To all true friends of liberty:
One of the most interesting things about news reports is the
way that the
same basic information can be presented and yet tell very
different tales.
My all-time favorite has to be the Carter-era news release
on the standby
gas rationing system that was then being implemented. In
this particular
story, it was pointed out that the rationing system would be
triggered by a
20% shortfall in the nation's gas supplies. The system was
designed to
ensure that every American would receive 70% of his normal
supply.
So what we had was a system that would automatically turn a
20% shortfall
into a 30% shortfall. By careful presentation of the facts,
however, it
made it look like this was a good deal for the average joe.
Incidentally,
all of the gas rationing coupons had the same picture of
George Washington
as is found on the one-dollar bill. They could therefore be
exchanged, not
just for 70% of your usual gallon of gas, but also for four
quarters from
any bill changing machine. Thus completely useless for
their designed
purpose, the coupons were stored for many years at the
Pueblo Army Depot in
southern Colorado and eventually destroyed by burning inside
the ammunition
igloos in which they were kept.
The point of all this is that there is often a surprising
amount of good
news to be found in what might otherwise be considered as
disastrous
tidings. Take, for example, the recent Brady bill stories.
That the
administration is interested in expanding Brady provisions
to rifles and
shotguns is surely not welcome intelligence. That either
230,000
(according to some sources) or 17 (according to others)
convicted felons
have been thwarted in their desire for a handgun is really
beside the
point. Who cares how many have been denied a gun? Let's
look, instead, at
the real story here. Slipped in to those Clinton-sponsored
stories about
how many bad guys have been disarmed and how the program
should be expanded
is some really, really encouraging news.
Over 10,000,000 Brady checks have been performed in the past
four years.
Imagine! Ten million handgun sales (minus somewhere between
17 and
230,000). Two and a half million a year! Nearly 7,000 a
day, including
Sundays and holidays. By god, it makes you PROUD to be an
American,
doesn't it? We're still number one at something and it's
something that's
damned important, to boot.
Imagine equipping the United States Army with just one
year's worth of
handgun sales. Every soldier would have five handguns
strapped to his
waist. Imagine equipping them with all of the handguns sold
since Bill
Clinton took office. You'd need a line of native bearers to
carry those 28
handguns. A good-sized truck to carry each soldier's share
of the rifles
and shotguns. A small convoy for his portion of the
ammunition and
reloading components.
Let's not forget that these ten million Brady guns are just
those sold
through FFL dealers. Think of the additional millions,
perhaps tens of
millions, that changed hands between one private owner and
another. These
are the statistics that really matter. Do you think Bill
Clinton really
cares whether even one armed thug is gotten off the streets
(I mean someone
other than Franciso Duran)? For the first time, amalgamated
statistics are
landing on his desk and he can quantify just how
"successful" his effort at
disarming America has been. At the same time, he can
blandly slip the real
story (America's frantic rearmament) past the inattentive
patriots who are
too busy moaning about the next wave of evil NWO
legislation.
I say: Thanks, Bill. You've done more to awaken America
and cause even
the most zombie-like citizen to rush out and buy a gun than
any other
living human being. Ronald Reagan, John Wayne, Mark
Koernke, John
Trochmann, et al ain't got nothing on you, baby. You are
the merchants of
death's number one butt boy and the biggest spoke in the
wheel of your own
utopia. Nice going, moron. Please don't come over to our
side because we
want to win. Millions, I repeat: millions, of Americans
who would never
have considered owning a gun now have a little bit of
insurance tucked
underneath the bed. So don't give up on your fellow
citizens just yet.
We're halfway home if you don't alienate them with stupid
human militia
tricks.
I dare say that the percentage of Americans who own guns is
at an all-time
high. The number of Americans who own a gun is certainly at
an all-time
high. The number of guns owned by Americans is certainly at
an all-time
high. The quality (and military usefulness) of guns owned
by Americans is
at an all-time high. The stockpile of ammunition and
reloading components
owned by Americans is at an earth-shattering, most
Third-world continents
can't even come close, all-time high. Don't whine about the
Brady bill.
After all, the primary proponent of this gun control
legislation is someone
who is brain-damaged. Rational arguments just aren't going
to work on
someone who's only running on half-a-lobe. They don't make
sense to most
liberals and network correspondents either. Hmmm, I wonder
why that is?
Let's look at another interesting story-- the New Black
Panther Party's
avowed defense against the Klan in Jasper, Texas. Why is
this so
objectionable to so many patriots? It seems like capital
news to me. Up
to now, the media has been able to portray the militia as
some sort of
funky white suburban street gang. Having a
highly-publicized appearance of
a new black militia is of tremendous value to those of us
who are dedicated
to the restoration of constitutional liberty. I welcome any
and all who
are willing to make their stand for freedom. I especially
welcome those
whom the liberal media dare not portray as right-wing
lunatics.
These are not the branded "Uncle Tom" black conservatives
but the real
McCoy radical activist left proclaiming themselves as a
militia. See how
much ground we have gained. Even those who do not agree
with us
politically now find advantage in using our methods and
rhetoric. When our
opponents must fly our colors in order to garner popular
support-- they
have already lost. Whatever victory they attain will
redound to our credit
and not to theirs. We should support these efforts to the
absolute limits
of our abilities.
There is a line in the Battle Hymn of the Republic that
goes: "I have seen
him in the watchfires of a hundred circling camps..."
Someone finally
shows up to build a blaze next to ours and we want to turn
them in for
playing with matches. Get real. Get your priorities
straight.
There is a vast awakening in America. It would be even
vaster if it
weren't for the legions of morons we have allowed to shelter
under our
banners. They have to go if we are ever to make this thing
work. So often
we make the mistake of going for numbers, numbers right
now-- without
realizing that for every Christian Identity or Republic of
Texas loser in
our ranks, there are dozens, maybe even hundreds, of more
like-minded
patriots who will never swell our ranks for fear of
contamination by these
dangerous anti-American fanatics. People with money.
People with
important connections. People whose help we desperately
need but aren't
going to get. People who won't touch us with a
ten-foot-pole because of
our hobnobbing with nazis.
Don't kid yourself. Look at deeds, not words. None of
these Identity
swine love the United States. They all seek for a New World
Order of their
own-- a successor state to be built on the ruins of a failed
America. The
destruction of America is a crucial element of their plans--
yet they have
neither the numbers or the resources to make their twisted
dreams of a
racial-religious empire a reality without the help of those
unwitting dupes
in the militia. You wonder why the FBI and the ATF are so
interested in
the militias? Well, wonder no more. If you harbor traitors
in your ranks,
you yourself have earned a traitor's wage.
This is a struggle in which only the most virtuous will
prevail. It is a
struggle between love and hatred. If you do not love your
fellow man. if
you do not love America, if you do not value the mighty
deeds of your
forefathers, you are not going to win. To all of you who
know that America
belongs to those who are willing to fight for her in her
hour of greatest
need, I say: Let us go forward together.
The Union forever
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