Libertarians have chosen New Hampshire as "free state"

libertad

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Wed Oct-01-03 10:19 AM
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Libertarians have chosen New Hampshire as "free state"

in which to settle thousands of Libertarians. The New Hampshire state motto is "Live Free Or Die". Where do you think Democrats would chose to move in order to try a similar social experiment?

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MaineDem

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Wed Oct-01-03 10:29 AM
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1. These are more than just Libertarians, aren't they?

Seems to me I read something about them wanting to take over a state completely. Maine was one of the states they were considering.

Wonder how the Repugs in NH will take to this? :)

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libertad

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Wed Oct-01-03 10:35 AM
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2. I read on abcnews.com that within 2 years, they plan to have 20K

Libertarians relocated to New Hampshire. 5K have already pledged to move.

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Champion Jack

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Wed Oct-01-03 10:49 AM
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3. I wonder how this will affect property prices?

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NicoleM

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Wed Oct-01-03 10:54 AM
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4. bad idea

They should have picked North Dakota. Population 600,000 and falling. A lot of the people who live there are REALLY OLD, so if they just moved there and waited a while, they could have the run of the place.

Of course, it's ass-cold in North Dakota in the winter. People don't seem to like that.

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SmileyBoy

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Wed Oct-01-03 11:01 AM
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6. Actually, North Dakota is at 645,000 with stagnant population.

The revised census 2000 figure said that ND grew by almost 8,000 people from 1990-2000. But there are a LOT of old people here, though.

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NicoleM

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Wed Oct-01-03 11:08 AM
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7. the long-term trend

is going to be a falling population. Young people leaving, old people dying. My parents live in a little town in western ND, and it has almost disappeared. I don't have the stats, but I bet that the majority of the growth was in Fargo, Grand Forks and Bismarck, and the rural areas lost population.

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WoodrowFan

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Wed Oct-01-03 11:11 AM
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8. too cold in ND???

then why did they pick New Hampshire!

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Radical__Moderate

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Wed Oct-01-03 11:32 AM
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10. Well- I have lived In ND and I live NH Now

ND is colder, much much colder, then NH. Now I know NH is on record for the coldest tempatures ever recorded, but thats only because we have a weather station on top of the only real mountain(although small by western standards) this side of the Mississippi.

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NicoleM

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Wed Oct-01-03 12:52 PM
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13. lemme put it to you this way

When I was in HS, they canceled school for the whole state one day because the wind chill factor was sixty degrees below zero. My sister has me beat, though. A couple of years after I graduated, school was canceled because the wind chill factor was 100 degrees below zero. That's the kind of cold that kills you in a hurry.

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Bossy Monkey

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Wed Oct-01-03 10:55 AM
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5. Here's a link

http://www.freestateproject.org/
Generally I like nothing better than to tease the crap out of these people, but am just not in the mood today.

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Bossy Monkey

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Wed Oct-01-03 11:13 AM
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9. and another, the AP wire story

http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/F/FREE_STATE_PROJECT?SITE=SCCOL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

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maxanne

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Wed Oct-01-03 01:02 PM
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14. thanks for posting this link

undisclosedlocation.

Craig Benson never ceases to amaze me in his vast idiocy. As we say here in NH - Governor Hummer is a bummer.

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zanana

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Wed Oct-01-03 11:35 AM
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11. NO! GO HOME!

We have enough to deal with up here. Conservatives and suburban sprawl; I have a feeling these guys won't be living in inner-city apartments. Besides, it's REALLY COLD up here; you'll FREEZE! Stay where you are! PLEASE!

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maxanne

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Wed Oct-01-03 11:56 AM
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12. hee hee hee

zanzana.

These young white guys with money and no social conscience don't understand that old white guys with money and no social conscience run this state - and they aren't going to hand over control to people "from away."

I can't see the drug thing working here. Our pols might go for the hookers - but not the drugs.

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