Chronic? Should've gone to the doctor...

Moment of silence at 4:20.

First time I met the dude, he shook my hand and said "Freedom is a muscle. If it is not regularly exercised, it will atrophy."

RIP, Gatewood. You were a good one.

Gonz: First time I met the dude, he shook my hand and said "Freedom is a muscle. If it is not regularly exercised, it will atrophy."

RIP, Gatewood. You were a good one.

I'm gonna modify that quote and use it on my girlfriend.

Like I said in the TF thread, though I didn't agree with a lot of what he said, he was the one politician I've met that I felt I could believe what he said is what he meant.

this link just redirects to the politics tab for me. is there an actual story to read and I have a noscript glitch going on? Or are other people having the same issue?

I Always like Gatewood, one of the few men that spoke honestly when he was running for something. And while most of us knew he probably wouldn't win, we were happy to vote for somebody that you knew were he stood, and that should they get elected wouldn't sell you out.

For those of you who don't know Gatewood, here's an excerpt from his autobiography:

But if you did not know me or what I stand for, and if I only had thirty seconds to get your vote, I would have only one question to ask you.

And if you answer this question one way, I've got your vote, no matter what else you think about me.

And if you answer this question the other way, I don't think you understand the question.

The question is, 'Did our forefathers' generation hit the beaches of Normandy and Iwo Jima so that we would have to pee in a cup to hold a job in America?'

The introduction of the police state methods into American culture is fatal to our freedom. The solutions to our problems lie in the words of Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln not Mr. Yamamoto or Helmut Schmidt.

And let's get this straight. I'm not a racist and I'm not xenophobic. I'm a Nationalist.

I'll trade with other countries, I'll have lunch with them and I'll play golf with them. But until they adopt a Constitution and Bill of Rights that gives their own citizens the rights and freedoms we enjoy, they are not our political peers.

If we abandon our principals of individual freedom and dignity, then our liberty and right to self-determination will abandon us. Our standard of living will fall and our jobs will evaporate as our children and grandchildren are thrown open to competition in the workplace with Four Billion other people on the planet, many of whom will work all day for a bowl of rice and a mat to sleep on.

That is not my vision for Kentucky and its citizens. My vision is rooted in the traditions of our Founding Fathers.

As to the size of government, Thomas Jefferson said, 'The least government is the best government.'

As to the role of government, Abraham Lincoln said, 'Prohibition strikes at the very heart of the principles on which this country was founded.'

And as far as having to pee in a cup to hold a job, I look to the words of General George Patton. 'Screw you Nazis!'

Gatewood and my mother used to alternate driving myself and his daughter to school in the morning when we were growing up. He'd always drive up in boxers, an undershirt, flip-flops, and his famous hat no matter what the weather was doing outside (5:00 am, not a typical public school). I remember him once farting in the car and then flipping the child locks on the windows so we couldn't roll them down, laughing all the way. Though this doesn't exactly paint him in the most attractive light on the surface, he was a man full of life and whimsy. I haven't seen much of him in several years, but Kentucky has lost a great source of intelligence, passion, and dedication.