Posted by Joel on 06/22/11

Where:

Redmond Cty Council Chambers, 777 SW Deschutes Avenue

What:

City Counsil PM meeting

When:

July 12th 7 PM

Description:

Join me in taking action on local happening around Redmond!

Take action! Good luck!

-Joel Henske -
2nd District Coordinator
www.campaignforliberty.com
(541) 279-4202

Posted by Joel on 04/21/11
Last updated 04/21/11

     The books "What has Government Done to Our Money? and The Case for a 100 Percent Gold Dollar" were written by scholar and Austrian economist Murray N. Rothbard. I really wanted to read this book(s) (and to my surprise this book was actually two books in one; which I didn't know at the time of purchase) because I felt I had a solid understanding of the dangers and inherent problems that fiat currencies and central banks bring about. But, I wanted to know more of the intrinsic ways a free society would function under an all gold dollar (the solution to the problems and dangers created by central banks and fiat currencies).

      Needless to say, these two books helped me understand an all gold dollar monetary system better and how it would function in a free society, and helped answer some other questions I had. However this book(s) is not one to be read in a single setting. In fact I plan to re-read it several times in the future. The concepts Mr. Rothbard presents were easy to grasp, but I constantly had to stop myself and find something else to do and come back, otherwise I found my eyes just skimming over the words.

      At the time of reading this book, I wasn't in a very quote happy mood (though was no lack of countless noteworthy ones; I plan to pick them up when I re-read it). I did however come upon one quote that was just too good to pass up:

"Yet after all, we are not wedded to a "royal prerogative," and it is the American concept that sovereignty rests, not in government, but in the people."

     In the end if you are interested in learning more about an all gold dollar, and have a clear grasp on the dangers of central banking and fiat currency (if not some good primers would be "End the Fed" by Ron Paul and "Economics in One Lesson" by Henry Hazlitt), then this would be a good book to start with. Find it here:

[Mises]
http://mises.org/store/What-Has-Government-Done-to-Our-Money-P262.aspx&nb
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 [Amazon]
http://www.amazon.com/What-Government-Money-Percent-Dollar/dp/0945
466447/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1303426843&sr=8-2

Take Action! Good Luck!

- Joel Henske -
2nd District Coordinator
www.campaignforliberty.com
(541) 279-4202

Posted by Joel on 04/14/11
Last updated 04/14/11

      So Rich (from C4L) and I decided to attend the Bend Tea Party meeting on March 31th at Pappy's Pizzeria in Bend Oregon. And I was quiet surprised by what I saw. Mostly the people were older. I didn't see a single person remotely close to my age. But most of these people seemed to be very genuine. They all seemed to care about their country and the direction it is headed in.

     I also got a sense that most of them were just like me. For instance, one lady who had been a part of BTP for quite some time was moving to California, and they were honoring her for her services. She got up and said something to the affect that she had always been in the back, never up in the front leading everybody, but that she suddenly found herself leading protesters yelling at the capital, compelled by the direction that her country was headed.

     This really reminded me of myself. Somehow I found myself grilling City Council members, Congressmen, and Senators at town hall meetings, casually blogging my efforts on C4L, and eventually being promoted to the 2^nd District Coordinator on C4L! Why did this happen? What would compel me to start down this path at the age of 21 when I should be out drinking and partying? Well, I read a book by Ron Paul titled "The Revolution", that had a lot to do with it, but more importantly I saw the direction my country was headed, and my eyes became opened to the left right lie; thus I either was stupid enough, or brave enough to step up to the plate. I felt like that lady and most of these people there were just like me in that sense.

     One of the things that BTP discussed was a straw poll e-mail they sent out for potential presidential candidates for 2012. This was rather discouraging, with majority votes being people like Mit Romney (inventor of Romney care), Newt Gingrich, and others. Why in the world would any concerned individual vote for these people? Haven't they exposed their intentions to us enough by their voting records? Or perhaps these people are simply voting for a mainstream Republican? Like the one whose name is familiar to them?

     However I also saw two things that made me hopeful. One of my major fears with other tea party groups is that they just end up becoming shills for the Republican establishment. But at the BTP meeting they passed around a petition for Greg Walden (2^nd District Congressman) and John Boehner (House Speaker), letting them know (in a nutshell), that BTP was paying attention and they weren't doing enough, or doing what they had promised the voters.  This I find promising. We have to look at the politicians voting record and vote accordingly. Not by the sports team method of solely someone's party; that has got to go.

     Second thing I found hopeful was a drawing for the book by Rand Paul titled, "The Tea Party Goes to Washington". Rand Paul is a great guy, son of Ron Paul (American's modern day Thomas Jefferson). And the fact that BTP would be promoting Rand's book gives me hope

     Anywho, if you ever get the chance go check out BTP's website:    

[ http://www.bendteaparty.org/ ]

...and if you're in the area come to their meetings. There is a tea party they are putting on the 16^th of this month go check it out:

[ http://www.liber-tea.org/ ]

I won't be able to go, but I'm wishing them the best of luck, and good weather.

      Oh and I guess there is a BTP group trying to become active in Redmond. I hope to look forward to seeing some more freedom fighter groups active in this area besides C4L.

Take Action! Good Luck!

- Joel Henske -
2nd District Coordinator
www.campaignforliberty.com
(541) 279-4202

Posted 04/17/11 Paul Hogan Middle Village, NY

Thanks for the post Joel, although we all want the status quo to change overnight we need to understand that the any step in the right direction is encouraging. It's going to take time for everybody to understand that the right/left paradigm in Washington is a ruse. The true ideals of the Tea Party are gaining popularity and the last election proved that to be true. That notwithstanding, the establishment politics of Washington DC has been entrenched for decades and will take time and effort to be dislodged.

Posted 04/21/11 Joel Redmond, OR

Very true, thanks for the encouragement!

Posted by Joel on 02/18/11

Hey guys, just wanted everyone to go check out the new tool for liberty created by Freedom Works. It's called "Freedom Connecto"r; go check it out:

http://connect.freedomworks.org/

This is a great tool for our movement to use and create some unity between the other groups out there in Oregon (and across the country).

I've already got some guy not apart of Campaign for Liberty attending the next city council meeting in Redmond. I named my group, "Campaign for Liberty 2^nd Congressional District". If you are a county coordinator, label your group "Campaign for Liberty Deschutes County". If you're the only one in your town, label it "Campaign for Liberty Redmond".

I think all the leaders in Oregon should take this opportunity to create some unity amongst the other groups out there and help our numbers grow.

 Take Action! Good Luck!

 - Joel Henske -
2nd District Coordinator
www.campaignforliberty.com
(541) 279-4202

Posted 03/07/11 brian grattan Gresham, OR

Cool. Thanks!