2008 NH Liberty Forum, Day 3

Saturday at the Free State Project's 2008 NH Liberty Forum, 1/5/2008.

Part 1



Part 2

2008 NH Liberty Forum, Day 3 - Mincin-Stephen Debate

Free Stater Dave Mincin holds the feet of NH 1st District Congressional candidate, former NH DHHS Commissioner John Stephen to the fire at the Free State Project's 2008 NH Liberty Forum. Yeah, yeah: half a minute without video. Rest your eyes or something...

2008 NH Liberty Forum, Day 2

A sampler of daytime activities at Day 2 of the Free State Project's NH Liberty Forum, 1/4/2008.



And evening festivities. Specifically, the dinner speaker, "Cap'n Roughseas," AKA "enemy of the state" (but who of us isn't these days) Liberty Dollar's Bernard von Nothaus. Hey, find a Liberty Associate, get yourself a paper Certificate, and join the class action...

2008 NH Liberty Forum State House Tour

The NH Liberty Alliance takes the Free State Project's NH Liberty Forum attendees on a physical and political tour of the NH State House and Legislative Office Building, 1/3/2008.

Ron Paul's Speech at the 2008 NH Liberty Forum

GOP Presidential candidate Congressman Dr. Ron Paul's amazing address to the 2008 NH Liberty Forum, admittedly a friendly audience, 1/6/2008. Watch for the spontaneous ghost of Barry Goldwater. (Yeah, ok: "Jr." But it's still kinda freaky, ain't it...? And no, not when he's introduced.)

Ron Paul Presence at Fox News GOP Forum

Ron Paul at the 1/6/2008 Faux- er..., Fox News GOP Forum -- in spirit, anyway -- at St. Anselm's College in Goffstown, NH, from which he was banned, 3 days after pulling double digits in the Iowa Caucuses, and 2 days before the NH primaries. Agenda, you say? Noooo...

2008 NH Liberty Forum Firearms Shoot

Scenes from this morning's Firearms Shoot to open the 2008 Free State Project Liberty Forum, at Manchester Firing Line & Range in Manchester, NH. My Reason interview even made it to the web before my video...

So I did most of my talking on the bus to and from the event and milling around. Bill Alleman, who blogs and posts videos under the name NHBikerBill, laughed about the Mitt Romney and Hillary Clinton ads that trumpet their work for average schlubs ("He saved my daugher! She unclogged my toilet!") and argued that only Paul's got truly excited supporters.

"Nobody wants to vote for Romney or those other guys, but there are these voters who vote out of habit: Oh, there's an election, I'd better decide. Why should those votes count as much as votes for Ron Paul?" Bill shook his head. "You listen to him and you say 'This is how it should be, goddamn it!'"

Well, he almost got the username right (he scored on the YouTube url, though). Thanks, Dave! Here's the video (yes, I said the wrong date)...

Ron Paul on Executive Power

A Discussion on Executive Power with Dr. Ron Paul
Presented by the Federalist Society Chapter of Franklin Pierce Law Center, Concord, NH, 12/19/07

And the Good Doctor on NHPR's "The Exchange" the following morning. I do believe I've never heard Laura quite so contentious...

The Plundering of the People

A chart published today by USAToday lists "The 20 freshman members of Congress who had the most special-interest spending, or 'earmarks,' in the House and Senate spending bills. This includes only spending items with a single sponsor, not multiple sponsors." NH 2nd District's own Paul Hodes ranks #17, at $8,806,000 worth of stolen pork.

We NH residents must be so proud to be such thieves, you and I, preying on our neighbors so. Rep. Hodes, despite there being no political quid pro quo involved (because surely you're above that), you nevertheless confiscated this money, this labor, at the point of a gun, from honest, hardworking families in VT and SC and MO and KS and WY and NM and... Are you so certain you spent it more wisely than they could have?

Not in my name, sir. Stop. It is not yours to give. Or to take.

NH Liberty Alliance Bill Review Training Session

The NH Liberty Alliance is gearing up for the upcoming NH legislative session, and here are some scenes from the first Bill Review Training Session of that festive season. For background on the "terrorist Senate" reference, see "NHLA Political Director Don Gorman testifies against SB44" here.