Note: This project has been reworked and can now be found at RoguesMedallion.wordpress.com

This page is for people who are taking steps to reclaim control over their own lives. Each picture represents the successful completion of a worthwhile task as described, sort of like a merit badge earned by a Boy Scout. Once you complete the task, use the icon on your own website, blog, Twitter feed, or Facebook timeline.

Turn off your TV. Quitting television is arguably the first thing you should do in the life reclamation process. The easiest way to get out of the flood of propaganda that hits us every day is to turn off the tv. To successfully complete this activity, you need to stop watching television for 30 days, although its probably best to make it permanent. Take the time you save and use it to learn new skills, hang out with your family outside of the tv room, call an old friend, find a new news source, learn to cook something new, or whatever else, just don’t give your time away to people who are actively seeking to take your time, money, and energy from you.

Get out of Debt — No really, get out of debt. To earn this badge, you must be out of non-housing debt (there’s another badge for the mortgage). No student debt, no car loan, no borrowings from family members or friends. If you use a credit card for convenience, you must pay your balance in full each month, but better to use cash.

Pay off your Mortgage — Finish paying off your house. Don’t let a bank have the opportunity to take your home from you. This will take some people a while, but do it. When you get your title from the bank, or already have it, put this badge up.

Gold/Silver/Bitcoin — Go get some of each. This badge requires you to get some amount of gold or silver and a cryptocurrency like bitcoin, and then spend a portion of it. How much you get isn’t really important. Learning the issues surrounding these items is. Learning why they are important, how to make sure you don’t get ripped off, and the mechanics of how to buy and store them is whats important.

30-day Facebook fast — Quit Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites for 30 days to display this badge. They represent a great way keep up with friends, but for many its a big time suck, keeping you from doing other important things. Try quitting for 30 days, then keep it to a minimum after that, but don’t forget to let your friends know which badges you’ve earned ;-).

Grow Something — To earn this badge, grow something edible from seed or bulb and then use it in a meal that you cook yourself.

Linux — Learn how to instal Linux to a computer and use it to do the top five things you normally do on your M$FT or Apple device, i.e. browsing the internet, emailing, encrypting a document, downloading music, twittering, or designing graphical merit badges like this.

FOIA — The Freedom of Information Act was signed into law in 1966. It allows for the full or partial disclosure of previously unreleased information and documents controlled by the United States government. To earn this bad you must request information via the FOIA and have it released to you. Not sure what to ask about? Try going to a conspiracy focused sight and look for an accusation that seems crazy to you where the government was involved and request information about it. When you get the information you requested, post this badge.

Starve the Beast — Governments around the world are doing tremendous damage with your tax dollars. You can try to starve the beast! Whether you go about it like Dr. Jackie Benton,

Ann Barnhardt, or Larken Rose is up to you, and requires serious study and planning, but if you decide to try, use this badge to show it.

3rd Party — After nearly 16 years of arrogance, incompetence, false dichotomies, To Big To Fail, crony capitalism, captured regulators, special interests, and non-transparency, its way past time to find new representation and leadership. If the current people in leadership positions know they have your vote, they don’t really need to change. To earn this badge, find a candidate that better represents your view of the world and that doesn’t have a (D) or (R) next to their name, and vote for them. Yes, it takes time, so start now.

No Street Name — If you want to use this badge and you own equity securities (stocks) all you need to do is get at least one of your holdings registered in your own name, and not street name or Cede & Co. Bix Weir explains some of the funny business in this interview with Sean at SGTReport.

There will be more badges here in the future, but starting on these will help you begin to take back your life from those who are making money off manipulating you. If you’ve got suggestions for others, also please do let us know. utwif2012 <at) gmail dot com

(if you’re a graphic artist of sorts, feel free to improve upon these badges–especially the PM/Cryptocurrency and the debt (housing and non-housing) If you send them in .svg format, I can put them here if they’re an improvement)