> Libertarians Pursue New Goal: State of Their Own
>
> By PAM BELLUCK
> New York Times
> October 27, 2003
>
> KEENE, N.H. — A few things stand out about this
> unprepossessing city. It just broke its own Guinness Book
> world record for the most lighted jack-o'-lanterns with 28,952.
> It claims to have the world's widest Main Street.
>
> And recently, Keene became the home of Justin Somma,
> a 26-year-old freelance copywriter from Suffern, N.Y., and
> a foot soldier in an upstart political movement. That
> movement, the Free State Project, aims to make all of New
> Hampshire a laboratory for libertarian politics by recruiting
> libertarian-leaning people from across the country to move
> to New Hampshire and throw their collective weight around.
> Leaders of the project figure 20,000 people would do the
> trick, and so far 4,960 have pledged to make the move.
Now *that's* a reality TV concept!! This must be filmed. :-D
And considering how they consider themselves the champions of reason, this is especially funny:
> "I don't like to go places that don't let me have my gun,"
> said Ms. Casey, 33, who sells memberships to a Las
> Vegas survivalist training institute and models for comic
> books (her likeness has graced the cover of one called
> Reload). Her New Hampshire plans include starting eight
> businesses "because nine out of every 10 fail, and I've
> already started two, so I need to do eight more."
Um, it's called the "gambler's fallacy".
-- Shane
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