I slept exactly seven hours last night, and whenever I sleep exactly 7 hours, I wake up in the middle of a dream. I've started scheduling my sleep time around this, because they're usually pretty interesting.
Last night I dreamt I was witnessing, from the air, a sea of scrambling people, running away (or toward?) some kind of creature - at first I thought it was a robot, and then I thought it was a dragon, and then I thought it was some sort of robotic dragon, and then (of course this is fanciful dream logic) - I KNEW that this was the incarnation of Year of the Dragon, the Chinese New Year that's coming up in 2008. And then of course I looked it up and this next year is actually the year of the Rat. Robot rat?
On a completely unrelated note: If you're like most people, you've seen a Ron Paul video or two on the internet, or read about his amazing fundraising day on Nov. 5th. I have no idea what the buzz is on American TV or off-line in America, but all I can say is ... wow! Wow. I watched this video the other day:
The music sounds like I'm watching the cathartic ending of some big-budget action film, and then of course the Simon & Garfunkel - classic hippie nostalgia. It all sounds great - limit our military overseas, get back to the constitution, cutting our bureaucracy and our spending - but then I checked out Ron Paul on this:
http://www.2decide.com/table.htm
Sure, small government works for issues when I want small government. But what about environmental and oil industry regulations? Help for illegal immigrants to achieve citizenship? A woman's right to abortion? (This one seems opposite, but take a look at his voting record - I remember from the Rep. debate he wanted to leave it to the States.) Suddenly, I want government back - but only for those issues? Suddenly, it's not so simple anymore. But hell, the simplicity of his position sure is seductive.
At the same time, I agree with Paul that we are acting more like an empire than a republic. And maybe electing someone this radical would be the only way to make even minimal steps in cleaning the mess from the past 8 years. So, what do you think? Discussion welcome.
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I hereby remove all support for Ron Paul. He announced that he wanted to remove free compulsory public education in an interview with Google.
Doesn't education already cost something - tax dollars?
Yes, which is why he's opposed to it. That and because he thinks that immigrants only come here because of our welfare state.
I think it is worth it to spend tax money on something which will save money down the line. If we spend more on schools, we don't have to spend as much on criminal justice. He fails.
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