Ron Paul’s supporters raised $6m yesterday in a ‘money bomb,’ which essentially means everyone donates money on the same day (yesterday was the 234th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party).
In related news, a roommate of the Idea of Progress paid him the $35 she owed him for last month’s cable bill.
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Ron Paul supporters have purchased a blimp for his campaign. The Idea of Progress took a look at what modes of transportation that the other Republican candidates are using:
Mitt Romney – Horse and buggy
Fred Thompson – Rascal scooter
Rudy Giuliani – Firetruck used in 9/11, because he was there, you know, on 9/11
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Norris endorsed Mike Huckabee for President today. No word on Jean-Claude Van Damme’s choice (although I’m guessing it’s Ron Paul).

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What, you’re still here?
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On a previous post, I misspelt the word ‘Teletubbies,” as “Teleubbies.” Months later, the top search term used to find this blog is still ‘Teleubbies.” Even more than Ron Paul.
I had corrected the post to be spelled correctly, but type “teleubbies” into Google and you still end up here. It’s made me [...]

A few things. I recently wrote about the dirt on the Ron Paul Internet Phenomenon. If you missed it, here’s the gist. Paul’s vast and inexplicable internet celebrity can be traced to about 30 or so supporters who spend a lot of time on the interent, plus their friends. They’ve been [...]

If you’ve spent any time on the internets, you’ve probably seen Ron Paul’s name. He’s usually the first search term on Technorati, his articles are always on the front page of Digg, he’s been featured in Wired, interviewed on the Daily Show, the Colbert Report and Real Time With Bill Maher. But who [...]

Okay. When I first wrote about Ron Paul, the dark-horse-no-chance-in-hell-of-getting-nominated-by-the-Republican-Party presidential candidate, I mostly viewed him through the perspective of those writing about him, i.e. bloggers. I think I may have given him an unfair characterization. While he is a Republican, he’s of the old school small government type, not the Jesus [...]

As a part of my daily web rituals, I check out Digg, which is kind of like del.icio.us, a place to bookmark pages and show off the odd or interesting things you’ve found. For the last couple of weeks, I’ve found that almost every day there is something about Ron Paul.
Who the fuck is [...]