guitarlifter
08-06-2011, 07:15 PM
Just thought I'd share some good news today. I work at GNC, and an older man (70+) came in to get some fish oil and some other things. As I was ringing him up, he said "did you hear about the troops that died in the helicopter crash?" I told him, "I don't know if you're one for conspiracy theories, but . . . " then I went into how I thought the crash might be related to the alleged killing of OBL in the recent months. I explained how there's so much conflicting evidence to believe that OBL was killed just recently, and the fact that the same troops that were allegedly in that mission were killed in a plane crash, which was conveniently blamed on the Taliban.
We eventually moved into a discussion on foreign policy, and he didn't like how we have bases all over the world. He wanted all troops to come home. He also doesn't like how public schools are so inefficient, yet they receive more and more money. He doesn't like the big government and all of the money that they waste or the taxes they impose. He said that he wasn't a democrat or republican. I told him that neither am I. I asked him if he had made a decision as to who he was going to vote for in the 2012 election, and he said he had no idea. I asked him if he knew who Ron Paul was, and he didn't. I told him to look him up. I told him what Ron stood for and how his long voting record proves that he stands like a rock on his beliefs and how he doesn't flip flop on issues to make people hear what they want to hear.
The guy wrote his name down, then I gave him a little note card with some of the main points that Ron would cover should he be elected. I told him to tell his friends as well.
Well, it's only one person, and he's not sold, but he seemed very keen to what I was saying about Ron Paul, and I think I influenced him for the better. But hey, it's all about a grassroots campaign, affecting one person at a time, right? I don't usually get a chance to do this, so I thought I'd share.
We eventually moved into a discussion on foreign policy, and he didn't like how we have bases all over the world. He wanted all troops to come home. He also doesn't like how public schools are so inefficient, yet they receive more and more money. He doesn't like the big government and all of the money that they waste or the taxes they impose. He said that he wasn't a democrat or republican. I told him that neither am I. I asked him if he had made a decision as to who he was going to vote for in the 2012 election, and he said he had no idea. I asked him if he knew who Ron Paul was, and he didn't. I told him to look him up. I told him what Ron stood for and how his long voting record proves that he stands like a rock on his beliefs and how he doesn't flip flop on issues to make people hear what they want to hear.
The guy wrote his name down, then I gave him a little note card with some of the main points that Ron would cover should he be elected. I told him to tell his friends as well.
Well, it's only one person, and he's not sold, but he seemed very keen to what I was saying about Ron Paul, and I think I influenced him for the better. But hey, it's all about a grassroots campaign, affecting one person at a time, right? I don't usually get a chance to do this, so I thought I'd share.