That boy would come to shape the affairs of the world in ways that few people are able to see. Some of that impact is so subtle that even some of his most impassioned supporters miss the extent of that impact as it takes place right in front of them.

On this, Ron Paul's 87th birthday, I want to speak a phrase that is hard to say too often: "Ron Paul was right."

If you will allow me the liberty of a few moments to explain why I write that, I will share with you some of the experiences of my life that have repeatedly pointed back to Ron Paul's ability to understand the times in which we live.

The Founder Of The Tea Party Movement 

There are numerous people who take credit for the founding of the Tea Party movement. Among them Rick Santelli in February 2009, Matt Kibbe in spring 2009, Sarah Palin in autumn 2008.

While these are important voices from those days, they were late to be credited with being a founder.

By December 2007, the Tea Party movement was in full swing and it was 100% due to the presidential candidacy of Ron Paul. I should know because I was one of the organizers of the first Tea Party gathering of the contemporary Tea Party movement. As such, I got to watch Ron Paul's role in the formation of that movement from 2006 to the present. The role of Ron Paul was so pronounced in the founding of the Tea Party movement that it even cuts a path to the presidency for Donald Trump in 2016.

In 2007, Trevor Lyman, made a website inviting people to "bomb" the Paul campaign with money on the anniversary of the Boston Tea Party — December 16, 2007. That we did.