Radio Free Keene News 2012-06-17

Radio TowerRadio Free Keene News is a five minute newscast which is available as a podcast and also will air at the top of some hours on LRN.FM.

Topics covered include the raid on the Keene Activity Center, the latest on the FBI’s investigation into the Keene activist community, and the one year Tom Ball self-immolation memorial. Here’s the archive:

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Tom Ball’s Self Immolation: Not Forgotten

Yesterday, activists and people abused by the NH court system gathered to remember Thomas Ball, who immolated himself in front of the Cheshire “superior” court in protest of the terrible “justice” system here. Sentinel reporter Kyle Jarvis was there:

A year after a Massachusetts man died of self-immolation in front of the Cheshire County Superior Courthouse in Keene, concerned parents gathered there Friday to support his efforts to reform the family court system.
Thomas J. Ball, 58, of Holden, Mass., was embroiled in a lengthy, bitter dispute with his ex-wife in Cheshire County Family Court over medical bills for the couple’s three children.
On June 15, 2011, Ball committed suicide by dousing himself with gasoline and lighting himself on fire. (more…)

Unelected Government Employees vs. The People and The Law

[Art.] 2-a. [The Bearing of Arms.] All persons have the right to keep and bear arms in defense of themselves, their families, their property and the state.

Seems pretty straight forward to me, yet unelected employees of the political subdivision known as the University System of New Hampshire continue to maintain that college students at a publicly owned higher education institution are not really people who have rights.

I have understanding for the position USNH is in, but with all due respect, they’re wrong.

I have decided to proceed pro se against USNH’s lawsuit and I will be updating you, the public, on my effort to defend the ability to lawfully carry a firearm or knife for lawful self-defensive purposes while on property that you (the public) ostensibly own.

This now means I have “the power of the Court” to subpoena (compel) and depose (question) witnesses.  I am spending considerable time now reviewing several defense strategies and working on deciding precisely how I will use the Court’s power to once again (like with Jason Talley’s case) show you how the government (and its servants) fail to follow the rules The People have established.

Your feedback, advice, critique, and suggestions are welcome.

Stay tuned for updates.

State of NH Continues to Screw Third Parties

Here’s a piece from the Nashua Telegraph that lays out how the state government has made it even harder for third parties to qualify for the ballot.

Many people support keeping third parties off the ballot, presumably because they know how much of a threat extra choices are to the establishment. Currently the LP is involved in a petition drive to secure party-wide ballot access. 13,000 signatures are required. However, if successful, it only lasts for this year’s election… UNLESS a statewide candidate from the LP receives at least 4% of the vote, which has never happened.

The system is built to prevent choice.

The Dark Side of the Greyhound Deal

As you may have seen in my last post, Greyhound services will stay in Keene.  Part of the news report from the Sentinel said that it was due to them coming to an agreement with the Vermont DOT.  Turns out that the agreement in question was regarding a subsidy.

Yes, Greyhound is apparently now a government funded operation.  Actually, this probably isn’t the first time they have taken money from the state.  I am curious as to how many of their routes are subsidized.

It is hard to blame them.  Businesses in the transportation industry are heavily regulated, so it is understandable why one would take a subsidy if it were available, though strings are likely attached.

More state involvement leads to further state involvement.  Ugh.