The Flow of Consciousness

I finally got these on-line.

Ron Paul entering

Real Change = Smaller Government

“I’m not talking about superficial change, I’m talking about real change. We don’t need more government, what we need is a lot less government. We don’t need more government meddling in our personal lives, and we don’t need more government trying to run the economy. And we don’t need more of our government mandates and dictates to police the world. What we need to do to bring our troops home and save a lot of money.”

Extended remarks

It was a fantastic evening. I’ve made contact with the lovely lass who took a picture of me with the Congressman—she’ll have the picture to me when she finds or buys a USB cable for her camera.

I was thinking this earlier: We must beware of those promoting superficial change, and especially when promised by unethical candidates and candidates who break the law and ignore the Constitution.

Tonight, I attended a rally for Dr. Ron Paul, the only true fiscal conservative—and libertarian— running for president. It was held at University of Pittsburgh’s Bellefield Hall.

Dr. Paul urged supporters to continue to fight to restore our liberties and protect the constitution. It was incredible to actually hear him in person and shake his hand afterward. He has the aura of benevolent power around him; a certain kind of celebrity which rockstars and models could only dream of.

When I told him that I hope to join him in Congress in 2010 or 2012, he said, “Hehe, alright. I hope to see you.” With that, I’m even more wanting to get into politics.

He may not win the Republican nomination, but he’s done much more than simply run for the presidency. He’s shifting the thinking of a whole new generation of Americans and given Americans who have been around for a while a new hope with an examination of how old ideas can be made new. I look at what I’ve learned in the past six or seven months as a stalwart Paul supporter—if kids were taught what I now know in schools, we’d not be in this mess we’re in and we’d have a Congress that follows the constitution and the rule of law.

Check out my Facebook gallery of pictures from the rally.

I will post videos as soon as Revver or YouTube finishes with them and I get a chance to post them. I’ll also post a picture of myself with the Congressman when it arrives from the lovely lass who took it.

Biggest win of the evening: Ron Paul signed my voter registration card