Watch the video above from 2002 and tell me if he’s the one who’s crazy.

While the GOP fights over Mitt or Newt and the media insists on going out of its way to ignore Ron Paul… One man has had the same consistent message year and year. Dr. Ron Paul.

Yep he doesn’t want to serve under lobbyists or the 1%. Instead he chooses to do what’s best for America. If the GOP really wanted to defeat Obama, they’d do everything in their power to make this man win the nomination. This coming from an Obama supporter in 2008.

He’s the only candidate besides Obama, most young voters would choose. Remember… If he doesn’t win the GOP nominations, he’ll most likely still run as an independent and will take a huge chunk of the vote.

Instead they’ll continue to bicker over Newt being a swinger, Mitt being rich and not showing his taxes… you know that shit everyone really cares about instead of actually telling us how they’ll get us out of these silly wars so we’re not spending through the roof and allowing our young men and women to be sacrificed for the sake of oil, construction contracts and power.

While Dr. Paul wants to end the days of lobbyists running this country and consistently bailing out the thieves on Wall St… the media and other so-called political analysts want to paint him as a crazy, old man.

You know why they all do that? Cause he scares the hell out of them. He’s not a puppet they can tell what to do and he’s not afraid to call out people for trying to screw the people.

Take a look at the video above and tell me this guy doesn’t know what he’s talking about. Take a look at his record and tell me this guy isn’t honest and continually doing what’s best for the people he represents.

I’m not saying I agree with every single one of his beliefs, but I can tell you one thing… he’s smart, honest, consistent and cares more about the average American than all the other candidates combined. He’s not in it for himself. His entire life’s work has been about helping the average American succeed while preserving our rights under the Constitution of the United States. Without him the GOP has no shot.

I’m still an Obama supporter vs Newt, Mitt or Rick, but would seriously consider Dr. Paul if he were to win the nomination. If the GOP really wants to defeat Obama they HAVE to elect Dr. Ron Paul.

Still think he’s crazy? Well, I’ll end with a video of a few other people who were labeled as crazy.

So yesterday after almost 36 years since co-founding Apple in his parents garage with Steve Wozniack, Steve Jobs announced his resignation as Apple’s CEO. While he’ll still stay on as Apple’s Chairman… Apple fans, the tech world, investors and Wall Street analysts now wonder what the future holds for Apple. Tim Cook, Apple’s COO will now take over as full time CEO. Tim is regarding by many in the tech world as an operational genius so only time will tell if his leadership and vision align with what Steve did that made Apple what it is today.

Resignation

Here’s Steve’s resignation letter to Apple Employees…

To the Apple Board of Directors and the Apple Community:

I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple’s CEO, I would be the first to let you know. Unfortunately, that day has come.

I hereby resign as CEO of Apple. I would like to serve, if the Board sees fit, as Chairman of the Board, director and Apple employee.

As far as my successor goes, I strongly recommend that we execute our succession plan and name Tim Cook as CEO of Apple.

I believe Apple’s brightest and most innovative days are ahead of it. And I look forward to watching and contributing to its success in a new role.

I have made some of the best friends of my life at Apple, and I thank you all for the many years of being able to work alongside you.

Steve

Going Forward

Here’s Tim Cook’s letter to Apple employees on Steve Jobs resignation…

Team:

I am looking forward to the amazing opportunity of serving as CEO of the most innovative company in the world. Joining Apple was the best decision I’ve ever made and it’s been the privilege of a lifetime to work for Apple and Steve for over 13 years. I share Steve’s optimism for Apple’s bright future.

Steve has been an incredible leader and mentor to me, as well as to the entire executive team and our amazing employees. We are really looking forward to Steve’s ongoing guidance and inspiration as our Chairman.

I want you to be confident that Apple is not going to change. I cherish and celebrate Apple’s unique principles and values. Steve built a company and culture that is unlike any other in the world and we are going to stay true to that—it is in our DNA. We are going to continue to make the best products in the world that delight our customers and make our employees incredibly proud of what they do.

I love Apple and I am looking forward to diving into my new role. All of the incredible support from the Board, the executive team and many of you has been inspiring. I am confident our best years lie ahead of us and that together we will continue to make Apple the magical place that it is.

Tim

What I’ll Miss

Most knew it was coming probably sooner than later considering his bout with pancreatic cancer, recent liver transplant and other medical complications, but it still didn’t soften the blow. Anyone who’s followed Steve Jobs over the years knows Apple is his life and that Apple itself has been defined by Steve Jobs.

While I will definitely miss Steve Jobs the showman, pitchman, innovator and genius marketer… The executive team Steve assembled at Apple is second to none and

More than anything I hope Steve’s health improves with his time off. We all know he won’t be too far away and I’m sure he’ll still be giving plenty of input on product development and advertising at least for the near future. Remember he still is the Chairman of Apple.

I think what I’ll miss most about Steve running Apple is his vision and ability to deliver products the public doesn’t even know it wants and thus creating a new market. I think what set him and Apple apart from the other technology companies is Apple didn’t focus on technology and just shoot for making what’s already out there faster or thinner although they do that as well, but that they strive to combine technology with liberal arts

During the iPhone 4 and recent iPad 2 announcement Steve closed his keynotes with this… “We’re not just a tech company, even though we invent some of the highest technology products in the world. It’s the marriage of that plus the humanities and the liberal arts that distinguishes Apple. It’s in Apple’s DNA that technology alone is not enough. That it’s the technology married with liberal arts, married with the humanities that yields us with the result that makes our hearts sing.”

People have always asked me why I like Apple products so much. What Steve said above answers that question. His vision, leadership, emotion and salesmanship combined to make devices that are a combination of beautiful hardware, incredibly advanced software that all works seamlessly together and is designed to work around an easy to use and well designed user interface. Some argue his inventions are just a phone or just a computer or just a music player. Those inventions changed the world. They changed the way we work, the way we listen to music and watch movies, the way we create and interact with each other. Those are some pretty important things in my book.

Thanks for a great 35+ years and best of luck in the next chapter of your life. Your time at Apple may be done, but your life and inspiration to others isn’t. Just like you said in your 2005 Stanford Commencement Speech… “Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish.”

We’ll miss you Steve!

Videos

Below I’ve embedded some of my favorite Steve Jobs and Apple videos from over the last 35+ years. What’s your favorite? If I didn’t include it, link to it in the comments below.

The dog’s owner says this… “my 12 yr old poodle is talking to me as I make her food, to let those of you know, the vet saved her life from the gum disease by removing the bad teeth or it would have gotten into her organs. Also, she eats alot, she has very tuff and strong gums which helps her eat hard food that has been softened with warm water, her food is on the floor all day, her bowl is filled 3x per day. The soft can food she is talking for is what she gets every other day to help keep her weight up. She is in NO WAY HURT, NEGLEGTED OR STARVING. She’s not in any pain and nor does she have anything in her mouth during the video. If I wouldn’t have taken my vets recommendation, she would have died years ago.”

Retarded, toothless, whatever… this video is epic!

Is what he does selfish since he has family and risks his life whenever he jumps and continues to push the envelope or is he an athlete and it’s just a dangerous sport like any other?

Watch this amazing sport in action and learn about Jeb’s new goal of skydiving with a wingsuit and landing without a parachute.

I imagine he’ll never get the funding for his Vegas stunt as the chances of him dying are well above 50%, but then again people love seeing stuff like this so who knows.

Here’s another clip I found of Jeb Corliss wingsuit flying on the NBC Today Show.

Although I’m supporting Barack Obama on Tuesday I have to give credit where credit is due. John McCain killed it on Saturday Night Live tonight. The writing was great, the skit was performed flawlessly and John McCain did an excellent job. Not sure what SNL’s going to do once the election is over as the rest of the show outside of Tiny Fey’s performances are utter crap. The show itself is really unwatchable these days, but the Palin skits have been great.

Well, here’s the skit from tonight’s November 1, 2008 SNL John McCain QVC performance with Tina Fey as Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. Enjoy!

It honestly boggles my mind that more people can’t understand that “the wool is being pulled over their eyes” most of the time. Of course Presidents can’t deliver on all these promises. Now that doesn’t mean one candidate doesn’t actually care more than the other and that one candidate doesn’t do a better job coordinating things and making sure they get done cause of course one of the two people that are before us has better qualities.

It actually makes me sick to my stomach to see how bad were all treated by our government. I pray things will change at some point. Maybe this election maybe not, but I’m willing to try something completely different to give it a shot.

After watching this it did make me think of how stupid the people are who are constantly calling Barack an Arab or saying he’s Muslim. It’s never amazes me how ridiculously stupid some people are.

Nonetheless… funny video.

I have to admit that Tiger is definitely being conservative in his rehab. He even alluded to this when he mentioned other athletes like NFL players coming back form ACL reconstruction in as little as 4 months with the first one popping in mind being Rod Woodson the former cornerback for the Pittsburgh Steelers. He came back from ACL reconstruction in around 3 1/2 months which is extremely fast. I’ve actually torn both my ACL’s, had reconstruction done on them and it honestly took me about 9 months before I could play sports again and about 2 years before the knee really felt completely healed. Then again I had my surgeries about 15 years ago and obviously technology has changed a lot and rehab times have shortened due to less damage/stress being put on the knee during surgeries.

While I think Tiger is probably being conservative I actually think he’s been perfectly fine with taking time off from full-time golf. It sounds like it’s been giving him some time to focus on some business ventures, time to relax from traveling so much and also the ability to spend a good amount of quality time with his wife Elin and daughter Sam.

If I was a betting man (which I occasionally am) I would guess Tiger will miss defending the Buick Open at Torrey Pines where he last played a competitive round of golf when he won the US Open and will probably play once or twice in the 2 or 3 weeks leading right up to the Masters. My guess is he’ll hold out until March 26-29, 2009 for the Arnold Palmer Invitational. It’s got Arnie, it’s close to his house in Florida and will allow him plenty of time to rehab and practice near his home right up until it’s time to get ready to head up to Georgia for The Masters in Augusta.

Here’s the video from ESPN.com of Tiger discussing these topics.