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I realized that my audience is not necessarily as liberty crazy as I am these days, and that I am not preaching to the choir. So you all might not actually be already working for liberty. So, you don't have to tell me what you are doing, just why you want the book. That make it easier?
That's the box I concocted from a crate left from the move and some scrap wood that was in the basement. I got a book from the library, Worms Eat My Garbage by Mary Appelhof to work out the details of size and proper bedding and how many and what kind of worms to get to eat the garbage we make each week. I think I shall have to buy myself a copy as it was very informative. Once I had the basics worked out, I placed an order online for the worms. I got them here as they seemed to have a good price. There are a ton of places online you could get worms, just look around.
When the worms got here today, a day earlier than I expected, I rushed to tear up some newsprint paper and wet it down for their bedding. Along with a few scoops of soil from the garden, and the latest contents of the compost bucket, we settled them into their new home. I set up a light to shine on them to keep them from escaping the box. After a few hours, I checked them and had to rescue a bunch that had crawled out. Here is a little guy heading for the door:
In honor of the release of Ron Paul's new book, I am offering a free, brand spanking new copy of the book to one of my readers. If you would like to be the recipient of this wonderful summation of the principles of true liberty and freedom for Americans, please comment to this post and tell why you would like the book. I'll choose one of you lucky patriots based on who inspires me most. Oh yeah, you have until Sunday evening to comment for the book.
In the meantime, check out what Ron himself has to say about this important day:
Today is an exciting day for our campaign and our movement: my new book, The Revolution: A Manifesto, is officially released.
Although a short book, it is the product of many years of thought and action. It is a defense of the principles to which you and I have devoted our lives.
My friends are calling it "Ron Paul's legacy."
These principles - individual liberty, sound money, the Constitution, and the foreign policy of the Founding Fathers - have had no home in American politics for a very long time. With The Revolution: A Manifesto, I'm letting the establishment know we're not going away.
Finally, Americans can hear and judge these great American principles for themselves, instead of through an unfriendly media filter. And they can learn once and for all that they need not be satisfied with the phony choices the system offers them every four years. Another way really is possible.
Two days ago I did a book signing in New York at the Borders on Wall Street. All 530 copies had been sold before I even arrived.
They had underestimated you again.
Imagine the attention our cause and our principles could attract with a fantastic opening day today, with people marching into bookstores across the country for their copies. If it should become a publishing phenomenon, The Revolution: A Manifesto can fuel our revolution for a long time to come. You can make that happen.
I hope you enjoy this book, which was a real labor of love for me. Please spread the word.
And may the future be ours.
For liberty,
Ron Paul
Oh, and I'll be back soon with something not political, with pictures, for those of you who just can't take one more post about Ron Paul! ;-)
...there is no such thing as voter fraud. I was reading on the Daily Dose to see what was going on with the PA primary on Tuesday and a commenter posted that she had just seen Ron Paul LOSE over 100 votes:
Armstrong County in Pennsylvania:
Ron Paul was at 71% in Armstrong County, then mysteriously lost 114 votes and went down to 15%.
Vote tally with 13% reporting:
McCain - 118
Paul - 524
Vote tally with 48% reporting:
McCain - 2,063
Paul - 409
Reminds me of a video I saw recently:
Diebold Accidentally Leaks Results Of 2008 Election Early
What is going on here?!? God save us all.
BTW, the video is satire, in case you didn't notice. Too close to reality for my comfort!
Here is a little video to get you thinking:
Are YOU going to let the mainstream media tell you what to think and who to vote for?
So, here is how it went, Pat. :-)
We got there too late to hear Ron Paul speak, but it was a beautiful day and we enjoyed listening to the other speakers and walking around talking to the other rally attendees. There are no really good videos of the event, but the one below was pretty cool. Watch it and you'll understand the title of this post.
The girls had fun collecting stickers and buttons and stuff people were giving away to "ron paul" themselves, as A calls it when she shows her political colors. She mentioned several times that she wished she was 18 so she could vote.We only stayed for a couple of hours, as E had had enough. I'm glad we went, but it was a bit frustrating feeling like we were preaching to the choir. No major news coverage, of course. It was really nice to feel a part of something so important and exciting as the r3volution. I only hope it grows and more and more people wake up to what is happening to our freedoms here in America, and join us before it is too late to do anything about it.
I hope the organizers of the next event, the Revolution March, do a better job promoting it. There needs to be more people there!
Tomorrow, we are going into Washington DC to lend our presence and voices to the cause of freedom. Anyone want to join us? Click the button above for details.
I have wanted to blog more, but all I have in me right now is a bunch of pictures for you that reflect our recent life. Enjoy!
One day, the girls decided to make houses out of some of the boxes left over from the move. E was very welcoming with hers:
A, not so much. Check out what she wrote on her box:
Down in the basement, we have a studio for all things creative. It is not anywhere finished setting up, but we try to use it some anyway. One day we got a book from the library on Sumi-e, or Japanese ink painting, and tried our hands at it.
The weather has started to act spring-like, so we got out for some work in the yard. E took this picture of me and A weeding and sprucing up the roses and pathway.
I forgot to chronicle it here, but E recently began riding her bike without her training wheels. She is doing great and is so proud to be riding earlier than her sister, age-wise. It was tough for her to watch A learn and not be able to do it herself, so she pushed herself and figured it out almost two years before her sister.
Here is just a pretty picture of E:
I'm going to try to be a bit more vocal on here. We really do have a lot of life going on here and I want to get it recorded and share it with you all. E loves raspberries. Oh, boy, does she love raspberries. So, this morning I was making her favorite raspberry sauce that she puts on everything from pancakes to ice cream. As the berries and sugar were cooking on the stove, I wandered over to check my email. There was a comment on this blog from Pat tagging me for a meme. So, of course, I had to go read all about it and totally forgot about the sauce on the stove.
Sixth sense kicked in and I bolted to the kitchen to find the stovetop covered with red raspberry sauce, the burner off, but no smell of gas. I must have walked, ok ran, in just as the flame went out. As I was salvaging raspberry sauce and cleaning up the bloodbath on my stove and floor, I thought about the meme I was tagged for.
Here's the scoop:
The Six-Words Meme was originally started by Smith Magazine.
Legend has it that Hemingway was once challenged to write a story in only six words. His response? “For sale: baby shoes, never worn.” Last year, SMITH Magazine re-ignited the recountre by asking our readers for their own six-word memoirs. They sent in short life stories in droves, from the bittersweet (“Cursed with cancer, blessed with friends”) and poignant (“I still make coffee for two”) to the inspirational (“Business school? Bah! Pop music? Hurrah”) and hilarious (“I like big butts, can’t lie”).
Here are the rules:
1) Write your own six word memoir.
2) Post it on your blog and include a visual illustration if you’d like.
3) Link to the person that tagged you in your post, and to the original post if possible so we can track it as it travels across the blogosphere.
4) Tag at least five more blogs with links.
5) Don’t forget to leave a comment on the tagged blogs with an invitation to play.
6) Have fun.
In light of today's events, my six word memoir:
Never check email while making sauce.
I"ll tag you all later!
This past weekend, we went in to the district to see the cherry blossoms in full bloom. It was the opening of the festival and the International Kite Festival, too so we killed too birds with one stone. Click on the picture above to see it full size and you can see the whole tidal basin. It will be like you were there with us! It felt like the whole world was there with us. So many people. All happily snapping photos of themselves and friends with the blossoms.
