by Ian | Mar 21, 2012 |
Will May is a great inside-the-system activist, and I’m sad to see him leave Free Keene. I invited him to blog here a long way back and he eventually took me up on the offer. Since then, he’s provided some really great content, despite the fact that unlike the rest of the bloggers here, he supports some level of coercion against peaceful people. Still, I thought it would be good to have someone blogging here who comes from a different perspective, and it was.
Sadly, he’s fallen into the trap that many politics-only activists have in the past. He has identified some activism that he doesn’t like (holding certain government workers accountable) and has decided that the reason he fails at his activism is because of the actions of other people that he can’t control. Since he’s frustrated, as he admits, he has decided to throw up his hands and call it quits from this blog.
Like many people who have decided that someone else is the source of their problems and frustration, he is lashing out verbally on the way out the door. (more…)
by Ian | Mar 20, 2012 |
I was grateful to have the opportunity tonight to appear as a guest with A New Way of Life‘s Susan Burton on “Reentry Radio” and discuss with her and co-host Ed Garrett the idea of not taking plea deals. Susan is the lady who was featured in the excellent New York Times piece, “Go to Trial – Crash the Justice System“.
After I saw the article I reached out to share with her that what she wanted to see happen was already happening here in New Hampshire – people refusing to take the plea deal and loading the system up with cases. I linked her to our downloadable, printable trifold, “Don’t Take the Plea Deal“, which exists in both a NH and national version.
A couple of days later, I was contacted by Ed Garrett, who is also on her show, and invited to come talk about the flier and what we are doing up here. It was a detailed conversation about the risks and potential rewards of not taking the plea deal, and we covered a lot of ground in about an hour, including talking briefly about Jury Nullification, the Free State Project, and more.
Here’s the archive of the interview.
by Ian | Mar 20, 2012 |
While hundreds more voters did come out to vote in this year’s school board election, (in comparison to last year) the supermajority of registered Keene voters decided to abstain. Only 2266 people cast a ballot last week in Keene. (16.2% of 14,402 registered voters) The people in the state society claim as justification for their aggressive actions that “we voted for them”, but that’s hardly if ever true. Most people don’t vote. However, that doesn’t stop them from foisting their violent system on us. This is why any plans to stop voting will not stop the aggression. Just look at any town where 0% turn out (it happens). The government people don’t take this as non-confidence in their system, but instead they see it as an endorsement that the voters just think everything is peachy, so they just go right on oppressing people. The only thing that will stop them is noncooperation.
Of those who voted, 11.5%, or 262 people, voted for me. That’s with virtually no campaigning and a radical message of turning ownership of the schools over to the teachers and staff. Thanks to everyone who voted for me – no matter what your reasons.
by Ian | Mar 20, 2012 |
Please contact local state reps to support the following legislation that could take power away from the corrupt court system in NH (these, as I understand it, if passed will result in public votes to amend the constitution):
CACR 26 – Providing that the article authorizing the chief justice of the supreme court to make rules governing the administration of all the courts of the state shall be repealed.
CACR 22 – Providing that the chief justice shall adopt court rules with the concurrence of the general court.
CACR 11 – Providing that all state judges be commissioned for renewable 7-year terms.
by Ian | Mar 19, 2012 |
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
March 19, 2012
Media Contacts:
Bradley Jardis, former police officer, 603-205-6003, bbraduma@gmail.com
Rep. George Lambert, R-Hillsborough 27, 603-809-5115, marchon@gmail.com
Rep. J.R. Hoell, R-Merrimack 13, 603-315-9002, jr@jrhoell.com
BLATANT CASES OF JUDICIAL ABUSE SIGNAL NEED FOR CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
CACR 11 and CACR 22 Would Rein-In Judicial Overreach
and Restore the Balance of Power to the People of New Hampshire
KEENE, N.H.—Two state representatives and a former police officer are calling attention to the apparent abuse of power by a New Hampshire district court judge and other officials around him in an effort to showcase the need for two constitutional amendments designed to rein-in judicial authority that are planned for a House vote this week.
On Wednesday, the N.H. House is expected to vote on CACR 11, which would require the governor and council to reappoint judges every seven years, but only if they have exhibited good behavior. The House is also expected to vote on CACR 22, which would restore the Legislature’s full authority to control lawmaking in New Hampshire and limit the administrative rule-making authority of the Judicial Branch so that it is subject to Legislative approval—just like the current rule-making authority of the Executive Branch. (more…)
