Sorry, a trillion.
Stop being pedantic and read the link. You knew what I intended to say.
US Presidential Election: Tuesday November 6th, 2012
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Sorry, a trillion.
Stop being pedantic and read the link. You knew what I intended to say.
The idea that the US federal budget is going to get to 15% of GDP by the end of his term shows that Ron Paul's craziness isn't limited to his fixation on the gold standard.
It turns out Ross Perot was right about Nafta, is he willing to run?
"With 46 days until the Iowa Republican caucuses, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich has jumped into a 13-point lead over Mitt Romney, according to a new Rasmussen Reports survey.
"Herman Cain, who had previously lead in the first ballot-casting state, has plummeted to third place with Rep. Ron Paul close behind in fourth."
New Iowa poll gives Newt Gingrich 13-point lead over Mitt Romney by Andrew Malcolm - Investors.com
"Herman Cain, who had previously lead in the first ballot-casting state, has plummeted to third place with Rep. Ron Paul close behind in fourth."
New Iowa poll gives Newt Gingrich 13-point lead over Mitt Romney by Andrew Malcolm - Investors.com
Gingrich will do well in Iowa but it won't matter.
Its bizarre how Gingrich has suddenly surged head. He looks oddly uninterested during the debates.
The GOP is looking for someone who can work. They realized Perry cant. Then Cain can't. Then they'll realize Newt can't. All to avoid picking the Stormin Mormon, Mitt Romney. Even if he's catholic.
yet he challenged Obama to a series of 3 hour Lincoln-Douglas debates. I'd have to fecking commit suicide after about 20 minutes of his pomposity.
He can't possibly win...he's despised by most and is as brazen an insider if there's ever been one. I still don't understand why everybody thinks he's this intellectual heavyweight. He knows a bit about history but didn't get tenure as a teacher. He's also sleazy, ugly, annoying, and has a ton of negative baggage.
What about Ron Paul?
Seems to be getting ignored by the media, but has quite a following.
Seems to be getting ignored by the media, but has quite a following.
Ron Paul is an idiot. He'd never get the nomination.
Paul hits home on a few issues but when you get in depth on some issues he's really quite looney. Returning to the gold standard is one. While I agree with the US stopping a lot of world police actions, he'd be near an isolationist. And most repubs give lip service to cutting government, he'd slash as much out as he could. If he got elected the likes of Bob and Red Dreams would probably go completely mental and start taking shots at the White House. Wait.....anyone seen Bob lately? Maybe that whacko was him.....
As I've heard Gingrich a few times reference Britain, Blair and Thatcher in some of the things he has said, I did a search of him and came up with something he said in 1998 whilst Speaker of the House that he would support Britain joining NAFTA.
He really must like us.
He really must like us.
He apparently thinks you should've been able to hold onto more of the Empire, given his bizarre claim that Hawaii-born, never-went-to-Kenya-until-he-was-an-adult Barack Obama held a "Kenyan, anti-colonial" worldview, which sounds professorial until you realize he wants to be President of a republic formed from a group of colonies who all seceded from you, at which point he sounds like a goddamn weirdo.
He's not an idiot (particularly if you compare him with some of the other candidates) he is barking mad though.
Paul hits home on a few issues but when you get in depth on some issues he's really quite looney. Returning to the gold standard is one. While I agree with the US stopping a lot of world police actions, he'd be near an isolationist. And most repubs give lip service to cutting government, he'd slash as much out as he could. If he got elected the likes of Bob and Red Dreams would probably go completely mental and start taking shots at the White House. Wait.....anyone seen Bob lately? Maybe that whacko was him.....
It seems that right around that time there was support for it in Washington, moreso than London. There was a raft of Senators who supported it as well.
Clearly those senators failed to realise what the 'NA' in NAFTA stood for..
I have even found a report that Condoleeza Rice backed it as well.
Maybe they think it stands for 'North Atlantic', we are ten years on from such discussions though I imagine it would become of interest again should there be a push in Britain against the European Union over the next couple of years.
It would be disastrous if Britain were to join the NAFTA, for starters it would turn the farming and agricultural industry into tatters.
How so ?
I have had a look into this, as far as dairy products are concerned, UK wholesale prices are virtually identical to American ones.
Take Mexico as an example where an immediate consequence of the NAFTA resulted in 25% reduction in its manufacturing capacity and ~15% reduction in its labour force. Furthermore cheap US imports resulted in the agrarian classes being forced out of their farms and into impoverished ghettos throughout the large Mexican cities. Considering that the UK's agricultural state isn't at its best state (not helped by EU regulations), I don't see how the UK could in anyway benefit.
Furthermore I'm not even taking to account the redundancy it'll bring unions who will take a back seat to the precedence of corporations, who unlike unions, can operate internationally.
Anyone know when the next debate is?
The fact of the matter is that the European Union is just as divergent in wealth as North America is. Most of Eastern Europe is as poorly off as Mexico is, yet we haven't really seen an outflow from the UK to such countries across the economy.
Thanks.
Why even watch them? Its a debate to decide who will go down in history as the runner up to Obama.
I don't think you can really compare Mexico to ex-Soviet bloc nations, their economies and primary industries are almost radically different.
Comedy value I'd imagine.
Bingo. You just never know what these people are going to say next.
With characters like Cain, Perry and Bachmann under one roof, you know you're guaranteed a cracker.
You mean like what Cain just said...that the Taliban are part of the government in Libya?
This guy is unreal. "I'm a leader, not a reader" is what he said in a recent speech!
Actually the quote is slightly different, I suspect the NY Times has it right, others are reporting it as you said.
Cain Says 'We Need a Leader, Not a Reader' - NYTimes.com
Still pure insanity.
Cain Says 'We Need a Leader, Not a Reader' - NYTimes.com
Still pure insanity.
It's today, actually. Though Romney isn't in it, and it's online, not on TV.
2012 Primary Debate Schedule « 2012 Election Central
No Romney is probably a good thing, actually. And no Huntsman too. As much as I dislike Romney, he's not the level of moron that some of the others are. Huntsman is obviously the smartest by far. This will give the idiots more time to speak. Maybe we'll even get to see a bit of Bachmann
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smiley is meant to display my desire for her stupid words, not her supremely creepy looks).With characters like Cain, Perry and Bachmann under one roof, you know you're guaranteed a cracker.
Who knew Mike Tyson would turn into a guy with a sense of humour and irony
With characters like Cain, Perry and Bachmann under one roof, you know you're guaranteed a cracker.
That's brilliant.I turn on the stream for the debate, where they're doing a sort of pre-debate thing, and the first thing the guy says is how it's not by accident that they're holding the debate in a church.
This is going to be great.
Now he's talking about how he wants the US to go back to a country where the leaders lead based on the bible and the constitution.
I have a good feeling about this one.
This is going to be great.
Now he's talking about how he wants the US to go back to a country where the leaders lead based on the bible and the constitution.
I have a good feeling about this one.
Well, this is.. different. They're giving some random person from the audience who is, apparently, from Occupy Wall Street, a chance to speak to the entire crowd.
The plot thickens.
Hang on.. I think this guy wants to hear Ron Pauls views on the Federal Reserve. Is that an Occupy thing, then? O.o
And now Bachmann is pouring everyone water. I don't even..
The plot thickens.
Hang on.. I think this guy wants to hear Ron Pauls views on the Federal Reserve. Is that an Occupy thing, then? O.o
And now Bachmann is pouring everyone water. I don't even..
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