Dear America, It’s You — Not Me.
April 25, 2013 By: Stephen Hilgart, Dir. Of Marketing & Conference Operations Any real life goal should scare you a little and excite you a lot – I’m certainly feeling that way, because, next week I am… Leaving the U.S. My journey starts in China for fun, friends, and food (pig face, anyone?). After that, […]
America’s Stages of Grief

April 24, 2013 By: Kevin Kerr, Contributor Desperate Acts: Final Days of the Empire In recent days and weeks we have seen more and more evidence of the endgame of power taking foot in America. The Empire is certainly scrambling to put Humpty Dumpty back together again. Meanwhile, in so doing, the Empire is eroding […]
CISPA: Government & Corporate Information is More Important Than Yours
April 19, 2013 By: Kelly Diamond, Editor While proponents go so far as to argue that CISPA is a constitutional duty reflective of their oath of office, upon further examination, our right to privacy plays fifth fiddle to legislators’ desire to protect corporate and government information over that of private citizens. CISPA is an example […]
Will Tyranny Be Completed Before Humanity Wakes Up Again?
April 18, 2013 By: Paul Rosenberg, FreemansPerspective.com All of our lives have occurred in an era of peak somnambulism (a.k.a. sleepwalking), and those of us who enjoy being awake have suffered mightily because of it. Using your mind has come with a price in our time, which is pretty sick, really. Humanity, however, does not […]
Second Citizenship: 1,000 Reasons for Americans to Consider It
March 19, 2013 By: Paul C. Seymour, Dir. of Client Services As common sense becomes LESS common, and as our legal system morphs into a chapter out of “Catch 22”, second citizenship goes from some extravagant idea, to a very practical solution rather quickly. Reason #1: Believe it or not, the majority of Americans don’t […]
Where We’re Going, We Won’t Need Any Guns!
March 11, 2013 By: Kelly Diamond, Editor Gun ownership boils down to basic property rights: not just in owning a gun as property, but in the inherent right to defend your property — be it land, things, person or life itself. The need for guns cannot be centrally planned or even ascertained as guns provide […]
Who Are Your Five Closest Friends?

by Bobby Casey, Managing Director March 6, 2013 A recent casual conversation made me reflect on my sphere of influence. I may just be an amalgam of my five closest friends! This morning I was having breakfast with one of our Global Escape Hatch speakers – Tres Knippa, and we started talking about our associations. […]
The Fourth Amendment: Abolished

February 26, 2013 By Steven Hilgart, Director of Marketing and Conference Operations The Fourth Amendment to the Constitution protects us from illegal search and seizures! But not in Constitution free zones where it’s been abolished. I’ve always been that guy who touches the stove to see if it’s hot. And what better way to test […]
The Draft: Forcing the Appearance of Equality
February 25, 2013 By: Kelly Diamond, Editor The draft takes the perceived iniquity of targeting the poor, and evens the playing field so everyone has an equal chance at dying on a battle field… as opposed to the equal chance not to. A topic which smacked of “Obama Youth” back in the 2008 campaign days […]
Expatriation: If You Don’t Like It, Leave!

February 19, 2013 By: Kelly Diamond, Editor When we are told to “leave” because of our views toward government, is that a cruel suggestion or sage advice? I say, rather than leave, let me opt out! As my frustrations with the current trajectory of the U.S. economy and overall policies mount, I was instructed, once […]