Liberty Net: November 5, 2011

by Kevin Strom, WB4AIO

W1WCR RETURNED as Net Control Station of the Liberty Net this week as a five-day power outage came to an end, and the N2IRJ phone patch brought a welcome new voice, K4HZY, to the net’s airwaves, among many others.

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Here’s a small sample of the items discussed this week on amateur radio’s most exciting net:

• Gangs of Black “youths” — ironically, at Detroit’s Rosa Parks bus station — have been beating and robbing bus drivers. Not to worry, though: In the most recent incident (which has sparked a work stoppage among terrified drivers) the Detroit police did arrive to help — 30 minutes after the blood started to dry. (34 minutes)

• Why were citizens arrested merely for taking pictures of Wisconsin legislators — when those very same legislators empower bureaucrats to photograph and spy on us constantly? Government is supposed to be our servant, not our master. (51 minutes)

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