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Ron Pauls attempt to undermine the Republican Convention is being under-reported in the MSM .
BTW another thing that has not been reported is that in all of Congress ;Paul was the only dissenting vote in a resolution offering condolences for the people of Burma. He is a jerk.
Madame Speaker, I rise in opposition to this legislation not because I do not sympathize with the plight of the oppressed people of Burma , particularly as demonstrated by the continued confinement of Aung San Suu Kyi. Any time a government represses its citizenry it is reprehensible. My objection to this legislation is twofold. First, the legislation calls on the United Nations Security Council to “take appropriate action” with regard to Burma and its internal conditions. This sounds like an open door for an outside military intervention under the auspices of the United Nations, which is something I do not support.
More importantly, perhaps, I am concerned that while going around the world criticizing admittedly abhorrent governmental actions abroad we are ignoring the very dangerous erosions of our own civil liberties and way of life at home. Certainly it is objectionable that the Burmese government holds its own citizens in jails without trial. But what about the secret prisons that our own CIA operates around the globe that hold thousands of individuals indefinitely and without trial? Certainly it is objectionable that the government of Burma can declare Aung San Suu Kyi a political prisoner to be held in confinement. But what about the power that Congress has given the president to declare anyone around the world, including American citizens, “enemy combatants” subject to indefinite detention without trial? What about the “military commissions act” that may well subject Americans to military trial with secret evidence permitted and habeas corpus suspended?
So while I am by no means unsympathetic to the current situation in Burma , as an elected Member of the United States House of Representatives I strongly believe that we would do better to promote freedom around the world by paying better attention to our rapidly eroding freedom here at home. I urge my colleagues to consider their priorities more closely and to consider the much more effective approach of leading by example.
So while I am by no means unsympathetic to the current situation in Burma , as an elected Member of the United States House of Representatives I strongly believe that we would do better to promote freedom around the world by paying better attention to our rapidly eroding freedom here at home. I urge my colleagues to consider their priorities more closely and to consider the much more effective approach of leading by example.
Yeah, having an "I feel your pain" moment while making asinine comparisons and criticism of the U.S. will help the multitudes of dead, dying, starving, homeless and oppressed Burmese people...like this child with one shoe amidst the ruins
I think he makes a lot of sense with comments re Burma and the US. Given his policital beliefs it would be somewhat contradictory of him to support this resolution. His explanation for his vote to me is logical.
And whats with all these resolutions anyway. Is that not a waste of parliamentary time or what. A resolution offering condolences?? What the?? Im sure that means a lot to the kid with one shoe. But before you jump down my throat, yes i do know that the US has contributed aid. Im not saying they have done nothing. But a resolution offering condolences offer little more help than does Paul's speech. Just get on with the help and spare the rhetoric.
his second point is the unnecessary rhetoric. What does our offering relief and condolences have to do with his nonsensical comparison to internal politics inthe US ? If he sees a moral equivalence between the US and the Burmese junta than he is dillusional and in no way qualified to be President.
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