Let me Tell You A Story About the Early Days of This Forum

Beautiful OP friend.. :D

Ah...the good ol days of money bombs and people actually hitting the streets.
 
A. Havnes said:
One thing Ron Paul has taught me is that it's never too late to get back to your roots. We'll march better as a grassroots army once we have clear marching orders again.
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That was the cool thing about early on. We were the ones that dictated the marching orders. Paul's campaign team was the one in disaray. Many on this board were the ones that brought the grassroots stuff together. We don't need marching orders.
 
JoshLowry said:
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Hey my signs!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I remember that day.

:D
 
The evolution of the "we the people" poster

Phase 1
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Phase 2
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Phase 3
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Phase 4
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Phase 5
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Phase 6
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Phase 7
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I remember coming home from work around 11:30pm and logging onto the forum. Lord Xar (I think) asked if there were any graphic artists who could do something with a poster he had been working on. It was already at about phase 3 or 4, but he wanted it to have an olde-timey constitution font. That's when I got the idea of just superimposing the mosaic over the constitution itself and created the phase 5. The general consensus was positive so I added text for phase 6 and that's when the ball really got rolling. Everyone else started creating their own versions with the basic background. A bunch of us stayed up for the next 8 hours hashing out the exact wording and colors and spacing. It was simultaneously exhausting, frustrating, and exhilarating. When I saw a photo of RP holding the final full size poster in his hands, I was pretty damn proud of myself. I did that. We did that.
 
1000-points-of-fright said:
Phase 7
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I remember coming home from work around 11:30pm and logging onto the forum. Lord Xar (I think) asked if there were any graphic artists who could do something with a poster he had been working on. It was already at about phase 3 or 4, but he wanted it to have an olde-timey constitution font. That's when I got the idea of just superimposing the mosaic over the constitution itself and created the phase 5. The general consensus was positive so I added text for phase 6 and that's when the ball really got rolling. Everyone else started creating their own versions with the basic background. A bunch of us stayed up for the next 8 hours hashing out the exact wording and colors and spacing. It was simultaneously exhausting, frustrating, and exhilarating. When I saw a photo of RP holding the final full size poster in his hands, I was pretty damn proud of myself. I did that. We did that.
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I love that poster so much. I'd show it to people outside of the revolution, and their mouths would literally drop open because it was so awesome.

I recently watched "The Candidate" with Robert Redford, and all I could think about was what the campaign should have done. Like, invest in a television campaign.

We were very good at reaching people who already agreed with us.
 
1000-points-of-fright said:
I remember coming home from work around 11:30pm and logging onto the forum. Lord Xar (I think) asked if there were any graphic artists who could do something with a poster he had been working on. It was already at about phase 3 or 4, but he wanted it to have an olde-timey constitution font. That's when I got the idea of just superimposing the mosaic over the constitution itself and created the phase 5. The general consensus was positive so I added text for phase 6 and that's when the ball really got rolling. Everyone else started creating their own versions with the basic background. A bunch of us stayed up for the next 8 hours hashing out the exact wording and colors and spacing. It was simultaneously exhausting, frustrating, and exhilarating. When I saw a photo of RP holding the final full size poster in his hands, I was pretty damn proud of myself. I did that. We did that.
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I remember that night well. Probably one of my most favorite Grassroots moments!! There were quite a few people on that night, we were hashing that poster out and making it just right. We all worked together. there was no; I, Me, or Mine. We all worked together seamlessly. Then within a day we had the money to get it in the paper. The best part of all..... it cost the Campaign ZERO!! That really strikes me as a metaphor of free market enterprise.
 
UtahApocalypse said:
We all worked together. there was no; I, Me, or Mine. We all worked together seamlessly. Then within a day we had the money to get it in the paper. The best part of all..... it cost the Campaign ZERO!! That really strikes me as a metaphor of free market enterprise.
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We did work together but I wouldn't say it was entirely seamless. There were some pretty heated arguments over wording and what policy issues should be added or left out. But in the end the final product was really good and I don't think anybody was unhappy with it.
 
what about the BLIMP!? just kidding. that is probably bad memories.

I was thinking the other day about how exciting the money bombs days were. And the Tea Party rally we had here in Austin. Might be my favorite memory ever. Also, this ad getting in the USA Today was pretty sweet. It took me forever to find a copy in the airport.


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1000-points-of-fright said:
I remember coming home from work around 11:30pm and logging onto the forum. Lord Xar (I think) asked if there were any graphic artists who could do something with a poster he had been working on. It was already at about phase 3 or 4, but he wanted it to have an olde-timey constitution font. That's when I got the idea of just superimposing the mosaic over the constitution itself and created the phase 5. The general consensus was positive so I added text for phase 6 and that's when the ball really got rolling. Everyone else started creating their own versions with the basic background. A bunch of us stayed up for the next 8 hours hashing out the exact wording and colors and spacing. It was simultaneously exhausting, frustrating, and exhilarating. When I saw a photo of RP holding the final full size poster in his hands, I was pretty damn proud of myself. I did that. We did that.
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woot! that was one fine piece of work.
 
1000-points-of-fright said:
We did work together but I wouldn't say it was entirely seamless. There were some pretty heated arguments over wording and what policy issues should be added or left out. But in the end the final product was really good and I don't think anybody was unhappy with it.
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just like the Constitution!

free people, in pursuit of enlightened self interest, follow similar paths - toward SUCCESS and HAPPINESS!
 
porcupine said:
nayjevin, my impulsive desire to pimp the free state project requires me to suggest that you check out moving to where the non-couch potato libertarians are all moving to. We're sucking all the best activists away from other states so you best join us :p
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+1 fsp ftw
 
haaaylee said:
what about the BLIMP!? just kidding. that is probably bad memories.

I was thinking the other day about how exciting the money bombs days were. And the Tea Party rally we had here in Austin. Might be my favorite memory ever. Also, this ad getting in the USA Today was pretty sweet. It took me forever to find a copy in the airport.
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I remember discussing whether jefferson should be looking forward or not, and whether it should be "you" or "we" :)

And the blimp was cool, I still think it was a success overall, not for the direct advertising impact, but for the pr.
 
If Ron Paul runs again it can be that way again only much bigger. Or maybe we will have a Ron Paul type to pull behind. I certainly hope so. I missed the first party.
 
1000-points-of-fright said:
I remember coming home from work around 11:30pm and logging onto the forum. Lord Xar (I think) asked if there were any graphic artists who could do something with a poster he had been working on. It was already at about phase 3 or 4, but he wanted it to have an olde-timey constitution font. That's when I got the idea of just superimposing the mosaic over the constitution itself and created the phase 5. The general consensus was positive so I added text for phase 6 and that's when the ball really got rolling. Everyone else started creating their own versions with the basic background. A bunch of us stayed up for the next 8 hours hashing out the exact wording and colors and spacing. It was simultaneously exhausting, frustrating, and exhilarating. When I saw a photo of RP holding the final full size poster in his hands, I was pretty damn proud of myself. I did that. We did that.
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Luv ya, but it was me who came up with the idea to use the Constitution as the backdrop. Lord Xar will back me up on that. You however, were the one who actually did the first mock-ups and you did a great job. But, as I recall, you weren't around, so Lord Xar had to go elsewhere to find someone to do the final.

Lord Xar's the one who deserves the praise. Without him starting a PAC, facilitating all the brainstorming, deciding what text was actually going to go on the final and taking responsibility for finding someone to do the final copy and print, it would never have happened. He also developed another 1/2 page color newspaper ad that went in several Iowa newspapers and a radio spot (with several helpers) that ran in Iowa before the straw poll.
 
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If Ron Paul runs again it can be that way again only much bigger. Or maybe we will have a Ron Paul type to pull behind. I certainly hope so. I missed the first party.
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totally -- if a Ron for Prez situation comes again, it will be bigger. Honestly, there are plenty of projects to keep us that busy again - it's a matter of motivation, and what everybody has in mind for priorities.

one of these days i'm gonna start at the beginning and read all my old posts and watch all the big videos and relive it.

you know what would be cool is a big projector, the best slideshow ever, and murphy's tavern. :)
 
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