The only thing that's keeping the government from cutting our throats right now is that it would have to be done in public (the camera being "the new gun" and all), and the propaganda costs of having to spin us as evil terrorists would be too high. They could still do it, but we're not worth that much, and that's how a resistance movement can stay alive in plain sight. (This is even easier to do in New Hampshire, where anti-government activists aren't automatically called racists, Jesus nuts, bootleggers, skinheads, etc). If, on the other hand, we're easy to spin as a bunch of terrorist pirates, the public won't even flinch as we hit the bottom of the seabed.
(See also: my polite and humble disagreement on
Drifter's "Boats" thread.)
This applies to the Free Island Project idea too, but to a lesser degree, and it's more compatible with FSP by giving the less-dedicated-more-wealthy fair-weather Free Staters / "
snowbirds" a freedom-themed place to vacation if/when New Hampshire winter stops being fun for some reason.