Eric Sundwall

My wife has been urging me to move back to the village of Kinderhook where she grew up. It's an ancient Dutch village in upstate NY that has grown in charming ways throughout the Republic's course. I'm happy 5 miles over in Niverville where our old houses are free to be modified without the insidious over sight of a citizen board seeking to 'preserve' history at my property's expense. In fact one of the earliest citizens of Niverville and subsequently Kinderhook never did the incorporation for Niverville and to this day has left it to the greater municipal functions of the larger town. If I were to want to move anywhere, it would be Hopkinton, NH. It's just outside Concord where I was this weekend to revel in the success of the Free State Project. It to is a charming colonial village just outside the State's capital. Just like home in general, but closer to one of the more exciting political experiments of the Century. Why move across town when you can strive for Liberty with like minded individuals ? It's a question I keep asking myself.
I can't say that John Stossel is on my A-list of authors or commentators, but the promise of him and Congressman Ron Paul is bound to bring in quite a bit of excitement and all types of liberty folk. Indeed, prior to getting up there on Saturday the news that Michael Badnarik, had endorsed Ron Paul another former LP Presidential candidate had trickled into the blogs and was immediately known to the crew at Free Talk Live who announced it on the air. There was even talk that Paul might announce for the presidency on Sunday. While I was happy home with the wife and kids, the promise of these events only three hours away was too much to resist. This about the best it gets for the Liberty effort in America. I love the Free State Project.

Well it didn't get the attention that Hillary & Obama did, put Ron Paul has his new site up.

Here's the official message from the man himself.

This site is officially one year old today. I've recently re-registered the domain name, not to maintain a vainglorious re-attempt at Congress, but to fashion a permanent protest to the powers to be. We still get on average about 300 visitors a day. Others have also suggested I keep the site up. After refraining from multiple reactions on the Capital Confidential blog to both Hillary and the newly elected Congresswomen from the 20th, this forum will be as good as any to react in a 'libertarian' fashion rather than a right wing hatchet job. It will also be separate from more high-ended thought pursuits and commentary.

I have numerous problems with Gillibrand's conception of alternative energy, minimum wage, the re-unionization of America and a real tepid stance on the 'war' in Iraq. It will also be a good launching point against the NY times hagiography of the new Congressperson. Most likely the minions of the former Congressman can only take swipes and laughs at the most superficial aspects of the current office holder, as they did during the campaign. It's my hope that loyal readers of this site will endeavor to question many aspects of government and those that represent us.

I gotta chuckle a little when I read that both the Sweeney campaign and the Gillibrand campaign are in debt. I'd weigh in at the CapCon, but somehow it might seem desperate or silly as the partisans still snip and snipe at each other. Katy didn't send our last filing in yesterday and I'm sure some bureaucrat will pick up on this and threaten to fine and castigate us somehow. Last time she yelled at them about not even being on the ballot and they meekly accepted our FEDX delivery the next day. I had just popped in regular snail mail and they had a control freak fit over my lack of regard for the institute. Go figure. Good thing I didn't get elected, I might have forgotten my meeting with Nancy when she beckoned. Considering her attitude about ballot access, it would have been a pleasure to ignore her.