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Thursday, September 27, 2007

Thu, 27 Sep 2007 02:07:27 GMT

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.

Monday, September 24, 2007

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 03:00:13 GMT

"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.

Thursday, September 20, 2007

Thu, 20 Sep 2007 23:42:25 GMT

"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.

Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Wed, 19 Sep 2007 17:23:03 GMT

September 19, 1692. Giles Corey pressed to death in the Salem witch trials for refusing to enter a plea.

"'More weight,' he cried. And then he died."
"He was a fearsome man, Giles Corey." - Arthur Miller, The Crucible

Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 18:45:28 GMT

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.

Monday, September 17, 2007

Mon, 17 Sep 2007 11:36:23 GMT

Six years and the government can still read all your e-mails and listen to all your phone calls at will - and you still believed the Democrats were going to save you.

Happy Constitution Day.

Friday, September 14, 2007

Fri, 14 Sep 2007 17:08:16 GMT

In 1776, the founders of the United States of America risked their "lives, fortunes and sacred honor" to set up a free and prosperous nation. They warned us that it was our responsibility to keep it that way. But we didn't listen to their wise advice. As a service to America, they have come out of retirement to issue a final warning.

We the Founders:

Warned you of the dangers of excessive taxation. Now you labor nearly six months of the year to pay taxes at all levels as your economy suffocates under this cruel burden.

Warned you of the dangers of foreign entanglements. Now thousands of men and women suffer and die in foreign lands while your government plans a military draft.

Warned you of the dangers of government spending. Now your growing National Debt stands at 8 TRILLION and your babies are debt slaves from the day they are born.

Warned you of the dangers of a private Central Bank (The Fed) and a debt-based monetary system. Now you drown in credit card debt as you lose your homes to foreclosure.

Warned you to obey the Constitution because power corrupts. Now a secretive government can spy on you and detain you at will under the guise of "National Security."

Warned you of the dangers of political parties. Now you have two powerful parties that conspire against the people, plundering you while they pretend to oppose each other.

Warned you to keep your nation sovereign and independent. Now you submit to UN and NAFTA authority as your borders are deliberately left open to endless illegal immigration.

Warned you to be distrustful of government. But you believed the sugarcoated falsehoods of ambitious politicians and now you no longer know who to trust or what to believe.

Warned you of the importance of an honest, independent and unbiased press. Now your centralized "Mainstream Media" is full of propaganda, distortions, and omissions.

Warned you that the price of liberty was eternal vigilance. But while you were distracted by ballgames and TV shows, government stole your liberty and bankrupted your children.

For these reasons, We the Founders support Ron Paul. We advise you to support his presidential candidacy with your time, fortunes, and sacred honor.

www.ronpaul2008.com

Sunday, September 09, 2007

Sun, 09 Sep 2007 01:57:23 GMT

I want to go skydiving.

Monday, August 13, 2007

Mon, 13 Aug 2007 04:35:53 GMT

Who is Ron Paul? Perhaps it is time for me to answer my own question.

As the presidential race heats up, you're hearing names tossed around like Mitt Romney, Rudy Giuliani, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama - and in all honesty, most of us don't give a damn about any of the candidates. Oh, sure, we might get really freaked out about the idea of crazy Hillary being president, or we might think that Rudy did a great job after 9/11, but we don't really think about them.

We look at candidates and think of what kind of a leader they would be given their personality type. And we see most of these candidates as news celebrities. They probably get the same amount of news coverage as a new movie, or a musician, or Tom Cruise. And then...there's Ron Paul. Some fringe candidate that looks to have a few fanatical cult-like followers who like Ron Paul because he's trendy.

But don't dismiss him as the trendy new candidate to support. He's no Ralph Nader or Ross Perot out there because he's bored. Ron Paul does have a fanatical cult-like following, and that's because he has something to say that people really want to hear.

I'm going to try to avoid dogma or fanaticism here. I just want to present to you some of the things Dr. Paul has to say. These statements are taken not from some crazy speech Dr. Paul gave, but conclusions and verifiable facts from his voting record, which can be found through a few Library of Congress links.

Ron Paul is a constitutionalist.
He has never voted to raise taxes.
He has never voted for an unbalanced budget.
He has NEVER voted for the Iraq war.
He has never voted for a federal restriction on gun ownership.
He has never voted to increase the power of the executive branch.
He has never voted to raise congressional pay. (as a Congressman, he has never voted to give himself a raise)
He has never taken a government-paid junket (vacation).

He voted against the PATRIOT Act (Bush's spy/wiretapping program).
He votes against regulating the Internet.
He voted against NAFTA and CAFTA.
He votes against the United Nations.
He votes against the welfare state.
He votes against reinstating a military draft.

He votes to preserve the constitution.
He votes to cut government spending.
He votes to lower healthcare costs.
He votes to end the war on drugs.
He votes to protect civil liberties.
He votes to secure our borders with real immigration reforms.
He votes to eliminate tax funded abortions and to overturn Roe vs. Wade.
He votes to protect religious freedom.

This is Dr. Paul. And this is why I have turned from a lackadaisical political follower to a Ron Paul fanatic. I could really care less of who wins among the top tier candidates, but I will be waving a Ron Paul sign on election day and I will write him in on my ballot if he doesn't get the nomination. The guy makes sense. At least check him out and see what he has to say.

www.ronpaul2008.com

Tuesday, August 07, 2007

Tue, 07 Aug 2007 01:23:31 GMT

who is Ron Paul?