We received a great response from the UT student body and drew in a diverse crowd of people around our wall. From Conservatives to Anarcho-Syndicalists, students from all over the political spectrum voiced their thoughts and opinions on our wall. We were definitely popular in the eyes of our fellow students.

We also used this event as a recruitment drive opportunity and a way to get people to sign our petitions to bring Ron Paul on campus. We were very successful in getting over hundreds of signatures for our petition and got dozens of emails for  our mailing lists. Even amongst people who disagreed with our principles there was great interest in our groups’ activities and a potential campus visit by Ron Paul. Overall, this event was a slam-dunk in terms of promoting our groups to the rest of the UT campus.

And trust me, it is EPIC!

What an amazing exposition of Austrian economics ideas, plus some cultural criticism while we’re at it. The video touches on the fallacy that war brings prosperity, the pretense of knowledge, the failure of central planning, how laissez faire lets us serve one another better – the list goes on and on. I love the end of the video, when all the young people go to Hayek, while its clearly the banksters, media fools, and corporatists go to Keynes.

Congratulations, John Papola, you have done it again. You are a libertarian hero of our time.

Isn’t that fantastic? Share it with your friends, maybe you’ll be able to teach them about liberty soon…

Thanks to Rob Love of Texans for Accountable Government, we have video of the event. It has officially been posted on Youtube, and we hope you will assist us in making this go viral. We need people to understand the gravity of this kind of restriction upon our individual property rights. It’s not just about students needing to protect themselves, it’s about grasping the limits of government power.

Here’s the Youtube playlist, I know it’s a long series (8 parts!) but at least try to catch some of it. Know the facts!

Here’s clip #1:

Here’s clip #2:

The book Dr. Paul cites sounds really interesting, check out Barbara Tuchman’s The March of Folly at Amazon.

http://www.blip.tv/file/2839117

My interview with them about Christianity and libertarianism (and my personal blog at LibertarianChristians.com) was just posted today to YouTube, so here it is…

We also had an interview for Libertarian Longhorns as well. We talk about what the point of the LL/YAL is, what we do on campus, and how college groups can develop successful pro-liberty programs. (Link to MHD blog post.)

For liberty!