Talking to Lefties about Secession, Gay Marriage, and More

May 3, 2013 by Ian · 2 Comments
Filed under: Bitcoin, Issues, Living Free, National, New Hampshire, Secession, Video

Out in front of the “town hall” with Kelly Ayotte yesterday in Fitzwilliam, I had the chance to interview Tracy who was there holding a #shameonyou sign with her wife and some friends who were holding “Stop Gun Violence Now” signs. We discussed Gay Marriage, Secession, and Bitcoin!

Talking With Righties about Secession, Islam, and More

May 3, 2013 by Ian · 2 Comments
Filed under: Hypocrisy, Issues, Secession, Video

Out in front of the “town hall” with Kelly Ayotte yesterday in Fitzwilliam, I had the chance to interview a group of people with signs referencing “Don’t Tread on Me” and the constitution and such. I wanted to know what they thought of secession. I got some mixed answers, a lot of collectivist-speak, and ended up talking about Islam with one of them. Enjoy!

Peace Ticket Issued in Response to Speeding Ticket

March 23, 2013 by Ian · 4 Comments
Filed under: Copblock, Issues, New Hampshire, Personal Freedom, Police, Secession, Victimless Crimes

Yesterday, while heading to the Occupy NH “Trespassive Three” trial in Manchester, I was pulled over in Antrim by officer Brian Reopel for allegedly speeding. He ticketed me for 66 in a 50 and I am responding by sending in a Peace Ticket along with their completed ticket.

The intent of the Peace Ticket is to give them warning that if they continue aggressing against me, a peaceful Shire Society member, they should expect a trial which will probably cost them more than they would get if I paid the ticket (which I also won’t do), as well as publicity for the matter. It gives them the chance to do the right thing and withdraw their complaint, settling the issue.

Eventually, if enough people start taking traffic tickets to trial that are also Shire Society members, perhaps the police will learn know better than to pull over people with visible Shire seals on their cars (get your free sticker here). One can dream!

KHS Students Gather for a Free Tibet

March 11, 2013 by Free Concord · 1 Comment
Filed under: Free Concord, Free Press, International, Issues, Living Free, National, New Hampshire, News, Secession, Video

Today Keene High School’s Students for a Free Tibet chapter stood for hours after noon holding signs and flags in support of the rights of the people of Tibet. The Himalayan region has been occupied by the PRC since 1951, and was more militarized and repressed after an unsuccessful uprising in 1959. March 10 marks the fifty-fourth year since the deflected revolution. Al Jazeera reports that in neighboring Nepal, police have cracked down on Tibetan activists on the eve of the anniversary. On February 13, a Tibetan monk self-immolated at a restaurant in Kathmandu. A sign of the desperation of the people is the widespread practice of self-immolation, with over 100 instances since 2009, resulting in over 40 deaths. Literally around the corner from where today’s gathering was held, a New Hampshire father self-immolated over a custody dispute at the Cheshire Superior Court.

Robin Hood & FreeStaters Ruining New Hampshire

January 30, 2013 by DerrickJ · 1 Comment
Filed under: Audio, Copblock, Copwatch, Corruption, Data, Democrats, Laugh at the Aggressors, New Hampshire, News, Outreach, Personal Freedom, Police, Politics, Secession, Thuggery, Victimless Crimes, Video, Your Evolution

PNN #30 Show Notes: http://bit.ly/WwMLWl

In this episode of Peace News Now, I cover two great Free Stater activists, James Cleaveland, and Darryl W. Perry. Subscribe by clicking here! New video daily!

Hassan Pleasantly Passes on Independence Inquiry

January 4, 2013 by Free Concord · 2 Comments
Filed under: Concord, Democrats, Free Concord, Free Press, Issues, National, New Hampshire, News, Occupy NH, Photos, Politics, Question, Secession, Video

Yesterday was the inauguration ceremony at the state house and a number of other scheduled festive events to ring in the new administrations. After doing some promotional chalkings around the perimeter of the building, I headed inside and met with other independent media personalities visiting town from Keene. When we discovered a line outside of the governor’s office, we were struck with the urge to file in.

A staffer noticed our rolling videocameras and informed us that the line was for a photograph with governor Maggie Hassan, but that she would not have time to dedicate to a videotaped interview. Darryl, Kate, and James decided to find other items to film, while I perused the posters featuring the event’s corporate sponsors, which included everything from New Hampshire businesses to pharmaceutical multinationals.

It was a very rushed encounter, as most happenings with lines tend to be. I quickly asked after handing off my rolling camera and being flashed by still cameras, “Will you be doing anything to decrease New Hampshire’s dependence on the United States federal government?”

“Uh, well, I think that’s something we’ll all talk about, thanks.”

I picked up a cheesecake item and walked to the house chamber to listen to a colorful choir. Outside of the office, the line to see the new state president grew. In the lobby, chocolate bears were being distributed. It was a statist synthesis of Christmas and Easter, and there was free stuff to go around.

Videos: KPD unveils the BEARCAT

December 9, 2012 by Darryl W. Perry · 2 Comments
Filed under: Free Press, Free State Project, Free Talk Live, Issues, Laugh at the Aggressors, Living Free, National, New Hampshire, News, Outreach, Police, Secession, Shire Choir, Shire Society, Video

On Saturday December 8, 2012 the Keene Police held an Emergency Vehicle Open House, where they showed off various vehicles from the Police Department as well as the Fire Department and Department of Public Works. Below are two of the many videos from the event.

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Concord Monitor Attacks Secession; Foundation for NH Independence Responds

November 26, 2012 by Ian · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Issues, Personal Freedom, Response, Secession

The secessionist “Foundation for NH Independence” responds to a Concord Monitor hitpiece editorial against them and the idea of secession:

We’re glad to have had the opportunity to entertain the Monitor editorial board with last week’s launch of the Foundation for New Hampshire Independence (“The circus is leaving town, and yet . . .,” editorial, Nov. 14). Mohandas Gandhi, a successful secessionist in his own right, is widely thought to have summed up his strategy for independence by saying, “First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.” We’re grateful to the board for helping us skip right to the second step.

What’s not so funny, though, is the way that New Hampshire citizens suffer every day at the hands of a federal government that has long since ceased to resemble anything our founders could have envisioned when the independent republic of New Hampshire agreed to join the United States. Read more

Secession Coverage Continues to Spread

November 20, 2012 by Free Concord · 1 Comment
Filed under: Audio, Free Concord, International, National, New Hampshire, Secession

Local independence movements continue to be popular in various media. NHPR has today published a seven minute segment that focuses mostly on the Foundation for New Hampshire Independence. Also published on the same day as last week’s Free Concord article on the subject was a story on the Concord-NH Patch, Secession Movement Comes to NH. FreeWilliamsburg.com published on November 16 an interview with a resident of the Brooklyn neighborhood who started a petition on WhiteHouse.gov to grant secession to East Williamsburg to ‘create a new, hipper neighborhood’.