(((This blogging is well worth a look just for the cinema-verite video of coinage-martyr Bernard von NotHaus. He's not charged with any crime, he's missing all his computers and tons of gold, and those "liberty coins" don't much resemble US currency.)))
(((I'm no guntoting libertarian, but I've never liked the practice of confiscation of computers without charges or a day in court.)))
Link: New Hampshire Liberty Forum wrap-up - Homeland Stupidity.
"That night there were literally dozens of people wandering around the hotel openly carrying their sidearms, something we freedom lovers like to do whenever possible. It appears that some of John McCain’s staff, who were also staying in the hotel, complained, and the hotel asked us not to openly carry them. After hearing that, some people disarmed themselves, but most, including myself, simply concealed their firearms.
"I was so upset after hearing this that Friday morning I filmed one of the McCain staffers and immediately put that online, with my own complaint about McCain’s apparently not caring about our Second Amendment rights. From that point through the rest of the weekend, McCain’s staff avoided everyone with a camera that they could, and at one point on Saturday night physically shoved one videographer out of the elevator that McCain was in.
"Friday I watched the opening ceremonies and then rushed through lunch so I could get back and upload the videos I’d already shot. Then I took a nap and managed to miss all the afternoon panel sessions. I’m kind of upset about this because I really wanted to hear Peter Christ from Law Enforcement Against Prohibition and a couple of the other Friday afternoon sessions. But I woke up in time for the cocktail hour and the dinner and keynote address from Bernard von NotHaus. Excuse me, Captain Roughseas.
After his address, I took some people from the New York City Meetup group to Murphy’s Taproom where a few hundred Operation Live Free or Die activists were hanging out, and we had a few beers and enjoyed the place. Here I ran into David Weigel from Reason and clued him in on a Ron Paul event for undecided voters on Saturday which wasn’t on any published schedule. I think he blogged it afterward. Then it was back to the hotel room to once again post and upload some videos. I was up until 3 am again.
"Saturday I yanked myself out of bed around 9 am and went back to work on more videos. It really takes forever to process these things, when you’ve shot hours of video and have to render them on a laptop. At home I can use a small render farm of three computers to speed things up, but on the road it takes longer. (((Good thing our political extremist friend here has stlll got those computers, unlike the ponytailed Mr NotHaus pounding the table there.)))
"I got to lunch at noon and managed to meet up with Peter Christ there and chatted with him. (I decided not to shoot any video at lunch; I wanted to concentrate on eating.)
"Then it was off to see Barry Cooper, yet another person I really wanted to see. I don’t really do illegal drugs, (((a great way to lose your possessions there, too))) but I recognize that drug prohibition has caused so many problems with our society that it must be stopped, and current efforts to stop the drug war are not doing enough, that we need some more aggressive approaches, and Barry Cooper certainly has some aggressive ideas. They might even work. Only time will tell.
"I also got some short video of Bernard von NotHaus hallmarking copper and silver Liberty Dollar pieces, including three that I bought for myself. These things will sell on eBay if I ever really need the money."
