New Hampshire State Senator Robert Clegg was recently quoted in the Nashua Telegraph as saying this about Ron Paul: "That guy (Paul) is the most un-American person in this country as far as I’m concerned." Of course Clegg is a Huckabee supporter. And to be a Huckabee supporter you must support perpetual war. Ron Paul, being the extremely intelligent man that he is, opposes the war. And that is why Clegg thinks Ron Paul is "un-American."
So Clegg is an American because he supports the needless deaths of 3,500 soldiers, the wounding of 27,000 more, and the annihilation of over 100,000 Iraqis. Ruining the lives of at least 130,500 people is what passes for good old-fashioned Americanism these days.
I love these choice quotes from the Bosnian conflict dug up by Thomas Woods over at LewRockwell.com:
"Explain to the mothers and fathers of American servicemen that may come home in body bags why their son or daughter have to give up their life?"
-- Sean Hannity, Fox News, 4/6/99
"Victory means exit strategy, and it's important for the President to explain to us what the exit strategy is."
-- Governor George W. Bush (R-TX)
Justin Raimondo ask the question: Is Huckabee a Nice Guy or Slanderer-by-Proxy?
I would lean toward the latter.
Death and war didn't make us Americans; Peace and prosperity is what made us who we are. Senator Clegg has been good on a lot of issues in New Hampshire, but boy is he wrong on this one.
Monday, September 10, 2007
Thursday, September 06, 2007
Sunday, September 02, 2007
Goodbye, New Hampshire
It is somewhat unfortunate to say that I am no longer in New Hampshire. The college selection process drew me to Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio.
I hope to make the best of my experience here by promoting Ron Paul and turning my fellow students away from leftism. I must say that the college campus is a hostile place for libertarians and paleoconservatives. The culture of intervention, both foreign and domestic, has ensnared the majority of my colleagues.
This is a war of ideas. The theories of Marx and many other collectivists have gone into the annals of history as atrocious failures. But freedom and liberty have been ever-present and can never be truly suppressed.
I will be content if I can convert just one more group of students so that we may keep the tradition alive and well.
And because of my (temporary) relocation, I will most likely have fewer updates on New Hampshire politics, and more pieces pertaining to Ron Paul, national politics, and the college political scene.
Keep up the good work in America's freest state.
I hope to make the best of my experience here by promoting Ron Paul and turning my fellow students away from leftism. I must say that the college campus is a hostile place for libertarians and paleoconservatives. The culture of intervention, both foreign and domestic, has ensnared the majority of my colleagues.
This is a war of ideas. The theories of Marx and many other collectivists have gone into the annals of history as atrocious failures. But freedom and liberty have been ever-present and can never be truly suppressed.
I will be content if I can convert just one more group of students so that we may keep the tradition alive and well.
And because of my (temporary) relocation, I will most likely have fewer updates on New Hampshire politics, and more pieces pertaining to Ron Paul, national politics, and the college political scene.
Keep up the good work in America's freest state.
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