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[Devacor at aol.com]

Paul is really a libertarian, but just going under a republican  banner- 
I'd really label him more a 'progressive' (one of the few) - He  and Kucinich 
(as in candidates)  are the only ones who arent  corporate sell out boys. 
I actually redid my voting status (as many others did)  so I  could vote 
for Paul- He's probably our only hope. Everyone in the   'in the know scene' 
here all holds Paul in the highest degree. This is the  first i'm hearing 
(outside of just mainstream head scratchers)  that anyone thinks Paul is a 
'loon'.
 Like you said-once you really give him some time and see  what he's about, 
it makes sense- not saying one is going to agree  with all his points. 
 I've met him, spoke with him on some matters and have it  planned at some 
point to do an article with him on the Federal Reserve.  

I'm doing a story now on how the Food safety modernization act  
(implemented under the Obama era) basically puts the FDA in a position to  shut down 
all small farms and organics if it wanted to. The feds can now  go and shut a 
farm down, just with a suspicion, not even with any actual  proof- the farm 
then has to pay with its own money (which would cripple  them to close down) 
to defend itself against biased fda law judges- 
so we wanted "Change", we got it. 
 
 It's Ron Paul who sets up a special lobbying day and reception  for us to 
go into senate (about a month ago) and speak out about  this bill  to our 
representatives. The year before, he came  down to the after reception and 
showed support -- He  was fresh off the floor given a now famous speech about 
this war  being such bullshit and the whole WMD thing (as you mentioned)- 
 
He's actually pretty punk. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
In a message dated 4/7/2011 3:56:36 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
jpwhkj at aol.com writes:

Someone I know and have come to respect over many long  conversations 
mentioned a speech by Ron Paul that he felt was spot  on.  I was so surprised 
that I had to check he was talking about  the Republican senator.  Anyway, 
seeing my disbelief, he sent me a  link, and I watched the speech.  Remarkably, 
the man was talking a  lot of sense.  I didn't agree with some of his 
conclusions - and I  was also aware that there were areas where I just didn't know 
enough to  agree or disagree.  But he certainly wasn't the loon that I'd  
always assumed him to be.  (I was particularly surprised to hear  him say 
that the Iraqi weapons of mass destruction thing was a  lie.)
 
The moral of this story - for me - is that whether someone is left  wing or 
right wing [or other categories] does not necessarily dictate  the validity 
of their discourse.
 
Jamie






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