A generation lost

Some people have said that the current generation is one that will revive the country, the one that will set it straight. However, I do not see that. We are apathetic, we buy into the most illogical rhetoric thrown out by the media, and candidates. It doesn't seem like it is going to change. For some idiotic reason our generation is buying into a man that has said he wouldn't have voted for Civil Rights, and has had bits of racism slip through.his news letters.

Than man is Ron Paul.

Lets start a few years back shall we? The movie "Loose Change" is released. For those that do not know, it is a documentary that has list of facts that prove 9/11 was "an inside job." Here's the thing about the movie, it was originally made as a joke, and even had a script. It went viral, and people bought in. Many Paul supporters are followers are called "9/11 Truthers." This group of people bought into the movies premise and Paul has spoken on a truthers show, Alex Jones (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqN2EKuXX2g.) Not only that, Paul accepts donations from Jones, (http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NjkwYzQ3N2U0YWU0Njc0NTkyOWYwN2E1ODk1MmFjYWQ%3D.) There were 3,000+/- people killed on that fateful morning, and someone has the gall to say that it was set up by the government, and question the heroics and the loss of loved ones on that morning. You have got to be kidding me.

Then there is the whole racist thing. In the early 1990s, Paul let some newsletters find their way out with racist terms. For any professional to allow something like this to go out without knowledge is sad. Before anything goes out, would you not take a look over it? Then there is the oddity that says he would have voted down the Civil Rights Act, and his son, Rand, is no better. The classic rebuttal you hear is, "he didn't know about it." I call shenanigans. Paul has accepted known donations from racist donors, and then refused to return the donations, (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22331091/.) As the late Billy Mays said, "but wait, there's more." This man had said no to the Civil War to free slaves, (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22331091/.) Not a racist. Really?

What about sexist? Paul is a pro-lifer, he would throw it off to the states

Deregulation. A word that you hear thrown around a lot these days. Paul wants to deregulate EVERYTHING. That is right, get government out of our lives. That means, no FDA, NTSD, CDC, FAA, FDIC, ect... All of those would be gone. Paul wants to privatize everything. Guess what the means. Someone would be making a profit off of your life, and it is not you. That also includes privitizing the schools, and making each school a private school. That means a family that is making it paycheck to paycheck would not be able to afford their child's education. His theory would expand the middle class, but what it would do is distance the 1% even further away from the middle class. It would create a true plutocracy where the richest Americans make decisions.

As I mentioned about Paul's race stand, what about sexist? Paul is a pro-lifer, he would throw it off to the states to decide. That means that states would vote to ban abortion. Wouldn't that be against the whole idea of deregulation, and having a small government? I believe so. Then with his idea on the Civil War, allow the states to decide on Jim Crow laws. Guess what, the South would be segregated again. So much for small government.

In our current political environment economics are a hot button issue. Here is Paul's idea. No taxes, no spending. What? That's right. Good-bye Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. You decide to cut government that radically, you have cut a whole lot of jobs. The US government is the largest employer in the country. Not Wal-Mart, not McDonalds, no, but the federal government is. All the taxes would run via states. Wait, what? That sounds familiar.

That is because it is. We would all be on the same monetary system, but basically separate little countries. That is exactly what the European Union is. One state goes down, a domino effect will state. Look at Greece. The whole EU is about to fall apart because of their system. Paul's idea is the exact same. What he would essentially do is dissolve the United States of American, and make it just "States of America." We are not individual states, but we are a country just broken down into smaller chunks that are easier to manage. Alone like this would not work. States like Arizona and California, have horrible budgets. Like Greece, they fall apart, what ever we are will fall with them. However, with a government like we have it now, it provides a safety net.

We are a generation lost. Why do I say that is because we are. We will buy into his "legalize pot," ad populist idea, and follow him for that. Sadly most of these kids that follow this do not have a solid state of mind, but a rather, "I want to smoke weed legally." That is not the case. Paul followers, like pot heads, are paranoid about EVERYTHING. It goes from fearing food, government help, and 9/11. It is saddening that we are becoming like this. Not only that, we are becoming more and more apathetic. There is a belief that government won't effect me personally, so why care. That is a confusing stance.

Our biggest disaster may be ourselves....

Do your research, don't listen to one source. Open your mind. This man is a disaster waiting to happen. Thankfully this man will be nothing more than a forgotten memory after 2012. Maybe then we will wake up and see the real politics and it see how things should logically work!