Recent content by akovacs

There is another good reason we lost: The campaign supporter database got corrupted in a crash sometime yesterday. Whatever was recovered, we (campaigners in Iowa) did not get until about 2 hours before the caucus. There was not enough time to call people, make sure they were coming, as well as...

Defense spending is welfare for engineers. There's a huge conflict of interest there. Many scientists also get lots of government money. It's a nice thought, but I think it's better to make term limits. Limiting pay and benefits if also nice, but it's not the reason why people go into...

You guys should've seen his Senate run against Obama. The guy was in a race with himself to say the most crazy stuff on TV. Seriously, the chicago news stations pretty much ran updates on the crazy things he would say everyday.

If he actually followed his principles that he advertised for 20 years, I'd appreciate him a lot more. He talked a lot about small government and more freedom but did little to push it along. I agree with the sentiment that he's much better than the garbage that has been in office 25 years...

Besides Beck, Thompson is CONSTANTLY railing against Huckabee. It's awesome that Thompson's in the race. Everyone is taking shots at each other and completely ignoring Paul.

Right now, I look at the federal government as a ricer car. Every year, congress tacks on more and more "upgrades", almost all of which are either useless, or even detrimental to performance. Yeah, it's a lame analogy, but I find it surprisingly effective at getting the point across.

No, it's a waste. People watching the superbowl aren't going to care about politics.

Is there a cheaper site than goldcentral.com for buying gold? As soon as I get a good job lined up I'd like to buy a lot more. Oh, and is there a good mutual fund that is gold based? What about mutual funds for other currencies? If I have a 401K or something, I'd like to avoid anything based in...

Yes, I know. That's why there's no reason to put one in the ad. Not having it in there also prevents someone from just showing the ad on TV or whatever and saying that he endorses pot smoking. Without the picture, you have to read the ad and you can see clearly that he doesn't. Would it...

To echo what others have said, I'd say that most people see the prices going up, but they don't exactly know what's going on. They don't understand the monetary system so they will blame oil prices on the arabs, food prices on the mexicans, etc. It's pretty hard not to notice a ~30% increase in...

In case this wasn't said already: DO NOT RUN THE 3RD AD WITH THE PICTURE OF THE POT LEAF. You can get your point across without it, and someone can turn around and use it for their benefit. Yes, I know it's stupid but the picture if much more damaging than just saying "Stop the drug war". It...

Too bad you won't see this on the news. Anything that goes against their "GUNS ARE BAD" view on life won't get airtime.

You have to be careful about endorsements. I honestly think Oprah's endorsement hurts Obama more than helps him in states like IA.

For the picture of Paul, make it a negative image of that. The black square background stands out and distracts from the rest of the image. The rest of it is awesome though

I'm leaving from Lafayette, IN. Depending on where you are, we can carpool together. PM me for details.