law-of-freedom

In this post:

• Can we determine if a person is good or evil?
•  Are unhealthy and immoral the same things?
• Should overweight be illegal? 

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I am so disappointed about this: 

http://www.npr.org/blogs/news/2008/01/ron_paul_newsletters_become_ca.html

In so many ways, Ron Paul is the perfect candidate for me.  I don't know of any other candidate that is so consistent with a message of personal liberty and responsibility as opposed to one-size-fits-all government control.  However, this revelation about his newsletters is the deal-breaker for me.

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Definition: an agreement to promote peaceful social behavior and to limit the abusive social behavior called coercion.

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Ron Paul (RP) got cornered by NBC’s Tim Russert on the subject of earmarks (check Google if you don’t know what I’m talking about).  What the heck are earmarks though?  The critics paint earmarks like this: dirty Congressmen are stealing money using small print in hundred page bills.  If you listen to RP, though, he makes earmarks seem heroic: he’s taking money that would have lined the President’s pocket and actually spending it on something useful.

Here (finally) is the unvarnished truth:

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A single nuclear weapon is capable of destroying an entire city; however, Pakistan has only short-range ballistic missiles, which are limited to 1000 km(*Edit: this was based on outdated information - see comment below) and are therefore incapable of reaching anywhere in the western world (actually, even incapable of reaching Iraq).  Nations that are close enough to be threatened include Iran, India, Afghanistan, and China.  India and China are both nuclear powers. 

The U.S. has provided $100 million to Pakistan since 2001 to help safeguard their nuclear weapons.

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