Is Ron Paul Retarded?

ib1yysguy

ib1yysguy

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[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TB5-Y08qbjo"]YouTube - Congressman Paul on the Recent Swine Flu Scare[/ame]

Ron Paul's reasoning: We got away with the sine flu last time without a disaster, therefore if we do nothing this time we'll be fine.

Does this reasoning work in Russian roulette?

Retarded.
 
You see the pictures of government leaders on his wall back there? He secretly loves and worships government.
 
ib1yysguy said:
Ron Paul's reasoning: We got away with the sine flu last time without a disaster, therefore if we do nothing this time we'll be fine.

Does this reasoning work in Russian roulette?

Retarded.
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Well it seems our 'county' has decided not to keep closing schools:

Posted from the public school district in the town I teach in:

http://www.wd7.org/web/Docs/DuPage_County_Health_Department_Letter.pdf

111 North County Farm Road, Wheaton, Illinois 60187
(630) 682-7400
www.dupagehealth.org
April 30, 2009

Dear Wood Dale District 7 Students, Parents, and Staff:

An individual at Wood Dale Junior High School has recently been diagnosed as a probable case of swine influenza.
This individual is currently receiving appropriate treatment, and is recovering at home. At this time, upon review
of the current situation with District 7 officials, we strongly recommend that District 7 schools remain open.
With the presence of swine influenza in DuPage County and other communities in Illinois, we would like to
provide you with some information to increase awareness of disease recognition and reporting, to emphasize
the importance of prevention through healthy habits, and most importantly, to help control and prevent the
spread of influenza in the community. As this situation evolves, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
the Illinois Department of Public Health, and the DuPage County Health Department are all closely monitoring
disease activity, severity, and scope, in order to provide current recommendations and guidance for our community.
We are best advised to remain calm but alert to what we can do to prevent illness.
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http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=290600&src=4

...Another new probable case is a student at Wood Dale Junior High School, who is being treated at home.

In contrast to other health departments in the Chicago area, the DuPage County Health Department is recommending the junior high and other schools in Wood Dale District 7 remain open, and no DuPage schools have been closed.

District 7 Superintendent John Corbett said several students were taken out of school Friday as a precaution by parents, but, overall, the rate of illness in the school hasn't increased this week.

He said the student was in school for part of the day Monday but has been out of class for the remainder of the week.

The county's health department also met with teachers in the Wood Dale district Friday morning to provide training and information.

Jason Gerwig, spokesman for the county, said the health department also received confirmation Friday that an Elmhurst man who exhibited swine flu symptoms last weekend actually has been diagnosed.

The 26-year-old had been treated at Elmhurst Memorial Hospital and released.

The other probable cases are in Addison, Bloomingdale, Glendale Heights, West Chicago, Wheaton and Wood Dale. The sick people range in age from 5 to 39, Gerwig said....
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He is all about government not getting involved, right?

Isn't that the libertarian way?
 
Closing schools at this stage is probably unnecessary.

I'm talking about preparation for when things get hairy, if they do. Ron Paul says that's unnecessary because we didn't need it in 76.
 
ib1yysguy said:
Closing schools at this stage is probably unnecessary.

I'm talking about preparation for when things get hairy, if they do. Ron Paul says that's unnecessary because we didn't need it in 76.
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and what is being done:

http://www.wlos.com/template/inews_wire/wires.national/25b77994-www.wlos.com.shtml

More than 400 schools closed, 140 US flu cases
May 01, 2009 17:54 EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The government is asking schools with confirmed swine flu cases to keep their doors shut for at least two weeks.

The Education Department says more than 400 schools have closed in 17 states, leaving 245,000 students at home. The government is recommending the 14-day closures because children can be contagious for up to 10 days from when they are infected.

Even though the number of closures represents a tiny fraction of the nation's schools, Education Secretary Arne Duncan is urging parents, students and teachers to be prepared in case of a shutdown.

President Barack Obama meanwhile says he's "optimistic" the U.S. can handle the outbreak. He says he's hopeful the virus will run its course "like ordinary flus."

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says there are more than 140 confirmed cases in 19 states and that the virus still appears to be spreading.
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ib1yysguy said:
Now you're talking about schools with confirmed cases of the disease. That actually makes sense. I figured you were talking about just closing down schools cause they were afraid.
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Hmm, I wasn't voicing as much as you credit me for....
 
ib1yysguy said:
YouTube - Congressman Paul on the Recent Swine Flu Scare

Ron Paul's reasoning: We got away with the sine flu last time without a disaster, therefore if we do nothing this time we'll be fine.
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That's not what he said. What he said was that large-scale government solutions to the problem that are conceived in panic could cause more harm than good and be used for political reasons rather than a practical one.

Mass inoculation, as he mentioned from the 70s, killed and harmed more people than the illness itself.

There's nothing retarded, or particularly ideological or extreme about what he's saying. He's just raising some good practical points about the way government can seize on a crisis and simply make the situation worse. That's not to say there's no place for government in a crisis, but a crisis in progress is also not meant to be an invitation for government to place itself everywhere.
 
ib1yysguy said:
You see the pictures of government leaders on his wall back there? He secretly loves and worships government.
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By the way, that looks like Milton Friedman on the left frame. And then I think an airplane and...maybe a duck? Hard to say.

But as far as I'm aware in my knowledge of Ron Paul trivia, the only politician who has a photograph hung in Ron Paul's Congressional office is Grover Cleveland.
 
It's very telling of ib1yysguy's mental maturity and version of reality to call the one legislator in the house who abides by the constitution, 'retarded'. can you say 'loon'?
 
Please, he's saying that running around in panic and acting stupidly caused people to die last time that otherwise wouldn't have.

Retarded is not learning from that experience and letting our "leaders" take advantage of a new and improved "crisis" du jour...
 
Ron is a doctor and your a dumbass. I'll side with the doc. And for the brain dead oboma nutsuckers the bill and a halfwas about as appropriate as the billion to rebuild Georgia. After a while Obama can't mention money unless he's throwing around billions.
 
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