The rEVOLution continues

This is my first post on this particular blog since before "super Tuesday" 2008. The campaign schedule became so hectic in the few months leading up to it that I didn't have much time, and after the disappointing showing and ensuing lack of uncertainty I wasn't sure what to say next. There are some old campaign experiences that I believe are still worth documenting that I'll go back and post.

But I also believe in looking forward. In some ways things are clearly more positive now then they were a couple of years ago. No I'm not talking about having the audacity to hope that there will be some change left in our pockets.* I'm talking about how more and more people are waking up to the fact that we've been sold a bill of goods from many of the "leaders" in both parties and the need for change from the bottom. I'm talking about how the Ron Paul movement has survived the loss of a single presidential election in shaping up to be far more than a one time election machine. I'm talking about people starting to see the federal reserve for what it really is. Those who believe that government "bailouts" are the solution to all our woes are truly the minority at this point despite the fact that they still control both parties, the media and the halls of academia. New opportunities are opening up. New people are interested in hearing a message of smaller government and greater personal responsibility.

We need to embark on a new strategy. Our job is no longer about getting Dr. Paul elected president. At least not now. Between now and 2010 we need to educate as many people as we can about what's really going on in the world. Conservatives need to know that elective wars against people that had nothing to do with 9/11 and flitting away our civil liberties are not the way to fight terrorism. Liberals need to know that massive government spending and crippling regulations are not the way to fix the economy or save the environment.

But that's just half of the assignment. The other half is to get involved with the political process on all levels. Find candidates who embrace principles of liberty and help them. Try to inform candidates who have not yet embraced those principles and try to inform them if they are willing to listen. Become a candidate yourself. Find issues of importance to you and spread the truth about them. Realize that whatever happened Nov 4 2008, we have only really just begun to fight.