Outraged said:

How much is the Civil Rights Act worth? And would these rights be worth the trillions the banks received if one argued it from a worst case scenario position?

My opinion is that they are priceless. So yeah, even though things are not wonderful in the one instance, going backwards in the other instance would be the far greater detriment. I feel as though you’ve somehow convinced yourself that a price tag can be put on these rights.

That was great. I agree, endorse, support, and praise that quote, which is pretty unusual since usually Outraged and i get in the most spirited arguments.

Yes, our rights are priceless and we need to remember that a revolution gambles with the rights we have.

Is Ron Paul a racist?  I don’t think so.
Was he a racist 40-years ago?  I don’t know.

He is anti-establishment, anti-elite ruling class,
anti-war, anti-Patriot Act, anti-Military Industrial Complex,
anti-too big to fail, anti-corporate welfare.
So am I.

He’s a conservative libertarian,
and doesn’t believe in a safety net.
I’m a populist libertarian, who believes in the FDR WPA.

If we had an effective, efficient, competent federal government
of, by and for the people—I’d be for that kind of government.
But we don’t.

Ron Paul’s for shrinking our corrupt, big brother government
that ignores our Constitution.

I’m for getting rid of it via a Constitutional Convention to fix
this lousy system once and for all.

Keep the faith.

For Mr. Fish…

The Stranglers - La Folie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNB5FMQqpwQ

Robert Scheer, it isn’t often I disagree with you but regarding Ron Paul I vehemently do disagree. I imagine your economics background clouds your better judgement.

Answer me this:
How much is the Civil Rights Act worth? And would these rights be worth the trillions the banks received if one argued it from a worst case scenario position?

My opinion is that they are priceless. So yeah, even though things are not wonderful in the one instance, going backwards in the other instance would be the far greater detriment. I feel as though you’ve somehow convinced yourself that a price tag can be put on these rights.

Also, you make the same bogus political argument that Glen Greenwald made; claiming on the one hand, that it’s okay to disregard CLEAR FAULTY JUDGMENTS AND POSITIONS in the one candidate, but in the other candidate for some unqualified reason we should not give one ounce of leeway. Or that if reasoned “on the whole” one can’t determine which candidate is better overall….. I disagree. (Are you taking the position that Paul is better overall….?)

Ron Paul is not about stopping empire building, he is about isolationism. Those are two different things, but you skew the fact that this is the true nature of Paul’s “vision”. I surmise that the whole bailout catastrophe is not a done deal by any measure. But I guess we shall see. Paul’s “vision” of death by a thousand cuts is lethal, something Paulie’s seem to totally disregard.