[Transcribed from Kurt’s “Mail From Jail” letter, which can be found here. Be sure to visit Mail-to-Jail to write letters to Kurt in jail.]
Thur., Oct 22, 2009, A.D., Day 21
It is said in many circles that patterns in the human mind bear their first fruit after 21 days of enacting that same repetitive behavior. Well, today is that day and I must say the pattern of head and neck pain as a constant nag is nearing its end as far as my wits are concerned. The double-vision and the blurryness and the difficulty focusing have gotten old. All I wanted to do was get to my love and touch, hold and talk to the most previous gift I have on this planet (oh, it’s not my little buddy, Scamper, guys, cut it out (ha ha!)). The truth is only known currently by four people that day. Which version anyone cares enough to believe is theirs to choose. I know where my conscience lays. Can the others say the same to their “Gods?” That is for time to tell now isn’t it?
Tonight is Thursday and God willing and the small minded robots not minding (too much) I’ll have a visitation. That is the highlight of my currently very uneventful and uninteresting life in jail, for telling a megalomaniacal man in a dress that his “laws” mean nothing to me. Perhaps I ought to feel differently but right at this moment I’m about sick of it all as I have been from the moment they pull me over in the guise of keeping the world safe. Bullstuph! When did the “Live Free or Die” state become East Berlin? Never in my life have I experienced more out of control “government” than this, not even in Taxachusettes. (more…)
Free Keene welcomes our newest blogger, lyricist and experienced activist Richard Onley. Congrats on approaching your first full year in Keene, Richard! Here’s Richard’s bio from the Bloggers page:
Richard Onley (“Sam A. Robrin”) – Richard Onley adopted the libertarian viewpoint when he threw his copy of Steve Ditko’s comic book Avenging World across the room in disgust. The ideas wouldn’t leave him alone, however, and when customers in the Comics and Comix store where he worked observed that Ditko had “gotten hold of some Ayn Rand books,” Richard did the same. A speech by Roger McBride put him on the Party path, but campaigns, ballot drives, and policy-setting didn’t seem to be advancing liberty. Three years at Laissez-Faire Books was more productive, but the client base already agreed with the ideas sold. Disenchanted, he began living a “Bilbo Baggins existence.” Like Bilbo, though, Richard couldn’t ignore encroaching forces of evil forever, which brought him to Keene in December of 2008, where his wordplay and cynicism appear to be more of a contribution to liberty’s dissemination than anything else he’s yet tried..
Judge Howard Lane, filling in for our friend Burke, found Sam “guilty” today for driving after suspension in relation to this incident.
Sam raised a few objections regarding conflicts of interest and why Burke has not yet ruled on his previous case, but he played by the court rules for the most part (except for standing). Below is a cut-down video from the trial including Sam’s objections and a few other highlights:
Now you can have the robed man of Keene’s district court, Edward Burke, yell at you every time you get a phone call! Hear him utter one of his most famous lines, “HAVE A SEAT!” with each ring of your phone!
It’s almost feels like being at the mercy of the robed man yourself!
[Transcribed from Kurt’s “Mail From Jail” letter, which can be found here. Be sure to visit Mail-to-Jail to write letters to Kurt in jail.]
Wed, Oct 21, 2009 A.D., Day 20
Last night after asking 13 different guards, one finally got back to me on a book Sam A. Robrin sent to me. They said “it was denied due to content.” Come to find out it was “Illuminatus,” a book Sam A. Robrin has been wanting me to read for quite some time. The guard named “Beyer” was finally kind enough and respectful enough to inform me. He did also mention that it is in my “private property.” My guess is that they denied it because it was over their own reading levels. Okay, I’ll stop… but seriously, how silly is that?
It appears that they are tracking my mail and I’ll have to outsmart them (which isn’t hard) but, they are often not nice to the “inmates” and have barked at me a few times. I suppose they get to forgetting they are speaking with fellow human beings. I’m not really sure why they feel so threatened that they must track my mail. I sure don’t have the “influence” that Sam or Ian or some other folks have (who are less LOUD than I am). I’m no Dave Ridley.
This morning, as I do every morning, I open both eyes after praying that I can see without double vision… again, nope, and I woke to the usual and all too familiar room spinning thing. The “Doctor” hasn’t looked or examined me once. The Physician Assistant, early on, at least flashed a few lights in my eyes. (more…)
Brandon Durham of Keene found the morning of October 19, 2009 a little chilly. He was walking to the courthouse wearing a hooded sweatshirt and found that putting the hood up kept his head warmer. He entered the City Hall building and proceeded up the stairs and through the security checkpoint. Brandon then entered the courtroom and took a seat while he waited for the judge to enter the room and process the days docket.
A bailiff approached Brandon and asked him to remove his hood.
Brandon forgot he even had it on and declined when asked to remove it.
Richard Onley (“Sam A. Robrin”)
Don’t get enough abuse in your life? Ever feel the need to be bossed around on a regular basis?
