3 Days in Key West

Tax Free Canterbury

 No Income tax

No Goods and Service Tax

Result...

Smaller government

Less rules and regulations

Better education and choice as parents become more responsible and engaged.

Economic growth would double

Billions in investment from the rest of New Zealand

Less crime

Better quality of goods and services

Less boom and bust ie recessions

More individual responsibility = better behaved citizens.

No corporate welfare

Less poverty

GDP/capita to surpass Singapore 

Lower unemployment as the work ethic is given a much higher status.

Lower healthcare costs as competition increase.

This Is How Israel Became an Economic Mega-Power

Christchurch the Hong Kong:of the south. The Land Of Billionaires

The World Without Canterbury (Natural Resources) Season 1, Episode 2

This Is How Rich People of Canterbury Spend Their Money

The World's Fastest Growing Economies.

1. Guyana. Average growth 2022-2026: 25.8% Guyana will be by far the fastest-growing economy over the next few years. ... 
2. Macao. Average growth 2022-2026: 11.9% ... 
3. Fiji. Average growth 2022-2026: 7.7% ... 
4. Niger. Average growth 2022-2026: 7.6% ... 
5. Libya. Average growth 2022-2026: 6.9%

RICHEST COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD | GDP (PPP) PER CAPITA | 1500-2022

Canterbury Needs Decolonising

One Day in Key West, aka The Conch Republic Florida - Travel Guide | What to Do, See, & Eat in ...

Conch Republic Band - Turn The Beat Around

The World’s Leading Independence Movements | Part 2

The World’s Leading Independence Movements | Part 1

Independence movements in the 20th Century | World History | Khan Academy

History and Humor Define April’s Conch Republic Independence Celebration

 

Loaves of stale Cuban bread, a governmental border checkpoint, and a request for a billion dollars in foreign aid played major roles in the Florida Keys’ secession from the United States and the formation of the independent Conch Republic. Recognized by international public law as “a sovereign state of mind,” the republic will mark its 34th birthday Friday through Sunday, April 22 through May 1 — with the zany and irreverent Conch Republic Independence Celebration.

Read more here

Could Western Australia actually secede from Australia? | ABC News

British Parliament Forms July 4 Commission To Investigate Colonial Insurrection

 LONDON — The British parliament has convened for an emergency session to investigate the events of July 4th, 1776 in the colonies across the Atlantic. Sources indicate an illegal insurrection took place there that cost many lives.

"Blimey! These cheeky colonists are quite literally — and I'm LITERALLY not exaggerating here — an existential threat to democracy!" said MP Peasley Peckinposh III to a chorus of "hear hears."

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The Principality of Andorra, Microstate.

The Principality of Andorra was officially created in the year 1278 through an agreement between the Bishop of Urgell and the Count of Foix to have joint sovereignty of the territory, which lies along the border between France and Spain. Local traditions hold that the tiny country existed since the 9th century and that Charlemagne granted a charter to the Andorran people in return for fighting against the Moors. Over the centuries the tiny state (a census carried out in the 12th century found that 2298 people lived in Andorra) seemed it might have been annexed by one its larger neigbours, the country still remains with the same borders it had in 1278 – but it does pay an annual tribute of four hams, forty loaves of bread, and some wine to France and then to Spain in alternating years.

How Switzerland/Canterbury Stayed Neutral

This map shows the European regions fighting to achieve independence

 

The 40th Anniversary Celebration of Conch Republic’s Birth

Canterbury. Evolution from 1960 to 2021 Time-lapse

The Conch Republic: The Micro-Nation that Seceded from the USA

The 40th Anniversary Celebration of Conch Republic’s Birth

The Tax System, Explained in Beer! By Johnston Grocke

Why Are The Cayman Islands So Rich?

The Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry song

The Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry

The cap and collar badges for the 1st (Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry). The cap badge shows a fern-wreath surmounted by a ram’s head and the letters ‘CYC’, their motto and '1864' . The collar badges show a ram’s head above the letters ‘CYC’.

Motto: Pro focis et patria (For our home and country).

The 1st (Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry) Regiment was officially raised on 17 March 1911. It was one of 12 regionally based mounted rifles regiments formed as part of the new Territorial Force (TF) organisation that came into existence on that day. This part-time Territorial Force and a tiny regular force of professional soldiers formed the basis of New Zealand’s army at the outbreak of the First World War.

Instead of mobilising the TF, however, the government decided to raise a separate force to send overseas to fight – the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (NZEF). In 1914 the new mounted regiments of the NZEF were given provincial names corresponding to the military district in which they were raised – Auckland, Wellington, Canterbury or Otago. This gave them some sense of regional identity.

The NZEF mounted regiments were instructed to affiliate each of the three squadrons under their command with a TF mounted rifles regiment from their military district, and to issue the regiment’s badge to the squadron. The idea was to foster linkages with the established TF regiments that were not being sent overseas. So the badge of the 1st (Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry), TF, was worn by the 1st (Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry) Squadron of the Canterbury Mounted Rifles Regiment, NZEF, throughout its service in the Gallipoli, Sinai and Palestine campaigns.

The World's Newest Countries Since 1990

 Since the year 1990, 34 new countries have been created, many as a result of the dissolution of the U.S.S.R. and Yugoslavia in the early 1990s. Others became new countries as a result of anticolonial and independence movements, including Eritrea and East Timor.

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How to Create a Country

New Year's 2022: Canterbury NZ puts on spectacular fireworks show

All Canterbury now requires is a harbour bridge.

Independence from Wellington?

n Common Sense, Thomas Paine argues for American independence. ... Society, according to Paine, is everything constructive and good that people join together to accomplish. Government, on the other hand, is an institution whose sole purpose is to protect us from our own vices.

The Best Tax-Free Countries in the World

Bahrain. The Kingdom of Bahrain is a country located in the Persian Gulf alongside neighbouring Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. More importantly, it benefits from no taxes on income, sales, capital gains, corporate or estates with an exception surrounding the deriving of profits from the country's fossil fuels

Happy 171th anniversary Canterbury

New Countries That Might Exist Soon

Florida Frontiers TV - Episode 27 - The Conch Republic

CANTERBURY SUNRISE AND MOONRISE SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Why is There a Fake Country INSIDE Florida?

These People Started Their Own Countries, and So Can You

15 People Who Started Their Own Micronations

 A micronation is a piece of land, either geographical or hypothetical, that claims to be a sovereign state—but isn’t. By the most bare-bones definition, this means all you have to do to create one is declare that you’ve done so. If you want to get fancy about it, you can also design your own passport, currency, regalia, and/or other accoutrements of statehood. Badgering the United Nations for recognition is optional, but by definition, micronations aren’t formally recognized by other countries or international bodies.

Some micronations are serious attempts driven by political ideology, while others are more like practical jokes. By some accounts, over 400 currently active micronations now exist. Here are 15 of the most interesting from the past few decades: 

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Why is SWITZERLAND so RICH? - VisualPolitik EN

Swiss Psalm - National anthem of Switzerland

B.A.T. is a BAD Tax

Why San Marino is not a part of Italy?

San Marino, the microstate of fewer than 40,000 people in north central Italy, sent five athletes to Tokyo and won three medals in shooting and wrestling

The Conch Republic website

 

The Founding of the Conch Republic

The Conch Republic was born on April 23, 1982, in response to a United States Border Patrol Blockade of the Florida Keys. Since the United States insisted on treating the Keys like a foreign country, Mayor Dennis Wardlow seceded from Union. Today we stand proudly as a community of who have “Sovereign State Of Mind” and as the “People who seceded where others have failed”

https://conchrepublic.com

Canterbury Military Muster

Canterbury Declaration of Independence Newstape

Canterbury Provincial Police Gold Escort through the Southern Alps, 1865

 

Why is Australia ‘micronation central’? And do you still have to pay tax if you secede?

 

Would you like to buy a micronation? 

The Principality of Hutt River is on the market. For 50 years, the sprawling 6,100 hectare property, more than 500 kilometers from Perth, styled itself as the “second-largest country in Australia”. 

It was formed in 1970 by Leonard Casley (Prince Leonard), who seceded from Australia following a dispute with the state government over wheat production quotas. Casley died in 2019 and in August 2020, his son, Prince Graeme announced he would sell the family farm to pay a A$3 million tax bill.

Read more here and here

How Powerful Is Switzerland?

Suez: The Yellow Fleet trapped by the 1967 Arab-Israeli War. Micronation created.

The Treaty of Westphalia

WORLD'S OLDEST MICRONATION? (Paulava Republic)

Too Late to Apologize: A Declaration

Famous Secessions

Catalonia. Brexit. Kurdistan. Tibet. Scotland. Luhansk and Donetsk. Quebec. These places have significant minorities that want to leave the country they are currently in and set up their own. They want to secede.  

Famous secessions

Founding of the Conch Republic

Why are SMALL countries RICHER

Conch Republic Military Muster

The Boston Tea Party Song (Parody of Pharrell Williams - Happy) Tax on tea was 10%

Conch Republic Band - Hot Hot Hot

Conch Republic Independence Ceremony 2020

The Conch Republic — Independence from America

Jed Clampett and Family decide to Move to Canterbury

 

Welcome to Canterbury/Dallas

 

Independence from America

In 1982, the United States set up a border blockade on Highway 1 in the northern most part of the Florida Keys, effectively shutting down traffic to the archipelago. This angered the local government of the Florida Keys so much, that they decided to secede from the Union.

There are 5 countries who do not have any external debt:

There are 5 countries who do not have any external debt:

• Macau.
• British Virgin Islands.
• Brunei.
• Liechtenstein.
• Palau
• Canterbury????

Monty Python satire on systems of government

The Tax System, Explained in Beer!

Old Man Gets Audited by IRS

WORLD’S RAREST COCONUT HAULER!! MaryAnn is NUTS for this CLASSIC 4x4 CONCH REPUBLIC “hidden gem!”

10 Countries Where Income Tax Doesn't Exist

Cars not fast enough for Canterbury

The Simpsons and tax

The joy of paying taxation...

Canterbury NZ v the police

The Crusader's horses

Conch Republic Indepencence Celebration Raising Of Colors 2018

Swiss Neutrality - Heineken Commercial

Awkward Exes: Britain & America 1776 - The Breakup (by We Are Thomasse)

The joys of taxation...

Simpsons - Tax Day

Aerial view Christchurch CBD

Conch Republic national anthem...

There are 500 taxes on a pencil....

Barney Fife The Preamble To The Constitution

Declaration of Independence.

Billy Connolly visiting the Conch Republic

Conch Republic Marine Army

Taxman (Remastered 2009)

Let me tell you how it will be
There's one for you, nineteen for me
'Cause I'm the taxman, yeah, I'm the taxman

Should five per cent appear too small
Be thankful I don't take it all
'Cause I'm the taxman, yeah I'm the taxman

If you drive a car, I'll tax the street,
If you try to sit, I'll tax your seat.
If you get too cold I'll tax the heat,
If you take a walk, I'll tax your feet.

Don't ask me what I want it for
If you…

If you don't want to pay some more
'Cause I'm the taxman, yeah, I'm the taxman

Model Health System

CITIZENSHIP BY INVESTMENT IN MONACO

The Conch Republic

The start of the German Economic Miracle.

Little Europe: Liechtenstein

Investment in Canterbury

The Principality of Liechtenstein

Conch Republic Independence Celebration 2018 - Bloody Battle

European Separatist Movements

The (Secret) City of London, Part 1: History

The (Secret) City of London, Part 2: Government

Taxation Is Theft

The Fight For An Independent Bavaria

Role model for Canterbury?

34th Annual Conch Republic Independence Celebration

The Canterbury Republic — Independence from Old Zealand

Christchurch & Canterbury, New Zealand

North Shore independence from NZ

Woman creates referendum in attempt to give North Shore independence from NZ

MATTHEW ROSENBERG

Last updated 10:01, May 30 2018

A legal strategist wants to see Auckland's North Shore split away from the rest of the country and establish its own independent city state with a separate economy.

Miriam Clements, who ran for North Shore MP in the 2017 general election with policies of low tax and high government spending, is initiating a citizen's referendum on the idea, which she believes will gain support.

"I believe people on the North Shore have the confidence to try something like this. Functionally, it [the North Shore] has huge potential to become a luxury travel destination."

Read more here

What If There Were No Taxes?

New Caledonia to vote on independence 2018

Cantabrians in 2050 have 150 days holiday a year...

With a taxation reduced to the bare minimum it might be possible. 90% of the cost of a new car is taxation. There are up to 500 taxes on a pencil.

Feeling overworked? Research reveals medieval peasants had SEVEN TIMES more vacation than the average American employee

• The average American worker took just 16.2 days holiday in 2015 

• In the 13th century, English peasants enjoyed 150 days off a year 

• Professor Juliet Schor claims life was more leisurely pre-1800s capitalism 

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National Anthem of Switzerland

Barney Fife The Preamble To The Constitution

National Anthem: Liechtenstein - Oben am jungen Rhein

The Europe of Separatists

Jordan Peterson's opinion on the EU

Fun With The Swiss

Too Late to Apologize: A Declaration

Introduction to the State of Jefferson, California

BEAUTIFUL DRESDEN - BOMBED AND REBUILT

How Powerful is Switzerland? Canterbury divided by 13

Yes Minister S01E03 - The Economy Drive

Why Catalonia wants independence

Which Regions Are Fighting For Independence?

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The Californian Secession (Alternate Future)

Western Australian Liberals push for secession

Conch Republic - Get Your Passports Now

Homer on Tax Day

Some civil servants have no sense of humour...

The Australian Tax Office (ATO) actually commented on this one. The importance of accuracy in your tax return.
The ATO has returned the Tax Return to a man in Townsville after he apparently answered one of the questions.
In response to the question, "Do you have anyone dependent on you ?"
The man wrote: "2.1 million illegal immigrants, 1.1 million 
crackheads, 4.4 million unemployable scroungers, 80,000 criminals in over 85 prisons,plus 450 idiots in Parliament, thousands of 'retired politicians' and an entire group that call themselves 'Senators'.
The ATO stated that the response he gave was "unacceptable".
The man's response back to ATO was, "Who did I leave out?"

Bayxit? One in three Bavarians wants independence from Berlin – poll

Bayxit? One in three Bavarians wants independence from Berlin – poll:
Almost one third of the respondents in Bavaria say they want independence from Germany, according to a new poll, which also showed that the southern region has the strongest secessionist sentiment among all German states.

Conch Republic Air Force Biplane Ride - Key West Biplanes

World's Best Countries to live in - Tax free

Whangamomona — Pet Presidents

The Conch Republic — Independence from America

10 Theoretical Countries Of The Future

Countries rise, and countries fall. Nobody assumes that the world map of the future will look like our modern map. Succession and unification movements exist all over the world, providing various possibilities for future countries.

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How New Countries Gain Independence

America Breaks Up with King George by Voicemail (Declaration of Independ...

Thousands take to the streets to demand secession of southern Yemen

Which Countries Are Neutral?

Canterbury, the Switzerland of the Pacific

15 Countries With Lowest Total Tax Rates

A Look Inside Swiss Militias

Top 10 Smallest Countries in The World

Catalonia sets date for landmark vote on independence from Spain

Eurovision Song Contest - Possible Future Countries

Canterbury is a Hundred (1950)

Canterbury is a Hundred (1950)

Yemen protesters call for southern secession

10 NEW Countries That Could Exist In Ten Years

Lower Taxes, Higher Revenue

Simpsons recognise Cornish fight for independence

Canterbury Armed Forces 2017

Canterbury Armed Forces 2017

Canterbury Armed Forces 2017

25 Crazy Facts You Never Knew About Switzerland

Liechtenstein - RICHEST nation in the world ($140K per capita)

Oregon Man Fined $500 for Criticizing Red-light Cameras

Clarke and Dawe - Thank God it couldn’t happen here.

Get some patients - Yes, Minister - BBC

The Republic of Rick Trailer HD

Tax Freedom Day:first February 2018

California Dreaming: Calls for state secession from USA grows

Secession is in the air: Can a US state legally ‘Brexit’?

Secession is in the air: Can a US state legally ‘Brexit’?

Secession is in the air: Can a US state legally ‘Brexit’?

Würzburg, Germany now

WW2 Reconstruction Of Würzburg, Germany, 05/28/1946

10 Things You Didn't Know About Switzerland

The Conch Republic

Canterbury Fire Rescue Water Bomber in Action

Cockpit video of Canterbury Air Force Ranfurly Shield Flyover

Rome’s Flat Tax Created the Biggest Economic Boom in History

Rome’s Flat Tax Created the Biggest Economic Boom in History | Armstrong Economics

How Powerful Is Switzerland/Canterbury?

Canterbury Air Force in action

Taxation Poem

by Anonymous

Tax his land, tax his wage,
Tax his bed in which he lays.
Tax his tractor, tax his mule,
Teach him taxes is the rule

Tax his cow, tax his goat,
Tax his pants, tax his coat.
Tax his ties, tax his shirts,
Tax his work, tax his dirt

Tax his chew, tax his smoke,
Teach him taxes are no joke.
Tax his car, tax his grass,
Tax the roads he must pass

Tax his food, tax his drink,
Tax him if he tries to think.
Tax his sodas, tax his beers,
If he cries, tax his tears

Tax his bills, tax his gas,
Tax his notes, tax his cash.
Tax him good and let him know
That after taxes, he has no dough

If he hollers, tax him more,
Tax him until he's good and sore.
Tax his coffin, tax his grave,
Tax the sod in which he lays

Put these words upon his tomb,
"Taxes drove me to my doom!"
And when he's gone, we won't relax,
We'll still be after the inheritance tax 

"Calexit" is the new secession movement in California

Orxit? Orkney Islands could demand to leave UK and Scotland

The Orkney Islands are considering declaring independence from the UK and Scotland following Britain’s vote to leave the European Union.

The motion to investigate “greater autonomy or self-determination” for the islands, located north of Scotland, was passed by 13 of the Islands Council’s 21 members.

It requires the council’s chief executive to draw up a report considering “whether the people of Orkney could exercise self-determination if faced with further national or international constitutional changes. Or indeed to decide if more autonomy might be beneficial for the wellbeing of Orkney.”

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The Case for a Flat Tax

List of micronations

Micronations, sometimes also referred to as model countries and new country projects, are small, self-proclaimed entities that claim to be independent sovereign states but which are not acknowledged as such by any recognised sovereign state, or by any supranational organization. They should not be confused with microstates, which are recognised independent states of a small size, nor should they be confused with unrecognised states, which may have legitimate claim to sovereign state status.

Motivations for the creation of micronations include theoretical experimentation, political protest, artistic expression, personal entertainment and the conduct of criminal activity. Micronations can also exist in various forms, including in the physical world (on land, at sea and in outer space), online, in the minds of their creators, or some combination of these. Some micronations issue coins, flags, postage stamps, passports, medals, and other items.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_micronations

Disgruntled Democrats Want A Constitutional Convention To Leave The Union

"Calexit" is the new secession movement in California

Willie's Views On Scottish Independence THE SIMPSONS

Canterbury to install more advanced Early Warning System.

Why Christchurch Should Build Higher?

The Earthquake-Proof Tower for Christchurch

New industry for Canterbury

What Would Happen if CALIFORNIA SECEDED

Can a Desert Nation Solve the World's Water Shortage?

Best of Swiss Army

The Plainsmen ~ The Ballad of the Waitaki

Spaniards, Exhausted by Politics, Warm to Life Without a Government

By RAPHAEL MINDER and DAVID ZUCCHINOOCT. 2, 2016

MADRID — For the past 288 days, Spain has plodded along without an elected national government. For some Spaniards, this is a wonderful thing.

“No government, no thieves,” said Félix Pastor, a language teacher who, like many voters, is fed up with the corruption and scandals that tarnished the two previous governing parties.

Mr. Pastor, a wiry, animated 59-year-old, said Spain could last without a government “until hell freezes over” because politicians were in no position to do more harm.

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Superblocks: How Barcelona is taking city streets back from cars

Homer Simpson: An economic analysis

Swiss shooting competition

“Nothing in international law prohibits unilateral declarations of indep...

Guns in Switzerland [Al Jazeera]

Military service - SWI swissinfo.ch

Military service - SWI swissinfo.ch: (SRF/Julie Hunt, swissinfo.ch)

The Advantages of Small States...

Rab C Nesbitt VS The No Campaign - '' Scottish Independence''

What If Texas Was An Independent Country?

Medieval Festival in Rebellious Catalonia Takes on Modern Meaning

BERGA, Spain — The Patum, a spectacular festival here that dates to medieval times, plays out the struggle between good and evil — represented by costumes and statues of angels, fire-wielding demons and dragons, and Christian knights fighting Turks and Moors — amid raucous celebrations over five days.

But here in the heartland of Catalonia, the festival has also come to symbolize the far more modern political and social struggles of Spain — between right and left, church and state, the Spanish government in Madrid and Catalan secessionists.

Catalonia’s independence drive has imbued the Patum, like so many other cultural symbols and expressions here, with ever greater nationalist significance for Catalans.

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Daniel Hannan - Why Britain should leave the EU

Arthur's Pass, New Zealand

THE SIMPSONS | Willie's Views On Scottish Independence

Scottish referendum explained for non-Brits

Why Texas Should Secede

The First Amendment: Liberal Edition

Defending the Lion City: The Armed Forces of Singapore

Clarke and Dawe - Australians requiring Panamanian legal advice.

The Digital Economy Should Be about Capital Creation, Not Extraction

What Do The Swiss Know That We Don't?

How Powerful Is Switzerland?

Everything About the New Country Liberland

Everything About the New Country Liberland

Liberland

How one man plans to build a new libertarian paradise in Europe

Exclusive: Vit Jedlicka is the self-proclaimed president of 'the youngest country in the world', a land free from regulation on disputed territory between Croatia and Serbia. He tells The Independent he now has too many backers to be stopped.

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Democracy

Conch Republic Independence Parade

Independence movements; Europe goes back to the Middle Ages...

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Europe goes back to the Middle Ages: Map shows how patchwork continent would look if every separatist movement got their wish

• Map shows how Europe would look if every separatist movement achieved its goal of autonomy
• Well-known movements like Basque nationalism shown alongside smaller, less well-known secessionists

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Quotes about politicians...

If God wanted us to vote, he would have given us candidates .
~Jay Leno~

The problem with political jokes is they get elected.
~Henry Cate, VII~

We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.
~Aesop~

If we got one-tenth of what was promised to us in these State of the Union speeches, there wouldn’t be any inducement to go to heaven.
~Will Rogers~

Politicians are the same all over.
They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.
~Nikita Khrushchev~

When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President; I’m beginning to believe it.
~Clarence Darrow~

Why pay money to have your family tree traced; go into politics and your opponents will do it for you.
~Author unknown~

Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, go out and buy some more tunnel.
~John Quinton~

Politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich, by promising to protect each from the other.
~Oscar Ameringer~

I offer my opponents a bargain:
if they will stop telling lies about us,
I will stop telling the truth about them.
~Adlai Stevenson, campaign speech, 1952~

A politician is a fellow who will lay down your life for his country.
~ Tex Guinan~

I have come to the conclusion that politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.
~Charles de Gaulle~

Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks.
~Doug Larson~

There ought to be one day — just one —
when there is open season on Congressmen.
~Will Rogers~

If you want a real friend that you can trust in Washington, get a dog.
– Harry Truman –

125 years ago...

“125 years ago you didn’t have to ask permission from the Government to: go fishing, collect rain water, use a transportation vehicle, build a home or renovate it. You didn’t have to ask permission and pay to be married, obtain licenses, certifications or permits to hunt, own a weapon, become a carpenter or any trade or profession. You didn’t have ask permission to protest or redress the Government.! You can virtually do “NOTHING” without being extorted by Government and obtaining their permission first."
Author unknown

America Breaks Up with King George by Voicemail...

Is this the best response to the Knockout Game?

Lsten to Canterbury Radio 98.7

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