Wednesday, September 8, 2010

9-8

Where to begin?


Touched down in Manchester, NH yesterday and immediately set to a whole slew of errands that apparently do not let up even when one is unemployed and homeless. Like the phone. Kind of fell out of my pocket into a tidal pool up in Acadia National Park. It works. Sort of. But the camera is a complete wash. har har.

Last night I went to Tap Room Tuesday at Murphy's in Manchester to have my personal first meeting with the Free State Project members and friends. As is typical of any group of people that has been around each other long enough to establish roles in a particular social setting there was no welcoming smiles right when I walked in. In fact, most of the groups were so immersed in individual conversations around each table that I would not of known them to be free staters save for the fact that I asked. Though the diversity, and a couple of the conversations in particular were fantastic context clues.

The first welcome I received was from a rather stern faced young lady (her smile came later) who I am told is one of the bigger civil disobedience characters of the town. Aside from her deceptive stoic features she was easily one of the most receptive people I first encountered. From there I thrust myself into group conversations with instant success every time. I was concerned that I would walk into a wildly divergent group over minor differences. Specifically the divide that is wildly popular in forums between political activists and civil disobedience activists. While, there was talk and some heated discussion between the two sides, mostly they were all there to grab a beer and relax in good company. And relax they did . It wasn't long that from cool beginning reception before I was being immersed in new faces, names, attitudes, aspirations all eager to welcome a new companion in the fight for liberty. They were helpful, interesting, vivacious, and everything I could of hoped for out of a first introduction with the liberty movement.

If people aren't willing to socialize then they won't be willing to participate, and there was a lot of socializing. Though invited to after events, sadly I had to abscond off to Portsmouth in search of employment. I'm happy to say I like the feel of this town.

Manchester was a lot like Ft. Wayne, IN (my hometown) in feeling. More so than I expected. While Portsmouth has a much, much older feel. The downtown is a bunch of twisty, thin streets with brick buildings that mostly predate 1900. Oh, and it's by the ocean....awesome. I got to see though, what the activist scene is like there. More in a bit.

Thursday, September 2, 2010

Philadelphia Ho!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bV5GUMaDa0k

Ironic part. I'm in a starbucks...right now. For free be the internet. Suck it airlines.

Saturday, August 28, 2010

San Francisco Diversion

My internet time is limited to running between flights right now, so I'm not sure yet how to connect youtube to blogger...any assistance would be of the upmost levels of awesome. Until then...copy & paste.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVTSXqFrXJw

On the move

The first video has been on YouTube for a week now, but I haven't tied it to the blog...oops. Plus, my belief in WiFi being rampant apparently doesn't apply to the airports I've been in for the better part of this week. That is...w/o charge. And I'm unemployed now. I am not paying 15 federal reserve notes for 40 min of intermittant service.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VzpmqK7eNw

Saturday, August 14, 2010

Revitalization Act

I am done.

Once upon a time (2 years ago) I had a choice. Two options in my mind of where to go now that my feet had touched dirt after being thrown up into university life for four years. I could follow the fancy of carnal desires and over-leveraged love or, I could fling myself into the complete unknown and follow my dreams of producing a more liberated portion of ground.

Well, it is two years later, and it's high time I give up on the first option and move onto the second. 'Bout damn time, too.

I am going to New Hampshire as a member of the Free State Project. I will arrive the week after labor day weekend.

I am not visiting first. I do not know anyone there personally. I do not have a place to land. I do not even frequent the online forums enough to be known. This is a horrible idea, and I could not be more excited.

Really, I couldn't. I'm on day 11 straight of twelve hour shifts, I don't have much emotional energies left. I'm working the kind of job that makes it abundantly clear for self-removal. @ 7 days/week, avg 60-70 hrs/week. (or 84 like the past two) you begin to lose touch with all the ones you love, no matter how much you fight. No matter how many nights you forgo sleep to stride the town and pretend you are not utterly alone.

Last week starting now. Hallelujah.

That was background, now two things I wanted to cover.

The first, I will be making vids and posting them of my trip and survival in New Hampshire. The whole idea I'm thinking is that if I can do it no job, no home, only connections being receptive free staters, basically nothing but savings and a smile, then anyone can. Believe me, I'll make this shit look easy.

Second, what the bloody ass crunch is the Free State Project anyways? Well, let me tell you, friend. It's an effort to concentrate liberty oriented people in one geographical location to cause the greatest effect on that area's (New Hampshire) society. I want liberty (to succeed or fail) and this is hands down the best way to get it in our lifetime that I can see. I'll go more into it in time, and vlogs, but suffice to say the entire effort is to get the people to New Hampshire. Once there, then you are free to do as you please. Around 1,000 have already made the move and there have been awesome going ons all across Southern New Hampshire in particular. Time to head that way, away from all this misery in Wisconsin. Check out for yourself at http://www.freestateproject.org/ or

or

Until the videos, I'm signing off.

Expect the first video sometime this week.....by next weekend. Editing material now.