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Ron Paul’s new book entitled The Revolution: A Manifesto has hit #1 on the New York Times bestsellers list for the week of May 18, 2008.     

He may be a long-shot for the presidency, but that did not stop Paul from becoming a bestselling author. In fact, it might have helped just a little bit. 

Paul has proclaimed over and over again that he will not drop out the race for president as long as he still has supporters. And, if book sells are any measure of support, he has plenty of it. The Revolutionaries love The Revolution. 

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The lawyers representing David Lee Moore, a Portsmouth, Virginia resident who was arrested five years ago and charged with the possession of cocaine, knew that text well and thought it would help Moore become a free man.

On that night Moore was stopped by Portsmouth officers for driving with a suspended license. Under Virginia law, he should have been issued a court summons and been allowed to leave. Instead, the officers decided, on a whim, to arrest Moore. They detained him for over an hour and the subsequent search revealed that Moore had cocaine in his possesion.

When asked why Moore was arrested, an officer replied, “Just our prerogative.” Translation: We just felt like arresting him. We had no real reason.

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The Department of Public Health in Los Angelrs has recently banned the selling of bacon-wrapped hot dogs. Ah, the sweet, salty, taste of health regulation.

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Today I wrote a very interesting Op-Ed piece for the website digitaljournal.com exploring government subsidies in oil and ethanol along with other reasons why gas prices are so high. You can read it here.

An excerpt:

Gas prices in the United States are clearly on the rise and both short-term and long-term solutions need to be figured out. Cutting state and federal taxes, and calming tensions in the Middle East would help immediately lower the price of gasoline. At the same time, removing government subsidies on energy solutions will help bring about a permanent replacement to gasoline.

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Being a huge Penguins fan I managed to stumble across this song about the unrelenting ass-kicking awesomeness that is Gary Roberts.

Mp3 here:

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