Ron Paul on The Daily Show, 9/28/09
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Posted 09/30/09 10:48 AM
cptteabag
Logan, UT | I was happy he had lots of time to talk. It sounded great, but I think the problem was that the ideas are hard to understand for a lot of people. They're stuck in a certain mode of thinking and unfortunately they need a lot more than an interview to explain why they make sense.
This would be like telling people Pluto isn't a planet and have 30 sec to explain why. |
Posted 09/30/09 10:55 AM
cptteabag
Logan, UT | It might seem to some like Jon Stewart didn't know what he was talking about when asking questions, but those are the same questions someone that has no or little idea about the fed would ask. You can kinda tell he read the book. |
Posted 09/30/09 11:18 AM
Jonathan Kovaciny
Mankato, MN | Please Digg this: http://digg.com/d315yxL
And the YouTube copy of this video: http://digg.com/d315xCS |
Posted 09/30/09 11:20 AM
PC Oldskool
Rockford, MI | Excellent. Thank you to Jon Stewart for having him on the show! |
Posted 09/30/09 11:35 AM
illuminati hater
Las Vegas, NV | Dr. Paul is a very witty individual.:) I like that he combines humor in with important facts.
Great Interview! |
Posted 09/30/09 11:43 AM
BillNM
Carlsbad, NM | Jon is thinking. I see him struggling to figure out the real reasons for government. |
Posted 09/30/09 11:46 AM
AuthenticAuthor
Canutillo, TX | What a great endorsement of END THE FED. I've never seen Jon so warm towards a politician before, and so open to Libertarian ideals. Let's hope Jon starts putting up Bernanke gags for our amusement. |
Posted 09/30/09 12:12 PM
Trish Kraus
Wayne, MI | I love the "It's hard to enforce fraud laws when the government partaticipates in the fraud".
The momentum in the liberty movement is strong and steadfast. The public is done yawning and ready for action, while the sheep are still sleeping they will wake up one and at time, if not just pat them on the head and say next... |
Posted 09/30/09 12:19 PM
BluCream013
Oro Valley, AZ | Just finished listening to the Doc's END the FED on audio.
I was left speechless; had several lingering moments that made me pause.
Not to be speaking to the choir, but this book should be REQUIRED reading for all elementary to junior high school students!
The man is a living history. I was aware of anecdotal accounts of his life experiences that helped shape his economic and liberty/freedom principles, and philosophy. But, after listening to the audiobook, it clearly dawned upon me that he literally lived through all the important points in the last century, along with connecting with the most crucial individuals that helped kickstart the FREEDOM Movement, such as Hazlet, Rothbard, Mises, etc. His descriptions of childhood, especially lessons learned from the "janitor" plus his early farm work, and his earliest impressions from learning about coins, was very salient. Overall, simply amazing.
"It's hard to enforce fraud laws, when the gvt participates in fraud!" As with all sages, a one-liner distills unbelievable amount of truth into its utter essence in simplicity.
At the risk of sounding off like an utter-fanboy, hell call me a Ron Paul-otaku, if agreeing and respecting a man who has lived, an unbelievable life based on principles. I will forever take his idiom of "if you give up even 1%, you've given up 100% of the principle."
Simply love the man. The fight is on. The FED cannot last longer than 2010. I DO see them going the way of the DoDo.
Viva la R3VOLution! |
Posted 09/30/09 12:59 PM
Ishpeck
Orem, UT | Jon,
You protect the little guy from corporatism by COMPETITION!
Competitive marketplace = the best place for the little guy to thrive.
Viva la free market!
~ Ishpeck |
Posted 09/30/09 2:59 PM
Glenn
Cumming, GA | Very nice interview.
Just finished the chapter in 'End the Fed' covering his conversations with Bernanke. Loved the chapter on his intellectual journey.
It's hard for me to imagine Jon or the audience walking away without realizing he is a principled man.
Hopefully, that still means something. |
Posted 09/30/09 4:28 PM
hash3m
Seattle, WA | Really good interview. The beginning was funny, and I like that Jon objected the way typical people will, this way RP had the chance to respond to the most likely impressions people will get. |
Posted 09/30/09 6:00 PM
ghardy
Sugar Land, TX | good interview...i hope the book gets to number 1. i bought 3 copies. one for me, and 2 for people that need waking up. |
Posted 09/30/09 6:13 PM
Remember Gadsden
Stillwater, NJ | What an outstanding interview! I haven't thought much of Jon in the past but between his grilling of "Mr Hedgefund" Jim Cramer and now this, he is rising quickly.
If you haven't seen it, I recommend you watch the Jon vs Cramer interview. It will give you small glimpse of the garbage that Wall Street and it's minions feed us. Here's a link to see them:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/12/jim-cramer-on-daily-show-_n_17 4503.html
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Posted 09/30/09 10:18 PM
lmtdgov
San Diego, CA | One thing that frustrates me is the failure of people to grasp the connection between big government and big business. Left leaning voters love to rail against big business, but constantly fail to see how big government and big business are in cahoots together. Instead they scream "more regulation" and quietly big business solidifies it's share of the market at the expenses of small businesses and the consumer.
Great interview Ron Paul and thank you Jon Stewart for having him on the show. |
Posted 09/30/09 10:22 PM
VictimOfFeds
San Clemente, CA | Andrew Jackson deserves WAAAAAAAYYYYY more credit than anyone ever gives him for ending the central bank and being the only President in US history to leave office with ZERO DEBT!
We never really talked about him in school, and most people I talk to have no idea what he did.
I wish they'd spend more time explaining to the zombies out there that the little guy isn't protected now, but rather exploited!!! |
Posted 10/01/09 01:00 AM
libertyspirit
Modesto, CA | Austrian economics and sound money have been the missing topics in our educational system and at our dinner tables for way to long in this country. When good law, honesty and ethics returns to America, things will change. That requires that people change. Right now we have too much bad law and too much corruption.
Very good interview, Dr. Paul. I so appreciate you and all that you are doing to help our country. |
Posted 10/01/09 01:03 AM
celticreeler
Rolla, MO |
God Bless and Keep Dr. Paul, the Champion of the Constitution!
Thank you, Jon Stewart.
"Protecting the little guy from corporatism", though, is trite and worn-out, and I sure wish it would go away. Class envy is such poison. I liked Dr. Paul gently reminding him that, "Profit isn't bad," but rather a signal that a good was produced that the consumer wanted.
Too bad the government "corporation" cannot be made to quit selling its favors to the big business (including banking) lobbyists. The government is a big corporation producing goods like special tax loopholes, targeted regulations, etc.--government has way too much to "sell."
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Posted 10/01/09 01:43 AM
BluCream013
Oro Valley, AZ | Oopsie, major libertarian faux pas: spelled "Hazlitt" wrong, in my previous comment. Pardon, ya'll; a reminder that one should not comment on something, no matter how eager to, after staying up for 48 hrs. straight: "e" will look like an "i," and "t" will look like double "t"s. Though, that's what I was thinking in my mind at the time.
Though, I'm sure most of you will get to buy, or read "END the FED," but I must say, even for someone who's read many of the Good Doc's works, as well as Mises scholars' works, the book definitely rang true to me. The elegance is in its simplicity and succinctness of the message. One will NEVER find anything that isn't strictly necessary to make a point in one of Dr.Ron Paul's works, unlike numerous other economists' literary endeavors, whom more often than not, have the unfortunate habit of living up to the stereotype of self-absorbed pseudo-intelligentsia: they love hearing themselves, and talk on and on, for the sole sake of talking on and on.
A simple contrast? Take the Doc's HR1207, a less than one page bill, vs. 1000 page+ in a typically unread, and NOT authored by the legislators that we (s)elect-bills that CONgress routinely votes off on. One may say, sure, his seeks to repeal, rather than write new laws. And I'd say, "and your point is?" If it were up to me, more laws legislated in CONgress would seek to repeal ALL unCONSTITUTIONAL laws, rather than write new ones that practically ensure that one is bound to break a law eventually, strictly due to the ubiquity of such asinine state of legal non-affairs.
With that said, I'll keep it short and simple, as well. EVEN IF you've read and studied everything in Mises library or Ron Paul's works, one OWES to himself/herself to read END the FED. It's direct, elegant in its succinctness, and will learn about where and how, and what events helped shape the living principles behind the man that we see before us today.
Simply AWESOME. Please, buy or borrow, but read it. Possibly the most enjoyable treatise on gvt, or economics I've ever read. Period. |
Posted 10/01/09 02:50 AM
philprism
Ashburton, New Zealand | Good Interviewer and interviewee, a serious subject discussed in good humour, the best way.
Well done all. |
Posted 10/01/09 5:33 PM
emb021
Tamarac, FL | Great interview.
Just wish we could get more of the crowd on these shows:
Tom Woods to talk about Meltdown
Thomas DiLorenzo to speak about any of his books
Robert Murphy to speak about PIG to Capitalism or Great Depression
Or Judge Napolitano
Or even Lew Rockwell. Why the hell has Lew been on either of these shows???
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Posted 10/02/09 3:02 PM
number37
philaelphia, PA | stewarts respect for dr. paul as an individual and thinker is obvious in his interviews. aside from being a liberal i think hes an idealist and what he and so many of us want from our statesman is a consitincey in principle as well as a nuanced and in depth view on things and he gets that from the congressman. |
Posted 10/03/09 01:47 AM
mysticgeek
Pelican Rapids, MN | That was cool but television sucks so hard because they try to put everything into a 5 minute deal and the issues are way to complex. Eh... anyway .. good to see the good doctor spreading the word as best he can with what they give him. |
Posted 10/03/09 7:15 PM
vjenks
Boise, ID | Just like most Americans, Jon Stewart has the same misconception about what "corporatism" is. Where does this mysterious "corporatism" arise and what causes it? Jon Stewart (and many others) would immediately point to the free market...because that's what always gets the blame. Never has it crossed their minds that the result of unbalanced mega-corporate power arises from a relationship with the state. |
Posted 10/03/09 8:46 PM
BruceKoerber
Cedar Rapids, IA | Ron Paul loves good humor. Jon Stewart is basically very funny but intelligent about humor.
As a result the interview was powerful and intriguing! |
Posted 10/04/09 06:59 AM
qualquan
Evanston, IL | Its not the fed, in itself, which is the problem, its a rogue fed controlled by an outside entity which is the problem. Rather than generalities Dr Paul should give specific examples,the most egregious being the anti-American action of Alan Greenspan in June 2003 when he lowered the fed funds rate to a then record low of 1% and held it there for a full year in a RISING economy which created the devastating real estate bubble which ate up our economy. Even more important, he should focus on WHY Greenspan did it. It could not be a declining economy since the stock market had risen over 10% in the first 6 months of that year. One can only conclude that Greenspan did it to help finance the Iraq war declared that very same year.
Dr Paul mentions the devastating effect of the various unfunded wars on our economy but only in passing. In fact it is the $multi-trillion hit and its consequences including Greenspan's action in support of the wars which is the central cause of our economy's destruction. He should focus on this like a laser and not bury it in generalities.
The reason Dr Paul is largely ignored is because he does not emphasize specific examples and comedians like Jon Stewart can use him for entertainment as an amusing eccentric. |
Posted 10/04/09 10:34 AM
applekid
Baton Rouge, LA | I think Dr. Paul again demonstrated why he has been such an effective spokesperson and leader for our movement. He is articulate, thoughtful and brimming with humility. While I agree that he could give more specific examples, I think that will ultimately give people more of a reason to look at him as an "amusing eccentric." Dr. Paul's message is gaining in popularity, and people are beginning to see him as less of a "nutjob."
I think by talking at a high level about these issues, he provides enough thought-provoking information to get people interested, and then in his literature he hooks them with facts and specifics. At least that's how it happened with me.
I'm not always a fan of the Daily Show but I'm happy that the interview went well, and while Stewart still doesn't "get it", at least he didn't bring Dr. Paul on to bait and troll him. |
Posted 10/04/09 11:01 AM
Khatru
Leeds, United Kingdom | Aw, video not available in my country! That's a downer. In any case, the book is absolutely fantastic. Dr. Paul gives a voice to the informed yet repressed masses. |
Posted 10/04/09 1:54 PM
alexwhite71
Sheridan, AR | VictimOfFeds:
You are so right!
If you haven't read Andrew Jackson's veto message, check it out:
http://facweb.furman.edu/~benson/docs/ajveto.htm
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Posted 10/04/09 3:15 PM
picknroll6
Pocatello, ID | If anyone is willing to send me the audio of "End the Fed" please e-mail me. |
Posted 10/04/09 5:10 PM
Planning4aCrash
London, United Kingdom | I got this message. Is the Establishment atempting to compartmentalize so that Britain isn't exposed to US info?!
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Dear Great Britain,
we're terribly sorry, but full episodes of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart are not available.
But please don't send any Red Coats in retaliation at this time, as you CAN get your headlines at Channel 4. |
Posted 10/04/09 5:12 PM
Planning4aCrash
London, United Kingdom | This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Viacom.
(This is the message I got from the youtube version) - The Bank of England are upset. Way to Go Dr Paul. These weasels can't stop the truth and are going to fall on their big fat buttocks. |
Posted 10/04/09 5:14 PM
Planning4aCrash
London, United Kingdom | OK, this one works! Is it the one posted above? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_WOqT4_1dw |
Posted 10/04/09 5:29 PM
LeMat
Stewartstown, PA | Wow, Stewart seemed to be on his best behavior. I'm used to him bringing a lot more cronyism to the table. |
Posted 10/05/09 1:03 PM
The Johnsons
LANCASTER, PA | What impresses me most about Dr. Paul, especially in interviews like this, is that while he clearly understands that there ARE corporate/government conspiracies, he is careful to speak to the mechanisms under which they operate rather then name them for what they are. His astute and humorous methods should be studied by other potential leaders who end up being labeled as "nut cases" because they name the monster in the closet instead of describing it.
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