Varrin Swearingen: Freedom lovers, stand up
Posted on June 13th, 2009 at 10:35am by bile Tags: corporate backers, donation, fraud, Free State Project, FreeKeene, FSP, Keene, Keene Sentinel, law enforcement, Liberty Forum, media outlets, music, New Hampshire, PorcFest, Porcupine Freedom Festival, property, school, spofford, taxpayer, Varrin Swearingen, video recording 1 Comment »Published: Saturday, June 13, 2009
For those of you who don’t know me, allow me to introduce myself.
I moved to Keene in 2004 with my wife of 16 years and two children, now 7 and 8.
I have owned the same home in Keene since moving here. I attend Grace Evangelical Free Church in Spofford, am a DC-10 captain for an international charter airline, home-school our active children and play drums and other musical instruments.
I also serve as the president of the Free State Project.
Over the past several weeks, numerous news articles and opinion pieces have mentioned the Free State Project. I’d like to offer facts and opinions that I hope will shed light on the subject from an angle not yet covered.
I am in the unique position of being both a resident of Keene, a focal point of recent local and national press, and an official representative of the Free State Project.
First, as a representative of the Free State Project, I’d like to present several facts that correct or clarify inaccurate and misleading statements that have appeared in The Sentinel and other media outlets lately:
1. The Free State Project is very simple: It seeks 20,000 participants who agree to move to New Hampshire, where they will exert the fullest practical effort toward the creation of a society in which the maximum role of government is the protections of life, liberty and property.
2. The Free State Project does not take positions on specific issues, legislation or candidates for office. It does not specify any area for participants to move to, and it does not specify tactics for achieving a “free state.”
The project itself does not exert the fullest practical effort. Participants in the project do so on their own.
3. The Free State Project does not own or control any radio shows, newspapers or magazines.
4. The Free State Project is funded through donations and does not have members, dues, or shadowy corporate backers. Its budget is small and financial reports are posted on the Web site.
5. The Free State Project’s most visible activity in New Hampshire consists of two events each year: the New Hampshire Liberty Forum, and the Porcupine Freedom Festival.
The 2009 Porcupine Freedom Festival will be June 25-28 in Lancaster. Those interested in learning more about the Free State Project, and meeting some Free State Project participants are encouraged to attend.
Though the project takes no position about the activities that have received so much attention lately, I do have personal opinions as a resident of Keene.
I, too, wish all the antics would stop.
It disappoints me that a mature group of people could be so foolish as to waste tax-funded law enforcement resources by initiating attacks against such nonviolent silliness as giving a manicure, holding a plant, or not meeting someone’s aesthetic preferences for outdoor furnishing.
Then, when performers of such nonviolent acts make audio or video recordings of the taxpayer-funded assaults, or choose not to cooperate with threats, the law enforcers get upset and initiate more acts of physical violence.
All this makes law enforcement look more like a gang of perpetually-adolescent thugs than civilized adults.
All of this generates news and opinion pieces, peppered with factual inaccuracies and slurs, that support the notion that it’s good to spend tax dollars assaulting nonviolent, non-fraudulent behavior, whether it be provocative or just plain goofy.
And that’s just plain goofy, or at least it should seem so to anyone who values liberty.
Maybe the question here is, who values liberty? Will the real liberty lovers please stand up?
VARRIN SWEARINGEN
President
Free State Project
2 Starlight Drive
Keene
Border Patrol confronted : Part 3
Posted on June 7th, 2009 at 11:55am by bile Tags: 4409, Arizona, assault, border patrol, border patrol agent, border patrol agents, camera, checkpoint, Constitution, democracy, donation, Germany, Gestapo, government, imprisonment, injustice, Martin Luther King, Memorial Day, Nazi Germany, negative rights, peace officer, Phoenix, positive rights, rights, Steve Anderson, unconstitutional, USAHelp erect a giant billboard to inform the American people before they enter the illegal checkpoint. click here — http://www.donate2camerafraud.com/
We did our job…now please help and spread this video.
The [u]nited States is a Republic and only democracy loving fools allow their rights to be violated by government.
This video is NOT anti-cop…it’s pro-peace officer.
One of the Border Patrol agents actually said on camera the checkpoint is a joke.
This is NOT about the border, mexicans, illegals or terrorist but more about control.
Meanwhile the actual boder is left wide open and this checkpoint which is known by everyone is somehow going to stop the flow of whatever?? LMAO
Furthermore, how easy would it be for a Cartel to pay off one of these douche bags. Not hard at all.
On memorial day I and the rest of The Phoenix Revolution took a road trip to honor the people that have supposebly died so we would NOT have to go throught checkpoints.
They claimed that SS officers in Nazi Germany were just doing there job as well when they gased and murdered innocent people.
If their job is to violate your God given and Constitutional rights then that is a job they should NOT be doing….Furthermore they cannot plead ignorance. These gestapo are grown adults not children.
Here is the video of our friend and hero Pastor Steve Anderson who was beat and tazed by DPS and Border Patrol for standing up against treasonous NAZI checkpoints.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=…
Do something and pass this video along to others..This is part 3 of 4.
NEWSFLASH the border is 60 miles south and we were on a highway that runs east-west?
Why don’t they do their job at the actual border instead of unconstitutionaly harrasing, assaulting and tazing thousands of Americans on a daily basis.
Special thanks to Renaa, Chuck G, and High Tower (FireZues).
Thank you to all my viewers and donations without it this is not possible!
http://www.donate2camerafraud.com/
One who breaks an unjust law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for law.
Martin Luther King, Jr
I like what these guys are doing generally… but again… there are no “illegals” nor “Constitutional rights.” A person can not (should not) be illegal merely their actions and the US Constitution is a negative rights document. It does not define or give rights.
To whom did videogame developers donate in the 2008 US presidential race?
Posted on October 13th, 2008 at 1:44pm by bile Tags: 2008 US presidential race, Barack Obama, Blizzard, Christopher Dodd, Democratic Party, donation, Electronic Arts, Federal Election Commission, Fred Thompson, Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, John McCain, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Nintendo, Ron Paul, Rudy Giuliani, Sony, Sony Computer Entertainment of America, Take-Two, THQ, Ubisoft, Valve, videogamesAbout seventy-five percent of game industry presidential campaign donations went to democrats, based on a sampling of developers and publisher donations over the past two years obtained from the Federal Election Commission.
Kotaku looked at presidential campaign donations for nine companies from January of 2007 through the end of July, 2008. The companies included were Activision, Blizzard, Electronic Arts, Nintendo, Sony Computer Entertainment of America, Take-Two, THQ, Ubisoft and Valve.
The database showed that the nine companies donated a total of about $97,800 to ten candidates, about $61,000 of which went to democratic candidates, while about $36,700 went to republican candidates.
The company with the largest contributions to campaigns was Electronic Arts, followed by Activision and then Valve. The company with the smallest amount of donations was Take-Two. Hit the jump for an avalanche of colorful pie charts and one, single, lonely bar graph.
The graphs unfortunately are scaled down too much to clearly see the legends on all of them but it is clear that while they lean Democratic party, Ron Paul was the favorite Republican. Being that I’m a gamer and a supporter of Ron Paul I’m glad to see this. Especially the Sony breakdown.
Barr campaign getting desperate already?
Posted on August 16th, 2008 at 1:15pm by bile Tags: Bob Barr, donation, Miami, Nashville, Portland, Robert Stuber, San Antonio, Seattle, Shane Cory, Starbucks 2 Comments »Got this from the Bob Barr 2008 campaign this morning:
Last Friday I wrote you with a clever message soliciting an $8 gift for the Bob Barr for President campaign._ It was, after all, 8-8-08 and I figured perhaps an appeal to your superstitious side may work.
But unless our computer is wrong, it didn’t._ I’ll admit it, my feelings were hurt – a little.
So today I write to tell you about how good fortune has fallen on several of our supporters who wrote to tell us what happened after giving their first $8 in support of Bob Barr.
__ _+ + +__ _Larry J. of Miami won the Florida Lottery and can now afford to give much more.
___ + + +__ _Karen T. of Seattle reports meeting the man of her dreams and thinks this could lead to a beautiful marriage and a lifetime of happiness.
__ _+ + + __ _John M. of San Antonio told us that his warts suddenly disappeared.
__ _+ + +__ _Kyle G. of Nashville writes that all of the weeds in his yard had disappeared.
__ _+ + +__ _Kevin B. of Akron says that after six months of unemployment, he’s got a job.
__ _+ + +__ _And Alan C. of Portland met the woman of his dreams…in Seattle.
Think of what you may have missed out on….
OK, I’ll admit it, I made all of this up._ But I’m not going to give up._ Shane Cory, our deputy campaign manager who has a cubicle next door to mine, suggested I sweeten the deal.
So here it is._ Five bucks from you today and I’ll send you a Bob Barr bumper sticker absolutely free._ (Shane wanted me to double the offer like that guy on TV selling cleaning products, but come on, this IS SERIOUS business.)
Come on, $5 is not much more than the cost of one of those fancy coffees from Starbucks._ In fact, $5 is less than lunch at McDonalds…and besides, do you really want those calories and fat grams?_ To donate, click here: https://www.bobbarr2008.com/donate/?c=bb0816
Please, $5 today – and I’ll never nag you again._ Thanks.
Sincerely,
Robert Stuber, the official Bob Barr beggar
This isn’t the only donation solictitation I’ve seen from the Barr campaign with this type of pathetic plea. He’s not alone though. McCain’s campaign has sent out a few emails that are almost as sad.
Barr is going to be in NYC this upcoming Monday. I’m not yet sure if I’ll be attending. I’ve been saying he still needs to convince me to vote for him… perhaps this is his chance. What I do know is he’s not getting the $250 VIP donation required so I may hang out for an hour before he mingles with the regular fokes.
Americans give to charities at record levels in 2007
Posted on July 10th, 2008 at 12:33pm by bile Tags: Britain, charity, disposable income, donation, gdp, Giving USA, Great Britain, gross domestic product, inflation, Media coverage, UK, USDI ran across this in the July 10th, 2008 issue of the Liberator. The sources are a Giving USA report and other related media coverage. I however was unable to find the report on their website.
According to Giving USA’s latest report:
- 2007’s record $306.4 billion in charitable giving is a rise of about 1 percent from the previous year, adjusted for inflation.
- Individuals accounted for the largest share by far. Indeed, most charitable giving — $229 billion or about 75 percent total – comes from individuals.
- About two-thirds of households with incomes under $100,000 give to charity.
- Half of individual giving went to religious groups. Religious congregations received one-third of the $306.4 billion, an increase of 2 percent from last year and a record dollar amount.
- As economic woes have increased worldwide, Americans are responding by redirecting some of their giving. Donations to international aid, environmental and human-services groups rose the most in 2007.
- Donations to international charities showed the single largest gain — a rise of about 13 percent.
- On average Americans gives 2.3 percent of their disposable income to charitable causes.
- Americans rank first in the world in giving as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP), at 1.7 percent, followed by Great Britain (.73 percent). (These are 2006 figures.)
And this is after being taxed 50+ percent by federal, state and local governments. People ask how possibly could a free society take care of those in need… this is how. Just like it is now and was in the past. Real charity.





