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In a guest column, John Ziegler, radio host, Palin confidante, and the filmmaker behind Media Malpractice: How Obama Got Elected and Palin Was Targeted, offers his unique perspective on Sarah Palin’s interview with Sean Hannity, and its specific implications towards a potential presidential run in 2012. The views expressed in this guest column are those of John Ziegler alone. ******* As dangerous, counterproductive, and pointless as it can be to try and predict whether Sarah Palin will run for president in 2012, I found myself changing my mind last night about what she likely will, and should, do regarding the...

Sen. John McCain helped catapult former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to the national stage and now he's equating her to former President Ronald Reagan. He made the comparison Sunday when asked if Palin is "divisive." "I think anybody that has the visibility that Sarah has is obviously going to have some divisiveness," McCain said on CNN's "State of the Union." "I remember that a guy named Ronald Reagan used to be viewed by some as divisive." The former Republican presidential nominee called Palin "an incredible force in the American political arena" and said she's "keeping her options open."

The TSA chose Meg McLain for special screening. They wanted her to go through the new porno-scanners. When she opted out, TSA agents raised an enormous ruckus. When she asked some question about what they planned to do to her, they flipped out. TSA agents yelled at her, handcuffed her to a chair, ripped up her ticket, called in 12 local Miami cops and finally escorted her out of the airport. Listen to her story as she told it on radio show Free Talk Live last night. Things are truly getting scary.

New Hampshire has many attractions, from natural beauty to relatively low unemployment. But for some, it’s the “Live Free or Die” image that has them packing up the moving van and heading to the Granite State. In addition to an active state Libertarian Party, New Hampshire is home to several growing “pro-liberty” organizations that share many of the same ideals. These include the Free State Project and the New Hampshire Liberty Alliance, which take different approaches to the same goal: more freedom. And then there’s Free Keene, a loosely arranged group of local residents who’ve caused quite a stir in...

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The Free State Project has become so successful that there's enough liberty activists in the state so much so that they compete for new movers in their towns.

If Tea Party candidates win a bunch of races in November, will you

You know about the Free State Project, but how is it going? Can we really move 20,000 freedom lovers to New Hampshire, and why would we want to? What's life really like for those who have already moved? Find out!

New resident of what may be America's Freest Town - forms "FreeGrafton.com" and aims to hold....a camera! Well, that and also to hold the entire government aparatus accountable. But what will be the difference between FreeKeene.com and FreeGrafton.com? The latter aims to be more polite than the former.

I think in this political climate one of the best things GOPers and libertarians can do is join together and support the Free State Project in NH. No, I'm not talking about the potheads in Keene who are unrepresentative of the FSP anyway. I'm talking about the real goals set forth by the founders of the movement who seek to ensure absolute personal liberty and end government tyranny. Yes NH has been pretty liberal lately but it is a small state and still on the fringe between liberal and conservative. There is no reason why it can't be taken back...

Some NH reps attack proposals for a new "Department of Natural Resources." But will their opposition be enough to prevent the grotesque birth of yet another bureaucracy?

This is “Dear Leader” stuff. Here is video from Obama Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel’s goodbye today at the White House as he leaves the job to return to Chicago in order to run for Mayor. Emanuel actually called Obama the “toughest Leader” any country could have, and then added that Obama has led in “the toughest times any President ever faced.” You’re kidding. No, they are not. I guess Abraham Lincoln facing the dissolution of the Union and a long Civil War that killed hundreds of thousands of Americans was just chicken-feed compared to what our Dear Leader has...

KEENE – In the streets of Keene: Bare bosoms, yes; breast painting and booze, no. Several people were arrested Sunday shortly after 6 p.m. when a bystander reported people were drinking alcohol and taking off their clothes in Central Square downtown, police said. Keene Police Lt. Darryl Madden said no one was arrested for nakedness, which is not illegal in Keene. "One woman was topless ... and she was getting her breasts painted by another woman," he said. "There's no law against being naked, but you can't be lewd or lascivious. And one person groping someone's breasts and saying lewd...

An insight into how liberals and conservatives differ not just in politics but also ways of thinking.

Fed operatives "crackdown" people all the time, but NH state rep Dan Itse says he won't be a secessionist until the Feds force it on him.

A lot has changed in Keene since this list was originally published in March of 2008. Since then the activist population here has increased significantly and more activists are arriving each month while still others are planning their moves to Keene. Keene is still the best destination for pro-liberty activists, now more than ever! From an activist perspective, it is challenging and full of exciting, ground floor opportunity. Whatever your brand of activism, whether political, disobedience/noncooperation, or media, you are welcome here. Here are some reasons why you should consider a move to Keene. Please feel free to link to,...

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There are boxes that US presidential hopefuls have to tick early. They have to start building a campaign team, albeit discreetly. They have to set up a fundraising machine. And they have to visit Iowa, the small but politically crucial state that traditionally kicks off a White House run. Sarah Palin has ticked the first two and on Friday will tick the third when she is the main speaker at a $100-a-seat Republican dinner in Des Moines, Iowa. The party's sole superstar has not yet said whether she will seek the nomination to take on Barack Obama in 2012. But...

A peaceable invasion of Concord's Federal building triggers a mostly restrained police response. But it's marred when one cop tries to tell me I can't audio record his attempts to speak with me... A thought: The British writer G.K. Chesterton used to say there were a couple of endearing things about the French monarchy, which made it in some ways superior to western "democracies." He said it was like a mountain.... You couldn't move it, but it would let you sprawl all over it without striking you down. My understanding is that average people were easily able to enter the...

Ground Zero Victory Mosque Imam Faisal Abdul Rauf issued a threat to America in his interview with CNN this week. The radical imam warned that if America did not get down on its knees and allow the victory mosque to be built on the bones of dead Americans that… “They will attack.”