I was first introduced to Dr. Ron Paul this past summer. early this past summer, maybe May or so. one of my friends had discovered this great presidential candidate who was going to change the world - my inner skeptic decided to dismiss that. but I started looking more and really got to like this guy Ron Paul. since then, my time and money have both gone to getting him elected, and it's beginning to bear fruit. I've seen Dr. Paul go from being a fringe candidate to winning straw polls all over the country and just now finally announced by the Republican Party as a top candidate for president.
I've got to tell you, it's great to have something you care about. something that matters. I've never really had any idea or cause that I was willing to fight for and do whatever it takes to get that message home. I've never even met Dr. Paul and I'm convinced that he is the last hope this country has. who would have thought it? 71-year-old obstetrician who was running for president last time when I was not even a year old.
it's an idea. an idea that drives us. we're caught between two opposites. there has been the prevailing philosophy that says "we are America, and we are always right no matter what." and there's its opposite that says "we are America, and we are always wrong and nothing really matters any more because we're so messed up." but in between those is a philosophy of change. a philosophy that's willing to admit that we've screwed up and gone astray from what we once believed. freedom wasn't always a dirty word used by the Republicans to justify a war in Iraq or wiretapping phone lines. once it meant that you were a human being and you had the right to do what you wanted with your life without the government sticking its nose in it.
to invade another country without provocation is arrogance. to invade the privacy of citizens without their consent is tyranny. to control the finances of all citizens through taxation is communism.
"A good woman will pick you apart, a box full of suggestions for your possible heart. But you may be offended and you may be afraid, but don't walk away, don't walk away." - Conor Oberst
Solid weekend. Just what I needed to last me for the next two and a half weeks.
And I just smoked my funny bone on the edge of my chair, and that shit wasn't funny. For any parties involved.
"Let's talk about something you actually need to learn." - Todd Campbell, Business Law professor, Chief Judge of the Federal Court of Nashville, king of tangents.
I am sitting in class. And I feel that sitting in class bored merits a blog post.
My management professor just said "'Just do your best,' is a feel-good goal. For when you fail." Said with a completely straight face. We've been discussing Belmont's goals and have decided that they're probably just trying to keep kids here without dropping out. Apparently we got really excited last year and threw a party for having five thousand students here and then...numbers dropped 250 students lower. Maybe they hated that statue we have that replaced the smoke pit.
I have erased, rewritten, removed, and replaced over three hundred hard drives in the school's computers over the past three weeks. They apparently trust me a lot, because I can get into every single teacher's office and hack my way in every single computer in the business school. Oh, and I also realized that I could drop eight hundred different viruses on one computer and have it work fine when it restarts.
I'm having lunch with Mike Curb (head of a big publishing company here in town), Belmont President Bob Fisher, and Dolly Parton on Thursday. Oh yes. I'm high-rolling with celebrities. Actually, I'm not really sure what I'm doing...hanging out? Looking cool? Who knows. But I am wearing my nice pants.
My phone is pissed off at me because I've made it cry with the amount of text messages I've sent over the past few days. It shed a tear.
I am addicted to green tea. I can't stop myself. I need more and more every day.
Okay, I'm done for the day. You kids have fun with your lives.
