>> has grown strangely quiet
Strangely... reminds me of ManBearPig.
If you are saying that Ron Paul has grown strangely quiet, I think the reason for that is simple enough, his son’s political handlers probably told Old Pops to dial it all way back until after the Presidential Nominations have been decided. If his boy Rand is not the man finally nominated by the republicans, then, at that point, go ahead Ron, and give interviews about every Wacko-Bird theory you can piece together. He could even go on that nation wide lecture tour with Jesse Ventura, and at that point, nobody will give a hoot.