Have fun following someone who wants to separate the federal gov't from education of our children, can you imagine what would happen to smaller states?
1 - i don't follow anyone, but i do respect ron paul. who do you respect, if anyone?
2 - i only mentioned ron paul's gtfo stance to show that republicans are even divided on this issue and to provide counterbalance the anti-democratic vibe you were emanating.
3 - i imagine
the states would take care of state education, as it should be. the federal government was not intended to be this moneysucking hog that it currently is; it was intended to oversee national business and protect our asses in an international setting. the states were given the rights to govern themselves with the constitution as a governing document which ties the rights of all americans to the country. states could grant further rights but could not limit our rights as americans, set forth in the constitution. where the fuck does it say 'ps gib my kidz a gud educashun too" i'd surely like to know. you don't like the education in your home state, fix it at the state level by participating in local/state government. crybaby.
4 - being in the military doesn't make you right. it does provide you with experience and perspective that the nonmilitary will never achieve. you're welcome to your experienced perspective. just know that i chose to pay your wages along with 200 million other armchair americans. we're funding everything our military does; don't sit there and pretend we don't have a right to our opinions as well. what if i and 100 million of those armchair americans don't want you in iraq? oh hey, that's pretty much what's going on. we don't want to pay for it any longer, in taxes or in your blood.
if people want to go to iraq to 'free' that nation, then they should volunteer to do it. i hear the iraqi army is taking volunteers. our military should be at home, or with 51% or more of our nation's support, our military could be part of an international effort to do something elsewhere. no more of this 'it's america or no one' crap; at least not on this scale and at these costs (both in lives and funds).
in the end, we all have to be okay with our choices on what we do, why we do it, and who we'll give the power to tell us to do it. if you didn't want opinions, you shouldn't post yours in a forum.