Every great social uprising needs a guru or two. How can you be expected to have a colorful protest in the park, complete with tea-bag hats and Obama is a cryptofacisocialinazi signs, without the spiritual guidance of a true deep thinker?
To find their font of wisdom, baggies didn't have to journey to India, just Texas. Even better guru Ron Paul is conducting weekly sessions in D.C., introducing others to his mystic ways.
From time to time, a few members of Congress—as many as 10, sometimes fewer—gather with Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) to eat lunch and hear from an author or expert whose opinion he thinks is worth promoting. They grab something to eat off of a deli plate. They take notes. They loosen up and ask questions.
And they go away so impressed by this life altering experience that it has a profound effect on their votes.
There is HR 1207 , the Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2009, a bill that would launch an audit of the Federal Reserve System, and which has attracted 112 co-sponsors. When Paul introduced the Federal Reserve Board Abolition Act just two years ago, no other members of Congress signed on.
You see! When Ron Paul introduced a bill two years ago that would have destroyed the Federal Reserve, no one signed on. Now that he's introduced a bill calling for increased transparency in our financial systems, many have signed on. Proof that... well, actually it's pretty reassuring proof that most congressfolks can read and are not as crazy as Ron Paul (who took the idea for both bills from his pals at the John Birch Society).
However, every great teacher needs that special student. That one perfect Daniel-san to their Mr. Miyagi. And for Ron Paul, there can be only one.
The off-the-record talks have brought in speakers such as ... Thomas Woods, a conservative scholar whose ... current book "Meltdown" has inspired Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) to question Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke and Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner about economic fundamentals.
You could almost see it coming. Ron Paul is serving as a mentor to Michele Bachmann.
Bachmann "goes to these luncheons on a weekly basis," said Debbee Keller, Bachmann’s press secretary. Keller noted that Bachmann was reading "Meltdown," which argues that the New Deal failed and that the Federal Reserve is responsible for the current economic crisis.
How nice that Ron Paul is challenging Bachmann's mind by feeding her drivel written to match her every preconception. It's almost reassuring to think that Bachmann didn't manage to become so loony all on her own.
Like peanut butter and even crazier peanut butter, Paul and Bachmann form the perfect pair.