Greetings from Littleton, New Hampshire! In this episode, Carla talks with Calvin about why his North Country town, Littleton, NH (aka Glad Town and Little Switzerland), is a great place to live.
You can reach me for your property needs at: carla (at) porcupinerealestate (dot) com
Squee! PorcFest is coming up! This, the Year of Our Porcupine 2024, is the first time since 2009 that I have not helped load the PorcFest truck.
I have mixed feelings about this. The “people pleaser” in me (that I’m slowly murdering) is panicking that I SHOULD HAVE BEEN THERE. The “I’m growing into new and different things” part of me is sighing a deep sigh of relief.
I am deeply grateful to everyone who showed up. Thank you!
I am grateful the Free State Project has grown to where I don’t feel personally responsible for every single thing that happens (or doesn’t happen).
I am grateful to all the leaders who have stepped up over the years to make PorcFest the amazing success it has become. To each and every one of you who have come before, THANK YOU.
A special thank you to Constance Spencer, Olga Sorens and Chris Lopez for being the Dream Team this year to bring us such a laudable PorcFest XXI lineup, with liberty luminaries like Ron Paul (virtual), Naomi Wolf, Jeffrey Tucker, and a host of other incredible speakers and thinkers. I can’t wait to learn new things!
Please come visit me at the Team Porcupine Real Estate OWN Hub at RV-74, where we will be doing talks starting on Wednesday about NH real estate, investing, short term rentals, buying land, etc.
As my focus shifts from day-to-day FSP management (hallelujah, Eric Brakey!) I am eager to help new movers find their home. Check out Porcupine Real Estate’s LIBERTARIANS UNITE newspaper on the campground for fascinating articles, and our full weekly schedule. Free coffee onsite every morning!
This is going to be the best PorcFest… YET!
How do I know? That YET is important. That YET is doing a lot of work. That YET is the key to a growth mindset and is a very important key to excellent interpersonal relationships when dealing with voluntary teams.
Why?
Because that “yet” allows you to include everyone who has come before while anticipating the improvements and innovations that will be revealed this year. That “yet” honors all the people who have contributed to making TWENTY ONE YEARS of PorcFests happen.
So many egos.
So much drama.
But here’s the reality, guys… THIS IS JUST LIFE.
There is NO PERFECT MOMENT. There is NO UTOPIA. There is NO VALHALLA. There is no ONE DAY I’LL…
There is only NOW, and what YOU are doing in every moment.
Yes, PorcFest is a fun time to let your hair down, but it is also YOUR chance to practice mindful personal responsibility.
The flip-side of freedom is HOW ARE YOU SHOWING UP IRL?
Please be considerate of your fellow campers. Please respect the campgrounds 11PM silence (yes, you need to switch off your music). If you want to hang and chat, there is only one spot: down on the field at the bonfire.
Live free, but also, don’t be an asshole. 
Let’s get rocking for a weeklong celebration of our beautiful project. Let’s put our best feet forward to embrace and welcome potential Porcupines to our libertarian homeland. Let’s show up with beauty and love. Let’s shine like the beacon of liberty we are. It starts and ends, with YOU! 
This week we delve further into the Sununu YDC scandal. Who is the judge? What would the economic impact be to the State if every incident receives the mandated $475,000 maximum–there are 1,400 complainants, each with numerous incidents, you do the math!?!? We also discuss the latest dramas surrounding the upcoming LP Convention in DC at the end of the month, and more!
Carla joins Porc Report to discuss recent news that Donald Trump and RFK are both speaking at the upcoming Libertarian National Convention, and other topics. There’s something for everyone who loves liberty here in the Free State!
RFK comes to Porcfest, members partake in the nude Olympics, a new secession bill is voted on in the House, board shakeups bring a new Executive Director: These are just a few big moments from this past year in the Free State Project. We check in a year later, in the 20th anniversary of the birth of the Free State Project, to see how much progress the libertarian migration has made.
What is the fate of free staters who were charged with money laundering using cryptocurrency? The FBI and US Attorney’s office explain their investigation of the case and two of those dubbed “The Crypto Six” share their perspectives from prison.
Sprouting from a graduate student’s thought experiment in 2001, over the last 20 years, the Free State Project has made a significant impact on the state of New Hampshire by gathering like-minded, liberty-loving folk who share a passion for freedom and independence. At this year’s New Hampshire Liberty Forum, Matt Kibbe sits down with Carla Gericke, president emeritus of the Free State Project, to discuss the history of the project, where it is today, and where it’s going in the future. In addition to making substantial legislative changes in the state, the Free Staters are also attracting the attention of major figures like Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Tulsi Gabbard, indicating that the real gains for liberty are yet to come. Subscribe to Kibbe on Liberty everywhere you get podcasts. The revolution is here. A movement of people free to live, work, and choose. We won’t tell you what to think, we just demand that you think for yourself.
Looks like April 18th is an auspicious date for me in the Free State!
From the pictures above, from left to right: Anti-lockdown “WE ARE ALL ESSENTIAL” protest in 2020 at the NH State House where I posed in my “TYRANNY RESPONSE TEAM” jacket with unknown patriots; a child to remind us, “Freedom over Fear”; honored as one of NH Magazine’s “Remarkable Women 2014” (in Sept that year, I won my landmark 1st Circuit “filming cops” case); and finally, a 2013 protest against militarized policing in Concord. (They eventually got their tank.)
May this post serve as a reminder that YOUR HUMAN ACTION CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
Step one: Move to the libertarian homeland.
Join us this week for a recap of the Free State Project’s 2024 Liberty Forum, with Tulsi Gabbard, Bryan Caplan, and “Mayor Kane” Glenn Jacobs. Hear more about our surprise guest, Jeanne Dietsch, a one-term NH senator with a penchant for making lists, like Fascists and Commies do. Love what we’re doing in the Free State? Get your tickets for the next upcoming event, the 21st Annual Porcupine Freedom Festival! More HERE…
This headline for a video extolling the Deep State dropped on the NYT website yesterday… the same day the New York Attorney General called for the seizing of Trump’s assets.
I doubt you get more Banana Republic than that!
Never have I been happier with my DECISION to move to the Free State fifteen years ago (hey, I’m an early adopter!) and build the future I want, which does not involve these Permanent DC clowns.
Even in little old NH, there is plenty of “Deep State” activity on a local level, with entrenched political power groups, e.g. Unions and administrators, Municipal Association, etc.
BUT, NH is small enough in population size, and the legislature is large enough (400 House members representing about 3,300 constituents each) to allow an engaged citizenry to counteract the inertia that inevitably sets in when bureaucrats get and stay involved.
What’s life like where YOU live? Are YOU involved on a local level? Do YOU feel like you are able to make a difference? Is that locale trending towards more liberty?
Even in NH, with a large activist community, reversing statism can sometimes feel like a slog, so I can only imagine how hard it must be in the “Authoritarian 49,” as Dennis Pratt likes to call it.
But, here’s the reality: The Free State *is* trending towards more liberty. We ARE becoming freer. Our ideas are being debated and legislated. We ARE winning. The future looks bright. The only thing missing is YOU!
If you want a good quality of life.
If you want to live a solid libertarian community.
If you think you can run your life best and you don’t make bad decisions other people’s problems.
If you understand that YOU are responsible for YOUR life, and it’s up to YOU to be healthy, wealthy, and sane.
Then the Free State is for you.
Live free and thrive.
Live long and prosper.
Live in the Free State and do it all. All YOU CHOOSE to do!
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