Plagiarism

[joiei]

It's okay if your Rand Paul.  According to Rand Paul I guess.   

[Conan71]

It's okay if your Rand Paul.  According to Rand Paul I guess.   

It's okay with the current Vice President as well.

Linky to the Rand Paul issue?

[heironymouspasparagus]

Plagiarism is the sincerest form of  theft.

[Gaspar]

You should hear Rand Paul's "I have a dream" speech.  

[Red Arrow]

You should here Rand Paul's "I have a dream" speech. 

Hear?

[Hoss]

Hear?

I'm glad you did it instead of me.

[Red Arrow]

I'm glad you did it instead of me.

You're welcome.

[Gaspar]

You're welcome.

Thanks for the catch.

[carltonplace]

It's okay with the current Vice President as well.

Linky to the Rand Paul issue?

He was caught in a couple of his speaches lifting word for word from a Wikipedia entry.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-250_162-57611411/more-plagiarism-accusations-against-sen-rand-paul/

Paul has previously sustained fire from critics for copying portions of his book from conservative think tanks like the Heritage Foundation and the Cato Institute, and he has also faced accusations that he plagiarized several Wikipedia articles as well as an Associated Press article in recent speeches.


In this most recent episode, Paul copied nearly word-for-word an article by Timothy Sandefur of the Pacific Legal Foundation that was published in January 2012 in "Regulation," a quarterly journal from the Cato Institute. He also included a near-verbatim copy of a section from the same journal written in 2010 by law professor Jonathan Adler.

[Conan71]

He was caught in a couple of his speaches lifting word for word from a Wikipedia entry.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-250_162-57611411/more-plagiarism-accusations-against-sen-rand-paul/

Paul has previously sustained fire from critics for copying portions of his book from conservative think tanks like the Heritage Foundation and the Cato Institute, and he has also faced accusations that he plagiarized several Wikipedia articles as well as an Associated Press article in recent speeches.


In this most recent episode, Paul copied nearly word-for-word an article by Timothy Sandefur of the Pacific Legal Foundation that was published in January 2012 in "Regulation," a quarterly journal from the Cato Institute. He also included a near-verbatim copy of a section from the same journal written in 2010 by law professor Jonathan Adler.

What's that? A politician incapable of forming independent thoughts? Knock me over with a feather!

[carltonplace]

What's that? A politician incapable of forming independent thoughts? Knock me over with a feather!

Yea this is up there with the "revelation" that rock star John Lennon was unruly in his youth.

[Conan71]

Yea this is up there with the "revelation" that rock star John Lennon was unruly in his youth.

Dear GOD!!! What will we find out next? Willie Nelson smokes pot?

[carltonplace]

Dear GOD!!! What will we find out next? Willie Nelson smokes pot?

Buckle your seatbelt, it's bound to be a doozy. Oh, and apparently it's on stage in character Miley Cyrus who smokes pot per the intrawebs today.

[Hoss]

Buckle your seatbelt, it's bound to be a doozy. Oh, and apparently it's on stage in character Miley Cyrus who smokes pot per the intrawebs today.

It's funny though, it's not necessarily the plagiarism that's getting him in hot water.  It's asinine comments like this:

"And like I say, if, you know, if dueling were legal in Kentucky, if they keep it up, you know, it would be a duel challenge. But I can't do that, because I can't hold office in Kentucky then."

That's nearly as funny as Aqua Buddha.  His Deity, evidently.

[carltonplace]

It's funny though, it's not necessarily the plagiarism that's getting him in hot water.  It's asinine comments like this:

"And like I say, if, you know, if dueling were legal in Kentucky, if they keep it up, you know, it would be a duel challenge. But I can't do that, because I can't hold office in Kentucky then."

That's nearly as funny as Aqua Buddha.  His Deity, evidently.

There are some synaptic mis-fires occuring there. It's like he had a verbal seizure.