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A (B)RAND New Day: Stand with Rand

March 12, 2013 By E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy

The old guard of the Republican Party flashed its true colors last week. All it took was a 13-hour filibuster by Sen. Rand Paul to get the neocons on the Wall Street Journal editorial board worked up into a lather. According to the editors, Rand Paul was being childish and theatrical. “He needs to know what he’s talking about,” they wrote.

It seems the Journal is A-OK with taking Attorney General Eric Holder’s word for it that the U.S. won’t use drones to attack Americans on U.S. soil. “Drones are limited to the remotest areas of conflict zones like Pakistan and Yemen,” they wrote. That is until they’re not. I’ll stick with Rand’s demands.

Rand is right. Twitter was all aflutter with his stand; #StandwithRand became one of the most read feeds at one point during the day. The Wall Street Journal’s piece was so jarring to its readers that the comments section exploded with cheers for Rand Paul and jeers for the Journal.

On foreign policy, editors sound like a bunch of grumpy old men. They come off as cheerleaders for neocons like GOP Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham. As Paul said about the two, “They think the whole world is a battlefield, including America, and that the laws of war should apply.”

The editors wrote, “[I]f Mr. Paul wants to be taken seriously he needs to do more than pull political stunts that fire up impressionable libertarian kids in their college dorm rooms.” Obviously, the Journal can’t see the forest for the trees. There’s a groundswell of support for guys like Rand Paul who demand clarity on the government’s use of drones against Americans or “enemy combatants.”

By the way, defining an enemy combatant is a slippery slope. Could someone who doesn’t vote for you become an enemy combatant? Is Rand Paul an enemy combatant, because in exercising his constitutional rights, he upset John McCain?

“It’s always the wacko birds on the right and left that get the media megaphone,” McCain said, talking about Rand Paul’s filibuster. Then in reference to Paul and Senator Ted Cruz, McCain continued, “I think it can be harmful if there is a belief among the American people that those people are reflective of the views of the majority of Republicans. They’re not.”

McCain and the neocons at The Wall Street Journal don’t “get” the American people. Americans don’t trust the government. They want clarity on issues like this one and respect Rand Paul’s stand. It takes guys like Rand Paul to ring in a brand-new day, which we desperately need.

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E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy
E.J. Smith is Founder of YourSurvivalGuy.com, Managing Director at Richard C. Young & Co., Ltd., a Managing Editor of Richardcyoung.com, and Editor-in-Chief of Youngresearch.com. His focus at all times is on preparing clients and readers for “Times Like These.” E.J. graduated from Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts, with a B.S. in finance and investments. In 1995, E.J. began his investment career at Fidelity Investments in Boston before joining Richard C. Young & Co., Ltd. in 1998.

E.J. has trained at Sig Sauer Academy in Epping, NH, NH, where he completed course-work in Practical and Defensive Handgun, Conceal Carry Pistol, Shotguns, Precision Scope Rifle and Kidnapping Prevention.

E.J. plays a Yamaha Recording Custom drum set with Zilldjian cymbals. His first drum set was a 5-piece Slingerland with Zildjians. He grew-up worshiping Neil Peart (RIP) of the band Rush, and loves the song Tom Sawyer—the name of his family’s boat, a Grady-White Canyon 306. He grew up in Mattapoisett, MA, an idyllic small town on the water near Cape Cod. He spends time in Newport, RI and Bartlett, NH—both as far away from Wall Street as one could mentally get. The Newport office is on a quiet, tree lined street not far from the harbor and the log cabin in Bartlett, NH, the “Live Free or Die” state, sits on the edge of the White Mountain National Forest. He enjoys spending time in Key West and Paris.

Please get in touch with E.J. at ejsmith@yoursurvivalguy.com

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