How To Celebrate July 4th Weekend
by
Manuel Lora
by Manuel Lora
Ah
yes, July 4th, the day we supposedly celebrate independence.
Don’t make me laugh. You can go down this
list of annoyances and it would not take much to see that they’re
all mostly there again. So how does one celebrate the day that at
one point increased freedom a bit but no longer applies? How else
but by being a contrarian!
Sure,
go out and start the grill, have some friends over, crack open some
brews, yet for some that might not cut it. So here I offer some
healthy and friendly advice. Some of these things might indeed be
risky from a legal point yet they are totally compatible with freedom
and property rights, so enjoy it and feel proud of being somewhat
more independent, if only for a short time.
My
top 10 suggestions:
-
Hire anyone
you believe is qualified to do the job. Do not check for credentials,
do not pay social security/medicare and for the sake of all
that is good, do not withhold money from their paycheck. Better
yet, pay cash.
-
Buy gold
or silver. What better way to secure your dollars from the decaying
hands of the Federal Reserve than by buying historically sound
money?
-
Sell hot
dogs and lemonade to your neighbors, or have a garage sale.
Do not obtain a license and do not pay sales tax. Make it as
simple as possible and enjoy totally free transactions between
friends and family, as it should be. Teach the kids the value
of work, money and freedom.
-
Obtain
fireworks and set them off. If your state government believes
(oh, the horror) that you are better off not having them, find
some anyway through an intermediary or just drive to the state
border
-
Buy a gun from someone
not behind a counter. Then keep it on you.
-
(Try to)
travel without an ID. This great victimless crime is a prime
example of the State’s desire to control everything and everyone.
Conform or be jailed.
-
Deliver
first class mail around your block. Make it a fun walk and bring
your kids. Yes, this is a bit silly, but the Feds have monopolized
the delivery of first class mail in the country. Spooner had
a nice go at it but he was shut down. Do not ever try to do
evil things such as deliver mail, for the government hates competition.
-
Install
and use software with strong encryption and enjoy secretive
email and instant messaging. Sure, there could be ways of cracking
the code and revealing the messages but it’s the thought that
matters.
-
Drive without
your license while talking on your cell phone without wearing
your seatbelt or helmet.
-
Start a
home improvement project: build a pool, a new room, a bigger
garage. It’s your house and land right? You do not need permission
from your local tyrant or council or any of their thugs and
beasts to use your own property or add to it.
All
these activities will provide not only hours of healthy entertainment
but relaxes the mind and temporarily frees the spirit from the toxic
background radiation of the government. Happy 4th of
July.
July
3, 2006
Manuel
Lora [send him mail]
is a freelance TV producer and multimedia specialist in New Orleans.
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