23 October 2012

Russell Means (1939-2012) R.I.P.

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Many knew him mainly from his role as Chingachgook in the 1992 film Last of the Mohicans
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I remember hearing of both Means and Ron Paul for the first time in news of the September 1987 Libertarian Party Convention as they competed for the nomination to be the LP candidate for the 1988 presidential election.  Ron Paul won the nomination, with Means second.  
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I remember reading an account of that LP convention, especially when there was a panel discussion about decriminalizing drugs, and Means and some other LP folks on the panel sat on stage passing joints around during the discussion.  Ron Paul’s delegates were in suits and ties, and they sat in the audience a bit surprised at the culture they were entering.  Means publicly backed Paul for president in 2012.
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-Zenwind. 
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