Free Keene TV Episode 7

by | Aug 23, 2011 | 4 comments

In this weeks episode:
1. The Parking Meters are getting a test run
2. College Tuition
3. Lemonade Day
4. Talley TV presents Bob Constantine’s trial

Ademo Freeman and Z are special guests on the discussion panel.

Meg McLain Tells Fox News About Her Arrest for Selling Lemonade

by | Aug 22, 2011 | 158 comments

This morning Free Keene blogger Meg McLain was on Fox News, along with Robert Fernandez, to discuss yesterday’s successful Lemonade Freedom Day. Despite being a nationwide event, it appears that there were only three arrests made on Lemonade Freedom Day and all were in Washington, DC. Everywhere else in the country, including Keene, cops used their discretion and ignored the open agorism taking place. Here’s Meg and Robert on Fox and Friends this morning:

Meg wasn’t given much time to discuss the abuse she faced at the hands of the U.S. Capitol Police Department but she did post the unfortunate details to her new blog, MegMclain.com.

UPDATE: Both Robert and Meg presented their views on liberty to the large audience of Fox and Friends. They spoke about good people disobeying bad laws and Robert was even able to mention jury nullification. Here are some quotes from this segment that I first posted on CDEvolution.org:

When you’re shutting down a kids lemonade stand, you’re basically telling them they can’t do anything, they can’t follow their dreams, they can’t set a goal and achieve that goal without getting permission from the government first. I think this is absurd. We’re all individual with an inherent right that we should be able to sell goods and services with other voluntary individuals that want to participate without having any problems and asking permission.

– Robert Fernandez

When the rules are inappropriate, there’s no reason that anybody should ever have to endure what I went through just for selling 10 cent glasses of lemonade.

– Meg McClain

The Fox Host asks Meg what she had to endure, which you can find more on at MegMcLain.com.

Fox Host: Robert, Ultimately what to you want to happen here. What are you hoping to achieve?

The biggest thing that I’d like to achieve here is to get good people to disobey bad laws. Police are human, we’re all individuals, we all make mistakes, so do the police, so do lawmakers. Not all laws are good, some laws are bad and when we have bad laws we need to disobey them.

– Robert Fernandez

Fox Host: Maybe the message here is to just lighten up.

I think we still need to stand up and disobey these types of laws.

Jurors need to be more informed and need to make decisions based on their conscience.

– Robert Fernandez

Lemonade “Terrorism”

by | Aug 22, 2011 | 83 comments

On August 20th, 2011 at 12:31pm on the Capitol lawn in Washington DC, Kathryn Dill, William Duffield, and I were arrested for selling 10cent cups of lemonade.  The events leading up to our arrest, along with our capture and kidnapping were beautifully documented by several activists who came armed with cameras (see high quality video below); therefore, I feel no need to cover those details.  However, once we were taken away, there were no more cameras to share our experience.

 

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Lemonade Liberation Day!

by | Aug 19, 2011 | 82 comments

This Saturday, August 20th, I will be broadcasting LIVE from Washington DC; where brave liberty activists will join me to “illegally” sell lemonade on the Capitol lawn.

You can watch my live feed of the event from noon to 3pm: Meg McLain’s LIVE Coverage

Or you can follow Eddie Free’s live video broadcast:  Eddie Free’s LIVE Coverage

We stand together to protect the freedom of all peaceful people, who face threats of violence for the simple act of selling lemonade.  There have been hundreds of accounts from across the nation of police shutting down children’s lemonade stands due to lack of government permits.

These permits are “required” by local governments, using excuses of ‘health and safety’; and can cost hundreds, even thousands of dollars.  But, should the permitted vendor cause health or safety issues, the government that issued the permit is not liable for permitting a dangerous business.  Bureaucrats face no consequences.  So what is the purpose of these expensive permits?  To gain more money for local governments; to force compliance and subservience to government “authorities”; and for larger businesses to cut out their competition… even if that competition is a couple of kids with a lemonade stand.

So join us in Washington DC at noon, or watch LIVE and join in an online conversation about the event!

SELLING LEMONADE IS NOT A CRIME!

For more information about Lemonade Freedom, head over to LemonadeFreedom.com

What I Learned in Public School

by | Aug 16, 2011 | 240 comments

Although you may have been taught to believe differently, public schools tend to have very negative impacts on the development of a child’s creativity, sense of ethics and autonomy. From the first day in kindergarten until the last day of senior year, ‘kids’ are told to “treat others as [they] want to be treated.” Actions speak louder than words. Unfortunately, the staff members at public education facilities treat students as if they have “authority” over them, ingraining the message that it is acceptable to treat other people like property – though I doubt they wish to be treated that way. A ‘child’ can learn all of the skills that one may deem ‘critical’ without being subjected to the hypocrisy and demand for blind obedience in the public school system.

I believe that it is more important to teach children the difference between ‘right’ and ‘wrong’ than to teach them to follow rules that someone with purported authority sets for them. Government schools teach children that they need to comply with the demands of teachers, principals, police officers, and other individuals who are portrayed to have a higher level of authority. Giving a child the impression that they are required to obey orders without question diminishes their ability to make decisions based on logical reasoning and conscience. I would prefer to teach my children to live in ways that do not aggress upon others, use critical thinking skills and come to their own conclusions as opposed to blindly following orders and accepting what they are told without question. (more…)