During last week’s “Talkback” on WKBK, Free Keene’s Nick Ryder appeared as a guest interview in regards to his city council candidacy. Following that, more liberty activists called in to discuss the conflict promoted by the existence of the state. Also discussed was cannabis decriminalization, violence, neighborly interaction, zoning, changing Keene, Free Staters, hugging, cannabis users, angry people, and freedom. You’ll also hear the smarmy Dartmouth guy call in and attack the intellect and accomplishments of liberty activists.
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The smokers are protesting marijuana laws and say they’ll smoke in Central Square daily until the law changes. Police say they won’t tolerate wanton law-breaking, but have no plans for a crackdown.
Marijuana may or may not spark creativity, but it has long inspired music. Bessie Smith and Willie Nelson have sung its praises, as has pretty much any reggae and hip hop artist you’d care to name. But none of them were in Keene Wednesday.
“Well in my life I’ve learned that serving’s not the point
Give me a toke off that joint, oh yeah
There’s a 420 fest every day in Keene
People being peaceful and free….”
Recorded as it happened and unedited. The jumps in the beginning are me hitting the pause button on the camera. Kurt was sentenced to 180 days in jail for attempting to converse with Edward Burke, the robed man calling himself a judge.
Cheshire sheriffs demand we not record as Kurt Hoffman who minutes before was incapacitated by Eli Rivera, Keene PD’s prosecutor, is wheeled out from Keene District Court on a stretcher. They claim some words on paper called “HIPA” prevent the “free press” from recording people receiving medical care, even if the recipient requests cameras present:
Did you know that EMS workers are also now enforcers of some arbitrary words on paper called “HIPA”? (I didn’t – I thought they were good people who do their best to help. Guess that’s not true of all of them.) EMS workers and sheriffs claim that “HIPA” allows them to prevent you from recording video of what they do with patients. Apparently it doesn’t matter what the patient wants. Watch as this thug steals my camera. I then spent over an hour of my time waiting around to get it back. Watch for another angle and longer video coming from ObscuredTruth.com soon here at FreeKeene.com
Is anyone really surprised? A majority of the people calling themselves the Keene city council could have shown a little compassion and voted in favor of a resolution that would have encouraged cannabis decriminalization at the state level. This would have been a symbolic gesture, nothing more. Rather than choose to do that, they opted to do nothing as they similarly chose two weeks ago to do nothing for medical patients who could use cannabis to get relief from debilitating disease.
To their credit, some city councilors including Pam Slack, did take a compassionate position. Others claimed they favored the issue personally, but didn’t think it their jobs as city councilors to weigh in on decriminalization. Still others seemed confused and claimed they’d originally voted the wrong way.
Welcome to politics. People who know next to zero about an issue get to make decisions that will rule the lives of other human beings who did not consent to being ruled. Elected bureaucrats across the country are regularly doing nothing about the millions of Americans who have been arrested for possessing a plant, seed, or chemical. Yet, people still attempt to appease these political rulers by supplicating to them and obeying their every arbitrary demand, not to mention paying their capricious fines.
Free Keene’s blogger Nick Ryder is running “at-large” for Keene city council and the Keene Sentinel recently asked him to respond to several questions. Here are the questions and his responses:
Nicholas J. Ryder
Age: 22.
Address: 29 North Lincoln St.
Family: Single.
Education: High school graduate; some Keene State College.
Occupation: Print and tech specialist at a local printing company/self-employed videographer.
Organizations to which you belong/have belonged: Cheshire TV volunteer; FreeKeene.com blogger.
During last week’s “Talkback” on WKBK, Free Keene’s Nick Ryder appeared as a guest interview in regards to his city council candidacy. Following that, more liberty activists called in to discuss the conflict promoted by the existence of the state. Also discussed was cannabis decriminalization, violence, neighborly interaction, zoning, changing Keene, Free Staters, hugging, cannabis users, angry people, and freedom. You’ll also hear the smarmy Dartmouth guy call in and attack the intellect and accomplishments of liberty activists.
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