by Ian | Jun 4, 2009 |
BIG NEWS:
Mark your calendar. A trial has been scheduled for Sam on 6/15 at 1:30pm in Keene District Court. (2nd Floor, 3 Washington St., Keene, NH 03431)
Word is Ivy sent notice to the city manager and council as well as some other bureaucrats to let them know they will be held liable under some federal code about deprivation of rights (USC 1983) for every day they have been complicit in holding Sam. A couple of days later, a trial has been magically scheduled.
Sam is expected to call tonight’s Free Talk Live.
Also, if you were witness to Sam’s arrest and willing to testify at trial, please post to the trial discussion thread.
by John Smith | Jun 4, 2009 |
In January, 2009, Andrew Carroll held a plant in his hand and government people arrested him. The plant was a marijuana bud, and the government people were (and are) violent. The law enforcement officers were not shouting or jumping or hitting – they were calm and relatively pleasant to talk to – but a calm and well-spoken thug is a thug nonetheless.
Instead of thinking for themselves – instead of showing anywhere near the amount of courage that Andrew showed in publicly announcing his protest in advance – the law enforcement officers arrested his because he did something that words-on-paper somewhere said was a bad thing to do. They could have thought to themselves, “This guy is not hurting anyone, not threatening anyone, not damaging any property, not stealing anything, not committing fraud, not lying – not a single person even complained that they had a negative opinion of him standing here holding this plant. He is causing no harm at all. This law is a pointless one. We should leave him alone.” Instead, they arrested him because they either can’t or won’t think for themselves, or their understanding of what makes a peaceful society is dangerously distorted.
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by Dale Everett | Jun 4, 2009 |
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Bureaucrash has been a bold voice for liberty for years, steadily growing in popularity, but it’s taken on a not-so-bold new direction toward partisan politics as usual. Lee Doren was chosen as the new Crasher in Chief by the Competitive Enterprise Institute.
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by Sam Dodson | Jun 3, 2009 |
I’m writing in response to Keene Sentinel columnist Michael Schuman’s story titled “Will the Free Staters Please Sit Down?” I must admit, a couple of years ago, before coming to understand the message of liberty, I would have agreed with Schuman’s opinions.
Schuman’s views are consistent with what many would describe as main stream America. Unfortunately many of his ideas are based in ignorance and misunderstanding that stems from a lack of critical thinking. Like most of us, Schuman probably attended government indoctrination centers where school children are taught to stand on their X, respect authority, and do as you’re told without question.
Take a look at the pledge of allegiance. How many other countries have one? How many of you know it was written by Fancis Bellamy, a National Socialist (Nazi) flag salesman, to “instill a strong belief in the state.” Dont believe me? Look it up on the internet. You’re likely to find the same picture I did of school children doing a Roman salute – the same one Hitler’s army used – before that was changed after WWII.
Schuman’s description of a classical libertarian is severely flawed and his examples display an ignorance of private property vs. individual rights.
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by Ian | Jun 2, 2009 |
Submitted to the Keene Sentinel:
There is so much misinformation in Michael Schuman’s recent opinion piece, “Will the Free Staters please sit down?”, I felt the record should be set straight. First, let’s actually define what a “Free Stater” is:
The Free State Project (FSP) is an organization that promotes the idea that liberty-minded people move to New Hampshire and get active. A “Free Stater” is nothing more than a liberty activist, and could even be from NH. Schuman, incidentally, is from Connecticut.
Schuman claims the NH Free Press is a “media outlet” of the FSP. The NH Free Press is a newspaper run by two liberty activists, but the FSP has no control over what activists do when they get here. No one ordered me to respond to Schuman’s ill-informed piece; I didn’t ask permission from, and nor do I speak for the FSP. Russell and Kat Kanning, the publishers of the NH Free Press, may consider themselves “9/11 truthers” but I don’t know many liberty activists in the Keene area who feel the same way. We are individuals with divergent beliefs but with the common thread of loving freedom so much that we’re willing to take action for it.
As for his suggestion that liberty activists are akin to the rude person who stood in front of him at a concert once, I certainly haven’t met them all, but those I know are friendly, respectful, and are good neighbors. They also range from small government minarchists to those who are voluntaryists and absolutely oppose the initiation of force against peaceful people. (more…)
by Sam Dodson | Jun 1, 2009 |
Thursday, May 28:
Hello everyone! I’ve taken a few days off from the blog posts to do some internal spiritual development. I’ve also been working out 1-2 hours a day and eating lots of food to replenish my body’s natural reserves and begin building back the ~15 pounds of muscle I lost. The workouts wipe me out, so I’ve also been sleeping an hour or two during the day.
I’m writing primarily to say “Thank you!” to everyone who contributed to getting me on Freedom Watch. I feel like the interview went very well. On my end it seemed like it was over in 2 minutes! Time flies when having fun. I heard about an email Shelly Roche sent out to 20,000 Break The Matrix viewers, that was titled “The Camera Is the New Gun.” That’s such a true statement. Cameras combined with new technology and the power of the internet is reshaping society in the same way the printing press reshaped society in ways few peasants could even imagine.
Again, thank you all for working so hard to bring my situation to the attention of Freedom Watch. I think it’s going to bring a lot more national attention to what’s happening in the Free State.
I have several more stores, and I’ll get back to them soon. The self development and insights about myself are incredibly valuable and need to take priority. I’m also getting indications that my time here is coming to a close in the next week or two. I don’t know how exactly, all I can say is it feels like I have learned what I came here to learn. It may be another month, maybe three, I’m content to wait if that’s the case. I could be misinterpreting all the little signals the universe has been sending me, but if I’m correct, I’ll be seeing everyone soon without the glass partition in something other than orange.
SamIAm
by Ian | May 31, 2009 |
To encourage more entries, Chris Muskus and I have thrown in $70 to the prize and Sam’s dad has decided to narrow the contest from having two categories to just one. So, if you make the best Free Sam sign (Contest FAQ here), you’ll win $270. Please email your entries to roymiller01 (at) hotmail.com.
