From the Summit of the Moral High Ground

There is a fundamental principle of Law which is also at the heart of Libertarianism, that of Subsidiarity. Subsidiarity is an organizing principle that matters ought to be handled by the smallest, lowest or least centralized competent authority. Subsidiarity is, ideally or in principle, one of the features of federalism, where it asserts the rights of the parts over the whole. We have seen the difficulties that result when responsibilities are moved from a lower level of Government (in our case the parishes), to a higher lever (in our case the ministerial departments), the disaster that is income support replaced the parish welfare system. We the people have suffered the additional cost and the quality of the service has declined substantially. Our subsidiarity is protected under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights. The principle of subsidiarity was first formally developed in the encyclical Rerum Novarum of 1891 by Pope Leo XIII, as an attempt to articulate a mid...

I trust everyone has been following the efforts of Cyril and Ian on the matter of the Straw Man . As they advise there you have to be very careful when using it and make sure you do not fall for any of their tricks (as I did, but I shall go into that later). I thought I would try putting the free man ideas in practice in a manner which allowed for me to make mistakes with no risk to myself and a parking fine is relatively harmless. So I duly turned up for Court, that was my first mistake. It became abundantly apparent over the course of the hearing that the best way to deal with these parking fines is simply to return the 'Summons' and forget about it, at various stages when people did not turn up the Magistrate always asked if the Summons was returned. I shall remember this for the future. When my name was called I stood up and said 'I appear as the authorised representative of Mr Pearce', to which the Magistrate replied, 'well we need Mr Pearce, himself'. I th...

In view of Jersey's ongoing water shortages it was interesting to read an article on the ongoing problem of water shortages around the globe. The study, by Dutch researchers was published this week in the journal " Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ". The study calculates the water footprint of each country from the perspective of consumption and production, based on information collected between 1996 and 2005. The study, from the University of Twente, analyzes the water footprint of all countries from the perspective of consumption and production. This research is one of the first papers that analyzes the availability and use of water resources from a global perspective and international levels. So far these issues have been studied from a local or national view and may help better manage our limited water resources. This study calculates the water footprint of each nation, a measure that estimates the total volume of water consumed by man to pr...

Listen to the empty words of the last bailout for Greece. Credibility was lost back on the third bailout, well over a year ago, out of the six bailouts in total. Perhaps it is seven comprehensive final bailouts. The pattern is clear.  The price of gold and silver is set to rise Expect Price inflation as the realisation dawns The Western monetary and financial systems are broken The politicians, without popular support, forge agreements on debt coverage with the Greek officials, but without critical banker support. The political leaders in France (Sarkozy) and Germany (Merkel) are due to lose their offices, yet they continue to attend summits and cut vacant deals. The people are not willing in Germany to hand over any more than the $3 trillion in savings to date, from the start of the common Euro currency experiment. What is unfolding is a comprehensive Greek Govt debt default from the inability to contain the situation, the impracticality of the austerity budgets put in place, the...

With apologies to Tom Gruchy, but it has taken a while to condense the lessons from the US political process into a legitimate idea for the future of Jersey politics. On the 280th anniversary of George Washington's birth the final four met to debate the issues. A lot of speculation has arisen as to whether Mitt Romney will have Ron Paul as VP (or perhaps his son Kentucky Senator Rand Paul). Even the  Guardian  which has ignored Paul's presence to date is now looking at the candidate with fresh eyes and recognising that his campaign may be delivering results whilst not always getting headlines. But what was more interesting for me was the way that all four candidates were drawing together on policy and it seems to me that behind the scenes the Republican Party is drawing up its manifesto: (converted into Jersey English) Return welfare from the federal government to the States (return welfare from the States to the Parishes) Balance the budget and work to pay down the debt (this...

A little bit of Libertarianism in action? Will the people of Jersey take the power back? Will their representatives represent them? When I was approached and asked to add my name to a request to raise a raquet, requesting the Constable of St Helier call a parish assembly to debate the latest twist in the desperate attempts of the government to continue to rule in the absence of any tangible consent I felt it was important to offer the chance for those  people who wish to be heard  to speak. There has already been a  St Clement debate  on the matter which has heaped pressure on the Constable and his Deputies to represent their parishioners' voice. St Helier has always been under-represented in the States, but as a voting block there are eleven votes out of the total of 51. The assembly will take place on Wednesday the 29th February at 7.30pm at the Town Hall and will be open to all registered voters and all ratepayers of the Parish. I would be delighted if it were to...

After reading Stuart Syvret's blog ' Jersey Government Willing To Lie ' I felt compelled to ask the question does anyone believe anything that the government tells them? The Ron Paul of Jersey Let's start with Stuart himself, a politician of many years who conducted himself with absolute honesty and integrity, a politician for whom being ideologically consistent was more important than playing the game, a politician who in 2011 took the risk of running for Senator, when he could have walked into any Deputy's seat in any district in St Helier and probably some districts in St Brelade, St Saviour or St Clement. He still could and I expect that he will in 2014. Over the course of my blogging I would hope that my admiration for politicians of Stuart's calibre is crystal clear. He fits into the Ron Paul and Nigel Farage mould and comparisons to Mandela and Gandhi are NOT erroneous, he has shown what Durkheim extolled as the ideal virtues of a politician. One for whom...

The interminable extension by the US Federal Reserve on the 0% rate into 2014 represents history in the making. It is the adoption of pure heresy in monetary policy, making it mainstream. Worse, it forces foreign central banks to adopt the same destructive policy in the Competing Currency War. Once upon a time, the highest priests from the central bank would admit in a guiding tone that accommodation on interest rates must be temporary. Nowadays it is engrained in the market mindset and permanent in monetary policy. The chronic 0% means the entire financial and monetary system is totally irreparably broken. The old pendulum where the tilt was toward bonds during recession, then toward stocks during recovery, that is all gone, shattered by the endless financial crisis. One must incorporate a new thinking, that the entire financial and monetary system is totally irreparably broken, then adapt in fierce defense.  Larry Fink of Blackrock private equity firm made news today by suggestin...

' When the people fear the government there is tyranny, but when the government fear the people there is liberty .'  Thomas Jefferson The United Kingdom has its very own Libertarian Party, the UK Independence Party. The UK is not a federation but a union which differs from the model used to federate Germany and the European Union. Nigel Farage, A Ron Paul Admirer  But the hot topic for the EU Libertarian's is Greece which once more erupted into violence as economic disaster and quarter after quarter of deflation caused by the inability of the Greeks to devalue their currency (i.e. the wages that are paid to their civil servants) and never ending tax rises leads to violence. GREECE SACRIFICED FOR EU 'PROJECT' Police officers are the subject of violent attacks and petrol bombs from their own people. Their families, their friends, their neighbours. You have to wonder how long they will continue to turn up to work knowing what they face when  their own pay being severel...

The natural Person Alan Simon Crowcroft, the legal Person Alan Simon Crowcroft OR the legal Person the Constable of St Helier Which is he at this snapshot in time? I was speaking to the Constable of St Helier the other day, who felt my terms and conditions were a bit anarchic, I disagree, they are completely lawful, so for his benefit I shall go through the steps that would be required to successfully prosecute me for a parking ticket and hopefully demonstrate why it is imperative that both the Government and I understand in which persona, I am acting at any given time. If you ain't paying me then I am acting in my Natural Private Person, not my Legal Public Person. This time I am going to use the proper legal terms which are bold in italics. Note that none of what I have reproduced below has ever been admitted to, accepted or confirmed by any Law Officer, Advocate or Solicitor in Jersey, but neither has it been denied. The Law is deliberately complicated to make sure that you do n...

Dead Men Do Vote It seems that America may need to pay a little more attention to ensuring democracy in its own nation rather than trying to force it upon other nations... the 'irregularities' grow more pronounced with each contest. In Iowa - Romney won, then, tied then lost and now we hear that 18 precincts votes were lost. In South Carolina it was dead people voting, in Florida it was non-US citizens, in Nevada the single live televised vote (representing 53% of the population) showed Ron Paul at 60% of the vote, whilst the official results held that Paul came in third with 18.8%. The official result shows that Paul increased his vote by just 1.5% whilst his votes have increased by 200% to 300% in the every other State. By the time the Maine results were FINALISED with just 85% of the counties reporting and many precincts reporting no votes cast at all, the US public was no longer buying that anything reported was the truth or that Ron Paul had not won, the second place by 1...

This card (or the Jersey version) is one means of identifying  yourself as an Agent of the Government. Because you submit this card to your employer you are liable to pay tax and social security on your earnings Well despite having the highest ever hits in one day on a blog post there was only one comment (c'mon how am I supposed to have anything to write about!) "So, in a nutshell what does this mean? You'll be refusing to pay (by virtue of being a "free man") tax, parking fines, licensing fees, social security etc. etc.? Or refusing to be bound by the rule of law in general? I find it interesting that you invoke religion as a specific hinge upon which to hang your "freeman-ism" because the basic sentiment appears to share a lot in common with Zen Buddhism" It is definitely not refusing to be bound by law, no one is above the law. Law though does not include statute which only applies when a person is acting as an agent of the government. Only the...

After due research, study and understanding I am now ready to set forth the terms and conditions upon which I will act on behalf of the unincorporated person DARIUS JAMES PEARCE and that the unincorporated person DARIUS JAMES PEARCE will contract with the States of Jersey. I also issue the policy for the trustees/employees of the unincorporated person which includes all executives, employees and agents of the States of Jersey, its subsidiaries or associated persons, incorporated or otherwise. THIS IS A MATTER OF PUBLIC RECORD I hereby state the presumptions under which I operate in the context of the Civil Society in which I live. I have notified the government ( THE STATES OF JERSEY ) of these and they have not been responded to. That in the absence of any proven claim to the contrary, they stand as fact. That I, the man commonly known as Darius/James(Pearce (and derivations thereof), was endowed by my Creator with certain inalienable rights, that the testament of my Creator as given ...

Something strange is occurring in the US republican nominee elections, the results are badly mismatched, their is no consistency between the results and the opinion polls. Dead people are voting in their thousands and millions upon millions of dollars are being spent on advertising. This week saw some 'encouraging' employment statistics as the number of people who are 'actively seeking work' declined... the key phrase is 'actively seeking' this simply means that more people have given up on what has become a fruitless search and the short lived rise in Obama's popularity lasted as long as it took for people to un-spin the announcement. The philosophies of the TEA (taxed enough already) party is gradually being drawn into the mainstream of the Republican Party with the fear that the Ron Paul supporters (which is the vast majority of young voters who know that their future is already mortgaged to the hilt and do not wish any further burden to be imposed upon t...

Enter into any Court in the UK and you will see the Crown underneath which is the phrase ' Dieu et Mon Droit ' or God is my right . Well this is a cruel parody for God is the basis of all rights of the Free Man in any civil society and not the purview of the Court. For the purposes of this posting you will need to set aside such questions as 'Does God exist?' as it deals with the basis upon which all Civil Society is based and whether you agree or not in any Christian society (or Muslim or Jewish etc.) the answer to that question is most emphatically yes! You will also need to suspend your disbelief in Astrology. The bible is the Testament of God, it is his will by which all our inalienable rights are bestowed upon us. The Old Testament contains ten laws given to us by Moses. Moses is the prophet of the Arien age. The New Testament given to us by Jesus, the prophet of the Piscean Age simplifies these laws to just two - Love thy God above all else and Love thy Neighbour ...

Pierre Horsfall, the man who began the destruction of Jersey There has been a great deal spoken about the problems with giving bankers bonuses before any problems come to light, recently Fred Goodwin has been stripped of his knighthood and pressure has been bought to bare, successfully, on a number of senior bank executives to forego their bonuses. The problem is that people expect to see results immediately, bonuses are paid at the year end based on the paper profits realised in that year. This has I believe quite rightly been linked to the problem of risk-taking by banks, although governments were quite happy to squander their portion of these profits which they took in taxation and to partner the banks perhaps even encouraging their actions so that the 'favourable economic situation' could be used to support their own re-election. Many years later we can see that the actions of our own politicians have led Jersey to the precipice of economic disaster, and I would suggest we ...