Reflections on PorcFest 2006
The Porcupine Freedom Festival was a success on all accounts it appears. No one from the Libertarian Action Network was able to attend, but at least someone from the Libertarian Activist Network showed. Below is an excerpt from organizer Neal Conner:
I must admit, that as the wheels of my plane first touched New Hampshire, a tear came to my eye. This, I knew, was home to me. It was the setting of all my dreams for the future, the soil out of which a revolution would spring. I stepped off that plane with a silent reverence for the righteousness of the mission that was ahead, renewing the sense of my life's purpose.
Manchester was mine to explore that evening. After dropping my luggage off at the hotel, I set out on foot towards downtown, crossed the Merrimack river, and discovered Elm Street: the Main Street you've always wished for. I mean, where else on one street have I found a Hungarian pastry shop, an awesome cigar lounge called "Castro's Backroom", and an entirely Vietnamese video store? And it was there, on Elm Street, that I experienced for the first time ever the absence of any sales tax. To know that your money is going directly to that business is a great feeling of the power of your purchase. The only cops I ever encountered in Manchester were actually performing a public serivce: they helped people cross the street safely! Now these are policemen I'd be inclined to respect.
My friend, Menno, would arrive later that night. His first experience of New Hampshire was in renting a car for our trip up to Lancaster. Remarking at the cheap rate, he asked, "This includes insurance, right?" "Nope," the agent responded. "You mean, insurance isn't required in New Hampshire?" "Of course not, it's the Free State. Live free or die, man!"...
Please see Neal's page for the full text, and many other great articles. All told, we are not directly affiliated with this group, but we do offer our mutual support whenever required. Also, don't forget to join the Free State Project, or sign the First 1,000 Pledge!
2 Comments:
Sounds like an exciting event - thanks for highlighting this story.
Thanks, but don't thank me. Thank Neal from Florida! :D
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