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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (465377)	1/16/2012 6:34:59 PM
From: average joe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793917

It only costs $100 billion a year to wage a war on drugs which is but a mere piffle to a wealthy country. Think of the employment it creates for lawyers, clerks and enforcement officers. youtube.com

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (465377)	1/16/2012 7:37:11 PM
From: skinowski	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793917

Once again I want to point out that there are many things about Paul that I like and consider to be very positive. Watching him over the years, however, I concluded that his thinking about terrorism and about international affairs is not realistic. Sometimes it is embarrassing to listen to him. Last time I watched him - I think it was during the Iowa debates - he bitterly complained that all other candidates simply "want" to keep bombing other nations. He was saying that Iran is not developing nuclear weapons..... besides, their desire to be armed is understandable, since everyone just wants to bomb them... etc. A few days later he asserted on a national TV show that Bachman "hates Muslims" - which, apparently, was supposed to explain her compulsion to bomb them. This is bizarre behavior, and not something we would like to see in a President. You asked again for specific examples, (links?) but I don't have the time to look for them. Going out of the country tomorrow, for a few days.A If I'll run into any, I'll remember to post them to you. In case someone else has something handy, maybe they can help. I tried to google, but most links are compilations by admirers.

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (465377)	1/17/2012 8:58:50 PM
From: greenspirit	10 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793917

Paul reminds me of a radical left wing professor who pontificates theories in the classroom and wants to enact them in pure form in the public sphere. The real world is not a laboratory. In the real world libertarian models of the kind Paul exposes are impracticable. His inability to balance the responsibility America has toward world peace as the only superpower, is a part of that theory/reality conflict. Paul would gut the U.S. military if he could, and in doing so would help ensure a band of pirate ships could invade New Zealand. In Paul's vision there is no need for an American Navy. After all, why project power around the world when doing so enrages so many enemies of America.