Blowhards, hustlers and shallow opportunists

We were down in Nashville this weekend, along with Ron Paul, Porter Stansberry, Jim Rickards and others.

The question on the table was whats ahead for the US?

Dr Paul took up the question from a geo-political point of view. He told the crowd that the military/security industry had Congress in its pocket. As a result, we can expect more borrowing, more spending and more pointless and futile wars.

Wars may be bad for the country and its citizens, says Ron, but they are good for the people who make fighter jets and combat fatigues.

Weve been at war in the Mideast for decades, he said. We supported Osama bin Laden against the Soviets in Afghanistan and the result of that was the creation of Al Qaeda. Then, we supported Saddam Hussein against Iran. Saddam and bin Laden hated each other, but after 9/11 we attacked Saddam, using a bunch of lies to justify it. We sent over billions and billions of dollars worth of military equipment, which is now in the hands of Isil which is another enemy we created and a far more dangerous one.

Ron Paul is such a pure-hearted soul. What was a man like him doing in Congress? It must have been some sort of electoral accident.

Good men rarely run for public office. And when they do, it is even rarer for them to win.

Poor Ron is retired from Congress now and spending his time trying to get the word out. He thinks that if people only realised what was happening they would vote for more responsible leaders and more sensible policies.

Alas, thats not the way it works. The further the country goes in the wrong direction, the more people there are who have a financial interest in staying on the same road.

Once we visited Ron in his office on Capitol Hill. He held a breakfast meeting with a small group of fellow Congressmen, trying to convince them to vote his way; we dont remember what was at issue.

See the original post:
Blowhards, hustlers and shallow opportunists