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To: LLCF who wrote (52689)	11/11/2007 1:23:39 AM
From: marcos	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 78403

'During his early days, Paul was influenced by Friedrich Hayek’s Road to Serfdom, which led him to read many of the works of Ayn Rand and Ludwig von Mises while still a medical resident in the 1960s. He came to know economists Hans Sennholz and Murray Rothbard well and credits them with his fascination with the study of economics. On August 15, 1971, when President Richard Nixon closed the "gold window" by implementing the U.S. dollar's complete departure from the gold standard, he realized what the Austrian school economists wrote was coming true.[28] That same day, the young physician decided to enter politics, saying later, "After that day, all money would be political money rather than money of real value. I was astounded."[32]' en.wikipedia.org Yes we know this side of him ... the whole persona not so much, and some of it is surprising ... like, why does he have more Eldorado than Metalline, somebody should bring that up one day when he's on the stump -g- ... but he's from Pennsylvania not Texas originally, had a milk route with Honus Wagner as a customer ... while he once beat out Frank Zappa as libertarian candidate for president, he has also been described as conservative and constitutionalist ... this not good - he believes in state control of women's reproductive systems, firmly anti-choice ... he's introduced constitutional amendments so clearly regards it as a 'living document' [that expression always brings to mind somebody running screaming in fear of a piece of paper, don't know why] ... he voted against the neocon adventure in Iraq 'but suggested war alternatives such as authorizing the president to grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal targeting specific terrorists' - a/k/a piracy, bounty-hunting, hard to see how you'd oversee/regulate that, but maybe libertarian principles don't apply to innocent bystanders beyond the borders ... doesn't say whether he supports zionists or the indigenous of Palestine, presumably would stop subsidising the former and let them all go to hell in a handbasket You've had worse presidents ... factoid heard the other day - in twenty-five years US national debt has risen by ten times, nine hundred billions to nine trillions, and for seventeen of those twenty-five years there has been a Bush in the White House ... and Ron Paul did vote against torture, vowed never to violate habeas corpus, will stop the stupid prohibition on cannabis But it's the other side of the demopublican party in next time, people should be rooting for Richardson, or at least doing their best to fend off Hillary and Obamarama et al If it's any consolation, i can't think of anybody up here either, that i could vote for without holding my nose