I have never been fond of the U.S. Army slogan, “An Army of One”. That is a ridiculous oxymoron. One is not an Army, it never has been and it never will be, except in the movies.

When facing this future of ours that will become the most challenging days of our time we all have our trepidations. Whatever we are doing to prepare for the road ahead are products of our own experience and judgment. Whatever plans, if any, that we have been able to formulate that will help us to select the proper course of action in any number of foreseeable situations must take into account so many variables that will have to be prepared for in such a short period of time that it has become a bit overwhelming for any sane person to contemplate. I have tried to organize myself by simply concentrating on getting one simple thing done at a time. I know what my needs are and once I have met minimum standards for a particular item I move to the next, hoping that I will have further opportunity to improve things beyond minimum standards later down the road, should I be so lucky.

I recently communicated with a very good friend of mine. When I say very good friend I mean the best friend anybody could ever hope and pray to have. We have held each others lives in our hands in the most frightening of times and we never let go. We have overcome incredible odds together that mostly favored ending our lives, but we had each other, we held on to each other and because we never compromised our principles or passively accepted our circumstances we are both still here. When discussing current events and possible future scenarios with my very good friend he responded in an uncharacteristic attitude of despair. My heart sank at his words recently; “I don’t know, I just feel so alone”.

The weight of those words rested heavily on me, because if my good friend feels alone during the struggle of these times then I am partially to blame. Sometimes it is easy to worry less about people who I know are fully aware of our situation but that is no excuse for not communicating more amongst ourselves. As I have said here on other occasions; the worst feeling any Soldier can have on any battlefield is when he is alone to face his circumstances. My failure to think properly in this case stems from conditioned behavior I learned in the Army. I learned early on that you should never, EVER fall into ranks or report for duty without the proper gear. Because I have so many areas of preparation that need tidying up I have kept my mind on task, as opposed to taking time to communicate. It is as if I am in a race, and the worst offense any 82nd Airborne Division Paratrooper can commit is to not have his gear ready and ready to answer the call when the call comes. Seriously, after all the years my worst recurring nightmares revolve around the theme that I am back in my old unit, but I don’t have any gear yet and we are going somewhere. In one of my dreams recently I fell into formation wearing professional wrestler boots because they were the only boots I had. I’m a very sick man, hence the catchy pen name.

The friend I speak of is a very accomplished Soldier. Even in our darkest hours I never heard him speak with such despair as when he said “I don’t know, I just feel so all alone”. Part of my mad ramblings here have been the result of feeling alone in the face of standing firm on the conviction that I will not live as a Slave. This road we are on is not one I am willing to follow. I know where it leads. Though I have my mind firmly on the task of preparing for the worst I take time now and again to shout an alarm to my fellow citizens who take the time to read here on the Revo. In doing so I have failed to communicate with my very good friend as well as others around me.

In most cases I assume that people are intelligent enough to see for themselves what is happening every day and can make their own decisions as to what they need to do to weather the storm. Anyone who has known me any length of time doesn’t have to ask themselves what I think about current events, what we can look forward to in the future and what preparations should be made to insure safe passage through these times. Every day I think of what it is that I need to do next and once I have accomplished the task I move to another. In doing so I have found that even among strangers I am in good company.

Recently I was searching for needed items at a local business that was very busy servicing customers who were all there doing the same thing I was doing and for the very same reasons. One customer was a bit shocked at the price increase of a certain item, but it was explained to him by a store clerk that the new federal taxes were to blame. The customer responded with “That’s alright, it won’t last long. We aren’t gonna put up with that. We’ll be takin’ our shit back from them bastards when the time is right”. With those series of comments I had to pause to turn and see who this character was. He was tall, with a semi-athletic build and a military haircut. His clothing indicated that he is a veteran of the U.S. Army and he was accompanied by his son. Everything about this guy just put off the vibe of average Joe citizen. He continued with his conversation; “The thing nobody is thinking about is that when things start to break down here, every enemy of the United States is going to jump on our ass if they can. Everybody is going to take a swing at us. Nobody is thinking about that and nobody is prepared”. That is true enough. Any enemy of the United States would seek to take advantage of a domestic crisis, foment civil disorder or failing that take advantage of confusion and panic in order to conduct offensive operations, and we have to look no further than Washington D.C. to see evidence of that. There is no need to elaborate here on how a series of well-timed events could eliminate the “Superpower” of the United States in a single day, but there can be no doubt that the Wolves are out there and they are waiting for their moment. If we allow ourselves to think about that too much we can become paralyzed with a sense that there isn’t much we can do about it.

That’s just the thing; there ISN’T much we can do about it. Knowing that is important. Our government has already decided that they are going to destroy the United States. They are doing it. We know what the results of the economic policies our government has chosen will be. The defense and foreign policy of this administration have their own dangers that will come to fruition in time. I have come to the conclusion that one of the goals of the Obama Administration is to create mass civil disorder in order to justify even greater measures of control. Thus far they have behaved exactly as we expect Communists to behave, why should they change now?

Regardless of the vandalism being done to the United States by way of our elected officials, we as individuals need to focus on the many things we will have to do in order to establish our own security and well-being. The conversational customer whose commentary distracted me from my shopping has obviously given all this some thought, but unlike most people he has gone out of his personal perimeter to reach out to his neighbors in a meaningful way. “The men of my neighborhood got together and we all came up with an agreement that we put on paper and we all signed it. We’re gonna be the security force that provides for our protection. There ain’t but one way in and out of our neighborhood and we’ll be controlling it. Anybody who comes rolling up without the right colored sticker on their windshield better be ready to stop or get shot”.

While I have heard many a tale of what somebody is gonna do about this and that, there is something about that little story that makes it unique, if true. The concept of being in a community where all the men can get together and establish their own Law and then sign their name in agreement to protect, uphold and defend that Law is quite revolutionary in modern American society. It is also quite natural. We are all given some measure of common sense that hopefully becomes sharpened with age. When our common sense tells us that our physical well being is threatened and the institutions that have traditionally provided security against these threats are failing, then it becomes imperative for the individual to take steps to insure their own survival. Individual survival probabilities are greatly enhanced by engaging in group efforts. All of this behavior is absolutely natural, it’s how societies have survived all throughout time.

A perfect example of this natural behavior was recently provided to us by the crew of the Maersk Alabama. Any crew of any vessel becomes their own society when they are at sea. Their bond is made by having the skills that allow them to trust each other with their lives daily in a constantly hostile environment. The dedication of the crew to each other and their ship pushed the sailors of the Maersk Alabama to overcome their most recent hostile situation. While our government was “monitoring the situation closely” as they sought the means for a proper response those merchant seamen who were in danger responded quickly and properly. Our President has yet to respond to the questions of the press on this matter.

What do you expect from a government that is guided by the principle of not allowing “a good crisis to go to waste”? Whatever solutions our government can form to address any crisis is motivated out of a desire to enrich themselves and consolidate more power. That is plain to see. That’s what they say and that’s what they do. We the people are nothing more to them than ignorant cattle to be maintained to perform the labor they prescribe. We cannot and should not expect such charlatans to ever act properly and in a timely manner to events and conditions that threaten the existence of the average citizen, much less take matters into own hands to improve our lives.

Nonetheless our government finds something sinister about its citizens who exercise their God given Rights to provide for their own physical well being. They are typically shocked to learn of instances when people spontaneously respond in an effective way to disaster or opportunity. They don’t like people who think on their own. They are still under the illusion that their proclamations and regulations have any meaning to a citizenry who clearly sees them for who they are.

Our President is an attorney, among other things. He is under the illusion that words on paper carry enough force as to compel people to do things that are completely unnatural and contrary to their natural survival instincts. He is apparently ignorant of the fact that when the Law becomes insufferable then the Law no longer has any moral force. He is apparently ignorant of the fact that people remain compliant with the Law only as long as the Evil it inflicts upon them is sufferable. He is apparently ignorant of the fact that people do not respect Laws that are unequally enforced and always to their detriment. He is apparently ignorant of the fact that people do not respect Laws that have been deceptively crafted as snares designed to entangle the exercise of our God given Rights.

People who have spent their lives pursuing an education in the Law in order to find the means to use it to subvert the spirit of the Law are nothing more than deceivers to their very core. A person who associates themselves with known criminals who routinely engage in illegal activity, and who benefits from the fruits of those illegal activities is one who is traditionally referred to in a Court of Law as a criminal co-conspirator. When that same person uses the fruits of an illegal enterprise to narrowly obtain the position of Chief Law Enforcement Officer, the efforts he directs to enforce those Laws will lack Moral Authority. When he declared the Law of the Land to be defective and then swore an oath to protect, uphold and defend it he did so out of lack of respect for that Law, the witnesses in attendance and anyone who was foolish enough to believe he would NOT do otherwise when they gave him the power to do it.

We are now at the point where local Law Enforcement Officers openly oppose federal encroachment into local issues and choose to stand with the will of their respective communities in defiance of Federal Laws. They are one of the last lines of defense as the Laws as dictated and enforced by our Federal Government continue to restrict individual Rights, codify hostile acts against our most sacred traditions and institutions and promote the ruin of our society so that they may rebuild it in their criminally hideous image. As our local Law Enforcement Officers takes a stand for us we should stand with them and barring that we must stand with each other. When the Pirates have the ship, all we will have is each other. That is all we will need.

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