Tyranny Creeps Into Small Town USA

I began to see things take a worse for the small town of Hornell, NY when the local police purchased surveillance cameras to place around the town, allowing Big Brother to rear its ugly head. Now it has gone from bad to worse with a new law that would create unconstitutional "Free Speech Zones." This is in response to a local man, Gilbert Carlton, who, for the past eight years, has been preaching and singing on Main St. The new law would prevent him and anyone who wishes to "gather, remain, walk or stand upon any street or sidewalk in the City of Hornell to protest, support or exercise free speech by voice, sign or any other means."

A federal judge back in 2004 already struck down "Free Speech Zones" as unconstitutional, when a law student at Texas Tech University wanted to make a speech and was denied. Our rights are being taken away in Hornell, and it is up to the citizens to stand up and say "no" to what is a blatant violation of our natural rights as human beings to express our free speech rights of protesting, and for Gilbert Carlton, our right to free expression of our religion.

That is why there will be a protest held Saturday, September 1st, from Noon-3pm at 138 Main Street, in Hornell, NY. All who love freedom, who are outraged at this unconstitutional law, and wish to do voice this travesty should show up in support. Joe Pelych, a city attorney should promptly return to law school to know what is and is not unconstitutional, of which "Free Speech Zones" are unconstitutional.

Feel free to contact Mayor, Shawn Hogan, and city attorney, Joe Pelych to voice your outrage.

Shawn Hogan
Phone: 607-324-7421
E-mail: shogan@cityofhornell.com

Joe Pelych
Phone: 607-324-6111

The local rock band Transparent will be at the protest to perform live in support of our freedom. So come out for some great information, great music, and let all of Hornell hear your voice.

Vote of No Confidence

Growing up, I was told that if you did not vote, you had no say in an elected official did. At a time, even I believed it, but as I became informed to how the election system works, voting for even the lesser of two evils seems morally wrong. People like to think that in a situation, you have to do something. But doing nothing is something.

Moral Revolution

Right now I am reading "The 5,000 Year Leap" which goes over the principles that the Founders believed in that set up a system to make a country great. There are 28 principles, but the chief among them are liberty, private property, and the pursuit of life and happiness. The book also talks about the doubts these men had before the revolution began. They agreed that a nation must be filled with well educated, moral and just men to be able to govern themselves. They admitted that a nation filled with uneducated and immoral people will flee asking others to govern them.

The Case for Ron Paul

How you view Ron Paul may say more about yourself than what you think of Ron Paul. For decades, Ron Paul has been a strict constitutionlist who believes that if the rights of the federal government are not stated, then it is left up to the states to decide. People think Ron Paul is radical, but he is simply following the Constitution. In a way he is radical because the founding of this country and giving us all of these freedoms was a radical idea from the tyranny that preceded. These days, our rights have been stripped away so much that the ideas that our founding fathers had have become radical again.

New Political Map

Growing up, I have been taught through the "mainstream" media that the political map is divided between left and right. On that scale is Republicans on the far right, Democrats on the far left, and Independents who can go either way, usually situated in the middle.

The more I looked at my own values, and my own views, I found that I was both on the far right and in the middle at the same time. If that is true, then the political map has to be wrong if that kind of inconsistency exists. Finally I came up with a new map that shows where your views and and values can accurately be shown.

Fractional Reserve Banking Explained

When you talk about the financial system, people's eyes glaze over. So I made this easy to understand flow-chart to explain how you have not been free for almost 100 years.