Paul St.Jean

Two wrongs make a right.

Jan 8, 2010 at 1:48 PM

By Paul St.Jean

The economy. Ron Paul knew it was in trouble years ago, and now everyone else knows it. We are in what the government-sponsered economists call a "long recession" but what us buzzkills (or realists) call a depression.

Driving to school yesterday we were listening to an NPR talk show where the guests were talking about our economic situation. They were saying how important it is for us to keep giving out welfare so that "the unemployed will be out there spending." They were also talking about how we need jobs.

These two seem mutually exlusive. I asked my 8 year old brother, if given the choice would he prefer not to work and recieve government money or work and be taxed. He said he would prefer not to have a job because he could stay at home and watch TV. If my little brother can see it why can't the guys who went to Harvard for economics?

Stranger Danger!

Jan 7, 2010 at 8:19 AM

By Paul St.Jean

I am currently working on a debate case with the resolution, "The United States government should not set a deadline to leave Afghanistan." I had a vague idea that I would try to come at it from the angle that the Afghanis wouldn't be safe from the Taliban if we left. So I started to look for cases of the Taliban targeting civilians. Do you know how many I found? A big zero.

See, the Taliban only targets invading military groups -- foreign invaders. And if you think it's because we're American and free, think again. They need no other reason to hate and fear us then that we have invaded their country, destroyed their land, and killed their children.

So what if we left? It might take some time to settle down, but the bombings would stop and these people we claim to be protecting would be safe again. We are clearly not over there to bring stability and peace to these people. So here's a question. What are we there for?

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Is it just me or is it getting cold in here?

Dec 18, 2009 at 1:08 PM

By Paul St.Jean

Barack Obama, that paragon of virtue. That saviour we elected to save us. What has he done to answer the hopes of the American people? He has not only continued the Bush administration's influx of troops to the Middle East and proposed to fund abortion with taxpayers' money, now he is also pushing for climate change legislation which will further limit our freedoms:

U.S. President Barack Obama told world leaders at the final day of the Copenhagen climate change conference Friday it is time for 'the nations of the world to come together behind a common purpose.'

Global warming is far from proven, despite (false) claims of consensus within the academic community. Anecdotal evidence about how unusually cold it is this year in my home state of Virginia aside, I find it hard to be worried about potential climate change while our economy collapses and our medical industry threatened with further socialism. Is this a blind? Is Obama trying to make himself the good guy after a largely failed year in office?

While our leaders quietly destroy America at home and abroad, they prey on our guilt. They use climate change proposals divert us from the main problems where our focus should be. We have more to worry about than green house gas emissions and the polar bears -- like our futures. When the economy bottoms out, no one is going to give a damn about seals. Let's ignore the distractions get our priorities straight.

See Old Glory, look the other way...

Dec 10, 2009 at 7:41 AM

By Paul St.Jean

This is a particular brand of stupidity that makes me despair of the American people more than almost anything else: The typical American today is a sheep. Where his government leads he will follow. Those that hide behind their flag and support a corrupt system, while calling themselves "patriots" are nothing more than cowards who will never stand up or call out their leaders though those leaders trample on their rights until they have none left.

This is the most dangerous thing for America. This is worse than apathy. When a government knows that their people will follow blindly if they scare them with phrases like "9/11" or "terrorism," it will do whatever it wants. The people have been silent for too long and set a precedent for the government to ignore their rights and worse than that, they are enabling it.

Yes please!

Dec 6, 2009 at 10:57 AM

By Paul St.Jean

Seconds on a failed fiscal policy? Who can say no to that?

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is up for renomination, so we're headed for another wonderful term of fiscal recklessness, bailouts, and denials. Time and time again we're told that nothing is wrong. That the recession is over and the dollar is sound. Yet they continue to print fiat money and spend countless millions on foreign wars in which we should not be involved.

Alan Greenspan and Ben Bernanke are evil men, though some argue the latter is just a scapegoat. My answer to that is: Anyone who would take the position as Chairman of the Federal Reserve is by definition a grasping, power-hungry enemy of the people. He constantly steals from our pockets -- not only with taxes or rulings but by devaluing our money with his constant printing of a fiat currency.

There is only one way to stop this and to show the American people that the Federal Reserve is a wasteful and destructive branch of the government: to support a bill to audit the Fed. H.R. 1207, introduced by Congressman Ron Paul (R) of Texas, will let the citizens of the United States know what is happening to their money. To tear down government walls of secrecy that have been standing for too long. Once the people see and understand the corruption in the Fed they will know why this institution must be abolished.