I'm a long time member (summer '07), but I couldn't remember the password to my other account so I'm using my alt.
I have been a very faithful and aggressive support for Ron Paul over the past 5 and a half years, donating a lot of money, and spending a lot of my time trying to find the best way to communicate his message to a variety of people. I was successful in converting a handful of my closest friends who went on to spread the message (or parts of it they agreed with) on their own in their own way. Over the years I felt the energy increase and the power of the tide grow.
I have made videos designed to appeal to different types of thinkers, as well as many others designed to motivate the already-in. Here are a few of the videos I am most proud of or have found to be the most effective:
But I digress. I have noticed a shift in attention from Ron Paul and the Ron Paul Revolution to getting Rand Paul elected in 2016 -- despite the fact that he supports Romney. Trusting Rand Paul after his endorsement of Romney is a huge leap of faith that is akin to hoping the least of two evils is somehow good, and I won't do it. Even supporting Ron Paul himself had me gut-checking for 5 years as to whether or not I really wanted to support the system by supporting a man who works in it.
Granted, we made a bit of headway. We were perpetually more and more influential and it is clear that the GOP needs us to win. They still deny this in their rhetoric through the media, but we know the truth. Enough former GOP faithfuls have defected to the Paul camp to render their party dead.
But here's Rand Paul, primed to wear the prince's crown and get his foot in the door in 2016. He talks a lot like his father, only he's a smoother politician. It's very tempting to project our desire for the right kind of change onto him, even after he endorsed Romney. I know how tempting it is, I feel it too. But supporting Rand now after he endorsed Romney (while his father was still in the race, come on!) is not a choice. I'm not going to waste my energy while still not making a choice.
I'm going to put my energy into the message, and the message alone. I will not use a politicians name. I will not use a party's name, or a platform. It will have nothing to do with voting. It will have nothing to do with politics.
From now on I am going to channel my desire for Liberty into a concise message that will fit directly into the hearts and minds of all people of all ages regardless of political affiliation, and I'm going to stick with that message for the rest of my life.
As Ron Paul recently stated: "We're too far gone."
This thing we call a system is broken in places we can't reach. Eventually it's going to come crumbling down. In my opinion, the best thing we can do for the future of not only this country, but the world at large is to be ready to pick up the pieces.
If we support Rand Paul or any politician in 2016 we're still worshiping government, thinking that we'll convince it to somehow fix its self. Deep down we know it won't, that it can't. It's a game of faith, and the longer we play it the less influence we'll have over the future.
If it's not about the future... what is it about?
I have been a very faithful and aggressive support for Ron Paul over the past 5 and a half years, donating a lot of money, and spending a lot of my time trying to find the best way to communicate his message to a variety of people. I was successful in converting a handful of my closest friends who went on to spread the message (or parts of it they agreed with) on their own in their own way. Over the years I felt the energy increase and the power of the tide grow.
I have made videos designed to appeal to different types of thinkers, as well as many others designed to motivate the already-in. Here are a few of the videos I am most proud of or have found to be the most effective:
But I digress. I have noticed a shift in attention from Ron Paul and the Ron Paul Revolution to getting Rand Paul elected in 2016 -- despite the fact that he supports Romney. Trusting Rand Paul after his endorsement of Romney is a huge leap of faith that is akin to hoping the least of two evils is somehow good, and I won't do it. Even supporting Ron Paul himself had me gut-checking for 5 years as to whether or not I really wanted to support the system by supporting a man who works in it.
Granted, we made a bit of headway. We were perpetually more and more influential and it is clear that the GOP needs us to win. They still deny this in their rhetoric through the media, but we know the truth. Enough former GOP faithfuls have defected to the Paul camp to render their party dead.
But here's Rand Paul, primed to wear the prince's crown and get his foot in the door in 2016. He talks a lot like his father, only he's a smoother politician. It's very tempting to project our desire for the right kind of change onto him, even after he endorsed Romney. I know how tempting it is, I feel it too. But supporting Rand now after he endorsed Romney (while his father was still in the race, come on!) is not a choice. I'm not going to waste my energy while still not making a choice.
I'm going to put my energy into the message, and the message alone. I will not use a politicians name. I will not use a party's name, or a platform. It will have nothing to do with voting. It will have nothing to do with politics.
From now on I am going to channel my desire for Liberty into a concise message that will fit directly into the hearts and minds of all people of all ages regardless of political affiliation, and I'm going to stick with that message for the rest of my life.
As Ron Paul recently stated: "We're too far gone."
This thing we call a system is broken in places we can't reach. Eventually it's going to come crumbling down. In my opinion, the best thing we can do for the future of not only this country, but the world at large is to be ready to pick up the pieces.
If we support Rand Paul or any politician in 2016 we're still worshiping government, thinking that we'll convince it to somehow fix its self. Deep down we know it won't, that it can't. It's a game of faith, and the longer we play it the less influence we'll have over the future.
If it's not about the future... what is it about?
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