This time it was Ron Paul's turn, and he and his staff threw their annual barbecue blast down in Texas City (that's between Houston and the Gulf, for you non-Texans). It was some kind of drive to get there from Austin, but in the end, worth it. Not only was the food and company great, but we were able to meet with Ron's staff (some of us for the ( Read more... )

Of the district that is. Anyone acquainted with the geography of District 10 knows it's particularly wide in girth and short in height, making it one heck of a pain to travel between the western and eastern ends. But that is what I did, on Wednesday, rousing myself at 4:00 am so that I could make it to Michael McCaul's congressional hearing on ( Read more... )

Monday night we all congregated in the private room at Sherlock's Pub, lit a couple* candles, and sang Michael a birthday song to remember. Turns out, libertarians are not a particularly tuneful bunch. However, the cake was chocolate, very good, and there were plenty of people to share it. Roughly 35 people showed up to wish Michael a happy ( Read more... )

Austin-area readers are encouraged to come celebrate Michael turning 52 years young, next Monday. We'll be serving cake and showing V for Vendetta on a wide screen, no cover charge whatsoever. Michael politely requests no presents, but naturally campaign contributions are always welcome.

Nonlocal readers can always go here to make a donation, ( Read more... )

On Wednesday, Michael, Jon, Matt and I all trundled into the campaign van for a short road trip to Giddings, TX. It's about an hour from Austin, and also smack dab in the proposed pathway of the TransTexas Corridor, an almost universally loathed project of Governor Perry ( Read more... )

( of flannel shirts and flag-decorated ties )

( those long nights, impossible odds )

( I went to the LP National Convention in Portland and all I got were these amusing photos )

**EDITORIAL**
GOP's hands caught in the cookie jar

Tuesday, June 20, 2006Congress is so addicted to the corrosive influence of lobby money that ( Read more... )

While Michael and the rest of the campaign marched off to Houston to headline the Texas LP's convention, I stayed behind to work a Badnarik For Congress table at the local gay pride festival. I'm pleased to report that the day was a very successful one - we passed out at least 300 fliers, which is a good sum considering it was a rather smallish ( Read more... )