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A Young Floridian’s Declaration of Independence

A Young Floridian’s Declaration of Independence

On the fourth of July 2010 I spent my night writing a post for this blog.

Why did I not spend my time consuming alcohol, watching fireworks explode, and wishing “America” a “happy birthday” along with many of my peers?

The answer to this question is complex, so complex in fact, that I have chosen to weave the core of that night’s blog post into an answer for this question.

The title of that post being “I Carry a Gun: Here’s How and Why”.

The core?

Well at first it was only a technical post about carrying a firearm (concealed), and self defense. As my writing efforts carried on, the research to support my ideas rapidly expanded – coincidentally parallel with the increasing amount of fireworks blasting off outside as the night wore on.

Long story short, I finished the majority of the post that night, but not all of it.

Why?

I had a deep sense that there was a lot more to this post than “guns” and self defense, and I knew better than to…

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Ron Paul Documentary (Excellent)

Ron Paul Documentary (Excellent)

I’ve blogged about congressman Ron Paul before.

Long story short…

  • If you love The United States of America, you should watch this documentary.
  • If you hate The United States of America, you should watch this documentary.
  • If you support Ron Paul, you should watch this documentary.
  • If you don’t support Ron Paul, or have no idea who he is, you should definitely watch this documentary.

If there’s any chance for The United States of America not to experience a soviet style collapse, it’s with Ron in the 2012 presidential election.

Watch closely.

-Anthony ‘Dream’ Johnson

ps- I finally got a response from Ron Paul’s secretary today regarding his invitation to speak at The 21 Convention 2010 in Orlando Florida. He’s busy, but they do thank me for the invitation. This isn’t surprising, but a genuine response is inspiring =).

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To Step Aside or Step Up

To Step Aside or Step Up

A few weeks ago I came to a crossroad in my life. I haven’t mentioned it anywhere online before, nor have I discussed it with more than a handful of individuals that I have been close with for many years.

That crossroad was a simple, yet extremity difficult decision to make: do I step aside, or step up?

Do I rise above and meet a challenge head on with everything I have, and more? Or do I fall below and succumb to self doubt, fear, and the individual weight of the world that is resting on my shoulders.

I struggled for days with the challenge and difficult decision that lay before me. There really was no easy answer. Each side of the coin had it’s own pro and cons, benefits and consequences, so on and so forth.

And then something snapped. I’m not sure at what point it happened, but somewhere along the decision making…

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Ron Paul on Collapse

Ron Paul on Collapse

I’ve seen a good deal of Ron Paul videos, but this one eluded me until this evening. Now, it’s relatively short, but I can’t help but feel this video is so good, that it’s eerie.

Perhaps it’s the slightly blurred nature of the video, but I have to wonder how many other people would feel the same way watching this video, had they recently watched the video I posted by Dmitry Orolov on Social Collapse or read his book Reinventing Collapse.

Going further, I wonder if the 2008 presidential election was the swan song of this country. Obviously Ron’s message was heard, but not by nearly enough, when the timing was critical.

In essence, what I’m saying is I wonder if him being elected in 08 was the last chance this country had at avoiding economic, social, and political collapse.

While some may be too stuck in their ways or scared of actual change (that FUBARs the status quo), to believe Ron could win the 2012 election, I wonder further if he would be able to do anything…

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Dmitry Orlov: Social Collapse

I normally just Tweet/Facebook videos like this, but dang, this is an excellent and meaty video. In it, as far as I can tell (I’m not even finished watching it yet) Dmitry more or less gives an oral presentation of the ideas in his book Reinventing Collapse: The Soviet Example and American Prospects.

He’s not the most exciting speaker, but his sense of humor makes this somewhat depressing topic far more than ‘digestible’. Sit down and take time to watch this – you don’t want to miss it.

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Drew Baye on “Health Care”

Drew Baye on “Health Care”

This is a teaser clip from the soon to be released documentary series I and a few others have been working on over the past ~6 months.

We were actually planning on releasing a teaser clip of another speaker we interviewed from The 21 Convention this week, but I last minute decided to have a special teaser clip made of Drew, regarding his thoughts on ‘health care’, due to the events of last Sunday evening in the United States.

I would normally only post this on The21Convention.com, but I found it relevant to TDL due to the recent discussion of similar topics on here (not to mention the never ending debate on food and nutrition).

For the record, Drew’s opinions are entirely his own, and do not necessarily reflect those of any organization he has played a role in past, present, or future. I obviously sympathize personally with…

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Taking the Next Step

Taking the Next Step

I wrote a post, a while back, on college, life, work, and beyond. I was “brutally honest”, and in return, the comments/discussion were honest, and invigorating as well. It felt great to open up, and see that type of response. I think it says a lot on both ends of the spectrum.

In any case, the purpose of this post is to serve as a follow up to the original, and once again be the personal “battle field” of my thoughts on college, life, work, and beyond.

The idea to write this post first came to me last Saturday. The source, to say the least, was unexpected and a bit startling. Sounds strange, but it literally felt like a wave crashing over me when “it” happened, and reality sunk in.

What was “it” you ask?

For the second time in a row, in my fourth year of college at the University of Central Florida, I managed to fail* “How to Start a Business” (the second time only taking me…

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Takeaways from The Leap (by Rick Smith)

Takeaways from The Leap (by Rick Smith)

Every so often I’ll come across a book that not only takes my breath away, but “speaks” to me as well.

Books like Body by Science, The Four Hour Work Week, Purple Cow, The Entrepreneurial Imperative, The Way of the Superior Man, and so on.

Well, it’s time to welcome a new member to the club- The Leap: How 3 Simple Changes Can Propel Your Career from Good to Great.

I first saw it on Tim Ferriss’s blog. Not long after, I had a copy in my hands, and before I knew it, I…

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Brutally Honest: On College, Life, Work, and Beyond

Brutally Honest: On College, Life, Work, and Beyond

Edited, but still a bit raw, thoughts from the core on College, Life, Work, and more.

On College

For those who aren’t aware, I am currently a student at the University of Central Florida- one of the largest universities in the nation.

I’m in my 4th year now, and (beginning) to approach the end of school. If I were to follow my course schedule I would end this spring semester with only a handful of classes left to take before earning a bachelors degree in interdisciplinary studies (a combination of entrepreneurship, health…

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Why it’s Important Tucker Max’s Movie Succeeds

I went to Gainsville and met Tucker for his movie premiere not long ago. I’ve linked it enough so if you haven’t read it yet, I suggest you find the post.

The movie was great, and from what little I saw of Tucker, he’s a good dude. The theater wasn’t the best though, so a bunch of friends and I opted to go see it on release night here in Orlando (one of the initial 85 release cities in the US).

Every laugh made it worth the ticket price, it’s a riot.

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I’m done raving about the movie. I’ve done it enough, and that’s not what this post is about.

This post is more about change, in everything.

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