Admittedly, if The Lightbringer fucks that up, it makes a lot of places a lot more palatable to me. Once that’s gone, a number of those options may really become “better”, instead of merely “different”.

The whole “asset forfeiture” law is bullshit-extortion plain and simple, “give us your stuff or you are going to jail.” No trial, no conviction, not even charges. How did we get here?

If they get you to ask the wrong questions, they don’t have to worry about the right answers.

Why is this point such a big deal? After all, this method has been employed for obtaining money by those in power since the inception of “taxing power” in this country, and those countries before it.

The powers that be simply have the largest armed gang around, and are willing to use it.

I almost put “Maine”. But that’s more like another world, not another country.

“Bwa ha ha ha ha!!!!”
Sincerely,
The Illuminatii.

IS THERE a point where you decide to leave?

Options: Singapore, New Zealand, Australia, Ireland, Canada. I’m also partial to Chile, Swizterland, Estonia, Hong Kong, Finland and the Bahamas. Let’s not forget Japan, Mauritius, and a couple little towns filling with ex-pats in Mexico. Just thought of Italy and Fiji, and South Africa and Peru are countries I’ve seen on a map. There. A list of countries picked by an undefined subjective criteria.

I know you can say “But Singapore doesn’t even have Dr. Pepper available for purchase!”–or some other single point of contention.

2.) Marty: I’d say he deserves some kinda plaque for honesty…

Plaque, tombstone, whatever.

3.) Boyd: You got any suggestions on anywhere that’s actually better, and not simply different?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Rome,_Ohio

Maybe this story will have a happy ending just like that one did…with the township being dissolved and every policeman and politician essentially fired.

There are republicans, and then there are Texas Republicans.

Knuckle dragging authoritarian racist theocrats, and damn proud of it.

“NWA was right. Police in the USA are little more than a gang armed with guns and badges, roaming the streets demanding “respect” from the public as they collect the protection money known as “fines”.”

Truer words were never written.

I am referring to the Constitution, period. Nothing in the Constitution says that it is subordinate to the decrees of the Nine.

Might be the right time to find another country (what with economic collapse and all coming to this one).

If the forces of anti-individualism that have undermined other countries manage undermine this one, they would use its resources to ensure that nobody on earth could be free of their grasp.