Support From Many Places

One thing that really amazes me is how Ron Paul can raise more money in one day than ANY other candidate in history (the media latches onto money makers), have more meetups, facebook, youtube, etc friends, win more straw polls than any other (R) out there, and still the media runs these polls that either do not have his name or focus on other candidates. Then they use these polls to say he is a second tier or unpopular candidate.

HE IS DRIPPING IN GRASSROOTS SUPPORT!! The people have loaded his campaign with money, yard signs, bumper stickers, you name it. What does it take for the media pundits to actually get that this guy is not one of the long shot, snowball chance in hell type candidate?

Watch this-



Video of note about corporate abuse-

http://www.youtube.com/v/N8RsFwsODzE&rel=1

Corporate Fascism = Military Industrial Complex

Another Fox Flop

Impressive No Matter Where You Stand

RP is making yet another splash.

Far more than the ideas, money talks in D.C.

Principled politicians are marginalized and the ones that fit nicely on the cover of a magazine AND have millions in the bank are given airtime.

It's as if the media says that the less a candidate needs support, the more coverage they get.

I'd rather see political coverage be more like restaurant reviews.

That being said, it should also be noted WHERE those millions come from.

Ron Paul is getting his money from the people and not from special interests or corporations.

Lets see the media go into THAT story.

www.ronpaul2008.com

and for an interesting graph see here

Who Really Should be. . . Under Pressure?

Here are the statistics to back what Ron Paul says on Iraq.

FOX Finds Flaw in Frank Field Frackus- "Ron Paul admits to questioning a report by the government".

These ladies at FOX News really got Ron Paul where they want him, admitting he does not automatically believe everything in reports put out by the government. Glad to know that these ladies, and FOX News for that matter, have everyone thinking correctly about anything and everything the government says. Great job ladies, and GREEEEEAT work FOX News!!! Now if we could just get everyone else in America to not question anything put out by the government we will be doing fine.





Best line in this video, "Doesn't Congress have anything better to do than investigate something that, I don't really think is that much in question?"

Most telling line by FOX Talking Head in this video, "This is trouble for the Republican party, I think, having this guy on stage purporting to represent OUR party."

SO the Republican Party is the O'Reilly's Party? Wow!!!

Intel on Iran's Nukes should ruduce American Aggression

Unless the Iranians say something like, "See America, we told you so", or "Hey America, invade this!!!". We will likely not see a nuke dropped in the middle eaast for another few years.

But America has made it clear, if another country with opposing views to ours seeks nuclear weapons we are justified in a first strike. If they only HAVE nukes then we engage in a decades long expensive war of words and chest thumping.

Lord, I hope the Iranians love their children too.

Iran Nuke Intel

john mayer debates with justin long about. . . ron paul

More than likely it is a joke. . . or a spoof. . . but so what, it's interesting.

Ron Paul ~ Media Insults and Popularity Contests

Another Shooting

. . . On Omaha television broadcasts, those who knew Hawkins said he was a troubled youth who dropped out of high school a year ago. Hawkins recently was fired from a job at a local McDonald's and had been taking medication for emotional problems, several friends said. . .

. . . told the Associated Press that the youth was "an introverted, troubled young man who was like a lost pound puppy that nobody wanted." She said that in addition to losing his job, Hawkins had recently broken up with a girlfriend. . .
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It might be easy to ask, "Why did this shooter value other peoples lives so little?'

It might be harder to ask, "Who do I know, or actively ignore, that is like this?"

This poor crazy foolish kid thought that by shooting people he would become famous and at the same time he would end his pain and discomfort. I'm quite sure there are groups out there ready to claim it was the drugs he was on, the video games he played, or the music he listened to.

Sadly, it is a much larger picture of neglect and social isolationism.

These children, usually young males in high school or recently out of school, are so often expected to adapt to a bizarre and ever changing set of social norms. So often they are expected to accept that the world is just fine, and that everything will turn out alright if you just resume your place in line.

What is often left out of the equation is that medication and video games and angry music are not the issue if they are part of a full circle, or even semi-circle, of love and support from the community that we live in.

Note, I fully believe that this persons family loved him, but just as an estranged husband on rare occasions will act in a violent way towards his ex, so too will our estranged youth take aim at the society that has snubbed them.

We live in a highly transient and ever changing world. We move often, we don't allow the roots of a community to grow and we do not value friendship with as many people as we used to.

Too many people fall into the habit of retaining a small clique. This limited circle of friends reduces the feel of any open community for outsiders into the very real instances of neglect and social depravity.

I am in no way suggesting we go out and have an 'adopt a depressed neighbour' day weekend. I AM suggesting that we might want to shift our focus from making huge profits in real estate (which appears to make some people a lot of money) to making huge long lasting communities (which appears to make people build relationships with their neighbourhoods).

I thought I would save what most would feel is a punchline for the end. Like in Jerry Maguire, focus less on big money in real estate and more on what it takes to build a community.

It's not just location, location, location. It's also time, respect, diversity.

All around, this is a horrible story and no one has the right to take others life, especially in some mad quest for fame in the afterlife. Maybe this is why people used to instill a deep fear hell. Kill a bunch of people and you will go to hell.

Robert Hawkins was in hell before his life ended.

Blimps and Airplanes, and Signs, oh my.