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I often talk to people about how great a hero Ron Paul is to me, but without a doubt Gordon B. Hinckley is one of my greatest heroes of all time.

I remember the first time I ever saw President Hinckley. I was 14. We were at the Priesthood Session of General Conference in Salt Lake City. There were several thousand men in the room. Everyone was making so much noise that you could hardly hear over the echoes of the tabernacle. Then I noticed that everyone was standing. Within less than 5 seconds that hall was so silent that you could hear a sniffle from across the balcony. Everyone was now standing. I looked over to see what they were looking at. President Hinckley, a little old man, had just entered the room. As I watched with awe I could feel the silent reverent electricity that permeated the hall. I had never felt that feeling before, it was a feeling that brought tears to my 14 year old eyes, a feeling I will never forget. It was burned into my soul that Gordon B. Hinckley was a Prophet of God.

Here are a couple of videos that I have come across. First is Glenn Beck sharing his love for this man who was also a hero of his. Second is one of President Hinckley’s recent speaches. Enjoy:

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Last night I entitled a post: “Poor College Students Sacrificing Precious Christmas cash for Ron Paul“. I finished the post just before I headed out on a Saturday evening date.  My intention was to write a post that would influence my small readership and more of my family and friends to donate, I hadn’t even proof read the post. When I got home from my date it was just after midnight, I shut my eyes and clicked “donate”, giving the $100 I have saved up over the past month. It was an awesome feeling.

It was then that I realized that I had 111 Diggs!  I had three emails from friends congratulating me for getting on Lew Rockwell’s home page. Feeling rather embarrassed realizing that thousands of people had read my poorly written (I hadn’t even proofed it as I ran out the door to my date) blog entry, I some quick fixes.

I also want to thank the two of you who offered to donate a little to my school tuition. I didn’t intend to solicit donations to me, but thank you.

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Back in September I donated to a politician for the first time in my life. I am a BYU student. I am poor. I am trying to help build a company. A few weeks ago, my 1991 VW’s engine blew up. I can’t afford a new car so I am moving about on foot. BUT tomorrow I am going to dump what ever extra money I can into the Ron Paul campaign in my support of the constitution.

I heard about Ron Paul from a coworker, Duane. For over a year I had watch Duane reading about Ron Paul. I figured Ron Paul was a loony, until one day Duane sent me and email entitled, “An important part of my life.” Duane explained how important the ideas of freedom are to him. It was then I saw that Duane—also a BYU student and a newlywed, bootstrapping a company—had donated over $200 to the cause. I deeply respect Duane so I decided I best pay attention.

Jumping on Youtube I found dozens of interesting videos of the debates. Initially I was bothered when Ron Paul would say that he wants the troops out of Iraq immediately. It wasn’t until after watching hours of Youtube debates on the war, and reading an article by my brother Neal about choosing between our fellow Mormon, Mitt Romney, and Ron Paul that I decided the war is unconstitutional and will never work to fulfill its purpose—to rid the world of terrorists (I will discuss my logic against the war in a later post)

on September 9, I saw this video:

When I clicked “submit” to my first meager $15 (ALOT for me in September) donation, that I realized, “I must really like this guy!”

I knew nothing about the 5th of November until the day of. I couldn’t donate because I didn’t have the money. Since the 5th, myself, three of my brothers, two of my sisters (I am a Mormon, we have a big family), my mom, my uncle, and several friends here at BYU have all been saving and proselytizing for Ron Paul. None of us donated on the 5th and only I have signed up at teaparty07. Looking at this tonight, I believe that is the way we are going to see all the records broken tomorrow.

When people take a minute and look past Ron Paul’s unpolitical image, they see truth and the correct principles of freedom. In Ron Paul I feel as though I can visualize the kind of men who founded this country. Just yesterday I showed my friend from Brazil a video on Ron Paul. When it got done he said, “I would vote for this man!” To bad he is not American.

Here is another video to leave you with:

Donate on the 16th, Tomorrow!

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