More Angry Letters to the Editor
Confused, angry letters-to-the-editor continue to be published in the Keene Sentinel, followed by the requisite vitriolic posts in each letters’ comments section. I’m posting links and the text below. If you feel inspired, please write your own letters-to-the-editor here.
“Protestors Don’t Belong Near School”
As I was out for my daily exercise recently, I passed the Keene Middle School just as the buses were lining up and the children were beginning to exit the school after a day of learning.
This day, however, was the first time I have been disturbed by an event such as an afternoon school exodus.
What was unsettling was that the children were exiting to a small group of protesters touting signs that say “school sucks” and blasting libertarian rhetoric through their bullhorns. Read more
Power Company Cuts Power… Woman Dies
A loyal Free Keene subscriber sent me this article about a New Hampshire grandmother who died as a result of National Grid electric disconnecting her power for an unpaid bill. I agree the article is something worthy of discussion/dissection by those of us who philosophize about the ideas of a society without a coercive violent monopoly.
“53-year-old New Hampshire grandmother Kay Phaneuf died this weekend after National Grid cut her power over an unpaid bill. Phaneuf suffered from a heart condition that required her to sleep in an oxygen tent and use a plug-in oxygen machine.”
I personally do not think the power company did anything wrong. I also personally think that this death was tragically needless and could have easily been avoided had Mrs. Phaneuf communicated her medical situation and/or asked for help.
Your thoughts?
A Waste Of Tax Money?
158 Years In Cages
Society as we know it is crumbling to the ground with the examples of lawlessness I observed at PorcFest 2010. In total I saw/was made aware of examples that would accumulate at least up to 158 years in cages… were the maximum sentence be given for all the “crimes” I personally witnessed. Imagine all the “crimes” that were happening that I didn’t personally witnessed/was made aware of. The hubris of some people…
How I calculated 158 years:
- An unlicensed chiropractor (who serviced thirty people… see the comments) = Thirty years in a cage.
- An unlicensed performance of hairstyling = One year in a cage.
- An unlicensed massage therapist = One year in a cage.
- Five different unlicensed liquor sales = Thirty five years in a cage.
- An unlicensed tattoo artist (who serviced at least twenty people) = Twenty years in a cage.
- Two people exchanging money for a plant = Fourteen years in a cage.
- About twenty to thirty people selling various items = Twenty to thirty years in a cage.
- About twenty people playing cards for money = Twenty years in a cage.
- One convicted felon carrying a pocket knife = Seven years in a cage.
- At least ten people smoking Marijuana openly = Ten years in a cage.
Not a single person was harmed. No one was forced to do anything. Putting anyone of these peaceful people in a cage would be harming someone who has harmed no one else. That is what the state does.
I don’t support that, do you?
Free Minds TV June 25, 2010 (EP 162)
A police officer blocks a man from carrying his wife into the emergency room because he ran red lights getting her to the hospital, the Downsizer Dispatch, undercover officer draws gun on a man for speeding ; the driver videotaped the interaction and now faces 16 years in prison for it, and Hampton NH talent show threatened by American Idol for using the word “Idol” in its name.
http://www.freemindstv.com
News Update
1. This is an example of a “child pornography” offense that actually has a victim. The Durham, NH man referenced in this article *produced* child pornography, which usually involves child sexual abuse. That is victimizing someone. That should be met with punishment. In my opinion, severe punishment.
Someone standing at the street corner with a USB flash drive in his pocket containing three hundred pictures of children being abused is not an act that is hurting someone. As reprehensible as I find someone who feels the need to collect/possess/view these images, it does not justify the initiation of state violence. Merely holding a collection of 1′s and 0′s that translates into a picture does not harm anyone else.
An Amazing Thing
Greetings from PorcFest 2010.
I just wanted to share with you what I feel is an amazing and encouraging thing.
In a mere day at the Porcupine Freedom Festival I have met dozens of people from across the United States (and world) who have come to this gathering. What I find particularly encouraging is that so many people who are planning to move to New Hampshire have been paying very close attention to what has been happening here. They watch the Ridley Report. They read Free Keene. They listen to Free Talk Live. They participate in the various discussion forums …
… and they’re all coming.
To the people reading this who think that society will continue forever to use the violence of the status-quo to solve social problems: the days of this are numbered. There are far too many people who believe in peace, liberty, and handling the problems of the world without violence for the archaic practices of the now to continue.
If you were unable to make it to PorcFest, no worries. Your home, friends, and family anxiously await your arrival.
The state of our peaceful evolution is strong 
Gambling Hypocrisy: “Live Free or Die” (So Long As You Pay)
It’s next week. You’ve just finished a hard day of work. You get together with a group of friends and decide to play cards for money while enjoying some cold beer. You lose $20 to your friend’s superior poker skills. You’ve just committed a “crime” in New Hampshire which can get your ass tossed in jail for a year.
Refuse to be arrested for having done nothing immoral and having hurt no one, by defending yourself against the initiated violence of the state… and the state will kill you. You cannot defend yourself against state violence. It is illegal. State agents can kill anyone who defends themselves against state aggression.
It’s next week. You’ve just finished a hard day of work. You get together with yourself and go on the new New Hampshire Lottery Commission website while enjoying some cold beer. You waste your entire life savings to the odds of the lottery system. You’ve done nothing illegal. The state has gotten its cut of your money. Sucks to be you.
“The state will launch PlayNowNH.com on July 1. The site includes interactive games such as “Super Slots,” “Speed Bingo” and “New Hampshire Poker.””
Don’t you see the insanity of this?
The article is here.
NH Repeals “Wartime Registration of Aliens”
New Hampshire has repealed a law from 1917. The law required that someone living here who is an “alien” appear in public and “register” their presence on our sacred turf if the governor demands. Failing to do so would have resulted in said “alien” being subjected to state violence and being placed in a cage for up to a year. The law read:
“Whenever a state of war shall exist, or be imminent, between the United States of America and any foreign country, the governor may, by proclamation, direct and require every subject or citizen of such foreign country within this state to appear within 24 hours after such proclamation and from time to time thereafter within 24 hours after his arrival in this state, before such public authorities as the governor may in such proclamation direct, and to personally register his name, residence, business, length of stay, and such information as the governor may from time to time in such proclamations prescribe.”
I think it is fair to say that a state of war is always “imminent” between the United States and someone else in the world judging by the way the politicians screw with the rest of the world at their leisure.
Removing this “power” from the governor is a good step in the direction of liberty.
Talkback: Liberty Activists Call in on 2010-06-19
Liberty-minded people called “Talkback” on WKBK last week to discuss the police at Pumpkin Fest and Keene’s obnoxious downtown emergency air raid sirens.
Do you love liberty and live, work in, visit, or plan to move to the Keene area? If so, it would be great for you to get involved with this project each week. Here’s how you can help:
Please join us for our weekly chat and calling sessions on Saturday mornings from 9a-12p in the Liberty Radio Network Chat room. If you’re online, you can listen to Talkback streamed live via the Liberty Radio Network and if you’re in the Keene area you can tune in to WKBK 1290 AM or 104.1 FM. The Talkback discussion thread is here on the Free Keene Forum.
