The news in New Hampshire was buzzing yesterday with the story that two-time 2nd District of NH U.S. House candidate Jennifer Horn’s 18-year old son was arrested on the charge of possessing alcohol and marijuana.
NASHUA – Two-time congressional candidate and conservative activist Jennifer Horn said she and her family will move forward from the arrest of her 18-year-old son on marijuana and alcohol charges.
I suppose the arrest of this young man on the victimless offense of possessing a plant would normally not be news were his mother not so high profile. What the article doesn’t inquire Mrs. Horn about, which I think is the most important thing about this situation, is whether or not she agrees that her son should be made into a criminal-for-life for such nonsense.
The newspaper didn’t ask those types of questions of the prior candidate, but I did… about three years ago.
On Thursday when FreeKeene.com blogger Meg appears in front of a Cheshire County jury to face charges stemming from her civil disobedience arrest, I’ll be in the audience live-tweeting the events as they unfold.
I am going to trek westward to sit in the audience and support Meg because, well, she is a good person who believes in something important. She is willing to risk her own freedom so that others too can live their lives peacefully without violent state coercion. She didn’t hurt anyone. She stood in front of a car that was being used to unjustly haul someone away who had broken an unjust law.
Brave people like Meg are the reason that societies change for the better. It has happened before in this country… and it is happening again now.
Jason Talley of Talley.TV and the Civil Disobedience Evolution Fund and I follow an undercover officer from Nashua PD with our cameras as he leaves his hiding spot in the police-friendly “Courthouse Pizza” (across the street from the court building). We pepper him with questions before he can escape in his buddy’s police cruiser. This is an excellent example of how more activists with cameras can make a huge difference – we were able to chase after this cop and others stayed behind at the pizza place to keep an eye on the rest of the cops:
While listening to New Hampshire Public Radio this morning, I happened to catch an interview with Dr. Ron Paul on The Diane Rehm show. Dr. Paul answered questions about his new book, individual liberty, constitutional government, and his pending 2012 run for president. I’m not so sure how I feel now about the other liberty orientated candidate.
