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In search of the Unified Theory of Conservatism

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Day 1 – Getting Underway

June 13th, 2008 · 2 Comments

I woke up on my friend Bob’s couch just north of Seattle around 4:00 AM, and was wide awake by 5:00. Bob had just moved into a new place that can only be described as a compound hidden in the tangle of suburbs north of Seattle. (I told him he should have at least three […]

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Tags: Alaska Trip · Day 1

Ron Paul Out

June 13th, 2008 · Comments Off on Ron Paul Out

Thank God. I was worried – Paul would have been to McCain what Nader was to Gore.  And their black ops delegate recruiting efforts at state conventions nation wide would have been a slap in the face to the millions who voted in the primaries, but didn’t have the time to devote to all of […]

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Tags: Campaign '08 · Ron Paul

Getting to the Starting Line

June 13th, 2008 · 1 Comment

The mighty steed that we’d be taking to Alaska had spent most of the last year in Reno, but Eric had some business in the Bay Area and I hadn’t earned that much vacation time. It was a good thing that he had to do a shorter road trip of sorts before we started north, […]

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Tags: Alaska Trip