Rate these potential acts of civil dis in New Hampshire

[Dave Ridley]

If you wish, rate these ideas in descending order of desirability (best first). 

Assume that they are to be "perpetrated" inside New Hampshire sometime between July and December 2007.  Assume that we'd use the mike fisher model; i.e. doing it in front of the enforcing bureaucracy if appropriate; informing media and bureaucrats in advance.

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selling sales-taxable items without adding the tax  ( i.e. sell meals in front of state house )
occupying a home threatened with govt. seizure
set up a sales kiosk on the 34 west property in keene.
serve wine to underage Iraq war vet in front of an appropriate state office
doing some type of licensed business w/o license
establishing "free zone"  inside a property targetted for seizure
walking up to Post Office anti gun signs ... and adding the rest of the law to one of them
melting a penney or nickel outside a fed building
Planting hemp seeds in front of an appropriate bureaucracy
Lighting or puffing a joint in front of an appropriate bureaucracy
Demonstrate inside the DEA or some other jackboot-friendly bureaucracy
Take piece of hard candy to ed brown ( he's alread getting resupplied I think but the difference in this case would be informing the authorities in advance).
Police Checkpoint civil dis - half the fun would be us spreading out and finding it LOL
  - could be replicated at Federal checkpoint on the interstate
FIJA disobedience (enter a court with literature for the jurors or stand up and speak out about juror rights during a trial)
operate pocket bike on public road
violate balloon release law with biodegradable baloon - is there such a thing?  Has this been signed by the governor?
fishing w/o license
spending liberty dollars in front of fed bldg
other coin related disobedience ?
repeat irs flyer handout
Hire a worker for below minimum wage ... in front of the appropriate government office
Audio-recording a cop
Maybe also some kind of disobedience related to ron paul?  someone suggested arrests at a democrat reps office who voted to continue the iraqupation.
parent serving small amount of wine to son or daughter who's a minor
Alter a U.S. coin:  http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1110AP_Silver_Surfer_Coin.html
selling cold meds w/o id requirement or in unapproved quantities

[lildog]

set up a sales kiosk on the 34 west property in keene.

Can you expand on that, I don't quite understand it.

serve wine to underage Iraq war vet in front of an appropriate state office

Now that's REALLY good!  Points to the age hypocracy we have in this country.

Lighting or puffing a joint in front of an appropriate bureaucracy

Penn and Teller already did that in front of the Nation's capital.  They had a guy who was approved for federal supplied pot used for a medical condition, the program had been canceled but since the guy was approved first he gets government paid for joints for the rest of his life and can legally smoke them anywhere.  So he did, on the steps to the capital building.

[Kat Kanning]

I think that you should choose the issue that is most important to you: for example,  if you think the drug war is the worst thing that the government is doing to us, then pick "Demonstrate inside the DEA".

[mappchik]

selling sales-taxable items without adding the tax  ( i.e. sell meals in front of state house )

Given that the sales tax laws on prepared food are detailed down to the number of cookies that can be packaged together, I like this one. An outlaw bake sale on the state house steps during lunch time - up to you whether you refuse to charge tax, or if you used the prepared food tax percentage chart on the spot to point out the silly hassle of the whole thing as you have the taxes on an individual cookie, but not on one dozen (or is it a half-dozen, if packaged?) And a small tax on a slice of cake, but the higher percentage charged for someone purchasing a more expensive half or whole cake.

DAMMIT! I wish we were moving already!

[d_goddard]

My favorites, in order, best-first.
Note that my faves are based on expected resonance with "typical NH resident" and based on do-ability, NOT on which are my hot-button issues.

violate balloon release law with biodegradable balloon

serve wine to underage Iraq war vet in front of an appropriate state office

FIJA disobedience (enter a court with literature for the jurors or stand up and speak out about juror rights during a trial)

parent serving small amount of wine to son or daughter who's a minor

The top one is my favorite. The balloon law has pissed off a lot of people.
The balloon law is HB62. It passed the House and is now in the Senate. Even a single balloon is a violation.
As for biodegradability, this site says the same thing as several others when I Googled:

Higher quality rubber (toy) balloons are made from a naturally occurring substance called Latex. Latex is biodegradable and will decompose as fast as an oak leaf in your back yard given identical conditions.

Note: "Audio recording a cop":
Be aware that doing this can result in a sentence of 20 years.
Better to find all the people that have been threatened by this law and march them into the House Criminal Justice committee all at once. A bill to allow audio recording of on-duty police officers in a public place is likely to be submitted in the next session. Let the legislators tell everyone who had their rights in fringed they are "acceptable losses".

[FTL_Ian]

Consider making this into a poll...

[Dave Ridley]

dada not kno how poll

others welcomded to

[Dave Ridley]

Ian and gard had two good ideas on the show if the seatbelt law passes:


Drive around a cop parking lot without seatbelt 
then off to a blood donation center to give blood...all without belt
then refuse to pay fine if ticketed
then get arrested when they issue a warrant for arrest

btw i think that u could show up at a copshop and announce your presence and your status...if u wanted them to arrest you at a specific time and place.

[Dave Ridley]

oh and if they don't arrest you you could march up and down the cop shop sidewalk with a sign that says "there is a warrent out for my arrest"

[Caleb]

By "copshop" do you mean a Dunkin Donuts?  Because if you do, that would be hilarious:  hanging out at Dunkin Donuts with a sign that says "I have a warrant out for my arrest." Then timing it to see how long it takes to get arrested.

[Dave Ridley]

uh... dunkin donuts is *not* the copshop?

[Kat Kanning]

Added poll...that was tedious.  I didn't have a way for you to rate them all in order.  See if you like the way I set it up.  I can change it to more or less options (I think).

[Dreepa]

By "copshop" do you mean a Dunkin Donuts?  Because if you do, that would be hilarious:  hanging out at Dunkin Donuts with a sign that says "I have a warrant out for my arrest." Then timing it to see how long it takes to get arrested.

I passed the DD in Warner last night... the car in the drive thru?  yup you guessed it.

[Kat Kanning]

set up a sales kiosk on the 34 west property in keene.

Can you expand on that, I don't quite understand it.

People voted a couple years ago to sell of a way underused school admin building in Keene.  They haven't actually sold the building yet.  So sounds like he wants to set up a booth for selling it.

[Dave Ridley]

i was actually thinking of a booth where you sell trinkets or something on the school district property.  so that SOMETHING good comes out of it being there.