tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19923729.post8193577607441507589..comments2023-09-05T08:34:20.322-04:00Comments on susan the bruce: Pants AblazeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19923729.post-36113098341323098122012-02-17T09:33:30.401-05:002012-02-17T09:33:30.401-05:00Anonymous2: Precisely. And as one of my friends is...Anonymous2: Precisely. And as one of my friends is fond of saying, "Serf's up."susanthehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05960705109051557790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19923729.post-83168032479944021142012-02-17T09:32:37.672-05:002012-02-17T09:32:37.672-05:00It's impossible to tell how much input the Fre...It's impossible to tell how much input the Free Staters have, since most of them aren't even honest enough to admit that they are Free Staters. I don't know of a single one who was open about it while running for office. For that reason it's hard to know how many of them there are. Of course Seth Cohn is widely known as a member of the FSP, and he's pretty intent on getting his name up in lights at every opportunity. There are the McGuires: Dan and Carol. Andrew Manuse. The rest of them (and there are somewhere between 12-20) are managing to stay under the radar. It helps that they were elected at the same time as a bunch of teabaggers, and of course the John Bircher contingent, which is rumored to be about a dozen. <br /><br />If you look at the list of bills sponsored by Andrew Manuse, you can see the REAL Free State agenda at work; trying to eliminate the judiciary, eliminate even more funding sources for NH govt. Their goal, as stated by Jason Sorens, FSP founder in his original manifesto:<br /><br />"Once we've taken over the state government, we can slash state and local budgets, which make up a sizeable proportion of the tax and regulatory burden we face every day. Furthermore, we can eliminate substantial federal interference by refusing to take highway funds and the strings attached to them. Once we've accomplished these things, we can bargain with the national government over reducing the role of the national government in our state. We can use the threat of secession as leverage to do this."<br /><br />That's their vision for NH, and no matter what they say publicly, that is what they are working toward.susanthehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05960705109051557790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19923729.post-58833539494438875152012-02-17T08:42:07.410-05:002012-02-17T08:42:07.410-05:00This is precisely what the mindless right voted fo...This is precisely what the mindless right voted for and worse, what they want. They demand prayer in school, standing for the Pledge, religious Christian fanatacism and a return to slavery for all those "not white like us", all thinly veiled under the guise of democracy. Most of these individuals haven't read the Constitution or Bill of Rights lately, they also haven't read their own history and the making of this nation, and get all their info. from Fox. We are dealing with a voting citizenry that is wholly ignorant, frighteningly dangerous and completely uneducated. They will end up with exactly what they fear without ever knowing it. A right wing dictatorship headed up by Norquist et al.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19923729.post-61478452890661619592012-02-17T00:52:16.655-05:002012-02-17T00:52:16.655-05:00Susan, how many of these far-right bills do you th...Susan, how many of these far-right bills do you think are the work of free staters?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com