I ran across this on The Twit, and since I am doing most of this already, I thought to share. Enjoy adapting!
Cheat codes I know at 42 I wish I knew at 22:
— Dan Go (@FitFounder) November 19, 2022
Democrats nationally and regionally have consistently voted for more government control, leaving less control by individuals over their own lives.
Here in New Hampshire, Democrats have a well-documented history of repeatedly and consistently voting:
Parental Control
voted AGAINST declaring that parents have the natural right to control the well being of their children ( 2016 CACR16, 2016 HB1471 )
voted AGAINST establishing the parental bill of rights ( 2022 HB1431, 2022 HB1431 )
voted AGAINST giving parents more information about students‘ assessments ( 2021 HB194 )
voted AGAINST giving parents the right to remove their child from taking the state annual assessment ( 2016 HB1338, 2017 HB276 )
voted AGAINST parental choice regarding face masks ( 2022 HB1131 )
voted AGAINST parental choice regarding intrusive surveys ( 2022 HB1639 )
voted AGAINST requiring parental notification prior to the teaching of human sexuality ( 2015 HB332, 2015 HB332, 2017 HB103 )
voted FOR bypassing parental choice regarding vaccinations ( 2022 HB1126 )
voted FOR restricting parental choice in determining the best educational opportunity for their children ( 2021 HB251 )
voted FOR subjecting students to intrusive surveys without the knowledge of parents ( 2019 SB196 )
Education
voted AGAINST education choice ( 2017 HB647, 2018 HB1686, 2018 SB193, 2021 CACR3, 2021 HB278, 2021 HB282, 2021 HB388, 2021 HB609, 2022 HB1132, 2022 HB1298 )
voted AGAINST education choice including private schools ( 2017 HB557, 2017 SB8 )
voted AGAINST letting parents sue if their child’s school neglects to protect students from bullying ( 2021 HB140 )
voted AGAINST requiring students to pass a civics test ( 2021 HB319, 2021 HB320 )
voted FOR repealing education choice ( 2017 HB129 )
voted FOR repealing the education freedom account program. ( 2022 HB1683 )
voted FOR repealing the education tax credit ( 2016 HB1192 )
voted FOR repealing the education tax credit program ( 2017 HB297 )
voted FOR restricting education choice ( 2022 HB1120, 2022 HB1516, 2022 HB1684 )
Cost of Living
voted AGAINST prohibiting a sales tax ( 2021 CACR2 )
voted AGAINST prohibiting an income tax ( 2019 CACR12, 2021 CACR1 )
voted AGAINST reducing costs of energy ( 2021 HB373, 2022 HR17 )
voted AGAINST reducing electric rates ( 2019 HB477 )
voted AGAINST reducing electric rates by allowing more use of methane as a fuel ( 2019 HB157 )
voted AGAINST reducing the cost of electricity ( 2018 HB114, 2021 HB614 )
voted AGAINST reducing the interest & dividends tax ( 2019 HB185 )
voted AGAINST requiring a super-majority vote to override a property tax cap ( 2021 SB52 )
voted FOR an income tax ( 2018 HB628, 2018 HB628, 2018 HB628, 2018 HB628 )
voted FOR creating an additional tax on room rentals ( 2019 HB641 )
voted FOR creating an income tax with rates set by an unelected bureaucrat ( 2019 SB1, 2020 HB712 )
voted FOR creating an income tax, and new taxes on capital gains, vaping, and sports betting; increasing business taxes (2019 HB2, 2019 HB2 )
voted FOR higher electric rates ( 2020 SB124 )
voted FOR higher electric rates for most users ( 2019 SB165 )
voted FOR higher electricity costs ( 2019 SB72 )
voted FOR higher energy rates ( 2018 HB1611, 2018 HB559 )
voted FOR higher individual taxes ( 2017 HB644 )
voted FOR higher property taxes for most owners ( 2021 SB102 )
voted FOR higher rooms tax ( 2018 HB1609 )
voted FOR higher tax on insurance premiums ( 2016 HB1444 )
voted FOR higher tax on room rentals ( 2016 HB1214 )
voted FOR higher taxes ( 2016 HB634 )
voted FOR higher taxes on room rentals ( 2020 HB1160 )
voted FOR higher taxes taxes on small businesses ( 2016 HB1443, 2018 HB1422 )
voted FOR increasing electricity costs by at least $30 million per year ( 2019 SB168 )
voted FOR increasing residential electric bills ( 2020 SB122 )
voted FOR increasing the cost of electricity ( 2019 HB715 )
voted FOR making it easier for municipalities to raise taxes ( 2022 HB1342 )
voted FOR raising the cost of residential electricity by $5 million each year ( 2020 HB1496 )
voted FOR requiring state taxpayers to make up for poor investments by the Retirement Board ( 2022 HB1417, 2022 HB1417, 2022 HB1417, 2022 HB1417 )
Election Integrity
voted AGAINST allowing the Secretary of State’s office to investigate undeliverable voter verification letters (2017 HB552 )
voted AGAINST ensuring that absentee ballots are not sent to unregistered persons ( 2022 HB1153 )
voted AGAINST ensuring that drivers’ licenses cannot be used by non-citizens to vote ( 2019 HB471 )
voted AGAINST ensuring that only NH residents vote in NH ( 2015 SB179, 2016 CACR17, 2016 SB4, 2017 HB372, 2018 HB1264)
voted AGAINST improving the procedures for ongoing verification of the voter checklists ( 2021 HB285 )
voted AGAINST requesting absentee voters to verify their identity ( 2021 HB292 )
voted AGAINST requiring a person who registers to vote without any identification to have his or her photo taken ( 2021 HB523 )
voted AGAINST requiring that voters without valid photo id must provide documentation within 7 days ( 2022 SB418 )
voted AGAINST strengthening the requirements for documenting the domicile of a person registering to vote (2017 SB3)
voted FOR making it easier for illegal aliens to get a driver’s license ( 2019 HB397 )
voted FOR making it easier for non-citizens to vote ( 2020 HB1700 )
voted FOR making it easier for non-residents to vote in NH ( 2019 SB67, 2020 HB1279, 2020 HB1653 )
voted FOR making it easier for nonresident aliens to vote illegally ( 2022 HB1093 )
voted FOR making it easier for out-of-staters to vote in NH ( 2019 HB105, 2019 HB106 )
voted FOR making voter fraud easier by allowing anyone to vote absentee ( 2017 HB622, 2019 HB611, 2020 HB1672)
Constitutional Rights
voted AGAINST enhancing due process rights in cases of asset forfeiture ( 2017 HB614 )
voted AGAINST giving the legislature a role in declaring emergencies ( 2022 HB275 )
voted AGAINST prohibiting the state from mandating businesses to require vaccinations ( 2022 HB1495 )
voted AGAINST property rights ( 2021 HB402, 2022 HB414 )
voted AGAINST protecting constitutional rights during a state of emergency ( 2021 HB440 )
voted AGAINST protecting religious liberty during a state of emergen y ( 2021 HB542, 2021 HB542 )
voted AGAINST repealing a law that prohibits free speech on public property near abortion clinics ( 2015 HB403, 2016 HB1570, 2017 HB589, 2019 HB124, 2022 HB1625, 2022 HB1625 )
voted AGAINST rights of conscience ( 2021 HB63 )
voted AGAINST rights of conscience for medical professionals ( 2022 HB1080 )
voted AGAINST rights of conscience regarding vaccination mandates ( 2022 HB1210, 2022 HB1379, 2022 HB1455, 2022 HB1490, 2022 HB1604 )
voted AGAINST self-defense ( 2019 HB208 )
voted AGAINST the right of self defense ( 2018 HB1313, 2018 SB500, 2021 HB197 )
voted AGAINST the right to keep and bear arms ( 2016 HB512, 2016 HB512, 2016 HB582, 2016 HB582, 2016 SB336, 2016 SB336, 2021 CACR8, 2021 HB195, 2021 HB196, 2021 HB307, 2021 HB334, 2021 HB334, 2021 SB141, 2021 SB141, 2021 SB154, 2022 HB1178, 2022 HB1636 )
voted FOR confiscating guns from law-abiding citizens without any due process ( 2019 HB696, 2019 HB696, 2020 HB1660, 2020 HB687 )
voted FOR preventing law abiding citizens from protecting their children on school grounds ( 2020 HB1285 )
voted FOR preventing law abiding citizens, but not criminals, from buying standard firearms magazines ( 2020 HB1608 )
voted FOR protecting criminals by disarming law-abiding citizens on school property ( 2019 HB564, 2019 HB564 )
voted FOR requiring law-abiding citizens, but not criminals, to endure a waiting period between the purchase and delivery of a firearm ( 2019 HB514 )
voted FOR requiring law-abiding citizens, but not criminals, to undergo a background check for any transfer of firearms ( 2015 HB650, 2017 HB201, 2019 HB109, 2020 HB1379, 2022 HB1668 )
voted FOR requiring law-abiding citizens, but not criminals, to wait 3 days before obtaining a firearm ( 2020 HB1101 )
voted FOR restricting property rights ( 2021 HB177, 2021 HB177 )
voted FOR restricting the right of self defense ( 2018 HB1566 )
voted FOR restricting the right to keep and bear arms ( 2017 HB350, 2020 HB1143, 2020 HB1350, 2022 HB1096, 2022 HB1151 )
Right to Life
voted AGAINST banning abortion after viability ( 2016 HB1625 )
voted AGAINST collecting abortion statistics ( 2018 HB471, 2019 HB158 )
voted AGAINST making it a crime to kill a wanted fetus ( 2015 HB560, 2015 SB40 )
voted AGAINST prohibiting abortions after 24 weeks ( 2021 HB625, 2021 HB625 )
voted AGAINST prohibiting taxpayer funding of abortions ( 2016 HB1684 )
voted AGAINST protecting any infant born alive during an intended abortion ( 2020 HB1675 )
voted AGAINST punishing fetal homicide ( 2017 SB66 )
voted FOR weakening the right to life ( 2022 HB1609 )
Other
voted AGAINST allowing schools to display “In God We Trust”and “Live Free or Die” ( 2021 HB69 )
voted AGAINST exempting kids’ lemonade stands from licensing requirements ( 2021 HB183 )
voted AGAINST prohibiting sex change surgery for minors ( 2018 HB1532 )
voted AGAINST repealing the mandate that schools provide menstrual products ( 2021 HB458 )
voted AGAINST right to join or not join a union ( 2021 SB61 )
voted AGAINST strengthening the right-to-know law ( 2017 HB365 )
voted FOR allowing towns to ban plastic bags ( 2020 HB102 )
voted FOR banning plastic straws ( 2020 HB1472 )
voted FOR banning Styrofoam cups ( 2020 HB1564 )
A little personal history as a plea to encourage more people to move ASAP and come WORK YOUR OWN MAGIC-SAUCE FOR A FREER FUTURE.
My husband and I bought our 4 bd 3 bathroom atomic ranch on a cul de sac in Manchester in 2017. At the time, I negotiated pretty hard and we got a great deal, paying under $250K. I said to Louis, if I do my job right with growing the Free State, the house should be worth $1M+ in 20 years.
I got the estimate below yesterday from someone who wants my property so looks like we’re on track… yes, some of that is prolly inflationary, and the housing market is softening somewhat and prices may start to drop.. but probably not as much as other places bc we have less supply and high demand, so I hope you will be ready to pounce!
The value proposition of living in liberty in NH was established by the thousands of early movers (2007-2012), and cemented by the movers fleeing Covidmania over the last 2 years, and we now need a third wave to come!
If you value individual liberty, NH is already one of the best places in the world to live, and it will only become even more so.
BUT, we DO need YOU to come help!
Consider, it’s actually very early in this movement. I have to remind myself of that sometimes bc I moved in 2008 and have been slogging away at expanding liberty for 14 years, so it doesn’t always feel that way, but it is true.
YOU too can be part of world history!
Imagine: YOU can still be part of building the likes of a Switzerland or Iceland or Estonia from the ground up (picked bc their population sizes/canton system/property rights).
Imagine YOU can still be early in the equivalent of Silicon Valley in the 1980s, and you could still get a decent house in Palo Alto for under $350,000.
Imagine YOU are one of first 10,000 brave enough to be founders of a new country… Or, at the very least, you were part of the movement that brought federalism and states’ rights back to America, making the entire country more free as a result.
What are YOU waiting for? Are YOU planning your next visit? Are YOU telling your liberty friends about us? Are YOU ready for LIBERTY IN OUR LIFETIME? Because we are ready to welcome you to the freest of free states! Live free and thrive!
EDITED UPDATE FROM 1/25/23, to include the original screen-grabs because according to several idiots on Twitter, I am making stuff up. Since Scott Adams insulted me, and then blocked me, some of the embedded links on my original post below are hard to follow, so here is the unadulterated exchange, in order:
THIS IS THE ORIGINAL BLOG POST:
Did not think my Wednesday would entail getting into an insane fight with Dilbert creator, Scott Adams, but… that’s Twitter!
Who had “Creator of Dilbert Calls Woman Sexist Cunt for Calling Him Dude” for this year’s Pre-Halloween Apocalypse Bingo?
— Carla Gericke, Live Free And Thrive! (@CarlaGericke) October 12, 2022
Joking aside, I was really shocked by the exchange. I’ve always been a fan of Dilbert, and read Win Bigly last winter. I knew Adams had been bad on Covid restrictions, so when I saw a random post, I piled in.
Dude. If you were independently following the data, this was 100% clear. But I am really glad you are coming around. Now help us get #Nuremberg2 going. Heads must roll. (I’m speaking mostly metaphorically. Mostly.)
— Carla Gericke, Live Free And Thrive! (@CarlaGericke) October 12, 2022
My Life No. 23. Spicy af pic.twitter.com/ITkird0nsJ
— Carla Gericke, Live Free And Thrive! (@CarlaGericke) October 12, 2022
UPDATE: I forgot Scott also said “asshole” LOL
Some people came to my defense, thanks Bill B.
How dare you call this woman a bitch. She is the reason every American is allowed to film the police.
— Tall Bill, Comedic Failure (@billisajoke) October 12, 2022
UPDATE 3: Looks like he took down some of them, and blocked me. Boo
According to my Memories, one year ago today I started The Carla Gericke Show!
The what, you say? Exactly! PLEASE become a follower on Odysee, where I’d like to make my home-base, but only if y’all help… surely I can get more than 98 followers?
In the past 12 months, on top of the weekly show, Manch Talk, that I do with Tammy, I have published 36 episodes of TCGS (I’m counting tomorrow’s). That seems like… more than I expected and maybe less than I should have?
Idk, I genuinely struggle with the conceit, in the literal sense of the word, of doing something like this. I was taught to be seen and not heard and that pursuing attention was vain. This is the inner battle I have to overcome every time I put myself on camera. Some weeks, I win… apparently about 70% of the time!
In addition, producing a show in a home studio is a lot of technical crap for someone who has no interest in such things. I am very grateful to Louis Calitz for editing help, and Masha for cutting clips.
Not all the episodes are scratch, meaning some are “cheats”– interviews with other thought leaders and podcasters, but I feel pretty good about sticking-to-it-ish.
I still haven’t implemented many of my ideas, mostly because they’re a jumble in my notebooks, but instead of chastising myself, I just started a section in Workflowy, which I have been meaning to do for months anyway. So: identified a problem and came up with a solution, WTG!
Weirdly, my most popular episode on YT was this one, where I speculate about whether Bob Saget was murdered:
Learn how to say my name right and hear my “Coming to America” story in the inaugural episode and please, FOLLOW ME on all the platforms (see this pinned post on my wall).
A SPECIAL THANK YOU to all my loyal friends and followers! If you have feedback, let me know in the comments below–things you might want to see… maybe more pop culture reviews about books and shows? Jokes? More guests? More me with different formats on different days? Holler at me.
GURUS WHO teach how to create institutional change like to say that change happens in three steps: First, they ignore you. Then they fight you. Eventually, they think it was their idea.
This is beautifully illustrated by what happened in Croydon several years ago, when some Free Staters thought it would be a good idea to set up a town tuitioning program, which is one of the mechanisms for school choice in New Hampshire.
That is, instead of sending all students in grades 5 through 12 to the failing Newport School District, Croydon would pay to send students to their choice of schools in the area, including some private schools.
At first the town’s reaction was: Yeah, sure, set up a committee to look into it. Once the town voted to put the committee’s plan into action, the resistance began: Free Staters want to destroy public schools! Parents can’t be trusted to make the right choices for their children!
Years later, the residents — including many of those who fought hardest against it — now think of town tuitioning as central to Croydon’s identity, and critical to maintaining high property values.
The town tuitioning program has been the source of several success stories. Some children who were barely surviving in their assigned schools were able to thrive when tuitioned to other schools, including a local Montessori School. Some parents were able to exercise more direct control over the values to which their children were being exposed, again by choosing private schools, including a local religious academy.
When the state tried to narrow the scope of the town tuitioning program, it was Free Staters who went to court to protect it. It was Free Staters who raised donations so that the town wouldn’t have to pay any legal fees. It was Free Staters who worked with the state legislature to shepherd a bill onto the governor’s desk, making it possible for any town to follow Croydon’s lead in doing what was best for children.
And, since the private schools cost less than the public schools, it was better for Croydon’s taxpayers.
It’s ironic that some of the parents whose children have benefitted from town tuitioning — precisely because it offered an improvement over the traditional way of doing things — recently led a fear-and-smear campaign against Free Staters for trying to improve the academic performance of students while spending less money.
That’s just history repeating itself.
There’s an irrational fear — propped up by name calling — that Free Staters are out to destroy public institutions when really they are trying to make them work better.
That is the lesson of town tuitioning in Croydon. As with many lessons, it may have to be repeated several times before it sinks in. Up next is changing how we think about fairness in education, by switching the focus from school funding to student achievement. Once again, the resistance is fierce, but the outcome is inevitable.
In New Hampshire, they say if you don’t like the weather just wait a few minutes and you’ll get something you like better. If you don’t like what Free Staters are doing now, just wait a few years and you’ll think it was your idea.
Jody Underwood chairs the Croydon School Board
As more and more truth about vaccine harm comes out, we have a massive opportunity for outreach. Watch this testimony on Twitter.
So many of you should feel so stupid.. pic.twitter.com/ywzEJ89TUB
— Alan Roberts (@TheMFingCOO) October 6, 2022
Every person harmed by a vaccine mandate, whether physically or economically, or both, is now a potential liberty ally.
My vaccine skepticism started in earnest after being forced in 2008 to get an MMR vaccine in order to graduate from CCNY. I had gone through the entire program, managing to neither get the mandated unnecessary jab (as an immigrant to USA I’d had several before, I just couldn’t find the paperwork) nor did I give anyone at City College measles, mumps, or rubella.
The administration did not find my line of reasoning compelling, and refused to issue my M.F.A. degree without proof of vaccination.
So… despite not wanting to, but knowing I needed proof of the degree and that I was soon moving to the Free State of NH… I caved.
So I understand how you might feel right now.
After getting this coerced vaccine, which at least has a “safety” track record, unlike these ethics-violating mRNA treatments, I developed many new negative health issues:
I’d never had allergies before, but I became very susceptible to seasonal allergies.
I gained more than 50 lbs, despite not really changing my diet (I was still eating carbs at the time).
I started having severe joint pain, especially in my knees and lower back. I chalked this up to the weight gain. I started drinking more alcohol to mitigate.
I had low-energy, which I treated with… more alcohol… using my addiction as the “cheese” to get out of the house and get my projects done.
Only after reclaiming my health by switching to a keto diet made up of whole, low-carb foods, ditching alcohol (a depressive and neurotoxin), and getting enough sleep, was I able to reverse the harm I know developed from that unnecessary MMR vax in 2008.
Every symptom I suffered from is caused by inflammation, your own body fighting you.
THIS is part of the reason I refused to get vaccinated based on someone else’s “orders.” Never again.
I believe in self-ownership. This means you own your body and I own mine, and only I, based on my own conscience and consciousness, will decide what to treat myself with. Never again will some bureaucrat tell me what to inject or ingest.
Perhaps you are learning this the hard way too.
If you are experiencing negative health outcomes, no matter how mild or strong, I hope you have learned an incredibly valuable lesson about your own body, mind, and spirit.
Freedom matters.
Self-ownership matters.
The right to decide everything relating to your own body for yourself on your terms, matters.
Because if that’s not “allowed” anymore… ask yourself… who owns you, and where does it end?