About This Site

 

My name is Rick Koerber. For the curious, I was born Claud Roderick Franklin. Koerber is an adopted name. Since I started my daily talk radio show in 2005 I have used the title “FreeCapitalist” which I guess you could say is another adopted name, of sorts. I am married, the father of three and a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. After winning multiple gold medals in academic debate (including a national championship), I graduated with an Associates of Arts degree from Casper College and pursued my bachelors in Public Policy and Religious Area Studies at the University of Denver. I’m from Wyoming and my family and I now live in Utah with two smart Border Collies and one frustratingly dumb Australian Shepherd. I work primarily from home as an entrepreneur, managing an interest in several companies. I have little tolerance for meanness, duplicity, and pretended interests. I’m not afraid to take a stand on principle, and am often the subject of gossip and second hand criticism. That’s the price we pay in the world, in my estimation, for resisting the tide of mediocrity.

My driving motivation is my love of freedom and liberty. Following personal liquidation bankruptcy in 2000, I decided I wanted nothing to do with business. Surprisingly, during my break from the business world I started studying American history. It was while studying the lives of America’s Founding Fathers that I discovered what I now refer to as Prosperity Prime and the ancient “Principles of Prosperity”. It was studying the Founders that helped me piece together the fascinating history of freedom’s basic ideas. Inspired by many of the little known details at the core of the American Revolution I re-engaged my entrepreneurial drive and was able to pay back my past investors. Using my newfound success, I began to deliberately become more actively involved in the world - socially, civically and politically. Today my primary professional effort is related to the FreeCapitalist Project. I have had a very specific vision for the mission of what we now call the FreeCapitalist Project since I was a small boy watching the general election returns of the 1980 presidential contest.

Besides my more typical business activities, I host a daily radio broadcast called FreeCapitalist radio, I write frequently, and am often involved in volunteer and community related activities. My life is much different today than it was in 2000. There are still plenty of difficulties to go around (which usually seem to be accompanied by plenty of annoying, brain-off commissars, moochers, and some who I can all call just plain schmucks.) I enjoy sharing my philosphy and life experiences with others who may also be looking for hope - not just hope for a better “after life” but for an amazing life today! I started this website for two basic reasons. First, those close to me often tell me that I’m lousy at keeping people informed about what’s going on in my life. Second, I get tired of so many anonymous cowards taking unanswered pot shots against my associates and me on the Internet without having a place to conduct some “FreeCapitalist” apologetics.

This site is the most up to date, effective way to get in touch with me and to find general information about my goings on. If you have something irascible to say, just go away.