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Ron Paul - Texan of the Year Dallas Morning News - 12/2/2008 10:08:50 AM
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c11bar
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Ron Paul has been nominated for the Dallas Morning News Texan of the Year.
Dallas Morning News
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"... no Texan this year did more good for conservatism and his country than the congressman from the coast. ....."
"... What he had was ideas, integrity and authenticity. On the most critical challenges facing America, Dr. Paul was more right than the well-funded GOP regulars......"
"... in a May debate aired on Fox News. Dr. Paul asserted that too much U.S. meddling in the Middle East invites terrorist blowback – a conclusion shared by the 9/11 commission and former CIA bin Laden unit chief Michael Scheuer. ...."
"... he's against income taxes, period, ...."
"... But the truth is, if U.S. economic policy looked a lot more like Ron Paul's ideal than what we've had these past decades, the nation wouldn't be tottering on the financial abyss. ...."
"... The nationalization of the banking sector only increases the power of the central government and decreases liberty. Dr. Paul warned for years against what we're seeing happen today. But nobody – including me – listened to the old crank.
How much better off would America be today if we had? We'll never know. Poor us.
It's not true, really, that nobody listened. Dr. Paul had a relatively small but intensely devoted following and raised astonishing amounts of campaign cash....."
"... The same GOP establishment that mocked and reviled Dr. Paul now lies shattered. Who believes in this Republican Party anymore? The party destroyed itself with its own unprincipled recklessness, both in foreign and fiscal policy. And it has ruined its reputation among the young – the most ardent of Dr. Paul's supporters, ...."
"... some creative young conservatives may rise up and decide to take back the Republican Party. Perhaps they'll run against the overweening power of the federal government and in favor of decentralizing power (but unlike today's Republicans, they'll actually mean it). Maybe they'll fight for an America that lives responsibly, within its natural limits both overseas and at home. ...."
"... If those ideas germinate into genuine reform and restoration of sanity in our government, America will look back on Dr. Paul as a gift from Texas and a worthy nominee as Dallas Morning News Texan of the Year. ...."
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RE: Ron Paul - Texan of the Year Dallas Morning News - 12/2/2008 10:17:50 AM
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cow451
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Ron Paul has been nominated for the Dallas Morning News Texan of the Year.
It must have been a really tough year for Texas.
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RE: Ron Paul - Texan of the Year Dallas Morning News - 12/2/2008 10:19:14 AM
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kernsfamily
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quite a number of people get "nominated"....ANYONE can get "nominated"....
Where in the "Countdown" of the Top 10 nominees will he be??? that's anyones guess.....IF he is able to crack the "top 10", I would expect him to come in around #8 or so.
But, we'll see!
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RE: Ron Paul - Texan of the Year Dallas Morning News - 12/2/2008 10:21:38 AM
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Ron Paul has been nominated for the Dallas Morning News Texan of the Year.
It must have been a really tough year for Texas.
no...not really...
but, those Ron Paul people sure are rabid!
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RE: Ron Paul - Texan of the Year Dallas Morning News - 12/2/2008 10:32:53 AM
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Ron Paul has been nominated for the Dallas Morning News Texan of the Year.
It must have been a really tough year for Texas.
Well, really it has been.
We got Guv Goodhair not even waiting 72 hours to reverse his stand on the border after his almost non-reelection, still skyrocketing property taxes, a business tax that hits the small businesses especially hard, Kay Bailey or Bill White to take Goodhair's place, a slump in the energy market (I know, that hits Houston more than the rest of the state), and a state legislature that still only meets every other year as if they still ride horseback to get to Austin!
So we really do need all the laughs we can get. Thanks Dallas Morning News!
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RE: Ron Paul - Texan of the Year Dallas Morning News - 12/2/2008 12:31:14 PM
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HighPlainsDrifter
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I'd say Ron Paul is a pretty good man with a lot of really good ideas. I would have voted for him in the primaries if I had been home for it. The fact that many Republicans ridicule his stances on so many important issues saddens me for the future of this late, great US.
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RE: Ron Paul - Texan of the Year Dallas Morning News - 12/2/2008 1:23:16 PM
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Y'all seem to forget the fact that Dr. Paul stuffs the pork in the bills that are GOING to pass and then can sit back and vote "no" on them, and then try to tout that as being "conservative" and "Constitutional". He's a banal POLITICIAN, just as well versed (if not more so) in pulling the wool over your eyes as all the rest of them who y'all deride.
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RE: Ron Paul - Texan of the Year Dallas Morning News - 12/2/2008 2:01:45 PM
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I have problems with two things in the thread title: "Ron Paul" and the "Texan of the Year" from the Dallas Morning News.
First of all the "Texan of the Year" from the DMN lost any credibility it had when they chose the illegal alien as the Texan of the year. That's right, Texans must be so disgusting and horrible that a native-born Texan couldn't win so they had to choose criminals who break the law to get here to become Texan of the year.
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2007 DMN Texan of the Year: The Illegal Immigrant
He breaks the law by his very presence. He hustles to do hard work many Americans won't, at least not at the low wages he accepts. The American consumer economy depends on him. America as we have known it for generations may not survive him.
We can't seem to live with him and his family, and if we can live without him, nobody's figured out how.
He's the Illegal Immigrant, and he's the 2007 Dallas Morning News Texan of the Year – for better or for worse.
DMN LINK
As for Ron Paul, not only did he say that 9/11 happened BECAUSE WE BOMBED IRAQ FIRST, but also stated that there might be government coverups in 9/11. That's right amigos, Ron Paul is a truther... but later denied it.
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Giuliani to Paul: 'Take back' 9/11 comments
Why did terrorists attack the U.S. on 9/11?
According to Texas Congressman Ron Paul, "They attack us because we've been over there. We've been bombing Iraq for 10 years. We've been in the Middle East."
Restrained, but clearly angry, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani jumped in, calling Paul's statement "extraordinary."
"As someone who lived through the attack of September 11 -- that we invited the attack because we were attacking Iraq -- I don't think I've ever heard that before, and I've heard some pretty absurd explanations for September 11th," he said.
Iraq Bombing LINK
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Student: …we’ve heard that you have questioned the government’s official account.
Paul: Well, I never automatically trust anything the government does when they do an investigation because too often I think there’s an area that the government covered up, whether it’s the Kennedy assassination or whatever.
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The investigation was an investigation in which there were government cover-ups
9/11 Truther video LINK
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RE: Ron Paul - Texan of the Year Dallas Morning News - 12/2/2008 2:10:14 PM
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Rockwall
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The fact that many Republicans ridicule his stances on so many important issues saddens me for the future of this late, great US.
Ron Paul is a libertarian not a republican. Then again it's arguable that McCain was a RINO (republican in name only) also.
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RE: Ron Paul - Texan of the Year Dallas Morning News - 12/2/2008 2:32:54 PM
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HighPlainsDrifter
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Ron Paul is a libertarian not a republican.
What he is or isn't labeled is immaterial. His stands on domestic policy and constitutionalism are the best in the business. I don't recognize the Republican party anymore, so I may as well leave too. In fact, seeing as how my state has virtually never taken a hand in deciding the nominee, I actually do plan on re-registering as a Libertarian.
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RE: Ron Paul - Texan of the Year Dallas Morning News - 12/2/2008 2:35:39 PM
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stellaluna
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Texan of the Year should always be Willie Nelson. Duh.
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RE: Ron Paul - Texan of the Year Dallas Morning News - 12/2/2008 2:39:41 PM
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kernsfamily
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First of all the "Texan of the Year" from the DMN lost any credibility it had when they chose the illegal alien as the Texan of the year. That's right, Texans must be so disgusting and horrible that a native-born Texan couldn't win so they had to choose criminals who break the law to get here to become Texan of the year.
What is the criteria?
"A Texan (or Texans) who has had uncommon impact; who exemplifies Texas traits of trailblazing, independence and staring down adversity; and who has affected/influenced lives."
Additional guidance: The person should be nominated for events of the past year, not for lifetime achievements. The Texan of the Year may live anywhere, not just in the state, so long and he or she can be called a Texan. Finally, the distinction is bestowed on the basis of impact, be it positive or negative.
CURRENT "Texan of the year" nominees....MANY, including Ron Paul:
Dalton Sherman, DISD fifth-grade speaking star
Richard Anderson, federal public defender
Hector Gonzalez, superintendent of Broad Prize-winning Brownsville ISD
Beyonce
Willie Nelson
Laura Bush
Bryan Hernandez, soldier in Iraq
Jessie Hall, Aledo girl who had major brain surgery
Jerry Bell, pastor in Mesquite
Dallas ISD teachers, students and parents
Graham Harrell, Tech QB
Michael Crabtree, Tech receiver
Rick Perry
Roger Staubach, for getting Super Bowl for Dallas
Wanda Brice, Womens Museum chief
Rachel Andres, Bronfman Prize for Solar Cooker project
Larry James, Central Dallas Ministries
Ron Anderson, Parkland Hospital
Marlene Hammerle, Rowlett HS principal
Nick Vakidis, restaurant manager
Karl Rove
Scott McClellan
Phil and Wendy Gramm
Paul Colton, High Island football coach who took students into home after Ike
Marilyn Mock, bought foreclosed house for broke couple
Elsa A. Murano, A&M president
Children of the FLDS
The Border Patrol
Ernest McMillian, community organizer
The minority voter
Jerry Haynes
Bill Camfield
Faculty of SMU history department, for opposing Bush executive order to limit access to presidential library material
All wrongfully convicted defendants
Ernest McMillian, community organizer
Jeb Hensarling
Peter Johnson, community organizer
Charissa Terranova, Centraltrak artist-in-residency program
Nastia Liukin
Lynne Sipiora, Collin County homeless shelter
T. Boone Pickens
The Democrat
Craig Watkins, Dallas DA
Heroes of Ike
George W. Bush
Michael Hinojosa
Beth Levine, UTSW researcher (named "promising" by Acad. of Medicine)
Sameer Pendharkar, UTSW researcher (also named "promising")
Mark Feldman, wrote top gastroenterology book
Pat Summitt, coach of the Lady Vols
Roger Unger, diabetes chair, UTSW
Ron Paul
Colt McCoy, Texas QB
Rodney Ellis, state senator
Bill White, Houston mayor
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RE: Ron Paul - Texan of the Year Dallas Morning News - 12/2/2008 3:45:56 PM
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cow451
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quote:
ORIGINAL: kernsfamily
quote:
First of all the "Texan of the Year" from the DMN lost any credibility it had when they chose the illegal alien as the Texan of the year. That's right, Texans must be so disgusting and horrible that a native-born Texan couldn't win so they had to choose criminals who break the law to get here to become Texan of the year.
What is the criteria?
"A Texan (or Texans) who has had uncommon impact; who exemplifies Texas traits of trailblazing, independence and staring down adversity; and who has affected/influenced lives."
Additional guidance: The person should be nominated for events of the past year, not for lifetime achievements. The Texan of the Year may live anywhere, not just in the state, so long and he or she can be called a Texan. Finally, the distinction is bestowed on the basis of impact, be it positive or negative.
CURRENT "Texan of the year" nominees....MANY, including Ron Paul:
Dalton Sherman, DISD fifth-grade speaking star
Richard Anderson, federal public defender
Hector Gonzalez, superintendent of Broad Prize-winning Brownsville ISD
Beyonce
Willie Nelson
Laura Bush
Bryan Hernandez, soldier in Iraq
Jessie Hall, Aledo girl who had major brain surgery
Jerry Bell, pastor in Mesquite
Dallas ISD teachers, students and parents
Graham Harrell, Tech QB
Michael Crabtree, Tech receiver
Rick Perry
Roger Staubach, for getting Super Bowl for Dallas
Wanda Brice, Womens Museum chief
Rachel Andres, Bronfman Prize for Solar Cooker project
Larry James, Central Dallas Ministries
Ron Anderson, Parkland Hospital
Marlene Hammerle, Rowlett HS principal
Nick Vakidis, restaurant manager
Karl Rove
Scott McClellan
Phil and Wendy Gramm
Paul Colton, High Island football coach who took students into home after Ike
Marilyn Mock, bought foreclosed house for broke couple
Elsa A. Murano, A&M president
Children of the FLDS
The Border Patrol
Ernest McMillian, community organizer
The minority voter
Jerry Haynes
Bill Camfield
Faculty of SMU history department, for opposing Bush executive order to limit access to presidential library material
All wrongfully convicted defendants
Ernest McMillian, community organizer
Jeb Hensarling
Peter Johnson, community organizer
Charissa Terranova, Centraltrak artist-in-residency program
Nastia Liukin
Lynne Sipiora, Collin County homeless shelter
T. Boone Pickens
The Democrat
Craig Watkins, Dallas DA
Heroes of Ike
George W. Bush
Michael Hinojosa
Beth Levine, UTSW researcher (named "promising" by Acad. of Medicine)
Sameer Pendharkar, UTSW researcher (also named "promising")
Mark Feldman, wrote top gastroenterology book
Pat Summitt, coach of the Lady Vols
Roger Unger, diabetes chair, UTSW
Ron Paul
Colt McCoy, Texas QB
Rodney Ellis, state senator
Bill White, Houston mayor
I vote for Beyonce.
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