tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post4974594544554175328..comments2023-08-15T06:33:53.114-07:00Comments on Bison Prepper: athor-i-tyJames M Dakinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-66047913214344498962017-06-09T13:58:08.193-07:002017-06-09T13:58:08.193-07:00Agree about the current gov, and I have no love fo...Agree about the current gov, and I have no love for it, yet you must admit that 400 years of oppression did deliver imperial treasure to you and I.James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-42036207822804673622017-06-09T13:24:32.766-07:002017-06-09T13:24:32.766-07:00Anarchy: Absence of gov't.
The rest you may b...Anarchy: Absence of gov't.<br /><br />The rest you may believe you need the boot on your neck 24/7 but I'll have none of it. <br /><br />And don't give me that *other guy* nonsense. That is, YOU know how to live a civilized life but it's the other guys that need to be constantly shown where that legal line in the sand is.<br /><br />This current gov't is the greatest criminal terrorist organization the world has ever known and anyone that believe it is better than nothing at all needs to be professionally examined by an entire institution of mind scientists.ghostsniperhttp://www.deadcenter.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-46003005112795008662017-06-08T12:10:46.268-07:002017-06-08T12:10:46.268-07:00Never met a non-extremist, but that is usually fro...Never met a non-extremist, but that is usually from being a corresponder rather than a meeter.James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-70819668844863487552017-06-08T12:08:52.431-07:002017-06-08T12:08:52.431-07:00I never ran across that "gay to learn acting&...I never ran across that "gay to learn acting" meme. I must not get out enough.James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-86326742619323643292017-06-08T09:14:13.380-07:002017-06-08T09:14:13.380-07:00No. Though it might help.
You have to learn how t...No. Though it might help. <br />You have to learn how to ACT - be able to appear angry when you are not, and despairing when you are happy, etc. "oh, noes mr. fox!, please don't throw me into the briar patch!!!" works best when you voice doesn't drip sarcasm, your eyes don't roll, and your lips don't smile.<br />Most people think men who study acting have to be gay for some reason. Maybe because gay people used to have to pretend different emotions all the time they were good at it, and often went into acting as a career, and thus started the stereo type. Who knows, but good sales men are also actors pretending to be your friend. <br />JJGreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06708302086326564665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-1080319005757527092017-06-08T09:08:23.025-07:002017-06-08T09:08:23.025-07:00Eh, sound like you are describing the extreme indi...Eh, sound like you are describing the extreme indivualist libertarians/ anarchist that assume everyone is rational and without interest in helping their families beyond childhood. Obviously they are wrong (you have adult children, would you turn them away during the collapse?) But the libertarians that simply want an armed yeoman style populace and a minimal highly restricted government aren't as impractical - and even have historic examples (flawed ones) to point at. Like frontier era USA. Sure the wild west has been made out to be full of indian wars and shoot outs but the reality was closer to libertarian ideals than that hollyweird illusion that was created for the dramatic appeal. JJGreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06708302086326564665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-87884568371965848712017-06-08T06:39:10.484-07:002017-06-08T06:39:10.484-07:00The biggest problem it seems libertarians have is ...The biggest problem it seems libertarians have is they think human biology, anthropology, evolution, etc., are all terribly inconvenient and not applicable in the face of their great god "Natural Rights". A great bunch of folks, but mislead by looking through that paradigm.James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-56045428618553476182017-06-08T06:36:11.458-07:002017-06-08T06:36:11.458-07:00You have to learn to act gay? :)You have to learn to act gay? :)James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-79993829642695876302017-06-07T15:21:51.139-07:002017-06-07T15:21:51.139-07:00Acting lessons.
Not just for gay people any more....Acting lessons. <br />Not just for gay people any more.<br />Only rarely do people get really skilled at reading body language while otherwise distracted. But that doesn't mean you will necessarily get the advantage of surprise either.JJGreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06708302086326564665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-84808484861085255632017-06-07T15:11:03.941-07:002017-06-07T15:11:03.941-07:00eh, I am still Libertarian, but I know humans aren...eh, I am still Libertarian, but I know humans aren't perfect, and are both tribal and in need of some sort of government (I just want the least government possible that lets me live they way I want to)JJGreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06708302086326564665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-73739966582038348672017-06-07T14:46:03.323-07:002017-06-07T14:46:03.323-07:00Well, the founders saw the citizens needing to act...Well, the founders saw the citizens needing to act with morality to forestall compulsion, but did the founders ever realize the elite must be forcibly held to a morality? I would wager few did, as besides Jackson which one was acting as they preached? Jefferson might have said the "tree of liberty needs to be refreshed with blood" thing, but while mostly pro-individual he also held contradictory views. Slavery, perhaps? Not sure if/when he emancipated them. Washington had no interest in doing so, the elitist prick.James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-57406873740586244262017-06-07T14:41:14.518-07:002017-06-07T14:41:14.518-07:00It took me awhile to shake my own Libertarian indo...It took me awhile to shake my own Libertarian indoctrination. Not terribly hard, but our own BS is always the worst.James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-71398105637312531472017-06-07T14:37:35.173-07:002017-06-07T14:37:35.173-07:00The oil bust must have put a huge damper on the ec...The oil bust must have put a huge damper on the economy if the various gov units are so openly battling each other.James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-25471376553158624002017-06-07T14:34:54.963-07:002017-06-07T14:34:54.963-07:00Just beware, new tyrants might be fooled but those...Just beware, new tyrants might be fooled but those around awhile will have experienced troops able to read body language. James M Dakinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382139289994087931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-68856779127144993342017-06-07T12:03:18.822-07:002017-06-07T12:03:18.822-07:00And, as I final note I appeal to everyone who love...And, as I final note I appeal to everyone who loves life and liberty to learn how to present the illusion of resignation/acceptance while actually positioning themselves to make a potentially suicidal stand against any unbearable assault against your life and liberty. It is possible to have the body language saying near complete surrender while being positioned to ruin they tyrants eyesight, throat, joints or other permanently effecting areas. It is possible, when at point blank range to fight on even when shot directly in the heart. <br />Make the bastards pay when it is all that is left of your life or liberty.JJGreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06708302086326564665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-11794979384700741662017-06-07T11:59:26.816-07:002017-06-07T11:59:26.816-07:00I am watching the Author-I-ty around me (by the w...I am watching the Author-I-ty around me (by the way those with it include a capital I when they say it). And those with it have been playing tug of war around here. City, County, and State levels trying to one-up each other by having various press releases defining duties and accomplishments. (the "city" of 2k has about 2/3rds the population of whole county, and until recently relied on the county sheriff and landfills for those needs of the city, but now the city is trying to get there own landfill and has their own Chief of Police - who has a ticket ready to give the Sheriff for his dogs being off-leash in the city limits, State LEO's stand ready to ticket both for speeding on highways when not in official vehicles, and then to complicate matters, as a border town city, county, and state LEOs are out numbered by our transient border patrol badges with LEO powers - still out numbered by combination of rarely called upon city police reserves, and sheriffs posse but are full time people sent here as punishment or to train up by DHS... and of course further complicated by the county population mostly (75%) consisting of only 6 extended families - one of which is the sheriffs. The remaining 25% of the population tends to be hired by one of the two big industries here - the regional telecom or the border patrol, the Oil companies pulled out during the bust and we lost @10% of our population over night. Now the Sheriff could certainly step up for 'Author-Ity' during the collapse. But if he doesn't have at least one of the other LEO organizations behind him it will get ugly fast. If the City and County co-operate the state will probably go along with it even against the border patrol/ DHS, but if County or City goes with DHS then DHS will dominate - but the people will be very unhappy as the DHS is seen as interlopers and transients barely tolerated by the community (for now. )<br />As you can see figuring out likely ways the police state will tighten its grip or crumble into warlordism is of great interest and concern to me.<br />In other words I am willing to violently oppose when necessary but intend to make it worth my while, and only when necessary, otherwise violence is just spilling blood (your own) to no purpose.<br />JJGreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06708302086326564665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-36863273399227810762017-06-07T11:58:51.106-07:002017-06-07T11:58:51.106-07:00"They (criminals/gang members) can dismiss th..."They (criminals/gang members) can dismiss the claimed authority since they have personally lived through its misapplication. Otherwise you are just a book learned Libertarian, no real world experience in the application of your perceived freedom. You oppose on principle but in practice acknowledge the demanded authority. If you don’t violently oppose, you consent."<br /><br />I personally have had LEO point firearms at me with intent to kill if not for the arrival of the press and other civilians I would be dead decades ago. I in no way respect position or badges - I only fear the organization behind them. For decades now I have done my best to look like just another sheep to the local communities and LEO's, no special skills no special resources. But come collapse if I disagree with the local Author-I-ty I will deal with it without compunction - from hiding, to blending, to asymmetric warfare on a personal level. I intend to not be a slave, and have control of my own destiny- even if I have to pretend to be a slave you can be sure I will have hidden the keys to the chains and assets that wont be found. And should the keys be found, and the assets seized, the tyrants will be hard pressed to survive my revenge, even if I should fail to kill them. I have worked with the poorest of the poor, and gang members, and criminals of several stripes. The worst criminals of all are those who can get away with it without fear aka government agents / LEOs.<br />No respect for 'author-i-ty' here. None from my spouse either (spouse lived in compton & watts, mother-in-law avoided nazi death camps by skin of teeth). Both of us can disguise it well enough to work for government (me 5 years, spouse nearly 15), but it wears on our bodies and souls. Now to teach these attitudes and skills to our children and eventual grandkids.JJGreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06708302086326564665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-59093540700743860462017-06-07T11:54:01.481-07:002017-06-07T11:54:01.481-07:00"...a government must to some degree insist o..."...a government must to some degree insist on compliance under threat of force, but in a functional society compliance is near completely voluntary. The more dysfunctional the society is, the more threat and force is necessary and the less voluntary is the compliance. You should happily comply with the authorities because it is a fair and just system and everyone is better off by doing so, and you respect the peace officer because he is good at his job. He EARNS the respect, he doesn’t demand it. Welcome to “no way in Hell that is the case anymore”"<br /><br />_ damn Jim. Just Damn. That there is the best writing I have ever read supporting a libertarian leaning worldview without being an outright libertarian or anarchist I have ever read. <br /><br />I know governments are a necessary evil - they fill a need(s), just as other forms of organized crime do. <br />In the case of governments these needs are multi fold but led by a single simple premise - a certain territory is held against other organizations (usually other countries), and within that territory certain rules are enforced (laws) that respect certain individuals rights (like right to property ownership by private individuals, or right to work and be treated like a cog in the machine for maintenance, what ever rights the government is set up to acknowledge).<br />When that government fails to hold its territory, or fails to enforce its basic tenets, that government too will fail. <br />The basic tenets going less and less filled make for more force required to get compliance of the body of citizens. <br />Your apparently off the cuff description of voluntary compliance equating to functionality vs disfunction is a great way to see how close a country is coming to failure. <br />Venezuela's current problems are a perfect example of your quote above being demonstrated - no one in their right minds doubts that Venezuela's government is terribly far from out right collapse if not revolution and replacement. Even the LEO's and military are no longer respecting their own authority. one little extra pin-prick and the countries regime would be no more (in its current state at least).<br />JJGreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06708302086326564665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686829448547770092.post-22221308750594834952017-06-07T11:41:08.886-07:002017-06-07T11:41:08.886-07:00Wow! You really nailed it. "In a functional...Wow! You really nailed it. "In a functional society compliance is near completely voluntary. The more dysfunctional the society is, the more threat and force is necessary and the less voluntary is the compliance." From a biblical world view this is exactly how the founders felt. The more a society WILLINGLY acts according to its morals the less government compulsion is needed to force them to act that way.<br /><br />"[O]nly a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters."<br />Benjamin Franklin<br /><br />"We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion . . . Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other." <br />John Adams<br /><br />"If men were angels, no government would be necessary."<br />James Madison<br /><br />-NoviceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com