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FTL_Ian
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« on: July 05, 2008, 11:06:23 AM » |
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Local politico Cynthia Georgina and her political associates and friends talk about various local issues. The show could use a larger pro-liberty contingent of callers. Cynthia is open to new ideas and friendly to us. Most vitriol will come from other callers. (Like Dr. Dexter from Dexter's Vision Center; he never identifies himself, but people who know him know his voice. ) Sats 9a-12p 1290 & 104.1 WKBK
Call in: 603-357-1290
Keeniacs are invited to the Free Keene Chat during "Talkback"'s 11a-12p hour, so join the discussion! Update 7/1/10: At this time, Talkback is not being streamed live. |
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FTL_Ian
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« Reply #1 on: July 05, 2008, 11:14:21 AM » |
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I called this week and forgot to record it. I asked about the proposed hotel that pulled out because of the planning board, "What if they just tore down the Valley Green and started building?". Cynthia said the cops would surround the place. I asked if the city owns all the property and they said no. I asked, "How is that seen as legitimate in any way?". They couldn't really answer.
Also, they didn't know why there are no dollar signs on property tax bills, and Paula called me a "detail person". Funny that they are all over the water bills. Cynthia said she'd ask some bureaucrats, so we'll see what they say.
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Jeremy (Jitgos)
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« Reply #2 on: July 05, 2008, 02:55:21 PM » |
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Awesome!
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SamIam
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« Reply #3 on: July 06, 2008, 01:31:03 PM » |
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I caught up with the calls last night, and let me say they were great. I think they have realized the "crazy idealist" makes some very good points they are unable to refute. It's fun watching them transform. . .  |
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www.obscuredtruth.com"I have no fear, but that the result of our experiment will be, that men may be trusted to govern themselves without a master. Could the contrary of this be proved, I should conclude either that there is no God, or that He is a malevolent being." --Thomas Jefferson, 1776
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Jeremy (Jitgos)
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« Reply #4 on: August 14, 2008, 03:36:55 PM » |
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Ah ha. I was wondering how Sam was listening. I searched all around their website and couldn't find any listen now link. I'm talking with people right now about finding a place to rent in Keene and plan to be there right after a couple business trips in early September. If it's streaming Saturday I'll make sure to start listening (and maybe calling). Thanks for this service!
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Jeremy (Jitgos)
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« Reply #5 on: August 23, 2008, 05:34:21 PM » |
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Another great call. If they're aggravated now, just wait.
Ok let's discuss something that has been bugging me for a couple of years and I've been meaning to call FTL about. Language is extremely important as Mark and Ian talk about all the time. Fred makes the statement "some of the callers here believe in no government". I completely understand where people would get that impression because many times voluntaryist will say things like no government, less government, and government is evil, etc. I really think that language needs to be abolished from our vocabulary and I'm as guilty of it as anyone. Granted when confronted with the no government statement Ian will say "well I want self government, voluntary government, etc.". In that case we shouldn't even say those other phrases in the first place.
There needs to be a sweeping change in language. Could we instead say there needs to be voluntary government, more voluntary government, and the current coercive government is evil. What do you think? Try to never say the word government without specifying violent or voluntary.
When people say we need government instead of saying something like no we don't or government is evil we should agree that government is very important and voluntary government is the best government. That sort of thing.
I'm pretty sure we've all thought of this, but putting it into practice in a live situation can be difficult if we don't think about it and constantly reinforce the idea to ourselves.
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J’raxis 270145
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« Reply #6 on: August 25, 2008, 09:55:00 PM » |
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There needs to be a sweeping change in language. Could we instead say there needs to be voluntary government, more voluntary government, and the current coercive government is evil. What do you think? Try to never say the word government without specifying violent or voluntary.
Authoritarian model of government. |
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Dalebert
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« Reply #7 on: August 26, 2008, 10:45:45 AM » |
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There needs to be a sweeping change in language. Could we instead say there needs to be voluntary government, more voluntary government, and the current coercive government is evil. What do you think? Try to never say the word government without specifying violent or voluntary.
If you look at my latest blog post, I attempt to always preface it with "monopolistic" and/or "authoritarian" to make the distinction about what I'm talking about. If it stops being a monopoly, i.e. opt-in government, it shifts to the free market and becomes acceptable from an anarchist perspective. |
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« Reply #8 on: August 30, 2008, 11:22:02 PM » |
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in fairness to dr. dexter he had a decent voting record the one year i checked...i think that was 04. but who knows. part of it may be my fault, he didn't take well to my presentation of the first outlaw manicurist bill in 05. i am not much of a bill presenter but the sponsor was not available.
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SamIam
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« Reply #9 on: September 20, 2008, 12:09:05 AM » |
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I have a golf tournament for work starting at 7AM tomorrow, and a shoot scheduled for next weekend. Can you guys please call in and share your ideas?
Calling in can be a great way to become more confident as an activist, and gaining experience communicating with bureaucrats. Like Ian says, if you go back and listen to yourself, you will learn from the experience. I hope you guys can call, and I plan to be back the following weekend.
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www.obscuredtruth.com"I have no fear, but that the result of our experiment will be, that men may be trusted to govern themselves without a master. Could the contrary of this be proved, I should conclude either that there is no God, or that He is a malevolent being." --Thomas Jefferson, 1776
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Patrick Shields
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« Reply #10 on: September 20, 2008, 11:00:35 AM » |
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I woke up and listened in on the feed. I tried calling the number once but I got a busy signal.
Then Ian called and made virtually the same points, but I would have liked to have had some strength in numbers.
No business could ever be that inefficient--to have a finance department working for years to figure out how to accept credit cards. Then you have a legislature who causes even more inefficiency.
Nice call Ian and I'll try again next week!
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JoelG
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« Reply #11 on: October 13, 2008, 01:27:16 PM » |
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Ugh. Shouldn't we demand that our so-called "rulers" should at least have a basic education in Economics?
Sam was giving a valiant effort there on his section, but I just couldn't bear to listen through the whole thing. It's so tiresome to hear the same economic cluelessness time after time.
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FTL_Ian
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« Reply #12 on: October 13, 2008, 02:46:19 PM » |
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I do not have rulers. Nor would I want an economist ruling over me. (or anyone else)  |
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« Reply #13 on: October 25, 2008, 10:03:04 AM » |
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Well, I called in and asked their special guest, the city clerk, how to unregister. Guest what, you can't.
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Reactance : woodpusher.
"Your flesh is irrelevant, only a vessel. Hand over your flesh and a new State awaits you. We demand it."
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cyberdoo78
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« Reply #14 on: October 25, 2008, 10:16:08 AM » |
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If a contract you enter has no remedy you are well within your rights to create a remedy.
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