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EKN Trackside: Rotax Grand Finals Championship Saturday
Parker Thompson executed a stellar drive in the Junior Final to give Team Canada its first podium of the 2013 Grand Finals
(Photo: Gregory Lussier - babelphotos.ca)
It was an incredible day for Team Canada at the 2012 Rotax Grand Finals in Portimao, Portugal as Ben Cooper scored outran the DD2 field to score his third win and his first in the two-speed category. The victory gives Canada three straight DD2 wins in a row, coming of the triumph of Pier Luc Ouellette in Al Ain and Daniel Moran in La Conca, Italy. Two other Canadians made podium trips as well, with Scott Campbell taking second in DD2 Masters and Parker Thompson finish third in Junior. Team Canada also finished second in the Nations Cup, besting only from the team from England.
Championship Saturday commenced with the talented Junior drivers taking to the high-speed course in Portugal for a 11-lap Prefinal, which would set the grid for the Grand Final. Leading the field to the start were Bruno Borlido and Josh White, while Team Canada's Zachary Claman DeMelo, Parker Thompson, and Zacharie Scalzo got the green from 17th, 20th, and 28th, respectively. The opening few turns proved chaotic, with multiple karts spinning and going off-course, including the polesitter. The Canadians managed to avoid the carnage, although still losing a few positions, with Claman DeMelo completing lap one in 20th, just in front of Thompson in 23rd, and Scalzo in 24th. Claman DeMelo quickly commenced his charge forward, advancing up to 12th by lap five. While not as prolific, Scalzo was also moving forward, taking over 21st. Unfortunately for Scalzo, this proved to be the high point of his race, retiring soon afterwards, being classified in 31st. Given what was on the line, it came as no surprise that every position was hard fought, with the remaining two Team Canada drivers involved in multi-kart fights to the checkered flag. Claman DeMelo in the end crossed the stripe in 12th, ahead of Thompson in 19th, having been as low as 27th. Australia's James Golding captured the win, leading Finland's Samu Kylmala and Great Britain's Ross Gunn.
After the completion of the Prefinals and the colorful driver and country introductions, it was time to determine who would World Champion at the 13th edition of the Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals. First up was the Junior drivers, with James Golding and Samu Kylmala lining-up on the front-row, ahead of Team Canada's Thompson, Claman DeMelo, and Scalzo in 19th, 23rd, and 31st. While the race got underway in orderly fashion, it was not long before karts were bumping and banging. Scalzo unfortunately was in the middle of the chaos, with contact sending the Canadian upside down. Showing tremendous resolve, Scalzo immediately got his kart back on four wheels and rejoined the race, albeit at the rear of the field. Thompson and Claman DeMelo meanwhile managed to avoid the worst of it, immediately starting to look for ways to move up the order. Doing just that, Thompson was 11th by lap four, while Claman DeMelo was 16th. Thompson, turning laps not on par with the leaders but the quickest overall, rapidly became the driver on the move. Inside the top-eight by lap eight, he had his sights set on the lead pack. At the same time, Claman DeMelo was making his way forward as well, becoming part of the fight for a top-10 spot. It was, however, Thompson who many were watching, as he joined the top-three on lap 17. Dueling throughout the final lap, Thompson completed a stunning drive with a third place finish and the fastest race lap, giving Team Canada a podium finish in the first of four Grand Final races. Claman DeMelo made two Canadians in the top-10 with a 10th place finish, while Scalzo ended the race in 29th. The battle for the win was very intense early on, with multiple racers taking a turn out front. Great Britain's Harry Webb had other ideas though, steadily pulling away in the later portions of the race, adding a World Championship title to his 2012 European crown. Netherland's Janneau Esmeijer, having held off Thompson on the last lap was the runner-up, while Great Britain's Ross Gunn and Spain's Jon Del Valle-Iturr completed the top-five.
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Driver: Zachary Claman-Demelo - #120
Hometown: Montreal, QC
Mechanic: Chris Green
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Prefinal: Start 17th / Finish 12th
Final: Start 23rd / Finish 10th
Claman-Demelo needed to put in a huge effort in order to win today, and to begin the Prefinal, he was aggressive in his advancement. En route to a 12th place finish, the officials deemed that his tactics were a little too aggressive, slapping him with a 10-second penalty for rough driving that dropped him to 23rd. In the final, he got a great start and began working his way through the field, eventually getting into the top-10. He was not able to advance any further, caught behind a couple drivers scrapping hard for eighth. ZCD showed great pace this week and was hurt initially by his DNF in the first heat race. The rough driving penalty in the Prefinal was the final nail, miring him mid-pack for the main. If he takes this week as a pure learning experience, hell be better for it.
Driver: Parker Thompson - #163
Hometown: Edmonton, Alberta
Mechanic: Chris Freckleton
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Prefinal: Start 20th / Finish 18th
Final: Start 19th / Finish 3rd
Starting mid-pack in the Prefinal, Parker Thompson did what he could to stay out of trouble, but to no avail. It was mayhem all around, and Parker hung tough to finish 18th. In the Final though, his Birel came alive. Thompson set about attacking the field and was one of the fastest karts on the track. He quickly worked his way into the top-10 and chased down the next pack of four karts, slicing his way through them with ease. Parker had superior straightaway speed and was able to use the draft to make multiple passes heading into the first corner. Over the final laps, he reeled in the two drivers running in second and third, and the battle was exciting, with Thompson getting into second for a time. He would end up third in the final tally, the first Canadian to reach the podium this week.
Driver: Zacharie Scalzo - #161
Hometown: Montreal, QC
Mechanic: Zolton Ze Boraros (KMS Racing Team)
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Prefinal: Start 28th / Finish 31st
Final: Start 31st / Finish 29th
Scalzo got a great start at the green light of the Junior Max Prefinal, jumping into 19th during the opening lap. This all ended quickly went contact with another kart dis-lodged his nosecone, forcing him to pit lane. His bad luck continued at the start of the Final when he was collected in a mid-pack incident just past the frontstraight kink at the start. Scalzo ended up upside-down on one of the infield berms, but quickly climbed out from under his kart, flipped in back over, and jumped back in so that he could complete his race. Zacharie ran all 18 laps and finished 29th overall.
Scott Campbell added another podium finish to his Rotax Grand Finals resume with a second place in his record ninth appearance
(Photo: Gregory Lussier - babelphotos.ca)
Going from youngest to oldest, the DD2 Masters drivers were next on track for their 14-lap Prefinal. Cristiano Morgado and Canada's Scott Campbell started on the front-row, with Team Canada further represented by Stuart Clark and Luc Sauriol in 17th, and 18th. In a repeat of the opening affair, the first few turns witnessed multiple karts sliding off the track. Unfortunately, both Sauriol and Clark were caught out, with duo tumbling down to 21st and 32nd. Out front, Campbell held second place initially, but was immediately involved in a spirited dice for positions. Going in opposite directions, Campbell slowly lost places as the race progressed, dropping down to a fight for fourth and fifth, while Sauriol worked his way back forward into 16th. As expected, the order shuffled repeatedly right until the final few corners. Campbell ultimately secured a hard fought fourth place, besting Sauriol in 16th, and Clark, who recovered from the first lap incidents back was too far back, in 30th. Portugal's Morgado took home a comfortable victory over Great Britain's David Griffiths and Ireland's Martin Pierce.
The DD2 Masters drivers were second in line to take to the Portuguese track in search of a world title. Two-time champion Cristiano Morgado and David Griffiths were the two racers at the front of the field when the green flag waved, with Team Canada's Scott Campbell, Luc Sauriol, and Stuart Clark launching from fourth, 16th, and 30th. Making the most of the opportunities through the opening sequence of corners, Campbell slotted into second, and Sauriol took over seventh after lap one. Clark was less fortunate, getting caught out by an incident once again, so the Canadian was 31st after the first tour. As expected, from that point forward, Campbell was engaged in spirited fight for the lead, with the lead trio regularly trading positions. Likewise, Sauriol was involved in a intense dice for places on the track, while Clark began to recover from his first lap misfortune. Despite posting the fastest lap of the race, Campbell ultimately lost touch with the race leader due to the on-going fight for second through fourth. In the end, the Canadian crossed the stripe in second in his record-setting ninth Rotax Grand Finals appearance, giving Team Canada a back-to-back podium finishes at the 2012 World Championships. Sauriol added another top-10 result with an eighth place, while Clark worked his back up to 22nd at the stripe, before being promoted to 21st post-race. Morgado made history by claiming his third Rotax World Championship, becoming the first driver to accomplish the feat. Great Britain's David Griffiths joined in the podium celebrations in third, beating Portugal's Goncalo Gaivao and Ireland's Martin Pierce.
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Driver: Scott Campbell - #414
Hometown: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Mechanic: Dave Campbell
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Prefinal: Start 2nd / Finish 4th
Final: Start 4th / Finish 2nd
Scott Campbell was either first or second in the heat races, so he certainly expected to be able to vie for the win in the Prefinal. Instead, he was hampered by a couple of surprises engine issues a broken ground wire and a slipping clutch and dropped to fifth. Both problems were repaired, and Scott also made a small tire pressure adjustment for the Final to reset the window in which his kart will come in strong. When the main event came, he was part of an exciting fight for the win. Campbell was biding his time and saving his tires, running in the lead group of four karts when two of his competitors got together, balking his lap and allowing the leader to stretch out a little advantage. Campbell eventually worked up to second and began reeling in Christiano Morgado, but ran out of time and had to settle for second. It was another impressive Grand Finals performance for Scott, who is adding to an already stellar resume.
Driver: Stuart Clark - #417
Hometown: Campbellville, Ontario
Mechanic: Trevor Wickens
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Prefinal: Start 17th / Finish 30th
Final: Start 30th /
If there is one thing that you dont want to do in a world championship Prefinal, its to get into an incident on the opening lap. Just ask Stuart Clark, hell tell you. Coming through the front straight kink for the first time, three drivers ahead of Clark made contact, two flying off the track and into the barrier. Stuart had nowhere to go and got caught up in the melee, bringing him to a halt and fell to dead last. He would continue, completing the 16-lapper to finish 30th. Clark then got a monster start in the Final, driving around the outside into the turn two at the end of the straightaway as everyone stacked up on the inside. He was able to emerge from the corner with a spot in the top-15, but just as he looked to pull through unscathed, a group of karts got together and shot across the track, sending him into the gravel. For the second time on the day, he was forced to come from the back, this time working through the field to 21st.
Driver: Luc Sauriol - #453
Hometown: Laval, QC
Mechanic: Denis Dubreuil
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Prefinal: Start 18th / Finish 16th
Final: Start 16th / Finish 8th
Luc Sauriol enjoyed a consistent week in Portugal, running inside the top-10 in his heat races and then the top-20 in the Prefinal. He hooked up with American Mike Jones midway through the 16-lap race and drafted with him to pull away from those behind them. In the latter stages of the race, he went by Jones and eventually took 16th, a two-position improvement on his starting spot. In the Final, he was able to slip through the opening lap carnage that collected Clark, emerging on the other side just outside the top-10. Luc would battle his way up to eighth, and ran there for most of the race, finishing eighth in the final tally.
Marco Di Leo just missed a top-10 finish in the 2013 edition of the Grand Finals
(Photo: Gregory Lussier - babelphotos.ca)
The chase for starting positions in the Senior Grand Final began with their 14-lap Prefinal. Pierce Lehane and Charlie Eastwood were the two drivers who set the pace going to the green flag, with Team Canada's Jesse Lazare and Marco Di Leo following in eighth and 21st. Making the most of a clean start, Di Leo attacked through the first few corners to end lap one in 13th place. Ahead, Lazare held station initially, before attacking. He, however, was quickly counter-attacked and dropped back to ninth. By the midway point, the Canadians were going in opposite directions on the scoring charts. Di Leo was up to 10th, while Lazare had fallen to 24th after being spun by a competitor. The Team Canada drivers, never ones to give up, fought until the checkered flag waved. Di Leo led the duo, taking 14th, not far ahead of Lazare in 20th. The back and forth dice for the win ultimately featured Japan's Ukyo Sasahara on top. Harrison Scott was second to the line, but was immediately penalized for an on-track incident, giving Ireland's Eastwood the runner-up spot over Australia's Lehane.
The penultimate Final in Portugal witnessed the Senior racers doing battle for sumpremacy. Starting P1 and P2 were Sasahara and Eastwood, with Team Canada's Di Leo and Lazare a few rows behind in 14th and 2oth. Di Leo enjoyed the best start of the Canadian duo, moving into ninth by the completion of lap one. Things, however, did not go according to plan for Lazare, as he was forced to avoid an incident, sending him all the way back to 32nd. Part of a multi-kart fight in the back half of the lead pack, Di Leo's position fluctuated from a high of seventh to a low of 12th lap after lap. Deeper in the field, Lazare commenced a strong comeback drive. Mixing speed with aggression, the Canadian was challenging for a top-20 spot by the midway point. In the end, Di Leo just missed giving Canada yet another top-10 result at this year's Rotax Grand Finals, crossing the line in 12th. Lazare, having never given up, came home in 16th. The fight for the win initially appeared to be a straight-forward affair, but an error by the leader resulted in an entertaining mid-race fight for the top spot. Eastwood in the end emerged from the duel and built a good gap in the closing stages to earn Ireland's first-ever world title. Great Britain duo of Ed Brand and Oliver Hodgson completed the podium, ahead of France's Alexandre Finkelstein and Australia's Pierce Lehane.
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Driver: Jesse Lazare - #240
Hometown: Montreal, Quebec
Mechanic: Steven Chapman
Prefinal: Start 8th / Finish 20th
Final: Start 20th / Finish 16th
The Prefinal looked like it was going to be a strong run for Jesse Lazare, that is, until he was unceremoniously turned around on the backstraight, dropping him outside the top-20 in the order. Lazare had been running sixth, and was definitely showing the pace to be able to take a run at the podium. Beginning from the outside of two 10, he was again looped on the opening lap and spent the rest of the race putting on a great show. Turning laps equal to those of the leader, Jesse stormed back through field to a 16th place finish. He told EKN.ca that the kart had not been that good all week, and if he would have avoided the opening lap spin, he believes that he could have won.
Driver: Marco Di Leo - #278
Hometown: Toronto, Ontario
Mechanic: Leonard DArrigo
Prefinal: Start 21st / Finish 14th
Final: Start 14th / Finish 12th
The march forward continued for Marco Di Leo, as soon as the green flag flew to start the Prefinal this morning. The ECKC Rotax Senior champion went on the attack, eventually working his way into the top-15 to be part of a great five-kart fight for 10th. Marcos been steadily working to get his karts handling to where he wants it, rotating in the corner so as not to rob exit speed. Another minor adjustment heading into the Prefinal was a success, and Di Leo was able to charge forward, eventually finishing 14th. Marco made a gear change for the Final, but it wasnt quite right, and while he started well and was in 10th for a time, in clear sight of the leaders, his kart just didnt have the necessary top speed to hold off his challengers. Di Leo ended up in 12th, a stellar result, considering the fact that he qualified 47th.
Ben Cooper made Rotax Grand Finals history with his third world title, giving Team Canada its sixth win
(Photo: Gregory Lussier - babelphotos.ca)
Team Canada's Ben Cooper and Simon Wagner had the honor of leading the DD2 field to the green in the Prefinal, as Canadians Nicholas Latifi and Zach Robichon commenced their 14-lap affair in fourth and 27th. After the first start was waved off due to an incident at the rear of the field, all three Canadians got good launches. Cooper not only maintained the lead, but began pulling away, as Latifi slotted into third. Seeking to continue to move forward, Latifi briefly took over second, before being shuffled down to sixth. At the same time, Robichon was commencing his drive forward, advancing into 18th prior to the midway point. As Cooper steadily increased his lead, Latifi's race was going downhill, repeatedly losing places, due to a motor issue. Just as it appeared that Cooper was headed towards a comfortable win, the second place racer closed and began challenging for the win on the final lap. The Canadian held off the challenge , securing the Grand Final pole by beating Belgium's Xen De Ruwe. USA's Cody Hodgson completed the top-three, as ended a strong drive in 14th, just ahead of Latifi in 16th.
Concluding the 2012 Rotax Grand Finals, Cooper and De Ruwe were the two drivers who got the honor of leading the field to the starter, with Team Canada's Robichon and Latifi giving chase from 14th and 15th. Upon getting the green, the Canadians had mixed results initially, with Cooper holding the lead, Robichon vaulting into eighth, and Latifi falling to 19th. This ultimately set up where two of the three dueled for the majority of the race. Cooper spent the opening half of the 21-lap affair taking turns leading the race with potential race winners, while Robichon battle at the rear of the impressive lead back. Latifi appeared destined to join his teammate in the fight for places inside the top-10, working his way up to 13th by lap eight. Continuing to push he did just that, with the final few corners determining where he and Robichon would finish. Out front, Cooper emerged from a heated dice to build a multi-second advantage over the course of the final two laps. In the end, Cooper made history, becoming the second driver ever to win three Rotax world titles. Latvia's Konstantins Calko and Belgium Mathias Detige completed the podium. Australia's Kyle Ensbey, having initially crossed the line in third, was moved to fourth in the final results, while Finland's Miika Laiho completed the top-five. Robichon gave Team Canada another top-10 finish with an eighth place result, just edging Latifi in 13th.
Using the results from the Finals, Team Canada ended the 2012 Rotax Max Challenge Grand Finals second in the Nations Cup, which was won by Great Britain.
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Driver: Nicholas Latifi - #336
Hometown: Toronto, Ontario
Mechanic: Coy Arbour / Alex Vincenc
Prefinal: Start 4th / Finish 16th
Final: Start 16th / Finish -
After putting in a stellar set of heat races to secure a Prefinal starting position on the outside of the second row, Nicholas Latifis heart must have sank when he encountered motor problems in the Prefinal. As the race developed, Latifis powerful lost top-end RPM, refusing to spool up fully heading down the long front straightaway. A drop of 0.5 seconds on the straight alone took him out of contention, and he held on as long as he could, finishing 16th in the final tally. Latifi came back in the Final and put in a strong performance, running back through the field
Driver: Ben Cooper - #319
Hometown: Mt. Tremblant, Quebec
Mechanic: Gabor Gaga Galas
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Prefinal: Start 1st / Finish 1st
Final: Start 1st /
At the Canadian Nationals in August, Ben Cooper wasnt the fastest driver through the heat races, nor did he lead a lap. The Quebec resident was not worried, however, as he had a plan and he was sticking to it. Managing his tire wear was key, making sure that hed have what he needed for the main event. Cooper would go on to dominate the Final, similar to what hes done here in Portugal all week. Now, it would be hard to believe that hes been saving his tires, winning all three heat races, and then the Prefinal, but hes certainly in good shape. Ben said that his Mach 1 was a little sketchy under-braking, so a minor front-end adjustment was made heading into the 21-lap Final.
Driver: Zach Robichon - #346
Hometown: Ottawa, Ontario
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Prefinal: Start 28th / Finish 14th
Aside from Coopers winning performance, the driver to watch in the Prefinal was Zach Robichon. Starting 28th as the last driver to transfer straight into the race, Robichon was on the march forward and eventually found himself in 14th. Zach told EKN.ca that the kart was not particularly great, and that instead, he just drove it a hard as he could be muscle his way past his competition.
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Fellow Free Staters,
I just moved to NH last week, and went to my first "Meet and Greet" of already-moved FSP'ers, and it was AWESOME. There were 8 times as many Libertarians at that casual barbeque than there ever were at the offical monthly meetings in the state I moved from!Â
But even with the density of liberty-minded folks (LMF's) we already have with just 400 or so of us already here, that's not nearly enough. Talking to Free Staters who have been here for over a year, some are depressed about how slowly people are trickling in. These first 400 have already had a HUGE impact, but it's taken 5 years! How long will the other 19,600 take?Â
So we at the barbeque came up with a plan. Before the end of June, I will contact EVERY SINGLE Libertarian party in EVERY SINGLE state with a passionate plea to take another hard look at the Free State Project and consider moving as soon as they can. I will post the letters I send and the contact to whom I sent it to under this thread so that you all can suggest refinements as the campaign progesses.Â
First, I will contact all 49 state LP offices starting with my native NC, then I will move to as many college LP clubs as I can find, starting with my native Virginia Tech, and then I'll rest my fingers before perhaps starting on another third party vector such as Constitution party or whatever. Any help people can offer will be accepted.
The first letter is below, and was sent to:
Libertarian Party of North Carolina
PO Box 28141
Raleigh, NC 27611
(877) 843-5762
Dear North Carolina Libertarians,
Hello, my name is Shuvom Ghose. Up to last week, I was a Libertarian in New Bern, NC under Richard Evey's chapter, until I moved to New Hampshire as part of the Free State Project.Â
As you may already know, the Free State Project is a movement to coordinate 20,000 liberty-minded folks moving to the same state, New Hampshire, so that we can be a political majority for the first time in history.Â
Seven thousand people have already signed up to pledge to move, and around 400 already have, and as I was moving, I thought that, just like in NC, Libertarians would be few and far between until the rest of the 20,000 showed up. Until I went to a casual "Meet and Greet" barbeque I saw posted on a Free State Project on-line calendar. AND 40 LIBERTARIANS SHOWED UP.
In two years of asking our co-workers, advertising in the paper, cajoling friends, canvassing on the street and the radio, I believe our record for a New Bern meeting was 5 Libertarians at once. And we got 8 TIMES that to a casual barbeque in NH.Â
Not because the people in North Carolina care about liberty less than those in NH, or that they're not trying as hard (heck, we're trying much HARDER in NC), but simply because of the relative density of liberty minded people in the two states. And this brings me to the point of this letter.Â
In North Carolina, city council members laugh at Libertarians because they know we can never threaten their incumbents. In southern NH, city council members FEAR Libertarians because if they introduce a bad bill, we PACK THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING WITH LIBERTARIANS AND YELL AT THEM UNTIL THEY REMOVE THEIR BILL.Â
In North Carolina, neither main political party really considers the liberty aspects of their floor votes because they know enough voters aren't watching. In NH, a group called the "New Hampshire Liberty Alliance" ranks EVERY bill in the State house as pro-, neutral or anti-liberty and why, records EVERY representative's vote on every bill, and maintains a "liberty scorecard" so respected and widely read that the Liberty Alliance office gets anxious phone calls from many state reps when they slip in their liberty grades, asking how they can do better. This group was founded by native NH Libertarians, but only the tens of Free Staters who have joined since then have given them the manpower to do enough work to make an impact.  Â
We all know that in two years, the "Real ID" program is coming, where each person must have a Federal-government-approved, biometric ID card to be able to do anything. Native NH Libertarians, along with the Liberty Alliance, along with a standing army of Free State volunteers, came within a handful of votes of passing a measure in BOTH chambers of the NH legislature saying NH would NOT comply with the Federal "Real ID" program. What would it have done to the program to have one state suddenly not comply with a mandatory Federal Homeland Security initiative? How many other states would have been given the courage to follow? What could the anti-Real ID group have accomplished with a 100 more Libertarians? That's only 2 more from each state.Â
My fellow North Carolina Libertarians, when I was in Raleigh last year attending a LP executive board meeting, there was a gentleman named Shawn who was an active, motive force in almost every project the LP was doing in NC. (I believe he's heading up the ballot petition drive/lawsuit now.) Imagine having 10 Shawns in your state LP organization. Imagine having 10 Richard Eveys.Â
Imagine having 10 Barbara Howes. At one meeting. At one barbeque.Â
Imagine Libertarians being a voting majority in your city. This is not a dream. We are coming close in some small southern NH towns.Â
But everything is not rose petals. NH Libertarians are involved in a political war to keep the state income-tax-free (which also came within 10 house votes of passing), to expand freedom for home schooling parents, to fight eminent domain and to defeat Real ID. And we are not winning all those battles. We need back-up. We need your help. We need your fountainhead of unique ideas, of energy, of action. Not the person next to you. Not all those other people on LP message boards. Not "someone", "somewhere". You. We need you.Â
I know it will be very hard to leave North Carolina- it was for me.  But decades of smart, tough, resourceful people working in NC have not been able to grow the LP into a state majority. They are growing Elephants and Donkeys faster than you can grow Penguins. The numbers are just not with you. The density is just not with you. It is here.Â
From the bottom of my heart, I swear to you that this is the beachhead of freedom you have always imagined. A place where Libertarians are taken seriously by elected officials, where our proposals actually become bills in the State house, where there are not five but fifty Libertarian candidates running for state offices, where we have the manpower on the streets to sway an election one way or the other.  This is where we can win. Not make a political statement. Not just be noticed by the papers. But WIN. Win elections.Â
But imagine if, after establishing the Normandy beachhead on D-Day, American troops got a telegram from Washington: "No reinforcements are coming. Take Berlin on your own."  That is how some Free Staters feel. That our back-up is not coming. That all the work we do to win freedom here will be erased if we let up for one second, because there is no one to take our place in the line. Â
I know there are many reasons you may not want to move to New Hampshire. Job, family, climate. But there is one overwhelming reason TO move. Imagine picking a rock up off the ground, throwing it in any direction, and hitting 10 Libertarians. Imagine 400 Libertarians picking up a rock and hitting the wall of the state capitol in Concord. Imagine 20,000 Libertarians picking up a rock and hitting Washington. Â
Density. Density of Libertarians is the reason. Our political system only rewards density. And we need you to increase our density. To increase your own freedom.Â
My e-mail is
My cell is (252) 646-2643. My mailing address is 38 Hawthorne Dr, Apt. G305, Bedford NH, 03110.  Please distribute this letter to any Libertarian you can find, anywhere, and tell them to contact me with any, any, any questions or help they need about the Free State Project. Also,
is the official project website.Â
Thank you for you time.Â
Shuvom Ghose
Last Edit: May 28, 2006, 11:17:07 am by Shuvom
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Re: Free State Project needs a kick in the ASS
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May 28, 2006, 11:24:48 am »
VERY nice letter........
Only one suggestion though, although it made me laugh......
I'd replace the "Yell at them until they remove the bill" statement to something like: "stand up and be heard, offer testimony, advice and rally our new neighbors around us until they remove the bill..."
Just sounds more... Mmmmm..... Workable.
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Re: Free State Project needs a kick in the ASS
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May 28, 2006, 01:07:50 pm »
Wow, your letter is full of passion and fire! Well done!
As far as logisitics, I suggest that you send this to the newsletter editor at the state level. There isn't any other mechanism for sharing mail with the state members unless they happen to attend the state meeting.
Just one minor quibble with the preface - while the project is (nearing) five years old, but the state vote only occurred in 2003.
Again, kudos to you for taking the initiative!
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Re: Free State Project needs a kick in the ASS
Reply #3 on:
May 28, 2006, 08:23:21 pm »
Hey Shuvom,
This is exactly the sort of "kick in the ass" the FSP needs -- individual participants taking the initiative to promote the project. Great job!
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May 28, 2006, 08:45:12 pm »
Excellent Shuvom! Thank you for your efforts.
I'm afraid your letter will dead end with the person who receives the mail at each state LP. Sending to the state newsletter editor is great too, maybe as a letter to the editor or a letter to the members. Each state may also have a Yahoo group or two that many of the members are a part of - join them and post it. I know NY has such email lists;
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May 28, 2006, 09:31:44 pm »
Quote from: Shuvom on May 28, 2006, 11:15:15 am
But even with the density of liberty-minded folks (LMF's) we already have with just 400 or so of us already here, that's not nearly enough. Talking to Free Staters who have been here for over a year, some are depressed about how slowly people are trickling in.
Wow, are you for real? The agreement was not to move until between 0 and 5 years after we reach 20,000 members and the earliest time this was thought possible was between 2006-2011. So, even if we look at the earliest that we ever thought possible, that is still right now to 2011. Anyway, it would be a good idea to recruit locals, as that was always considered the best way to increase freedom in NH. I suggest giving John Stossel's Give Me a Break to everyone in your office or something for Christmas. It only costs around $7 used on the internet (and that includes shipping). It is a great way to start. If they say they like the book, maybe give them a copy of John Stossel Goes to Washington on DVD. It costs less than 50cents to make a buyed DVD.
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May 28, 2006, 09:43:53 pm »
A Point of Contact for North Carolina has already responded- my letter is going in their next newsletter. We'll see what comes of it.
All of you who suggested sending the letter to the newsletter editor were right on the money- I'll do that from now on.
Also, the next time I think about using a comma in a sentence, I'm going to use a dash- it makes a sentence seem much more exciting with less effort!
Thanks for all your support- I'll keep plugging along to other states.
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May 28, 2006, 11:29:36 pm »
Here's my two cents:
<--- the CL of the Univ of WA Seattle campus. As of this moment, their site is down for repairs I guess, but the person you'll want to get in touch with is Travis Wright. He's a very influential person, and I think he's not an LPWA officeholder at age 20 or 21. the UW CL appears to be doing extremely well, however please note that my personal experience with them (including written [attempted] correspondence) would suggest that at least the top leadership of this group is a tad on the elitist and neolib side and therefore is often unwilling to organize with other groups on projects that arent "theirs".
Also, you may want to consider contacting Robert H. from Planet Eagle, USA (
). I worked with him about a year to 9 months ago trying to facilitate a national pro-liberty youth movement, but needless to say it didn't work as I'm sure none of you have even heared of it before
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Re: Free State Project needs a kick in the ASS
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May 28, 2006, 11:34:04 pm »
Wow nice going Shuvom and nice meeting you at the barbeque.
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Re: Free State Project needs a kick in the ASS
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May 29, 2006, 12:50:29 am »
Quote from: Keith and Stuff on May 28, 2006, 09:31:44 pm
Wow, are you for real? The agreement was not to move until between 0 and 5 years after we reach 20,000 members and the earliest time this was thought possible was between 2006-2011. So, even if we look at the earliest that we ever thought possible, that is still right now to 2011. Anyway, it would be a good idea to recruit locals, as that was always considered the best way to increase freedom in NH. I suggest giving John Stossel's Give Me a Break to everyone in your office or something for Christmas. It only costs around $7 used on the internet (and that includes shipping). It is a great way to start. If they say they like the book, maybe give them a copy of John Stossel Goes to Washington on DVD. It costs less than 50cents to make a buyed DVD.
He's real, Keith (I met him yesterday).
But are
for real?? Of course I mean that in the figurative (and friendly) sense, having met you at last year's festival. But seriously, "the best way(s) to increase freedom in New Hampshire" are the following: move to NH ASAP, recruit others to move to NH ASAP, and once in NH, work to promote freedom in NH. Why should anybody care what "was always considered the best way" before liberty loving pioneers started joining and recomposing the freedom movement in NH?
Hooking coworkers on Stossel is a fine idea, but I can't believe you'd think it's more important than what Shuvom is doing. It sounds like you want to discourage him from having a sense of urgency about the project. Truth is, the folks in NH (natives and movers alike) are kicking so much ass already, we can't help but imagine the incredible progress we could make if only we had, say, 500 movers. Some (not I) are very concerned that the signup rate is down. I say they should realize that as long as people like Shuvom and I keep showing up in New Hampshire, the FSP is flourishing. If you want to know how the FSP is progressing, ask the NH folks "How many people have moved in the last month, and what is the status of pro-freedom activity in NH?" Those are better indicators than any number you'll find on the website.
Piles and piles of credit to Jason for the original idea, but we ought to be willing to admit that the original strategy was flawed. For one thing, 20,000 was an unrealistically high number. If we could somehow rewind and try the FSP again, I'd suggest having 5,000 be the number triggering both the state vote and the beginning of the moving period. Conservatively, we might have a few hundred more hundred activists in the free state right now, helping turn some of these near-victories (e.g. Real ID -- currently a gut-wrenching stalemate) into real victories, making NH even more attractive to the poor saps rotting in statist hell. But we can't rewind; we can only acknowledge that the project itself has stalled somewhat on its path to 20,000 signers. Its greatest success is not that 7,000 folks have signed up (worse than expected), but that hundreds are already moving and blazing the trail (an unexpected and very pleasant surprise to many).
So if life doesn't permit you to move until years from now, I certainly won't judge you or hold it against you. But we really, absolutely need more movers in the near term (1,000 by 2008 sounds nice?
), or the FSP will never get beyond 10,000, let alone 20,000. Forget about what was thought possible when the FSP was just a twinkle in the eyes of a few intellectuals and dreamers. The FSP is now, dude. And besides, given the rapid advance of tyranny in the U.S. since 9-11, do you really think we can afford to wait until 2011?!?! I don't, and that's why I'm here. Look forward to having you as a neighbor, even if it is several years down the road. ?
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May 29, 2006, 12:56:32 am »
Quote from: Shuvom on May 28, 2006, 09:43:53 pm
Also, the next time I think about using a comma in a sentence, I'm going to use a dash- it makes a sentence seem much more exciting with less effort!
Dashes are great for informal writing, but just so you know, it takes two hyphens to make a dash -- a hypen is used to join-things-together, whereas a dash is used to separate things by indicating a break between them -- like this -- and this -- cool, huh?
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May 29, 2006, 07:42:27 am »
Shuvom, welcome to NH! Sorry Caren and I missed meeting you, we're getting ready to leave for Russia tomorrow morning to finish an international adoption. Our next event will probably be the July 1 Merrimack Valley Porcupines meeting, where we'll finally get to introduce our little boy Jordan in person.
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May 30, 2006, 06:39:12 am »
Shuv: Ditto on the Welcome to NH.
If you do find that your letters are dead-ending, or not reaching a sufficient audience....
Here is another option you could try.
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Quote from: Dada Orwell on May 30, 2006, 06:39:12 am
Here is another option you could try.
Come to _____
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I think Dada must have been hyper-busy, as usual
Here's the link he probably intended to post:
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Sorry, I got interrupted while trying to post the above message and had to send it unfinished to avoid losing it.
As I was saying, If you do find that your letters are dead-ending, or not reaching a sufficient audience....
Here is another option you could try.
Come to the link in Dennis's message above.
There you will see where we are taking the FSP message directly to political websites. Mainly we just post news releases about our accomplishments or about pro liberty NH accomplishments in general and then mention the FSP.
We need more people to do this and you're welcome to join us, there is a list there of about 20 good forums where we are not yet very active
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A NASA satellite controlled by Penn State University has detected a brief, super-bright, high-energy flare -- an X-ray nova -- erupting from a star system 8,000 light-years away from Earth named V404 Cygni. This system is in the constellation Cygnus and includes a black hole and a star just slightly smaller than the Sun. This black hole has been known to burp up an X-ray nova occasionally, but it had been slumbering since 1989 until the detection by NASA's Swift Gamma-ray Burst Explorer on June 15, just before 2:32 p.m. EDT. About 10 minutes after the detection by Swift, the Japanese " MAXI" experiment (Monitor of All-sky X-ray Image) on the International Space Station also picked up the flare.
Charlton honored with President's Award for Excellence in Academic Integration
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Just read a fun trip report and when they got to talking about Magic Kingdom it was just endless slamming and comparisons of how Magic Kingdom anything isn't as good as Disneyland. Magic Kingdom in Disneyland lover's eyes just treat Magic Kingdom as incomparable to Disneyland.
Why does nearly every Disneyland visitor to Magic Kingdom feel the need to yet again tell everyone how Magic Kingdom isn't Disneyland. Does it make Disneyland lovers happy to always rip apart Magic Kingdom? I can't tell anymore.
It's NOT DISNEYLAND. It's Magic Kingdom. It doesn't have to be Disneyland. All it has to be is just Magic Kingdom.
Disneyland lovers who visit MK just slam MK's rides and/or attractions for not being as good as or better than Disneyland. What if all of Magic Kingdom's rides/attractions were suddenly better than Disneyland, would Disneyland be getting slammed forever and a day because it's not as good as MK?
I just don't understand the reasoning behind every Disneyland visitor to Magic Kingdom detailing how this isn't as good as Disneyland's version. It just bothers me, not sure why.
All I can say is that I first visited Magic Kingdom when I was around 11 years old. It was my first Disney Park experience. I revisited Magic Kingdom a few more times before finally visiting Disneyland for my first time just 2 years ago during the 50th Celebration.
Now when I was there I didn't trash the park in my mind, I thought the castle was small compared to Magic Kingdom but then learned why it was built a certain size and what it means to Walt. I just didn't feel the need to trash, slam, bash Disneyland in anyway and forever compare it to Magic Kingdom.
I treat them as 2 parks, different from one to the other. I treat both Space Mountains as 2 fun experiences. I treat both Splash Mountains as 2 fun different experiences. I treat both Tower of Terrors as 2 very fun different experiences. I freakin' love both versions of Pirates at both parks. I love both for what they are, great rides with great differences.
I don't expect much like others, I just expect a good time and I always get it.
I have never ONCE thought this ride/attraction is better than the other. I'm just happy I have 2 different versions of rides/attractions to enjoy inside the United States.
Now you see where I'm coming from and why I just don't understand the need to bash Magic Kingdom's rides/attractions.
I'd also LOVE TO KNOW why Disneyland Visitors/Lovers feel the need to talk down about Magic Kingdom's rides/attractions. What does this kind of talk or views do for the MiceChat community. What is the purpose of a collective Disneyland community slamming Magic Kingdom's flaws and why it isn't as good as Disneyland.
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Our Holy Church does not believe that the Bishop of Rome holds any special office or power, and we categorically deny the various "dogmas" these men have proclaimed over the past several centuries (Infallibility as well as the Immaculate Conception and Assumption of the B.V.M.). The word "pope" is not part of our vocabulary. Of course in charity we wish Bishop Ratzinger, a brother in Christ, well in his retirement. We also take this opportunity to pray that the Roman Church's leadership takes this chance to recant of its dogmatic errors and in doing so work toward a unity among Churches based on model of the Church as it existed in the first millennium, a Church that is unified and Conciliar
Our denomination began on the second Sunday of March, 1897 – nearly 126 years ago. We celebrate the gift of our Holy Church every year on the Solemnity of the Institution of the PNCC, which the Third General Synod of 1914 declared to fall on the second Sunday of March. On this Sunday the parishes of our Church remove the Lenten purple from their sanctuaries and replace them with flowers. The Gloria is again recited and the vestments are white or gold. On this special feast day we celebrate our religious freedom and our Catholic democracy.
It is important to consider some history in light of recent events. As the Bishop of Rome nears retirement, the Roman Church will meet to elect a successor. Such a resignation has not occurred for six centuries. That previous resignation was to bring an end to a period of men competing for the office who were ensconced in and supported by the powers of those days: France and Rome. What we do not see discussed in the media are the politics, bribery, and military force that played a deciding factor in this extended period of intrigue. The intrigue rose to such an extent that the office of the Bishop of Rome was deemed compromised.
A nascent democratic movement, referred to as the Conciliar Movement, arose in opposition to this corruption. The supporters of the Conciliar Movement insisted that ecumenical councils be held regularly and independently, and that they function as the highest Church body. The Council of Pisa in 1409 attempted to limit the authority of the Bishop of Rome's office, and also elected a third contender for the office in an unsuccessful attempt to reconcile the factions in France and Rome. The principle of the supremacy of the Council over the Bishop of Rome was affirmed by the Council of Constance in 1414-1418, which actually voided the authority of the sitting Bishop of Rome and elected a single replacement. The Conciliar Movement continued through the Council of Basel less than 20 years later. Unfortunately, the Bishop of Rome once again seized absolute power and tried to destroy the Conciliar movement in a competing and more successful Council in Florence.
Bishop Hodur knew this history. He immortalized Jan Hus (who was condemned at the Council of Constance and was killed despite a pledge of indemnity) in a stained glass window of our Cathedral in Scranton. It was Hus who argued against the assumed power of the Bishop of Rome and called for a return to "gospel poverty." He spoke of the true Church as opposed to the hierarchical one, championing ecclesiastical democracy, all of which led to his being burned at the stake for heresy.
In celebrating the founding of our democratic Catholic church, we celebrate the continuation of the Conciliar Movement. The PNCC Constitution of 1922 stated:
"The task of the Synod is to: 1. Interpret authoritatively the bases of faith and morals; … In matters concerning religion and morals, the Synod decides unanimously; in national and social matters, as well as administrative ones [it decides] by a simple majority of votes."
According to the report of the 1935 Synod, Bishop Grochowski was not anxious about this democratic authority, but rather extolled it as truly Christian:
"Bishop Grochowski announced the order of the Synod and informed the Synod that the Synod is the most important authority in the church. It was so from the very beginning of Christianity, but with the passage of time the clergy took away from the faithful those rights which the National Church returns to those belonging to it." (Minutes, p. 190)
With an eye to the Conciliar Movement, Bishop Hodur wrote in the 1931 catechism:
"These priests, especially of the higher rank, cultivate under the guise of the religion of Jesus Christ, Moses, Buddha, and Mohammed worldly politics, personal business, and very often stand in complete contradiction to divine principles of pure religion, democratic issues, general enlightenment, the welfare of the masses, freedom of conscience, brotherhood, and social justice."
Reflecting on these words we see the prophecy contained therein. In recent days, Roman Catholic Bishop, Keith Cardinal O'Brien of Scotland, spoke out publicly to urge an end to required celibacy for clergy (the PNCC has allowed its clergy to marry since 1921). Within a day making such a declaration he was publicly accused by other clergy of inappropriate behavior. Odd how the struggle to maintain the status quo and to stifle voices for reform rears its head. The politics of such a process cannot be hidden away as it once was.
Our Church's remedy to inordinate power and corruption is a democratic model of Church consistent with the ideals of the Conciliar Movement and more importantly earliest Christianity. It is time that Roman Catholics consider whether the voice of the Bishop of Rome is preeminent or whether they should find a home which is modeled on Church of the first millennium, one that is at once fully Catholic and free, democratic, and Conciliar.
My thanks to Fr. Randolph Calvo of Holy Name of Jesus in South Deerfield, Massachusetts for his words, which I have significantly borrowed, and which inspired this writing


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Archbishop Charles J. Chaput of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia has revealed that close to 10,000 volunteers will be needed for Pope Francis' upcoming visit for the World Meeting of Families on Sept. 26 and 27. Two million people are expected to attend the pontiff's closing mass for his first ever visit to the United States.
"First, World Meeting of Families is a very expensive event. Much of the heaviest fund-raising for WMOF is being done by generous corporate and major individual donors, Catholic and non-Catholic alike, because WMOF will be a boost for our whole region. But many parishioners have also asked how they can personally help. And that's a blessing, because we can use all the help that we can get," Chaput said in a statement.
"Second, WMOF will need 10,000 or more volunteers for the event. This is crucial, since volunteers will be the face of the local Catholic community throughout the meeting. Volunteer registration will open soon on the World Meeting of Families website at www.worldmeeting2015.org. All volunteers must be a U.S. citizen, at least 18 years old, and they must complete an online background check," he added. more >>
Pope Francis has been credited with performing a miracle in Naples on Saturday by the Archbishop of Naples, Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe.
During a visit to Naples Cathedral, the pontiff venerated a vial of blood belonging to the Neapolitan patron St. Gennaro, who was once the bishop of Naples until he was martyred in 305, and it began to liquify. The dry blood turned to liquid after the pontiff prayed the "Our Father" over it and kissed the relic, prompting the Archbishop of Naples, Crescenzio Sepe, to declare the rare phenomenon a miracle.
"The blood has half liquified, which shows that Saint Januarius loves our pope and Naples," said Sepe whilst showing the sealed glass ampoule to congregants. more >>
A group of LGBT Catholics, some of whom reject official Roman Catholic teachings on sexuality, are seeking an audience with Pope Francis to show him a video titled "Owning our Faith" that outlines their beliefs. The Vatican has refused to reveal whether such a meeting will take place, but said that even if does, it would not mean that Francis is endorsing such views.
The St. Philip Neri Parish and Northwest Paulist Center in Portland, Oregon, revealed that the video by the self-identified LGBT Catholics, led by Father Gil Martinez, is intended to be shown to Francis on Tuesday following morning Mass at the Vatican.
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Francis is no stranger to being threatened by radical groups such as ISIS that call him the "bearer of false truth." The rumor of a potential bomb threat was testified to by former Special Action Force commander Getulio Napenas. The bomb was reportedly set by the Jemaah Islamiya, a Southeast Asian Jihadist organization, but the Vatican denied such an accusation. more >>
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The Vatican gave VIP seats for a Pope Francis speech to an LGBT Catholic group from the United States that describes itself as "gay-positive" on Wednesday, reportedly the first time it has granted such a request.
"Pope Francis gives me hope," Sister Jeannine Gramick, co-founder of New Ways Ministry, told The Associated Press. "To me, this is an example of the kind of willingness he has to welcome those on the fringes of the church back to the center of the church."
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The Mtable has left/right openings for ports, as well as laser-cut holes on the back. There is also clearance on top of your MacBook Pro when you slide it in. So overall, I felt it is well ventilated. It is not a closed compartment.
- Answered by Howard C from San Mateo


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