Before you scold me for being busy, question what you do in your own useless, mundane life (yes, I hold grudges).

Amazing.

Absolutely appalled.

Anyone who supports this reform  supports violence, poverty, and government oppression.

No individual can opt-out.

Employers (even private) are going to be forced to get their employees healthcare.

If you don’t buy in, you’ll probably get fined and put in jail.  Hence the violence.  Think guns, cops and busting down your door for not WANTING something.

So disgusting.  Go play golf, Barack Obama.  Just don’t do . . . anything else.  Go away.  PLEASE.

All the hard work finally paid off.

Drexel hosted to Students for Liberty Mid-Atlantic conference this weekend.

Let me tell you.

I had so much fun.

Meet and greet at my place on Friday.

Work up at 6:30 AM on Saturday, pretty energized.  We had so much to set up!

The conference went WITHOUT A FLAW.

And then at the end, Irena got on stage, called SLF up, cried, and it was over.  Then I had 7 drink tickets at Slainte to use.  Well deserved, mind you.

While I am only with the liberty-minded folks for about . . . 10 percent of my day, on average, it’s where I always want to be.  These conferences and events . . . I always want to go to them SO BADLY, for I love the gift of liberty that the attendees possess!  It truly is a GIFT.  To know what it means to be free — but to also have the knowledge that there are some evil, vile people out there who use violence, force and coercion on us . . . while most of the world sleeps through it, unaware of what is wrong.

Anyway, I could go on forever.  If you’re not in the movement and you read this, you’ll think I’m crazy.  I don’t care.  I know what I want to do with my life and it’s not be average, apathetic and wasteful.  It’s going to take time and patience to get out of school — get out of this corrupt system that I’m involved in — and move on to immersing myself in what I like to do.

I’m not going to convert you into a “freeman.”  But look into your heart.  Do you own yourself?  Or are you letting someone ELSE own you?  Where is that money coming from?  Thin air?  Stolen from the people?  Why are so many people in jail?  Victimless crimes?  Exactly.  Why do politicians LIE and NOTHING THEY SAY EVER COMES INTO TRUTH?  Why.  Are the police becoming more like a MILITARY?  Are the children and the elderly being negatively affected by the tyrannical government that creates policy after policy of ineffective and useless NONSENSE for the “sheep-le” (people) of the United States to mindlessly follow?

Some say questioning authority is bad.  Don’t do it, they say.  Well.  1) Who is anyone to RULE OVER you and tell you what to do?  2) Absolute power creates ABSOLUTE PROBLEMS (ever take a history class?) 3) Obviously, something’s wrong with the system.  Question it.

I’m really going to start writing my book.  It’s going to be fairly simple to read.  It’s for freedom n00bs.  Hopefully it’ll convert some people.

Sorry, no time to write!

We hosted Freedom Watch last week!

Check it out!

Woo! Look at me sitting next to powerful looking white guys! Haha. Take that, politics.

Wow, what a great night.

Student Liberty Front put on a fund raising concert!

The bands were suprisingly GOOD!  We made a whole 100 dollars (ha).

Not much, but we’re working on it.

Special thanks to Julia for putting the whole thing together!

I guess we made more than we would with a bake sale . . .

Today I was walking to work.

I always walk on the right side of the sidwalk.  It’s some unwritten universal rule.

All of a sudden,

A STAMPEDE of people come out of a subway opening.

Now, I’m a good . . . block away.  But the first person out walks on their left (my right).  They’re coming at me — and all of them are following this lone, estranged walker.  In a herd.

BAM.

They walk RIGHT INTO ME.  One after the other.  Bam bam bam.

Ridiculous.  This is one reason why I hate city life, but this also makes me question people’s intelligence.  Oh, common man.

The moral of the story: Follow the leader isn’t always the best option.  Go off the beaten path and maybe you’ll find a more sensible option.

So, yesterday morning I dragged Tyler out to do the AIDS walk with me.

And in his angry state, he made a good point.

Why are we suffering?  How is walking going to help or cure AIDS?  Is there some big AIDS master who sees all this human sacrifice and decides, “Oh, now I’ll cure AIDS.”  No!  So, what’s the point?  I don’t really know.  All that I know is that a lot of money is raised.

All that I know is that I love walking.  8.4 miles.  That’s all.

The point of this post is to remember to question just about everything — without being, you know, obsessive about it.  The brainwashed public tends to believe many false or untrue ideas, so it’s interesting to see how that spreads even beyond politics.  I’m sure not many of these walkers know how profitable the pharmaceuticals are in dealing with these diseases, illnesses  and cancer — and finding a cure would put all of it to a halt.  So, do you think that they, the most powerful businesses in America, are even going to let a cure be found?  Kind of a conspiracy theory, but it’s definitely in my mind.

The Abington Township Commissioners have begun unjustified legal proceedings to seize the property of Elizabeth Patane, an 80-year-old widow who has made it clear she will fight the taking to the last inch. A rally in support of Mrs. Patane’s property rights will be held rain or shine on Saturday, October 17, 2009, featuring a march on the Abington Township building (but please no torches or pitchforks!).

Supporters will begin gathering at noon on Saturday in the parking lot of Mrs. Patane property, 1180 Easton Road, Roslyn Penna, 19001 (www.tinyurl.com/TheStolenProperty). The rally will be called to order at 1 PM, and at 1:15 will begin a march on the township building, making two twenty-minute stops along the way. The first will be at the home of Commissioner Lori Schreiber who first proposed the taking, and the second at the home of Commissioner John Carlin who voted in favor of it. The route will follow sidewalks through residential neighborhoods all the way, so it’s alright to bring the kids and strollers along.

By 3 PM the rally is expected to arrive at the Abington Township building, 1176 Old York Road, Abington Penna. 19001. Numerous dignitaries will be on hand to address the citizens, including Dick and Nancy Saha of Coatesville, who successfully fought back efforts by that town to seize their family farm. Also speaking are Pat Sellers of Chester County, a veteran of the Saha victory, and Ken Krawchuk, former Libertarian candidate for Pennsylvania Governor and a long-time Abington activist. In addition to members of the Patane family, every Abington Township Commissioner has also been invited to briefly address the rally (although few are likely to accept). Ceremonies are expected to conclude around 4 PM.

In addition to the big march on the township building, there will be two roving rallies, one before the march and one afterwards. The morning rally begins at 10 AM in Roychester Park, and will pay visits to the homes of three other commissioners who voted in favor of taking Mrs. Patane’s property: James Ring, Les Benzak, and Carol DiJoseph. The afternoon rally begins at 4:30 PM to visit the final three: Michael O’Connor, Steven Kline, and Ernie Peacock. A detailed itinerary can be found at www.tinyurl.com/RallyForPropertyRights, but it is subject to change. Commissioners have until midnight Thursday to recant their vote in order to be dropped from the agenda.

According to official minutes posted at www.Abington.org, the Abington Commissioners voted in February to use eminent domain to seize Mrs. Patane’s storefront property for use as a neighborhood library, even though the main township library is approximately one mile away and no other neighborhood has its own library. Further, there was another building already for sale across the street from Mrs. Patane’s property which could have been purchased instead, and without litigation. Township officials have admitted that Mrs. Patane’s taxes were current and that there were no code violations or safety concerns. Still, Commissioner Peacock is on record saying, “Taking it is the right thing to do.” Initial outlays for the Patane property are anticipated to be almost $2 million (not counting litigation), but the Abington Commissioners have stated on record that they cannot say what the final cost might be, and that there is no fixed dollar amount or cost estimate for the project, nor any guarantee of success. The last high-profile taking in Abington ended up costing almost three times the property’s value due to costs of litigation, and Coatesville squandered $7 million attempting to seize the Saha farm before finally admitted defeat.

I love what I do . . . liberty activism keeps me goin’.  Even though I wish it wasn’t necessary.  Big government is ridiculous and this lack of property rights has got to go!  As I usually say, “Wake up, wake up, wake up.”  Greater good?  Individual rights is where it’s at.  Today someone told me not to step on their property when I was walking by with a sign that said “Our rights are founded on the idea of private property.”  HA.  Does he know I’m out in the freezing cold rain working to PROTECT his property rights?  I wish that people could be educated about the ideals of liberty and freedom rather than what is currently taught in schools.  Could the world be more humane and principled?    No, of course not!  Let’s talk about government corruption.  Let’s talk about left vs. right.  Let’s talk about how we have this thing called the Constitution and all these rights but they just get taken away from us little by little every day.  And let’s talk about how no one cares. Ok.  Mini rant over.

Tomorrow I am doing the 8 mile AIDS walk in Philly — if anyone is interested in joining, talk to me.  (Yes!  Liberty minded people aren’t selfish and they do want to help society out!  As long as it’s not FORCED and there’s not a GUN TO MY HEAD if I refuse to be stolen from, IE taxes taxes taxes).

Yes, I believe so.

This thought has been crossing my mind as of late.

YES, heels make your legs look lean and long, but . . .

a) YOU CLICK.  click click click. Walking in a dark alley at night?  SOMEONE is going to know you are coming.  You’re wearing a cow bell.

b) You can’t run.  You can’t even walk too fast.  You’re clumsy.  You’re going down.

c) Unwanted attention.  Clicking and lookin’ good.  Maybe too good.  Maybe someone you don’t like is checking you out.  What can you do?  You probably like the attention, but could it lead to too much?

I’m bored.  But seriously.  Walking at night with heels?  Carry a weapon.  Protect yourself!  (I’ll stick to my flats and my daily 3 mile runs).

Tyler and I went to NYC (Columbia) for the Ivy League Students for Liberty Conference this weekend.

Yes, Ivy League.

And I go to Drexel.  But that’s OK, everyone was allowed (even those who don’t wear navy brooks brother blazers).

I spoke on the student panel.  Horrible public speaking skills, as usual.  Sigh.  I need to stop being so nervous!

Nothing really exciting happened.  Made some new friends at the social.  Surprisingly, being one of the 3 girls there (ha), I felt like “one of the guys.”  I love that feeling — I don’t want to be the “center of attention” sort of girl.  Hopefully LOLA will get more girls in the movement, though.

The conference was placed nicely on a three day weekend, so the next day, Tyler and I walked to Times Square and got Broadway tickets — CHICAGO!  It was amazing.  Then we walked back to Columbia and bid NYC adeau (I specifically mention the walk because it was about 68 blocks each way!)

We didn’t get back to Philly until 1AM.  Then I passed out like nothing else.  Woke up the next day and went hiking!  <3

And then later that night, SLF eboard.  We are packed.  Freedom Watch, meetings, conference . . . there’s four of us that do work, btw.  Spartan power!  Oh yeah, and we have a concert on the 22nd!