For Your Safety?

by | Feb 5, 2009 | 8 comments

On the ride over to Concord (for the DMV hearing pertaining to Lauran) some fellow liberty activists and I spotted a City of Keene police cruiser speeding along Route 9 in Hillsborough. As you can see in the video, the driver is obviously concerned about the safety of the drivers around him with his excessive speed, tailgating, and swerving. The video is narrated so it’s best you watch it, since I’d just be repeating what’s said.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0WWN8R-qq4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lC6P056PG34

Later at the DMV hearing, I couldn’t hide the large smirk on my face. The DMV bureaucrat claimed Lauren endangered the safety of other drivers on the roads, because of her disobedience to the law, not because she actually posed a threat or hurt anyone. Double standards? Hypocrisy? I think the answer is quite clear and exposes the state of the current social order.
On a side note, there were no City of Keene police officers present at the hearing for Lauren so the end destination of this cruiser is still unknown.

Imprisoned Over a Hat

by | Feb 4, 2009 | 1 comment

Two of my friends were arrested yesterday. One was arrested for refusing to comply with a rule to remove his hat. The other was arrested for asking questions about the rule. They both failed The Slave Test.

I’m already anticipating the apoligists for the tyrants, those who will defend the violent enforcement of this arguably trivial matter. It’s silly, right? I ask, which is sillier? Refusing to obey a rule about trivial items of clothing on your own body or putting someone in a cell for said trivial item of personal clothing? When the judge asked for Jesse’s specific religious reason, he said he refused on moral grounds and that morality and religion are one and the same to him.

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The Slave Test

by | Feb 3, 2009 | 6 comments

Are you a slave? Recently I wrote about how governments manufacture and evoke powerful symbols to essentially brainwash us and keep us obedient. I used an analogy of similar tactics in the past to efficiently maintain the obedience of household slaves. I have a friend who claims my language is far too strong. He says I overuse words like “violence” and “slave” to artificially infuse my arguments with emotion when I’m talking about governments. I can’t really recall his exact argument but I think it amounted to “Nuh uh!”. But I thought of a way that he, and others who agree with his assertion could prove me wrong. They can take the slave test!

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Statist Calls out Liberty Activists on WKBK’s “Talkback” – 1/24 & 1/31 Double Archive

by | Feb 2, 2009 | 5 comments

Radio TowerLiberty activists called WKBK’s Talkback the past two Saturdays and discussed education, development, the city prosecutor’s aggression against Freedom Fest organizer Mike Barskey, and public areas. Listen as host and city councilor Cynthia actually claims that local laws trump the constitution! Plus, this week’s featured statist caller claims all Free Staters are violent because one of them made a mistake in his past.

The statist also makes an observation that liberty-oriented callers to the show have dropped off, and he’s right. Over the past two weeks, only OTN’s Sam and I have called. The unfortunate fact is, the authoritarians are still the bulk of call load on this show. If you are awake on Saturday mornings, we could really use your help! Please join us in calling the program with a pro-liberty viewpoint. Get details on when and how and discuss with other activists on this Free Keene forum thread.

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