Mother Jones Reports on Keene Liberty Activism: “hybrid of Gandhi and Project Mayhem”

by | Oct 11, 2011 | 43 comments

MJThanks to Mother Jones magazine’s Tim Murphy for this excellent coverage of Keene liberty activism and the Free State Project. Though, the headline “GOP Heads to Porcupine Country” is quite inaccurate. Most people I know don’t give a whit about the GOP. Also, the poll statistics they present in the sidebar doesn’t describe the “libertarians” I know. Aside from those minor critiques, the article itself is very good.
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Lemonade “Terrorism”

by | Aug 22, 2011 | 83 comments

On August 20th, 2011 at 12:31pm on the Capitol lawn in Washington DC, Kathryn Dill, William Duffield, and I were arrested for selling 10cent cups of lemonade.  The events leading up to our arrest, along with our capture and kidnapping were beautifully documented by several activists who came armed with cameras (see high quality video below); therefore, I feel no need to cover those details.  However, once we were taken away, there were no more cameras to share our experience.

 

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Lemonade Liberation Day!

by | Aug 19, 2011 | 82 comments

This Saturday, August 20th, I will be broadcasting LIVE from Washington DC; where brave liberty activists will join me to “illegally” sell lemonade on the Capitol lawn.

You can watch my live feed of the event from noon to 3pm: Meg McLain’s LIVE Coverage

Or you can follow Eddie Free’s live video broadcast:  Eddie Free’s LIVE Coverage

We stand together to protect the freedom of all peaceful people, who face threats of violence for the simple act of selling lemonade.  There have been hundreds of accounts from across the nation of police shutting down children’s lemonade stands due to lack of government permits.

These permits are “required” by local governments, using excuses of ‘health and safety’; and can cost hundreds, even thousands of dollars.  But, should the permitted vendor cause health or safety issues, the government that issued the permit is not liable for permitting a dangerous business.  Bureaucrats face no consequences.  So what is the purpose of these expensive permits?  To gain more money for local governments; to force compliance and subservience to government “authorities”; and for larger businesses to cut out their competition… even if that competition is a couple of kids with a lemonade stand.

So join us in Washington DC at noon, or watch LIVE and join in an online conversation about the event!

SELLING LEMONADE IS NOT A CRIME!

For more information about Lemonade Freedom, head over to LemonadeFreedom.com

Lauren Pays Ransom to Armed Gang for Jim’s Release

by | Jul 21, 2011 | 0 comments

JimAfter three weeks of being jailed for not filling out a court form, then ultimately for being morally opposed to paying money to aggressors, Jim Johnson is among the semi-free again!

Generous people donated to Jim’s wife Lauren Canario, and she and Jim made the choice to pay the ransom. It is good to have Jim out of the cage, and outrageous that he was put there in the first place. The man in the robe, in an “ORDER”, claims he doesn’t have “statutory authority” to instead of a fine, impose jail time at $50/day, or community service. (See that ORDER, as well as the original one that Jim was imprisoned on here.

Can the robed man, John P. Arnold, be held responsible? Word is that some activists are pursuing the new “grievance committee” option in Concord against both Keene judges, Arnold and Burke. How successful it will be is another question. JJ and I also put in a message with John Lynch, “the governor”, who is the man who appoints all the judges. Thus far, he has not called back.

Other shenanigans related to this case:

The hearing where John P. Arnold threw Jim Johnson back in a cage was about as secret as you can get. (more…)