Super Tuesday and mumkin march madness?

Word up everybody. Um.. disclaimer: this might seem like a plug, but its not intended to be. Anyways, as some of you might know, Minnesota's caucus is on super Tuesday, so most of the major candidates have made some sort of minnesota appearance in the last few days (the thought of which, I must confess, boosted my ego a little bit... no this is not a plug for mn either). Anyways, with the knowledge that my state is at least somewhat important to these politicians, I decided to respond with a little political activism myself, in the form of attending Ron Paul's rally which was held at the UofM tonight. I decided to post this in honor of a certain Ron Paul supporter who tipped me off to the event and is dear to all of us (Esther!)

Now I always get a little wary anytime herds of demonstrative strangers with a common purpose congregate and start yelling/getting riled up. Anyone who knows about my background might understand my irrational fear of flailing arms and other public displays of emotive fervor. This being my first ever political rally, let's say I was tense. There was a lot of chanting, some painfully corny promotional stunts, and a very disturbing opening musical act that reminded me of Steve Kool impersonating his favorite country singer. Despite all this, I survived the Ron Paul rally and even gained some interest in the man's ideas (specifically his monetary and foreign policy) after finally hearing him speak.

Now here's the only part of this post that will even hint at being a plug.. For those of you who are staunch anti-capitalists (I know ur out there you children of empire!), you might at least find Ron Paul's foreign policy to be a redeeming quality. He totally denounces the war. And he probably used the word "empire" about 5 times to articulate that America's expansionism is one of his biggest concerns. Now I'm not about to advocate this guy, but at least you might be interested that there is someone out there who wants to reign the empire in... Unfortunately the video I took of him saying he wants to x the Fed is way too big (mumkin check my facebook Est), but the one below includes a remark on big gvmnt...



And now I digress, is this Minnesota spring break still happening? I was thinking about leaving the country in march and going south of the border... but I'm opposed to missing any type of reunion involving more than the habibs I usually see. So when the cadre of MESPers comes out here when I leave, maybe I will just have to bring Minnesota with me so we can all chillax together...