One Ron Paul Thread to Rule Them All, one thread to find him

[Free Soviets]

Don't they already have Gary Johnson running for the nomination? He's probably pretty far ahead.

I think if Ron Paul asked to be the nominee they'd accomodate him, don't you? Just on name recognition alone.

especially since johnson has endorsed him repeatedly

[Ashmoria]

ron paul is not going to run on the libertarian ticket unless his son wants to run as a libertarian in the future. dr paul is playing the long game and its not time yet to give up the boost that being a republican gives him.

[Tahar Joblis]

To call Ron Paul a constitutionalist is like calling Taco Bell authentic Mexican food.

If anything, he's an Articles Of Confederationist.

Not really. The guy believes in following the constitution as he interprets it, which is constitutionalism. He is more of a right wing libertarian though.

Excepting Article VI (which applies federal constitutional law to states), Amendment I (separation of church and states), Amendment XVI and XVII (which he explicitly wants to repeal). His interpretation of Amendment XIV is Plessy-friendly at best. And he would have preferred, from what I can tell, that slavery ended voluntarily on a state-by-state basis, which would be Amendment XIII. And if he knew what Amendment IX actually said, he would find that his "We the people" act is all about trampling over it.

He's not just interpreting the Constitution bizarrely; he also wants to very substantially amend it.

[United Dependencies]

One Thread to bring them all and in the darkness Bind them!
In the land of NSG, where the shadows lie...

62 pages and no one has said it. come on.

[Farnhamia]

One Thread to bring them all and in the darkness Bind them!
In the land of NSG, where the shadows lie...

62 pages and no one has said it. come on.

Ahem ...

[United Dependencies]

One Thread to bring them all and in the darkness Bind them!
In the land of NSG, where the shadows lie...

62 pages and no one has said it. come on.

Ahem ...

It's in the same vein.

[Wikkiwallana]

Everyone has to die, life is miserable.

Ron Paul, please get cancer.

Wow, that's one syllable away from being the meanest haiku I've ever read.

[Death Metal]

Change the "has to" into a "will", and it fits, albeit not in the standard format.

[Wikkiwallana]

Change the "has to" into a "will", and it fits, albeit not in the standard format.

Actually, I meant it was one syllable short, not over.

[Death Metal]

It's 18 syllables though...

[Wikkiwallana]

It's 18 syllables though...

Likely because of my accent, but "every" is being counted as only 1.

Also, on recount, I now get 17 instead of 16, even while counting "every" as 1 syllable. I missed a syllable in the last line on my previous count.

[Streamland]

It's 18 syllables though...

Depends on your accent. I personally pronounce miserable with 3.

[Grave_n_idle]

It's 18 syllables though...

Likely because of my accent, but "every" is being counted as only 1.

Also, on recount, I now get 17 instead of 16, even while counting "every" as 1 syllable. I missed a syllable in the last line on my previous count.

One syllable? I can make it two, with my London laziness... how do you get to one?

[Wikkiwallana]

Likely because of my accent, but "every" is being counted as only 1.

Also, on recount, I now get 17 instead of 16, even while counting "every" as 1 syllable. I missed a syllable in the last line on my previous count.

One syllable? I can make it two, with my London laziness... how do you get to one?

"Evry" and blend the v and r so that they are practically one letter.

Then realize you are an idiot and it's still two syllables.

[Streamland]

One syllable? I can make it two, with my London laziness... how do you get to one?

"Evry" and blend the v and r so that they are practically one letter.

Then realize you are an idiot and it's still two syllables.

There is a strict rule in phonetic saying that a syllable must contain one and exactly one vowel. "every" has too vowels because the -ver- consonant particle inside is not silent.

[Aquophia]

Never understood haikus. 17 syllables seems so random and arbitrary.

[Streamland]

Never understood haikus. 17 syllables seems so random and arbitrary.

Japanese people have their 17 and 4, Chinese have their 108, Christians have their trinity.

Can you really say who is the stupid and random one here? (I can but wtvr)

[Wikkiwallana]

"Evry" and blend the v and r so that they are practically one letter.

Then realize you are an idiot and it's still two syllables.

There is a strict rule in phonetic saying that a syllable must contain one and exactly one vowel. "every" has too vowels because the -ver- consonant particle inside is not silent.

It is around here.

[Streamland]

There is a strict rule in phonetic saying that a syllable must contain one and exactly one vowel. "every" has too vowels because the -ver- consonant particle inside is not silent.

It is around here.

Then you get the triphthong rule. Since you take -ver- as silent, you must subvocalize it until the word itself sounds like iui. And since a triphthong cannot exist if two of the sounds within are identical or anyway really similar, you have that.

You can also argue that since the first "E" is a long vowel (:), it forces a hiatus.

[Aquophia]

Never understood haikus. 17 syllables seems so random and arbitrary.

Japanese people have their 17 and 4, Chinese have their 108, Christians have their trinity.

Can you really say who is the stupid and random one here? (I can but wtvr)

Yeah I figured it was probably religiously based. Still don't like haikus. They have no rhythm to them and when recited, they always sound terribly emo.

I remember watching an episode of Avatar:The Last Airbender. They all got into a Haiku battle. Guess that's the asian version of rap battles.

[Wikkiwallana]

It is around here.

Then you get the triphthong rule. Since you take -ver- as silent, you must subvocalize it until the word itself sounds like iui. And since a triphthong cannot exist if two of the sounds within are identical or anyway really similar, you have that.

You can also argue that since the first "E" is a long vowel (:), it forces a hiatus.

You've never heard a southerner say "every" have you? Spelling is more of suggestion than a rule around here.

[Death Metal]

Japanese people have their 17 and 4, Chinese have their 108, Christians have their trinity.

Can you really say who is the stupid and random one here? (I can but wtvr)

Yeah I figured it was probably religiously based. Still don't like haikus. They have no rhythm to them and when recited, they always sound terribly emo.

I remember watching an episode of Avatar:The Last Airbender. They all got into a Haiku battle. Guess that's the asian version of rap battles.

That's because Haiku translations rarely flow well. Same with songs.

[Wikkiwallana]

Ok, I really didn't mean to derail this thread like this. Can we get back on topic before a mod comes by and yells at me?

[Aquophia]

Ok, I really didn't mean to derail this thread like this. Can we get back on topic before a mod comes by and yells at me?

What topic?

[Streamland]

Ok, I really didn't mean to derail this thread like this. Can we get back on topic before a mod comes by and yells at me?

What topic?

Gold nut Mc' bible belt.