Written by Jeff Rumage
Mitt Romney announced Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Janesville) as his vice presidential running mate Saturday morning.
Ryan, 42, has served in the House of Representatives for 14 years, currently chairing the House Budget Committee and serving on the House Ways and Means Committee. In January 2010, Ryan gained attention nationwide after unveiling his "Roadmap for America’s Future."
Romney formally made his VP announcement on a tour of the U.S.S. Wisconsin in Norfolk, VA. In the announcement, Romney said Ryan is an "intellectual leader of the Republican Party."
Romney also said Paul understands that people can have honest disagreements without making personal attacks.
"There are a lot of people in the other party ," Romney said.
- : This is Patch's main story on the announcement, breaking just after Romney announced his choice via a smartphone app. It was updated to include excerpts from Ryan's acceptance speech in Norfolk, Va.
- : Here's the text of Ryan's speech as prepared before the official announcement with Romney in Norfolk, Va. In it, Ryan says Romney has the "courage to tell you the truth."
- : Who is Paul Ryan? Here's a report on his political history, characterized by a quick rise onto the national political scene.
- : Here's a gallery we pulled together with photos of Ryan working in Wisconsin over the past year.
http://www.adl.org/learn/ext_us/kkk/new_groups.asp?LEARN_Cat=Extremism&LEARN_SubCat=Extremism_in_America&xpicked=4&item=kkk "After a period of relative quiet, Ku Klux Klan activity has spiked noticeably upwards in 2006, as Klan groups have attempted to exploit fears in America over gay marriage, perceived “assaults” on Christianity, crime and especially immigration." http://www.adl.org/learn/ext_us/kkk/default.asp?LEARN_Cat=Extremism&LEARN_SubCat=Extremism_in_America&xpicked=4&item=kkk There's much more, but here's the point- the KKK was founded by southerners after the civil war to protest reconstruction. At that time republicans led the charge for reconstruction, so the republicans of that time were the target of the klan. After civil rights passed, and after there was a flip flop of the parties, the klan became a part of the right wing movement, thus being at opposition of the democratic party. more...
Which party today has more in common with the current KKK?
Mac- did you miss the point of my posts? We were talking specifically about the KKK, not the economics of today. Okay, enough of this. Back as you were soldier(s).
Sully also apparently has forgotten that Jim Crow laws were developed by the Democrats and segregation both in the North and the South was practiced by Democrats. You might recall that in 1948, Strom Thurmond headed the Dixiecrat Party ticket in the presidential election-Thurmond was a Democrat segregationist . In 1972, George Wallace, Democrat Governor of Alabama, ran as a 3rd party candidate for president. Wallace was a segregationist. Sully would like to have you believe that the Democrat and Republican Parties have switched positions with regard to civil rights. Let's take a look at the practice of segregation by Democrats today. The City of Chicago, governed by Democrats for more than 50 years, is one of the most segregated cities in America. Most large cities in America with large minority populations have Democrat mayors and majority city councils. Every large city governed by Democrat majorities have a poor public school system. Democrats have simply changed tactics from overt segregation to covert racial discrimination. Today, cities governed by Republican majorities, such as Houston, Dallas and Phoenix have far better school system than cities governed by Democrats. Sully and DWS simply can't tell the truth.
Apparently, Democrats have a problem with the truth. (I guess it's the "ends justify the means".) Sully's post about the Klu Klux Klan is no different. He attempts to deny the discriminatory racial policies practiced by Democrats in large cities controlled by Democrats. Democrats use the poor educational systems in large cities to keep minorities on the Democrat plantation. Properly educated citizens become Republicans. So you could say that the Democrat Party is the party of the under-educated. Without under-educated voters, the Democrat Party would cease to exist.
Conrad, with all due respect, you are dumber than a box of rocks. You can't be a Republican, because no Republican could be that dumb. Enjoy reading Sully's and Schulte's posts over the last 13 months. http://evanston.patch.com/users/richard-schulte/comments http://evanston.patch.com/users/sully-6/comments This guy Conrad thinks he's the smartest person in any room that he's in. The next time you walk into an on-going discussion which has lasted over 13 months, try listening for a while before you make stupid comments. And when you're finished reading Sully's and Schulte's thousands of comments, you can go to Rush Limbaugh website and learn a little something else. http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/ The American Thinker website is also very good. http://www.americanthinker.com/ Don't spend all night reading my posts on Patch. Spend a little time this evening going to Dinesh D'Souza's "2016" movie.
"Right-leaning columnist David Brooks and left-leaning columnist Paul Krugman have finally agreed on something. As it happens, they both wrote about the subject on the same day, which is this: Paul Ryan inhabits a fantasy world." http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/08/24/agreement-from-the-right-and-the-left-paul-ryan-lives-in-a-fantasy-world/ But you need to understand that you folks on the left don't really understand. David Brooks is only "right-leaning" relative to Paul Krugman. David Brooks is no way considered to be a conservative, except perhaps in New York. I'll take a further look at this webiste tomorrow-too tired right now.
I have already addressed the problem with high taxes on the rich yesterday. Countries compete for capital and capital flows to countries with lower taxes. And that's why the left supports "world government"-so that capital can't flee to nations with lower capital. In other words, the objective is to take away choice (anti pro-choice). Essentially, it's similar to the gov't telling Wal-Mart that they have to close down because their prices are too low. Wal-Mart attracts shoppers because its prices are lower than it's competion. Lower tax rates attract capital because the cost of doing business in nations with lower tax rates is lower. It's so very obvious, but Paul Krugman doesn't get it because Krugman is a theorist. He doesn't live in the real world.
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/08/24/agreement-from-the-right-and-the-left-paul-ryan-lives-in-a-fantasy-world/
The NYT may call David Brooks a conservative, but he isn't a conservative. So the basis for the entire article is non-sensical. Oh well, the problem with the left is that don't understand who conservatives are or what conservatives think, nor do they care to learn. The source of the quote above is: http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/08/24/agreement-from-the-right-and-the-left-paul-ryan-lives-in-a-fantasy-world/ Conservatives have a far better grasp on the thinking of the left because conservatives are immersed in liberalism. ABS, CBS and NBS are left-biased media outlets. The New York Times, the Washington Post and the LA Times are left-biased media outlets. Likewise, NPR and PBS are left-biased media outlets.
"Nineteen people were shot across the South and West sides from Thursday evening through early Friday morning -- 13 of them wounded over a 30-minute period, authorities say." http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-shootings-chicago-violence-august-23-august-24-violence-gunfire-20120823,0,49779.story It's probably safer in Afghanistan that it is in Chicago. Good job Mayor Rahm. Can't blame it on Daley because he's a Democrat. Bush's fault.
Well there you go again. The above is what passes for intellectual thought on the left. The brilliance of the comment above simply needs no further elaboration. Not really too worried about Hurricane Issac. I've was in New Orleans for Katrina-you simply evacuate if necessary-no big deal. I'll take my computer with me.
http://www.newsmax.com/Headline/Reich-wooden-Obama-debates/2012/08/24/id/449726?s=al&promo_code=FDA3-1 Say Aloha Barack and make a reservation for a U-Haul truck on January 19th.
"Brisbane declined to comment on the column, his last as he concludes a two-year tenure as the paper's in-house critic. "I would rather let the column speak for itself," he told POLITICO." http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2012/08/nyts-abramson-rebuts-brisbane-charge-133211.html Oh no, a mole at The New York Times outs the Times as a liberal rag. Who knew?