Ron Paul
Ron Paul
Ronald Ernest "Ron" Paulis an American author, physician, and former politician. He served as the U.S. Representative for Texas' 14th and 22nd congressional districts. He represented the 22nd congressional district from 1976 to 1977 and from 1979 to 1985, and then represented the 14th congressional district, which included Galveston, from 1997 to 2013. On three occasions, he sought the presidency of the United States: as the Libertarian Party nominee in 1988 and as a candidate in the Republican primaries of...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth20 August 1935
CityPittsburgh, PA
CountryUnited States of America
They ask me if I'm going to quit. I thought we were just getting started. We have a revolution to fight, a country to change.
Our federal government, which was intended to operate as a very limited constitutional republic, has instead become a virtually socialist leviathan that redistributes trillions of dollars. We can hardly be surprised when countless special interests fight for the money. The only true solution to the campaign money problem is a return to a proper constitutional government that does not control the economy. Big government and big campaign money go hand-in-hand.
During World War II, Joseph Stalin was once asked by an American writer, according to Professor Dean Russell, how he could justify conscripting all the property of all the people for use by the government to fight the war. Stalin answered by asking why they considered it more immoral and illogical to conscript lifeless property than to conscript life itself, as was being done in the United States and all other capitalistic countries. His American challenger had no answer, because there was no answer.
I'm not against the FBI investigation in doing a proper role, but I'm against the FBI spying on people like Martin Luther King. I'm against the CIA fighting secret wars and overthrowing government.
They've got to make a decision. They've got to ramp it up and start opening at a faster pace, sell it back to the original owners or make a public offering. I think all things are being considered.
They basically have developed almost a cult-like following. I think it's partly as a result of their emphasis on higher-quality ingredients.
They broke the mold when they decided to do music. If bookstores have coffee, then why can't a coffee store sell books and movies?
We are, of course, proud of the many accomplishments we have achieved over the past 40 years. That said, I am even more excited about our plans for the future.
Think of what happened after 9/11, the minute before there was any assessment, there was glee in the administration because now we can invade Iraq, and so the war drums beat.
As chains go, it's doing very well, and investors are reacting to it.
You run the risk of customers trading down, which drives down check averages and hurts profits.
The younger generation isn't gravitating toward that. They've grown up with many more options. They're more interested in experimenting and in healthy, natural foods.
It's not well-situated in the Loop. It doesn't have a vibrant evening audience to draw from.
If you really want to get beyond just tourist locations, where you aren't dependent on regular customers, then you have to go back to the basics . . . very definitely play down the gimmicks, play down the museum aspects of what you are doing. Make it a different enough restaurant that there's some reason to try it, and if everything else is good, customers will come back.