by George Miller, November 29, 2009
I love TheConservativeMonster.com and Steve Cooper, but don’t always agree with him.
My response, followed by Steve’s original posting on Ron Paul:
Steve:
First of all, Ron Paul is definitely NOT a Communist. He is a super-capitalist, Libertarian and a patriot, in his own fashion. He is not a garden variety Republican either, but runs as one and is voted in with comfortable margins by his constituents, time after time. Although he takes some Conservative positions, I don’t think that he claims to adhere to the Conservative line, whatever that is today. While I disagree with some of his policies and didn’t support his presidential bid, I do respect him and would take him in a heartbeat over Obotomy, Bush I & II and Clinton, but not Reagan.
Watch the video again, but this time listen to what he’s actually saying and check some of his other positions, putting more emphasis on the more recent ones. If you held me accountable for my positions before I started graying at 35, I would look more like a Liberal, which I definitely ain’t anymore.
- He is strongly opposed to the CIA, which has been mostly unaccountable to Congress and only somewhat so to the president. We survived just fine without a “CIA” for a long, long time, in fact until 1947. We have not done so well with it since it has existed. The CIA has caused incalculable damage, with its incompetence and heavy-handed, illegal meddling and has generated more ill will toward this country and probably broken more laws than any other agency, all in the name of “national security.” I agree with Ron about its lack of accountability. He is not saying abolish it and do nothing in its place. I agree with him that our requirements could be met by the DoD and a Congressional arm.
- He concedes that the FBI has accomplished some good. But, it has also overextended its mandate and has become a fearsome federal police force, including illegally threatening Rev. Manning, Ruby Ridge/Waco and much more. He is correct that many of its functions should be done at the state level and that a lot of the federal laws they hyper-enforce are unconstitutional and should not even exist. That being said, there are interstate issues that need coordination that state forces could not manage well. So some kind of a coordinating agency and far more limited federal forces are in order. They should focus on terrorism and mega/interstate crime. Let’s also make sure that Obama never gets his “Domestic Security Force, as powerful and well-funded as the DoD,” or we are in serious trouble, dude.
- He’s correct that the IRS should be abolished, along with the Federal Reserve. Both are abominations that should never have existed in the first place. Revenues should be collected at state and local levels only and assessments should be passed along to the federal govt., only when states approve and release the purse strings, to keep control where it belongs. The federal bureaucracy has become all-powerful and fearsome, leading to the mess we are now in, with extensive loss of liberties, a $12 trillion nominal debt and a total of $80+ trillion, including unfunded liabilities of Social Security and Medicare. Further illegal and hidden actions of the Fed and Treasury may have incurred another $10 trillion in obligations or pledges. Money should be coined by the treasury– real money– as the Constitution calls for. Maybe we wouldn’t be staring national bankruptcy in the face now, if we had only followed that silly old piece of paper from Philadelphia.
- While we’re at it, we should also eliminate the Dept. of Energy, which does nothing useful and even impedes energy development — and the Dept of Education, which is worse than useless and totally unconstitutional. Most of HEW is also useless or unconstitutional, as well.
I just eliminated a big chunk of the deficit, in just a few paragraphs.
Do you REALLY want smaller, more accountable government and lower taxes? Will you stand apart from the Democrats and RINO’s that have been wrecking our country for many years? Do you really believe in what the Tea Party movement is saying? We are the United STATES of America, Not the Federal State/Reich of America. At least, that was the plan at one time. Restore the Consitutional Republic!
- George Miller
The Conservative Monster.com - Conservative News, Politics, Videos - CNIN Radio published a new entry entitled “Old video of Ron Paul - Abolish the CIA and FBI” on 11/29/2009 4:10:16 PM, written by Steve Cooper.
Old video of Ron Paul - Abolish the CIA and FBI
Communism is dead? There are no communists? There are no traitors in the congress, senate and court system? You will change your tune when you and your kids are waiting on line for scraps of food. You will change your mind when your mother dies on the operating table. You will change your mind when your sister is denied a mammogram, but Chelsea Clinton will have no problem getting hers.
I am sick and tired of the frauds like Ron Paul poisoning this country as he poses as a conservative patriot. Would Putin put an American conservative patriot on Russia Today TV? No, he would only put a KGB stooge and puppet on and that is why he adores Ron Paul soooo much.
If Bill Maher likes him, you know something is wrong….
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