Freestateproject.com
Posted January 28th, 2008 by parcgreene
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Walt Williams, the syndicated economic writer, said in a recent interview that the only hope left for America was www.freestateproject.com. This is a chance to infiltrate a small, liberty friendly state, then secede from the beastly union.
Do you'll think Washington would allow such an event? Do you think its possible?
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I love the idea
my friends and relatives do too, but the homescool laws are too invasive. It is an "orange" state of the HSLDA map (one of the worst ratings), the same with the Christian exodus folks in South Carolina, SC is fairly invasive. Texas has good homeschool laws, but they also have Mr. Perry. It is getting difficult to find anywhere to be free and keep your children free as well. And if we get Obama's mandatory healthcare for kids, no doubt they will want to plant a chip, inject various vaccines, etc, that I may not approve of and BAM the state will assume responsibility for your kids as you will have no say in the matter. Did I give you a reason to donate yet? Anyway, FSP people, keep working on the homeschool laws and lots more people will join you.
Lakota Indians say they have!
Lakota Nation is travelling around the world saying they will not honor the treaties because the USA has broken them.
Secession
Secession isn't necessarily the goal of the FSP, but there are some involved who support it. Personally, I'm beginning to lean more and more toward some type of secession movement along the lines of what the Quakers and Mennonites have done. Maybe an entire state can't be convinced to leave the Union, but perhaps a smaller group of individuals could join together and "opt out" of various government programs and their associated taxes and regulations.
In any case, the FSP is the most viable of all of the similar movements, IMO. And they already have a proven track record of making changes within the state. They've also changed the participation guidelines a bit recently. http://freestateproject.o...
Also, some of you may be interested in an essay by Dr. Jason Sorens, the founder of the FSP. He analyzes the effect of the FSP on Ron Paul's results in NH. http://www.freestateproje...
The FSP has a proven track
The FSP has a proven track record of alienating the locals, too. Their primary concern seems to be their own organizational structure and internal bickering, rather than convincing more people to move there. The infighting is part of what led to the Free State Wyoming project (aside from the obvious reason of state preference), and I must say that after reading the background material I have to side with the WY founders, who appear to be much more focused, if less successful thus far. And Wyoming is a much more viable state, when you consider the raw numbers as well as the demographics of those numbers. WY has a large "cowboy" mentality, which is inherently libertarian, whereas NH is suffering from an infiltration of leftists from Mass.
Their claims of influencing Paul's numbers are quite laughable. I've talked to many FSP members who were offended by my presumption that they would be Paul supporters. That's the nature of libertarians; getting them to do anything in unison is like herding cats. This is of course part of the appeal of libertarianism -- it is the ultimate anti-collectivist ideology. But it can be problematic at times. Relatively sizable numbers of FSP members didn't vote for Paul, as absurd as that may be.
I would personally choose NH over WY for reasons unrelated to viability or success, but the FSP thinks much too highly of itself. It isn't the only such movement, nor even necessarily the best.
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Then go start a revolution
Then go start a revolution somewhere else! We'll race you! :)
As far as "alienating locals," many free staters have gotten elected to local boards, councils and even state representative. There's also this
"I am a friend of the Free State Project. Check it out...and if you like it, join and continue the effort!" -- Rep. Ron Paul
FreeStateProject.org
More...
Other free-state/secession movements:
Alaska:
http://akip.org/
Maine:
http://freemaine.org/
Massachusetts:
http://patriotsforliberty...
Vermont:
http://vermontrepublic.or...
New England:
http://newenglandconfeder...
Texas:
http://tcrf.com/
Wyoming:
http://freestatewyoming.o...
http://wyomingfreestate.c...
Various separatist links:
http://middleburyinstitut...
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I am FSP arrival #488
I moved to NH four months ago, and I love it. If I can handle the cold winter coming from Los Angeles, anyone can. And we're making a real difference, politically. Join us!
I don't think...
they'd let us leave the union. However, changing the political system of the state would be quite easy, if everyone who believed in Paul's message were to move there. I am a member of the free state project, and at the current rate it will be over 20 years until we hit the goal of 20,000 people that have pledged to move, whereby they all move there and start voting.
We would change the state within a year or maybe two---that is the truth. But everyone can't move because of jobs/family/etc. If you can, though, I would urge you to do so. From the apparent failure of the voting system, lack of enthusiastic fsp early movers cannot be used as a scapegoat for Dr. Paul doing so poorly there. To give up on liberty simply because he did not win the "Live Free or Die" state is pretty stupid. I KNOW New Hampshire has cold winters...but it is a far sight more free than the majority of the other states. I'd rather be cold and free any day. If you truly believe in Liberty and that we can make a difference, then sign up, please. Scattered around the country, we are weaker than we would be if living within a single state.