I always liked Ron Paul. I think Rand has a better chance and is more electable. I much prefer him to Chris Christie. I was hoping Nikki Haley or another Republican female would emerge as a possible candidate also. Still time.

My highlighting feature on my Kindle doesn' t want to cooperate. Anyway in Capitalism The Unknown Ideal section Roots of War, Rand points out that in WW II the US amassed huge debt, provided lienhold leases to Germany and Japan and stayed to help rebuild. This is all part of semicapitalism. On the other hand Russia an China dismantled factories seized stolen artwork and other resources as payment. Very feudalistic. So the argument regarding empirialism is an inaccurate portrayal of what we do in war. An accurate observation may be a Keynsian concept which is military industrial complex. Yet it fails. War does not pull us out of recession or depression. War takes valuable resources from certain areas of the economy and gives it artificially to others. New and emerging technologies for military purposes rarely disrupt across all industries -which is how you create jobs.

Bill Maher is an ass. I agree with Rand Paul's position but I would also like it if Bill Maher would just shut up.

Tell us how you feel rich. I think Paul is the best choice. He is our only hope for bringinging over the 20-30s vote. They are not that enthused about Hilary like they were about Obama.
Maher's point about empirialization is an interesting one. Although I agree I am done being the world's army, I maintain we were never about Empire like say a Russia, China, Britain. I think there 's a Rand quote on point. I' ll be back in a sec