tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post5107907510790077759..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: Rand Paul Goes on Rant Against PutinRobert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-59796876927750181302014-03-07T13:55:32.335-05:002014-03-07T13:55:32.335-05:00Tony, I was going to not respond to you but ... I&...Tony, I was going to not respond to you but ... I'm not debating the influence we exert upon the world and on that we probably agree. But Russia has an actual huge empire and historically this is so. From the czars to Stalin they cobbled together a vast empire of unwilling subjects most of whom are kept in thrall by Putin cronies. Just name a 'stan' who has truly escaped their orbit Econophilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12496820498557477267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-25161962528368185902014-03-07T04:12:55.818-05:002014-03-07T04:12:55.818-05:00Which is the biggest imperialist ruler in world af...Which is the biggest imperialist ruler in world affairs? Russia or the West in particular the U.S.?<br />Who's influence reaches the furthest corner of the world in geopolitical affairs? Russia or the West in particular the U.S.?<br />Who have engaged in the most invasions and wars over history until this very day? Russia or the west in particular the U.S.?<br /><br />If you state that your Tonynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-59816080988416616132014-03-06T19:01:19.947-05:002014-03-06T19:01:19.947-05:00Bob, I saw the "leaked phone conversation&quo...Bob, I saw the "leaked phone conversation" first on LR site which you often refer to. Apologies if that's not your source. But you miss my point. The point is that the matter of the phone call is rumor and hearsay. My view of the whole Ukraine thing is as valid as yours based on what I have read. If you wish to always see the dark side of this, fine.Econophilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12496820498557477267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-15764229712012062142014-03-06T17:05:02.002-05:002014-03-06T17:05:02.002-05:00"The facts about Putin and his actions are re..."The facts about Putin and his actions are relatively clear"<br /><br />Yes they are. He doesn't want Ukraine to fall under the influence of the U.S. and NATO, because it could be used to place military bases and equipment right next to Russia's border. Remember how the U.S. felt when the Soviets wanted to put nukes on Cuba? Not allowing this to happen is clearcut real-politics Tonyhttp://deindividualistinternational.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-75536858587570127762014-03-06T16:39:56.797-05:002014-03-06T16:39:56.797-05:00Rand Paul is Israel's little neocon tart, and ...Rand Paul is Israel's little neocon tart, and has been since he went to the Wailing Wall with his son in January of 2013. This most recent statement by Rand only proves what I have been saying for over 4 years, that he is nothing more than a hard core neocon who is closeted from those who still worship his father. <br /><br />The American people count as less than nothing in Rand's cosmosAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-11868032967449318472014-03-06T15:42:56.489-05:002014-03-06T15:42:56.489-05:00Where do you come up with this stuff? I did not re...Where do you come up with this stuff? I did not repost an article from LewRockwell.com. I posted a leaked phone conversation between an EU official and a official from Estonia. The Estonian official was on the ground in Kiev and reported what the doctors and nurses told him, Estonian has subsequently verified the call as legitimate.Robert Wenzelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-46663529026260298482014-03-06T15:30:32.961-05:002014-03-06T15:30:32.961-05:00Yawn...
I have a bridge to sell you. For $100 only...Yawn...<br />I have a bridge to sell you. For $100 only.<br />If you can believe that is what Rand is doing, then you can also take this bridge off my hands.Tonyhttp://deindividualistinternational.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-31314029435521546252014-03-06T15:25:29.055-05:002014-03-06T15:25:29.055-05:00I get the fact you don't like Rand Paul and ac...I get the fact you don't like Rand Paul and accuse him of selling out. I've been following your posts on the Ukraine thing as well. I get the fact you don't want us getting mired in another world conflict. What I don't get is the reposting articles like the one from Lew Rockwell about the sniper perhaps being instigated by the Ukraine nationalist opposition. There is absolutely noEconophilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12496820498557477267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-9221788836895106002014-03-06T15:10:25.901-05:002014-03-06T15:10:25.901-05:00No statesman like his dad, Rand Paul is a republic...No statesman like his dad, Rand Paul is a republican senator first and a libertarian politician second. He zigs and zags. That means, he will "steer neocon right, and go back libertarian" each and every time. You've watched him do this when running for the Kentucky Senate. You've seen him do this on his endorsement of Mitt Romney, only to a month later go back libertarian. Treg4RonPaulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11160984807078923077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-6418087914253313732014-03-06T14:54:04.878-05:002014-03-06T14:54:04.878-05:00@ Chris Watson
Apparently Russian troops (16.000 ...@ Chris Watson<br /><br />Apparently Russian troops (16.000 of them) have NOT been moving into Crimea, because they were already there. According to a deal struck in the past with previous Ukrainian government, they are actually allowed to have even more troops stationed there. 25.000 of them.<br />Even Glenn Greenwald is taken to task for being misinformed about this by propaganda.<br /><br />Tonyhttp://deindividualistinternational.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-81034706527447378982014-03-06T13:48:22.039-05:002014-03-06T13:48:22.039-05:00"Much to my shock and surprise, it appears th..."Much to my shock and surprise, it appears that large swaths of the rural, southern and anti-"progressive" population believe that it is God's will that the USA help Israel start WW3 and bring forth Armageddon. They don't seem particularly receptive to changing direction on this."<br /><br />Morons never will.Mikehttp://www.antiwar.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-68008460739052215032014-03-06T13:37:28.499-05:002014-03-06T13:37:28.499-05:00Chris its hard to tell as they didn't have any...Chris its hard to tell as they didn't have any insignia, my bet they were Ukrainian troops that had defected to Simferapol in exchange for a promise of a regular paycheck.<br />Again the DC gang closes ranks around its message. that crazy old fool John McCain flapping his gums about the failure of US Intelligence to warn Washington about this crisis when that stupid old meddling so and so, Heathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15417060063126394938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-68583758520858488752014-03-06T12:36:09.727-05:002014-03-06T12:36:09.727-05:00Absolutely sick of this guy.Absolutely sick of this guy.Tonyhttp://deindividualistinternational.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-57736421735979467722014-03-06T12:20:57.261-05:002014-03-06T12:20:57.261-05:00Much to my shock and surprise, it appears that lar...Much to my shock and surprise, it appears that large swaths of the rural, southern and anti-"progressive" population believe that it is God's will that the USA help Israel start WW3 and bring forth Armageddon. They don't seem particularly receptive to changing direction on this.Bob Roddishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17263804608074597937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-72031021465919744972014-03-06T11:48:14.448-05:002014-03-06T11:48:14.448-05:00The lies of the Neo-Cons and regimists about the U...The lies of the Neo-Cons and regimists about the Ukraine are on par with the lies about the NAP and Walter Block which are on par with the entire Keynesianian Hoax which completely suppresses and obfuscates the concepts of the NAP, violent intervention, voluntary exchange and economic calculation/miscalculation. <br /><br />This is the nature of our opponents. Get used to it.<br /><br />Bob Roddishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17263804608074597937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-73788616523993805862014-03-06T11:37:43.266-05:002014-03-06T11:37:43.266-05:00Exactly.
nothing new.
He is just being exposed mor...Exactly.<br />nothing new.<br />He is just being exposed more and more.<br /><br />I am waiting for him to pull a Romney and suggest increasing the Pentagon's budget to counter this horrific new "threat".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-2642930533664005902014-03-06T11:37:12.491-05:002014-03-06T11:37:12.491-05:00Some observations/questions:
1. Is there any evi...Some observations/questions:<br /><br />1. Is there any evidence that Russia has actually sent troops over the border into Crimea? We say they have, they say they haven't. The cynic in me thinks that we would be watching reconnaissance footage of troop movements all over the idiot box if they had. So I'm guessing that they haven't. Which means that Putin is telling the truth and Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12128461992644570675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-2028311988588139232014-03-06T11:28:17.037-05:002014-03-06T11:28:17.037-05:00"Rand Paul has taken a decidedly neocon turn ..."Rand Paul has taken a decidedly neocon turn "<br /><br />He took the turn just now? He hadn't advocating with the neocons before this?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com