Via Shakespeare's Sister, I hear that a bunch of Ron Paul supporters were trying to coin their own money -- gold and silver "Ron Paul Liberty Dollars" -- and got busted by the Feds. I'm loving Melissa's comment on it: "Ron Paul Liberty Dollars are legal currency in Shakesville. They can be used to buy a fucking clue from many of our fine retailers."
I don't know whether supply has met demand in the clue market, but let me say that you shouldn't be taken in by the 'libertarian' label and think that Ron Paul is a liberal on social issues. In a column about how liberals hate Christmas, he claimed that "The notion of a rigid separation between church and state has no basis in either the text of the Constitution or the writings of our Founding Fathers." And as Steven White points out, the dude has written two books arguing for an anti-abortion version of libertarianism. White cites Paul making one of the most astounding anti-abortion arguments I've ever heard:
