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Originally posted by OutKast Searcher
But I don't want to go back to a gold standard that would turn us into a third world country.
The Fourth Coinage Act was enacted by the United States Congress in 1873 and embraced the gold standard and demonetized silver. Western mining interests and others who wanted silver in circulation years later labeled this measure the "Crime of '73"[1]. Gold became the only metallic standard in the United States, hence putting the United States de facto on the gold standard.
The U.S. did not actually adopt the gold standard de jure until 1900, following a lengthy period of debate that was made famous by William Jennings Bryan's cross of gold speech at the 1896 Democratic convention. By this time, most major nations had moved to a gold standard. The only major nation that continued on the silver standard into the twentieth century was China. China and Hong Kong abandoned the silver standard in 1935.
Originally posted by captainnotsoobvious
reply to post by Damrod
This attitude of yours pretty much sums up my distaste for Ron Paul voters, and their candidate.
There is NOT a single reading of the constitution... even after it passed the FOUNDING FATHERS argued about what it all meant.
To pretend that you, and captain liberty Ron Paul, know the ONLY true reading of the constitution is just a joke. But it's the kind of joke that's not funny, because the comedian is screaming it in your face while calling you an ignorant idiot.
The amount of boilerplate "pro-liberty" # that gets screamed ad nauseum by Paul supporters makes them and their candidate, who also seems to think he's the smartest man in any room, look like assholes.
Ron Paul isn't the only one with a valid reading of the constitution. Disagreeing with his opinion doesn't make you unpatriotic or ignorant. Labelling someone you disagree with unpatriotic, to win an argument, is a real dick move though.edit on 27-4-2012 by captainnotsoobvious because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by AliceBlackman
My Question to Ron Paul supporters ... why didn't Ron Paul vote NO on CISPA ?
He did speak out against it ..... here's the thread discussing the House vote
www.abovetopsecret.com...
Originally posted by captainnotsoobvious
reply to post by Res Ipsa
Another self-righteous Paul supporter that thinks their opinion is fact.
Paul used to believe that using federal tax payer money for schools was unconstitutional. He no longer does. He also used to believe all schools at every level should be privatised. Until he changed his mind. But I guess you're smarter than Paul Mr Law School.
For the record, every court case that ends in a judgement has a losing lawyer, and judgements are frequently over-turned by higher courts. Because the legal system isn't an absolute. Every time something hits the supreme court it's because the legal and judicial system, full of super geniuses like you, can't agree what laws mean, or what IS constitutional. And guess what else, when the SC is deliberating, at least fairly frequently, people don't actual know what they will decide, because the law and the constituion is not as clear-cut as the supporters of Paul, brain-trusts like you, pretend it is.
And you know what, if you pay attention at all, and don't let your ideology cloud your judgement, like you have, you'd know this. The Constituion has been interpreted and re-interpreted and re-re-interpreted.
That's reality.
Originally posted by thegagefather
Ah so THIS is why Obama is taking guns away!