A renewal of hope...
For what it's worth, I am a Ron Paul delegate in Maine, and I read DP for many, many hours - every day.
I am also an old, broken USMC vet who still loves the concept of Liberty, and have been following the Dr. for many years.
In reading the last couple days of posts, I have been getting a feeling that things are not all doom and gloom - that there's been a renewal of hope, purpose, and energy! As has been said before, "...and then there were two...".
I couldn't be more pleased...
I can see the economic/civil rights collapse coming, and we couldn't have timed our message of freedom any better...
I am proud to be associated with you folks, and hope that a few of you out there are feeling it too...
Yours in Liberty,
Shovel
"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch - Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote" ~ Ben Franklin
We've come this far
Now is certainly not the time to let down. Let's finish this and then see what we have. This has been very unreal and no one knows what is going to happen next. If the soldier's letter about McCain was not a hoax, alzheimers will start manifesting itself very rapidly. Why are they sending McCain out of the country on several trips. To keep him out of our sight? People like you and many others on here just keep me pumped. I'll face an unhappy result when it happens, but it hasn't happened yet. I am not going to usher it in with thoughts that are self fulfilling. Love you guys.
loved your post, shovelhead
Great discussion. I'm still happy every day to simply contemplate the fact that there are now such things as "Ron Paul people". The very existence of that phrase causes involuntary smiling.
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you remind me
that my Dad would be proud of me. Having wise men like you around makes me feel closer to my late Father also USMC vet. Thank you
I Understand
I'm a brother as well. I've seen a decrease in "Gung Ho" on this site and others. BUT, many of us, including myself, will continue to drag ourselves through the mud of politics to get to the convention and make a difference. I'll see ya there--Look for a guy with both Ron Paul button and Eagle Globe and Anchor showing!!!!
I'm with you Brother!
I'm with you Brother!
“A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.” (Prov. 22:3; 27:12 KJV)
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READ THIS AND KNOW THAT THE REVOLUTION CONTINUES!!!
HOO RAH!!!!
http://www.dailypaul.com/node/41368
I hear ya man......
I'm a Marine Vet too, having gone through OIF 1 took a toll my body too, I hear ya, I feel the same way. Oooh Rah.
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"The real terrorist's are in this country. They are not planning to blow us up,......... but rather, take our money, our freedom, and our country."
Thank you
As a 20-somethinger who has learned A LOT from being a part of the revolution, stories such as yours top the list of the reasons I'm here. Thank you for your service and the support you give to this grand and noble cause!
Back at ya, dbridges...
Young people, such as you, top the list of the reasons I'm here. Thanks for your service to, and support of, the cause of Liberty!
Yours in it,
Shovel
Yours in Liberty,
Shovel
"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote..." ~ Ben Franklin
"The 'cost of freedom' is risk and responsibility..." ~ Me
Shovel, people like you are
Shovel, people like you are a blessing to our revolution!
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Thank you
Brothers in Peace for a free world.
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Hi Shovel
I'm a delegate in Washington.
I remember back in the 50's when I was a kid on a farm in Kansas,we could build a chicken coop without a permit.
Kids drove tractors to help their Dads,we could drink milk strait
out of a cow,catch a catfish out
of the creek and Mom would fry it up for supper.We went to a 2 room school,grade 1-12 with 2 teachers that did a darn good job.Back then we just lived our
lives and nobody bothered us.I
wish the younger people could
know what that was like.They
have missed out on so much!I
know we can't go back in time
but I will spend the rest of my life
trying to get some freedom back
for our kids!
Wolf,
From an old, crusty, broken Marine, you bring tears to my eyes as well...
My wife's gonna start calling me bad names...
Here in Maine, we can still do much of that, but there is always the (small) risk of being "caught" doing those "illegal" things...
...longing for the times where we could just "live our lives"...
...longing for the time where we didn't need to ask "permission" for almost every human activity...
Yours in Liberty,
Shovel
Yours in Liberty,
Shovel
"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote..." ~ Ben Franklin
"The 'cost of freedom' is risk and responsibility..." ~ Me
Never lost hope
and for me, that's saying something; I'm usually a realist/pessimist kind of person. This movement has changed me for the better. I too am a delegate in MN. Glad you're still here, Shovel, fighting for liberty. Though all of us are different, have varying opinions, and hell, might not even like each other if we met, we are all connected by a common thread. We are all patriots who want freedom and liberty, and I'll proudly tell God and everybody that I'm glad to be a part of this.
"One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors."
- Plato
"One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors."
- Plato
Back at ya, Allegiance,
But I'm guessing we'd get along just fine... ;)
You like to shoot???
Yours in Liberty,
Shovel
Yours in Liberty,
Shovel
"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote..." ~ Ben Franklin
"The 'cost of freedom' is risk and responsibility..." ~ Me
Actually Shovel,
I was just talking about that with a friend. I've never shot a real gun, just BB and pellet guns as a kid. (Pathetic, I know). I've always wanted to get a gun, but being a single mom most of my adult life, (then married and divorced), there was always something more important to buy. Like food. ;)
An indoor shooting range just opened up where I live, and I hear they rent even semi automatics. I do believe I'll check that out...
"One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors."
- Plato
"One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors."
- Plato
make sure you get someone
make sure you get someone who knows how to shoot to show you! REMEMBER... FRONT SIGHT!
“A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.” (Prov. 22:3; 27:12 KJV)
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"semi automatics" aren't machine guns
A semi-auto is just a regular gun. A fully-auto is a machine gun.
Just in case there was any confusion. ;-)
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God Bless you sir
Old but young enough to know how to use a computer lol. Its great to know there are older people taking advantage of the internet. I wish a lot more would. I'm sure we wouldn't be in the delegate deficit that we are in if more older people got their news and info from the internet.
Ron Paul has change my view of the world and it's politics forever and I'm proud to be a part of this great movement that will make a difference.
Hopeful I will see everyone at that great Ron Paul Rally in Washington DC!
Great Job with your
Great Job with your commitment, sir! My dad served in Vietnam and guess what he's also a staunch supporter. Did you serve in any war? Anyways, there's nobody that knows their country better than those that have defended it. Send my best to all the other delegates in Maine, we know it must be cold up there but we appreciate every effort all of you delegates make!
You folks...
...literally, bring tears to my old eyes....
Someday we will be left alone - unless we are
1)damaging another's property, or
2)violating another's rights
That, to me, is freedom - and I yearn for it...
I'm thinking of an old quote: "when you've got nothing, you've got nothing to lose..."
Yours in Liberty,
Shovel
"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch - Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote" ~ Ben Franklin
"Who needs Viagra when we have 'V for Vendetta'?" ~ Me
Yours in Liberty,
Shovel
"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote..." ~ Ben Franklin
"The 'cost of freedom' is risk and responsibility..." ~ Me
They say to give… is to
They say to give… is to receive. I am one more friend on this Liberty train with you.
Can you point me to the smoking section?
"If humanity can grasp the basic concept of 'Infinite Diversity In Infinite Combinations', and then accept it for what it is, then there may yet be hope. If not, then the destruction of mankind, at it's own hand, is inevitable." - Anonymous
LOL
I'll join you in the smoking section... They're getting hard to find.
"One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors."
- Plato
"One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors."
- Plato
Awesome
When it gets bad we can communicate with smoke signals. Yes smoking sections are real hard to find... In AZ my freedom to smoke is 25 feet from the building when it's 120+ degrees outside. Who needs a match!
"If humanity can grasp the basic concept of 'Infinite Diversity In Infinite Combinations', and then accept it for what it is, then there may yet be hope. If not, then the destruction of mankind, at it's own hand, is inevitable." - Anonymous
When you have to stand
25 ft.away from a building to
smoke,that puts you in the middle of the street.Then you either get hit by a car or get a ticket for J walking!!Lifes a b**ch!
I believe
Fortune Favors the Bold
Those who have the spirit of liberty and hope alive in themselves retain that exuberance for life that is sometimes called "youthful innocence." How much more meaningful is that spirit when it is no longer born of innocence, but by experience, and tempered with wisdom. When a man can hold his idealism up, like a flag, and proclaim, this is what i believe, and while I live, no one can take it from my heart or mind.
Semper Fi.
Fortune Favors the Bold
I'm with you man. I will
I'm with you man. I will never quit and I believe that we will win this election!!!
Excuse me shovelhead
You are not old and brokened down at all, look around, you are young and whole, because you are real !!!, and you do not have any fear to face the truth. You will be such an inspiration to the new disillusioned military, made of are countries finest who have been deceived by the ones that use them for their own purposes.
YOU make me
proud to call myself an American.
I am proud to be associated
with a USMC vet who loves the concept of Liberty! Hoo Rah! (Is that right? My son was a marine)