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"We as a country have lost faith and confidence in freedom." -- Ron Paul
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9/11 Thermate experiments
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"I am so %^&*^ sick of this cult of Ron Paul. The Paulites. What is with these %^&*^ people? Why are there so many of them?" YouTube rant by "TheAmazingAtheist"
"We as a country have lost faith and confidence in freedom." -- Ron Paul
"It can be a challenge to follow the pronouncements of President Trump, as he often seems to change his position on any number of items from week to week, or from day to day, or even from minute to minute." -- Ron Paul
"And now that the legislators and do-gooders have so futilely inflicted so many systems upon society, may they finally end where they should have begun: May they reject all systems, and try liberty; for liberty is an acknowledgment of faith in God and His works." - Bastiat
"It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere." - Voltaire
"And now that the legislators and do-gooders have so futilely inflicted so many systems upon society, may they finally end where they should have begun: May they reject all systems, and try liberty; for liberty is an acknowledgment of faith in God and His works." - Bastiat
"It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere." - Voltaire
I don't see the big deal here. It's a largely ceremonial position. Career non-political government employees make all the decisions and do the real work. Approving non-controversial opposing party appointees build you some political capital that you can cash in later.
Gotta pick your battles. This isn't one to go to the mat over.
NeoReactionary. American High Tory.
The counter-revolution will not be televised.
Are you kidding?
Yes what you wrote is true but what is also true is that these cabinet members have enormous power if they want to use it; especially the DOT.
This isn't a cush retirement job for Pete, the guy has ambition, so he will be flexing his muscles and pushing his agenda hard while he can.
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"A politician will do almost anything to keep their job, even become a patriot" - Hearst
Playing some politics is necessary in the DC jungle. That said, Rand once in a while is tad bit too political for a principled libertarian that he has been most of the time.
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Natural born citizen, over 35, living longer than 14y in the country. All he needed.
Similarly, it should not matter that a brain surgeon is in charge of a certain government body. If it's the right person at the time for the job, that's all that matters. I turned out to be really good in something I never studied for, maybe a brain surgeon can also be a really good manager.
"I am a bird"
Rand Paul pleases Constitutionalists like me. If Buttgig wants to screw up the DOT like he screwed up South Bend that's great. Maybe it'll become such a nuisance it gets closed down.
Fighting every appointment is stupid, and fighting appointments just because they're Democrats and you recognize their names is more stupid. Have you not noticed that liberals are turning on Pelosi and PETA? If now that their common orange enemy is gone they want to do some infighting, why distract them? Save the fights for situations where they try to further erode the Constitution. If Buttgig wants to go out of the closet and into the Cabinet, let him. His bureaucrats won't listen to him anyway.
Uh no, they never close down a failed government program.
And the head of DOT is an immensely powerful position. They could bring the country to its knees. If it moves the DOT tries to regulate it. Just think about all of the potential ramifications of that.
He doesn't have to fight every appointment, he just has to vote no on the bad ones. And Pete was a bad appointment.
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"A politician will do almost anything to keep their job, even become a patriot" - Hearst
You're funny. You've been here preaching go along to get along compromise for years, but when one of the only two principled people in the Senate does it, you try to rally his own forces against him.
You also talk out of your ass a lot. Ever hear of the Interstate Commerce Commission? Where is it now? Are you telling me it was a myth? When it was screwing up the American rail scene by choking private enterprise passenger rail service and screwing up every logical merger that would have led to a fiercely competitive, but efficient system, was it a figment of my imagination?
Uh, yes, very much so.
I can do this all day.
Are you implying the destruction of the ICC led to the creation of the DOT?
Handy tip: If you want to distract everyone from the fact that what you said is patently untrue, don't do it by implying something which is ridiculously easy to disprove. We had the bigger and worse DOT for a couple of decades before the ICC made such asses of themselves they were finally disbanded.
The 2020 election was blatantly unconstitutional. Constitutionalists like Rand Paul just shrugged. They had every Constitutional right to object to what happened in Pennsylvania, for example, but chose to stay silent.
As stated by Matt, all Rand had to do was vote no. It would literally cost him nothing. Besides, Ron Paul fought or voted no on everything. Was he acting stupid in Congress?
In-fighting always increases when a side gains power. However, the left almost always sticks together in the end. I do not anticipate some great split.
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