{"id":365,"date":"2008-08-26T09:15:19","date_gmt":"2008-08-26T14:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/muchachopolaco.com\/?p=365"},"modified":"2008-08-26T09:15:19","modified_gmt":"2008-08-26T14:15:19","slug":"damage-beyond-control-a-response-to-matts-mccainophilia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/muchachopolaco.com\/?p=365","title":{"rendered":"Damage beyond control: a response to Matt’s McCainophilia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Below is a response to Matt’s blog entry<\/a> of 08\/21\/08
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Matt, I agree with your assessment regarding Obama, assuming the change would be politically ideal (which begs the question). However, he\u2019s proven invaluable to a neo-con like McCain. After all, if McCain gets elected, it\u2019s because he\u2019s perceived as somehow a \u2018lesser evil\u2019 (however that is supposed to be measured), not because he\u2019s actually qualified to do the job. Sadly, this is how we got here today \u2013 incessant ideological compromises (strategic \u2018lesser evil\u2019 votes). Obviously this nation will continue on the same downward spiral when the best we can hope for is a \u2018lesser evil\u2019. I firmly believe if one were to scrutinize McCain\u2019s political policy (rarely does one actually bother to do this \u2013 the sloganeering is typically sufficient), one would conclude that it hardly would make any economic difference should McCain or Obama get elected. I do think the Hitler\/Stalin dichotomy is quite accurate as a reflection of the type of massive government increase we can expect from each party (with their differences reflected in various plans for massive spending through military advancement and socialization). <\/o:p><\/p>\n

Ron Paul has argued, as supported by the CIA and the 9\/11 Commission\u2019s report, that 9\/11 was simply the result of an American foreign policy of empire-building and foreign occupation. Do you really think occupying the Arabian Peninsula<\/st1:place> would have no such retaliatory consequences? I can confidently assume what Americans would do should Iran<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region> or China<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region> install military bases in North America<\/st1:place> (and history tells us what happens if someone tries to occupy an island off shore!). Why don\u2019t terrorists attack China<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region> and their godless anti-Islamic views? I think it obvious it has nothing to do with Western or anti-Islamic ideology.<\/p>\n

<\/o:p>Ron Paul is frequently erroneously accused of being an isolationist. Nothing could be further from the truth. We don\u2019t accuse China<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region> as being isolationist, despite their similar foreign policy. On the contrary, refusal to trade with nations like Cuba<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region> is an excellent example of a policy of isolationism. The antithesis of empire-building is not isolationism.<\/p>\n

<\/o:p>Of course Dr. Paul won\u2019t win this election \u2013 he couldn\u2019t even win the Republican primaries. The Media did everything in their power to ensure that would never happen. And of course, the Media determines which candidate has a \u2018real\u2019 chance at election. I suspect if Ron Paul got the same media exposure as McCain or Obama, things would be quite different in regard to election probabilities. That coupled with the stultifying ignorance of the publicly-educated masses, ensures \u2018lesser evils\u2019 are the very best this Nation could ever hope for. Perhaps I am mistaken, but I doubt the average citizen is concerned about the activities of the Fed (or the problems of fiat currency), non-congressionally authorized declarations of war and acts of aggression, or our national debt and the amount we borrow from China daily to cover the interest on that debt. My guess is the voting populace is presently preoccupied with their own debt resulting from their perceived importance of obtaining things they don\u2019t need, to impress people they don\u2019t know, with money they don\u2019t have. Why would they expect their government\u2019s monetary policy to be any different? <\/o:p><\/p>\n

Whether we have a President Obama or McCain \u2013 one thing is guaranteed, we will continue to have a governmental policy of plunder! The baby boomer generation has now begun to enter into retirement laying the way for a 50 trillion dollar liability in social security and other federal handouts. We\u2019re borrowing nearly 4 billon daily to cover interest on a 10 trillion dollar debt, who do you think is going to cover interest on a debt 5-10 times that amount?<\/p>\n

You would think it a tad important that each of these candidates would be addressing these issues and outlining strategies to deal with the inevitable recession, the current housing bubble, the rapid deflation of our currency, and the plethora of other economic issues that bring our country to the edge of collapse. But those are issues apparently not worthy of discussion. Obama wants to institute socialized health care (who\u2019s going to pay for that??), McCain wants to continue our military efforts in the Middle East (surely to include Iran in the near future), as well as our continued occupation of over 120 nations, but like Obama, he doesn\u2019t care to explain who is going to foot the bill. Our current \u2018war on terror\u2019 (which lacks Constitutionally-required Congressional approval) will cost approximately 3 trillion dollars (with ancillary costs), or roughly $50,000 per household! Yet McCain has publicly advised his willingness to stay in Iraq<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region> another 100 years if necessary! But why stop there? Why not add to the economic burden by granting 11 million criminals (who are in this country illegally) amnesty so we can promptly get them on welfare and other federal benefits that come by forced redistribution of wealth. I suppose we can have the Fed continue to print the currency necessary to cover these acts of brilliance \u2013 we\u2019d at least have the added advantage of no longer needing to buy essential items like toilet paper (using paper currency would be a cheaper alternative!)<\/p>\n

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