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First Ride Of The New Year…And Ron Paul

Got myself on that mountain bike on Saturday. It’s so great being out in the woods. The smell. The clean air. Even the chill of lower 40’s slips away when you are working the pedals.

Hanging out with my buds is at least half of the “great” with the time spent.

Ole’ Dave went skiing in the morning, then rode with us in the afternoon. I still had my ass handed to me for 7 miles in the dirt. Dave didn’t even seem like he had a long day.

I have been on the political fence for 40 years by being an Independent. In order to vote for Ron Paul I needed to be a Republican, so I changed parties. I’m all grown up now. I even went so far as to make a donation to a candidate for the first time in my life today…I sent Dr. Paul $50. C’mon, Dr. Paul, give me back my country!

Ron Paul has really caught my ear. He’s the one that Fox didn’t allow on their debate show just this past Saturday. He was 6 percentage points above Giuliani in Iowa! Why is Fox scared of someone who speaks truth to power? Sissy’s!

If your candidate isn’t talking about taxes, gold, war, welfare, foreign policy, federal reserve, states rights AND running things according to the Constitution, then I think you might want to give Paul a look-see. No, he likely won’t be able to do all the things he said, like abolishing the IRS and the Federal Reserve, but he will make inroads into returning America to where it belongs. It would be great to see him kill the IRS, Federal Reserve and Dept. of Education, but even so it will keep the Congress busy and prevent them from making more new laws that are pointless.

…and wasn’t the Democratically controlled Congress suppose to put a crimp into Bush’s war instead of fund it with $506 billion? Hmmm, glad I didn ‘t vote for those liars.

Bikebreath

Coldest To Date

Easy to say it’s the coldest day of the year when it’s 1/3/07. I really mean it’s the coldest day this winter…My exercise schedule is off this week because of the New Year celebrations…hic. Got back into the swing of it today and worked up a good sweat on the exercise bike. Then down to the basement for some weight lifting. I took a break after one particular set and paced the floor while I caught my breath. Still sweaty, dressed in T-shirt and shorts for my work-out I thought I’d see just how cold it was and stepped out back. Ack! It was 20° with a wind-chill of 9°.I used to mountain bike in weather like that! Guess I still could, but it’s not on the top of my list. My road riding/commute riding limit was 28°, but I think I’ll bump that up to 35°. Changing gears now…”They” will toss the old way of watching TV with an antenna on your roof into the trash heap of history. The Go’ment will give me a $40 coupon . I think that is what I’m going to do. I have a 25 year old Mitsubishi TV that works fine. Then I’m going to build my own HDTV antenna, (yes, what’s old is new again!), but I can put it behind my TV and not risk falling off the roof.I expect laughs from friends…20″ TV without high def…but I’ll have a ton more channels and it will hardly cost me squat.Wonder what squat trades for on the NYSE… Bikebreath

Happy New Year!

The start to 2008…. Good health, and a Happy New Year to all.