# Pittspeed Politics - v. GOP/DEM/Primaries/Ron Paul **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [January 1, 2008, 8:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pittspeed-politics-v-gop-dem-primaries-ron-paul/194484 "2008-01-01T20:17:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 98
**Author:** ![OLDS\_ROCKETMAN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/olds_rocketman/32/5942_2.png) [@OLDS\_ROCKETMAN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OLDS_ROCKETMAN)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2008, 1:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pittspeed-politics-v-gop-dem-primaries-ron-paul/194484/98 "2008-01-11T13:50:00Z")
> [@FS/FT: 1997 Honda Civic DX, Sedan, Automatic, 243k](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-ft-1997-honda-civic-dx-sedan-automatic-243k/34318/6): > > Finally you make a thread that isnt a joke. So I shall treat it accordingly. > > Ron Paul on Immigration: > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T-iJKwskH4](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T-iJKwskH4) > > Ron Paul wants to bring back the troops from Iraq… and everywhere else in the world. The giant bases in Germany, Japan, Cuba, Saudi Arabia, etc… We dont need those. We are the only country that has military bases in other people’s countries. It’s American imperialism and one of the big reasons why we spend more on our military than all other nations in the world combined. Free up that money and you can have more cops, more border patrol agents, etc. Dr. Paul wants to massively downsize the federal govt and get it back to where the founding fathers envisioned it. If we take all of the money that we are wasting on bloated, ineffective govt. bureaucracies and put it to use to do things that we NEED to do, then this country would be a much better, much safer place. > > Also, Ron Paul seems to be the only person that wants to listen to the terrorists. They have told us REPEATEDLY why they hate us. It’s not because we are free and prosperous, it’s because we have bases in their region and support Israel. Want to end the war on terrorism? Make the terrorists not want to kill us anymore. We can do that by withdrawing from the region, stop propping up Israel, stop the rhetoric of “axis of evil” and shit like that… If we do that, in 10 years America will be completely off the map as a terrorist target. > > As far as pot smoking hippies, I dont know anyone that really wants to smoke weed but says “well, it’s illegal so I wont.” If you want to, you already are. And you’re not hurting anyone else by doing it. You may not care much for pot smoking liberals, but It’s not right for you to want to imprison them because you don’t like their political ideals. If you do, then you’re dancing precariously with facism. > > As far as gas is concerned… Alternative fuels are the answer, but they are not the short term answer. The real problem is everyone driving around in their gas guzzling trucks and SUV’s. Interesting fact. If the AVERAGE gas mileage of all cars in America went up by 2 or 3 MPG, we’d be completely independent from mid-east oil. If you really need a truck or SUV thats one thing. If you could get along just fine in a Camry, do it. i agree with tellin israel to go fist themselves but there are way too many rich jewish people in this country to ever let that happen. i dont thik there is much we can do about that. personally holy land or not, i dont give a rats ass about their beef with the palestinians, let them fight forever. i’ll agree too much money is spent in gov but not the same area you believe. If we drilled into land we own that we know has oil we’d be independent from mid east oil because we only get a small percentage of our oil from there anyway. where as you think the problem is people driving large unefficient vehicals i think the problems is the people who want to impose their love of trees on someones right to buy the vehical of their choice. i’m not sayin ur a tree hugger, i’m sayin this small group of people has got their foot on the throat of the right to drive a Suburban. While its that persons choice to buy a vehical that takes alot of gas, it doesn;t have to be costing as much as it does. While you could say those people need to stop cryin about gas prices becasue they chose that vehical, i say they have a legit gripe because there is no need for gas to be the prices it is. as far as the pot smokers… you are right, people that wanna smoke are gonna smoke regardless. its the people on the fence that wouldn;t do it because its illegal but would try it if it was and possibly get addicted and have that lead to other stuff. sure thats an extreme case but its a legit issue. Could they come up with some test for driving while under the influence of marijuana? i mean that has to contribute to some accidents. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pittspeed-politics-v-gop-dem-primaries-ron-paul/194484)._