This video is made-up of three short parts:
In 2010, the Shire Society declaration was presented and signed by dozens at the Porcupine Freedom Festival. In 2011, ShireSociety.com was launched, allowing people to digitally sign the Declaration as well as print out their own. With the rise of other regional-focused activism sites like Free Concord and Free Manch, as well as Shire-branded activism efforts like Shire Choir and Shire Sharing, it seemed like the liberty activist community could use another venue for communicating outside the somewhat insular and corporate-controlled Facebook (notwithstanding how useful FB can be).
With that in mind, the Free Keene Forum has been re-branded the Shire Society Forum and expanded to include Shire-oriented forums as well as other regional forums for Manch, Concord, and the rest of the land commonly known as New Hampshire. (more…)
Satirical supporters of republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich were prevented from attending a speaking event at the Radisson, where Gingrich accepted the endorsement of NH House Speaker William O’Brien. I arrived at the event just as the supporters were being ejected, and found that they made for a much more interesting story than what would be occurring formally. See my footage below of the Pro-Gingrich rally outside of the Radisson on December 21.
The current (January 2012) edition of New Hampshire Magazine prominently features Bob “Weeda Claus” Constantine in the cover story, “Up In Smoke: Is the Live Free or Die State Ready for Legal Weed?” In addition to being Weeda Claus, Bob is an advocate for jury awareness at NHJury.com and will launch the “Just Say Know” campaign with other Fr33 Agents in 2012. Along with Bob, Kirk McNeil of the New Hampshire Coalition for Common Sense Marijuana Policy, John Tommasi of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP), State Senator Jim Forsythe and State Representative Evalyn Merrick – someone who personally benefitted from medical marijuana – all represent the view that the prohibition of cannabis should end.
The following is the “Waging War” section from NH Magazine’s “Up in Smoke” article:
Photo of Bob Constantine by P.T. Sullivan for NHMagazine.com
If asked to name the longest war on record that was declared and fought by the U.S. government, what would you answer? The Revolution? World War II? Vietnam? Iraq and Afghanistan? Not even close. This is the 40th year of the “War on Drugs,” first declared by President Nixon in 1971. The Obama administration declared it was dropping the term “war” in 2009 but, linguistic quibbles aside, the same basic battle strategy continues.In most discussions about crime and its consequences, everyone involved is usually careful to first cite the plight of the victims of the crime: the beaten child, the grieving mother. Alongside the victims are the law enforcement officers who have performed their duty in pursuit of justice. But here’s where it gets sticky. (more…)
Excellent work by exceptional Attorneys Brandon Ross and Seth Hipple. I’d recommend their services highly.
PDF is here.
We started a second Chip-in as the first one ended before we intended it to. A small of $5 or $10 will help Tommy and I recoup our costs for the initial phase of the case.
Please consider donating if you haven’t been so kind already. 🙂
The Chip-in page can be found here.
UPDATE:
The legal brief submitted by the University System of New Hampshire is here.
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