Confessions of a Paul-aholic
Without any prior notice, in one passing moment,those fun distracting conversations at the bar mattered. Buildings were falling down an hour from where I grew up. I didn't have much sense of who or what was happening, but it was clear to me when those towers fell that something was wrong. Seriously wrong. And not just on the micro scale of a tragic event, but on the larger scale of world events. And my mind was racing: How did this happen? Why would anyone do this?
I soon found myself doing crazy things. Posting more videos. Sending more emails. Even registering Republican and donating my hard earned Federal Reserve notes to the campaign. And slowly more and more people started to come around. Whether it was my father, who went from telling me to "save my money" when hearing I'd donated to Ron Paul to donating himself; or a friend who supported Bush's wars waking up from his neoconservative coma; or a former Democrat friend breaking free of the left-right paradigm and joining the Ron Paul Revolution. It was becoming more and more clear that the Ron Paul campaign and my efforts to influence others weren't for nothing and were making a difference, even if it was only on a small scale.Needless to say, Ron Paul didn't achieve much electoral success in 2008. But four years later it is more apparent than ever that the Ron Paul Revolution has been more succesful than even the most die hard supporters could have imagined. Once disregarded as "unelectable", the media is scrambling to explain away his ever increasing poll numbers and blow off a possible Iowa caucus victory as "meaningless" , while at the same time other candidates now pay lip service to auditing the Federal Reserve and maybe possibly bringing some troops home.I don't expect everyone who reads this to become an overnight libertarian. Learning about liberty is a process, and the concepts often run contrary to everything we are taught from Day 1 by our schools, the media, and even well-meaning parents who were indoctrinated by the same system. I don't expect everyone to become a "Paul-aholic" or start blogging or even to vote for Ron Paul. But what I do hope is that everyone will seriously consider the issues he is discussing, and think about why nobody else, whether it be our current President or the other establishment Republican candidates, is concerned about the Federal Reserve, or the trillions we spend per year maintaining a global military Empire, or the vastly expanding police state.We need to set the fringe issues aside. We all have our opinions on abortions, gay marriage, tax rates and a whole variety of political "hot button" issues. Meanwhile, issues that effect everyone in our society on a much grander scale go unreported.On December 31, 2011, under the cover of New Year's Eve, President Obama signed the NDAA which allows the military to indefinitely detain any American citizen without charge. Last year it was revealed that the Federal Reserve gave out $16 Trillion in secret bailouts - greater than the entire national debt that Congress spent months debating!Ron Paul is the only one standing up against the powers that control our banking system and devalues our money. The only one standing up against an unsustainable foreign policy that is both bankrupting us and putting us in greater danger. The only one warning about the dangers of the encroaching police state and how it can only lead to greater tyranny, not greater safety. Ron Paul is the only one telling the truth. And that, more than any other reason, is why regardless of what happens in this political cycle, the Revolution will go on. Once you "take the red pill" of truth, it's impossible to go back.I know everyone reading this won't necessarily run out and become a Ron Paul Revolutionary, and that's okay. But I do hope that you'll listen to what we're saying.And who knows? Maybe one day you'll admit to being a Paul-aholic too.Receive access to ALL of our EXCLUSIVE bonus audio content – including “Conspiracy Corner”, “Degenerate Gamblers” and the “League of Liberty Podcast” by joining the Lions of Liberty Pride and supporting us on Patreon!