KEENE, N.H. — In most places, the parking enforcement officer reflects the municipal compact. Armed only with a gadget that can spit out a ticket at the forgotten drop of a dime, the officer quietly serves civic and commercial life by ensuring that meters are fed.
In most places, yes. But not here in charming Keene, where parking officers figure in a philosophical tug of war between a small band of activists who live by the motto “Free Keene,” and the great majority of residents who were unaware that their city was in bondage. (more…)
Movin to the country • The hell is a guinea hen? • Sending Darryl to the farm • Keene city employees = free parking • We dissect the hell out of some Game of Thrones show and book (Spoiler alert up to S04E03) • Eric and Stormy join • Show notes, audio, and archives at: BlackSheepRising.org
Legendary activist and Free Keene blogger Rich Paul appears on the Rebel Love Show, where he spills his guts about a life of civil disobedience and the high cost he has borne because of it.
Have you seen those news stories about the US government stealing domain names from people they don’t like? Now, if they do that to us here at Free Keene, you’ll need to use our .bit domain to find us. However, there are a few steps you must take before being able to see .bit domains. Meowbit is an easy-to-use program that allows anyone with a windows computer to access the decentralized .bit domain names. Here’s a guest blog from Meowbit creator Michael W. Dean:
Free Talk Live, the preeminent syndicated liberty radio show, has added a dot-bit mirror, so you can still access the site in case some cranky government control freak ever seizes their domain.
Ian Freeman of Free Talk Live’s site Free Keene also has a dot-bit mirror.
Get the Namecoin wallet and MeowBit dot-bit viewing software, free, here. (more…)
A couple of weeks ago, Free Talk Live host Mark Edge pledged to donate $10 to St. Jude Children’s Hospital for every signer of the Free State Project received by the end of April. I pledged to match his $10, as did FTL listener Michael January. The FSP racked up 52 signers in the timeframe, so now over $1,500 is being donated to St Jude! Thanks to everyone who signed up for the FSP – see you in NH!
In a report by the Keene Sentinel’s Kyle Jarvis both reps cite frustrations with the system and their fellow reps. Weed suggests that he’s upset at his fellow Democrats because they won’t get behind other taxes, like an income tax,
“I’m very disappointed with Republicans, but also in the Democrats,” he said. His fellow party members are not willing “to talk about key issues that face New Hampshire … being most important to me, a fair tax structure. They’re afraid to bring it up, or even discuss it, because they think that means you’ll lose the next election.”
Chase also cites frustrations with the atmosphere in Concord,
“I find the situation in Concord frustrating at times. I feel very much like a square peg being forced into a round hole. I just don’t fit the mold up there. I hesitate to point my finger at anyone because it’s not their fault, it’s me.
Naturally, the more liberty-oriented people come here as part of the Free State Project, the more frustrating things will become for those who wish to control others. Already, anti-liberty reps are leaving office because they are having too much difficulty passing increases in government. Now that liberty media like Ridley Report and Free Keene are on their cases and exposing them publicly, that can’t make things very comfortable for them. So, they’re quitting, which is a big opportunity for liberty-loving people to help elect someone more freedom-oriented!
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Thanks to columnist Dan Barry for taking an interest in the goings-on here in Keene and also thanks to the editors for making it a FRONT PAGE story! His piece was published today in the New York Times and focuses on Robin Hooding, the Free State Project and the haters. Here’s the story:
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“I’m very disappointed with Republicans, but also in the Democrats,” he said. His fellow party members are not willing “to talk about key issues that face New Hampshire … being most important to me, a fair tax structure. They’re afraid to bring it up, or even discuss it, because they think that means you’ll lose the next election.”
