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(1) Statements like this one make me wonder about you. Evidently you are too young to understand the realities of our national defense and way in which the armed services protect us. I guess most of what you say along these lines was planted in your mind in college (you did go right?) and sounds like the crap I use to hear coming out of the mouths of stoned dopehead philosophers, sitting in a darkened room staring at black lights. Rarely does America get to sort of pick and choose which conflicts we get involved with. Simply put, defense is just that. Bad guys in this world have in times past put a gun to our head and we have responded in kind. Whether you can accept it or not, we would not be a free people right now if we were in ANY way reluctant to take up arms in our own defense. Case in point, we bent over backwards to accomodate the arab world for decades. In the end all our appeasements in the form of aid and welcoming them into our country by the millions, setting them up in business and educating them all on the taxpayer dime, resulted in the tragedy of 911. Over 3000 innocents, and between 3-4 trillion in direct losses to our economy. Living the isolationist vision has not benefitted us one iota. In short, you owe your freedom to the military compex you keep slamming on every other post.

(2) Look at it like this, say you want to get to LA. Right now there is a for sure ride to Denver but there are no flights to LA. Wouldn't it be better to get as far towards your ultimate destination as you possibly can for the present? Denver is much closer to LA than Paintsville is right? Same thing is true in this case. Ron Paul may be your ticket to LA but he is grounded and going nowhere. Why not fly with Romney to Denver and at least invest your time and money in a sure improvement, making progress in the right direction. Or you can invest your time and money on Paul and just be mad because things didn't get any better.

There are few misconceptions here: I believe that my freedom is due to being born in the right circumstances at the right time: does the military have something to do with this absolutely, but could you explain how a current german base benefits my freedom here in Kentucky, or a base in London, England, or Japan, or Iraq or Afgahnastan or in 130+ countries around the world.

I am young and maybe to relient on technology but I do recall having airplanes that could get fueled in the air, I remember something called an aircraft carriers, so why do I need bases?

I did attend and graduated from an University...but that should not have any bearing a forming a logical reasoning on why I should or should not vote for someone and explain why I should vote for someone else. I also went to what would be considered a very conservative University.

You make an interesting point about the middle east, are saying that we were just in putting Isreal into place in 1945? To your point about giving aide... do we not decide that.... I would have not have given aide...period. It is not the United States business other than commerce with other nations.

Also I would disagree with the thought America does not pick which conflict it gets itself into. I would use the Iraqi war as a starting point...

Now as far as Presidental canidates: I am open to vote for Romney but I will need to be convinced... I think he is a republicrat, not by what he says but by his actions...romney care will be my starting point. To use your analogy Romeny doesn't get my to Colorado but to Ohio. I am not better off and neither is the cause... but I can be convinced he might be better than Ron Paul.

Here is the starting point with Ron he has been consistant throught his life, believes in the constitution, and I agree with him on his ideas on taxation and foreign policy. However, he never gets the time of day on "Fari and Balance" or like I call it " They report, you obey"...I could point to Charles Chritnihemer (sp) Britt Hume and Kristol as my starting points.