HANGING CHADS
Let’s travel to yesteryear during a time of pre-9/11 fascist police
state lockdowns ( as Ben Franklin was wont to say about security or freedom, we
got neither after that gloomy day in which Gottdam Yankee Scum got sacrificed
for the greater good of other Gottdam Yankee Scum, but the difference being
they were The Scum In Charge ) when we still had quaint practices known as
Voting. As in a democracy ( I hate
democracy and would like to travel back at least 150 years to a Constitutional
Republic instead, but the rubes get sold on the D word, so I go with that for
now ). As in, you get to pick who you
wish to lead the US empire. As I’ve said
to you a hundred times, I stopped believing in votes actually being counted
after the national Libertarian Party got LESS votes after Ruby Ridge and
Waco. Sorry, I might have just fallen
off the turnip truck, but I wasn’t born yesterday. And voter fraud went back much further than
that ( voting machines being found in the lake by Chicago, dead men
registering, etc. ). But physically
altering votes is time consuming, pricey and subject to detection. That is what happened to Al Gore and Shrub
with the Floridian hanging chads.
Electronic voting is just one hacker away from 100% reliable. I had always thought of the hanging chad
fiasco as the neo-cons way of placing a puppet in charge, with Al Gore being
handed the Gore Warming Lecture Circuit Millions Consolation Prize in exchange
for his cooperation. Now, I think I was
wrong.
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The hanging chad fiasco had nothing to do with who became
President. It was just a way to force
e-voting down our willing throats ( kind of like Monica L. ). Remember the sales pitch? E-voting would eliminate any more hanging
chads. Our votes would be seriously
considered and our choices would not be subjected to party manipulations. In short, if you voted, now you could vote
better! Truer! More representative! Democracy Now, bitches! And no one said a word edgewise ( oh, of
course a few Kooks And Malcontents and TinFoil Hat Wearers had their expected
objections, but they were nut jobs who thought Jesus or Space Aliens should
re-write the Constitution to better suit their aims, right? ) for all intents
and purposes, so it was pretty much a slam dunk approval wise. The hanging chads were the instrument to get
“voters” to approve hacker approved voting machines. For ever more, no more worries that the
Powers That Be might lose control over their profit machine. With, literally, trillions at stake, a few
million to Gore was chump change. Remember
when I reviewed the movie with Morgan Freeman as the president when a meteor
was going to hit Earth, and I said no one would vote a Black as President? I’m still right, if the votes are rigged. I like being right, so I’m going strong with
this theory. What does this have to do
with survivalism? How many hours of
studying a false education ( in the form of studying politics ) did I just save
you? You are welcome. Better utilize your time studying old timey
skills or combat techniques or anything preferable to wasting your time on a
false paradigm.
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now that i'm old, i agree with you. no longer so wet behind the ears i have begun to see how deep and how ubiquitous corruption is on every level. the devil doesn't have to break a sweat as humans are doing all the evil for him.
ReplyDeleteas lily tomlin said, no matter how cynical you become you just can't keep up.
I liked Lily-she never got the exposure she deserved.
DeleteMy kids like this machine at the pizza parlor. You put in a quarter, the arm dives down, and pulls out a few pieces of penny candy. Just like voting. Their biggest haul has been about 15 cents of candy- they really thought they'd won something. I don't tell them that you never really win at that game.
ReplyDeleteI never had enough time with my kids to pound into them what idiocy they were embracing. They still turned out okay, much to my surprise.
DeleteOccasionally, you say something that I totally agree with and I have to sit myself down and reflect on where I have taken a wrong turn! ha ha ha ha ha Much as it pains me to admit it, I think you are right "this time". When I bring my army north, I'll stop by for a visit.
ReplyDeleteI get it. "This time, this time only, no promises implicit or implied for next time" :)
DeleteA thought had occurred to me James, with regards to post collapse weaponry on a grander scale. Assuming a worst case scenario, and a return to black powder, what would be a good alternative for crowd control on a large scale? The “plastic poodle shooter” as you refer to them, will have long been extinct at this point, and the single shot muzzleloader will certainly suck horribly at suppressing mobs of storming zombies.
ReplyDeleteWell, I thought of a reasonably practical post collapse substitute, and that would be in the form of the 19th century “Punt Gun”. These were large bore shotguns (A shotgun cannon if you will) that were commonly employed by the market hunters of the 19th century. These guns had bores often beyond that of gauge designation, and were not shouldered, but rather rested on the boat bottom, or similar stationary surface.
As always, I would suggest a low tech ignition system such as flint, though percussion might be better? Since blackpowder is a low pressure propellant, it is very forgiving in such primitive designs such as this particular one. Google this keyword, and this should give one enough to go on.
Obviously, firing such a weapon offers little in the way of target selectivity, so it's an “all or nothing” sort of proposition.
I would image a search of "French Revolution crowd control" or similar might give one ideas.
DeleteNo fear, by the time the poodle shooters are gone so will the crowds unless you thinks 3 or 4 is a crowd. Only my opinion and opinions are like a**holes, every body has one.
DeleteOf course, as we all know, I am the exception to that rule, and my hair is glorious.
DeleteThere's nothing really "wrong" with an AR-15-pattern carbine that hasn't been gone over, over and over. The main objection I have seen on this site is that it is over-specialized and too expensive for "general use". A big part of the "expense" of owning an AR-M16-M4 is that of training. If you haven't been trained to use it, or worse, have been mis-trained by Uncle Sam (infantry mass-fire with unlimited ammo and re-supply), it will be THE MOST EXPENSIVE RIFLE EVER. For a lonely unsupplied man post-apocalypse, it's better than no modern firearm, but that's not yet. Every dollar and hour you have NOW should be allocated correctly and not wasted on what will be free or useless when you need it. So, get the correct weapon now, and learn to be expert with it, while you have time. Optimize the fiddly bits, stock some wear-out spares (stock 3 extra identical weapons, if you can), get a non-battery optic that helps you reach out to and past 600M (4, 6 or 10 power, fixed, with your favorite reticle. Important because most users of SKS/AK/M4 are unable to reliably hit small and/or moving targets beyond 600M while under stress, meaning your accurate fire incoming).
ReplyDeleteThere are many "right" rifles. Most are about .30 cal with a medium-large case volume (not smaller than .308Win/7.62NATO). Most have been infantry rifles of many nations for a long time, and are considered obsolete for modern use by Western forces. This is "bolt-action" type, which can be more accurate and sturdier-tighter than similar-cost semi-auto weapons. This means the price of initial ownership is about a weeks pay full-time at a crumby job, if you shop and bargain.
Mausers (K98) are good, but recently too collectable. Swiss Schmidt-Rubin's are super-nice, yet, not so sturdy and cheap as a Soviet M91-.30. Springfield late serial numbers are great when not sporterized, but the money is nearing getting a CMP Rack-Grade M-1Garand (not a boltie, but "The Finest Battle Rifle" of 1945).
Jim (our fine-haired list-Mom) has recommended the Lee-Enfield, which is in some variants just about perfect. It's probably the quickest-action mil-surp boltie anywhere. Prices go up and down, and ammo availability is sometimes near-zero from local vendors (not so popular with hunters in the USA) so you have to mail-order for bulk and get tools to make your own. To get the best accurate load, you will have to do this anyway.
Read Modern Arms of the World for a good time. Jane's Infantry Weapons for drooling and comedic relief. M240B's just don't exist for regular guys to own privately in the USA, but the 2A seems to indicate that there should be no restrictions on your well-funded Neighborhood Protection Team having a bake sale to get and feed one.
French Revolution Crowd Control is so low-tech as to be funny. Bayonets.
Oh, and some spies to run them into dead-ends and placed explosives. Don't join or lead crowds, ever.
pdxr13
Has the Enfield come down in price? I stopped looking at $350, too much for a used and fired out, sloppy fitting rifle.
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