They come and go. And, if other countries are doing it, we should do our best to try to talk them out of doing what might be harmful. You can only use persuasion. You have voiced strong opposition to the Kyoto Protocol. Can you see supporting a different kind of international treaty to address global warming? It would all depend. Can you elaborate? Generally speaking, war causes pollution — uranium, burning of fuel for no good purpose.
The Pentagon burns more fuel than the whole country of Sweden. But independence does not mean to me that we produce everything. I see independence as having no government-mandated policy: If you need oil or energy, you can buy it. The goal should be to provide all useful services and goods through a market mechanism instead of central economic planning or world planning. Coal is a source of energy and it should be used, but it has to be used without ever hurting anybody. Technology is improving all the time.
But coal technology has been proven to harm people — with poisons like mercury and asthma-causing particulates — so should old-style coal plants be allowed to continue operating? Use of the technology I mentioned to prevent harm to people, even if it costs more for the coal producer, is another example of how costs must be internalized to the energy source.
If coal is not competitively priced when all costs to keep production safe are internalized to the producer, then coal will not be purchased or produced. I do not happen to believe this will be the case, but it is for the market to sort out, not politicians in Washington. You mentioned something in a past interview — the Green Scissors campaign to cut environmentally harmful spending? But I have a lot of environmentalists that work with me very closely and support these issues.
If you could spend a week in a park or natural area in the United States, where would it be? I probably have gone to Colorado more than any place, around Telluride and Ouray. Can you describe your connection to the natural world? Close Menu. Email Address Subscribe. Yes Not now. By — Lisa Desjardins Lisa Desjardins. Leave your feedback. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter. What does Rand Paul believe? The Budget: Balance the budget. Slash spending, but raise defense. Government power: Repeal the Patriot Act.
End large-scale data collection. Government size: Shut down Department of Education. And the TSA. Immigration: Reform, with some requirements. Who would best serve the country best based on these 10 criteria? The man who isn't alarmed simply doesn't understand the situation -- or he is crazy. But alarm is one thing, and hysteria is another. Hysteria impels people to destroy the very thing they are struggling to preserve.
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Ron Paul was very smart to bring up Vietnam. We are trading with them. Diplomacy people. When Paul is asked questions about why he's the only one in the GOP running for president who's anti-war, he should mention how all the other candidates are whores for the main reasons we do what we do in foreign policy: Israel, oil, and defense contractors.
Pointing out the wisdom and common sense of a non-interventionist foreign policy is all well and good, but he's gotta pound them into the ground with full force. Don't half-ass it. I agree with that. Some people need to have their hands held when it comes to assimilating new information such as the core ideas of his campaign. Someone could also suggest to Mr.
Paul that he take deep breaths before he answers in the debates. That always helped me when I was performing in front of an audience. Nevertheless, he comes off in a more down-home fashion, people are getting wise to the slick snake-oil salesman mentality I think he's got to emphasize he is for State government power.
When he talks about eliminating Federal departments I think people get the impression that they won't get services or security. When he made the point of eliminating the beaureacratic Homeland Security people's heads exploded. Originally Posted by amonasro.
When he talks everyone's head explodes. I know mine splattered all over the living room after my media-controlled helmet stopped functioning.
Ron Paul spoke the truth tonight, just like he always does. The other candidates seemed shocked at his statement about the causes of The truth is, they have been listening to him say these things week in and week out in Congress for years. Their shock was just a show to try and beat up on him to look tough, and pander to the war-mongering base.
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