Day 344: Freedom is Popular

 

December 10th, 2011Being that tonight encompassed a grand Republican debate, I have appropriately titled my blog an essential idea in our nation’s history: the idea that freedom is popular. Juxtapositioned above in today’s blog picture is the fridge of Amy’s place, where Ron Paul has been implanted in their brains and minds (bumper sticker), with the four boardgames played tonight on its immediate right. What it proves is that once an idea has become popular enough you cannot stop it. You cannot stop an idea whose time has come, and a candidate whose time has appropriately come.

After stumbling and rolling around in my bed all morning I eventually got the strength and energy necessary to wake up and eventually go to Geetha’s place. We quickly departed for a gigantic linner at BJ’s which entailed the consumption of Cajun Pasta and BBQ/Buffalo Chicken pizza. Nom Nom Nom. After I bused Geetha back, I eventually came home where I watched the Republican presidential debate. Ron Paul definitely owned tonight, his answers deeply resonating with the audience in Iowa, a location where the first caucuses will take place on January 3rd. I will help make sure he wins through the Christmas with Ron Paul program only a couple of weeks away. With the debate finished, I went on over to Amy’s place to hang out with Rosario, Amy, Angie, Julia, Alex, and Brian. We baked some brownies while playing Scribblish, Apples to Apples, Taboo (Julia/Amy/Alex > John/Rosario/Angie, John/Amy/Alex > Julia/Rosario/Angie), and finally Loaded Questions: Adult Version. The final game was the best, it comprising of some of the funniest answers in my experience of playing the game (mostly provided by me). I went home to my place by the night’s end to talk to Nick, V.Payne, Gavin, and Tyler for a very brief amount of time, before heading back to my room to hibernate for the rest of the night and avoid partying.

The first Nobel Prizes are awarded in Stockholm, Sweden, in the fields of physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, and peace. The ceremony came on the fifth anniversary of the death of Alfred Nobel, the Swedish inventor of dynamite and other high explosives. In his will, Nobel directed that the bulk of his vast fortune be placed in a fund in which the interest would be “annually distributed in the form of prizes to those who, during the preceding year, shall have conferred the greatest benefit on mankind.” Although Nobel offered no public reason for his creation of the prizes, it is widely believed that he did so out of moral regret over the increasingly lethal uses of his inventions in war. Too bad the Nobel peace prize is meaningless at this point…

Paul is making major traction in Iowa and was able to clearly articulate his conservative, libertarian views in Saturday night’s debate. Paul was able to get more air time than he has gotten in recent debates. At the end of the debate, when all the candidates were asked to praise something about one of their rivals, Paul was most frequently mentioned, especially for the consistency of his positions and for his sustained criticism of the Federal Reserve. The Texas lawmaker, who is critical of government involvement in any aspect of the economy, especially housing, also slammed Gingrich for taking nearly $2 million from mortgage finance giant Freddie Mac.

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