GOP: NCGOP State Convention June 7-9 Official Thread w/LIVESTREAM

[sluggo]

^^^^^^^
Great post.

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[NationalAnarchist]

Even more reason to move out of NC....Ga was no better but NC is just horrible when it comes to the price for things and the things it doesn't help with for poor people...Maybe Va is a better place..

 

[Keith and stuff]

Even more reason to move out of NC....Ga was no better but NC is just horrible when it comes to the price for things and the things it doesn't help with for poor people...Maybe Va is a better place..

All of the states near NC are freer than NC and that's not likely to change anytime soon. TN is the freest state in the area so you might want to consider that. The freest part of TN is the rural areas of East TN but many people are quite uneducated and bigoted there so I wouldn't recommend that area unless you are a Christian, white person.

I don't put 100% trust into this rating at all but it is pretty easy to tell that VA (outside of the DC suburbs) is freer than NC and TN is freer than the both of them.
http://freedominthe50states.org/

NC
#24 Overall
#25 Fiscal
#14 Personal
#14 Regulatory

VA
#8 Overall
#12 Fiscal
#38 Personal
#9 Regulatory

TN
#3 Overall
#2 Fiscal
#24 Personal
#12 Regulatory

That said, as long as you are willing to increase your activism, recruit additional activists and keep trying, maybe, eventually things will get better in NC. You just need to try a lot hard and encourage others to do the same.

 

[aclove]

I was in the NCGOP State Executive Committee meeting Sunday morning. Big political drama went down concerning Greg Brannon's opponent, NC House Speaker Thom Tillis. Read all about it here:

http://dailyhaymaker.com/?p=5570

 

[lib3rtarian]

Pictures from the convention: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.318246401642658.1073741834.163929423741024&type=3

 

[devil21]

I was in the NCGOP State Executive Committee meeting Sunday morning. Big political drama went down concerning Greg Brannon's opponent, NC House Speaker Thom Tillis. Read all about it here:

http://dailyhaymaker.com/?p=5570

I sat directly next to Tillis during Saturday's speeches. His body language said that I made him uncomfortable being up in his personal space. I enjoyed it

 

[aclove]

I was interviewed today by the Charlotte Observer about Tillis' actions at yesterday's ExComm meeting. That story will run in tomorrow's edition.

 

[NationalAnarchist]

All of the states near NC are freer than NC and that's not likely to change anytime soon. TN is the freest state in the area so you might want to consider that. The freest part of TN is the rural areas of East TN but many people are quite uneducated and bigoted there so I wouldn't recommend that area unless you are a Christian, white person.

I don't put 100% trust into this rating at all but it is pretty easy to tell that VA (outside of the DC suburbs) is freer than NC and TN is freer than the both of them.
http://freedominthe50states.org/

NC
#24 Overall
#25 Fiscal
#14 Personal
#14 Regulatory

VA
#8 Overall
#12 Fiscal
#38 Personal
#9 Regulatory

TN
#3 Overall
#2 Fiscal
#24 Personal
#12 Regulatory

That said, as long as you are willing to increase your activism, recruit additional activists and keep trying, maybe, eventually things will get better in NC. You just need to try a lot hard and encourage others to do the same.

Weird that Va is better than NC but sucks on personal freedom...Va would be closer to my wife's family and we tried Tn once...for some reason she just don't like it there...Or maybe just not eastern Tn...personally I love it..We have looked at moving to Roanoke but we need to find a good place to settle down for 10-15 years for the kids to complete school in one place...we shall see...hopefully next year we can defeat some of the establishment's power in the house and senate they are destroying this state and making people like me want to leave BADLY!

 

[devil21]

VA is a police state, particularly the closer you get to DC. Commonwealth laws and taxation. No bueno.

 

[NationalAnarchist]

Where would you suggest in the south then Devil21? Ga is a no way and wife don't want to live in Tn for some reason.

 

[Keith and stuff]

VA is a police state, particularly the closer you get to DC. Commonwealth laws and taxation. No bueno.

True. But it is a lot freer than NC. If someone was really going to move for political reasons, the best recommendation is New Hampshire as part of the Free State Project, just saying

Where would you suggest in the south then Devil21? Ga is a no way and wife don't want to live in Tn for some reason.

I am not the Devil21 but the freest parts of the South are rural East TN, rural VA and rural GA. Being rural is important to keep taxes, regulations and codes down. It also might mean you are in a dry county, though. But then again, some people get annoyed by a lot of type of people found in the rural South.

 

[devil21]

True. But it is a lot freer than NC. If someone was really going to move for political reasons, the best recommendation is New Hampshire as part of the Free State Project, just saying

Im not sure I'd judge the "freeness" on some arbitrary ranking system or purely political events. Ive lived in both VA and NC for extended lengths and have felt much more comfortable and "free" in NC than I ever did in Northern VA. Rural VA may be better but like you said, rural is generally better than urban for freedom in general.

 

[fesoferbex]

Im not sure I'd judge the "freeness" on some arbitrary ranking system or purely political events...felt much more comfortable and "free" in NC than I ever did in Northern VA...

I echo these thoughts. I've lived in Colorado, Texas, California, and now Oklahoma. I've but just arrived in Oklahoma and I've encountered more interference and bureaucracy in my personal life in 5 months than I have in the last 5 years. Holy crap are these folks nosey.

 

[devil21]

On a positive note, the number of liberty minded delegates this year greatly exceeded the numbers from last year, and we did make a good splash. I'm going to paraphrase a little of what Glen told me after the convention, which was that our true victory this year was our showings at the district and local level conventions, and the strong numbers we are now pleased to have on the Executive (and Central) Committee(s). I predict even stronger turnouts in years to come.

Anyways, a big Congrats and Thanks to our fellow RPFer Gunny for being the runner-up, and for everything he did to bring everyone out to conventions at all levels.

Great seeing everyone!

That is an important point and I agree. This was for an off year with no elections other than party offices! Our numbers increased large in a year with nothing to fight for nationally (Glen running or not, I know most of us were still going to attend). That's a great sign for the future if we can stay involved and keep the fuckin NSA from spying on us and the CIA from black bagging us before 2016.

 

[lib3rtarian]

I don't think the number of liberty delegates increased this year. Last year we had 300+. This year probably 200 at best.