A couple of weeks ago Art bought a tool of some sort on Craigslist. Before the actual purchase, Art called the seller to ask him some questions and make sure the tool worked. Somehow they went from discussing the grease gun to discussing politics. This guy talked to Art for 30 minutes about Ron Paul and the 9/11 conspiracy. Did you know that on 9/11 there was a Vietnam vet standing (or, in my opinion, living) near the World Trades Center and he swears that planes never hit the Twin Towers? He said, "I was in Vietnam and I know what a jet plane sounds like and there was no jet plane". Apparently there was another building near the Twin Towers that actually blew up the buildings and the planes were photo-shopped.

When they got back on the topic of the grease gun and Art asked him how much he wanted for it, the guy gave him a price, but also said he preferred to trade and if we have any canned goods, ammunition or silver he would take that as a trade for the grease gun.

A few days later Art went to pick up his grease gun. He came home with a grease gun, several Ron Paul pamphlets, and four DVDs about the 9/11 conspiracy and other government secrets. He is now sporting a lovely Ron Paul bumper sticker on his pick-up truck. Art tried to talk to me about how awesome Ron Paul is but I just couldn't listen. Sure, Ron might have a couple of good theories, but that's all they are- theories. If he actually tried to implement them it would be a complete failure and I sometimes wonder if Ron Paul even knows how the government works. Art also tried to get me to watch some of the conspiracy DVDs. I've watched a lot of stupid stuff for Art- Predictor, Running Man, Point Break- but I drew the line at this. Luckily I had dinner with some girlfriends last week so he could watch one. I asked them how it was and what he learned and he said, "you don't want to hear it so I'm not going to tell you".

So if you see Art driving around in his beat up pick-up truck with the Ron Paul sticker proudly displayed on the back window, be grateful he can't vote.