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I was leaving my political science class today, and my professor – NH State representative Charles Weed – had commented on his frustrations with a one Barack Obama. This sparked a conversation that, as we walked, got quite heated as it ran the gamut from national socialism to the legitimacy of a social contract which he seemed to suggest was not only acknowledged by using the roads, but that that act became my signature on it. We departed on the topic of public schools. The following is a response for Professor Weed articulating some points about libertarianism it was apparent he either did not understand or could not see.
Professor Weed,
I’ve been having a tough time in class, as evidenced in my brief and sputtering tirade today. I feel the need to explain what the political landscape looks like to a large amount of people in this country (numbering in millions) that have no voice in the pageantry called democracy. These people, myself included, can no longer turn a blind eye nor participate in, nor give our sanction to a system that has perpetrated the greatest evils the world has known. It has empowered and enabled the kinds of dictators around the world that it itself claims to protect us from.
Here’s Josh’s bio from the bloggers page:
An avowed and proud egoist born and raised in New Hampshire, Josh is new to Keene and is studying architecture at Keene State College. He was fortunate to develop his mind and concepts of reality in a relatively free area of the world. Unfortunately, he was born to such people, been to such “schools” and subjected to such circumstances as to learn from first hand experience the nature of authority and the frustration of constant assault against individualism. With an artists mind and sensibility, Josh has always run against the grain, resisting any and all attempts at confinement and conformity. Rejecting the notion of God as nonsense by age six, he has always felt a compulsion to shatter the illusions of authority around him. The pseudonym Vesuvius describes perfectly the new fire of activism and awareness roaring from a once dormant peak, the activism of the Free State Project being that awakening rumble.
Liberty activists called WKBK’s Talkback this morning to discuss police violence, why some people can be unpleasant towards government “representatives”, democracy, the cycle of violence, the economic situation, and threatening neighbors.
Please join us in calling the program with a pro-liberty viewpoint. Get details and discuss on this Free Keene forum thread.
For the time being, you can only listen to Free Talk Live on the radio in Keene on Saturday nights from 7 to 10p, and that’s only if the Red Sox aren’t playing. However, when it does actually air, you can now hear Keene’s own internationally syndicated talk radio program on four FM and AM frequencies: the “conservative” talker WKBK 104.1 FM and 1290 AM and the new “progressive” talker WZBK 103.1 FM and 1220 AM. (1220 is also in HD.)
If you would like to hear the show all six nights a week please get in touch with Dan Mitchell at WKBK or Peter Case at WZBK. The business lines for both stations are 603-352-9230 and 802-254-2343, respectively. Also, the General Manager is Bob Cox, and I’m sure he’d appreciate hearing from you as well. Please only contact these gentlemen if you live within the Keene listening area!
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