There are not many. You won't find them being promoted very much at all by the mainstream Republican and Democratic parties, or the main stream media.
Ron Paul (current Texas Representative) and Rand Paul (Running for Kentucky Senate now) are similar, and deserve our support.
The Republican party insiders want to keep playing politics as usual (just like the Dems) so it is going to be up to the people to get common sense in office.
If a Republican made sense to me, I would think about it. I was brought up in a Democratic home with Democratic parents, and it's been that way for many years.
Sorry I voted for a Republican once...Rudy Gulianni for his second term...we saw how that turned out. WILL NEVER VOTE FOR A REPUBLICAN. EVER!
and why should the party that believes government is the problem not the solution want to govern anyway? isn't it a self fulfilling proficy? haven't we been treated to Republican misrule since Nixon? sorry .
You should not let that prevent you from voting for a good candidate in the future. Vote on principles, not parties.
We are in agreement that Gulianni does not deserve our vote(s).
"and why should the party that believes government is the problem not the solution want to govern anyway? isn't it a self fulfilling proficy? haven't we been treated to Republican misrule since Nixon? sorry ."
The only way to have limited government is to put people in office that believe in limited government.
Republican misrule, along with Democratic misrule, has brought our country to where it is today. The real problem is not the parties, it's the politicians. We need to elect people that are not career politicians.
Our two party system makes it nearly impossible to do it any other way. He believes in limited government and free markets,. Between the two parties Republican is his only choice.
Franklin . anyone who believes that the government IS the problem has no business being in the government! it's a self fulfilling prophecy....look at the last 30 {THIRTY} years of Republican misrule!
Franklin . anyone who believes that the government IS the problem has no business being in the government! it's a self fulfilling prophecy....look at the last 30 {THIRTY} years of Republican misrule!
Louis, Louis, that’s nonsense.
The problem- the republicans have strayed from their support of limited government. Schiff is not a hypocrite and actually believes in limited government unlike Bush and Giuliani.
What do you think George Washington or Thomas Jefferson were doing in the government?
We (should) vote people into office that believe the government must be restrained to specific duties. Other wise our government will quickly degrade to tyranny.
"The two enemies of the people are criminals and government, so let us tie the second down with the chains of the constitution so the second will not become the legalized version of the first"
-Thomas Jefferson
sorry I look at policy and platform not charisma.
Good. However Obama’s campaign relied on a lot of charisma, and that’s why some people voted for him. That’s troubling, right?
I would not be so pessimistic. I have read the polls are showing he has a decent chance of winning. Already nearly $1 million has been raised, with a money bomb scheduled to happen in just 2 days. Those wanting to do politics as usual will put up a big fight but so will Schiff's supporters. This has mostly been a grassroots effort so far.
That's the problem Matthew you look at the money instead of the person. Dodd is going to lose the election but it will not be to Schiff or any republican. CT is strictly a democrat state and we already have a replacement picked out for Dodd.
Nothing right now indicates he will run for President. We need a Presidential candidate similar to him though. Ron Paul would be a great choice but he is already 74.
What would Schiff do be a senator for two years and the run for president? We tried that with Obama and it didn't work.
Probably not but the difference is that Obama is just another crony politician whereas Schiff is not. He would not be running if it were not for strong grassroots efforts. Also unlike Obama he also supports ending the FED.
They all talk like that before they get elected. Something happens after the Lobbyists get hold of them, and the other Congresspeople.
The only think we can do now is vote every incumbent out, out out and then the new people will know if they don't do what the people want--they will be out too.
I agree they are completely different after they are elected. However, there are important differences about Schiff:
1. He is not a career politician 2. He has been a vocal critic of both parties
From his campaign site:
"As you may know, my running for Senate is a very real possibility. I continue to analyze support for a candidate like me, who believes in freedom, liberty, the free market and the Constitution.
If elected, I’m not promising anything specific except freedom from government. I will go to Washington, D.C. to put a stop to everything they are doing. I will attempt to restore sanity to an insane Congress that has run up trillions of dollars in debt through corporate bailouts, stimulus programs, and a federal government hiring frenzy.
As you know, I’m not a politician. Fortunately, this means that I won’t be focused on re-election from day one. I’ll be in Congress to do a job and then leave."
Boy, Mary... do I flippin agree!! I've been talking this, for a long time, but so many are afraid of "conservative" ideals, like getting back to the constitution. And unless ALL politicians are kicked out, within a few years, the few that are just new guys, will be lame duck as all get out. That is why we ALL have to push for an entirely new congress.
AMEN! AMEN! AMEN. A few years back there was a guy in Tampa who started a 'throw the BASTARDS out' movement. It made a big splash but unfortunately didn't go as far as it should have. I'm afraid we all talk a good game but don't always act. Maybe we can get something going by the next election.
HMM. Sounds very reminecent of what President Obama is attempting to do, but the difference is he's running on the Republican ticket, so of course you'll be happy if he wins.
For those who called Obama the AntiChrist, looks like the GOP has found it's very own little AntiChrist to present to the world.
Apparently you didn't listen to him talk. His plans are to be completely different than current "good ole boys" of either party.
Bottom line.. we need a whole new set of people, just like this man, in office. Especially, if they were able to live up to their own hopes and goals.
As young Mat says, we need to be rid of ALL the career, bought off, platform following, candidates. We need anyone, with honesty, honor and pride in country, who are willing to uphold the oath they all take.
Fantasy? Yes.. probably... but it's the only way this country is going to get back on it's feet and become, again, a nation of honesty and integrity. They'd not only get rid of the unaudited FED, but also get us out of the UN, where the whole world tries to tell us how bad we are, while happily taking billions of dollars from us, every year. THAT, sir, is pure bull shite!!
No thanks - I'm done with this party. people keep telling me it's just a radical fringe in the party, but their chaos keeps growing, and i don't intend to support it any longer. Naughty on me the first, naughty on them the second time, why chance a third time.
Good points Rosa. They GOP blames it on a fringe, but then I see them spouting that same extreme BS right on the Senate floors, on our dime, and at the town hall meetings.
I was aghast to see Romney, Huckabee, and McCain (all majorerly recognizable prominant figures) spouting the rhetoric nutsiness, just to play to, and appease that nutsy base, and fan the flames. Shameful, and disheartening.
I will never vote for a Republcan again, and seeing the nutsiness the Libertarian Party has pulled lately, as well, has turned me off of that Party as well, in spite of their Party Platform.
The Libertarian Party was the only Party I ever donated money too, but now, not only will I not vote for any Libertarian, but that Party will no longer collect a dime from me.
Any candidate claiming to be an Independant, I will investigate his/her history to see who they've been affiliated with in the past, (R) or (D), and I will look at their voting record.
I'm seeing that within the Democratic Party alone, their is diversity a plenty, and that, "middle" of moderation, and resonableness is easily found within that one party, for now.
Risa, you should be done with the individual politicians and not blanket everyone that runs as a Republican. Schiff will be more of an independent Republican, and is only running as a Republican because that's what our two party system forces us to do.
McCain is an independent (maverick) republican - no thanks!
The whole party is tainted. They been in office for a long session (excluding Clinton's eight years) and haven't done a damn thing except cause more trouble in the world. They are in essence a sinking ship, sort of like the Whig Party, who are not going down without a fight.
Schiff - he's just another smooth talker - promises are a dime a dozen. Look carefully at his photos, his sleeves aren't even rolled up, ever - he's just another money man - it's not what they say that matters, it's what they "DO" that matters. What has Schiff done for our country, not as a money man making predictions, but as a humanitarian? Show me some clips of him down in the ghetto encouraging kids to stay in school, or in hospices encouraging our elderly with gratitude.
GIVE ME SOMEONE WHO DOES NOT START HIS CAMPAIGN WITH SMEAR TACTICS AGAINST HIS OPPONENT - PLEASE!!!!!!! HE'S JUST MORE OF THE SAME, BASHING DODD, INSTEAD OF TALKING ABOUT WHAT HE CAN AND WILL DO. LET ANY CANDIDATE RUN ON HIS OWN MERIT, NOT BY DEFAULT THRU BASHING.
McCain? He’s a mainstream Republican crook!! Schiff and McCain are worlds apart.
Rosa, neither party, Republican or Democrat, has done us any good.
Are you familiar with Ron Paul? Ron Paul is the Republican who from the start opposed the Iraq war. He‘s the one that has opposed Republicans and Democrats alike because of their failure to support limited government and their lack of respect for the Constitution. He is the one that has insisted the secretive, semi-private cartel of banks (the Federal Reserve) be audited so the Americans can know what is happening with their tax dollars. He is the one that is supporting sound money, instead of our fiat dollar which is being inflated and is stealing wealth from the poor, the middle class, and even the wealthy.
Schiff was the economic advisor for Ron Paul in the 2008 Presidential elections. Schiff is a Ron Paul style Republican. If it were not for the limitations of our two party system Schiff would not have to run as a Republican.
What has Schiff done for this country? Well, he is not a career politician. He did predict quite accurately our big economic crash. I don’t know about you, but who would you want in control of our economy, people that were completely wrong about the economy or ones that were right?
“GIVE ME SOMEONE WHO DOES NOT START HIS CAMPAIGN WITH SMEAR TACTICS AGAINST HIS OPPONENT - PLEASE!!!!!!! HE'S JUST MORE OF THE SAME, BASHING DODD, INSTEAD OF TALKING ABOUT WHAT HE CAN AND WILL DO. LET ANY CANDIDATE RUN ON HIS OWN MERIT, NOT BY DEFAULT THRU BASHING.”
I’m sorry I gave you the impression he is just out there attacking Dodd, because he is not. This is actually a video made by his supporters, not his campaign. Most of the time I hear him he is talking about what we are doing wrong and what we should be doing instead. He understands the economy very well.
THE PARTY NEEDS TO GET A GRIP
Amen! They’ve been a shameful bunch! The only way for them to move in the right direction is to start nominating people like Schiff.
Yes, I am familiar with Ron Paul and agreed with a lot of what he said, but he came off sounding like a crazy loon, which shut down his campaign, when he talked about his mile long list of government programs he wanted to get rid of all at once. No onw would listen to him after that, in the debates, I mean.
All I know is that I watched the video, and the first thing I saw is not even about your man Schiff, it's about Dodd. I am just so tired of that sort of politics, and I think most people are.
And by the way, Obama also predicted the economic downturn, two years before it occurred. He tried to tell McCain during the campaign, but McCain still didn't get it until the bottom fell out, and he was so shocked he had to shut everything down to consult with the party leader Adolf Bush.
Yes, I am familiar with Ron Paul and agreed with a lot of what he said, but he came off sounding like a crazy loon, which shut down his campaign, when he talked about his mile long list of government programs he wanted to get rid of all at once. No onw would listen to him after that, in the debates, I mean.
Yeah, one of his weaknesses unfortunately is communication- he is not bad at it but he is not good enough. I agree with him in shutting down a lot of government programs, but perhaps he was a little too confrontational and shocked too many to get the message across effectively. Of course the corporate media and mainstream Republicans and Democrats are not supporting him much and are often working against him 'cause they want to keep doing politics as usual.
All I know is that I watched the video, and the first thing I saw is not even about your man Schiff, it's about Dodd. I am just so tired of that sort of politics, and I think most people are.
I’m tired of it too. Maybe I should have found a different video to post.
And by the way, Obama also predicted the economic downturn, two years before it occurred. He tried to tell McCain during the campaign, but McCain still didn't get it until the bottom fell out, and he was so shocked he had to shut everything down to consult with the party leader Adolf Bush.
Good for Obama but 2 years is not much. Unfortunately Obama is doing things like Bush did. Bush/Congress/& the Fed borrowed us out of what should have been a medium to harsh recession. Of course none of the problems were fixed so it came back in a few years. We were due for a very severe recession in 2007-present but Obama/Congress/& the Fed do not want the painful healing time either and they are now also trying to borrow and inflate us out of a recession. Not good.
Ron Paul has been predicting our economic troubles for 30 years or so. Schiff also predicted it many years ago and mainstream economists were laughing at him on tv.
I don't even think it really matters who predicted what. We're here, and the republican party (Bush and a republican congress) got us here. They've been in power for the last couple of decades, excluding the Clinton White House which gave us a great economy, and cleared the deficit. In 2006, we the people finally said no, although it was already too late for our economy. In 2008, we not only said no, we said HELL NO.
I am in total agreement with you - the Republican Party needs a makeover, but we're not seeing that - and as long as they are doing this tea-party propaganda, I don't give a big rats patootie who they put up front for Congress or the Presidency - I will not vote that ticket. Two parties means I vote Democratic unless or until we see that make-over across the board.
First, sorry I took so long to respond... I had a comment drafted on Word and then I lost track of it.
I don’t see what’s better about the Democratic Party. First, Republicans cannot be blamed any more than anyone else for getting us here. The Federal Reserve and the big banks caused this crisis. They loosened lending restrictions so much that people with zero money and zero income could buy homes. Ridiculous!!!! People were actually fooled into thinking that home prices would keep going up and the artificial success would continue forever.
Second, though he appeared to, Clinton did not give us a great economy. We had a bubble economy, caused by loose, inflationary monetary policy. A boom is always to be followed by a bust (recession), which was about to kick into gear when Bush took office. Bush, greedy for re-election, did not want the necessary recession under his watch. His policies, along with those of Alan Greenspan (the Fed) and Congress were meant to delay the recession. It worked pretty well. They inflated another bubble to keep the exhausted economy humming along- the housing bubble. But the recession was still due, and now it was only going to be bigger and badder.
Too much easy credit (inflation) in the 1920’s led to the Great depression back then too.
Bernanke, Obama, and Congress are now doing the same thing again. 0% interest rates and massive deficit spending are being used to keep the economy floating. We are merely delaying the recession which must and will come. Every boom must have a bust. We are trying to have as much boom as possible and hardly any bust. This can’t continue much longer.
In the process of creating these fake booms we will not only have a major bust (a depression) but we will have also end up destroying the dollar through (hyper)inflation within a decade or less.
About the tea parties, they are actually a good thing. It would be a shame if America did not protest the economic disaster being prepared (the record deficits on top of a record national debt). Tea parties should have started under Bush but, I think, we did not reach “critical mass”. Our tolerance for this big recklessness ended after Obama and Congress passed the ‘stimulus’ bill. Any Republican that tries to follow Bush’s path again will be facing tea parties himself.
The tea parties are naturally more closely aligned with Republican ideas but not with most Republican politicians. However they are for all people who oppose what has been going on with the government recently. Will some Republicans try to use tea party momentum to get into office? Yes. I hope we don’t let them slide by again with their politics as usual. I’m sick of Republicans merely being the lesser of the two evils.
Wow, you have to draft a reply? Let me just respond in real time with real life stuff:
On the first count - there was a lot more at play than bad lending and yes our gov was involved - there were those little hush/hush *deregulations* for *corporations* on the Republican’s watch, under the guise of a so-called "free-market" which was really an anything goes market for the purpose of robbing the people. Perhaps you did not realize/notice that Bush/Cheney actually profited off the war, or should I say their corporations profited. Look, the system is the system, and it involves much more than the bankers. And the people who got caught up in the credit scams were the scapegoats. Do you know anything about archetypes? Cuz that's what’s going on here. Someone has to take the fall, when the rich get richer - who do you think that is? Yep, plain ol people, non bankers, non-gov, etc..... The Republicans robbed us blind before they left office thru their corporate schemes/scams, part of the reason we went to war. No one stood up to take notice when the chief financial advisor to the wealthy (not just bankers), who appeared on CNN, was asked about the stock market crash: Where did the money go? - Her reply? - "It vanished." (Quote/honest, how could i make this stuff up)Hmmmm, and CNN did not even bother to call her on it (media is part of the system). The conversation did not even miss a beat. My mouth dropped open as I realized what went down. OMG, you don’t just come out and tell the people they just got raped and robbed - the polite way to tell them is....... it vanished, now you pick up the tab, please.
Second point - I don’t know how old you are or what you have experienced in this life, but I'm sure I am much older than you and will tell you this much: I HAVE NOT SEEN IT THIS BAD IN MY LIFETIME. WE MUST THEREFORE BE IN THE BUST PART OF THE BUBBLE AS WE SPEAK. THE RECESSION WAS NOT DELAYED, WE ARE EXPERIENCING IT AS WE SPEAK. SOME ARE WITHOUT FOOD, AND SOME WITHOUT HOMES. MANY WITHOUT JOBS. THE NORMAL WINTER FOODBANKS IN STATES LIKE MONTANA WERE OVERWHELMED IN THE SUMMER……. Maybe those of you who have great jobs, or mommy and daddy to fall back on, are not experiencing it the same way the rest of us are. You obviously have no clue or you would not be saying what you are saying. Just as Bush had no clue when his dumb mouth opened and said- oh is gas 4 bucks now, i didn’t know, sorry, i was busy playing real live war games, duh!!! Oh but those prices went down as soon as we ousted him, right?????
Third point - I am watching the Republicans, as we speak, fill families and friends of mine with fear on a consistent basis. One guy, a sheet rocker age 52, just wants to die because he sees no hope for a future, he‘s in a martial law mentality right now, convinced it will happen. Another woman (age 78) clear across town is having paranoid episodes of the government invading her home to euthanize her. These two people do not know one another. What do they have in common? They both watch FoxNews and listen to right wing talk radio propaganda. The negative energy, upon entering their homes, is palpable. And I still have the image, imprinted on my brain, of that poor dumb brainwashed woman at a McCain rally taking the microphone and saying (about Obama) he’s an Arab, he’s not American. To which McCain grabbed the mic, and walking out of that screen shot, corrects the statement, saying “No, he is American and he is a fine man.” Oh, he is? I thought you just accused him of being a terrorist - hmmm……. Oh, you just wanted my vote then?????
Republicans started the tea parties with political prowess. (did you reread what you wrote - it sounded like an excuse for them) They are attacking this administration full force ( Bush gets no blame) on every single issue, and their mouthpiece pundits on talk radio have come right out to say that they hope this admin fails. Of course they don’t care if the country languishes in failure several more years - why? - because they have money and are part of the scheme/scam. Oh where oh where has that bipartisan ship of the Bush Republicans sailed off to. And you think this behavior is a good thing? It’s a good thing for citizens to be brainwashed to the brink of civil unrest? You think it a wise move for a political party to twist someone’s words to the point of causing at least half of these united states to consider seceding? Oh what, oh what will the pundits do when they finally get their civil war between the religious right and the secular left? Or is that just another illusion of the system?
I really need to think seriously about posting an article about this world system people put their trust in, and what Jesus said about it. When I do, I’ll send you a url. Until then, always remember, Jesus said: YOU WILL KNOW THEM BY THEIR FRUIT. (separation/division is not good fruit) Then too, you might want to read up on community organizers (Jesus was a community organizer - so is Obama) and find out what it is they do. ;-)
Normally I don't draft replies, but while I was working on my comment, I had to save it and shut down my pc. I also had to re-image the pc between now and then. I meant to reply sooner but I forgot.
On your first count- I mostly agree. The latest fumble happened on the Republican watch, but all this was in the making long before Bush came into office. I have seen just as many Democrats deeply involved in the corporate cronyism. {Chris Dodd is one example. An even better example is this short videos series. Republicans and Democrats, yes even Barack Obama, are deep in the fraud. Some big businesses donate tons of money to both candidates (like Goldman Sachs), so whoever gets in office is already bought and paid for. It's disgusting, and it leaves us with politicians that let this stuff happen right in front of our eyes. Corporations using government power to stifle competition and solidify their profits- that's not capitalism/ free markets.
We need term limits, that would help a little... Also, enough career politicians. They're probably more harmful than unlimited terms. Clearly the regulations need reform- of course the current Congress is wholly incapable of doing it right.
On your second point- You are right, we are going through a bad recession, the worst in our lifetimes. But it is still being held back but the government. The bailouts, for example. Companies that cannot stay solvent must be allowed to fail, regardless of their size. The stimulus package is another example- you can't dig yourself out of economic troubles by going into debt further.
We haven't gotten the deflation that was supposed to come with a severe recession/ depression either. Again, that's cause they won't let it happen. Not with all the debt the government holds. This is a loose-loose situation for us, as we will either increase the value of our debt through deflation or decrease the value of our dollar through inflation.
We needed a mild or moderate depression to make up for the extreme excesses in the 90's and early 2000's. Instead we are just getting a moderate to severe recession- so far. What's coming is unprecedented for the US, and it will certainly make now look like a party.
Obama said he wants to get back to normal- and normal is the problem, it is what got us here.
Gas Prices- they were down near $1.50 in late 2008, while Bush was still in office.
Your third point- Yes fear tactics are being used. A lot of it is phony garbage but some of it is legitimate concerns. Mandatory vaccinations, collapse of the dollar, and even martial law at some point are real threats to our liberty and security and it is right to be afraid of them. BTW I don't listen to Fox or talk radio.
Tea Parties- I wrote "The tea parties are naturally more closely aligned with Republican ideas but not with most Republican politicians" Those republican ideas include limited government, less spending, and thus less taxes. Unfortunately, those Republican politicians almost never fit this category. They are to blame as much as the Democrats then, and need to be handed pink slips, and replaced with people like Peter Schiff.
Bush deserves a lot of blame but Obama is sitting President with the power to act, and he is going to receive the brunt of it. And he has done enough to earn these protests. Also, Congress deserves more blame than either Bush or Obama.
Civil war/revolution is a last resort process to oust a tyrannical government that I hope we won't need but it has become a small possibility for the near future. Let's hope the voting booth can still be used to have a bloodless revolution in coming elections.
We would like to blame one party or another but in reality both are at fault.
I'd be glad to read your article if you choose to write it:)
First you say: "all this was in the making long before Bush came into office." but then you say "Bush deserves a lot of blame." Then you say of Obama: " he is going to receive the brunt of it. And he has done enough to earn these protests." (the international community doesnt see it that way - they gave him the Nobel Peace Prize)
This is exactly why i have problems with what you are saying. One President gets us in deep doodoo over an eight year period, turns the world upside, ruins our reputation and turns the world against us with three little words (axis of evil), not to mention turning our economy upside down, and people like you think the next guy to come into office should fix it all...... pronto, in the blink of an eye....... and without any bipartisan support, in fact they (the other side) want him to fix it whilst they block him and accost him at every turn and while the pundits cry out "I hope he fails."
I am a registered Republican. Bush changed my mind about following party lines. Since I have stepped back and taken a look from a different perspective, I can't even believe I use to watch FoxNews and listen to Rush Limbaugh and Ann Colter......... talk about your axis of evil. I didnt really realize what I had been a part of until I stepped outside the box. I doubt I will be going back to this party anytime soon.
Instead I am willing to give the new guy on the block a chance to prove himself, which might indeed be fruitless, but is more than I can say for my fellow Republicans (biparisan is a campaign promise only). The international community seems to be responding to Obama in kind, giving him such a high honor as Nobel Peace Prize for the efforts he has already engaged in toward peace. In doing so, they sort of slapped the Republican Party right in the face. The world is a tad more accepting of him, which leaves the Republican Party, Iran, and Osama bin Ladin's Taliban to disagree with him and what he stands for.
And by the by, the world system is the world system and grows as the population grows. Any political debate on big government is fruitless, for it exists without regard to party Case in point: You're telling me Republicans stand for less goverment - I sure didnt see that with Bush/Cheney, and I listened with my own two ears as Sarah Palin promised to extend *even more* power to the VP office than Cheney displayed.
The Grand Old Party is gone now. Maybe I have changed some too. Maybe the whole world is changing. Maybe the people will finally rise to power.
All that said, yes you are correct, corruption is everywhere. The world system was, after all, built on the idea of controlling the people.
Maybe the world system is coming down. Before it does, those who are losing power first are/will be in a power struggle with those in power at the present moment. They wont want to go down without a fight..... but those left in power will not be able to hang on either.
With the information age, we're seeing normal people stand up against the system - they want something better now. I'm thinking of the Iran protests, I'm thinking of Muslim woman around the world. I'm thinking of people standing up in protest to church doctrines everywhere, including Christianity. I'm seeing plain ordinary people start to actually care about the planet we live on, and poverty around the world.
Think about it: the world system - which involves the governments, banks, education system, medicine, church, industry and all other socialization organizations- it's all in trouble right now and near collapse as we speak. It will be up to the people to pick up the pieces when it crumbles. And the people seem to be preparing for that.
I heard last week the president of the world bank talking about a one world currency, which the Chinese government seems bent on. How will other indebted governments respond? How will the people in the free world respond?
I think the landslide has only just begun, Matthhew.
First you say: "all this was in the making long before Bush came into office." but then you say "Bush deserves a lot of blame." Then you say of Obama: " he is going to receive the brunt of it. And he has done enough to earn these protests." (the international community doesn't see it that way - they gave him the Nobel Peace Prize)
If you take the words out of context they appear contradictory. In the big picture Bush, Obama, and many other leaders of the past century have each contributed to our current problems. All of them get a deserving share of blame.
The Nobel Peace prize is more of a political game these days. I don’t make a big deal over it. It’s the American voters who Obama needs to work for, not the international community.
Did you have a chance to hear Ron Paul’s response to the Nobel Peace Prize? He nailed it, again.
This is exactly why i have problems with what you are saying. One President gets us in deep doodoo over an eight year period, turns the world upside, ruins our reputation and turns the world against us with three little words (axis of evil), not to mention turning our economy upside down, and people like you think the next guy to come into office should fix it all...... pronto, in the blink of an eye....... and without any bipartisan support, in fact they (the other side) want him to fix it whilst they block him and accost him at every turn and while the pundits cry out "I hope he fails."
As bad as Bush was he did not do this alone. It’s not just those 8 years, it’s the 90+ years before it and the year after it too.
I go back to at least 1913 when we handed the banking elite complete control of our currency- our biggest mistake ever. Today the same institution is still controlling our currency and ripping us off.
I don’t expect Obama to fix it all, in fact, he can’t, and no one could; the Congress is the one with most of the power to ‘fix’ things.
Obama is continuing many of Bush’s destructive polices, often on a grander scale (especially with the spending). He’s doing nothing to avert the collapse of the dollar, instead his actions will bring it on sooner. He’s expanding the government’s role in our lives only further.
He’s not so new anymore either, and 10 months is more than enough time to tell that he’s headed down the wrong track.
The problem is that he’s more of the same. He’s a career politician and campaigner. He is bought and paid for by some big businesses, like Goldman Sachs, who was one of his top donors during his campaign. He’s proven, despite all the phony talk about ‘fiscal responsibility’, that he won’t deliver a balanced budget that we desperately need. He’s broken countless campaign promises, such as his promise not to use signing statements.
And by the by, the world system is the world system and grows as the population grows. Any political debate on big government is fruitless, for it exists without regard to party Case in point: You're telling me Republicans stand for less goverment - I sure didnt see that with Bush/Cheney, and I listened with my own two ears as Sarah Palin promised to extend *even more* power to the VP office than Cheney displayed.
You are right, Bush/Cheney and most Republican Congressmen didn’t show an inkling of limited government. I never suggested they did.
That’s why I am not a registered Republican; as long as the hypocrites are in control it is not my party. Republicans are supposed to stand for limited government, but in recent decades they have strayed from these core principles, and they must be brought back into line. We’ve got a split in the Republican Party; those who want to play politics as usual, and those who want to return to limited, constitutional government. I’m all for the latter group.
I did not vote for McCain/Palin, they would have been more of the same. Democrats have only worse things to offer- bigger government, more welfare, heavy spending, more bureaucracy, and less personal liberty. {Sounds a lot like Bush… :( }
I choose people like Ron Paul. He has a solid track record; hasn’t compromised his principles for political expediency; understands the problems in our economy (predicted the current crisis years ago); proposes some real serious cutbacks to the Federal Government to take care of these problems; etc.
Ron Paul is a threat to the establishment and thus the mainstream corporate media and the mainstream politicians don’t like him and they try to keep his influence low. If we don’t support people like him, our desire for limited government is fruitless.
I heard last week the president of the world bank talking about a one world currency, which the Chinese government seems bent on. How will other indebted governments respond? How will the people in the free world respond?
Having a single world currency would be a huge mistake, but that is what they will try to give us in the near future. I wrote an article on this awhile back for Associated Content, here’s the link.
After one world currency they will move on to one world government, which would be the most out of touch way to govern and control people.
Did you watch that 10 minute video series about Goldman Sachs? This is what’s wrong with mainstream politicians of both parties. They get most of their money from big banks and other business, and it is no surprise that Congress usually represents those corporate crooks more than the American people.
Back to the post topic, if you can spare 15-20 minutes watch this 3 part video of Peter Schiff describing why he is running in his first political campaign speech. It’s a better video than the one I put in the original post. (Skip the first 3 minutes, it is just introduction.. It is a 3 part video)
Ya know this is really a stupid conversation - it is apparent you are biased against Obama - he's been President for nine months and he inherited this mess, and yet you say he shares the blame. Pardon my french but BULLSHYT - the gong fell before he was even President and you folks have a very short memory. No way should Obama have to share equal blame for anything he inherited. I don't know if you are racist or just folllowing the rest of the sheeple, all I can tell you is that Obama inherited one He11 of mess.
And all of a sudden the Nobel Peace Prize is meaningless because the right wing says so, oh bcuz they dont like Obama also BULLSHYT. You really should be able to see your own bias, but I guess not. So, you really should go read about the process by which the Nobel Peace Prize winner is selected.
Sorry, I didn't read the rest of your comment because those first two statements are just too lame for me to waste my time further here.
Obama has put our country in over $1 trillion of debt in less than 10 months... if you’re overlooking that what a shame…
Obama is more of the same, we don’t have to give him more time to see if his policies will work, he’s a just another bought and paid for career politician. We don’t need to give him a pass just because he inherited a mess.
Bias? Sure, why not? As if the $1 trillion so far is nothing? As if cap & trade, a huge tax increase on the middle class is nothing?
As for Ron Paul... he holds few traditionally left wing positions too. He is a vocal critic of Bush and Obama, because their most of their policies are unconstitutional and do not benefit Americans. I don't expect him to back Obama either, for good reasons.
Pretty Impressive;If I were from Conneticutt,I could probably get behind this guy-IF he is who he says he is! Considering Chris Dodd's plunging approval ratings,I think the odds are pretty good Schiff COULD be the one to replace him. I wish him good luck.-Norman
Matthew, I have to apologize to you. I promised myself I was going to give up this political addiction, and I just keep getting sucked in. I know you mean well, but I really don't think you understand. So when I get that post together, I will send you an invite.
In reality, I probably do sound contradictory because I don't have faith in either party, or politics in general. I don't think government can solve the world's problems, only people can. I had honestly hoped that Obama might actually be organizing a grassroots movements to empower the people to take control of their world. That's how his campaign was run, and he's still speaking to those of us who are on the email list in those terms, i.e. community organizing. I may be wrong about him, but my heart was in the right place, with the people.
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Thanks, Matthew, I'll have to do some more research on him. I'm an Independent, always have been and I don't vote a straight ticket. He could run as Independent, remember Lieberman? He'd said if he couldn't win the election as a Democrat, he'd run as an Independent and win - and he did. (unfortunately, I've met the man and he didn't do us any favors) I live in Connecticut and cannot see Sen. Dodd getting re-elected. People, it's the person, not the party. A good reminder of that is thinking back to which President signed NAFTA into law - it was ex-President Clinton -- and that's benefiting other countries, but not us. I'd also see people elected that are FOR Term Limits. I doubt it'll happen, but I'd still like to see it happen. Also remember, in the last two years that ex-President Bush was on office, he had a Democratic Congress. People wanted CHANGE - so they voted for it, how's it working for ya? I actually don't think we had any great choices in the last election -hopefully that will be different with the next one. Good article, Matthew. Marilyn
Thanks Marilyn. Sorry it took me so long to reply.
I agree we did not have any good choices- McCain is just a big government crook, why did Republicans waste the 08 election on him? Ron Paul may have had a chance of winning- he was a major Bush critic and did not support the Iraq war. He also understands the economy far better than most. Paul was real change. Obama has turned out to be much like Bush.
I hope Dodd is re-nominated- that will make it easier for Schiff to win if he runs. I will have to check- Schiff may be running as an independent Republican.
Term limits is a very good idea. Schiff supports term limits.
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Ron Paul (current Texas Representative) and Rand Paul (Running for Kentucky Senate now) are similar, and deserve our support.
The Republican party insiders want to keep playing politics as usual (just like the Dems) so it is going to be up to the people to get common sense in office.
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and why should the party that believes government is the problem not the solution want to govern anyway? isn't it a self fulfilling proficy? haven't we been treated to Republican misrule since Nixon? sorry .
You should not let that prevent you from voting for a good candidate in the future. Vote on principles, not parties.
We are in agreement that Gulianni does not deserve our vote(s).
"and why should the party that believes government is the problem not the solution want to govern anyway? isn't it a self fulfilling proficy? haven't we been treated to Republican misrule since Nixon? sorry ."
The only way to have limited government is to put people in office that believe in limited government.
Republican misrule, along with Democratic misrule, has brought our country to where it is today. The real problem is not the parties, it's the politicians. We need to elect people that are not career politicians.
So what do you think of Peter Schiff?
sorry I look at policy and platform not charisma.
Louis, Louis, that’s nonsense.
The problem- the republicans have strayed from their support of limited government. Schiff is not a hypocrite and actually believes in limited government unlike Bush and Giuliani.
What do you think George Washington or Thomas Jefferson were doing in the government?
We (should) vote people into office that believe the government must be restrained to specific duties. Other wise our government will quickly degrade to tyranny.
"The two enemies of the people are criminals and government, so let us tie the second down with the chains of the constitution so the second will not become the legalized version of the first"
-Thomas Jefferson
sorry I look at policy and platform not charisma.
Good. However Obama’s campaign relied on a lot of charisma, and that’s why some people voted for him. That’s troubling, right?
Maybe we should only vote "Littluns" into office.
Unfortunately if you don't have big money you are not going to win, so I do consider it a big factor.
As long as the Dems nominate Dodd I think he will be able to win.
Schiff Polling for Potential Senate Run Against Dodd in Connecticut
It is important to remember that he has not announced he is running officially but is leaning towards doing so.
What would Schiff do be a senator for two years and the run for president? We tried that with Obama and it didn't work.
Probably not but the difference is that Obama is just another crony politician whereas Schiff is not. He would not be running if it were not for strong grassroots efforts. Also unlike Obama he also supports ending the FED.
Schiff is far better than most Republicans. He would also be a much better President than Bush or Obama.
The only think we can do now is vote every incumbent out, out out and then the new people will know if they don't do what the people want--they will be out too.
How I wish, How I wish how I wish.
1. He is not a career politician
2. He has been a vocal critic of both parties
From his campaign site:
"As you may know, my running for Senate is a very real possibility. I continue to analyze support for a candidate like me, who believes in freedom, liberty, the free market and the Constitution.
If elected, I’m not promising anything specific except freedom from government. I will go to Washington, D.C. to put a stop to everything they are doing. I will attempt to restore sanity to an insane Congress that has run up trillions of dollars in debt through corporate bailouts, stimulus programs, and a federal government hiring frenzy.
As you know, I’m not a politician. Fortunately, this means that I won’t be focused on re-election from day one. I’ll be in Congress to do a job and then leave."
For those who called Obama the AntiChrist, looks like the GOP has found it's very own little AntiChrist to present to the world.
I don't think Schiff should win because he runs as a Republican.
If he held the exact same principles but ran as a Democrat he would be getting my vote.
sorry folks...if those are his values they are NOT mine.
Bottom line.. we need a whole new set of people, just like this man, in office. Especially, if they were able to live up to their own hopes and goals.
As young Mat says, we need to be rid of ALL the career, bought off, platform following, candidates. We need anyone, with honesty, honor and pride in country, who are willing to uphold the oath they all take.
Fantasy? Yes.. probably... but it's the only way this country is going to get back on it's feet and become, again, a nation of honesty and integrity. They'd not only get rid of the unaudited FED, but also get us out of the UN, where the whole world tries to tell us how bad we are, while happily taking billions of dollars from us, every year. THAT, sir, is pure bull shite!!
Schiff will be more like an independent Republican.
Let's say he ran as a Democrat but otherwise he was the same. Would you support him?
I was aghast to see Romney, Huckabee, and McCain (all majorerly recognizable prominant figures) spouting the rhetoric nutsiness, just to play to, and appease that nutsy base, and fan the flames. Shameful, and disheartening.
I will never vote for a Republcan again, and seeing the nutsiness the Libertarian Party has pulled lately, as well, has turned me off of that Party as well, in spite of their Party Platform.
The Libertarian Party was the only Party I ever donated money too, but now, not only will I not vote for any Libertarian, but that Party will no longer collect a dime from me.
Any candidate claiming to be an Independant, I will investigate his/her history to see who they've been affiliated with in the past, (R) or (D), and I will look at their voting record.
I'm seeing that within the Democratic Party alone, their is diversity a plenty, and that, "middle" of moderation, and resonableness is easily found within that one party, for now.
What do you think of Schiff?
The whole party is tainted. They been in office for a long session (excluding Clinton's eight years) and haven't done a damn thing except cause more trouble in the world. They are in essence a sinking ship, sort of like the Whig Party, who are not going down without a fight.
Schiff - he's just another smooth talker - promises are a dime a dozen. Look carefully at his photos, his sleeves aren't even rolled up, ever - he's just another money man - it's not what they say that matters, it's what they "DO" that matters. What has Schiff done for our country, not as a money man making predictions, but as a humanitarian? Show me some clips of him down in the ghetto encouraging kids to stay in school, or in hospices encouraging our elderly with gratitude.
GIVE ME SOMEONE WHO DOES NOT START HIS CAMPAIGN WITH SMEAR TACTICS AGAINST HIS OPPONENT - PLEASE!!!!!!! HE'S JUST MORE OF THE SAME, BASHING DODD, INSTEAD OF TALKING ABOUT WHAT HE CAN AND WILL DO. LET ANY CANDIDATE RUN ON HIS OWN MERIT, NOT BY DEFAULT THRU BASHING.
THE PARTY NEEDS TO GET A GRIP
Rosa, neither party, Republican or Democrat, has done us any good.
Are you familiar with Ron Paul? Ron Paul is the Republican who from the start opposed the Iraq war. He‘s the one that has opposed Republicans and Democrats alike because of their failure to support limited government and their lack of respect for the Constitution. He is the one that has insisted the secretive, semi-private cartel of banks (the Federal Reserve) be audited so the Americans can know what is happening with their tax dollars. He is the one that is supporting sound money, instead of our fiat dollar which is being inflated and is stealing wealth from the poor, the middle class, and even the wealthy.
Schiff was the economic advisor for Ron Paul in the 2008 Presidential elections. Schiff is a Ron Paul style Republican. If it were not for the limitations of our two party system Schiff would not have to run as a Republican.
What has Schiff done for this country? Well, he is not a career politician. He did predict quite accurately our big economic crash. I don’t know about you, but who would you want in control of our economy, people that were completely wrong about the economy or ones that were right?
“GIVE ME SOMEONE WHO DOES NOT START HIS CAMPAIGN WITH SMEAR TACTICS AGAINST HIS OPPONENT - PLEASE!!!!!!! HE'S JUST MORE OF THE SAME, BASHING DODD, INSTEAD OF TALKING ABOUT WHAT HE CAN AND WILL DO. LET ANY CANDIDATE RUN ON HIS OWN MERIT, NOT BY DEFAULT THRU BASHING.”
I’m sorry I gave you the impression he is just out there attacking Dodd, because he is not. This is actually a video made by his supporters, not his campaign. Most of the time I hear him he is talking about what we are doing wrong and what we should be doing instead. He understands the economy very well.
THE PARTY NEEDS TO GET A GRIP
Amen! They’ve been a shameful bunch! The only way for them to move in the right direction is to start nominating people like Schiff.
All I know is that I watched the video, and the first thing I saw is not even about your man Schiff, it's about Dodd. I am just so tired of that sort of politics, and I think most people are.
And by the way, Obama also predicted the economic downturn, two years before it occurred. He tried to tell McCain during the campaign, but McCain still didn't get it until the bottom fell out, and he was so shocked he had to shut everything down to consult with the party leader Adolf Bush.
Yeah, one of his weaknesses unfortunately is communication- he is not bad at it but he is not good enough. I agree with him in shutting down a lot of government programs, but perhaps he was a little too confrontational and shocked too many to get the message across effectively. Of course the corporate media and mainstream Republicans and Democrats are not supporting him much and are often working against him 'cause they want to keep doing politics as usual.
All I know is that I watched the video, and the first thing I saw is not even about your man Schiff, it's about Dodd. I am just so tired of that sort of politics, and I think most people are.
I’m tired of it too. Maybe I should have found a different video to post.
And by the way, Obama also predicted the economic downturn, two years before it occurred. He tried to tell McCain during the campaign, but McCain still didn't get it until the bottom fell out, and he was so shocked he had to shut everything down to consult with the party leader Adolf Bush.
Good for Obama but 2 years is not much. Unfortunately Obama is doing things like Bush did. Bush/Congress/& the Fed borrowed us out of what should have been a medium to harsh recession. Of course none of the problems were fixed so it came back in a few years. We were due for a very severe recession in 2007-present but Obama/Congress/& the Fed do not want the painful healing time either and they are now also trying to borrow and inflate us out of a recession. Not good.
Ron Paul has been predicting our economic troubles for 30 years or so. Schiff also predicted it many years ago and mainstream economists were laughing at him on tv.
I am in total agreement with you - the Republican Party needs a makeover, but we're not seeing that - and as long as they are doing this tea-party propaganda, I don't give a big rats patootie who they put up front for Congress or the Presidency - I will not vote that ticket. Two parties means I vote Democratic unless or until we see that make-over across the board.
I don’t see what’s better about the Democratic Party. First, Republicans cannot be blamed any more than anyone else for getting us here. The Federal Reserve and the big banks caused this crisis. They loosened lending restrictions so much that people with zero money and zero income could buy homes. Ridiculous!!!! People were actually fooled into thinking that home prices would keep going up and the artificial success would continue forever.
Second, though he appeared to, Clinton did not give us a great economy. We had a bubble economy, caused by loose, inflationary monetary policy. A boom is always to be followed by a bust (recession), which was about to kick into gear when Bush took office. Bush, greedy for re-election, did not want the necessary recession under his watch. His policies, along with those of Alan Greenspan (the Fed) and Congress were meant to delay the recession. It worked pretty well. They inflated another bubble to keep the exhausted economy humming along- the housing bubble. But the recession was still due, and now it was only going to be bigger and badder.
Too much easy credit (inflation) in the 1920’s led to the Great depression back then too.
Bernanke, Obama, and Congress are now doing the same thing again. 0% interest rates and massive deficit spending are being used to keep the economy floating. We are merely delaying the recession which must and will come. Every boom must have a bust. We are trying to have as much boom as possible and hardly any bust. This can’t continue much longer.
In the process of creating these fake booms we will not only have a major bust (a depression) but we will have also end up destroying the dollar through (hyper)inflation within a decade or less.
About the tea parties, they are actually a good thing. It would be a shame if America did not protest the economic disaster being prepared (the record deficits on top of a record national debt). Tea parties should have started under Bush but, I think, we did not reach “critical mass”. Our tolerance for this big recklessness ended after Obama and Congress passed the ‘stimulus’ bill. Any Republican that tries to follow Bush’s path again will be facing tea parties himself.
The tea parties are naturally more closely aligned with Republican ideas but not with most Republican politicians. However they are for all people who oppose what has been going on with the government recently. Will some Republicans try to use tea party momentum to get into office? Yes. I hope we don’t let them slide by again with their politics as usual. I’m sick of Republicans merely being the lesser of the two evils.
On the first count - there was a lot more at play than bad lending and yes our gov was involved - there were those little hush/hush *deregulations* for *corporations* on the Republican’s watch, under the guise of a so-called "free-market" which was really an anything goes market for the purpose of robbing the people. Perhaps you did not realize/notice that Bush/Cheney actually profited off the war, or should I say their corporations profited. Look, the system is the system, and it involves much more than the bankers. And the people who got caught up in the credit scams were the scapegoats. Do you know anything about archetypes? Cuz that's what’s going on here. Someone has to take the fall, when the rich get richer - who do you think that is? Yep, plain ol people, non bankers, non-gov, etc..... The Republicans robbed us blind before they left office thru their corporate schemes/scams, part of the reason we went to war. No one stood up to take notice when the chief financial advisor to the wealthy (not just bankers), who appeared on CNN, was asked about the stock market crash: Where did the money go? - Her reply? - "It vanished." (Quote/honest, how could i make this stuff up)Hmmmm, and CNN did not even bother to call her on it (media is part of the system). The conversation did not even miss a beat. My mouth dropped open as I realized what went down. OMG, you don’t just come out and tell the people they just got raped and robbed - the polite way to tell them is....... it vanished, now you pick up the tab, please.
Second point - I don’t know how old you are or what you have experienced in this life, but I'm sure I am much older than you and will tell you this much: I HAVE NOT SEEN IT THIS BAD IN MY LIFETIME. WE MUST THEREFORE BE IN THE BUST PART OF THE BUBBLE AS WE SPEAK. THE RECESSION WAS NOT DELAYED, WE ARE EXPERIENCING IT AS WE SPEAK. SOME ARE WITHOUT FOOD, AND SOME WITHOUT HOMES. MANY WITHOUT JOBS. THE NORMAL WINTER FOODBANKS IN STATES LIKE MONTANA WERE OVERWHELMED IN THE SUMMER……. Maybe those of you who have great jobs, or mommy and daddy to fall back on, are not experiencing it the same way the rest of us are. You obviously have no clue or you would not be saying what you are saying. Just as Bush had no clue when his dumb mouth opened and said- oh is gas 4 bucks now, i didn’t know, sorry, i was busy playing real live war games, duh!!! Oh but those prices went down as soon as we ousted him, right?????
Third point - I am watching the Republicans, as we speak, fill families and friends of mine with fear on a consistent basis. One guy, a sheet rocker age 52, just wants to die because he sees no hope for a future, he‘s in a martial law mentality right now, convinced it will happen. Another woman (age 78) clear across town is having paranoid episodes of the government invading her home to euthanize her. These two people do not know one another. What do they have in common? They both watch FoxNews and listen to right wing talk radio propaganda. The negative energy, upon entering their homes, is palpable. And I still have the image, imprinted on my brain, of that poor dumb brainwashed woman at a McCain rally taking the microphone and saying (about Obama) he’s an Arab, he’s not American. To which McCain grabbed the mic, and walking out of that screen shot, corrects the statement, saying “No, he is American and he is a fine man.” Oh, he is? I thought you just accused him of being a terrorist - hmmm……. Oh, you just wanted my vote then?????
Republicans started the tea parties with political prowess. (did you reread what you wrote - it sounded like an excuse for them) They are attacking this administration full force ( Bush gets no blame) on every single issue, and their mouthpiece pundits on talk radio have come right out to say that they hope this admin fails. Of course they don’t care if the country languishes in failure several more years - why? - because they have money and are part of the scheme/scam. Oh where oh where has that bipartisan ship of the Bush Republicans sailed off to. And you think this behavior is a good thing? It’s a good thing for citizens to be brainwashed to the brink of civil unrest? You think it a wise move for a political party to twist someone’s words to the point of causing at least half of these united states to consider seceding? Oh what, oh what will the pundits do when they finally get their civil war between the religious right and the secular left? Or is that just another illusion of the system?
I really need to think seriously about posting an article about this world system people put their trust in, and what Jesus said about it. When I do, I’ll send you a url. Until then, always remember, Jesus said: YOU WILL KNOW THEM BY THEIR FRUIT. (separation/division is not good fruit) Then too, you might want to read up on community organizers (Jesus was a community organizer - so is Obama) and find out what it is they do. ;-)
On your first count- I mostly agree. The latest fumble happened on the Republican watch, but all this was in the making long before Bush came into office. I have seen just as many Democrats deeply involved in the corporate cronyism. {Chris Dodd is one example. An even better example is this short videos series. Republicans and Democrats, yes even Barack Obama, are deep in the fraud. Some big businesses donate tons of money to both candidates (like Goldman Sachs), so whoever gets in office is already bought and paid for. It's disgusting, and it leaves us with politicians that let this stuff happen right in front of our eyes. Corporations using government power to stifle competition and solidify their profits- that's not capitalism/ free markets.
We need term limits, that would help a little... Also, enough career politicians. They're probably more harmful than unlimited terms. Clearly the regulations need reform- of course the current Congress is wholly incapable of doing it right.
On your second point- You are right, we are going through a bad recession, the worst in our lifetimes. But it is still being held back but the government. The bailouts, for example. Companies that cannot stay solvent must be allowed to fail, regardless of their size. The stimulus package is another example- you can't dig yourself out of economic troubles by going into debt further.
We haven't gotten the deflation that was supposed to come with a severe recession/ depression either. Again, that's cause they won't let it happen. Not with all the debt the government holds. This is a loose-loose situation for us, as we will either increase the value of our debt through deflation or decrease the value of our dollar through inflation.
We needed a mild or moderate depression to make up for the extreme excesses in the 90's and early 2000's. Instead we are just getting a moderate to severe recession- so far. What's coming is unprecedented for the US, and it will certainly make now look like a party.
Obama said he wants to get back to normal- and normal is the problem, it is what got us here.
Gas Prices- they were down near $1.50 in late 2008, while Bush was still in office.
Your third point- Yes fear tactics are being used. A lot of it is phony garbage but some of it is legitimate concerns. Mandatory vaccinations, collapse of the dollar, and even martial law at some point are real threats to our liberty and security and it is right to be afraid of them. BTW I don't listen to Fox or talk radio.
Tea Parties- I wrote "The tea parties are naturally more closely aligned with Republican ideas but not with most Republican politicians" Those republican ideas include limited government, less spending, and thus less taxes. Unfortunately, those Republican politicians almost never fit this category. They are to blame as much as the Democrats then, and need to be handed pink slips, and replaced with people like Peter Schiff.
Bush deserves a lot of blame but Obama is sitting President with the power to act, and he is going to receive the brunt of it. And he has done enough to earn these protests. Also, Congress deserves more blame than either Bush or Obama.
Civil war/revolution is a last resort process to oust a tyrannical government that I hope we won't need but it has become a small possibility for the near future. Let's hope the voting booth can still be used to have a bloodless revolution in coming elections.
We would like to blame one party or another but in reality both are at fault.
I'd be glad to read your article if you choose to write it:)
This is exactly why i have problems with what you are saying. One President gets us in deep doodoo over an eight year period, turns the world upside, ruins our reputation and turns the world against us with three little words (axis of evil), not to mention turning our economy upside down, and people like you think the next guy to come into office should fix it all...... pronto, in the blink of an eye....... and without any bipartisan support, in fact they (the other side) want him to fix it whilst they block him and accost him at every turn and while the pundits cry out "I hope he fails."
I am a registered Republican. Bush changed my mind about following party lines. Since I have stepped back and taken a look from a different perspective, I can't even believe I use to watch FoxNews and listen to Rush Limbaugh and Ann Colter......... talk about your axis of evil. I didnt really realize what I had been a part of until I stepped outside the box. I doubt I will be going back to this party anytime soon.
Instead I am willing to give the new guy on the block a chance to prove himself, which might indeed be fruitless, but is more than I can say for my fellow Republicans (biparisan is a campaign promise only). The international community seems to be responding to Obama in kind, giving him such a high honor as Nobel Peace Prize for the efforts he has already engaged in toward peace. In doing so, they sort of slapped the Republican Party right in the face. The world is a tad more accepting of him, which leaves the Republican Party, Iran, and Osama bin Ladin's Taliban to disagree with him and what he stands for.
And by the by, the world system is the world system and grows as the population grows. Any political debate on big government is fruitless, for it exists without regard to party
Case in point:
You're telling me Republicans stand for less goverment - I sure didnt see that with Bush/Cheney, and I listened with my own two ears as Sarah Palin promised to extend *even more* power to the VP office than Cheney displayed.
The Grand Old Party is gone now. Maybe I have changed some too. Maybe the whole world is changing. Maybe the people will finally rise to power.
All that said, yes you are correct, corruption is everywhere. The world system was, after all, built on the idea of controlling the people.
Maybe the world system is coming down. Before it does, those who are losing power first are/will be in a power struggle with those in power at the present moment. They wont want to go down without a fight..... but those left in power will not be able to hang on either.
With the information age, we're seeing normal people stand up against the system - they want something better now. I'm thinking of the Iran protests, I'm thinking of Muslim woman around the world. I'm thinking of people standing up in protest to church doctrines everywhere, including Christianity. I'm seeing plain ordinary people start to actually care about the planet we live on, and poverty around the world.
Think about it: the world system - which involves the governments, banks, education system, medicine, church, industry and all other socialization organizations- it's all in trouble right now and near collapse as we speak. It will be up to the people to pick up the pieces when it crumbles. And the people seem to be preparing for that.
I heard last week the president of the world bank talking about a one world currency, which the Chinese government seems bent on. How will other indebted governments respond? How will the people in the free world respond?
I think the landslide has only just begun, Matthhew.
First you say: "all this was in the making long before Bush came into office." but then you say "Bush deserves a lot of blame." Then you say of Obama: " he is going to receive the brunt of it. And he has done enough to earn these protests." (the international community doesn't see it that way - they gave him the Nobel Peace Prize)
If you take the words out of context they appear contradictory. In the big picture Bush, Obama, and many other leaders of the past century have each contributed to our current problems. All of them get a deserving share of blame.
The Nobel Peace prize is more of a political game these days. I don’t make a big deal over it. It’s the American voters who Obama needs to work for, not the international community.
Did you have a chance to hear Ron Paul’s response to the Nobel Peace Prize? He nailed it, again.
This is exactly why i have problems with what you are saying. One President gets us in deep doodoo over an eight year period, turns the world upside, ruins our reputation and turns the world against us with three little words (axis of evil), not to mention turning our economy upside down, and people like you think the next guy to come into office should fix it all...... pronto, in the blink of an eye....... and without any bipartisan support, in fact they (the other side) want him to fix it whilst they block him and accost him at every turn and while the pundits cry out "I hope he fails."
As bad as Bush was he did not do this alone. It’s not just those 8 years, it’s the 90+ years before it and the year after it too.
I go back to at least 1913 when we handed the banking elite complete control of our currency- our biggest mistake ever. Today the same institution is still controlling our currency and ripping us off.
I don’t expect Obama to fix it all, in fact, he can’t, and no one could; the Congress is the one with most of the power to ‘fix’ things.
Obama is continuing many of Bush’s destructive polices, often on a grander scale (especially with the spending). He’s doing nothing to avert the collapse of the dollar, instead his actions will bring it on sooner. He’s expanding the government’s role in our lives only further.
He’s not so new anymore either, and 10 months is more than enough time to tell that he’s headed down the wrong track.
The problem is that he’s more of the same. He’s a career politician and campaigner. He is bought and paid for by some big businesses, like Goldman Sachs, who was one of his top donors during his campaign. He’s proven, despite all the phony talk about ‘fiscal responsibility’, that he won’t deliver a balanced budget that we desperately need. He’s broken countless campaign promises, such as his promise not to use signing statements.
And by the by, the world system is the world system and grows as the population grows. Any political debate on big government is fruitless, for it exists without regard to party
Case in point:
You're telling me Republicans stand for less goverment - I sure didnt see that with Bush/Cheney, and I listened with my own two ears as Sarah Palin promised to extend *even more* power to the VP office than Cheney displayed.
You are right, Bush/Cheney and most Republican Congressmen didn’t show an inkling of limited government. I never suggested they did.
That’s why I am not a registered Republican; as long as the hypocrites are in control it is not my party. Republicans are supposed to stand for limited government, but in recent decades they have strayed from these core principles, and they must be brought back into line. We’ve got a split in the Republican Party; those who want to play politics as usual, and those who want to return to limited, constitutional government. I’m all for the latter group.
I did not vote for McCain/Palin, they would have been more of the same.
Democrats have only worse things to offer- bigger government, more welfare, heavy spending, more bureaucracy, and less personal liberty. {Sounds a lot like Bush… :( }
I choose people like Ron Paul. He has a solid track record; hasn’t compromised his principles for political expediency; understands the problems in our economy (predicted the current crisis years ago); proposes some real serious cutbacks to the Federal Government to take care of these problems; etc.
Ron Paul is a threat to the establishment and thus the mainstream corporate media and the mainstream politicians don’t like him and they try to keep his influence low. If we don’t support people like him, our desire for limited government is fruitless.
I heard last week the president of the world bank talking about a one world currency, which the Chinese government seems bent on. How will other indebted governments respond? How will the people in the free world respond?
Having a single world currency would be a huge mistake, but that is what they will try to give us in the near future. I wrote an article on this awhile back for Associated Content, here’s the link.
After one world currency they will move on to one world government, which would be the most out of touch way to govern and control people.
Did you watch that 10 minute video series about Goldman Sachs? This is what’s wrong with mainstream politicians of both parties. They get most of their money from big banks and other business, and it is no surprise that Congress usually represents those corporate crooks more than the American people.
Back to the post topic, if you can spare 15-20 minutes watch this 3 part video of Peter Schiff describing why he is running in his first political campaign speech. It’s a better video than the one I put in the original post.
(Skip the first 3 minutes, it is just introduction.. It is a 3 part video)
And all of a sudden the Nobel Peace Prize is meaningless because the right wing says so, oh bcuz they dont like Obama also BULLSHYT. You really should be able to see your own bias, but I guess not. So, you really should go read about the process by which the Nobel Peace Prize winner is selected.
Sorry, I didn't read the rest of your comment because those first two statements are just too lame for me to waste my time further here.
Obama has put our country in over $1 trillion of debt in less than 10 months... if you’re overlooking that what a shame…
Obama is more of the same, we don’t have to give him more time to see if his policies will work, he’s a just another bought and paid for career politician. We don’t need to give him a pass just because he inherited a mess.
Bias? Sure, why not? As if the $1 trillion so far is nothing? As if cap & trade, a huge tax increase on the middle class is nothing?
As for Ron Paul... he holds few traditionally left wing positions too. He is a vocal critic of Bush and Obama, because their most of their policies are unconstitutional and do not benefit Americans. I don't expect him to back Obama either, for good reasons.
I am a registered Republican.
Seems contradictory. Why are you a registered Republican?
I suggest you google the name "brooksley born" or look for the PBS documentary "the warning."
You are sadly misinformed about a great many things.
In reality, I probably do sound contradictory because I don't have faith in either party, or politics in general. I don't think government can solve the world's problems, only people can. I had honestly hoped that Obama might actually be organizing a grassroots movements to empower the people to take control of their world. That's how his campaign was run, and he's still speaking to those of us who are on the email list in those terms, i.e. community organizing. I may be wrong about him, but my heart was in the right place, with the people.
I'll have to do some more research on him. I'm an Independent, always have been and I don't vote a straight ticket. He could run as Independent, remember Lieberman? He'd said if he couldn't win the election as a Democrat, he'd run as an Independent and win - and he did. (unfortunately, I've met the man and he didn't do us any favors)
I live in Connecticut and cannot see Sen. Dodd getting re-elected.
People, it's the person, not the party. A good reminder of that is thinking back to which President signed NAFTA into law - it was ex-President Clinton -- and that's benefiting other countries, but not us.
I'd also see people elected that are FOR Term Limits. I doubt it'll happen, but I'd still like to see it happen.
Also remember, in the last two years that ex-President Bush was on office, he had a Democratic Congress.
People wanted CHANGE - so they voted for it, how's it working for ya? I actually don't think we had any great choices in the last election -hopefully that will be different with the next one.
Good article, Matthew.
Marilyn
I agree we did not have any good choices- McCain is just a big government crook, why did Republicans waste the 08 election on him? Ron Paul may have had a chance of winning- he was a major Bush critic and did not support the Iraq war. He also understands the economy far better than most. Paul was real change. Obama has turned out to be much like Bush.
I hope Dodd is re-nominated- that will make it easier for Schiff to win if he runs. I will have to check- Schiff may be running as an independent Republican.
Term limits is a very good idea. Schiff supports term limits.
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