Hehehe, hash. So appropriate for the convention. You see, only one candidate PAID people to go to convention. The Mor(e )Ron. Thus a lot of Mor(e )Rons were there. About a quarter of people showing up were paid to be there by Ron Paul. There agenda consisted of the following:
- Legalize "hemp" (Marijuana)
- Repeal the: Patriot Act, Real ID act, and/or any other act used to fight terrorism
- Condemn the U.S. Military for participating in an "illegal" war
- Repeal the 16th Amendment to the US Constitution (which they contended was illegal anyway)
- Remove the party chair
The legalize "hemp" arguments were especially interesting. We were told the following:
- Genesis 1 requires the use of hemp (as it is a green plant - totally ignoring Genesis 3 where weed is the result of sin).
- The oil industry is repressing hemp because they know that:
(A) its biomass is so much higher than corn it would replace oil if it could be used for ethanol production
(B) cars can be powered by water (zero point energy - like in Stargate Atlantis)
- Would you deny his grandmother the only relief that works for him? (yes)
The removal of the party chair was interesting too, especially when they started trying to shout down the parliamentarian and tell him he was wrong. That was especially entertaining, and drove more people away from their cause(s) than anything else that they did.
It turns out that they thought (for some unknown reason) that I was one of their supporters, so about the fourth time that I voted against one of their stupid pet causes in the judiciary committee that I was a part of, they started shouting at me, "Way to go Ron Paul supporter! What do you think you are doing voting that way? I'll have to tell our guy that you are opposing us!" To which I replied, "What makes you think I'm a Ron Paul supporter?" They replied, "Our guy told us you were." I told them Ron Paul was my last choice, so they started taunting me as a McCain supporter, to which I shrugged and said that I support him more than Paul, so they flipped me off repeatedly the rest of convention. The level of maturity was overwhelming.
All in all, rather entertaining, but annoying at the same time.