Tag Archives: Ron Paul

Morning Quote: Ron Paul


Rights mean you have a right to your life. You have a right to your liberty, and you should have a right to keep the fruits of your labor….I, in a way, don’t like to use those terms: gay rights, … Continue reading

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By What Standard?


In my post, Why Ron Paul Is Wrong, Wrong, Wrong, I discussed why I believe his attempt to seize the domain ‘ronpaul.com’ from its current owners is wrong. Besides Lew Rockwell, one of Dr. Paul’s defenders in this matter is Economic Policy … Continue reading

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Ron Paul Sporting An AR-15


How awesome is this, retro Ron Paul with an AR-15? (h/t MisesvsKeynes and Julie Borowski)

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Why Ron Paul Is Wrong, Wrong, Wrong


There has been an uproar in the community of Ron Paul supporters recently over the doctor’s attempt to seize the domain ‘ronpaul.com’ from the current owners. Dr. Paul filed a UDRP (Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy) complaint with ICANN … Continue reading

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A Tale of Two Speeches


Yesterday two men gave speeches in Washington, DC. The contents of these speeches are diametrically opposed. One supports war, central economic planning, and redistribution of wealth. The other supports peace, freedom, and prosperity. One spoke of the government “rewarding”, “providing”, … Continue reading

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Update: Krugman the Banking Historian


Update: Mark Thornton, Joe Salerno, and Peter Klein take down Krugman here, here, and here, much better than I did. On Sunday in Paul Krugman’s blogs he references a blog post by Brad DeLong about Paul Ryan’s response to QE3 … Continue reading

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Gangs of Thieves


Today Lew Rockwell posted Ron Paul’s predictions from 2002. The most interesting part to me isn’t that all of his predictions were correct, which they were, but rather that he doesn’t specify whether a republican or democratic administration will have … Continue reading

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Brian Wilson is My New Hero


I wish there were transcripts of this email exchange. You’ll just have to listen for yourself. The only thing I can’t understand about the Mark Levin phenomenon is how people have managed to listen to his grating voice for so … Continue reading

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A Spade is a Spade


Previously I have taken issue with Doug Wilson’s characterization of Ron Paul’s positions. He posted on Monday about Paul’s interview with Piers Morgan on February 3rd, and I’d like to comment again, this time to half agree with him. Wilson … Continue reading

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Jim DeMint almost gets it


Judge Andrew Napolitano had Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC) on Freedom Watch the other night.  DeMint talked a good game for the vast majority of his interview, making statements like “both parties have been a part of the problem” and saying … Continue reading

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