Ron Paul and America at the Tipping Point
Below is a clip of the recent Republican debate sponsored by the morons at FOXNoise. Of all the clips of the lonely but indefatigable Ron Paul, this one is both the most thrilling and disturbing. You can see that Paul is beyond frustration at this point. He's determined to get his message across, and the mixed response of the audience indicates that a good many are hearing the most consistent politician of the 21st century.
But, this clip is equally disturbing. The other candidates, the obviously biased hosts, and the naysaying warmongers in the audience clearly demonstrate that modern Republicanism is in the throes of psychosis. I was astonished to hear people mocking and laughing at Ron Paul's positions on private enterprise and the massive downsizing of the federal government. Were everyone but Ron Paul wearing "brown shirts," the image would have better matched the rhetoric.
What has happened? How can a body politic so easily turn from their rich tradition of conservatism into a grotesque display of nationalistic fascism? How can they swallow the massive expanse of federal power in police state measures while decrying "big government" in their Democratic opponents? How is the Department of Homeland Security any less government than universal healthcare?
And, where are the Christians? I was sickened to see these candidates sport "one nation under God" while they simmer in bloodlust to wipe Iran off the map. All of them are catering to the politically ignorant masses of the Christian Right; and when Christians stand behind the adulterating, cross-dressing, two-time divorcing son of a mobster, you can rest assured that objective thought is all but lost.
I know, I know, I'm forgetting one little event: 9/11. And, yes, I know, "the world changed forever!" But, I beg to differ. As we approach the anniversary of that fateful day, thousands will be gathering in New York City calling for a new investigation into those attacks. Virtually every video-based web site (e.g. YouTube, Video.Google) are teeming with alternate analysis of what happened in 2001. What's the conclusion? There's too many unanswered questions to start the invasion of a THIRD country. As Ron Paul has argued, our path is reckless, destructive, and ill-informed; and worse, it's unconstitutional. The secret nature of the Executive Branch has turned into a corporate dictatorship, and we are now at the tipping point--one more national crisis of any kind and this once free republic will slip into full totalitarianism.
But, this clip is equally disturbing. The other candidates, the obviously biased hosts, and the naysaying warmongers in the audience clearly demonstrate that modern Republicanism is in the throes of psychosis. I was astonished to hear people mocking and laughing at Ron Paul's positions on private enterprise and the massive downsizing of the federal government. Were everyone but Ron Paul wearing "brown shirts," the image would have better matched the rhetoric.
What has happened? How can a body politic so easily turn from their rich tradition of conservatism into a grotesque display of nationalistic fascism? How can they swallow the massive expanse of federal power in police state measures while decrying "big government" in their Democratic opponents? How is the Department of Homeland Security any less government than universal healthcare?
And, where are the Christians? I was sickened to see these candidates sport "one nation under God" while they simmer in bloodlust to wipe Iran off the map. All of them are catering to the politically ignorant masses of the Christian Right; and when Christians stand behind the adulterating, cross-dressing, two-time divorcing son of a mobster, you can rest assured that objective thought is all but lost.
I know, I know, I'm forgetting one little event: 9/11. And, yes, I know, "the world changed forever!" But, I beg to differ. As we approach the anniversary of that fateful day, thousands will be gathering in New York City calling for a new investigation into those attacks. Virtually every video-based web site (e.g. YouTube, Video.Google) are teeming with alternate analysis of what happened in 2001. What's the conclusion? There's too many unanswered questions to start the invasion of a THIRD country. As Ron Paul has argued, our path is reckless, destructive, and ill-informed; and worse, it's unconstitutional. The secret nature of the Executive Branch has turned into a corporate dictatorship, and we are now at the tipping point--one more national crisis of any kind and this once free republic will slip into full totalitarianism.
