Wednesday • September 8 • 2010
Vol.II • No.XXXVI
Manchester, N.H.
By Sean Murphy
There was a time in my life, not that long ago, that I thought the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were just. There was a time I got angry at the government for its impositions on people. There was a time that I hated the politicians for not following their oaths. There was a time I thought that the only way to remove the horrible corruption of government was violent revolution, and I waited for the first shot. I’ve come to realize that the wars, both in Iraq and Afghanistan, and quite likely every war the US has engaged in since 1776 has been unjust, aggressive, and wrong. I no longer get angry at the government, I laugh at it. I can no more hate politicians for lying than I can hate a snake for biting, it is their nature. I’ve learned the hard lesson that violence against the government won’t get rid of the violence that IS government.
We are fast becoming a nation of two classes of people again. This time, it will not be white and black, but rich and poor. In both cases, the government was and is behind each separation.
The U.S. Government has a history of putting itself first while it bullies and lies to the rest. That history has been developed over time. Our forefathers created a nation that was by the people and for the people. Since then, greed turned it all around.
The people are as much to blame for this as the government. Too many watched and did nothing. Life was too good, we thought. The truth is that life was controlled. Now we are owned. That is what happens when you let the government take and take. You simply get taken.
Today we vote out of fear because of it all. At the same time, the government gets richer while you lose and lose. Where is your pension?
Those who run our lives must be laughing out loud. Slavery is back. What a shame.
George Vreeland Hill
By Dave Albin
I am fortunate enough to live on a property with enough trees and garden areas, put in by previous owners, that I accumulate a pile of yard waste in my backyard. About once a year, I have to figure out what to do with it. Where I live, you can burn yard waste, and so, once a year, I do. I don't really have any good way to haul it anywhere, and I put in plants or flowers that can tolerate ashy soil after the burn is complete. In a way, I tap into my inner caveman, using a technology that has been around for a long time — the wonderful technology of fire making.
Of course, in some places, any burning is banned. In others, it is permitted, but discouraged, with a lot of vague regulations so that you can be stopped at any time. Where I live, it is clearly indicated that
By Kevin Carson
Jun 17, 2010
It’s a bit late for a column better suited to Memorial Day, but sometimes these things come to me on their own schedule.
I’ve never seen Arlington National Cemetery in person. But even seen on television, its scale is beyond comprehension. And the world is full of such places, in many countries, overflowing with war dead in their hundreds of thousands and millions. Hundreds of thousands and millions of men who left the farm, their jobs, their families, to die — because they believed those who said it was for “their nation’s interest.”
We libertarians sometimes take a philosophical approach and argue from general principles, like self-ownership and nonaggression. We own ourselves, but we don’t own others. We have rights whose exercise and defense we can delegate to others, but we can’t delegate a right — a right to control others — that we don’t ourselves possess.
I requested an email interview with the Boston U.S. census office. Here is their response:
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From: boston.pdsp@census.gov
Subject: Re: letter submitted to the New Hampshire Free Press
To: "Russell Kanning"
Date: Thursday, June 24, 2010, 11:45 AM
Please, feel free to send us questions.
We will be glad to work with you to inform your readers.
Thank you
Alexandra
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Here are the reader questions I sent to her:
What is the percentage of non-compliance?
Under what authority is the Census authorized to collect information beyond the number of residence per household?
Is it true that Census data was used to locate Japanese-Americans to round them up for internment camps. Was Arab-Americans information provided to Homeland Security?
Can you guaranty that census data will not end up on wikileaks?
Are census workers allowed to ignore "No Trespassing" signs?
original letter from Boston office:
I was very disappointed to hear how the D.C. Mafia had subjected BP to what the possibly vertebrate Joe Barton (R-TX) called a "shakedown" for $20B to compensate those hurt by its oil spill, but had also made the company agree not to cap that sum (meaning the bill may be higher yet) and to let a government nominee administer the payments (meaning it is almost sure to be higher yet). Coupled with yet more apologies outside the White House, and inside Congress to the monotonously loathsome Henry Waxman (D-CA), this looked like an abject capitulation; for it has not yet been established that BP is even to blame for the spill, and the law – which government wrote – limits its liability anyway to $75 million. That was the basis on which BP hunted for oil, and on which its owners invested their money. Now that it has voluntarily exceeded that limit by a factor of at least 267, who can ever trust its word again?
By Jim Davies
Imagine freedom! (To borrow Stormy Mon's title.) Government has vanished, and everyone celebrates – for everyone has learned what a catastrophe it has been for the human race, during the last ten thousand years. Everyone looks forward to controlling his or her own life, for the first time ever. But right away, we'll face the huge though one-time task of clearing up the mess.
by John W. Whitehead
For all intents and purposes, democratic government is breaking down, and we are approaching a crisis point in American society as greater numbers of those on the left and right are beginning to recognize. They see a government that is not only malfunctioning; it is also a government that is spinning out of control. And a government out of control is one that won’t listen.
In such an environment, when government is resolutely deaf and blind to the will of the people, what is to be done? In the words of journalist Barbara Ehrenreich, "dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots." The question is: how does one go about raising hell and forcing politicians to listen?
article:
http://www.lewrockwell.com/whitehead/whitehead13.1.html
Dear Editor:
Please consider including the attached letter in your publication. It is important that communities learn about a variety of field activities that the U.S. Census Bureau is conducting and will continue to conduct throughout the decade.
Sincerely,
Alexandra Barker
"Alexandra Barker" boston.pdsp@census.gov
June 11, 2010
What You Should Expect from the Census Bureau
The 2010 Census will continue through the summer visiting households across the country to collect their information. However, not everyone knows that Census Bureau representatives visit or call a sample of households to collect information for a variety of important surveys administered throughout the decade. In an effort to avoid confusion, I would like to clarify these operations.
It is said that government workers now make, on average, 30% more than private sector workers. Put that fantasy aside. It far underestimates the real figures. By my calculations, government workers make more than twice as much. Government workers are America's fastest-growing millionaires.
Doubt it? Then ask yourself: What is the net present value of an $80,000 annual pension payout with additional full health benefits? Working backward, the total NPV would depend on expected returns of a basket of safe investments--blue chip stocks, dividends and U.S. Treasury bonds.
continue
http://blogs.forbes.com/digitalrules/2010/06/the-millionaire-cop-next-do...
... Yes, the facts are in. We know to a certainty that the official conspiracy theory is false. We also know to an incredibly high likelihood (99+%)—considering the nature of the evidence, along with motive, means, and opportunity to commit the crime (and past behavior)—that the 9/11 attacks were orchestrated by personnel operating secretly under auspices of the US government in coordination with various allied 'black' contractors, governments, and financial interests. We further know the 9/11 Commission Report and all the various government reports purporting to investigate 9/11 are lies, omissions, and coverups... and that the CIA-controlled mainstream media remains nothing but a propaganda ministry whose job is to bury the truth.
rest of article by Brian Wright
http://www.brianrwright.com/Coffee_Coaster/01_Columns/2010/100510_911_Ur...
