What Does Ron Paul Have Against Baseball?

[CaptUSA]

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2011/10/what-does-ron-paul-have-against-baseball/247474/

Kind of cool article that demonstrates Ron Paul's adherence to principle.

(I don't think the author quite gets it, though)

[jmdrake]

Decent article. Crappy title.

Ron Paul is nothing if not principled. If he doesn't like fiat money, why vote to mint more of it, even if it will possibly feature a sweet convex/concave design for more "dramatic display"?

This year, Paul introduced a radical bill: the Free Competition in Currency Act, which would repeal legal-tender laws. If Paul's bill became law, no one would have to accept U.S.-minted currency, and independent mints could start producing their own coins and bills free of government taxation. The bill would allow "free market forces" to control the supply and cost of money, as Paul's website explains it.

"If you solve the money monopoly problem by ending the Fed, you solve many other problems, too," Paul wrote in End the Fed. "Essentially you take away from the government the capacity to use financial trickery to expand without limit."

If Paul had it his way, the Hall of Fame could issue its own coins, countering inflation by forcing down the price of money through competition, and someday funding a giant gold Colossus in the likeness of Albert Pujols -- all without the interventionist hand of the federal government.

[CaptUSA]

Decent article. Crappy title.


(yeah, that's kinda why I put the same title in this thread. May divert some of the traffic to this thread instead.)

[sailingaway]

Ron Paul PLAYED baseball. Only Congressman to hit a ball over the fence of the (regular stadium) stadium Congress uses at its annual game, as well.....

http://www.libertariangirl.com/2008/01/15/ron-paul-knocks-it-out-of-the-park/

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2107/2196761818_2f8de47b14.jpg

[samforpaul]

^ I once read that Ron won the 100 yd. dash for the STATE of Pennsylvania as a high schooler. If so I think that would be a great photo to have if available. Let's face it, people's interest gets piqued for such things.

Sorry about being off topic a bit.

[Keith and stuff]

Ron Paul PLAYED baseball. Only Congressman to hit a ball over the fence of the (regular stadium) stadium Congress uses at its annual game, as well.....

I don't know about now but he was also good friends with Nolan Ryan, the most famous baseball player in Texas history. Ryan even campaigned for Paul in the past.

[sailingaway]

^ I once read that Ron won the 100 yd. dash for the STATE of Pennsylvania as a high schooler. If so I think that would be a great photo to have if available. Let's face it, people's interest gets piqued for such things.

Sorry about being off topic a bit.

here he is on the high school track team...

http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/easel/images/galleries/065425_Paul_track_team.jpg

and I think it was the 220. He was something like 2 hundreths off the world record or something before his knees needed to be replaced after a sports injury.

[samforpaul]

Thanks, Sailingaway. I like the photo.

And the history lesson.

[69360]

He must have been in his 40's hitting those homeruns. That's impressive.

[tfurrh]

Rangers are going to win the World Series tonight so I figured I'd post this

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6210/6074419572_fb488dfbf3.jpg

Whooooooo!!!!!

[FreeTraveler]

Great photo. Rand sure looks a lot like he did back then.