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the Free State Project holds extremist views and their participants have wreaked havoc in areas like Keene and Grafton. We’ve seen a steady stream of Free Staters taunting the Keene police and ending up in the Westmoreland jail, costing taxpayers dearly.

You can see her full hit piece below. Wreaked havoc? What exactly has been ruined or destroyed in Keene besides old ideas? Are the 420 celebrations wreaking havoc on the idea of prohibition? Quotes like these make it clear that the liberty movement is really bumming out the statists up here. You should come join the fun – just over 25 more signups before the Free State Project reaches 10,000 participants!

We also had a youtube critic send me an angry message where he accuses liberty activists of making an “unimaginable blunder” by holding candlelight vigils outside the homes of government aggressors. (I posted the full text of his message and my reply here.) In it he claims FreeKeene.com is “failing”. Really? By what measure? Failing because some people are upset? What about all the people who appreciate the liberty activists? I imagine liberty activists aren’t too popular amongst those who work for or benefit from the state. We can’t please everyone and shouldn’t try. To say this website is failing, however, is simply a denial of reality. Let’s look at the numbers, shall we?

According to Google Analytics In February of 2009, this website, not including the forum, had 14,031 visits. In Feb of this year, that number was up 68.1% to 23,586. Aside from that, more people are moving to the Keene area in pursuit of more liberty. That means even more “havoc” will likely be “wreaked” each year. Of course, anyone that has actually met Free Keene’s activists knows we are peaceful, and not wreakers of havoc.

It’s time the government people stop wreaking havoc on peaceful people. That’s why this website is here to document and help bring about the evolution of a consensual society wherein institutionalized coercion against peaceful people has no role. If that is wreaking havoc to you, check your premises.

For those who are interested, the full letter from Pam Martens is here:

Don’t Pull Back the Curtain on the Free Staters
March 3, 2010
By Pam Martens

The individuals supporting Bill Campbell in his bid for Selectman of Westmoreland want you to look in another direction altogether, rather than demand his truthfulness on his affiliation with Free Staters.

His supporters want you to focus on those “outsiders” from the “city.” (My husband and I have never lived in a big city; we come from a tiny town, Garden City, Long Island, that clips happy faces in the shrubs in the Town Square and where the 1931 bakery still hands children a free cookie; where calling residents “outsiders” is just too silly to even contemplate. But if we did come from a big city, so what. This is xenophobia-baiting and should be deplored by any person of good character and conscience.)

His supporters implore you to look at those people who have (patiently) attended 10 hearings over two years on a gravel pit that has been illegally located in their residential neighborhood for 17 years but they might sue the Town eventually. (Don’t stop to ask yourself how the gravel pit issue is relevant to whether Bill Campbell backs the agenda of the Free Staters.)

His supporters want you to look at the pedigrees of those telling you Bill Campbell is not a Free Stater — they’ve lived here 49 years, or 25 years — and if they say Bill Campbell is not a Free Stater, well, that should be the end of the matter.

Aside from his supporters’ denials, Bill Campbell has issued a campaign letter seeking votes in his bid for Selectman that is completely silent on his long-term involvement with the Free State Project. Mr. Campbell instead suggests these are just “rumors” and “negative campaigning.” This is his exact statement:

“You may have heard negative rumors about me, fueled by my opponent’s supporters. I don’t believe in negative campaigning and I ask you to consider the source and motivation.”

That statement in itself is negative campaigning since it strongly suggests the “rumors” are false and maliciously motivated by Mr. Campbell’s opponent’s supporters. (Neither my husband nor I knew in advance June Hammond planned to run for Selectman nor do we know what’s going on in her campaign. Our issues are with the Free State Project’s unconscionable plan to take over local and state politics in New Hampshire.)

Why does it matter that Bill Campbell refuses to discuss his involvement with the Free State Project? For one thing, good character is reflected in forthrightness. For another, the Free State Project holds extremist views and their participants have wreaked havoc in areas like Keene and Grafton. We’ve seen a steady stream of Free Staters taunting the Keene police and ending up in the Westmoreland jail, costing taxpayers dearly. We also know the Free Staters ran a campaign of intimidation and smear tactics in Grafton against anyone who dared to stand up to them. The web site’s still up. My husband and I know from first hand experience the tactics used against people who speak truth to the Free State power base. But we think what’s at stake is worth the threats and slander against us.

If the Free Staters gain a foothold in Westmoreland, Mr. Edgington, co-host of the Free State Project sponsored radio program, Free Talk Live, could implore more Free Staters to swarm into Westmoreland. Mr. Edgington’s radio program is affiliated with 65 radio stations around the country.

Below are the links that document Bill Campbell’s long-term involvement with the Free State Project. It’s time for Mr. Campbell to come clean with voters.

Will you be one of the first 10,000? If you’ve been sitting on the fence, hop off and get signed up! With any luck, 10,000 can be reached before the Liberty Forum in Nashua, March 18-21.

1. Create a Twitter account and verify your email, or have your user name and password handy.
2. Text “Start” to 40404.
3. You’ll get a text back, text your Twitter user name to 40404.
4. You’ll get a text back, text your Twitter password to 40404.
5. Go to twitter.com/keene411 and click follow.
6. You should see a green box with two arrows and a lighter box with a phone. Click the phone (it should turn green).
7. To send out a Keene411, send an SMS text message of no more than 140 characters to 347-603-0411.

This information will always be available in the top menu and via this shortcut: Keene411.freekeene.com. You can also learn about how to sign up for Manch411 and follow the Kwik411 blog here.

Here’s the release from CDEF Chairman Brian Travis as posted at CDEvolution.org (please go and become a contributing member!):

It is my great pleasure to announce that Brad Jardis has joined the Civil Disobedience Evolution Fund as Executive Director.

Brad is a well-known figure in the liberty movement in New Hampshire. He spent 11 years as a law enforcement officer. His outspoken criticism of the illegal drug war has made him a pariah to the established law enforcement cabal. For the same reason, Brad has become a hero to many people in the liberty community.

Because of his public stance on the drug war, as well as criticism of other crimes that imprison non-violent people, Brad was recently forced out of his job.

We are fortunate to have Brad as the public face of the Civil Disobedience Evolution Fund and look forward to the impact he will have on the liberty movement in New Hampshire.

Hip Hip Hoorah to Robin Hood’s parking meter rescues!
Let it be known that in the course of one year the outlaw Robin Hood has deposited $54 in expired meters, denying approximately $1350 to the crown, and allowing about 270 people to relax and smile.
He also accepted $273 in donations, and spent $248 on expenses. That means $25 for the Merry Men!

Awesome job!

Here’s the story (which mentions Keene activism!) from the Concord Monitor’s Annmarie Timmins:

When Michael Segal decided to trade Florida for New Hampshire and its “pro-liberty” opportunities in August, he dialed 413-0411 with the news. As he approached Concord, Segal dialed again with his ETA. And when Segal got to Concord, it was as he expected.

“There were a dozen people waiting at my place,” Segal said. “I’d never met them before, and they were there to help me move in.”

That’s one way Free Staters and other liberty rights activists are using their instant messaging network, Porcupine 411. But the phone number is as frequently used to report allegations of police harassment, document arrests at marijuana protests and promote Saturday night karaoke in Keene.

This weekend, one message asked for donations to make bail for a marijuana activist arrested at a rally in Manchester.

Seconds after someone leaves a voice mail at 413-0411, an audio clip of it is sent to the phones or e-mail addresses of the network’s 345 subscribers. The clip is also instantly posted on nh.porcupine411.com. More recently, volunteers have even started sending the gist of the messages out over Twitter.

“It’s really gone beyond my expectations,” said creator Michael Hampton of Manchester. “There are some who call in frequently and some who never call in. I know some (subscribers) who have the number on speed dial just in case.”

Hampton was lured to New Hampshire from Wisconsin a few years ago by the Free State Project, a recruitment effort to bring 20,000 liberty activists to New Hampshire. In 2006, he began Porcupine 411 as a way to connect like-minded souls from across the state.

The name, Porcupine 411, or Porc 411 for short, is a nod to the Free State Project, which uses the porcupine as its mascot.

It is free to subscribe. Hampton, who has experience with phone networks, created the platform and collects just $15 a month for the phone line service. (Two other Porcupine 411 subscribers pick up the tab.) Hampton said he makes enough off the network “to go out to eat once a month.”

Hampton said he makes his living off his blog, homelandstupidity.us.

Ian Freeman of Keene has been a subscriber since the beginning. He likes to know when the police “are going after some peaceful person,” he said. Callers often give hour-by-hour accounts of arrests and police interactions.

But Freeman, whose radio show Free Talk Lives airs on more than 60 radio stations, looks to Porcupine 411 for social opportunities, too. On Sunday nights, the Keene contingent gathers at a local Middle Eastern club to visit and play board games, he said.

Dave Ridley, a Free Stater who arrived in 2002, documents his interactions with the police, often while exercising his right to openly carry a firearm, through his site ridleyreport.com. He said he has about 4,000 subscribers, half of them in New Hampshire. Porcupine 411 is his major source of news, he said.

Callers update him on gun rights protests at the State House or police arrests at marijuana protests in Keene, Manchester and elsewhere. Ridley advocates documenting police enforcement of what he calls victimless crimes. He counts “harmless” drug use and motor vehicle offenses in that category.

Porcupine 411 is one way to document that interaction, he said, because anyone questioned by the police need only dial the phone number and let the voice mail record the conversation. The network has served Ridley well in other ways, too.

He called the number once looking for a jump start for his car. Fifteen minutes later, someone arrived to help.

“It saved me $50, and I didn’t have to use AAA,” he said. “And Porcupine 411 won’t lobby for seatbelt laws like AAA.”

What: Emergency Meeting Gun Ban

When: Friday, January 15, 2010 9:00 AM

Where:
NH State House
107 N Main St
Concord, NH 03301

The Joint Facilities Committee is having a meeting on Joint Facilities gun ban at 9:00 AM Friday in room 100 of the STATE HOUSE.

Only Reps and Senators can testify.

Even though the public cannot testify, a good showing of self-defense advocates and defenders of the Second Amendment would be welcome.”