I never kept track. From what I can remember, I first heard of Ron Paul in July of 2007 and then read Woods’ “33 Questions” that August. I kick myself for not remembering what lead me from RP to Woods. It must have been that RP mentioned Woods. My Amazon order history tells me when I bought books, but YouTube doesnt tell me which videos I’ve watched (until recently) nor when, and neither does LRC nor Mises.org tell me which articles i’ve read nor when, nor which videos/audios I’ve watched/listened nor when (but I know I’ve watched every Mises video and most Mises audios). Oh ok. I’m starting to remember more. RP mentioned Austrian economics and the Mises Institute and then I watched every video on Mises.org and listened to most audios (this was fall 2007). That’s how I became libertarian/an-cap. Also, I would frequent RonPaulForums.com and people would ask questions, which caused me to conduct research on LRC and Mises.org to answer the question. Anyway, I pretty much watched every single RP video on YouTube throughout Fall 2007. One of my favorites was the interview at Google Talks. Also, I must mention that I thoroughly researched every single major presidential candidate during fall of 2007 (specifically, RP, Obama, Clinton, Huckabee, Romney, Giuliani, McCain, Kucinich, and some others). RP is the only one that consistently made sense.
I’m sorry. I hope I didn’t cause more work for you than needed. I was only joking. But I find it amazingly good that you can remember a timeline. [:D]
Actually, the question (how I come to RP and when) came up a couple of months ago. I was disappointed because I couldn’t remember. Anyway, I’m sure I could remember more if I worked on it (but I don’t want to now :D).
Same with me[:)] I just knew he was right, but I’ve learned a lot. I have a lot more to learn though.
When I was given some links to read back in 2001 regarding econ, one of them was from the Mises Institute. Another was from LRC. I don’t remember precisely what they were, but I read them and realized how closely my views aligned with them; I’d simply never had the words to elucidate.