Comments on: UPDATE VI: Ron Paul: Stand Tall For Middle America (Rape in Norway An Imported Affair)

By: Rebel Without a Clause

Rebel Without a Clause — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 02:56:38 +0000

“RP in a KKK outfit”. Excellente. Right now RP not doing so well in the Old South, where they think conservative=waving Old Glory and attacking Iran (ie, Gingrich). This sort of stuff from Yankeedom, tho, will play right into his hands. Go to it, WaPo, NYT, et al.

By: My RON-PAUL i

My RON-PAUL i — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 21:27:24 +0000

The wife of a friend of mine and other nurses in Brussels were raped by some men from the Congo – the authorities did not want to do anything about it. As Derek and Sam Francis pointed out, we are sliding to anarcho-tyranny (lack of enforcement of law protecting life/liberty/property combined with aggressive enforcement of laws against liberty and property).

Today’s Washington Post now had a political cartoon with Ron Paul in a Klan outfit – although the “newsletters” were more “insensitive” and sophomoric than “racist” and are completely not written in Paul’s writing style – the mainstream media is having their field day. I predicted this but figured that they would do it AFTER Iowa.

I agree with you that inter-libertarian jihads (over the newsletters) will serve no real purpose and will only help the statists.

By: Dan Jeffreys

Dan Jeffreys — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 14:53:04 +0000

Thanks for posting the Norway video Ilana, I found it very informative. I must say however, that I found the police spokesperson at the end of the video warning that the statistic shouldn’t be a “stigma” just made me shake my head. I suppose I am a bit naive in that I had hoped that political correctness was more of a trait in the insane asylum that is the USA. It is not encouraging whatsoever to know that the rest of the world is ruled by fools as well.

[See post update.]

By: Stephen Bernier

Stephen Bernier — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 13:54:09 +0000

The Robin Williams segment on Johnny Carson was hysterically funny. Today he couldn’t get away with that on television. How far we have fallen.

By: JackofKitemanTV

JackofKitemanTV — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 00:09:19 +0000

Well, with regard to the morals of your average drug-dealer, I remember the late Mike Royko use to say that [paraphrase] “in the ghetto, a job’s a job.” As drug-dealers, they are just supplying the needs and desires of others and that’s what the free-market is all about. I can understand harshly judging a drug-dealer for what he does, but judging him for what he might actually be smacks too much of the Dept. of Pre-Crime.

[And this comment smacks of a profound misunderstanding of libertarianism. From conceding that individuals have a right to engage in certain odious behaviors it does not follow that these behaviors should be endorsed morally, although the left-libertarian seems to get confused that way.–IM].

By: Robert Glisson

Robert Glisson — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 22:29:28 +0000

"when blacks formed stable families, mostly held jobs and did not commit crime at the actual (appalling) rate." Yes and no. The blacks in the large cities have always had high crime rates, so have Irish, Poles, Hispanics. Cities are havens for criminals. When you get into the rural areas of the country one finds a different standard of neighbors and neighbors. When in New Mexico, I found that many criminals left the small towns to join with the criminals in the big cities, locals of all races know their criminals and push them out. Small town Blacks and Hispanics are usually stable family members with jobs. Speaking of theft and assault that is, drugs are everywhere; mostly because they are tax free. [Nice but a little naive, RG. The kind of lessons that if imparted to the young, could end up in THIS.]

By: michel cloutier

michel cloutier — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 20:32:56 +0000

Many people seem to be blaming ‘the State’, ‘welfare’, ‘the democrats’ for everything that afflicts the black community.

One could conclude there was some semi-idyllic world before the rise of the State, when blacks formed stable families, mostly held jobs and did not commit crime at the actual (appalling) rate.

I’m not a sociologist nor a historian, I wouldn’t now. I ask for enlightenment.

By: Michael Marks

Michael Marks — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 18:08:20 +0000

There is plenty of blame to be heaped on the state for encouraging certain behaviors. However, at some point personal responsibility must come into play. There are many who make the personal decision not to enter the life of crime to rise to better economic and social circumstances. One of the few things that the old Baltimore school system (elementary school) taught me was personal responsibility. I know that isn’t the norm today. In all honesty I have an easier time with old Flip Wilson’s comedic line “The devil made me do it” than the state or society. I know you just made the last statement to make a point as I highly doubt that you buy into the social determinism doctrine. In order to maintain personal property, defend it, and maintain liberty individual or personal responsibility is required.

Post prohibition history should give us a pretty good clue about what drug dealers and those higher up the illegal drug industry food chain would do once illegal drugs were legalized.

By: My RON-PAUL i

My RON-PAUL i — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 17:29:18 +0000

100 years ago, immigrants could grab a pushcart and start a “business” – nowadays, it costs $ 1 million to get permission to operate a cab in Bloomberg’s New York…. Also, the rate of out-of-wedlock children has skyrocketed as the welfare state has expanded (this affects whites too but blacks the most) … and the enormous profitability of drugs drives the ghetto economies.

I am sure there would be drunks, addicts, and criminals but perhaps with more stable families, repeal of anti-opportunity laws – things would be a bit better. “Crime” and “booze wars” dropped when Prohibition ended although alcohol use increased – but does the current course of Welfare-Jail-Regulations (like minimum wages laws..) make things better or worse? Some people will always fail but it doesn’t have to be half the population..

Replacing government run schools might also help.

By: Whoopdy Do

Whoopdy Do — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 13:09:46 +0000

I agree the “low life” you use as an example will find some low-life, criminal lifestyle even if drugs are legalized. But if drugs are legalized, the millions of harmless weed smokers currently in jail (they’re not all stereotypical “stoners”) will be free to contribute to society. Not to mention all the people getting killed in crossfires in Mexico, Colombia, Peru, et. al.

[Indeed. See post update.]