- Back from ski trip. No major family fight for the second year in a row. w00t! Skiing was awesome too. Kids are turning into great skiers. #
- Survived another Christmas. It was actually great to spend all day with the family, who we’ll have less time with on a regular basis. #
- Why does the post office need to verify your address via a credit card? Aren’t they the ones who should know where you live? #
- @haacked I hear you. I’m moving then too. Finally. Been living in an apartment without anything except the computers and the espresso maker. #
- Calling it a day. Sad that the most productive part of today started after 9pm. #
- Realized that vacating temporary housing by early tomorrow morning is impossible. Travel during bad weather later in the day is inevitable. #
- Insight is turning into Comcast. Dodged Comcast and ended up going with the local phone company for internet, cable and phone. Ironic. #
- Trying to motivate myself to get up… Big day today: closing on new house. #
- Did final walkthrough…. Off to sign our lives away. #
- It’s official. We own two homes. Would prefer to bring that total down to 1. Anybody want a house in Wisconsin? #
- Forgot to run the dishwasher last night. Our inventive kids ate their cereal on plates this morning. Thankfully they skipped the milk. #
- @cameronmoll – jobs twitter feed: brilliant! #
- Panicking: iPhone suddenly missing all my music and podcasts. Restoring in iTunes gives an unknown error (-18). Praying its not bricked. #
- Scientific proof to get The Wife to shut up about my driving. Braking for every little thing causes traffic jams. http://tinyurl.com/2marfy #
- Just posted about the first meetup I attended last night: http://tinyurl.com/2zpmxa #
- can’t get digital phone thru cable because local phone company is federally protected. What kind of commie bs is that? #
Last night I attended my first Ron Paul sign-holding meetup. In every election in which I’ve been old enough to vote, I have voted for the lesser of two evils in my mind. But this year, Dr. Ron Paul’s campaign has struck a nerve with me.
Ron Paul’s campaign website lists a number of things that he has done while in Congress:
- He has never voted to raise taxes.
- He has never voted for an unbalanced budget.
- He has never voted for a federal restriction on gun ownership.
- He has never voted to raise congressional pay.
- He has never taken a government-paid junket.
- He has never voted to increase the power of the executive branch.
- He voted against the Patriot Act.
- He voted against regulating the Internet.
- He voted against the Iraq war.
- He does not participate in the lucrative congressional pension program.
- He returns a portion of his annual congressional office budget to the U.S. treasury every year.
- Congressman Paul introduces numerous pieces of substantive legislation each year, probably more than any single member of Congress.
A few other comments of my own on his campaign and beliefs:
- A return to the constitution
- Small government by moving responsibility to the states
- Getting us out of Iraq
- Getting the US away from police actions worldwide
- Reduce spending overseas and balancing the budget
- Against a North American treaty and the New World Order
- Cleaning up the inflation rate by controlling the Federal Reserve
- Fixing the currency crisis and abolishing the IRS
- A return to personal liberty and responsibility
- Providing a way to allow citizens to opt out of Social Security through personal choice
Here’s a few pics I snapped off my phone from the meetup. We had about 25 people show up at the local NBC affiliate to try and get some attention. The station manager came out, but no cameras :-(
You can find out where Indianapolis Ron Paul events are happening at the Ron Paul ‘08 for ‘Indy’-pendence meetup group.