please remember this clown was elected to the euro parliment on less than 30 percent turnout . he is unelectable in mainstream uk politics as he is a right wing nutter as we say in the uk but if you americans want him plzzz take him and we will pay the plane ticket as long as it's one way
@stater68 We have elected him. To the office which he was up for elections on.
The problem with Hannan, however, is that the overwhelming public sector backlash would make him unelectable at the level of Prime Minister. People don't think "I'm hard working. A strong public sector will be good for me". They think "this guys cuts will cost me my current job". He is, however, proving influential in the right wing movt here, which is great.
I liked this guy before but now I love him hearing he would have voted for Ron Paul. IF ONLY Republicans would wake up and get behind Ron Paul! Or at the very least take his ideas and run with them.
He's right about the GOP straying from its core principles. The McCain candidacy was a joke. We have to start demanding pro-liberty Republicans rather than same old tired notions of lower taxes with increased spending, promoting freedom while taking it away, and slightly less government control rather than unbridled freedom and self-determination.
Freedom and liberty sells itself. The GOP just needs to put the message forward. And if it is incapable of doing so, it needs to disappear.
Why are people blaming capitalism? We havent had capitalism for a few hundred years. What we have is Corporatism, where companies get big and then look over their shoulder, see the competition approaching and do a two way reciprocal supporting deal to the exclusion of others with the Government so they can kick away the ladder. StagCorporatism results and its all down hill from there with us getting dragged down too. A truly Free Market would Bankrupt those who over risk & rewards prudence.
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Rent a mouth Hannan is everywhere. This is the reason you take anything he says with a pinch of shit. The nerd is a nomark in his party. A very poor member for the EEC even though he hates the EEC he takes money to be a EEC rep. This says it all about this EXCUSE for a man. A FRAUD.
What, exactly, is "populist" about promoting free markets, small government, free trade, open primaries, and Jeffersonian principles? Almost everything in that list is decidedly ANTI-populist.
OK, I'll take back "populist " if you like. I just find his advocacy of selfish capitalism completely abhorrent. Most UK citizens seem to be rejecting the dystopia which Hannan is proposing. In that sense, he certainly ain't popular over here.
There is nothing inherently "selfish" about capitalism or capitalist societies. The Heritage Foundation and the WSJ release an annual list of the world's freest economies and you might be surprised to find that the world's 3 most capitalist societies- Hong Kong, Singapore, and Ireland- all have strong social support networks through charities, family, government, and religious organisations. Capitalism simply ensures efficient resource allocation; the rest is up to the people.
Erm.. Ireland? If capitalism is so successful there, then why is it experiencing such severe economic problems? It is like a great hedge fund, as is Iceland, praised by Hannon, but now having to be bailed out by the EU. Funny, that.
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Its a shame we cant deport Daniel Hannan to America lol, nobody wants him back home, actually nobody knows who the hell he is.... but he does talk shite thats for suree =P =]
I love it. The smear campaign against Ron Paul by FOX news was despicable. The very so-called conservative news outlet turned their back on the most conservative candidate, creating a crazy caricature of Ron Paul that dumb, right-wing America then rejected. So here comes this voice of reason from Britain that FOX wants to uphold, as they suddenly want to wave the anti-socialist flag now that big-government conservatism is out of office.
The Deutsche Mark had crashed long before 1933 and as a result of that the Germans suffered many years of hyperinflation. The fact that they also had to pay off a "war debt" for an infinite time to the Allies, a war that they had not caused and had not properly lost (no enemy soldiers crossed into Germany, she sought a peace that'd be fair and just) also took its toll. No, the man whom assumed power in 1933 in Germany was not a Libertarian, but he was somewhat Conservative. ; ]
@cwood4ever He was a corporatist as well, and corporatism is precisely what we already have in the U.S. People need to realize that and demand a return to freedom and constitutional government. The Constitution does NOT permit the federal government to cozy up to corporations and give them special privileges.
Gordon Brown is the one who CAUSED the financial mess (by totally encouraging financial deregulation and a very light touch by the FSA, to allow the unsustainable credit upon which his 'boom years' were built) - and now he wants us to believe he is the big hero coming to fix it all? I can't stand him.
Allowing Gordon Brown to try and fix the financial mess is about as sensible as employing Josef Frtizl as a babysitter!
Hannan is really smart and dead on with most issues, but why would he support Obama? It undermines his credibility. But, he at least has one testicle, which is one more than most in Europe have.
@daviduk40 Central banks are what enabled this crisis and most other financial crises. The governments are complicit in turning over their sovereign right to coin money and regulate its value.
Pretty impressed with the interview as well, MSNBC could take some hints on respect, being able to take criticism and presenting a real interview not an editorial.
i think its ironic that sean hannity, beck and laura ingrim and the rest are getting a dose of there own medicine. they ignored the crowds for Ron Paul during the election and his tea party back in 2007, but still no word from hannity and laura. i just wish that they would unite the party around Paul and his original ideas(constitutional ideas).
true true...... if you watch the videos with Hannan, he gradually takes on more mainstream views and follows party rhetoric.
I was hoping he'd be the bold white knight for the uk like Ron paul is for the US but he's slowly falling in line and if im not mistaken..... he's pushing for more for certain centralized powers.
I became a sceptic when I saw him praised by Beck and fondly enough he's never again praised Ron Paul....
"a star is born" ... America overlooks anything an informed person says just to patronize and flatter him instead..."there's that fag talk we talked about"
You called me an idiot fuckwad. Dont expect civil conversation if you call a person a name. I can get just as nasty.
Liberal? Hardly, my little sperm catcher.
I guess you wouldnt know where they censored Paul would you? The debate where he said 'Let me see if I get this straight...' was censored from rebroadcast, he was also excluded from the NH debate the night before the primary. The same night Paul supporters chased Hannity into a hotel.
Neil Cavuto is the biggest idiot, the more interviews I see of his, the more I am sure he is paid directly by the government. I loved the look on his face when Daniel said Ron Paul for president, priceless!
Well done Daniel, someone buy this man a drink, A true man of the people not like the rest of the puppet controlled arse wipes that call themselves politicians they are banker controlled pigs. Daniel you are the MAN ....
Yes danmannz, Roger Douglas is hated and let's not forget why, because his trickle-down theory was a load of crap and proved to be a miserable failure. And how the heck did he ever become 'Sir' Roger Douglas?
Like this video was talking about sometimes government doing nothing is the best thing. Even if it causes alot of pain in the short time and very unpopular.
If his policies were so bad why didn't incomming governments keep them?
@JOSYMOL ITS NOT THAT RON PAUL IS SMART.. Its so many other things that supercede his intelligence which makes him a great man. It is understanding of the economy, of personal liberties, and the constitution. THE ROLE OF THE GOVERNMENT.. HE IS A DIFFERENT BREED... RON PAUL WONT SAVE US, we need to vote in the people who speak like him, and then vote the ones who dont act like him.. 1/3 of americans vote and people blame the 2 party system and corporate fundings of campaigns, RON PAUL 2012
Let the banks fail? And who would come out earning millions through state spending sprees after a depression??
Why Daniel and his enterprising mates, with their generous state granted contracts. All idealogues, bend their theories for themselves. Free enterprise my a***
Did he say he would never be Prime Minister? hummm I seem to remember a certain Mrs Thatcher saying ' 'I dont think we will have a woman prime minister in my life time'' So lets hope this gut becomes PM. After the speach he made to Brown he is the talk of the town here in the UK and he would only have to stand as PM to win i think,
Cameron is a lightweight Fop. Cameron will never drag-back all the Tory voters who have deserted in disgust at the betrayal of this country. There are MILLIONS out there, just waiting for ONE person to catch their feelings. You have done it. Take the sword that has been handed to you, or they won't forgive you. Good Luck...!
Cameron isn't the man, we always knew it. This moment won't come again, it's the last chance saloon for the UK...Brown has 'Dennis-Healey'd us good and proper, as Labour always do. Every time they end-up leaving power with the UK penniless. Now is not the time to be timid Daniel. You've got everyone's attention....just pitch-in and the people will follow...everyone has been waiting, DESPERATE for a leader who will ACTUALLY speak for them. Don't talk ABOUT it, DO it.
first thing he said that I didn't like... he supported OBAMA? Every single thing he said criticizing Republicans is correct, but to believe that Democrats and Obama are better is still nutty.
He said why, it's pretty valid. McCain is a lunatic hothead. And we're perceived as all being a bit racist in some parts for having all pitched in on slaughtering perhaps a million Iraqis. The election calmed & gladdened a lot of people...temporarily.
The next Bond movie sees James battling a dark,pervading force at the heart of Europe called `The Commission´. In an attempt to destroy the last of the `Six Treaties ´, he goes to Ireland,France and Holland but is beaten up by a huge gang of burocrats and extradited to an Albanian prison by the European Public Prosecuter called EPP.
He manages to escape and confronts the un-elected president of the commission on the rooftop of the EU `parliament ´ in Brussels.
Well, let me amend that: Paul & Hannan ARE on the other side from you; it's the vast majority of "conservatives" you are railing against who aren't really on Paul & Hannan's side. Whenever they have power they act just like YOUR side. Your side & their side just have a disagreement on who it is wealth should be redistributed to. Paul & Hannan want NO wealth redistributed by force. They believe that's called theft & they're for the strongest regulation of that. That spells prison &/or restitution
AND (sheesh, 4 boxes, sorry, but a lie can travel around the world before the truth can get its boots on. Not saying you're a liar, but a misconception seems just as quick & destructive) much of what we suffer from (besides just systematic insanity) is called FRAUD. Just to wrap this up, Paul & Hannan are for the strongest regulation; punishment of fraud.
This MEP has stated that regulation is bad, he must be living on another planet it was because of his party's deregulation that we are in this dam mess.
His party in the UK thought nothing of creating recession to fuel the rich and hit the poor.
Brown is bad but his party will kill the economy again, once they win the next election.
(He loves Fox does that not say enough to warn everyone)
[Again, I can only speak of Hannan assuming he is a British "Ron Paul"]
This word, "deregulation" is chanted like a mantra by your side. You are not applying it correctly. Paul & Hannan, for one thing aren't really on the other side: they are for the very STRONGEST regulations. They are anti-corporatist. Throughout the history of "regulation", in the sense you mean, they have been WRITTEN BY the connected corporations. The very short explanation: the goals were always to freeze everything...
..with them on top, by entangling their competition with seas of red tape, restricting entry into business & by providing "free" education & sops to labor to basically create a work force of drones. "Perpetual children" may sound harsh, but I tell you, if Jefferson(who Hannan just mentioned in another interview, btw. I have a really good feeling about this guy)could be resurrected today, or any American from that era, they just wouldn't believe the sorry states to which the citizenry have fallen
He is not Ron Paul don't be fooled into that. And as for my side I am not on any side I strongly and utterly dislike both main political groupings some of us are more free than others in our political ideas.
His comment on regulation is simple and plain he wants us to stick to the deregulation path that allowed the banks to hide there failures.
But given that most of the front bench in his party are bankers what would one expect.
@Votemad: So, you're saying he's an enormous liar. I say "enormous" because he's a politician. The only politician I've ever known that isn't a liar is Ron Paul, he's some kind of moral freak.
So, Hannan's an enormous liar, I don't understand what his angle with supporting Paul & letting banks go under is, but YOU: you utterly dislike both main streams? You don't prefer one over the other in any way?
Having lived and worked in the UK all my life I feel I am able to see how both main parties lie, look up there actions when it comes to lies and corruption (Both sides) Look at how this man's party created 2 economic collapses during there last term in office.
Look at how they increased Tax or added food and energy to the Tax system, check out the ERM fiasco.
And how they closed our mining industry or shut down a city, Liverpool because they did not like the politics there, on both sides.
I have ceded much from the beginning because I of course can't know as much as you do on Hannan. I will admit I don't even know as much as I SHOULD about British politics, although I'm a voracious Theodore Dalrymple reader (what tells me you don't like him as much as I do?) BUT, Britain seems to be like the U.S., in so many ways, I think it's safe to assume your "left" & "right" are pretty much like ours. I'll ask again: isn't there one basic side you'd rather see in power?
No, I would not like to see this sort of political system, each side will look after there own giving the others very little in real terms.
The facts speak for them selves just look at how this system works.
Just because we have a left and right does not mean it is all we should expect, both sides have good ideas but never work to the better of us all, its sad and rather tiring this left right swing.
We need consensus and solutions not battles and manipulation.
Well, consensus is out of the question. Jefferson had the solutions for that here in America; it is a little mystifying to me how these ideas are utterly ignored.
Yes, we completely agree here: the system is what is mainly wretched. I too like some of the IDEAS both sides claim to have, but almost never follow up on. Would you please, give me one example - one from each side - of an idea you consider good?
At this time No as both are treading water, but on a personal note I have been to meet MP's on both sides in the House, and when you talk to them individually they know there trailing party lines because they have to.
Ask them what would they like to see for say young people and they claim Peace, so they never have to see what we have seen, but ask them how do we get there they become stuck.
But one thing here is both sides want to remove the house of Lords now that would be a result.
Well, I'm attempting a crash course on your politics, so I'll get back to you after I've figured out what the hell you're talking about in this last post, haha. Cheers. (& I appreciate your personal civility. I have the strong suspicion that you are being very unfair to Hannan, though. What could his angle be in supporting Paul & the allowance of bank failure if he's in banksters' pockets? It seems you know that Paul is not in ANYONE'S; I'd appreciate you very much for that alone)
He is an MEP and may not be one of the bankers but his party is full of them.
That is why they have stood back for so long on the issue of the banking crisis, when the first one went they said let it go this would have effected more than one bank, mind you we should let these banks go now there only ripping us off with this bail out.
My main point is on his party being no different to the next and under them a bank went under as did Bearings through lack of control and regulation.
That would also make him just like Dr. Paul. Would you tell me what party he could go to in Britain & still retain his loud voice? I can tell you that in America, Dr. Paul can't go to another party & do the same.
For those who think Hannan is the type of person "the world has waited for," note who he says he would have voted for: RON PAUL. (minute 5)... not a coincidence.
Ron Paul is America's Hannan (of sorts) and should be embraced accordingly. Watch Ron Paul's YouTube channel and see for yourself.
they offer solutions. They offered a very simple solution. Don't do anything and let the banks fail. Don't promote risky business, let them figure out how to save themselves without costing the country dearly.
Every time conservative policies were enacted on a capitalist nation is has prospered enormously. Every time a country tries to bail out like we did in 1929 there is a severe recession.
or spend some of the money used to prop up all the risky investments and deriatives for insuring normal depositors, then let the banks crumble and smarter lenders take over.
you're not listening...any solutions provided by the government cause problems. The government reaction to problems cause more damage then just "not doing anything"
Austrians are the only ones who offer the only solution: take the hard medicine (the recession), and let it cure the system. Keynesians offer more drugs to the drug addict.
Is Hannan a breath of fresh air? is he not merely someone who has the balls to sound certain about one side of this argument when everyone else is sh*****g themselves. Nobody in this forum or in the world knows if Hannan is right. He still sounds very negative without really holding a position of action other than 'I wouldn't have done what Brown or Obama or most of Europe have done'
SeekerNlife, these chat forums are really great for people to be rude to each other, people can also try to sound cleverer than they really are I don't know whether this is the case with you but you were a bit rude, I didn't think the fresh air thing WAS actually about the NOT spending money thing, I thought you just enjoyed seeing another guy attacked.
I thought the idea was to keep the economy moving until an upturn when you can pay off the debt, we always have debt don't we?
@Artbrucef: "SeekerNLife" was rude here!? I don't think you've been on too many of these forums, haha. How should he have said the subtleties were lost on you? Hannan wasn't attacking "another guy", he was excoriating a disastrous "captain" of an economy. I obviously don't know everything about Brown, but judging from his demeanor here: watch?v=XDwQEEAZhWM&NR=1
under another well deserved tongue-lashing, he not only seems to be pathologically irresponsible but to be an absolute cretin.
I try to come up with illustrations to describe what Ron Paul & it looks like his British counterpart, Hannan are trying to do (& not to be clever! I'm praying enough people WAKE UP!) For starters they are not a part of this lefty/righty snow job. We are in a car going down a road headed off a cliff. Two lunatics are fighting over the wheel. Paul & Hannan are just screaming for them to stop so we can get out & take the long walk back to fiscal sanity & responsibility. It's going to hurt,no doubt
I sometimes get distracted by these forums but wish I wasn't, you start off thinking, hey I can share my world view with interesting people and realise that most people tend to be of the opinion that other people are idiots and don't really seem very nice. Also they never get anywhere and just end up as a way to practise arguing.
It always makes me sad not happy so I should just stop
Art: You're probably just at the wrong forum. I'm not trying to be rude, but, you came to a political/economic forum, sermon in hand ,sounding like the Maharishi. I can't believe you didn't get a more vicious verbal beating.
That reminds me I have a very interesting interview of an ex-KGB guy who said that the Soviets were very interested in propagating yoga & all of that stuff, as a way to make (& I'm sorry "Art"), to make people speak exactly like "Art". Check out his first two comments.
I'm in "flyover" country & proud too. There are hundreds of thousands of us absolutely fed up with D.C. & Wall St. (for that matter & to a lesser extent, L.A. too) & millions are slowly being roused.
It's dawned on me lately that Dr. Paul has done everything he could do in D.C. & that's approximately nothing, except wake a lot of us up.
I say to these two Brits here, if you don't like Hannan, send him over to "flyover country" to join Paul.
Artb, This is not really a 'chat forum'. This is a YouTube video, with a 'comment section'. I made a comment. You took it upon yourself to attack it. And now you make a whine that *I* was being rude? *holds up mirror to Artb* ಠ_ಠ And, no....we don't "always have debt"! Lavish social programs get started during times when the economy is good. Then people come to think of them as 'necessities'...when they really aren't something worthy of going into massive debt for.
I think I may have been told off. I suppose I just look at all this political posturing by all the people on this comments section and think 'what are YOU doing that stops you being a hypocrite' Are they giving up their cars, their luxuries,Can they make brave decisions. It all feels like fiction. It also feels hurtful because the only good bits about life are the love and the sex and the friendship, on a deeper level that is the purpose of politics not all this point scoring
Yes, & I wanted to do it in the nicest way I could think of. We have to check our premises. Art, do you know what "begging the question" is? You have assumed everything that you are now drawing false conclusions from. You are so enamored of your constructions that you won't even acknowledge how I countered them. This is not posturing. My illustration about the car; you're telling me I made that up to feed my ego?
I'll send you that link to the ex-KGB guy if you have any interest.
I do have an interest in this KGB guy, sounds like a bit of the old conspiracy stuff which seems to get certain people very excited. 'Yoga and stuff''.....is the 'stuff'' herbal remedies and meditation and wearing purple to make them speak like me?(sort of intelligently but with a wide eyed vulnerability) I don't do yoga but I think sport is very good for a person, I also like to act and Direct in the London Fringe, only a semi-commited hippie.
Yes, you're right, this word, "conspiracy" is a magic elixir to be used when ever anyone says that anyone else may make plans with others & not tell everyone about it. There are no conspiracies. Did you know that it was one man who flew those two planes into the WTC. It was quite a feat that lone nut pulled off.
I wasn't making any specific claims about what exactly makes you bring flowers, wishful thinking & passive aggression to a knife fight & then act hurt when you are ridiculed. It's just that what you were saying reminded me of this video.
I said "stuff" because of space constraints.
Sure, real Liberalism = Liberty. Paine, Jefferson, Bastiat, Mises.
you know after he made the comment about him voting for Ron Paul, he vanished from Fox News. Sean Hannity never mentioned his name again.
b1burck 5 months ago
people should pay taxes according to annual income, no matter where they made the money, stop bullshitting us! stop the theft!
telewebservices 7 months ago
Daniel Hannan is a mother fudging gangsta!
2camjohn 1 year ago
please remember this clown was elected to the euro parliment on less than 30 percent turnout . he is unelectable in mainstream uk politics as he is a right wing nutter as we say in the uk but if you americans want him plzzz take him and we will pay the plane ticket as long as it's one way
MrStewart149 1 year ago
@MrStewart149 a right wing nutter? in what way?
godlikeangel 1 year ago
better to be more loyal to your own. well said - McCain would have been better therefore
personalysistheories 1 year ago
Why can't those idiot Britons elect this guy. He would make the world a better place.
stater68 1 year ago
@stater68 We have elected him. To the office which he was up for elections on.
The problem with Hannan, however, is that the overwhelming public sector backlash would make him unelectable at the level of Prime Minister. People don't think "I'm hard working. A strong public sector will be good for me". They think "this guys cuts will cost me my current job". He is, however, proving influential in the right wing movt here, which is great.
thepenguinmafia 1 year ago
Why can' those idiot Americans elect Ron Paul? He would make the world a better place.
UnleashedKane 9 months ago 2
I liked this guy before but now I love him hearing he would have voted for Ron Paul. IF ONLY Republicans would wake up and get behind Ron Paul! Or at the very least take his ideas and run with them.
flaunttnualf 1 year ago
He's right about the GOP straying from its core principles. The McCain candidacy was a joke. We have to start demanding pro-liberty Republicans rather than same old tired notions of lower taxes with increased spending, promoting freedom while taking it away, and slightly less government control rather than unbridled freedom and self-determination.
Freedom and liberty sells itself. The GOP just needs to put the message forward. And if it is incapable of doing so, it needs to disappear.
flaunttnualf 1 year ago
I dont know how we did it but in AUS we have managed to ride the FC relatively unscathed.
vadermarvel 2 years ago
Why are people blaming capitalism? We havent had capitalism for a few hundred years. What we have is Corporatism, where companies get big and then look over their shoulder, see the competition approaching and do a two way reciprocal supporting deal to the exclusion of others with the Government so they can kick away the ladder. StagCorporatism results and its all down hill from there with us getting dragged down too. A truly Free Market would Bankrupt those who over risk & rewards prudence.
chrislebensmother 2 years ago 2
Hannan has a huge international audience becase he has the guts to speak the truth
DumblyBrilliant 2 years ago 3
Ferihegy: It's always easy to blame capitalism for the failures of socialism...
This entire global crisis was caused by government interfering in the free market.
gnuochtapir 2 years ago 5
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Rent a mouth Hannan is everywhere. This is the reason you take anything he says with a pinch of shit. The nerd is a nomark in his party. A very poor member for the EEC even though he hates the EEC he takes money to be a EEC rep. This says it all about this EXCUSE for a man. A FRAUD.
ronald2394 2 years ago
ad hominem argument
TheSophist2007 2 years ago
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"Young rising maverick". Is that what US Americans call shameless self-promoting populists?
ferihegy 2 years ago
What, exactly, is "populist" about promoting free markets, small government, free trade, open primaries, and Jeffersonian principles? Almost everything in that list is decidedly ANTI-populist.
newfrontiers 2 years ago
OK, I'll take back "populist " if you like. I just find his advocacy of selfish capitalism completely abhorrent. Most UK citizens seem to be rejecting the dystopia which Hannan is proposing. In that sense, he certainly ain't popular over here.
ferihegy 2 years ago
There is nothing inherently "selfish" about capitalism or capitalist societies. The Heritage Foundation and the WSJ release an annual list of the world's freest economies and you might be surprised to find that the world's 3 most capitalist societies- Hong Kong, Singapore, and Ireland- all have strong social support networks through charities, family, government, and religious organisations. Capitalism simply ensures efficient resource allocation; the rest is up to the people.
newfrontiers 2 years ago 3
Erm.. Ireland? If capitalism is so successful there, then why is it experiencing such severe economic problems? It is like a great hedge fund, as is Iceland, praised by Hannon, but now having to be bailed out by the EU. Funny, that.
ferihegy 2 years ago
Clearly not a populist. Possibly not shameless. Certainly self-promoting, although not as bad as most other politicians.
psychawareness 2 years ago
are you fucking retarded?
syndrah 2 years ago
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Its a shame we cant deport Daniel Hannan to America lol, nobody wants him back home, actually nobody knows who the hell he is.... but he does talk shite thats for suree =P =]
patyo1994 2 years ago
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please dont take anything said on Fox News seriously....its not even a news channel...right wing bullshite
welshhibby 2 years ago
i wish he was prime minister!
thatcheritescot 2 years ago 6
He's not even in the Commons, sigh!
poossum12345 2 years ago
i think he could be in the commons in a very short time.
thatcheritescot 2 years ago
I love it. The smear campaign against Ron Paul by FOX news was despicable. The very so-called conservative news outlet turned their back on the most conservative candidate, creating a crazy caricature of Ron Paul that dumb, right-wing America then rejected. So here comes this voice of reason from Britain that FOX wants to uphold, as they suddenly want to wave the anti-socialist flag now that big-government conservatism is out of office.
And who does Dan endorse? Ron Paul. Naturally.
Nudiford 2 years ago 8
@Nudiford It's up to Republicans to kick out the phony leadership and get some real conservatives in there.
flaunttnualf 1 year ago
People with core ideas and principles don't succeed in politics.
fomastephanovitch 2 years ago
Why do you say that? What about Ronald Reagan?
3martijns 2 years ago
I mean today with the ossification of public opinion and the entrenchment of sound bite culture.
Reagan was a massive exception as was Thatcher - people like them will never be mainstream until the dollar crashes.
They're needed more than ever.
fomastephanovitch 2 years ago
Agree. 2010 congressional elections, I hope, after BO puts more of the country down the toilet. Alinsky would be proud.
3martijns 2 years ago
Last time that happened was back in 1933 in Germany.
AberTous 2 years ago
The dollar crashed in 1933 in Germany and as a result a libertarian minded conservative grapped hold of the reins of power?
fomastephanovitch 2 years ago
The Deutsche Mark had crashed long before 1933 and as a result of that the Germans suffered many years of hyperinflation. The fact that they also had to pay off a "war debt" for an infinite time to the Allies, a war that they had not caused and had not properly lost (no enemy soldiers crossed into Germany, she sought a peace that'd be fair and just) also took its toll. No, the man whom assumed power in 1933 in Germany was not a Libertarian, but he was somewhat Conservative. ; ]
AberTous 2 years ago
Hitler was a socialist and believed in the control all major forms of production.
cwood4ever 2 years ago 3
@cwood4ever He was a corporatist as well, and corporatism is precisely what we already have in the U.S. People need to realize that and demand a return to freedom and constitutional government. The Constitution does NOT permit the federal government to cozy up to corporations and give them special privileges.
flaunttnualf 1 year ago
Gordon Brown is the one who CAUSED the financial mess (by totally encouraging financial deregulation and a very light touch by the FSA, to allow the unsustainable credit upon which his 'boom years' were built) - and now he wants us to believe he is the big hero coming to fix it all? I can't stand him.
Allowing Gordon Brown to try and fix the financial mess is about as sensible as employing Josef Frtizl as a babysitter!
daviduk40 2 years ago 6
Hannan is really smart and dead on with most issues, but why would he support Obama? It undermines his credibility. But, he at least has one testicle, which is one more than most in Europe have.
bookdawggie32 2 years ago
@daviduk40 Central banks are what enabled this crisis and most other financial crises. The governments are complicit in turning over their sovereign right to coin money and regulate its value.
flaunttnualf 1 year ago
Wow what a cogent speaker,
Pretty impressed with the interview as well, MSNBC could take some hints on respect, being able to take criticism and presenting a real interview not an editorial.
mctarmac10 2 years ago 3
i think its ironic that sean hannity, beck and laura ingrim and the rest are getting a dose of there own medicine. they ignored the crowds for Ron Paul during the election and his tea party back in 2007, but still no word from hannity and laura. i just wish that they would unite the party around Paul and his original ideas(constitutional ideas).
bdburck 2 years ago
Hannan sounds a whole lot like that smart man from Texas, Ron Paul .
jwilson770 2 years ago 26
no ron paul is an overhyped moron
NJRocks281 1 year ago
Free internet = Libertarians going ballistic
Conclusion:
They're going to regulate the internet!
Kloppy86 2 years ago 5
Well spoken, on the money...... simple fiscal arithmetic is beautifully explained by him. Power to the people....
Benny750 2 years ago 2
If only ...
like all politicians he's member of a party controlled
by the powers that be.
GeorgeGreekTrucker 2 years ago
true true...... if you watch the videos with Hannan, he gradually takes on more mainstream views and follows party rhetoric.
I was hoping he'd be the bold white knight for the uk like Ron paul is for the US but he's slowly falling in line and if im not mistaken..... he's pushing for more for certain centralized powers.
I became a sceptic when I saw him praised by Beck and fondly enough he's never again praised Ron Paul....
Benny750 2 years ago
Spot on!
As if we don't know that Gordon is just following orders
just as Hannan's lot are going to do when they
take the chair.
It's just a farce, designed to take the pressure off the hidden rulers.
GeorgeGreekTrucker 2 years ago
We must adopt Daniel into our country. We need you Daniel. Maybe you're even more needed right where you are.
MAZMARTinc 2 years ago 4
"a star is born" ... America overlooks anything an informed person says just to patronize and flatter him instead..."there's that fag talk we talked about"
juke52 2 years ago
well i just subscribed as Im another brit whose a fan of ron paul , and many of the principles of early america .
bearsagainstevil 2 years ago 3
hahahahahahahhaaaaaa
RON PAUL!!!!
Even the most popular limey on TV right now would vote for him. How does Cavuto feel at that moment? Shocked.
The guy name dropped Ron Paul on Fox News. Classic.
sidrosteel 2 years ago 4
Another idiot who never actually watches Fox.
rsue62 2 years ago
Dear Douchebag,
Ive been politically active for a while now, and although I dont watch fox (I actually cancelled my cable because of the censorship of Paul on fox.)
In the kindest way, go fuck yourself.
sidrosteel 2 years ago
You are obviously a person of intelligence and grace as witnessed by your typical liberal response.
Thank you and have a wonderful day.
rsue62 2 years ago
Also if you don't watch Fox, why do you say they censored Paul? I saw him many times on Fox.
Facts tend to help when you make decisions.
Do you have problems with women since you address them with such offensive language or is that just how you reply to anyone who disagrees with you?
rsue62 2 years ago
You called me an idiot fuckwad. Dont expect civil conversation if you call a person a name. I can get just as nasty.
Liberal? Hardly, my little sperm catcher.
I guess you wouldnt know where they censored Paul would you? The debate where he said 'Let me see if I get this straight...' was censored from rebroadcast, he was also excluded from the NH debate the night before the primary. The same night Paul supporters chased Hannity into a hotel.
I had cable until then. Satisfied... idiot?
sidrosteel 2 years ago 2
Daniel Hannan says he would vote for Ron Paul; Neil Cavuto feels like a schmuck.
jimjaas 2 years ago 2
You obviously don't watch Neil much to make such a statement.
rsue62 2 years ago
Neil Cavuto is the biggest idiot, the more interviews I see of his, the more I am sure he is paid directly by the government. I loved the look on his face when Daniel said Ron Paul for president, priceless!
Pablo905 2 years ago
I believe that Neil likes Ron Paul. And the nice thing is, that he lets Daniel talk for along time.
NC360 2 years ago 4
Spoken like a true idiot! You obviously don' watch Neil on a regular basis.
rsue62 2 years ago
4:14----------- Obama and Brown pushing for especially bad policies. What the hell?
SiriusPadfoot2 2 years ago
wonder who the minister he spoke to was, Roger Douglas perhaps? he cops alot of flack from the left wing even though he is Ex Labour ... lmao.
sypherffs 2 years ago
Conservative Americans don't realize that the British "Conservatives" would be Flaming Left Wing Liberals by Americas Standards.
The right-wing in England is the left-wing in America ... and the right-wing in America isn't found outside of maybe Saudi Arabia.
4Barbudos 2 years ago
"Every big business man if left to himself is a corporatist"
Brilliantly said Mr. Hannan, this is the major driving principle behind capitalism.
Questfortruth86 2 years ago 3
That and feeding your family. Putting a roof over their head. Earning your way...
What a concept.
sidrosteel 2 years ago
Ron Paul 2012
buyred 2 years ago 9
hahaahahahahahah
cavuto can't take it. he looks like somebody just flicked his testicles when he hears hannan would have supported dr. paul.
friedenmeister 2 years ago
FUCK YEAH!!!! A guy Cavuto is ass-kissing just said he would vote for RON PAUL!!
stevemcgee99 2 years ago 5
Well done Daniel, someone buy this man a drink, A true man of the people not like the rest of the puppet controlled arse wipes that call themselves politicians they are banker controlled pigs. Daniel you are the MAN ....
sendlight 2 years ago 9
"I heard a really interesting story from a guy who was a minister in New Zealand when they had a banking crisis"
I'm assuming that was Roger douglas!!!
Too bad he is one of the most hated politicians in new zealand!
danmannz 2 years ago
Yes danmannz, Roger Douglas is hated and let's not forget why, because his trickle-down theory was a load of crap and proved to be a miserable failure. And how the heck did he ever become 'Sir' Roger Douglas?
evas99 2 years ago
It wasn't a load of crap.
Like this video was talking about sometimes government doing nothing is the best thing. Even if it causes alot of pain in the short time and very unpopular.
If his policies were so bad why didn't incomming governments keep them?
danmannz 2 years ago 3
o thank god he is a ron paul supporter.....
i finally found a british MP who actually supports the right person for the job =]
the world is not so stupid after all....
every1changes 2 years ago 8
he should become the dictator of the world.
dsp0507 2 years ago
Cavuto is visually smarting from Mr. Hannan's endorsement of Ron Paul; that makes me happy!
sLeepPastNooN 2 years ago 7
Even a guy as far from UK knows that Ron Paul is the way to go. Dumb americans that voted for Obama are going to burry this Country in a heart-bit.
Ron Paul is the smartest guy to run for President in this last election.
JOSYMOL 2 years ago 24
@JOSYMOL ITS NOT THAT RON PAUL IS SMART.. Its so many other things that supercede his intelligence which makes him a great man. It is understanding of the economy, of personal liberties, and the constitution. THE ROLE OF THE GOVERNMENT.. HE IS A DIFFERENT BREED... RON PAUL WONT SAVE US, we need to vote in the people who speak like him, and then vote the ones who dont act like him.. 1/3 of americans vote and people blame the 2 party system and corporate fundings of campaigns, RON PAUL 2012
pureaggression 1 year ago
Let the banks fail? And who would come out earning millions through state spending sprees after a depression??
Why Daniel and his enterprising mates, with their generous state granted contracts. All idealogues, bend their theories for themselves. Free enterprise my a***
originalgeekpie 2 years ago
change we got know we are broke.unborn childern will be paying off Bo's bills
Blackeyedpeas1937 2 years ago 2
Nice.He likes Dr. Paul ;-P
Smart fella.
DevBlazed 2 years ago 6
When I heard him say that, it put an ear-to-ear smile on my face.
Zern30 2 years ago 2
Did he say he would never be Prime Minister? hummm I seem to remember a certain Mrs Thatcher saying ' 'I dont think we will have a woman prime minister in my life time'' So lets hope this gut becomes PM. After the speach he made to Brown he is the talk of the town here in the UK and he would only have to stand as PM to win i think,
nicklonuk2006 2 years ago 2
if Daniel Hannan party was in power in the UK trust me. they would be spending money just as much money.
mattatood 2 years ago
Oh my god, this guy is killer! Damn! He's the Ron Paul in the UK
Signzit 2 years ago 8
wow, neil cavuto is a personal economic hero of mine, and you are giving him a run for his money (literally). good go, daniel hannan!
kswan47252 2 years ago
Cameron is a lightweight Fop. Cameron will never drag-back all the Tory voters who have deserted in disgust at the betrayal of this country. There are MILLIONS out there, just waiting for ONE person to catch their feelings. You have done it. Take the sword that has been handed to you, or they won't forgive you. Good Luck...!
HeavensGremlin 2 years ago
Cameron isn't the man, we always knew it. This moment won't come again, it's the last chance saloon for the UK...Brown has 'Dennis-Healey'd us good and proper, as Labour always do. Every time they end-up leaving power with the UK penniless. Now is not the time to be timid Daniel. You've got everyone's attention....just pitch-in and the people will follow...everyone has been waiting, DESPERATE for a leader who will ACTUALLY speak for them. Don't talk ABOUT it, DO it.
HeavensGremlin 2 years ago
Dan the man. Come on now, we need you to be even bolder. The King is dead. Long live the King...stand-up and be counted, NOW. We'll be there too.
HeavensGremlin 2 years ago
Join the CAMPAIGN FOR LIBERTY!!!!!!!!!
Be part of the solution.
MeanStreakIzzy 2 years ago
If you were in charge and the banks came money grabbing to you would you have said no?
.....yes I would.
I think that says it all.
Oxyster7 2 years ago
first thing he said that I didn't like... he supported OBAMA? Every single thing he said criticizing Republicans is correct, but to believe that Democrats and Obama are better is still nutty.
jdepps13 2 years ago
He said why, it's pretty valid. McCain is a lunatic hothead. And we're perceived as all being a bit racist in some parts for having all pitched in on slaughtering perhaps a million Iraqis. The election calmed & gladdened a lot of people...temporarily.
mpolzkill 2 years ago
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The next Bond movie sees James battling a dark,pervading force at the heart of Europe called `The Commission´. In an attempt to destroy the last of the `Six Treaties ´, he goes to Ireland,France and Holland but is beaten up by a huge gang of burocrats and extradited to an Albanian prison by the European Public Prosecuter called EPP.
He manages to escape and confronts the un-elected president of the commission on the rooftop of the EU `parliament ´ in Brussels.
Coming to a democracy near you !
Spenner56 2 years ago
Who is this guy? And why isn't he the PM of England? :)
dewindj 2 years ago
Because this country is full of socialists and socialism is now the accepted policy.
DaviDeXtA 2 years ago
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Go Ron Paul!
gauharjk 2 years ago
Right on!!!!!!!!!!!!
andioakley 2 years ago
Well, let me amend that: Paul & Hannan ARE on the other side from you; it's the vast majority of "conservatives" you are railing against who aren't really on Paul & Hannan's side. Whenever they have power they act just like YOUR side. Your side & their side just have a disagreement on who it is wealth should be redistributed to. Paul & Hannan want NO wealth redistributed by force. They believe that's called theft & they're for the strongest regulation of that. That spells prison &/or restitution
mpolzkill 2 years ago
AND (sheesh, 4 boxes, sorry, but a lie can travel around the world before the truth can get its boots on. Not saying you're a liar, but a misconception seems just as quick & destructive) much of what we suffer from (besides just systematic insanity) is called FRAUD. Just to wrap this up, Paul & Hannan are for the strongest regulation; punishment of fraud.
mpolzkill 2 years ago
This MEP has stated that regulation is bad, he must be living on another planet it was because of his party's deregulation that we are in this dam mess.
His party in the UK thought nothing of creating recession to fuel the rich and hit the poor.
Brown is bad but his party will kill the economy again, once they win the next election.
(He loves Fox does that not say enough to warn everyone)
Votemad 2 years ago
[Again, I can only speak of Hannan assuming he is a British "Ron Paul"]
This word, "deregulation" is chanted like a mantra by your side. You are not applying it correctly. Paul & Hannan, for one thing aren't really on the other side: they are for the very STRONGEST regulations. They are anti-corporatist. Throughout the history of "regulation", in the sense you mean, they have been WRITTEN BY the connected corporations. The very short explanation: the goals were always to freeze everything...
mpolzkill 2 years ago
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..with them on top, by entangling their competition with seas of red tape, restricting entry into business & by providing "free" education & sops to labor to basically create a work force of drones. "Perpetual children" may sound harsh, but I tell you, if Jefferson(who Hannan just mentioned in another interview, btw. I have a really good feeling about this guy)could be resurrected today, or any American from that era, they just wouldn't believe the sorry states to which the citizenry have fallen
mpolzkill 2 years ago
He is not Ron Paul don't be fooled into that. And as for my side I am not on any side I strongly and utterly dislike both main political groupings some of us are more free than others in our political ideas.
His comment on regulation is simple and plain he wants us to stick to the deregulation path that allowed the banks to hide there failures.
But given that most of the front bench in his party are bankers what would one expect.
Votemad 2 years ago
@Votemad: So, you're saying he's an enormous liar. I say "enormous" because he's a politician. The only politician I've ever known that isn't a liar is Ron Paul, he's some kind of moral freak.
So, Hannan's an enormous liar, I don't understand what his angle with supporting Paul & letting banks go under is, but YOU: you utterly dislike both main streams? You don't prefer one over the other in any way?
mpolzkill 2 years ago
Having lived and worked in the UK all my life I feel I am able to see how both main parties lie, look up there actions when it comes to lies and corruption (Both sides) Look at how this man's party created 2 economic collapses during there last term in office.
Look at how they increased Tax or added food and energy to the Tax system, check out the ERM fiasco.
And how they closed our mining industry or shut down a city, Liverpool because they did not like the politics there, on both sides.
Votemad 2 years ago
I have ceded much from the beginning because I of course can't know as much as you do on Hannan. I will admit I don't even know as much as I SHOULD about British politics, although I'm a voracious Theodore Dalrymple reader (what tells me you don't like him as much as I do?) BUT, Britain seems to be like the U.S., in so many ways, I think it's safe to assume your "left" & "right" are pretty much like ours. I'll ask again: isn't there one basic side you'd rather see in power?
mpolzkill 2 years ago
No, I would not like to see this sort of political system, each side will look after there own giving the others very little in real terms.
The facts speak for them selves just look at how this system works.
Just because we have a left and right does not mean it is all we should expect, both sides have good ideas but never work to the better of us all, its sad and rather tiring this left right swing.
We need consensus and solutions not battles and manipulation.
Votemad 2 years ago
Well, consensus is out of the question. Jefferson had the solutions for that here in America; it is a little mystifying to me how these ideas are utterly ignored.
Yes, we completely agree here: the system is what is mainly wretched. I too like some of the IDEAS both sides claim to have, but almost never follow up on. Would you please, give me one example - one from each side - of an idea you consider good?
mpolzkill 2 years ago
At this time No as both are treading water, but on a personal note I have been to meet MP's on both sides in the House, and when you talk to them individually they know there trailing party lines because they have to.
Ask them what would they like to see for say young people and they claim Peace, so they never have to see what we have seen, but ask them how do we get there they become stuck.
But one thing here is both sides want to remove the house of Lords now that would be a result.
Votemad 2 years ago
Well, I'm attempting a crash course on your politics, so I'll get back to you after I've figured out what the hell you're talking about in this last post, haha. Cheers. (& I appreciate your personal civility. I have the strong suspicion that you are being very unfair to Hannan, though. What could his angle be in supporting Paul & the allowance of bank failure if he's in banksters' pockets? It seems you know that Paul is not in ANYONE'S; I'd appreciate you very much for that alone)
mpolzkill 2 years ago
He is an MEP and may not be one of the bankers but his party is full of them.
That is why they have stood back for so long on the issue of the banking crisis, when the first one went they said let it go this would have effected more than one bank, mind you we should let these banks go now there only ripping us off with this bail out.
My main point is on his party being no different to the next and under them a bank went under as did Bearings through lack of control and regulation.
Votemad 2 years ago
That would also make him just like Dr. Paul. Would you tell me what party he could go to in Britain & still retain his loud voice? I can tell you that in America, Dr. Paul can't go to another party & do the same.
mpolzkill 2 years ago
how quickly can i vote for this guy please.....
jpandyaraja 2 years ago
Ron Paul for america
Daniel Hannan and Nigel Farage for EU
phrek75 2 years ago
For those who think Hannan is the type of person "the world has waited for," note who he says he would have voted for: RON PAUL. (minute 5)... not a coincidence.
Ron Paul is America's Hannan (of sorts) and should be embraced accordingly. Watch Ron Paul's YouTube channel and see for yourself.
BigBruddah101 2 years ago
LOL - At 3:41 Hannon says Obama is "a magic amulet that wards off criticism"
schwizzler 2 years ago
Absolutely OUTSTANDING!!! this man is what all UK citizens should have been waiting for.
i'm a young and if this guy was running for PM i might vote for him. He is clearly not paid off like most other politicians (yet).
Gordon Brown or David Cameron - forget about it.
I'm actually planning on moving abroad for good and my family is dumping all our UK pound savings for other currencies and investments.
The UK is heading for complete and utter disaster!!! Don't believe the media ever!
MattyS54 2 years ago 5
I think this is the man the WORLD has been waited for. (or someone like him)
luke9828 2 years ago 2
Now who do you think he would have supported in the US election? Non other than Ron Paul.
surprise1982 2 years ago 5
The European Ron Paul???
candidskeptic 2 years ago 3
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Austrian economists & libertarians offer great theoretical criticism, but never any meaningful solutions.
All style no substance.
Postmodernobjection 2 years ago
they offer solutions. They offered a very simple solution. Don't do anything and let the banks fail. Don't promote risky business, let them figure out how to save themselves without costing the country dearly.
Every time conservative policies were enacted on a capitalist nation is has prospered enormously. Every time a country tries to bail out like we did in 1929 there is a severe recession.
History is a great teacher.
falchard 2 years ago 5
or spend some of the money used to prop up all the risky investments and deriatives for insuring normal depositors, then let the banks crumble and smarter lenders take over.
they'd rather take us all down otherwise.
MattyS54 2 years ago
you're not listening...any solutions provided by the government cause problems. The government reaction to problems cause more damage then just "not doing anything"
j1399z 2 years ago 3
Austrians are the only ones who offer the only solution: take the hard medicine (the recession), and let it cure the system. Keynesians offer more drugs to the drug addict.
surprise1982 2 years ago 4
spot on.
MattyS54 2 years ago 2
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Hannan is not a Natural Born citizen
Theres also no proof Ron Paul is a Natural Born citizen
or may I say the moronic piece of shitt WRONG PAUL
get over it losers Obama is president. Gordon Brown is PM
now we have Paultards and Hannantards to neuter
TheObamaForumDotCom 2 years ago
TheObamaForumDotCom:
You are an idiot.
You have no clue and should just STFU.
Obama is not our legal president.
This will come out in court.
You are the one that needs nutering. too bad your parents wern't as it seems they have propagated most of the Obama voters.
Your ignorance about economics and history is what makes you so wrong. GO back to school before spouting this crap.
Go read our Constitution.
TheRealSonny 2 years ago 4
Is that all you libs can spew? "We won and get over it"? Grow up. You're not on the playground anymore.
AllenArt64 2 years ago 2
Warning: Sheep may be closer than they appear.
Tizmahn 2 years ago 4
I Agree with cavuto. I wish you would defect to our country too. You would make a perfect president!
ernestd67 2 years ago 3
"I don't want to be Prime Minister." Didn't I hear someone else saying that?
UKLooney 2 years ago
"The lady's not for turning." Yeah, right.
tinstareel2 2 years ago
RON PAUL!
MetalHeadViking 2 years ago
Daniel Hannan is a breath of fresh air!
I love this guy!
SeekerNLife 2 years ago
Is Hannan a breath of fresh air? is he not merely someone who has the balls to sound certain about one side of this argument when everyone else is sh*****g themselves. Nobody in this forum or in the world knows if Hannan is right. He still sounds very negative without really holding a position of action other than 'I wouldn't have done what Brown or Obama or most of Europe have done'
Artbrucefunkel 2 years ago
Artbrucefunker,
Hannan is talking about excercising fiscal responsiblity and not burdening future generations with mountains of debt to pay off.
Hannan is talking about NOT spending money that you do not have.
He is right about this.
This is basic common sense.
This is what is 'a breath of fresh air'.
But the subtleties of this were obviously lost on you.
SeekerNLife 2 years ago 6
SeekerNLife: well said.
These idiots have no common sense.
If all our enemies wanted Obama, shouldn't you think that is a 'sign'?
They certainly do more of their homework than these Marxist lovers for 'change'.
TheRealSonny 2 years ago 2
SeekerNlife, these chat forums are really great for people to be rude to each other, people can also try to sound cleverer than they really are I don't know whether this is the case with you but you were a bit rude, I didn't think the fresh air thing WAS actually about the NOT spending money thing, I thought you just enjoyed seeing another guy attacked.
I thought the idea was to keep the economy moving until an upturn when you can pay off the debt, we always have debt don't we?
Artbrucefunkel 2 years ago
@Artbrucef: "SeekerNLife" was rude here!? I don't think you've been on too many of these forums, haha. How should he have said the subtleties were lost on you? Hannan wasn't attacking "another guy", he was excoriating a disastrous "captain" of an economy. I obviously don't know everything about Brown, but judging from his demeanor here: watch?v=XDwQEEAZhWM&NR=1
under another well deserved tongue-lashing, he not only seems to be pathologically irresponsible but to be an absolute cretin.
mpolzkill 2 years ago
I try to come up with illustrations to describe what Ron Paul & it looks like his British counterpart, Hannan are trying to do (& not to be clever! I'm praying enough people WAKE UP!) For starters they are not a part of this lefty/righty snow job. We are in a car going down a road headed off a cliff. Two lunatics are fighting over the wheel. Paul & Hannan are just screaming for them to stop so we can get out & take the long walk back to fiscal sanity & responsibility. It's going to hurt,no doubt
mpolzkill 2 years ago 2
I sometimes get distracted by these forums but wish I wasn't, you start off thinking, hey I can share my world view with interesting people and realise that most people tend to be of the opinion that other people are idiots and don't really seem very nice. Also they never get anywhere and just end up as a way to practise arguing.
It always makes me sad not happy so I should just stop
Artbrucefunkel 2 years ago
Art: You're probably just at the wrong forum. I'm not trying to be rude, but, you came to a political/economic forum, sermon in hand ,sounding like the Maharishi. I can't believe you didn't get a more vicious verbal beating.
That reminds me I have a very interesting interview of an ex-KGB guy who said that the Soviets were very interested in propagating yoga & all of that stuff, as a way to make (& I'm sorry "Art"), to make people speak exactly like "Art". Check out his first two comments.
mpolzkill 2 years ago
Thanks, mpolzkill.
SeekerNLife 2 years ago
Thank you, for your excellent comments.
I'm in "flyover" country & proud too. There are hundreds of thousands of us absolutely fed up with D.C. & Wall St. (for that matter & to a lesser extent, L.A. too) & millions are slowly being roused.
It's dawned on me lately that Dr. Paul has done everything he could do in D.C. & that's approximately nothing, except wake a lot of us up.
I say to these two Brits here, if you don't like Hannan, send him over to "flyover country" to join Paul.
mpolzkill 2 years ago
mpolkill,
Agreed....and I think that there are actually millions of us who are fed up with the goings on in Porkopolus, DC.
And this is why Hannan's remarks have struck a chord with so many of us.
I too, like Dr. Paul.
It is a shame that he is not more charismatic...for that seems to be what is necessary these days to get elected...unfortunately.
Thanks again!
SeekerNLife 2 years ago
SeekerNLife 2 years ago
I think I may have been told off. I suppose I just look at all this political posturing by all the people on this comments section and think 'what are YOU doing that stops you being a hypocrite' Are they giving up their cars, their luxuries,Can they make brave decisions. It all feels like fiction. It also feels hurtful because the only good bits about life are the love and the sex and the friendship, on a deeper level that is the purpose of politics not all this point scoring
Artbrucefunkel 2 years ago
Yes, & I wanted to do it in the nicest way I could think of. We have to check our premises. Art, do you know what "begging the question" is? You have assumed everything that you are now drawing false conclusions from. You are so enamored of your constructions that you won't even acknowledge how I countered them. This is not posturing. My illustration about the car; you're telling me I made that up to feed my ego?
I'll send you that link to the ex-KGB guy if you have any interest.
mpolzkill 2 years ago
It is just possible, though that I'm doing TWO things at once, though: defending Classical Liberalism AND having fun, haha.
mpolzkill 2 years ago
I do have an interest in this KGB guy, sounds like a bit of the old conspiracy stuff which seems to get certain people very excited. 'Yoga and stuff''.....is the 'stuff'' herbal remedies and meditation and wearing purple to make them speak like me?(sort of intelligently but with a wide eyed vulnerability) I don't do yoga but I think sport is very good for a person, I also like to act and Direct in the London Fringe, only a semi-commited hippie.
What is Classic liberalism? laissez-faire?
Artbrucefunkel 2 years ago
one more thing, I reckon you'd be enamoured by my constructions if you saw them...
Artbrucefunkel 2 years ago
Yes, you're right, this word, "conspiracy" is a magic elixir to be used when ever anyone says that anyone else may make plans with others & not tell everyone about it. There are no conspiracies. Did you know that it was one man who flew those two planes into the WTC. It was quite a feat that lone nut pulled off.
mpolzkill 2 years ago
watch?v=Srw3YSda1XY&feature=related
I wasn't making any specific claims about what exactly makes you bring flowers, wishful thinking & passive aggression to a knife fight & then act hurt when you are ridiculed. It's just that what you were saying reminded me of this video.
I said "stuff" because of space constraints.
Sure, real Liberalism = Liberty. Paine, Jefferson, Bastiat, Mises.
mpolzkill 2 years ago
I have an idea. The U.S. and U.K. merge and we vote Ron Paul/Daniel Hannan for Pres./VP
DolphinFilms 2 years ago 5
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Ron Paul is a total moonbat!
donaldod2020 2 years ago
how so? Everything he predicted has come true.
microwavefc 2 years ago
Wow, in-depth observation donoldod.
VincesVinyl 2 years ago
Is a moonbat a person who is honest and has the peoples interests at heart? If so: long live moonbats. May they prosper!
arcanekrusader 2 years ago
How about Dan for POTUS and Ron for VPOTUS.
usflman2008 2 years ago 3
We need you over here on this side of the pond!!! Great stuff Mr Hannan
wire1973 2 years ago 3
Brilliant.
ladyjade3 2 years ago
Our country was formed by Englishmen revolting against an oppressive government.
Nice to see that England as retained that REVOLUTIONARY spirit.
Hannan for US President!
(Obama shows we can disregard "natural born citizen" crap.
C128D 2 years ago
Wow! I really like this guy!
abskebabs 2 years ago
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Oh..shit another Maaaaaverick...
Supported Obama becasue he was "mixed raced"
Hannan = Idiot nuff said.
Your 15 minutes are just about over...
RadioFreeCanada1 2 years ago