Ron Paul Fundraiser Tonight - I'm going!!!

I pulled off at the last minute getting a ticket to the fundraiser dinner for Ron Paul tonight! I am really excited, I'll have photos afterwards!



In the meantime, visit http://www.ronpaul2008.com/

What would Thomas Jefferson do?

Mises Economics Blog: Who Would the Founders Endorse?



Read this and see what you think...

Environmentalist Zen

Let me be clear, I did not write this, but it is short so I am posting it in it's entirety. Thank you, Dr. Reisman for saying what needs to be said!

George Reisman's Blog on Economics, Politics, Society, and Culture: Environmentalist Zen

If you’d prefer to be cool rather than suffer in the heat, what you need to do, according to the environmental movement, is smash your air conditioner, refrigerator, and freezer. That will help to cool the planet—someday. If you want to be secure from hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, and other natural (according to it, manmade) disasters, what you need to do is destroy the energy base required to produce and operate modern construction equipment and means of transportation. In that case you may end up living in a thatched hut and have only a donkey to go from one place to another, but the absence of man-made power and its carbon emissions will make the world such a tame and happy place that you won’t need anything more. After all, natural disasters are not caused by nature, which is wonderful, pure, and benign, but by us! Remember that as you listen to the sound of one hand clapping.

Copyright © 2007, by George Reisman.

The "Ron Paul Effect"

ABC News: The Ron Paul Effect: Boomlet or Savvy Supporters?



After the GOP presidential candidate debate two Thursday's back, the internet was aflame with Ron Paul. Seriously, the online polls, search polls, and more all indicated that it was indeed Ron Paul vs. fifteen GWB-look-alikes, and Ron Paul won. But ABC News thinks not. Without any evidence, they say in this article that Ron Paul really lost because it must have been some libertarian in his underwear click-forging his way to a Ron Paul victory.



At least they are admitting that Ron Paul "won". Maybe now he'll get the mainstream media attention he deserves for being the only GOP candidate with enough guts to stand up for principle and oppose the Federal Warfare and Welfare Leviathan.



Free Market News Network responds to ABC News



And here's the press release from Ron Paul's page:



Press Release



Ron Paul Builds Momentum



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE



May 8, 2007



ARLINGTON, VA – Congressman Ron Paul's support has soared since the first Republican presidential debate. Conservative commentator John McLaughlin, host of “The McLaughlin Group," cited Ron Paul as having given "the best performance of the debate." In fact, the Paul campaign's apparent strength has many other pundits scrambling to explain it. Paul campaign officials offer the following examples of the candidate's rising success.



Since the debate on May 3, Ron Paul:



* Handily won two post-debate polls posted by event sponsor MSNBC

* Placed a close third (18%) in a post-debate poll on the conservative Drudge Report

* Won an ABCNews.com online debate poll with 84%

* Won a C-SPAN online GOP candidate poll with 69%

* Became the third most-mentioned person in the blogosphere, beating out Paris Hilton, according to the reputable Technorati.com

* Produced a YouTube.com video that was ranked the 8th most popular overall video, and the most-viewed political video

* Was featured, by popular demand, on the front of Digg.com

* Generated so many bulletin posts on MySpace.com that the site owner News Corp. blocked all additional posts about Dr. Paul

* Became a "most searched" term on Google and Yahoo!

* Saw a quadrupling of daily visitors to RonPaul2008.com



"These figures speak for themselves," said campaign chairman Kent Snyder. "Ron Paul has quickly become a strong contender for the GOP nomination because of his powerful message of freedom and limited government."



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Informal Hiatus

I've been extraordinarily busy these last few weeks with my graduate research and classes, and as a result I have hardly been able to post anything to my blog. Sorry about that, but I promise this summer will be better!

In the meantime, watch Pierre Bensusan play the piece that I am working on right now...