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I feel defeated. Not that Adam Kokesh is a hero of mine, but in my opinion he is a good guy. I think he does needlessly put himself in harms way but I don't want to see him locked up. I don't want to see anyone locked up. Not that I expect our violent warrior culture to be any different, I really would like to see change start to happen. I've begun trying to avoid Adam Kokesh news, and violence in the media in general (meaning I read next to nothing called "news" any more). There has to be some positive news out there. Some positive change. I know my life is in a general positive trend right now. I'm making a tiny little difference in my neck of the woods. Please tell me there are others out there being the change they want to see. Am I alone in feeling saddened and afraid when someone like Adam gets arrested, over and over again?

I like to use open office. It's free, and open source. I rarely have a problem with format not working right. Reguardless, thanks for sharing. I'm new here too.

Okay, lets see if I can sum this up. When I was a child, I would say "But that's NOT FAIR" and my mother would say "Well, no one said the world/life was fair." I always felt the world was a dangerous terrifying place. One was told to cherish the warmth, and ease of their childhood because the real world was a terrifying, and bleak place. My childhood was the real world, it was terrifying, it was bleak, it was abusive and so if the adult world was even worse, I felt, guns, violence, war, bombs, and murder were all just normal in this terrible place. From childhood to adulthood I became one of the many "mentally ill" One line Stef said blew open the doors of my mind and shattered everything in one moment for me. I would quote but I'm sure it's been distorted in my head by now, he said something like, To call someone mentally ill, is to say the world is correct and right, and that they (the person mentally ill) is the one who is wrong. I'm not even sure how I came to this video, but I know that when I did I was trying to hard to recover from mental illness. I was so depressed, so sad, so mad. Since then life is changing for me, it's up lifting. It's becoming happy, and satisfying! I am so glad I'm here now.

Hello Bert, I am new to posting here too. I would just like to suggest you check out Adam VS. The Man. He has talked about helping guys get out of the military as conscientious objectors. He was in the marines himself. I think he would make an excellant resource for you. If you haven't heard of his already. He and Stef have been on each other's shows before I think. But other then that, it's nice to here there are those in the ranks that feel like you do. Hang in there. Thanks for sharing.

Hello my name is Valerie. I currently live in the frozen north of Minnesota. I am a married woman, with no children. I will maybe post about my past in a different post, at a later date. For now I would just like to explain where I am currently. My husband and I are in the midst of down sizing our lives. We are moving into a 24 ft RV that we have outfitted for survival in this cold climate. We have it currently parked on a piece of land we are renting. With our landlords permission and encouragement we plan to make a large garden and raise a flock of chickens as well as the possibility of other poultry. I believe strongly in self sufficiency, and living a life "light" on the planet. Meaning I don't want to just consume, I want to also produce. I am young only 28. Entirely self educated in the art, and labor of organic vegetable growing. I plan to one day be able to grow enough food to provide for my family, as well as be able to harvest, store, and save my own wood fuel, and seed. I've also taught myself how to knit. While I will never be done learning how to live in this way, I'm happy to be doing it, and on my own terms. My husband and I try to live as if the government doesn't exist. Ignoring for the most part the gun in the room. We hope to one day be the best parents we can be to as many children as we can provide for comfortably. At this time, I am unable to have children. So we do plan on one day adopting. The hurdles which the government has put in place for people to adopt have made this feat a long, hard, and financially draining task. So it is something we have not yet even begun. I struggle with the harsh realities of the world. I feel a lot of heart break and pain listening to the despairingly bleak actions of the government, the struggle and suffering of fellow man weights heavy on my mind. So, I sometimes focus solely on my life, my existence. It's sheer joy, and entirely selfish. This is the life I have, and I'm living it how I see fit. It's not the cause of all that despair, in fact it should be and is just the opposite. My life is one of love, joy, and peace.

This popped up in my social media feed. This is from Protect Now https://www.facebook.com/protectnow A National Association to Protect Children If the link doesn't work for you let me copy the caption for the photo. "In December, we released the first report of our Transparency and Accountability project. The report focused on judicial sentencing of crimes against children among judges up for reappointment in Virginia. Following release of the report, the worst-performing judge, Isaac St. Clair Freeman, showed up at legislative hearings and announced he would retire. The others were reappointed, but our report sent shockwaves that are still reverberating back from around the state. Why weren't other judges removed from office? We believe there are two reasons. First, judicial accountability on crimes against children is a brand new concept in Virginia. Our report was ironclad, and clearly got lawmakers' full attention. But years of collegial and easy reappointment don't die overnight. Plus, there was another elephant in the room... Even the worst judges we reviewed were not that out of line with Virginia's sentencing guidelines. Those guidelines--which are based upon the *actual* sentences historically given by judges--are so weak they make even the weakest judges look "normal." This photo from a sentencing guidelines worksheet says it all: Rape a stranger under the age of 10 in Virginia, and you get a score of "4." Rape your own "relative" under 10, and you get a "0," making it more likely you'll get off easy." I don't know if this is true, they left no sources. If it is, it's an outrage. I feel 100% if left to a private company, one that had to serve and be accountable to it's customers was running the justice system, this shit wouldn't happen. You don't get LESS time if you are blood related to a child you rape. You get MORE, you NEVER see your children again. Your children end up in the loving arms of a community, or house like mine, an infertile woman who was abused. I can't help all the abused children in the world, but if every woman like me was supported, and encouraged to heal, and help heal the children of the world it could be a much better place. That's how anarchy is better in my mind.