C.W. Posted October 15, 2009 Report Share Posted October 15, 2009 You jackass - I hope your pathetic pseudo-rational mind has the honor to defend this statement. I better not see another stupid attack-ridden remark come from you, as this would only aid me in catching up to the level that you think you're at in understanding Objectivism. Is this really how you present yourself? About whom do you think we learn something from the above? Regarding treaties, please remember that the Founding Fathers included a clause that made treaties the law of the land. At the time the countires they had in mind were mainly the Europeans, who weren't socialists. There are a lot of practical legal matters that need to be worked out for the free flow of goods, e.g., settling disputes over quality of goods, loss of shipments, etc. Laws in different countries need to be integrated. Please look at these issues in a broader context and their history. I am disappointed that you chose to ignore my last two posts. If you had considered them seriously we might be able to more forward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Grathwohl Posted November 8, 2009 Report Share Posted November 8, 2009 (edited) New article by Peter Schiff on Money Morning. Consumers and governments must spend less so their savings can be made available to businesses for capital investments. Businesses, in turn, will produce more products and employ more people – increasing domestic prosperity. However, rather than allowing a painful cure to return our economy to health, the government prefers to numb the voting public with a toxic saline-drip of deficit spending and cheap money. The primary factor that enables our government to peddle economic snake oil is the dollar’s unique role as the world’s reserve currency, and our creditors’ willingness to preserve its status. By buying up dollars and loaning them back to us through U.S. Treasury debt, productive countries give American politicians carte blanche to play Santa Claus. http://www.moneymorning.com/2009/11/06/peter-schiff-economy/ By the way, a new Schiff For Senate website is up, and he has been making his rounds across CT. Check it out at http://www.schiffforsenate.com Edited November 8, 2009 by Andrew Grathwohl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2046 Posted December 16, 2009 Report Share Posted December 16, 2009 Peter Schiff speaks about national defense and his foreign policy views at a recent meeting with supporters in Woodbury, CT: He starts at around 2:00. "I might have gone into Afghanistan to get bin Laden, but I would not have occupied the country." “If [the Iranians] are really building nuclear weapons... If we really think that, we tell the Iranians, this is where we think these weapons are... if they don't let [our inspectors] in, then we just blow the place up... We don't have to send all these ground troops in there. We don't have to occupy these countries." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Grathwohl Posted December 16, 2009 Report Share Posted December 16, 2009 Peter Schiff speaks about national defense and his foreign policy views at a recent meeting with supporters in Woodbury, CT: He starts at around 2:00. "I might have gone into Afghanistan to get bin Laden, but I would not have occupied the country." “If [the Iranians] are really building nuclear weapons... If we really think that, we tell the Iranians, this is where we think these weapons are... if they don't let [our inspectors] in, then we just blow the place up... We don't have to send all these ground troops in there. We don't have to occupy these countries." I'm VERY happy that this video is finally surfacing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian0918 Posted December 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2009 Peter Schiff speaks about national defense and his foreign policy views at a recent meeting with supporters in Woodbury, CT: He starts at around 2:00. "I might have gone into Afghanistan to get bin Laden, but I would not have occupied the country." “If [the Iranians] are really building nuclear weapons... If we really think that, we tell the Iranians, this is where we think these weapons are... if they don't let [our inspectors] in, then we just blow the place up... We don't have to send all these ground troops in there. We don't have to occupy these countries." Huzzah! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axiomatic Posted December 16, 2009 Report Share Posted December 16, 2009 Thats a pretty awesome thing for Peter to have said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khaight Posted December 17, 2009 Report Share Posted December 17, 2009 Thats a pretty awesome thing for Peter to have said. I'm liking this guy a bit more, now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrocktor Posted December 17, 2009 Report Share Posted December 17, 2009 Thats a pretty awesome thing for Peter to have said. For anyone in the political spectrum to say, really! Who else has that position these days? It's ether "kumbayah" or "force them to be free by permanent military occupation". If this stance gets widely publicized, I'd be surprised if it didn't resonate strongly with the public. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maarten Posted December 17, 2009 Report Share Posted December 17, 2009 The last poll I saw he was also leading Dodd (which isn't hard because he is deeply unpopular). I think Schiff's hardest challenge will be to win the republican primary... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gags Posted December 17, 2009 Report Share Posted December 17, 2009 I think Schiff's hardest challenge will be to win the republican primary... Does anyone know where he stands in that regard? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maarten Posted December 17, 2009 Report Share Posted December 17, 2009 Article This is from when he just started running, though, so the numbers have probably shifted a lot. I think the last Rasmussen poll said he was basically even with Dodd, but I don't know how much that is just due to people not voting for Dodd rather than voting FOR Schiff. That doesn't help him against more well-known Republicans in the primary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian0918 Posted December 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2009 He is beating Dodd now, but so are Simmons and McMahon, and they're both beating Schiff. Many of the news articles in CT don't even bother to mention Schiff, but then in the comments section of these articles you see everyone talking about Schiff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maarten Posted December 17, 2009 Report Share Posted December 17, 2009 The Primary is about 9 months away, though, so that's a lot of time to convince people who currently don't know him yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gags Posted December 17, 2009 Report Share Posted December 17, 2009 The latest poll I could locate is from early November. It shows Schiff with 5% in the primary. He was trailing other Republicans Simmons, Foley and McMahon at that time. http://www.pollster.com/polls/ct/10-ct-sen-reppr.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian0918 Posted December 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2009 (edited) Foley's no longer in it. Just McMahon, Simmons, Schiff. Dodd is likely to be defeated. Schiff has set up an internet-based phone system to allow volunteers from all over the country to call Republican voters in CT. It sounds pretty high-tech and intuitive, and anyone can get involved (which may be good or bad). Edited December 17, 2009 by brian0918 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Grathwohl Posted December 17, 2009 Report Share Posted December 17, 2009 At the moment, Peter's in third place out of three. Two candidates have dropped out. However, he has been hitting the pavement hard, going to all the local RTC meetings in CT, and working on launching his online phone-banking system. He's going to get out there and really make himself heard in the next few months, both through the 15,000 volunteers calling homes for him, and the commercials and ad space he's about to purchase. His issues page was just launched today, and can be found here: http://schiffforsenate.com/?q=issues Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian0918 Posted December 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2009 working on launching his online phone-banking system. That was finally launched a couple days ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Grathwohl Posted December 17, 2009 Report Share Posted December 17, 2009 (edited) That was finally launched a couple days ago. Yes, but there were issues in the beginning. The campaign is working to resolve them now. Edited December 17, 2009 by Andrew Grathwohl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian0918 Posted December 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2009 Yes, but there were issues in the beginning. The campaign is working to resolve them now. Are you volunteering to do phone calls? I'm thinking about it. I was involved in Facebook advertising for the original Schiff2010 campaign run by Chad Peace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Grathwohl Posted December 17, 2009 Report Share Posted December 17, 2009 Are you volunteering to do phone calls? I'm thinking about it. I was involved in Facebook advertising for the original Schiff2010 campaign run by Chad Peace. I've already done a few! The system is quite sophisticated and intelligent. I think it's really going to help. We should all thank you for your efforts, if you were part of Chad's team! Thanks to your help, we have a true capitalist running for senate in my home state. I had brief correspondence with him a few times and worked on the issues page of his website, but regardless of my short conversations with the guy, I know for certain he was a fired up individual with a lot of drive. He did good work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian0918 Posted December 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2009 I've already done a few! The system is quite sophisticated and intelligent. I think it's really going to help. We should all thank you for your efforts, if you were part of Chad's team! Thanks to your help, we have a true capitalist running for senate in my home state. I had brief correspondence with him a few times and worked on the issues page of his website, but regardless of my short conversations with the guy, I know for certain he was a fired up individual with a lot of drive. He did good work! Yeah, he definitely had the energy of ten men. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Grathwohl Posted January 3, 2010 Report Share Posted January 3, 2010 (edited) Peter discusses foreign policy some more: Starts around 2:25 Edit: At around 5:30, he says some great things regarding the Patriot Act. Edit#2: At around 8:50 he speaks in detail about Iran. He continues into part 4. Edited January 3, 2010 by Andrew Grathwohl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Grathwohl Posted January 6, 2010 Report Share Posted January 6, 2010 Chris Dodd just announced his retirement. It's probably the end of the road for Peter, but we'll see... :dough: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gags Posted January 6, 2010 Report Share Posted January 6, 2010 It's nice to see Dodd gone, but why do you think Schiff is finished? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bastian Hayek Posted January 6, 2010 Report Share Posted January 6, 2010 Because he was specifically running against Dodd's predictions and his part in creating this economic crisis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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