another dr. paul!

It's not often that good news comes out of the political arena. Heck, by modern standards, anything only moderately terrible or less could be considered "good." Such is the insane society we live in, where people would sooner sell off every personal freedom they can think of in exchange for a short bit of false contentment than actually take responsibility for themselves and the problems around them. And in doing so they think they have power to control and restrain the supposed bad behaviors of others, when in effect they're only furthering the controlling and restraining of us all by something beyond our control--and without a care for our best interests or freedom. When that collective sloth and shiftlessness reaches the level of politics, the mob rule we see today is the result. No rules, no accountability, no idea what blunder will (not) surprise us next.

But at least there are a few out there who don't succumb to the ruse that we should all play the same game and only pretend to be "different" or "opponents" just enough to keep the illusion going. One of those, of course, is Ron Paul. And another is Dr. Rand Paul, who takes after his father in opposing the juggernaut of stupidity that infects all of politics nowadays. The guy did lots of work on Ron's behalf during this past atrocity of an election cycle, and he even stood in for his father and debated Phil Gramm in a televised debate during Ron's unsuccessful campaign for Senate in Texas. Them be solid credentials if you ask me.

And now the great part: Rand Paul may run for Senate in Kentucky! There aren't a lot of possible scenarios out there that would make me prouder to claim residency in Kentucky than being represented at the federal level by a Dr. Paul. Here's hoping and praying that his first foray into electoral politics is a successful one!

What are his chances? Who knows. Kentucky would seem to be a reliably conservative state by national standards, and we have two Republican senators now (though McConnell has a moderate streak in him). However, we also have a Democratic governor who I don't know much about but whose election nonetheless disturbs me. So I really don't know what to make of Dr. Paul's chances, but I dearly hope they're good enough to at least make a splash and, as a minimum, serve as another wake-up call to anyone paying the tiniest amount of attention to the trend toward bigger, more expensive, more oppressive government that's gone unabated for too long.

A drawback here is, Dr. Paul has stated he won't run if Sen. Bunning pursues reelection. That's honorable and respectful of him, but I'd much rather see him in there than even Bunning. So as much as I've supported Bunning and cheered him on over the past several months, I hope he decides to call it quits. He's been solid recently, but he's simply no Rand Paul.

Rand Paul 2010, baby!

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