An immutable law: You get more of what you subsidize.
— Carla Gericke, Live Free And Thrive! (@CarlaGericke) March 14, 2023
If you bail out:
Drug users, you get more junkies
Banks, you get more banksters
Pharma, you get more harma
Stop underwriting bad behavior & expecting different results.#EndTheFed#BankingCrisis#Crypto#LiveFreeAndThrive
The rise in poverty and homelessness is a direct result of the 2008 bank bailouts. The rise in drug use and overdose deaths is a direct result of the 2008 bank bailouts because people are suffering from economic malaise. This next bailout may be the straw that breaks the camel’s back… possibly even a full dollar collapse (definitely if the Petrodollar ends). You cannot allow the rich to reap rewards, but socialize their risk. This leads to moral hazards… which is where we are now.
Tammy breaks down Manchester’s affordable housing market and Carla makes silly jokes.
Lifetime achievement unlocked! Felt like I was in an Aaron Sorkin series last night when Louis and I went in person to the NBC studio to be interviewed as part of Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of New Hampshire series. The two journalists who interviewed me are Alison King and Sue O’Connell. I wish we had more time to to explore some of the issues, but all things considered, I think it went as well as it could. I will be breaking down some of the issues on The Carla Gericke Show in the coming weeks.
Alison King and Sue O’Connell sit down with Free State Project founder Jason Sorens to discuss the first episode of Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of New Hampshire. WATCH NOW…
Need to catch up on the whole series? START HERE…
Liberty Forum 2023 has come and gone! What an amazing weekend.
THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart to every attendee, speakers, sponsor, and all our VOLUNTEERS.
The Free State Project runs on Porc Power, and dozens of amazing people gave countless hours to make this year’s event a smashing success!
Special thanks to Mickey Mullin and Viviana for spearheading!
Thanks to our awesome emcee Bill Barger, and the video team headed by Beau with Sarah Grealy, White Marriott, Joa assisting, Chris Lopez for the offsite dinners, Miranda Nyx Animus for managing the main room, and EVERYONE on the registration and help desk, and more!
I had an amazing time and my hope & optimism for a better future remains strong… and that’s thanks to all of YOU!!!
For the first time in the Free State, our very own Authors’ Extravaganza!
A booth with three tables filled with the works of Free Staters: from children’s, YA, poetry, essays, anthologies, nonfiction on law and life, and more!
A session where 11 authors discussed their work and marketing strategies.
Thanks to everyone who participated and a special thanks to Jody Underwood who conceived of and put the whole shebang together.
Thanks to all the attendees who bought books. Remember to leave a review to help our sales!
I hope we put this event on repeat as we encourage more Free Staters to start publishing their works!
We’re on fire! Turns out, much of what we have been saying all along, was… accurate! The Dpt of Energy and the FBI now admit a lab leak from Wuhan is likely. We also cover the “choo-choo boondoggle” and Manchester’s school budget, which just keeps going up and up while student enrollment declines. Make it make sense!
Listen to the audio-only podcast:
On Wednesday evening, I met Vivek Ramaswamy, who is running for president of America.
After I failed to snap a pic with Trump in early 2016 when he was doing a CNN Q&A with Anderson Cooper at then-Theos on Elm, I have resolved to not be an idiot when the opportunity presents itself. “You never know,” as Ma likes to say.
The event was held at Free Stater-owned Murphy’s Taproom and LBRY CEO & FSP board member Jeremy Kauffman gave opening remarks.
I don’t know if Vivek is on the up-and-up.
He’s certainly got on-stage charism. A good story: First gen Indian-American makes good in bio-pharma; claims to be anti-woke and anti-China (although he did do business there). He had some bad things to say, like suggesting we make war with Mexican cartels–what could possibly go wrong?–and he didn’t answer the question about independence asked by “Mayor of Manchester.”
The internet is already a twitter that he is a WEF shill. Ian Freeman has a negative impression. I’m willing to continue to listen but this is such a long shot, the best we can hope is he stays on message about not supporting globalism, wanting to reform the federal government, being anti-CBDC. We’ll see…
Happy birthday to me! I just had a splendid weekend exploring new-to-me parts of New Hampshire with a trip up to the Mount Washington area for the cog ride on Sunday. Special thanks to Louis for spoiling me!
In February, I fasted from Tuesday, February 14 to Saturday, February 18th, my birthday. We decided to break with an early dinner at Christmas Farm Inn in Jackson, NH, which was delicious.
I want to capture my fasting experience for each month of this year… perhaps for a book sometime in the future?
This fast went by fast. Mood was good the whole time. Did get a headache on Day 3 but not as intense as the ones in 2022. On Day 3 and 4 at night, had a ball jar of homemade broth each. My journal note for Day 3 says: “Broth (yay!), nutritious and delicious, Past Carla making Future Carla happy in the Now.” 🙂
My main observation this month is I write more when I am fasting, and this feels like an underscoring of finally finding the right flow for me–the right way for me to be spending my time.
For most of my life, I resisted the urge to do “artistic” things, because it was somehow instilled in me that this was “wrong,” “an indulgence” “not serious.” Which is an extremely odd position to hold when considering Ma was an artist.
Lawyers don’t draw
I’ve been trying to figure out where this hang-up originated from and am still mulling it over… especially as I now know many self-defeating beliefs we carry, we simply created ourselves… something happened and you filed it away in a way that created a negative voice you may not even be aware of… unpacking these voices and putting them in their rightful place is what makes us healthier in the long run. [Read about how I learned to ignore the really nasty ones HERE.]
I suspect my suppression of my artsy side was because of the dysfunctional competitiveness that developed between my sister and I when we went to boarding school in the early Eighties, and we both felt we had to start aggressively vying for our parent’s attention. Based on conversations with my sister, she concurs. Add to this a subtext my parents presented to us that Lizette would be the “artsy, smart one” and I’d be the “smart, not artsy one,” and some of my resistance to my true calling–writing–make somewhat sense.
Listening to the voices in my head
Back during one of my 5-day fasts in 2022, I came up with the “My Life (in Balance)” series, those Post-Its I’ve been putting out, so I keep looking for new inspiration or moments of clarity while fasting. This time, a voice mentioned that when I panic about “having to make The Carla Gericke Show” (which I do a lot), I could be using content I have already written directly from my site. This falls in the “Past Carla helping Future Carla in the Now” category, and while I really don’t know why this never occurred to me before, I’m going to implement this life hack, stat!
How about you?
What are you doing to set yourself up for more success in the future? Are you making the right choices with regard to your diet, exercise, sleep, mental health? Remember, building integrity with yourself–in other words, making and keeping promises to yourself–is the road to happiness!