My son is in fifth grade and is spending a great deal of time after school doing homework. I love to sit with him as he plows his way through history, English, math, science, Spanish and more. I have to admit that I am learning so much……

Colour is everything- lots of bright, fun colours should be used to make the place as lively as possible. Go over- the- top with your decoration too. If you think something is bordering on the garish with bright reds, yellows, greens and blues visible …

I’m looking foward to getting all the baby stuff together. My mom already bought us a carseat which is convertable and should last the kid as long as he needs a carseat. It does not have one of those parts that comes out so you can carry……

This has been argued for 5 years. Nothing has changed. If GWB has violated the constitution then Impeach him.

I understand where libertarians come from. They are anarchists.

Not all, just the ignorant and (worse) the childish who ironically ape the radical left in demanding no limits, standards, or judgments of personal [mis]conduct. They are the offensive ones to me, not the merely naive with total faith in what amounts in practice to an honor system.

This is what’s happening to YOUR house. All the ‘money’ and ‘equity’ you though you had saved – eliminated! The equtiy through falling house prices – and the money because we are DEBASING OUR CURRENCY. That low fed rate you’re reading about gets created by printing money and lending it to people. With more money, the money YOU have is worth LESS. So your money is worth less and your property is worth less – where can you turn to keep ahead of inflation? I think you BETTER turn to Dr. Paul. He’s the ONLY one running that has a HOPE of being able to deal with this.

There is a huge difference between WW2 and today. In WW2 Congress declared war – they have not since. We are either not at war or a in an illegal war. So please explain how you think that the same rules should apply today?

It speaks for its self.

I understand where libertarians come from. They are anarchists. Some more so then others. The ones screaming the loudest are the ones who would revert this country to 1779 and the articles of confederation in which states were supreme. This nation would be once again a conglomeration of states with a central government only responsible for defense.

A roll back is what they…all of them demand. To when is what keeps them splintered.

Not true, Somebody. That’s also not true for the big-L Libertarians and those of us who are mainstream little-l libertarian (except where being an ideological purist is inferior to something else), who are among the many who know better about Big Government and reject lock-step approval of it nowdays.

The common starting points for “undoing” things are 1932 (as we’re almost at 2008, that’s 76 years) or 1913 (95 years) depending on the desired goals.

We know mistakes were made and hopefully these should be corrected. Given the numbers of those in favor of the New Deal and Great Society, in particular, it’s not going to happen any time soon.

Instead we settle for improved rationality (questioning the failed Gospel of Government, which only people who are stuck at the year 1972 or decades earlier still adhere to religiously) and, of course, damage control.

That’s why often the Republicans are the lesser evil, boring or unattractive or non-positive (as well as often unappealing) as they often are. Grown-ups aren’t beholden to the Democrats but at least look at the GOP.

The proponents of the Libertarian and alternative to the big two just SO much want something different that they get very animated and vocal in opposition to anyone who might throw water on their campfire.

I sympathize with them but if you look at Mr. Pauls record in congress it is the epitome of Nothingness. He opposes nearly every thing because it does not coincide with his version of what the constitution means.

Ron Paul for president means dismantling 225 years of work because Ron Paul says so.

But that said, there is a reality in poll numbers. There is a margin of error. And that means that in terms of political science reality it is indeed highly unlikely right now that Ron Paul with the polling numbers he has is going to win the Republican nomination.

Could it happen? There are various reports that indicate if New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg decides to run he’ll use a chunk of his own big bucks to do so since money DOES count. And Paul has the money for advertising.

Still, it is hard to see an instance in political history where a candidate with such low polling numbers went on to get their party’s nomination. FACT. Not OPINION.

Secondly, the writer of this piece is saying that given what every single major poll has shown: Ron Paul isn’t going to win the Presidency, at least if he intends to do it through the Republican party. That is not an unusually harsh statement to make, given the polling numbers and it does not show that he is biased against Ron Paul. Unless I missed it, there is not one single poll that shows Paul in even the top four. This is not BIAS saying that. It’s stating a fact (if we missed a major poll that shows Paul in the top four, then please put the link in comments and we’ll run it).

Those who wish to email THE AUTHOR of this column (I’m changing the byline on this to Cagle Cartoons which it should have been anyway) can do so at the email below.

One bit of advice: sending name-calling emails to bloggers, reporters, blogs and mainstream publications doesn’t help your candidate. I got a lot of emails from people who like Ron Paul thanking TMV for running this so to be accurate the emails I got were not indicative of all Ron Paul supporters. I will delete any further emails from those people who emailed me earlier. No time and not worth the time.

Here is the email address to contact THE WRITER of the piece above if you want to convince him that Ron Paul is a shoo-in to win the Republican nomination:
steigerwald@caglecartoons.com

Meanwhile, the real issue is here at home — when you rob from several Peters to pay several more Pauls (pun not intended), you have the vast support of the several more Pauls.

The real problem is that the vast middle class, not merely the poor, are hooked on entitlements and they welcome an overgrown, over-interventionist federal government.

While reality has forced smarter Americans to reconsider this position, Goldwater would still face scummy treatment and an astounding defeat today; too many continue to find what Paul as well as those of us who are more reasoned want done in general to this nation quaint at best and obviously unacceptable.

can i use your crystal ball when your done with it?

“But he and everyone else who hasn’t lost his grip on political reality has always known that America’s future doesn’t include a President Ron Paul.”

insulting.

I’m sorry I wasted 5 minutes on this.

The problem is that they are aghast at a few War time incidents that all presidents have employed. Eavesdropping, internment. During WW2 the pows would have been held indefinitely until the war was concluded. This war still rages yet the Libertarians scream bloody murder that we are pissing on the constitution.

We are not. It is just that the Libertarians and the Anti/war have joined forces, held hands and now the 10 percent he is polling is the protest vote within the GOP over perceived injustices.

Had Bush really violated the constitution even the GOP would have hung him. It is just this fringe……loon…..Constitution thumping Evangelists of the libertarian vein that preach to us over and over the evils of BDS until finally a nation became brainwashed by its message.

Hallelujah brother. Shout it loud. Shout it long. Preach to the masses brother.

But in the end look at what the man has done in congress and what he stands for.

That can be summed up in one word.

NOTHING