Written by Laura Trice

The top 10 reasons why Dr. Ron Paul is the only rational presidential choice for Americans, Democratic, Republican and Independent:

10. Dr. Paul works a real job, has run a small a business and served in the military. He has been a physician for 40 years, co-owned a coin store for 12 years and was a flight surgeon in the U.S. Air Force and U.S. National Guard for five years. That was how our country was set up — for public servants to work a real job that they returned to after their public service was done. He has real skills and is not a professional politician.

9. Dr. Paul has decades of experience running a business and in depth knowlegde of health care.

8. Dr. Paul understands money and is chairman of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology.

7. Dr. Paul does the right thing referencing the U.S. Constitution and works for the country versus campaigning for his ego. He has been serving the public in politics for over 40 years.

6. Dr. Paul refuses to accept a federal pension for his public service, something other members get after a short period because they do not have real jobs. According to Dr. Paul, to receive a pension for public service would be “hypocritical and immoral.”

5. Unlike most other candidates out there, Dr. Paul is not a good-looking, smooth-talking, snake charmer or charismatic zealot. He is a regular, plain-spoken person who says it the way it is.

4. Dr. Paul doesn’t care if big groups like him (like unions and businesses). His donations comeprimarily from individuals, not from groups. He is willing to serve his country honorably without personal gain. Dr. Paul will do what is right for the U.S. based on the Constitution whether or not big money or big government likes it.

3. Dr. Paul has written a bill, called the Sun Light Rule that requires our politicians have at least 10 days to read bills before signing them.

2. Dr. Paul will bring practical wisdom, cut spending, balance the budget, stabilize the economy and probably be able to do away with the IRS and income tax, a tax that is not constitutional and was started to fund the civil war and supposed to stop after the civil war. He wants to abolish the U.S. Department of Education, giving the states and parents back control. He wants to do away with other large government agencies, restoring the rightful power to the states.

1. Dr. Paul’s old-fashioned decency, integrity, honor and real-life experience are exactly what our country needs after hiring actors, puppets, oil and other group-connected slick sales men and marketers. He’s been married to the same woman, Carol, for 54 years (married 1957).

Electing dishonorable, irresponsible, good-looking, smooth-talkers over the past several decades has eroded our country’s stability.

Are Americans finally ready to elect an honest, decent man who will not listen to non-sense from regular Americans, politicians or corporations? A president who will be accountable and hold us all accountable? I hope so.

“Special interests have replaced the concern that the Founders had for general welfare. Vote trading is seen as good politics. The errand-boy mentality is ordinary, the defender of liberty is seen as bizarre. It’s difficult for one who loves true liberty and utterly detests the power of the state to come to Washington for a period of time and not leave a true cynic.” – Dr. Paul

“He does not take money from corporate PACs. Lobbyists cannot sway him; to try is a waste of time. He never bargains with his own deeply held beliefs, nor does he cut backroom deals. Because his political views and his personal convictions are in complete harmony, he seldom faces a “tough” vote. And when the politicking for the week is over, he returns to his district to take up his lifelong occupation, which has nothing to do with politics.” – S. C. Gwynne

Bonus: Conspiracy.

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I’ve been on this Earth for 35 years, and here is what I’ve learned. What about you?

If you always seem to have drama in your life, you are probably the one causing the drama.
If customer service representatives or restaurant servers always seem to be rude to you, you are probably the one being rude.
If your computer always seems to be freezing up on you, you’re probably doing something wrong.
In my experience, drama begets drama, rudeness begets rudeness, and ineptitude begets ineptitude.
Edit: One last lesson – The lessons you pick up in life, whether they increase happiness or reduce unhappiness, work for you. They may work for others, but they probably don’t work for everyone. But it’s fun to share them.

28 year old reporting in?
Kids are fucking expensive.
I still haven’t a clue what I want to be when I grow up.
Education is taken for granted.
Travelling the world should be mandatory.
Computer games are still awesome.
Most of the stuff on the news is bullshit.
No-one is keeping count of how often you fuck up.
EDIT: Ummm….holy fuck.
I stand by my advice/lessons learned. A lot of North Americans appear to take exception to my ‘travel the world’ advice. For the record, I was born & raised in Ireland, I don’t have a degree, I don’t come from a wealthy family, I never had much money yet I’ve lived & worked in Thailand, California, New Zealand, Australia, Czech Republic & England. How? Because I fucking chose to and had the balls to follow through. Just do it for fuck sake.

42 – Married – Cancer Survivor
Relax. Very few things really matter and no one gets out alive anyway.
Concentrate on what matters. Are you happy?
You only have room for so many people in your life. Choose wisely, and don’t be afraid to fire someone.
You reap what you sow. This is true in every fucking way imaginable
You don’t have to tolerate bullshit, but….
Pick your battles wisely.
Stay in shape.
Learn how to listen to your intuition.
You’ll go crazy worrying about all the things that could go wrong. Inevitably, some of them will and you should be prepared, but most of the time things go surprisingly well. Be prepared for success as well as failure.
Amor Fati.
Fortune favors the bold.
Study history.
Be forgiving and allow yourself to be forgiven.
Everyone you meet has something they can teach you.

Whatever you’re complaining about almost always sounds trivial to someone else.

The world starts where your comfort zone ends.

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24. Haven’t learned much, but:
the one who loves the least controls the relationship
lying depresses the spirit. do it as infrequently as possible.
sometimes you’re ahead, sometimes you’re behind. the race is long, and in the end, its only with yourself.

If you need to make a decision flip a coin. Because in that moment the coin is in the air you’ll realise what it really is you want.

If your friend starts a fight club and you can’t seem to stop it and everyone thinks you’re your friend, you probably started the fight club.

Also 35 years old.
One of the best ways to change yourself is to pretend to be the person you want to be. It’s practice.
Spending time alone and being lonely are two different things. One is completely in your head.
Trying to impress people is generally counter productive. Impress yourself.
Often the only thing you have direct control over is your reaction to people and situations. It is amazing how much control you can have over everything else by paying attention to your response to stimulus.
Start assuming that anyone being a dick to you is having an unbelievably bad/day/week/life. Kindness is both effective and disarming. Also, it will make them feel much worse about being a dick much faster than being a dick back to them.
Taking care of other people is awesome. If you are not taking care of yourself, you cannot effectively help other people. Seek support for yourself where appropriate.
If you do not ask for what you want, nobody is going to know to give it to you.
Not knowing what to do is normal. Not being paralyzed by it, and finding a way to figure out what to do is extraordinary.
Extra research is always good. Except when someone you love has cancer and you are trying find comfort in the odds of their recovery.
If you just show up to a job interview presenting yourself as though you give a damn, and are a nice, reasonable person, you have already beat out 50%+ of the applicants.
Introverts should not feel bad for not being extroverts.
Science: It works, bitches.

Never talk about someone behind their back. It will find it’s way back to them.

Bonus: The six ways you will see your dad.