BREAKING: Adam from Liberty on Tour Arrested in Vegas

by | Sep 19, 2010 | 36 comments

Here’s a lengthy qik.com video from Liberty on Tour‘s Pete Eyre of his partner Adam walking into a trap. Or so it seems. Details are sketchy at this moment. Approximately five cops are called out to deal with what appears to be a parking issue. The main cop opens with, “Can I talk to you for a second?”. What would have happened if Adam had said, “No thanks”, and closed the window? These cops were on a fishing expedition, based on what I can hear in the video. They use Adam’s answers to justify further prying into his private business.

Former cops like Barry Cooper recommend not even answering when the police are at your door. We don’t know what transpires before Adam comes to the window, but it may have been better to not acknowledge them at all. Of course, it’s easy to think about all this in hindsight, and a lot tougher on the ground with men standing around your motorhome with their hands on weapons. (more…)

Andrew Carroll’s Record-Setting Campaign!

by | Sep 15, 2010 | 90 comments

The detractors in the liberty movement said the civil disobedience in Keene “poisoned the well”. They point to the angry anonymous posts on the Sentinel articles and upset local politicos as evidence of their claim. No doubt, there are haters in Keene. Of course there are – Keene activism is dangerous to the status quo, gets attention and so local awareness means no one is “slipping under the radar” as some other activists are around the state. As a result of the haters, rumors fly around town about Free Keene and the liberty activists here. It sounds like a dire situation, doesn’t it?

Could things be done better? Sure. But since no one is in charge, the only way to accomplish that is persuasion. Otherwise, outreach is an important part of correcting misconceptions about activists in Keene. Andrew Carroll’s campaign for state house is one method of outreach. His responses on door-to-door visits were overwhelmingly positive and his voter turnout set a record for highest percentage of votes for a liberty activist in Keene!

That’s right, despite the multiple hit pieces published in the paper, the emails that went around to democrats, and the calls to local talk radio all with the intention to paint Andrew as an impostor and not a “real” democrat, Andrew Carroll received a higher percentage of the vote than did previous campaigns by liberty activists. Andrew received votes, at minimum, from 28% of all democratic voters. Julia Miranda got about 21% in 2007 and NH native Nick Ryder garnered about 24% in 2009, if I recall correctly. That 28% number comes from receiving 464 votes out of 1649 democrats voting! Please note, that in 2007 the anti-free-stater fervor had barely begun, so after years of civil disobedience, noncooperation, and outside-the-system activism, the results from inside the system are better than ever!

Congratulations, Andrew! Some say that political success isn’t possible in Keene for liberty activists here, and you may just prove them wrong the next time around. Very few candidates win their first time out.

“Courageous” Drug Warrior Cops Bust Keene Schoolteacher for Growing Plants

by | Sep 14, 2010 | 179 comments

CannabisMy science teacher was busted for growing cannabis when I was in middle school in Florida. It was one of those moments that helped me realize that I’d been lied to about cannabis. I was told it was only losers that smoked cannabis – shiftless “druggies” that would steal from their grandmother to get their next bag. Turns out that cannabis users are everywhere from teachers to police, business owners, nurses, waitstaff – everywhere.

Isn’t it time this insane war on drugs came to an end? It’s really just a war on our friends, family, and neighbors. Here’s more proof. Hopefully this won’t cost this man his job up here in NH like it did for my teacher down in FL:

From the Keene Sentinel:

A Keene elementary schoolteacher was arrested on felony drug charges last week. Darrel L. Beymer, 49, of Harrisville was charged with felony growing marijuana, possessing marijuana and criminal trespass following his arrest Friday, according to Harrisville police. Beymer is a 3rd-grade teacher at Symonds School. Harrisville police Detective Dana Hennessy said Beymer was found in possession of marijuana and was arrested after “a lengthy investigation.” He was released on $3,000 personal recognizance and will be arraigned in Keene District Court Oct. 18. No further details were available.