A friend emailed me a very good question: ... what states can you write in Ron Paul?

Here is a chart on states' write in rules (disclaimer: not sure this is 100%, please check your own state's rules)
http://mfoster.com/misc/write-in_rules_2008.html

This blogger i read often says writing in does not make a statement or an impact that is measurable, because most states won't even report the write ins.
http://libertymaven.com/2008/05/31/ron-paul-write-in-options-rules-for-e...

One of the more useful 60 minutes I have spent lately is listening to Ira Glass' This American Life radio show from last Friday:
It has excellent interviews, fascinating insights and explains things like "credit default swaps" and the "commercial paper" markets very very well.
There are also some very good questions raised in this piece that are worth listening to....

http://thisamericanlife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?episode=365

365: Another Frightening Show About the Economy

Prologue.

I sent (bcc'd) the following email missive to over fifty friends and family members in my contact list. Below the end of this email copy way below, I am pasting in the replies that I received, abbreviating their names, etc.
Encouraging everyone to pick up the dialog here rather than the ole email chain...

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Todd McGreevy
Date: Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 3:27 PM
Subject: Time is running out... Pick up the phone.
To:

Or as a friend of mine put it, "Step up or bend over."
Sorry to spam you.

Does anyone really believe the US Government has 80% ownership in AIG?

Can we please see proof of ownership?

I guess the proof of ownership is all the Re-Insurance commitments to over 40 states nationwide?

The "guvment" was already a stakeholder by promising to tax your productivity to back stop commitments made in the private sector by AIG.

Examples recently discussed, but not documented here:

Workmans' Compensation
Variable Annuities Returns

Is $85 Billion even enough?
Where will that and the next $85 Billion come from?

The worst nightmare for the GOP puppet masters would be Ron Paul's name being uttered into the microphone at the convention. Hear, See, Speak no Ron Paul was the order of the day, no matter how small of a showing his supporters amidst delegates make.

It's a private party, so no one can blame those that paid for (most of) it, to want to dictate the terms.

But their fear of a Ron Paul brand or idea emanating in the Excel Center was obviously palpable.

Richard Winger asks in Ballot Access News

YouTube Channels
"Politicians"
Overview as of 9.13.08
http://www.youtube.com/members?s=mv&t=a&g=8

In summary, the GOP missed the boat, despite a brilliant "red meat" VP selection.
Ron Paul is still out performing McCain's ticket on YouTube.
Ron Paul has twice as many subscribers and has over 5 times as many channel views.

Presumably in order of popularity
Barrack Obama
Ron Paul
John McCain
Mike Huckabee
John Edwards
Mitt Romney
David Kucinich
Rudy Giuliiani
Mike Gravel
Hillary Clinton
Joe Biden
and so on....

BarackObamadotcom
Running for: President

Ron Paul asks a state department wonk if he ever considers that the billions we send overseas could help our own citizens at home.
No, he says.
Let's send billions to Georgia to protect a pipeline.

Last week Ron Paul hosted the historic Rally for the Republic event in Minneapolis, MN where a reported 12,000 liberty loving, home schooling, pro-gold standard, pro-gun, pro-privacy, pro-property owner rights, pro-non-intervention, pro-constitutionalists gathered from all corners of the U.S. They flocked to what the mainstream press coined the "counter convention", in defiance of the GOP's atrocious disrespect for Dr.

I had some business to conduct with my brother, a proud resident of the People's Republic of Lincoln, NE. We played a bit of telephone tag, mostly because I was at the Rally for the Republic. When we did finally connect, the morning after Sarah Palin's speech, he was instantly combative.

He believes I am a neocon, has no perspective in which to believe anything else. Invective, invective, sputtering invective. Ignorant in that he wants to equate Congressman Paul and Senator McCain because they are in the same party.

These accounts are proof of just how fearful the GOP establishment is of the Ron Paul rEVOLution... heaven forbid there would be any discussion of another delegate out loud. The Secret Service even confiscated property from Ron Paul supporters. And according to the LA Times when known Ron Paul supporters approached the microphone it would be turned off. Talk about choreography.... I would have to say that George Orwell's vision of the totalitarian state has arrived and it is alive and well in the GOP.