Free Speech Trial

[Fluff and Stuff]

Yes, good work Tim.  Karma for you (although, I admit, I've given a lot of karma tonight)!

[FTL_Ian]

It's tough calling talk radio, isn't it?  I still get nervous when I call a talk show!

Tip for nervousness:

Deep breathing, and remind yourself that you're only talking to the hosts.  There's no one listening!

[Recumbent ReCycler]

I don't get nervous, but I get excited and tend to use too many ums, etc.  I guess I use them to try to get someone's attention when they are talking fast with very short breaks between what they say.  Ian talks really fast.

[slim]

I don't like my voice that's why I don't call talk shows much.

[John]

I don't like my voice that's why I don't call talk shows much.

But others might like it.  Regardless, the ideas seem to be most important.

And yes, you have to get right to your point (don't bury your lead) because you generaly won't get much time on any of today's talk-radio shows.

I sometimes have the hard time with sticking to just one point as there are often so many things to coment on . . . Calling more often may provide practice.

[Fluff and Stuff]

I don't like my voice that's why I don't call talk shows much.

Come on dude, I believe in you!

[John]

I don't like my voice that's why I don't call talk shows much.

Come on dude, I believe in you!

Please.  Free speech is not only for aproved voices.
Your voice may well be the one others have been waiting for.
Others may just need your voice in oder to hear. 

[John]

It is not always easy to hear.  We all hear things differently.  You might be able to help.

Sometimes we need to hear from a variety of voices before we can take it all in.  I am always listening for new voices to help inform my opinions.  I don't alway "like" the new voice at first, but if the ideas are good, I sometimes learn to love the voice.

PLEASE SPEAK.

[Tom Sawyer]

Free Speech Trial video

10.9 MB QuickTime file

http://www.politicalgraffiti.com/nhfree/Free_Speech_Trial.mov

edit: file name corrected per Lauren's correction 
That's why I'm safest to just cut and paste someone elses text... I've been know to make a beautiful graphic with the client's misspelled text I get focused on how it looks over what it says. ;)o

(I'll try to get another codec up soon... dial up connection took 1.5 hours to upload ... have to get on to other work)

[jgmaynard]

Defender, I would suggest against secret recording of the cops... as a last resort yeah, but a possible crime.

A 1974 (IIRC) U.S. Supreme Court ruling stated that people CAN record the actions of police by any recording equipment, provided that they stay out of the way (usually interpreted as 15' away).

So everything is hunky-dory there, unless I am sadly mistaken.....

JM

[TackleTheWorld]

Free Speach Trial video

10.9 MB QuickTime file

http://www.politicalgraffiti.com/nhfree/Free_Speach_Trial.mov

You have captured Kat's mild demeanor and Russell's pleasant cheerfulness in the face of possible imprisonment.
You have got an excellent chronical of how "disorderly" we are and who the agents of violence and provocation really are.
but not the correct spelling - Free Speech

[jgmaynard]

Wow. Great film. Next time, bring a lawyer with you to argue ordinances..... LOL.
Great job everyone!

JM

[Tom Sawyer]

Thanks Lauren for the correction... it should be in red like my teachers before you. Got it right in the video thank god.

Glad you guys liked it  but it is just reality reduced to 5 minutes. The observations you make Lauren I feel are right on the mark. Sorry not to include some of your interaction with the police... you had some witty retorts that I tried to use, but the stuff ended up being kind of out of context and I needed to trim time down.

Caleb's pitchfork walk takes a lot of screen time, but I needed to represent the interesting element of the pitchforks. However it was weakened somewhat by the "bayonet" reference. One thing I learned from this event is that humor and not appearing tense or aggitated are our best course. I don't think that making the cops into lead characters is in our best interest in the videos... I kind of see them as the potential "clowns" in this circus.

That being said... all you folks were very impressive in your bravery displayed in engaging the authorities on their own turf. I learned a few things about how I should handle myself by watching what works for Russell. I am also learning from everyone elses examples of how to walk like a free man.

[CNHT]

From the Concord Vomitor:

Up in arms

Free State Project leaders Kat Dillon and Russell Kanningdrove all the way from Keene to Manchester last Thursday for their trial on disorderly conduct charges, only to find - to their relief - that the charges had been dropped.

Dillon and Kanning, who met online during the early days of the Free State Project and married after moving to the state, were arrested in February for demonstrating too close to the Radisson Hotel/Center of Manchester when President Bush was scheduled to speak inside.

"Since they didn't tell us why they dropped the charges, we're going to assume it was the show of force from all of us," said Kanning, who rallied about 20 liberty-loving friends, many of them armed, to come to Manchester District Court for support.

Kanning had noticed on an earlier visit to the court that weapons must be checked at the entrance, so he invited his pals to bring firearms or pitchforks with them. Several complied, including a man who brought four guns to court, said Kanning, a California transplant who often carries a pitchfork for bucolic effect.

"You bring in a pitchfork, and government guys kind of like flip out," Kanning said.

On the day of his arrest, Kanning was carrying a sign calling for New Hampshire to secede from the union.

"The whole government would be off our backs a lot if all we had was New Hampshire," he said. "I don't like the idea of treating the president like he's something wonderful, rolling out the red carpet for him, and then treating us like we can't even talk or hold signs."

This was not the first time a Kanning arrest made the news. Last year, he tried to board an airplane in Manchester Airport without showing ID or submitting to a pat-down from security.

[Kat Kanning]

From the Concord Vomitor:

That was a good article.  Why 'vomitor'?