Comments on: Trash Trash ‘Joe the Plumber’

By: Myron Pauli

Myron Pauli — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:38:29 +0000

What makes people like Colin Powell or Condi Rice or Dick Cheney or Joe Biden “experts”?? Pointing out a satellite image of a warehouse and saying it might store anthrax (unless it was a hyperspectral image and you found chemical tracer lines, it could be a warehouse of plumbing parts for Joe) was hooey back in 2003. If they had a good track record, that might be one thing. And Paul Krugman is not only an expert but a Nobel laureate! And if you are correct – like Ron Paul – then you are a “nut” and out of the beloved “mainstream”.

By: Steve Stip

Steve Stip — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 20:37:21 +0000

“Colin Clown, the man who conjured non-existent WMD at the UN, has character? ” Ilana

Well, my excuse is I don’t have the stomach to watch much of what passes as leadership in our country. Shoes and TV screens are expensive.

I thank God you have a strong stomach 🙂

By: Alex

Alex — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 18:05:57 +0000

I dont think we are going to get anywhere trying to appeal Ammendments to the Constitution - it requires a lot of work, especially considering the fact that most Americans do not think like us. The best thing to advocate is secession. It gives us the ability to 'start over' with regards to establishing our own Constitution. I worry, however, about that... I abandoned market anarchism because I thought it wouldn't work. Despite believing in true liberalism, I don't think that the State stays small and confined. I think America is a good example of a runaway state.

By: Steve Stip

Steve Stip — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 15:20:44 +0000

Off topic, but the news shows are clogged with Colin Powell’s endorsement of Obama. I never was terribly impressed with Colin. He might have character but he seems pretty much a conventional thinker. He should have withheld any endorsement. Now he’ll go down with Obama, especially if Obama wins.

Ron Paul has both character and the correct ideas. Both are essential.

[Colin Clown, the man who conjured non-existent WMD at the UN, has character? Are not the words Colin Powell and “thinker” oxymoronic?–IM]

By: Steve Stip

Steve Stip — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 14:42:31 +0000

Yeah for Plumber Joe! Apparently the number of rules and regulations inflicted by self-interested busy-bodies has reached a point where massive disobedience will result. Who can keep up with the innumerable attempts to limit liberty? Perhaps the whole mass will topple over soon.

By: gunjam

gunjam — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 06:03:55 +0000

One final comment before I go: While we are repealing rotten Amendments to the Constitution, can we also PLEASE repeal the 17th (which replaced the following — far wiser — original wording of Article 1, Section 3: “The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each state, chosen by the legislature thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote.”

By: gunjam

gunjam — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 05:52:32 +0000

Ms Mercer: Devastatingly reasoned argument. A think of beauty. You are correct: The Republicans are hapless -- at BEST. (Sad to say: I am a Republican.) [You are probably a republican, not a Republican.--IM]

By: Jamie

Jamie — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 05:40:33 +0000

I’m about to complete my M.B.A. with an emphasis in Finance. Considering everything, I probably should have been a plumber.

By: Myron Pauli

Myron Pauli — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 05:38:09 +0000

{Smear#1} Absolutely agree about no need to license a plumber – plumbers can voluntarily claim to be certified by XYZ guild if they like. The most absurd licensing is that of teachers where complete cretins who take “education courses” are certified to teach physics but I (Ph.D., 12 semesters of teaching) am not. {Smear#2} Thomas WOODROW Wilson, John CALVIN Coolidge, Steven GROVER Cleveland, Hiram ULYSSES Grant… – and CBS reporter Mike Wallace was born Myron! {Smear #3} Not a 16th Amendment issue — However, there were not even Ohio income taxes in 1970 – nowadays, a blue collar “unlicensed” single father employee-plumber owes $ 1200 in state income taxes – weren’t income taxes to be just on “the rich”? The state put a lien on his property – so much for foreclosure relief. {Who is better on taxes?} Sadly, probably the Democrats! It is better to pay up front Democrat-style, which causes pain and resistance to expanding government, rather than to debase the currency and enslave future generations (with compound interest!) like the Republicans. However, Republicans have not been “slouching” towards socialism – they have been charging double-time towards socialism beyond anything the Democrats would have dared to try.

By: Ted

Ted — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 05:05:57 +0000

OBAMA + DEM CONG = USA RIP