Thought For The Day

The first time I heard the term “dickhead” was during infantry basic training at Fort Benning. At the time I identified it as a distinctly Army term for a distinctly Army phenomena. An example of a dickhead is Lieutenant Colonel Robert Bateman, someone who clearly does not understand the United States Constitution and his role and limitations as a commissioned officer.

In an opinion piece published in Esquire [LINK HERE] he clearly demonstrates his ignorance of the proper meaning of the Second Amendment and declares his willingness to obey orders to murder American Citizens:

We will pry your gun from your cold, dead, fingers.

Really?

No.

What Bateman as a REMF* academic who has failed to understand is that the Second Amendment is not about sporting use or even self defense against violent criminals. The Second Amendment is an integral component of the Bill of Rights, which in turn clearly defines the relationship between the People of the United States and the Federal Government. The People are the political authority of the nation. And the Federal Government serves The People.**

A very fundamental failure on the part of Bateman is his apparent belief that his subordinates will simply follow orders without thought. The fact is that American soldiers do think. And they do act on the facts of reality they have identified. Alvin York and Audie Murphy did not receive the Medal of Honor for simply following orders. Both men identified the actions that were necessary on the field of battle and carried them out.

If Bateman, a socialist in our uniform, were to issue the order the real soldiers will identify him as a traitor and murderer and air him out.

I prefer one round in the head in the old Soviet style for that sort of action.


*. Rear Echelon Mother Fucker. Another distinctly military term.

**. Or we could say that The People rule and the government drools.

Democracy In Action

Are you sitting comfortably?

Good. 

Now read the article at the following link.

[LINK HERE]

Have you calmed down yet?

Good.

The fundamental problem with the concept of Democracy is that there is no inherent restriction on the power of the state.  What the majority decides becomes the act of the Democratic State.  And if the majority decides that you must die then the Democratic State will kill you.  To govern is to exercise control over the social use of force.  But in the Democratic State there is no control.  There is no restraint on the exercise of power.  Anything literally goes.

Or, to put it another way, it really sucked to be Socrates in the Democratic State of Athens.

Because of this the Founders of the United States rejected the concept of the Democratic State in favor of a Constitutional Republic.  This was a form of government that clearly defined the powers granted to it and outlawed the exercise of powers not granted to it.

As you have seen in the article The Constitution is no longer in effect.  The nation and California in particular have degenerated into democratic states exercising unrestrained power. 

Although the action in San Rafael appears to be a trivial annoyance where no one died, the Federal actions at Ruby Ridge and Waco clearly were the exercise of unrestrained force.

It is only a matter of time before someone else needlessly dies.

What are your questions on this block of instruction?

 ( Thanks to my friend Dave Hall for the link.)

An Idea

I'll start by showing two photos I took with the laptop camera.





I regret that the photos were taken under less than ideal conditions but the rust spots are visible.

The photos are of a magazine for a Norinco AK-47 chambered in the 5.56 x 45 mm NATO cartridge. I purchased the weapon and magazines while preparing for an insurrection during the Clinton Administration. I could have bought a standard AK-47 but chose this particular weapon because if I lived long enough I could use captured ammunition without changing to a captured M16 series weapon. As a result of my experience in the US Army I was not a fan of the M16A1 or any related weapon.

So how did this magazine come to be in such an awful condition?

Two years ago I was a cab driver struggling to make enough to cover the extortion payments levied by our so-called state and federal governments. I went to bed and about a month later I was hospitalized for pneumonia and had a heart attack resulting in anoxia and brain damage. I was not expected to live. At this time my mother and one of my brothers cleared out my apartment. One of the things that happened during this process was that my business records for driving a cab were thrown out. Fortunately my mother took my weapons into storage at her home. But the brother took the web gear with loaded magazines and stored them in his garage. As a result the web gear became moldy and the magazines rusted.

A real citizen should have known better than to do this.

I was beyond the state of anger when I saw the magazines. My brother had acted out of ignorance, as if he were a dog that had defecated on a valuable antique rug.

One of the facts of the matter was that I had not read in any member of my family on the full extent of my political activities including my connection to the Special Forces Underground and The Resister. But allowing rifle magazines to rust is simply inexcusable.

One of the ideas that has been rattling about in the remnant of my brain is that a mere warm body should not exercise political authority. I acquired this thought from reading Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein about a decade before picking up anything written by Ayn Rand. The fact is that all forms of authority are based on knowledge and political authority is no exception.

But in the present system political authority is granted to any warm body without regard to their the actual state of knowledge. As a result some warm bodies have traded their votes for a material object such as an IPad or a wad of cash. Or worse they have traded their votes for the warm and fuzzy feeling of having been compassionate.

The result is out present state of our nation. Those who lack knowledge or simple concern for consequences should not have authority over another person, let alone the fate of a nation.

Heinlein's proposed solution to the problem is relatively easy to look up for yourself. Or you can purchase a copy of Starship Troopers from Ace Books.

My solution to the problem is simply proper education in the obligations of citizenship.

The course would be similar to a driver education course as presently taught. The first part of the class covers The Constitution, the proper functions of each branch of government, the function of each clause and amendment, the duties of the citizen as the sovereign authority of the nation, and what happened when the Federal Government was allowed to enter the failure mode.

The second part of the course covers the function and use of the instrument of political authority, the personal weapon. This covers rifle marksmanship and maintenance. Also covered is the basic organization and tactics of the citizen militia unit.

While the citizenship course will not be mandatory, completion and a passing grade will be required to exercise the authority to vote.

What are your questions on this block of instruction?

A Proposal

AMENDMENT XXVIII

All religions which deny the validity of the Constitution shall not claim protection under it.

The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.