Being raised in the town of Jefferson, Oregon, I heard about Thomas Jefferson at an early age, so I grew up reading the Declaration of Independence and learning about US political history and the Constitution. Interest in politics might be in my blood as well, with my dad serving on City Council and running for Governor of Oregon in the Republican Primary in 1990. In high school I served my class as Activities Director for 3 years and in the National Honor Society.

Upon registering to vote for the first time in 1992, I volunteered for poll watching with the Republicans and cast my ballot for the lesser evil, "it's about Supreme Court Justices", Bush, Sr. At the first public college I attended, I observed how gay rights were debated by the opposing factions within the modern Christian church, realizing that the "culture war" is really an inter-necine conflict within Christendom. Incidentally, that was the year I first read a libertarian pamphlet and a good friend of mine reassured me that there are pro-life Libertarians by referring to their party's previous Presidential candidate, Dr. Ron Paul.

Politics took a back seat for a while, since I couldn't really trust or get into what the main parties were talking about. Meanwhile, I was playing drumset in a band in Salem once a month with some friends from high school and recording a 5 song studio demo. But I really wanted to use my talents for a greater cause, so I attended a missions school and helped plant a church in Ukraine, former Soviet Union, in 1994. After working in music outreach in the US and travelling to Belize, Central America in 1996, I decided to further develop my skills and potential by attending college in Portland, OR.

All through this time, I kept abreast of poilitical matters. Pat Buchanan made some sense to me, though I couldn't figure out why people called him a racist and his party alienated him. I really liked Alan Keyes in 1996, but without winning any elected office, he couldn't get much support, either. Finally disgusted with the Republicans' lack of principle and pettiness over the nature of Clinton's impeachment, I joined a new party whose ideals I could agree with.

In 2000 I registered Constitution Party, voting for them or Libertarians, and even attended some Multnomah county organizational meetings in 2006. It was through them that I learned about limited government and personal liberty, and in March of 2007, they started talking about Dr. Paul's bid for the White House.

I read as much of Ron's congressional speeches and newsletters as I could, in which he explains his reasons for voting in opposition to various important bills. By November 5th I was sold on his convictions and believed in his commitment to hold back the force of an overbearing Federal government and I gave $100 to the money bomb, and $100 more during the Tea Party. After hooking up with meetup groups, I canvassed with a few others in Battleground, Washington in the ice and cold of January 2008.

Since then, I was a bonus delegate at the State GOP Convention, canvassing director for Delia Lopez's congressional campaign and now am an appointed PCP in Multnomah County, a Local Coordinator for Campaign for Liberty.

I believe that the US system, as established, was unique throughout world history in that it reserved the most rights, privileges and responsibilities to individual citizens, while allowing just enough government power to protect against loss of life, liberty or property. Such power is administered through a jury-regulated judicial system, ruling based on the Constitutionally authorized laws of the people's representatives in the openly elected and responsive legislature, enforced by a strictly limited executive in the Presidency.