tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post7993346450392200747..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: Rand Paul Cozies Up to the Neocons and AIPACRobert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-52219802914551352332012-07-15T06:17:09.311-04:002012-07-15T06:17:09.311-04:001) I don't need to go off and read all of Walt...1) I don't need to go off and read all of Walter Block's many justifications of making deals with the 'state'. I already know the argument and up to a certain point agree with it.<br />And even then, only in so far as people do it for themselves and don't make deals with the devil while 'representing' a whole movement. <br /><br />2) Rand is not negotiating with his &Tonynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-90959048254795864712012-07-14T18:57:49.627-04:002012-07-14T18:57:49.627-04:00Go off and read Walter Block's treatise on sla...Go off and read Walter Block's treatise on slaves and the plantation. There is no shame in negotiating with your owners while trying to get rid of them. I support Rand in doing this.<br /><br />If Rand thinks that personally endorsing a warmonger will further freedom (which he does, and has said so repeatedly), then I wish him the best. He's free to do so. I disagree with him and will notLysander Jeffersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06359192947549243988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-48165740674618423972012-07-14T12:37:30.401-04:002012-07-14T12:37:30.401-04:00As a "diehard anarcho-capitalist" you sh...As a "diehard anarcho-capitalist" you should see that praising someone like Rand Paul, a man who endorsed warmongering fascists, votes for sanctions against Iran, votes for multi-billion dollar loans to Israel when spending should be CUT, would give the cause of liberty and peace a bad name by association. I find it puzzling that a diehard anarcho-capitalist wouldn't mind the stenchTonynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-76940876291667564242012-07-14T12:00:36.215-04:002012-07-14T12:00:36.215-04:00How dare he tell the enemy that he is more reasona...How dare he tell the enemy that he is more reasonable than his father on their issues?Scooternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-10592657835002979152012-07-14T11:56:49.299-04:002012-07-14T11:56:49.299-04:00Yes, but considering the fact that some people sti...Yes, but considering the fact that some people still refuse to understand why some of us no longer care for him (in so far as we ever really did), it is still relevant.<br /><br />If only because his endorsement of Mitt Romney, his vote for sanctions against Iran and his vote for a multi-billion dollar loan to Israel, are NOT dating back to 2010.Tonynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-67960644242307511582012-07-14T11:32:50.891-04:002012-07-14T11:32:50.891-04:00I meeting with cockroaches and being nice to them ...I meeting with cockroaches and being nice to them would further the chances of the liberty movement, I would do so to. Listening to your enemy is never a bad thing.<br /><br />Rand Paul has had more success legislatively than any other politician (including Ron Paul) in my lifetime. As a diehard anarcho-capitalist, it saddens me that you will consistently try to tear down a friend of the liberty Lysander Jeffersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06359192947549243988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-50536236247924633602012-07-14T11:05:54.243-04:002012-07-14T11:05:54.243-04:00Yet Rand will still claim to be pro-life. What a j...Yet Rand will still claim to be pro-life. What a jokeNY Cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05131625126863049626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-80384407541310963462012-07-14T10:40:51.905-04:002012-07-14T10:40:51.905-04:00Hey Rand, they are STILL going to support your opp...Hey Rand, they are STILL going to support your opponent next time. Selling your soul and getting nothing in return in stupid, brother.Matt@Occidentalism.orghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02395220402283030311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-74270530468168627972012-07-14T10:29:23.155-04:002012-07-14T10:29:23.155-04:00One month before the GQ article was published, I r...One month before the GQ article was published, I read Raimondo's take. <br /><br />http://original.antiwar.com/justin/2010/09/23/the-hollow-man-rand-pauls-father-complex/<br /><br />This is why Rand's Romney endorsement was neither a surprise, nor a disappointment. I wrote him off while he was still campaigning. The best way to think of Rand is not as "Ron's son," but just Derrickhttp://www.facebook.com/theeducatedsoldiernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-80700194804183383322012-07-14T09:15:42.413-04:002012-07-14T09:15:42.413-04:00Justin over at antiwar.com already discussed this....Justin over at antiwar.com already discussed this. And the article from GQ is back from Oct. 2010.<br /><br />This is a bit old Bob.Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04789854793737821036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-68875528910016161212012-07-14T09:15:01.766-04:002012-07-14T09:15:01.766-04:00It's fine for neocons to be cemented, but no o...It's fine for neocons to be cemented, but no one else? <br /><br />Young master Anakin appears to be on his way.Eric Parksnoreply@blogger.com