Ron paul article in liberal Houston Chronicle

[smithtg]

The Chronicle in general is not a friend of Ron Paul's. Somehow they have produced a somewhat neutral article.

I love reading the comments. More in favor than against

http://blogs.chron.com/newswatch/2010/12/ron_paul_takes_to_house_floor.html

[Lucille]

The Chronicle in general is not a friend of Ron Paul's. Somehow they have produced a somewhat neutral article.

I love reading the comments. More in favor than against

http://blogs.chron.com/newswatch/2010/12/ron_paul_takes_to_house_floor.html

The "please post your SS number" BS is getting on my last f'n nerve. It's not even remotely the same thing.

Americans obviously don't want a transparent, accountable, representative govt. It seems to me the majority trust the government without question, preferring to remain ignorant as to what it does it does in our name.


In a state where the people are sovereign, state secrets are maintained for one reason and one reason only: to permit certain elements of the state to operate freely without taking into account the will of the other elements of the state. This is why state secrets are intrinsically authoritarian (http://voxday.blogspot.com/2010/12/mailvox-state-secrets.html) and invariably lead to the loss of human liberty over time.

[smithtg]

The "please post your SS number" BS is getting on my last f'n nerve. It's not even remotely the same thing.

Americans obviously don't want a transparent, accountable, representative govt. It seems to me the majority trust the government without question, preferring to remain ignorant as to what it does it does in our name.


i should reply that if we had a limited govt there would be no "need" for SS numbers lol

SS -- the worlds greatest ponzi scheme

[Lucille]

i should reply that if we had a limited govt there would be no "need" for SS numbers lol

SS -- the worlds greatest ponzi scheme

True! As a matter of fact, even those numbers, which were supposed to be kept secret and were never originally intended for anything other than SS, are now used as a de-facto nat'l ID.