If you have at least seen the preview for Brüno, you might have noticed that Ron Paul appears in one of the scenes.
The rest of this post contains some spoilers regarding his cameo and his response.
When I say philosophy edition I mean political philosophy and when I say political philosophy I mean readings on Libertarianism. I did some reading this weekend to try to get my mind going. Some days I really miss having serious academic discussions. These days my life consists of debates about tuxedo t-shirts and phone calls about paying dues.
*This one is thrown in because I read it and it is vaguely related.
The country has spoken, but did we make the right choice? Some decisions show incredible social progress. Case in point, nationwide, 9 out of 10 marijuana ballot initiatives passed. On the other hand, Alaska has decided to go ahead and re-elect Ted Stevens, even though he was recently convicted of seven separate felonies. He can’t vote, but he can still run for office? Some good decisions, some bad.
Barack Obama was elected overwhelmingly. It was over by 11pm Eastern and I got to go to bed on time. He has inspired so many people, as you can see in pictures or in the form of a flash game. He even inspired The Onion to come up with a very clever headline.
We selected the lesser of two evils, but isn’t the lesser of two evils still evil? I’m happy with how it ended up given our realistic choices, but I would obviously prefer to have had real choice. I think it is pretty obvious what my choice would have been. Even if you disagree with everything I have said thus far, there is one thing we can agree on. It is about time George’s time came to an end.
While the Republic Convention was going on this weekend, a separate Rally for the Republic was being held nearby. This video is Lew Rockwell’s speech at the rally.
Part 1
Part 2
I noticed today that we are exactly 100 days away from the Presidential election. This is a great opportunity to spend some time figuring out which candidate you actually identify with. This site lets you put in your preferences on issues and then shows how much you actually identify with the candidates. Unfortunately they do not represent Libertarian candidate Bob Barr.
Unfortunately the main steam media doesn’t feel it is pertinent enough to write any stories about this, but on Friday the next step in the Bush impeachment hearings will begin. Representative Dennis Kucinich will be making a presentation to the House Judicial Committee this Friday regarding the case for impeachment against President Bush. The video below is Kucinich explaining it a little more in depth.
On a related political note, Ron Paul’s plane had mechanical difficulties and almost crashed according to this article.
Back in May I had a chance to go see Ron Paul speak in Louisville, KY. They played a really catchy song during the lead up to the event started. It turns out that song was done by Aimee Allen and has a video. Before anyone makes the comment, yes, I know he is no longer running for President.
