It’s been one of those days.
It’s time to make a choice. This is the day you say Alex Dorsey has completely lost his mind or he’s a visionary?
Let me tell you a story.
In the last three years the Atlanta police department entered my sisters home, tazed her three times, and broke her arm above the elbow for having a party and being too loud.
My uncle’s home, my home, was sized and confiscated for lack of tax payments and my uncle thrown into the street during a New Jersey winter. My grandfather worked in a factory at RCA his whole life to pay off that house (71 Davenport Street, Somerville, New Jersey, United States Of America) in order to leave his family with a home.
I was boarded twice by the United States Coast Guard in the last three years, once forcefully with a firm “NO” while Guinevere was sleeping and Samantha was unclothed. I had an assault weapon in my closet and the thought that I needed to protect my family crossed my mind. When an honest man feels the need to protect himself from the people who are paid to “protect” us we have some very grave problems in our system.
I was harassed numerous times by state & local police, and the department of fish and game. Not to mention a very small man (Leif) who ran the Fort Myers city marina. I was shaken down and harassed by small ignorant men with a badge for money (fines). This is not acceptable to me, and this is why I do not feel welcome in my own home anymore (The United States Of America). That being said I forget the guys name but there was a really nice water cop among them in Fort Myers. He was a light shining in a very dim sky.
Now the IRS sized my bank account and left me in the street in Panama for two days with only a few bucks in my pocket. I didn’t have enough money for a bus back to Splendid, food, or a place to stay. It’s a good thing I had a friend nearby that could loan me $50.00. The IRS put me in a “Hardship” program, and I must say I’ve never been more insulted in my life. They asked me how much I spend a month on fuel, clothes, food, and personal products. The truth is, it’s none of their business what I spend my money on and I will not be treated in such a manner, not one more day!
If you guys want to ignore what is happening, loose yourself in the television, and conform like good little boys and girls that is your choice. I will not! I don’t believe my government (my servants) hold my best interests as a priority anymore. I believe that my civil liberties were finally stripped away with the “patriot” (un-patriot) act and my fellow Americans just don’t seem to care or even acknowledge that there is a problem. I am not willing to pay for the illusion of “national security” with my freedom as an American citizen.
My uncle was a poor man who was not able to pay his taxes. He lost his small business with the recession and the state of New Jersey made him homeless and he was forced to hide (live) in the basement of his ex-wife’s store at nights to protect himself from the snow and cold.
When he was evicted from his home he had not had power or heat for nearly a year. He didn’t have any money, just the home his mother and father left him in order to shelter their child from the world. He was too embarrassed to tell me or anyone else in the family until it was too late. Why didn’t anyone help him? Why didn’t the state of New Jersey come to his doorstep and say “Mr. Koehn, we see that your electricity has been turned off, its cold out, what can we do to help you”? How can this happen in the “Home of the free, and the land of the brave”? Tears are streaming down my face as I write this. You may be comfortable now with a good job and a support system (family) to protect you, but what about the Americans that don’t have this? Fuck standardized health care, war, and fuel prices, how about simple compassion for the American people and their right to shelter or property?
I’m mad, VERY MAD, but more sad. I’m not a middle-class working guy and I guess in the eyes of my government a bum and an open target for harassment. The IRS forced my into a “Hardship” program that I did not want to be a part of. I am not a hardship case, nor do I want to be a drain on the American people. I just want to be left alone and allowed to live in poverty as an international sailing minimalist. Is that asking so much? I just ask for what I need out of life, not how much I can get, It’s a personal philosophy, am I allowed to live this way? I don’t want any food stamps or welfare. I just want my passport and I don’t know if “they” (The American Government) will allow me to live as I choose anymore? What is the next step. Will they seize my home (Splendid) for the fictitious $12,000 they claim I owe them from the 2000 tax year? Can they file for me in 2005 and claim that the case is only 6 years old as opposed to the 11 that it actually is? Remember my new years blog? 2000 was the year I had my breakdown and ended up on the beach trying to end my life. I explained this to the IRS. Must really reveal personal aspects of my life to the government, is there no shame? I do here because I choose to communicate with my peers. I don’t remember anything “financial” about the year 2000 or have any records, and no, i wont pay it! Must I pour gasoline over my head and light myself ablaze to be heard!
I have a better idea.
According to the The United Nation’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Article 13) gives all peoples of the world the rights of citizenship and the freedom to move within, leave, and reenter a country without hindrance.
I am an American Citizen but I seek duel-citizenship in a system I feel safe in, and believe in. Our government does not make us Americans, our hearts do. America is my home, I was born in New York City, and the people I love and my family reside there. I know the Channel Islands of California like the back of my hand and the sands of the California shoreline are where I call home. I wish to feel them beneath my bare feet once again with a heart full freedom. Sadly I do not now.
It is my responsibility as an American citizen to speak out and fight for what I believe in and this is how I will do it.
I know this is going to sound a bit off the hook, but I’m starting my own country, what else can I do? New countries are formed in Africa all the time.
This is how the government of Oceanus is able to issue Passports, birth certificates, and drivers licenses:
http://oceanus21.tripod.com/documents.htm
as well as the conch republic:
http://www.conchrepublic.com/passports1.htm
People do travel on these documents. They may not be welcome everywhere but I think I’m better off starting my own country than relying on the one I have to protect my best interests.
The World Ocean Republic (WOR) represents the rights and freedoms of international mariners, indigenous men of the sea. I claim the soverin oceans of the world our home.
Here is what wikipedia has to say about starting your own country:
http://www.wikihow.com/Start-Your-Own-Country
What I’m proposing is a bit grander in scale than the Conch Republic, Oceanus, or The Principality of Sealand.
Try not to laugh too hard at me as I’m completely serious about this.
I’m going to appoint myself prime minister of The World Ocean Republic for a term of 8 years. At the end of 8 years the citizens of WOR will vote to keep me in office or appoint someone else as they see fit. I’m also going to appoint representatives (Mariners) representing France, Germany, Sweden, Ireland, Japan, Panama, The United States, and a few other countries (I don’t recognize the EU). I’m seriously talking to my international friends about this and people I truly believe will protect and represent mariners of their respective countries.
Once I appoint a representative of a country (ambassador) to the World Ocean Republic I will issue them a diplomatic passport and citizenship. In turn they will represent WOR and issue passports to mariners (citizens) who seek international freedom and dual citizenship with the World Ocean Republic.
Each ambassador will have their own blog page at www.worldoceanrepublic.com in there respective language and will actively communicate with the citizens they represent in their native language. They will actively promote The World Ocean Republic to sailors of their respective countries, issue passports, and assist in broadening the freedoms of the republic.
Once I get this all in place our “citizens” will offer their World Ocean Republic passports to countries as they travel. Some countries will stamp them, some may not. In a worst case scenario all immigration people are allowed to give a mariner a stamp on a blank piece of paper or “stamp book” so they do not have to carry their passports as they travel within the country. They will Stamp WOR passports one way or the other.
As I travel the world I will meet with officials of the country I’m in to promote the freedoms of WOR citizens. I believe mariners from all over the world have the right to travel in peace separated from the political views of their respective governments. Seemingly the UN believes this as well.
Let me tell you about The World Ocean Republic flag. The lone star in the sky of 
the WOR flag represents the United States, my home, and freedom. It stands alone in the sky and never moves. The sun on the flag is rising, not setting and represents a new day, change, and a new era. Poseidon’s trident represents the power of the sea and nature. Poseidon was known as the “earth shaker” and caused earth quakes when he was unhappy with mortal man as he slammed it on the sea floor. The trident was also used for spear fishing and as military weapons. It is my weapon against any system that tries to take my freedom, or the freedom of my brother mariners. Freedom is not something given to us, it is something we must demand and take!
My old friend Aki and I used to speak of the world often. Aki is the man I respect above all other men. He was a Japanese fighter pilot who later became a General, and finally the Japanese attaché in Washington. We used to drink my very, VERY bad home made sake that tasted like dirty socks on small South Pacific islands and talk about government, wars, and the world around us under a full night sky of stars.
If you know me personally you know I am very passionate about my country. Unfortunately of late it is more negative than positive. He told me I had the heart of a revolutionary and that my generation needs to fight a war on the internet (The pen) and how it truly is mightier than the sword. Aki is in my second video. He is a wise man, a friend, and is a great inspiration to me.
I will be heard, I will be respected, I will not be afraid, and I will be free!
I am no systems “Hardship” case!
I will not be treated like this. Not one more day!