21
Nov
2007

my ears bled

November 21st, 2007 at 03:35 pm by wRitErsbLock in Uncategorized

Monday morning, on the way to the Nashville airport, Jason, dad and I were talking politics. Jason asked who Ron Paul was. I told him that Ron Paul is a wacko and mentioned how Ron Paul made a complete donkey of himself at one of the debates when he talked about the September 11th attacks. Here's the video (posted by a Ron Pauler):

Anyway, I also mentioned that Ron Paul is a retired gynecologist. Then, just as I read on Lukie's site, my dad spoke the following words (edited for content!):

That's right he is. So, we can either have a [see you next Tuesday] doctor for president or we can have a [see you next Tuesday].

Jason and I sat in stunned silence for a few seconds before I said, "I think my ears are bleeding. Sheesh, Dad, you wince if I say [phuq] in your presence, yet the first time I hear you swear you say the filthiest, most offensive word there is? Twice?" Unbelievable. Anyway, Ron Paul is a nut job. I have several new Fred Thompson stickers to stick onto vehicles.

wRitErsbLock

Your 2¢

sherlock Said,
You know that now you’re going to have the paulies and the toofers all riled up and pissed at you right? Because that’s what those idiots do!
Cade Said,
I watched the video and I agree that Paul didn’t come off too well. The guy is not the best speaker in the world, but I still agree with his sentiment on the issue. The weird thing is that people think Paul’s stance on this is something new and therefore crazy.

The Christian Science Monitor had a write up on why the Muslim world “hates us” just a couple weeks after the attack. Check it out here – http://www.csmonitor.com/2001/0927/p1s1-wogi.html dated Sept. 27, 2001. It basicly says a lot of what Paul is saying now.

Another article a couple weeks after Sept 11th by Mark Weisbrot from the Center for Economic and Policy Research in DC said we need to change our foreign policy to prevent terrorism. Check it out here – http://www.alternet.org/story/11571/

The scary thing to me is that people think Paul is nuts when he is actually speaking from an informed position. I have never trusted politicians. So when I first heard of Paul and his positions on the issues I believed pretty much the same thing as you, “Who is this guy?” The more I researched what he was saying, the more authentic he became. No ones perfect and almost everyone has something they can disagree with Paul on, but the man has shown constitional integrity in his voting record over 10 terms.

Another scary thing to me is how polarized our nation became to the Muslim world after Sept 11th. The 19 radicals on those planes do not represent the majority of Muslims. It’s like saying the KKK represents the majority of Christians. I have hope that America will become more informed about these issues before they vote, but I’m not crossing my fingers.

Yes, I found your article because it mentioned Ron Paul, but I usually don’t reply. Don’t know why I did this time. Hope I’m not offending.
Richmond Said,
Whoa… So what was Bill Clinton? The [see you next Tuesday] inspector?

Sorry – couldn’t help myself…
sherlock Said,
first to arrive CADE!
Lukie Said,
Hey I have an idea…… If all Muslims (and any other nationality/religion that “hate us” ) agree to “go home” we should agree to “pull out” of their country and NEVER EVER offer aid in any way shape or form. This would also include importing/exporting goods and products. And of course we should close our close our borders (and COLLEGES) to these “hate countries”.
Mrs. Who Said,
Great solution, Lukie!