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	<title>Comments on: Obama, Hark! Ron Paul Joins &#8216;J Street&#8217; in Opposing Military Action Against Iran</title>
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		<title>By: Richard Witty</title>
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		<dc:creator>Richard Witty</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Thankfully we have Obama running rather than Paul.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Re: Israel. Obama will act for mutual security, whereas Paul would have been likely to just abandon obligations.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Re: Economy. Obama will restore to a status of responsible and enforced regulation, and rational tax policy.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Paul proposed to de-regulate nearly everything, and pursue the policy of tax reduction/elimination as somehow fiscally responsible.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Is Paul more like Obama or like McCain? As the economy is a FAR more significant area of issues in the current, Paul is republican dyed and true, supertrue to a dying and killing thesis (less taxes is by definition better taxes).&lt;/p&gt;

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thankfully we have Obama running rather than Paul.</p>
<p>Re: Israel. Obama will act for mutual security, whereas Paul would have been likely to just abandon obligations.</p>
<p>Re: Economy. Obama will restore to a status of responsible and enforced regulation, and rational tax policy.</p>
<p>Paul proposed to de-regulate nearly everything, and pursue the policy of tax reduction/elimination as somehow fiscally responsible.</p>
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Is Paul more like Obama or like McCain? As the economy is a FAR more significant area of issues in the current, Paul is republican dyed and true, supertrue to a dying and killing thesis (less taxes is by definition better taxes).</p>
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		<title>By: Madrid</title>
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		<dc:creator>Madrid</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, the JPost reports that Israeli planes are practicing over Iraqi air space. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This can only mean that an attack will occur very soon.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We&#039;re f---ed.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1215330937574&amp;pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull&lt;/p&gt;

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Unfortunately, the JPost reports that Israeli planes are practicing over Iraqi air space. </p>
<p>This can only mean that an attack will occur very soon.</p>
<p>We&#39;re f&#8212;ed.</p>
<p>http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1215330937574&amp;pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull</p>
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		<title>By: TPMalone</title>
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		<dc:creator>TPMalone</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Obama has regularly voted for funding the Iraq war, how can you be against the war when you vote for its continuation?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Obama (a Con Law teacher) just recently help put another nail in the Constitution with the FISA bill. We can be spied on and tapped for any &quot;suspicious&quot; reason.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Obama is not fighting against the banking cartel and our federal reserve system, which has caused so much harm to us as a people. The fed funds wars, and massive entitlements here at home. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Obama voted against a bill that would require doctors to save an aborted baby, if it comes out alive. He voted AGAINST! Heartless.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I would suggest reading up on the effects of government intervention in the economy (Economics in one lesson by Henry Hazlitt) and around the world (Blowback by Chalmers Johnson)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;What is the lifeblood of any economy? Money. What is our dollar? Paper. &lt;br /&gt;
Our dollar is collapsing, unemployment is up, productivity is at a low. More government intervention will only prolong this.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Obama&#039;s change will not address this. He is more of a socialist it sounds like than a Constitutional Law professor.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Mcbama.&lt;/p&gt;

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Obama has regularly voted for funding the Iraq war, how can you be against the war when you vote for its continuation?</p>
<p>Obama (a Con Law teacher) just recently help put another nail in the Constitution with the FISA bill. We can be spied on and tapped for any &quot;suspicious&quot; reason.</p>
<p>Obama is not fighting against the banking cartel and our federal reserve system, which has caused so much harm to us as a people. The fed funds wars, and massive entitlements here at home. </p>
<p>Obama voted against a bill that would require doctors to save an aborted baby, if it comes out alive. He voted AGAINST! Heartless.</p>
<p>I would suggest reading up on the effects of government intervention in the economy (Economics in one lesson by Henry Hazlitt) and around the world (Blowback by Chalmers Johnson)</p>
<p>What is the lifeblood of any economy? Money. What is our dollar? Paper. <br />
Our dollar is collapsing, unemployment is up, productivity is at a low. More government intervention will only prolong this.</p>
<p>Obama&#39;s change will not address this. He is more of a socialist it sounds like than a Constitutional Law professor.</p>
<p>Mcbama.</p>
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		<title>By: Nathan</title>
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		<dc:creator>Nathan</dc:creator>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Richard, that&#039;s a terribly flawed understanding of Ron Paul&#039;s platform or political positions.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You completely misunderstand Paul&#039;s economic policy.  His first line of attack, is to cut spending, not to just cut taxes.  In case you haven&#039;t noticed, the dollar is tanking and the country is insolvent.  Long term projections see our entire future taxes paying almost exclusively the interest on Chinese and Japanese debt, enriching those nations and impoverishing our own.  Our future social security and medicare obligations are unfunded to the tune of 10s of trillions of dollars over the next 2 decades.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;No country ever taxed itself to prosperity.  Paul intended to, and keeps fighting to free up the creative energy of small business, to restore rational spending (not rational taxing which is an oxymoron ), and to promote individual liberty.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Your understanding of fiscal and monetary policy seems only surface deep.  I advise you to understand and consider, that the government has no limit on debt spending, and will continue spending regardless if taxes are 10% higher or lower.  They are totally unconstrained by revenue, and that is why attacking taxes only, either cutting as Paul would, or increasing as Obama claims, is pointless.  There has to be spending cuts, and Paul was the ONLY candidate running this primary, who advocating cutting back government, killing waste and restoring accountability.&lt;/p&gt;

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Richard, that&#39;s a terribly flawed understanding of Ron Paul&#39;s platform or political positions.</p>
<p>You completely misunderstand Paul&#39;s economic policy.  His first line of attack, is to cut spending, not to just cut taxes.  In case you haven&#39;t noticed, the dollar is tanking and the country is insolvent.  Long term projections see our entire future taxes paying almost exclusively the interest on Chinese and Japanese debt, enriching those nations and impoverishing our own.  Our future social security and medicare obligations are unfunded to the tune of 10s of trillions of dollars over the next 2 decades.</p>
<p>No country ever taxed itself to prosperity.  Paul intended to, and keeps fighting to free up the creative energy of small business, to restore rational spending (not rational taxing which is an oxymoron ), and to promote individual liberty.</p>
<p>Your understanding of fiscal and monetary policy seems only surface deep.  I advise you to understand and consider, that the government has no limit on debt spending, and will continue spending regardless if taxes are 10% higher or lower.  They are totally unconstrained by revenue, and that is why attacking taxes only, either cutting as Paul would, or increasing as Obama claims, is pointless.  There has to be spending cuts, and Paul was the ONLY candidate running this primary, who advocating cutting back government, killing waste and restoring accountability.</p>
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		<title>By: Cody B</title>
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		<dc:creator>Cody B</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Paul is a true Statesman.  And yes some things do need deregulating.  And No Income tax was on Paul&#039;s Agenda, but he knew it couldn&#039;t happen overnight.  Its the only way to force government to be fiscally responsible.  If they can&#039;t live within a 800 billion dollar budget (that&#039;s what they would have without income tax)  then they need to learn to go without.  And Israel is not our responsibility, IRAQ isn&#039;t our responsibility.  Read the constitution once in a while, we have no authority unless we are directly attacked or one is imminent.&lt;/p&gt;

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Paul is a true Statesman.  And yes some things do need deregulating.  And No Income tax was on Paul&#39;s Agenda, but he knew it couldn&#39;t happen overnight.  Its the only way to force government to be fiscally responsible.  If they can&#39;t live within a 800 billion dollar budget (that&#39;s what they would have without income tax)  then they need to learn to go without.  And Israel is not our responsibility, IRAQ isn&#39;t our responsibility.  Read the constitution once in a while, we have no authority unless we are directly attacked or one is imminent.</p>
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		<title>By: Richard Witty</title>
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		<dc:creator>Richard Witty</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Nathan,&lt;br /&gt;
And you embellish Paul&#039;s proposal.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;What would he cut? That is the proper area of legislative power. If the legislature enacts a program, that is its power unless expressly unconstitutional (most of which is undefined one way or another).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Bush stated that he wished to cut spending as well, as does McCain (without naming ANYTHING)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And why did he not oppose the tax cuts in 2001 - 2003, without reductions in government spending?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;How is his view different than that old con?&lt;/p&gt;

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nathan,<br />
And you embellish Paul&#39;s proposal.</p>
<p>What would he cut? That is the proper area of legislative power. If the legislature enacts a program, that is its power unless expressly unconstitutional (most of which is undefined one way or another).</p>
<p>Bush stated that he wished to cut spending as well, as does McCain (without naming ANYTHING)</p>
<p>And why did he not oppose the tax cuts in 2001 &#8211; 2003, without reductions in government spending?</p>
<p>How is his view different than that old con?</p>
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		<title>By: TPMalone</title>
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		<dc:creator>TPMalone</dc:creator>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Nathan,&lt;br /&gt;
And you embellish Paul&#039;s proposal.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;What would he cut? &lt;br /&gt;
-One is easy, foreign Policy, we are an empire all over the world.&lt;br /&gt;
That is the proper area of legislative power. If the legislature enacts a program, that is its power unless expressly unconstitutional (most of which is undefined one way or another). - Constitutionally sound money would put things in perspective mighty fast. If we were directly taxed for all of these programs (whatever they are) there would be a revolt. Inflation eases the feeling of hardship and spreads it out. Sound money is the opposite of inflation. The constitution explicitly condemned bills of credit.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Bush stated that he wished to cut spending as well, as does McCain (without naming ANYTHING)&lt;br /&gt;
- Department of Ed (how has that helped), Department of Energy (Free markts are far more efficient) many more.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And why did he not oppose the tax cuts in 2001 - 2003, without reductions in government spending?&lt;br /&gt;
- He represents people who want some of their money back, any way to keep money that we earn in our pockets, he will do.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;How is his view different than that old con?&lt;br /&gt;
- He is principled.&lt;/p&gt;

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nathan,<br />
And you embellish Paul&#39;s proposal.</p>
<p>What would he cut? <br />
-One is easy, foreign Policy, we are an empire all over the world.<br />
That is the proper area of legislative power. If the legislature enacts a program, that is its power unless expressly unconstitutional (most of which is undefined one way or another). &#8211; Constitutionally sound money would put things in perspective mighty fast. If we were directly taxed for all of these programs (whatever they are) there would be a revolt. Inflation eases the feeling of hardship and spreads it out. Sound money is the opposite of inflation. The constitution explicitly condemned bills of credit.</p>
<p>Bush stated that he wished to cut spending as well, as does McCain (without naming ANYTHING)<br />
- Department of Ed (how has that helped), Department of Energy (Free markts are far more efficient) many more.</p>
<p>And why did he not oppose the tax cuts in 2001 &#8211; 2003, without reductions in government spending?<br />
- He represents people who want some of their money back, any way to keep money that we earn in our pockets, he will do.</p>
<p>How is his view different than that old con?<br />
- He is principled.</p>
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		<title>By: moonkoon</title>
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		<dc:creator>moonkoon</dc:creator>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;It is a cockeyed world when an erratic state with dangerous nuclear weapons, Israel, can assume the moral high ground and claim the right to attack a neighbour, Iran, which has zero nuclear weapons, and, by all accounts, doesn&#039;t want any.&lt;br /&gt;
As far as I know, the NIE assessment of last year is still current.&lt;br /&gt;
&quot;WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 — A new assessment by American intelligence agencies concludes that Iran halted its nuclear weapons program in 2003 and that the program remains frozen, contradicting judgment two years ago that Tehran was working relentlessly toward building a nuclear bomb.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/03/world/middleeast/03cnd-iran.html&lt;br /&gt;
Ron Paul is to be commended for adding a touch of reality to the US political scene.&lt;/p&gt;

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It is a cockeyed world when an erratic state with dangerous nuclear weapons, Israel, can assume the moral high ground and claim the right to attack a neighbour, Iran, which has zero nuclear weapons, and, by all accounts, doesn&#39;t want any.<br />
As far as I know, the NIE assessment of last year is still current.<br />
&quot;WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 — A new assessment by American intelligence agencies concludes that Iran halted its nuclear weapons program in 2003 and that the program remains frozen, contradicting judgment two years ago that Tehran was working relentlessly toward building a nuclear bomb.&quot;<br />
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/03/world/middleeast/03cnd-iran.htmlbr">link to nytimes.com</a><br /> /><br />
Ron Paul is to be commended for adding a touch of reality to the US political scene.</p>
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		<title>By: Ed</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ed</dc:creator>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Ron Paul has more integrity in his little finger than the rest of Zionist occupied Washington combined. It’s really too bad that the so called opposition is so craven and cowardly, but what should one expect from a generation with zero moral principles? The makings of this current Iraq war disaster and pending Iran war one have been laid down for decades, brick by brick, by Zionist Jews and the army of Baby Boomer useful idiots more interested in money, Viagra, and  the “if it feels good do it ethos” than in contributing minimal effort to protecting the interests of the country and future generations.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Only in the coming times,  when their country has been long since bankrupted by the wars for Zionist Jews, will the Boomers fully comprehend the folly of their ways. It will happen as they have been wheeled outside and dumped, as they lay face down in a snow bank and are left to die on the sidewalk outside the crumbling old folks home that no longer receives their maintenance checks from the broke federal government. And younger generations walking by won’t lift a finger to help, understanding that they are only now, finally, getting their just deserts.&lt;/p&gt;

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ron Paul has more integrity in his little finger than the rest of Zionist occupied Washington combined. It’s really too bad that the so called opposition is so craven and cowardly, but what should one expect from a generation with zero moral principles? The makings of this current Iraq war disaster and pending Iran war one have been laid down for decades, brick by brick, by Zionist Jews and the army of Baby Boomer useful idiots more interested in money, Viagra, and  the “if it feels good do it ethos” than in contributing minimal effort to protecting the interests of the country and future generations.</p>
<p>Only in the coming times,  when their country has been long since bankrupted by the wars for Zionist Jews, will the Boomers fully comprehend the folly of their ways. It will happen as they have been wheeled outside and dumped, as they lay face down in a snow bank and are left to die on the sidewalk outside the crumbling old folks home that no longer receives their maintenance checks from the broke federal government. And younger generations walking by won’t lift a finger to help, understanding that they are only now, finally, getting their just deserts.</p>
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		<title>By: Joachim Martillo</title>
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		<dc:creator>Joachim Martillo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://eaazi.blogspot.com/2008/07/real-issue-of-nuclear-iran.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Real Issue of Nuclear Iran&lt;/a&gt; discusses the nuclear Iran issue by citing a review of the political documentary film &lt;i&gt;Farewell, Israel&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://eaazi.blogspot.com/2008/07/real-issue-of-nuclear-iran.html" rel="nofollow">Real Issue of Nuclear Iran</a> discusses the nuclear Iran issue by citing a review of the political documentary film <i>Farewell, Israel</i>.</p>
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