Posted December 4, 2011 For the purpose of explaining to an international audience I will note a few things about life in the United States of America. Our government and all of its workers are not overseen by effective forces, they have no checks and balances that function. For this reason many Americans believe that government itself is a bad thing. We hear stories everyday about how someone who works for a government agency has failed in their responsibility. For example, the other day I saw a news story about a person who was sent to a deportation detention area. They were a citizen of this country, but only after a lawsuit was filed did this fact come to light. It is an easy and populist thing for politicians in this county to simplify things in order to get elected and that is exactly what Ron Paul and many other are doing. Overall America has a shrinking workforce, whether it is in the public or private sector, the remaining workers get paid more while the unemployed fend for themselves. I have not seen any candidate for either party come up with an effective plan for the future of the country. Well put. Not American but I live in America, and this is what I've observed. America needs better government/administration, not less, but there are a number of complicating factors that get in the way. Quote
abasio Posted December 4, 2011 Posted December 4, 2011 Never heard of him There are a few Americans who don't realise that the United States is not in fact the entire world, and I'm not just talking baseball world champions here Quote
Padmapani Posted December 18, 2011 Posted December 18, 2011 if he was a candidate in my country i wouldn't vote for him with his free markets stuff and conservative values. but i certainly think that his ideas for u.s. foreign policy would be good for the rest of the world. so yes, i'm a supporter Quote
Panoptes Posted December 19, 2011 Posted December 19, 2011 de criminalizing possession would be nice Quote
Walkabout Posted January 22, 2012 Posted January 22, 2012 I vote Peace And Freedom Party: http://www.peaceandfreedom.org/home/ Libertarian socialism is a more consistent fit with my principles than libertarian capitalism. I'd like to see the foreign occupations and drug wars of the US ended; I'd also like to see the TSA abolished and a return to dignity and respect for our health when we fly. On these issues, I agree with Ron Paul. But I'd also like to see the root causes of war addressed, along with our high rate of incarceration and our high rate of unemployment, underemployment and poverty, which we can't do by shrinking the government. IMHO, what creates a high level of personal freedom is better government and more, not less regulation of powerful interests. Quote
GagaISM Posted January 23, 2012 Posted January 23, 2012 You just said everything I wanted to say. There's only so much you can do on your own, and as soon as you organize you basically have a small scale goverment as money is power. A goverment you can't vote for or against. That's why it's better to have the state taking care of certain things. Quote
Basilisk Posted January 23, 2012 Posted January 23, 2012 http://www.littleredumbrella.com/2012/01/lets-be-clear-ron-paul-fucking-sucks.html Quote
Drosophila Posted January 23, 2012 Posted January 23, 2012 http://www.littlered...king-sucks.html extremists view on things are pretty entertaining... as long as the stay in the fringes, as a president that would be rather freighting! Quote
Panoptes Posted January 24, 2012 Posted January 24, 2012 I'm an american. I'll be voting for the first time this year. I'm voting for ron paul , even if he runs independently. Rest of those guys are puppets. Quote
needle ninja Posted January 24, 2012 Posted January 24, 2012 Both Hitler and Mussolini got elected to office. Only time will tell when and where the next Hitler is elected. Quote
karan129 Posted January 29, 2012 Posted January 29, 2012 I don't know what Ron Paul's policies are specifically but I know he's a libertarian and I don't think you can build a society on non-intervention, so if I were American, I won't be a Ron Paul supporter. Also, I always thought psyheads would be more inclined toward social democracy than libertarianism. No? Quote
Veracohr Posted January 29, 2012 Posted January 29, 2012 ^ The link Basilisk posted on the previous page gives a good, brief view of some of his less wonderful ideas. Quote
karan129 Posted January 30, 2012 Posted January 30, 2012 ^ The link Basilisk posted on the previous page gives a good, brief view of some of his less wonderful ideas. Haha didn't see that. That definitely puts any lingering doubts to rest. Quote
Panoptes Posted February 20, 2012 Posted February 20, 2012 http://www.littlered...king-sucks.html that biased article isn't accurate. some of it is true, still better than the other republicans/obama Quote
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