Keene Weekly News (May 4th 2007)

Mark Edgington talks about the news and how it relates to small government.

Mark talks about the first GOP debate, the Main Winchester, Marlborough roundabout will begin shortly (eminent domain and all), the Ashuelot Board looks to banning dogs from the park, City Officials ignore us, Don Imus is suing CBS for $122 million, the Keene Police Department, College, gas prices, Civil Unions, Public Service of NH, Income Tax, mandatory seat belt law in NH.

NH Seatbelt laws: Who owns your body???

leo_revenue_enhancement.gif Seat belt laws represent unabated tyranny on the march as each year law enforcement is expanded. Such laws infringe on a person’s rights as guaranteed in the Fourth, Fifth, and the Ninth Amendments, and the Civil Rights section of the Fourteenth Amendment.

Seat belt laws are an unwarranted intrusion by government into the personal lives of citizens; they deny through prior restraint the right to determine a person’s own safety and health care standards for his/her own body. Not using a seat belt is a victimless, state-created crime that does not hurt or threaten anyone. (more…)

Medical Marijuana Action Alert!

Pot LeafFolks may recall that last year, the NHLA created the “Fire Brigade”, a volunteer liberty-emergency alert system.
Effective immediately, the Fire Brigade is activated in an effort to pass HB 774, legalizing medical marijuana.

This bill is likely to be voted on by the full House of Representatives this Tuesday. NH Common Sense, the NH Marijuana Policy Initiative, and the NH Liberty Alliance are working together on this effort.

The legislature is divided on this issue. It really could go either way. Whether the State of New Hampshire continues to persecute sick and dying patients, or grants them compassion and dignity, is going to depend on YOU. Not “someone”, not “them”, but YOU, individually and personally.

Are you willing to spend just a few minutes to make a real difference? (more…)