Pete Nosan was a tireless crusador for tax honesty and constitutional government. Tragically, he took his own life October 10th. May he rest in peace.
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Pete Nosan March 17, 1966- October 10, 2008
Sad to report that Pete Nosan, who headed the California chapter of Aaron Russo's RESTORE THE REPUBLIC, took his own life on October 10th. Pete had been active in the freedom movement and was a staunch advocate for tax honesty, constitutional government and 9/11 truth. He had not filed for several years and the IRS was now coming after him.
I got the news about Pete Sunday night and called Pete's cell phone number to verify if it were true. His mom answered and needless to say it was a very emotional conversation. The IRS was after him, they demanded $15,000 and had come to his work last week and garnished his wages.
Pete had attended our June meeting in Riverside where we showed Loose Change 2nd edition. Since he was from Riverside, he had helped to get the word out and had pretty much filled the room.
This is really a terrible waste. Don't ever kill yourself over government bullshit!
Make a $1 a month payment arrangement and make it cost them ten times what it is worth to collect it. Fuck, let them put you in jail and cost them hundreds of thousands to keep you there. Be a political prisoner. Do anything to help fight these bastards right up to the bitter end! But for God's sake, don't kill yourself!
If they manage to ever jail me I will make it cost millions to keep me! Every day I would "accidentally" get hurt and have to go get treatment. I would get a toothache every other day and need to see the dentist. I would use their own bullshit system against them any way I could. I would sue them for anything and everything. I would be one miserable pain in their asses. But no matter what they did to me, I would never let them have the satisfaction of knowing they pushed me to offing myself.
i'm betting there were other issues here. i doubt that he decided to end his life because of the IRS harrassment. that was probably the proverbial straw. who knows what psychological and emotional battles he was waging. for many mental pain is far more torturous than is physical pain.
for many mental pain is far more torturous than is physical pain.
For most if not all.
But you have to do whatever it takes to get through whatever it is you're dealing with. The best thing is to talk to someone who has been there. We all know someone who has been through what we are going through and survived it. Reach out.
The two weeks I was kept from seeing my kid, after I was accused of being a child abuser by my ex, were the longest two weeks of my life. I was barely able to eat or sleep or even sit down. Death probably would have been a welcomed relief.
But too many people were counting on me to be there, including my kid, so I had to deal with it. I talked to anyone and everyone who would listen, and most everyone was at least a little bit of help.
A good friend of mine passed a long a great little tidbit. He said, "Put your hand right in front of your face, so close that you can't see anything but your hand. Now pretend that is your problem. As long as you keep it right in front of your face, you're never going to see the great big wonderful life that lay just past it in front of you. Instead of concentrating on the problem, concentrate on everything else you have to do, and the problem will fix itself, just the way God wants it fixed, and in His time."
I had been wondering why I was having all sorts of odd problems with work. Nothing was going easy, and I kept asking God, "Why are you doing this all to me at once? I can't handle all that shit and deal with the crisis at the same time!"
When Frank shared his wisdom, it all became clear. My job was to handle all of the odd shit He was throwing at me, and leave the crisis up to Him.
Maybe God had nothing to do with any of it, but that was the line of thinking that got me to see past my hand and to finally eat, and sleep, and be able to sit down and know that everything would be OK someday. And it was.
When Frank shared his wisdom, it all became clear. My job was to handle all of the odd shit He was throwing at me, and leave the crisis up to Him.
You've also stumbled into the secret of prayer. Prayer is a way of calling the problem to his attention. It was never meant to suggestions on how he solve that problem. Too many people pray for certain results. That's not putting it in the hands of God.
Whatever I stumbled up, it worked, and worked well.
I just kept handling the things that needed handling, and the rest worked out for the good. The ex hung herself with her lies, I got shared custody, and the kid loves me 4 eva. :D