I use this not to instill pessimism but urgency.
My wife and I had a talk the other day about her concerns that I was too wrapped up in Ron Paul, and it gave me an open door to explain to her why that was so.
I explained to her that I'm doing everything I can to contain my support for him, because I think his success is critical at this time in our nation's history.
She asked what I thought would happen if he loses . . . what my fear is.
My fear is that whomever is elected will just pursue the same arrogant foreign policy we've descended down over the last half century. At home, the non-Paul president will just continue to either raise taxes or bankrupt our nation in the same cycle we've been going down.
And my last, greatest fear is that another Ron Paul will not be had peacefully. Ron Paul is someone the establishment never thought could gain any traction, and that he has only has highlighted areas that will need to be "secured" going forward -- i.e. internet regulation, etc..
She's since watched his interview with Beck & Russert, and she seems less concerned -- or perhaps just more understanding -- about my sense of urgency. That's a start, I guess.
Anyone else believe that if Paul doesn't win, we're in for it?
Ok, Lucid, do you think RP is a person? I don't. Guliani, McCain and Fraud Thompson are persons. RP is a movement. You know how we keep quoting Ghandi? Well he also said that we must become the change we want to see in the world.
RP is but one individual. His strength is not in his money, or connections, damn sure not in his campaign. His strength is us. The mere fact that we are so many and we made RP so campaign money rich is a win already, even if he never sits behind that Resolute Desk.
We should think big, but sometimes we think too big. Are you overweight? Are you in debt? Are you in an abusive relatinoship? Are you achieveing your life goals, whatever they are? No? Then what chance does President Ron Paul stand turning hir rhetoric into tangible results if we don't know what to do with our freedom?
Are you active locally? Who is your governor? What about a judge? What about a railroad commissioner? What is the current issue that your local city hall is fighting over?
These are the questions everybody has to ask. We have to start from the very base. Did you know that Libertarians got the vacant posts in some municipalities merely because they bothered to apply for them? Do you understand we are giving too much credit to Ron Paul alone and too much credit to Hillary Clinton alone? These people can't enact whatever they want to enact with us getting up off our asses and protesting, throwing out those supporting those enactments and electing those promising to over rule those.
Seriously, stop with all this military takeover drama. The government is still tripartite. The courts can still overrule the Congress. The President can still veto the bill he otherwise wouldn't if he sees too much tension in the masses. Start small. Look in the mirror and see if you have any problems. Change your attitude. Work hard. Make money work for you, not the other way around. Change your diet and lose that extra pound.
Even if the worst of the worst, Hillary gets elected and sits in the WhiteHouse for 8 years straight, we can still make our communities better. Find out how. And, most importantly, vote locally.
... Watch what you say because they are watching... LOL...
