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Hello, my name is Nathan (N8 to my friends) I live on a Cal 25, for the past year or so I was anchored in Richardsons Bay off Sausalito, Cal. But I have had to move on to "greener pastures".

I like to go for a sail or relocate where I anchor my boat almost everyday. I like that ability to change my perspective when I choose to. Life is so beautiful no matter how you look at it, so I figure why look only from one perspective and at the same time I can share my perspective on life.

Today, after I set my hook and put my sails away, I read an email from a friend I have who is from China. She now lives in Sausalito. She was telling me that she is keeping very busy going to classes, studying books and preparing various speaches so she can become a public speaker. Among her comments was a continuing statement; that she wonders why she doesn't stop and enjoy life a little more often.

I started some hot water for tea and remember many times in my past, that I put living life aside for my personal endevors to 'make my life better'. SO many people spend their lives preparing for what they want to do and when they finally do it, it is only a single moment in time that passes quickly.

Funny how we do that so commonly, putting living aside for the lessons we want/need to learn.

Personally I am choosing to live for the moment in the moment and believe in my heart that life is for the living. As I loaded my pipe with a fresh bowl I admitted that I do understand the desire to know something well and the necessity of learning to communicate in other cultures and in their language. Still I can't help but feel that there is time for living.

I have a good friend who is a canvas worker, she sews sails, seat covers etc. She lives on her boat and sails along the coast and at each port she comes to there is always work for her. "Canvas workers make lots of friends and they make some of the best and easiest money on the docks", she says with a sparkle. Did I mention that she loves to sail, enjoys sewing and has a
found a way of life that allows her to live.

If the wind and weather are too good to pass up then she doesn't work, otherwise she makes a lot of money sewing sails and things. I guess what I'm pointing out is that you really can do what you want to. If you let go of the fear of failing and accept failure and success as perspectives of life, consider
that they are all lessons to learn as we live, not lessons to learn so we can live.

As I wrote my friend from China a reply to her email I considered these things and shared them with her. Then I put my shoes on, (personally I don't like them but they are appropriate for going inside buildings), climbed into my kayak and headed to shore. I arrived at the "hot lunch" provided by a local church where I spoke with many different people and heard their perspectives, ate luch and brought back a plate of food for an elder man who has is unable to get to the lunch programs. I spoke to many people about lifes lessons at the library and coffee shops then headed back out to my boat again.

Paddling on the bay always allows me to have time to contemplate my life. Like many I used to stress over how I was going to make it and worry that I wouldn't... But I have come to learn that we all make it one way or another. Some may consider this a 'giving up' perspective; but when I realize that 'I am making it' a sense of control comes to me. Not that I have control but that I don't feel totally lost and that my life is out of control.

I have gone through a Story Book wedding and a Nightmare divorce, my lifes experiences at times have actually been headlines in various media sources. I have been the Master of Ceremonies for kids clubs at local Malls, taught Adobe photoshop at the Chula Vista recreation center and I have been Santa Clause at several Malls throughout San Diego County for 5 years consecutively. I have been persecuted and found guilty, by the county of San Diego, of growing my medication that I was legally growing by California State guidelines. I have lost everything I ever owned; my pictures and videos of my childrens birth and such, physical posessions, property etc.... I have been turned into a criminal, even though I have not been introuble with the law for over 23 years, left with no posessions or place to go and bills I can't afford. My DNA was taken from me and my rights as a free citizen stripped from me. I have been ordered to return to custody for my failure to comply with their demands of a probation.

You see I really did no crime but the DA said some wrong things like, "Personally I think this whole 'Medical Marijuana thing is a bunch of poppycock' ", in front of too many people. [But all this is beside the point and can be read on the internet by a simple google search of Medical Marijuana Patient Nathan Archer.] My point here is that I have suffered, just like so many others, the injustice of our system. Instead of becomming a career criminal I choose to continue to live my life.

I have met many people, seen their diverse cultural differences, most of which have been unfairly persecuted by the government. They are told they did something wrong, sentenced a punishment and all the while they know down inside that they did not do anything wrong. This creats a crack in the psyche and the ego is damaged. Now there are many choices one can make like turning to drugs and alcohol, [ which by the way is controlled by the
government, or becoming a criminal because they feel that this is how they are percieved, they can capitulate and exist merely to avoid the Government, be fearful, hate, anger, envy etc.

When one such as I gets ensnared in their nets my struggle is to survive not 'Do as I say, even if it is wrong, until we sort out what we need to'. I have wittnessed too many good souls tainted by the government. It seems as though our society has lost its concern about life and living in general.

Consider this;

Two elder men are sitting on the shore line watching a man on the water learning to sail. One man says, " That kid is gonna hit somethin', look at how he has little control of the boat. that kid can't sail, I should call the Coast Gaurd before he causes any damage." the other man looked over and said, " Why do that? I mean he's out there trying to figure it out. Don't punnish him for trying 'cause he's not doing it right, go show him how to do it right. Help him!"

Now when I consider; what there is to gain by following the law and obeying the terms of probation, I see myself potentially becomming angry at the system and living a life fearing/hating the government like so many do already.

For the last 2 years I have been traveling from the Bay Area to San Diego fighting for my freedom through double jepordy. During that time I went through a terrible storm on the Bay where my boat was crashed into by a boat drifting in the storm. The day preceeding the storm I went to the City and requested a temporary shelter, for the senior citizens anchored out on Richardsons Bay, from the pending storm. There were no 'Guidelines' or 'proper forms' for the city to follow, so they had their hands tied. Although; after the storm hit and many people lost their homes to the shoreline, rocks or other, a shelter was provided by Sausalito Parks and Recreation. I went to the shelter on the second day after the storm. While I was there one of the people working at the shelter was telling my friend and I that this shelter was all provided because some guy named Nathan went and contacted the parks and rec., council chambers, police department.

Weeks after that I was back in San Diego to go to court again for a couple of months. While in San Diego I caregave for a friend who broke his foot and lives in a multi story home. I assisted him during the time I was going to court in San Diego. When I returned to sausalito from court I assisted Katrinasdream.org to organize a homless connection and transportation to the event. I went around and informed the homeless and the anchor out communities about the free program providing physicals, dental, eye, chiropractic, assistance for jobs, identification etc.. needless to say, I
generated a great response for the program.

Weeks later I am back in San Diego this time with a request by the community of Sausalito, Mill Valley, Tiberoune and Belvedere for my return to Sausalito where I play such a positive role in my community that they don't want to loose.... I think you get the point.

Every time I detached from the system and re-engaged in society I have been an asset in stead of a threat. I have and will continue to do what I can to have a great life and see that others don't suffer too much, or long. I realize that not everyone displays this form of communal thinking. But when all that I can expect out of going to a probation officer who knows nothing about me and suspects everything wrong with me, is that I will become bitter and recluse, why would I treat myself, or my community that way. Surely that is not freedom. Not to me.

I am not a threat to society, that is clear to me when everyone I know says quite the opposite. So I choose to continue to live my life, for the moment, in the moment. So long as I am not causing trouble what is the problem? Why do we continue to spend tax dollars to assure that people will do something wrong. We don't use a broken tool to fix things, so why do we
continue to support our broken government? No, we don't benefit when we think like the first man who said, " .. that kid can't sail, I should call the Coast Gaurd.". I feel we would do far better to act as the second man would," Don't punnish him for trying 'cause he's not doing it, right go show him how to do it right. Help him. " Here is another thing to consider; When someone makes a mistake and has to pay a price; shouldn't that be
sufficient enough? Why continue to tax the individual with hardships/burdens like bills or extended supervision. Why take all of their rights away? Most say it's because the system is blind with justice.

I say,"No". They can claim to take your rights and freedom. But your true freedom and your personal rights they can never take. We can only surrender our rights/beliefs/religeon etc... but it is only OURSELF who can give up anything we believe.

When the system is as broken as it is,( acting like a mindless machine chewing up average citizens and spitting out criminals), one would think the Citizens would stand up for their rights. I mean we're Americans right. But I hear so many people saying, "Look at what Bush did.." But no-one accepts that they allowed Bush to...

We have the power as the people, which is why the Government is so hard on us. They keep us pre-occupied with the jewls and candy of our society so that we don't pay attention to how simple it is to live life happy and free. I feel it is up to each of us to better ourselves for our selves and environment.

Personally I see no benefit in my allowing the government to corrupt me and my community, by obeying thier unfair demands. Instead I will continue to do as I do.

I am not testing the system, or pushing it. I simply don't see a need to concern my self with it. It is Broken and doesn't work right, no-one seems to really care enough to try to fix it, so I won't use it any more. I won't go to court to give them a reason to be in court making money by distroying peoples lives. I won't support the probation department by going to them and I won't hide from the world and use alias names. I just won't use the broken system any more.

I can't fight the Government by myself and I don't see many people standing up for their rights. What happened? When the police beat Rodney King riots broke out, when Bush fucked us all no-one did anything. Am I proud to be American I don't think so if this is how our Country is going to continue.

I plan to be at the White House on December 10th, 2008 at 10:00am to protest against the injustice of our country and demand the resignation of
George Bush, his councila and the dissemblation of the Government as we know it. We do not benefit by distroying our heritage, we do not gain by letting our Country run amock. Please join me at the White House to show a force of people, citizens of this country demanding the return of our freedom.

This is a hastily written letter, I am on the shore and was just informed that the police boarded my boat with out my permission. This is exactly the type of thing I am talking about. The Police have no jurisdiction on the other side of the channel,(where my boat is), but they selectively use the Homeland Security to invade my home when no-body is there to let them in. We need to get rid of the biggest crime organization in our Country, Please join me on Dec. 10, 2008 at 10:00am in front of the White House in a demonstration and demand for freedom and Justice for all.

by Nathan Archer

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