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Briefing Book! Ron Paul and Stephen Baldwin War on Drugs

CitizenSugar — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:54:09 -0700

Ron Paul debates Stephen Baldwin about marijuana legalization. - Wonkette
Eliot Spitzer for Treasury secretary? - Gawker
AIG takes its logo off its building. - New York Daily News
In honor of Spring break, check out some Washington, DC, crazy party antics. - Indecision Forever
Secretary Geithner refuses to endorse punitive bonus tax bill. - Huffington Post
New Jersey ditches plan to ban the risky Brazilian wax. - BellaSugar

Briefing Book! Ron Paul Appears in Sacha Baron Cohen Film

CitizenSugar — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:00:12 -0700

Ron Paul makes an insane cameo in Sacha Baron Cohen's new movie Bruno, during which Cohen tries to seduce him. - Slate
Does being laid off affect how you view your spouse? - lilsugar
Recession magically solves terrorism problem. - Wonkette
Seventeen places every woman must go. - Lemondrop
Al Franken and Norm Coleman might be headed to the Supreme Court. - Indecision Forever
Sen. Claire McCaskill can't believe they didn't serve corned beef and cabbage at the Dem Caucus lunch today. - Twitter

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What Do Ron Paul and Ralph Nader Have in Common?

LibertySugar — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 06:00:39 -0700

While they often feel like the odd ones out, third-party candidates and Republican Ron Paul joined together yesterday at the National Press Club to draw attention to the positions they have in common.

Ron Paul, Independent candidate Ralph Nader, Green Party candidate Cynthia McKinney, and Constitution Party candidate Chuck Baldwin agreed to the following stances:

Ending the Iraq war as quickly as possible.
Strengthening privacy and civil liberties.
Reducing the national debt.
Auditing the Federal Reserve.

Libertarian candidate Bob Barr held his own press conference afterward, saying he was less concerned about unity, and more concerned about winning. Former Republican candidate Ron Paul said he would not be endorsing John McCain or Barack Obama. He did, however, back all four third-party candidates, adding, "If you ever get to the point where you believe the two parties are essentially the same, if the majority is outside of the establishment, it's not very democratic. The process is not working."

If you were a Ron Paul supporter, who do you think you'll vote for in November?

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Ron Paul's New Book Hits #1 on Amazon

CitizenSugar — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 11:45:25 -0700

Rep. Ron Paul, former (?) outside-the-box, passion-inspiring presidential candidate has a new book - and it's become the #1 bestselling political book on Amazon.com even though it's not even being released until April 30.

The master of inspiring the grassroots revolution, Paul's book has a website where you can pledge to buy the book, making sure it will debut at the top of the New York Times best-seller list. He's either an incredible marketer or the only one with the right idea - you decide.

The book is called, The Revolution: A Manifesto. Are you buying it? Checking it out of the library?

Where I'm Clicking Now: GoCrossPoliticalBash08

CitizenSugar — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 07:00:28 -0700

Hold on to your hats, this is a nerdy one! GoCrossPoliticalBash08 is part of the game phenomenon GoCrossCampus or GXC. It's an online a variation on board games like Risk, and has spawned quite a following on college campuses. That's pretty nerdy, but it gets better: in the political version of the game, players (anyone with an .edu email address can play) are battling a virtual version of the presidential campaign. Who are the big two candidates? Ron Paul and Stephen Colbert.

Want in? Here's how to play:

The rules of GXC are relatively simple. Every player is allocated a number of armies each day and must coordinate attacks, troop movements and defensive maneuvers with teammates. Players can move their armies once each day, and the game software calculates the result of clashes with an algorithm that gives a slight edge to defenders.

And forget talk of superdelegates. Currently Texas is controlled by Ron Paul and 99 armies and California is controlled by Stephen Colbert and his 277 armies. I don't know but they might be onto something. Never mind the Electoral College, this might be the most powerful display of true democracy in the whole campaign.

Citizen Poll: World Police?

LibertySugar — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 03:00:08 -0800

Representative Ron Paul, the only Republican presidential candidate to oppose the Iraq War, thinks the United States should not be the world's policeman. According to Paul, spreading democracy results in unacceptable consequences. Paul told ABC News:

We're spreading our goodness in Iraq, [and] we can't do that without dropping bombs on them and killing a lot of people.

When the interviewer suggested that if we don't attack them there, they will attack us here, Paul argued that an American presence overseas inspires hatred and attacks against the US, especially when bases are in Muslim holy areas.

Should America be the world's policeman?

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Headline: Ron Paul Heats Up Anti-abortion Rally

CitizenSugar — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 10:00:40 -0800

At an anti-abortion rally yesterday in DC marking the 35th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision, presidential candidate Ron Paul caught in a YouTube video, said the following,

The Constitution protects all life. Unless we resolve this tremendous moral dilemma, just think, today, a baby, one minute before life, deserves protection, and one minute after life, we still pretend it's called murder.

This revelation coincides with a big, perhaps surprising, endorsement for Ron Paul, from "Roe," now a staunch abortion opponent, named in the decision Roe v. Wade. In her endorsement, "Roe" (real name Norma McCorvey) said,

I support Ron Paul for president because we share the same goal, that of overturning Roe v. Wade. He has never wavered."

The endorsement sparked varied reactions from Paul supporters, as many are drawn to the candidate because of his positions against the Iraq War and favor of civil liberties, but may not be aware of the candidates stance on social issues like abortion.

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Where I'm Clicking Now: The Caucus

CitizenSugar — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 03:00:06 -0800

This is another goodie I gathered while we were all distracted by last month's shop-and-wrapapalooza. Now the New York Times is deservedly one of the fancy papers of record, and their political blog, The Caucus is worthy of the Times moniker, so I love, love when they branch out to, let's say, softer news.

This quiz helps answer the burning political question, "Ron Paul, or...Ru Paul?" Come on, this you gotta see-but be warned, you'll have to "work it girl"-it's harder than you'd think!

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Sean Paul/Ron Paul

GiggleSugar — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 11:00:00 -0800

Some people say it's hard to understand most of the things that come out of politicians' mouths. After their speeches reach the spin cycle and you don't really know where they stand, they might as well sound like Sean Paul. Here's an amusing demonstration. . .

Thanks, College Humor!

Grab Bag! Some Men Want to Be Just Like Their Girlfriends

TresSugar — Tue, 19 May 2009 12:00:00 -0700

Shapeshifter: a man who changes everything about himself to match his new girlfriend. - Lemondrop
The most inappropriate wedding songs immortalized. - Urlesque
Porn is going mainstream with a Quiznos commercial inspired by "2 Girls 1 Cup." -The Frisky
Tackling the narrow idea of masculinity. - Double X
Vintage sexism: help women open ketchup bottles. - Feministing
How much do you know about the gender pay gap? - SavvySugar
Congressman Ron Paul says states have a right to legalize marijuana. - Indecision Forever

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