Review of “Freehold”
by Sean Gangol
I have just recently come across an intriguing novel called “Freehold” by Michael Z. Williamson. The novel is set in a future where the world and most of its colonies are ruled by the UN. The life of a citizen is overburdened by regulations, which causes everything to move slowly and inefficiently. Civil liberties are nonexistent and people find themselves implanted with computer chips that track their every movement. Despite the control that the world government has over citizens, crime is considered a part of everyday life, including rape.
The story begins when Kendra Paceilli, a noncommissioned officer in the UN Protection Force is accused of a crime she did not commit. Due to the brutal interrogation of prisoners and the slow pace of the justice system, Kendra takes it upon herself to escape to the outer colony known as the Freehold.
The Freehold is an independent colony that is outside the control of the UN. When she moves into the Freehold she meets Robert McKay, a veteran of the Freehold Military Services. Kendra also meets Marta Hernandez, who works as a high-priced escort. During the early part of her stay in the Freehold, Kendra has to adjust to the culture shock of individual freedom. In the Freehold society there are no restrictions on private ownership of firearms and even though crime still exists it is not the norm. Hallucinogen drugs are sold freely by drink vendors. Taxation is voluntary. Commerce is unregulated.
The idea of God seems to be a way for human beings to deny the distasteful reality that hustlers and mobs, who are people just like themselves, are stealing their property and running their lives. And, they are not only getting away with it but they are getting the approval of the vast majority. They are receiving big time recognition and numerous rewards in cash and in kind for it!
Politicians cannot guarantee health care, but by trying they can create an unaccountable and toxic insurance monopoly. So beware of Colorado House Bill 1273, which will be heard by the House Business Affairs and Labor Committee on March 18. The Rocky Mountain News described this so-called “Colorado Guaranteed Healthcare Act” as a “Canadian-style, single-payer” bill. A recent survey finds that nearly one in four state House members advocate single-payer health care. Their support of such politically-controlled medicine is appalling.
Barack Obama entered the presidency as one of the most rhetorically pro-civil liberties politicians in recent memory. And shortly after taking office, he drew applause from friends of liberty for promulgating executive orders closing Guantanamo and CIA secret prisons, ending CIA torture, suspending kangaroo proceedings at military tribunals, and pledging more openness than the secretive Bush administration. Unfortunately, instead of prosecuting Bush administration officials, including George W. Bush, for violating criminal statutes against torture, illegal wiretapping of Americans, and other misdeeds-thus avoiding the bad precedent of giving a president a free pass on illegal acts-Obama appears ready to vindicate the prior administration’s anti-terrorism program by adopting Bush Lite.
It has been written all over the World Wide Web, it has been talked about on non-MSM, it has been ignored by MSM but the true facts must be revealed. WE THE PEOPLE must be told the truth and shown the real evidence.
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