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Posted by Bess Levin, May 23, 2008, 3:00pm
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Posted by guest , May 23, 2008 3:18PM
Julie how do I get you to stick your microphone in my face?
Posted by bank_teller , May 23, 2008 3:23PM
god what is it about her???
Posted by bank_teller , May 23, 2008 3:23PM
god what is it about her???
Posted by guest , May 23, 2008 3:26PM
Yo! You'all bailed early today!And Julies is totally hot!
Posted by guest , May 23, 2008 3:34PM
Wow, Maxine Waters is Random Banker's kind of girl (if he liked girls).
Posted by guest , May 23, 2008 4:46PM
What Julie?
Posted by onetwo , May 23, 2008 10:47PM
hahaha...great post @3:34
"You know the next step is social...
...
...
umm, buying the oil companies for the government."
Fucking pinko.
Posted by guest , May 24, 2008 3:34AM
Right.
Ron Paul for President.
NYTimes says so (click here)
Posted by guest , May 24, 2008 3:35AM
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/25/fashion/25ronpaul.html?ref=fashion
Posted by Random Banker , May 24, 2008 8:52AM
I'm no fan of Waters, my inclination would be in crease gasoline taxes to remove our dependence on foreign oil. Though i do think the lack of new US refineries is a boondoggle. I certainly don't agree with nationalizing anything.... well medicine, but that's because i think people have a right to health care but not to cheap gasoline.
Now, is anyone working on the AB InBev defense? Why don't you guys just do a hostile counter offer for InBev, their market cap is only like $7 billion more than BUD's. Warren, friend of the Busch family, would happily make nice with the financing to put together another Wrigley-Mars style transaction in the beverage space. Just a thought.
Posted by TimothySykes , May 24, 2008 2:19PM
Show a little respect to Julie, u wanna make fun of something, do it to my new show:
http://www.timothysykes.com/2008/05/24/welcome-to-livestock-the-first-truly-interactive-financial-show-whatcha-think/
Posted by guest , May 24, 2008 3:27PM
@3:35pm. Thanks for posting the link to the Ron Paul article. It's amazing how vacant some people's heads are. However, I can definitely see the attraction for someone who is anti-establishment but not adequately informed.
Do I think we've over-extended ourselves with military deployments around the world? Yes. Do I think the war on drugs is ineffective and may negatively distort the internal politics of foreign nations? Yes. Do I support legalization of marijuana for medical purposes? Yes.
But: Do I support forbidding gun control? No. Do I think states should have control of access to abortion? No. Do I support abolition of the IRS? No. Do I support abolition of the Federal Reserve? No. Do I think we should return to a currency based on the value of gold and silver? No. Do I think Ron Paul is the embodiment of the ideals of the American Revolution? Hell, no.
Ron Paul's "solutions" for problems that I am concerned about are ridiculously simplistic. If we legalize heroin and cocaine, how are we going to control an inevitable spread of addiction that we can't effectively address now? Any reduction in the armed forces is going to cause economic pain at home, and is also going to change relations with countless foreign nations. To address this would be a Herculean task for someone who actually understands both the military and foreign policy, which would be someone other than Ron Paul.
His economic theories are straight out of the Crackpot School, and would be disastrous.
Then there is the matter of the unsavories whose support he has accepted. Neo-nazis, the Klan, and others like them.
I just wanted to post because I am sometimes surprised when people I know and like say they're thinking of supporting Ron Paul, and cite one of his more appealing positions, but isn't aware of the full scope of his thinking or his past associations. If it's a growing movement, then it's an alarming matter.
Posted by guest , May 25, 2008 3:11AM
Can someone post the craigslist posting in the comments? It's been flagged for removal on craigslist.
Posted by Anal_yst , May 25, 2008 5:16PM
Sykes, my god, you continue to amaze me...btw an acting class wouldn't hurt, just a little constructive criticism
Posted by guest , May 26, 2008 3:03PM
What 3:11 am 25 Mar Said.
Strangely, the original is still there.
Posted by guest , May 26, 2008 10:53PM
Nationalise the oil companies? Maxine Water is even farther left than girl.
Posted by guest , May 26, 2008 11:44PM
shes about even with Obama though.