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2008 presidential campaign

Posted by matt

Suppose there was a race between a group of people.

Now further suppose this. Every time one runner gets incrementally ahead of the other runners, he is given help of some sort. That is imagine that as a runner or runners get out ahead, they are given outside boosts to push them even further ahead. And imagine this, those runners who are behind are penalized by being held back a little bit so they get even farther behind.

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Posted by matt
How to make your vote count. Remember, you want to make your vote count, so don't vote for one of those fringe candidates. After all, we all know they can't win. Do you really want to make your vote count? Then check MSM (main stream media) daily to learn about who is leading in the polls, then make sure to choose that person as your candidate. Rave about them and encourage others to support that candidate as well.

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Posted by matt
In case anyone wasn't watching, Ron Paul has been being vicsiously attacked for some newsletters that were sent out in his name. For an excellent dissection of the attack see this blog entry by a former beltway wonk. The best rebuttal I've seen to the needless attacks has been by Justin Raimondo. Read his excellent article here.

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Posted by matt

"General Kenobi years ago you helped my father in the Clone Wars. Now he begs you to help him in his struggle against the Empire. I regret that I am unable to present my father's request to you in person, but my ship has fallen under attack, and I'm afraid my mission to take you to Alderaan has failed.

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Posted by matt

China has become a leading exporter to America. Over the last year or so there has been a lot of bad press about the inferior quality of Chinese goods. This has caused a lot of pressure to be put on China. American policy makers have literally visited China over this issue, and the American press constantly pushes Chinese authorities to clean things up.

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Posted by matt

I want to explain why I think Ron Paul is a better candidate for president than Barack Obama.

This post has to be done very quickly because of time constraints. If possible I will revise it later (fix the typos) and add links.

Let me just say this. If you are a Ron Paul supporter and feel I have not done a good job here, then by all means, please write your own opinion and post it ... here, on your own blog, every where. And do it soon.

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Posted by matt

The New York times ran a really viscious hit piece against Ron Paul, full of unsubstantiated innuendo and followed up by a really contrived video. [Link.] Disgusting. I sent a comment to them, but I don't know if they will publish it or not.

My comment was as follows ...

    What is the point of this article?

    As I understand it, Nationalial Socialism is the same as Nazi, right?

    Let's consider the following:

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Posted by matt

Consider the following.

1. If you pay an income tax to the United States government, this can be interpreted as saying a percentage of the time you spend laboring is not your own, but the government's. (In principle, so long as the government can tax labor, then all your labor is the government's, but that aside ...) If your income tax is say 20%, then 20% of the hours you work is labor done for the government. What is it called when no matter how hard you labor, a certain percentage of what you gain will be given to someone else?

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Posted by matt

How should political donations be handled? Should any American have the inalienable right to donate money to his or her candidate of choice? Or should a litmus test be done in regards to each person's belief system, such that they have to qualify in order donate? How's this supposed to work in a free society?

Donating money to a political campaign is a free expression. It is a fundamental right we should all have. No one should ever seek to remove that right from a person.

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Posted by matt
"I don't want to be elected for the purpose of being elected." -- Ron Paul That about sums them up, doesn't it? The other candidates, I mean. Almost all of them want to be elected for the purpose of being elected. They pander to this special interest or that and try to curry favor. There's a terrible sense that they don't really stand for anything. They're political entrepreneurs. Great sit-down interview with Paul here.

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