George Donnelly

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In Wired’s Stanford Law Professor Larry Lessig Bets ‘Wikipedia’ Approach Will Transform Congress, I found this interesting statement:

“The problem we face is … the problem of crony capitalism using money to capture government,” … “The challenge is whether in fact we can change this. The political experts tell you that it can’t be done …”

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I need more time in my day. We all do, I’m sure. I can get up early. A few weeks ago I got up at 5AM for almost a whole week straight. But I can not yet do that regularly.

Becoming an Early Riser

The other day I came across Dave Navarro’s Becoming an Early Riser course, bought it, and am now doing it.

Planning a novel is hard. The more I work on planning my novel, the more I realize how complex and meaningful a complete work of fiction is. It’s intimidating. But I will finish this project. The consequences for my self-esteem of not finishing are too great.

Here are some of the building blocks of my novel. Any criticism would be greatly appreciated.

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I find it entirely irrational and self-deceptive to think that Ron-Paulians are going to take over the GOP or even have any significant impact.

When Ron Paul theoretically had a shot at the GOP nomination I was right in there with many many other people promoting him and donating money.

That time has now passed. You have seen how the GOP and its allies shut him out and laughed at him.

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A few days ago I described my plan for writing a novel in 2008. I’m now in the planning phase of the novel, which is tentatively titled “Lando Cruz“. I’m working on my back-cover blurb first in order to bring the foundation of the story into focus. Here’s what I have so far.