Libertarians in NH -- I could not have said it better

Adam Geller wrote the following piece regarding a small group of Libertarian's in NH.

One of those interviewed Fled the "People's republic of Massachusetts"... others like-minded, followed.

These folks already see the long arm of big government, Geller observes, noting that those gathered at the " Porcupine Freedom Festival" for four days are here in a small state to "carve out an enclave of less government and more liberty to do as they wish."

It is my view that we should be doing this, those of us who wish to live in a free republic, by doing similar to what the Tea Parties have done -- only establish enclaves in our own choice location.

Geller identifies people seeking freedom from State oppression in various forms, arriving at this "ideological destination by different routes." Some are of the RKBA crowd, others due to taxes, and still others the are for loosening the drug laws(that have created a quasi-police state in almost every city in the country.

Recently in Joplin Missouri they hired 55 more police officers to add to the existing staff. In an event on the north side of Joplin near the airport, 8 squad cars and at least 8 officers arrived to arrest two 14-year old runaways. It was almost amusing to watch these arrests. No violence was threatened. Both the young people were seeking shelter and help, not causing a problem. Granted they were runaways, had stolen a vehicle but heavens, they were in a controlled environment, the vehicle parked and no threat to anyone. Still a Canine unit appeared, 4 regular squad cars, 2 or 3 sargents and one investigative officer. Observers wondered when the swat team would show up.

Back at the New Hampshire festival one observer stated to Geller:

"Once upon a time America was unquestionably the freest nation in the world by a huge margin. That's not the case anymore and people are starting to realize that," says Varrin Swearingen, an airline pilot who is president of the group. "The further we go down the path to destruction, particularly economically lately, the more interesting this becomes to more people."

go to the AP article, here:

Libertarians In NH (AP)

This article reminds me of Claire Wolfe and her writings, about Hardyville and another enclave of freedom seekers. I can't help but imagine that more and more as Obama and the statist of both major political parties continue on their "Fascist" road(National Socialism is alive and well in the US), that people everywhere will be waking up to the government we have created since WW II; or as my father observed, that those who had acheived victory in Europe and Japan had won the skirmish but were about to lose the war.

You can read Claire Wolfe's Hardyville stories and other musing at Backwoods Home Magazine Online:

http://www.backwoodshome.com/

Or at the Wolfesblog:
http://billstclair.com/clairewolfe.com/blog.html

I don't know where you are going to start but it is my opinion that you ought consider beginning now.

We are headed to a debt of at least 20 trillion dollars and if you think we are going to recover "America" from "Amerika" without a fight and believe that we can solve our economic and social woes by spending ourselves into prosperity, then the American Public has been so dumb'ed down that there is no salvation from forging the links in the chains that Caesar is already making us wear.

Dai