| | it's great to see an idea come to fruition.
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.
but freedom, that's something worth dying for. |
| | Posted 9/26/2007 10:07 PM - 54 Views - 2 eProps - 1 Comment
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