From Curtis: Stuff you don't want to know...

A collection of links that will probably convince you that you do not have enough ammo...here.

Kerodin
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What if...

What if everything you thought you knew to be fact...wasn't.

What if you were suddenly aware that even the tiny bit of hope you hold...is futile.

What if you suddenly realize that probably 90% of your assumptions are wrong, and you don't know how to identify which tidbits belong in the 90% and which belong in the 10%?

Good night, Patriots.

Kerodin
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You do visit Ken & Irish everyday, right?

From Irish's place, here.


From Kenny's place, here.

If you don't visit these guys you miss humor, eye candy, and serious thinking.

Kerodin
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Assassination?

InfoWars and others are running with the concept that Breitbart was assassinated and that his "Big Video" has been suppressed.

Do you buy it?

Young guys do drop dead, folks.

I posted a poll on the right.

I am curious to know the sentiment out there.

Kerodin
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III: Steel your Souls

I don't know how many Communists it will take to kill me...

...but I know how many I invite to try.

Patriots, see you in Pennsylvania.

Here's TL's latest.

Kerodin
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III Tactical Caps

For the few of you who rec'd your package and had the Tac Caps backordered - they arrived in my shop this afternoon, so they'll ship out by Priority tomorrow. Depending on where you live you'll have them Fri/Sat/Monday.

And yes, I ordered enough that I have some on the shelf for anyone who wants to order.

Flags should be in next week and mugs next week as well.

IIIGear.com.

Thanks, folks.

Kerodin
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Texas: You grow some of your gals right down there...

Girl Scouts robbed in front of a WalMart of their cookie money.

The girls were having none of it...one started beating one robber and the other held onto the getaway vehicle and was dragged for a bit.

The bad guys got away...but they will not have an easy time of it when they hit prison. First, prisoners don't like people who target young girls. Second...if you get a beatdown from a Girl Scout, the other prisoners are not going to let you live that one down. You're gonna get teased in the yard.

To the parents of those girls - well done.

And to anyone else at the WalMart who watched and did nothing - well, the Big Die Off has your name on it.

Here's the story.

Kerodin
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III Brand: Wyoming

UPDATE: Let's continue exploring the concept of a physical III Community.

I think many of us agree that Wyoming has many advantages, not the least of which is the fact that it is already one of the most Liberty-minded states in the republic.

Let's also continue our theory of importing our own industry so that we can continue to interact with the rest of the country from the safety of our own community, earn a real living in a business we enjoy - we open a firearms manufacturing company.

Now, look at the county map of Wyoming above. Essentially, as offered by several great folks who have firsthand knowledge of the state, we have mountains in the west and high plains desert in the east. Eastern land is cheaper as a result.

Where would you choose to settle a III town, if we were to pioneer the effort? Personally, I'd choose the western part of the state with mountains at our backs, that comes with the big game many of us like to eat. Farming meat is already an industry in the state. The only thing missing for me is access to serious salt water.

Now let your mind consider the power to negotiate an incoming, job-producing industry has when choosing where to settle and set up shop. A group of business owners intending to open a hypothetical firearm factory would have bargaining power with city, county, and to some small extent, even state politicians. Tax breaks, favorable terms for infrastucture development, carving out the boundaries of a new town...the potential is significant.

Consider selecting a county and sitting down with the existing county Fathers, and negotiating a new town, with state/county recognized autonomy...

Once the factory is up and running, electing proper county-level officials gets easy, as J. Croft suggested.

If there are a few small towns already in the area, even better. Who wants to start from scratch? We'd have all the benefits of actually starting from scratch, without having to actually rough it quite that much.

Do you see the potential?

Is this not the concept advanced by the secessionists amongst us, a defacto separation, self-sufficiency with the ability to engage in commerce and self-governance under the Natural Laws recognized in the DoI, Constitution and BoR?

Is this not as close as any of us will ever come to self-determination...while building the ability to defend ourselves if it ever becomes necessary?

We are not re-inventing the wheel. Mining towns have operated on this model for centuries. If the primary local industry is employee-owned (rather than by those evil Robber-Barons), is it not what our most Liberty-minded Founders had in mind?

Isn't it what you have in mind when you think of how things should be?

Kerodin
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This comment from J. Croft deserves a thread. It is from the III Brand post below.

J. Croft Mar 6, 2012 11:08 AM

What's needed isn't a logo, it's action.

If it's shooting then get away with it.

I propose making a III open carry safe zone.

How?

Picking a town with a corrupt, incompetent government and run a full campaign ticket of candidates, constantly pounding on the enemy's faults and once elected, FIRE EVERYONE and hire Patriots. Scrap most or all the local ordnances, encourage entreprenurialism, get the funds listed in that town's Consolidated Annual Financial Report-not the budget-and give back to the community that twon's shysters looted from.

Broadcast the results and you'll have a peaceable Second American Revolution. And a brand for the Three Percenters.

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What J. Croft is proposing is essentially a FreeState Project on a small town/village/County level, correct?

This is a concept I have considered for a long time, but I could never get around the issue of revenue - how do we feed ourselves without going agrarian.

Consider: A state like Wyoming that is already Liberty-friendly. Find a county that has a low population, so it would not take a mass migration to move into the area and elect a III Sheriff, and then III Patriots to other essential offices.

Here's how we feed ourselves and make a statement: What if we started a firearms company? Wyoming passed the Firearms Freedom Act, which included the power to arrest any Fed who pushed. A III Sheriff, supported by a III community would almost ensure a Constitutional Crisis if the Feds pushed...

Starting a firearm manufacturing company is something that Mrs. Kerodin has researched in-depth. The paperwork side is annoying. The insurance isn't the cheapest. But the skills needed, especially with modern CNC equipment, make turning out high quality firearms with a (relatively) low investment possible.

Patriots who move into the county could work at the company - I don't think there are too many who visit III blogs who would have a problem being part of such a business. The earning potential, especially if employee-owned, would be open-ended. Such an endeavor could, literally, give even 40-somethings & older folks the chance to change careers, if you've been locked into a trade/profession you'd rather abandon.

Housing: If the company owned a piece of property, why could it not drag in cheap trailers for initial housing? Or, build a dorm-style building for starters? As the company grows, incomes grow, and people can build what they want, where they want.

Community: Could not the company build a small "Town Hall" or other community buildings? We have III folks who would probably love to farm - what if we had a few III folks who chose to grow food rather than work in the gun company? All sorts of support businesses would pop up, from restaurants to whatever...

Capital: There's the hardest part, of course. But it is not insurmountable. It won't happen by selling flags & mugs, but it can be done.

Is such a concept not the classic "Build it and they will come" scenario?

If you, the average III Patriot, knew you had a job and place to sleep, and the potential to evolve your position into a real income, in a community filled with people who shared your values - would you go? Consider having the ability to truly influence the curriculum in your kid's school.

Yes, I know I am flying at the outer edges of the envelope right now. But would not this concept even appeal to the secessionists?

Weigh in, please. J. Croft, thank you.

And folks, while such a concept is BIG THINK...it is not impossible. We are Americans. If we choose to do something, we can get it done.

Is this something worth considering?

Kerodin
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LEO in Wyoming...

LEO is LEO, even in Wyoming. Members of the Police State like the Police State.

Gillette City Council member Kevin McGrath said he also opposes the legislation, saying city employees already have enough to do without having to deal with firearms. And having someone argue before council members while wearing a gun, he said, can be intimidating.

"It doesn't pertain to me anyhow," said McGrath, a Gillette police officer. "I can carry a gun in City Hall."

Personally, I think Government Officials should be intimidated - it discourages them from abusing the power of their office.

The discussion is about legislation that bans Wyoming localities from passing Gun Control. The LEO (McGrath) thinks it is bad that plain ol' Citizens can carry.

But, as his hubris is fully displayed in the last sentence, he, as LEO, is not encumbered by silly laws against Citizens.

So, if we make a move regarding Wyoming, we still have some housecleaning to do...

Here's the story.

Kerodin
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Sluts have their protection, Patriots spell it differently...

Been following the Fluke/Slut/Rush kerfluffle?

The above bumper sticker submitted by Mike C.

Sadly, we are rushing at full throttle to a point where the notion on the sticker will be lived in the streets. But in any war where one side throws condoms and the other throws JHP's, I think we all know which way to bet.

Here's the link.

Kerodin
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III Coffee Mugs

UPDATE: Folks, I only ordered 108 of these mugs and your support is wonderful. Many of your are ordering multiples. That means they are going fast - get your order in if you want some from the first shipment.

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Drink coffee?

We ordered a batch of 11 ounce coffee mugs with the III logo on BOTH sides of the mug. The mugs are white, the logo is black.

We did NOT add the Resist tag, for you folks who prefer the sans look.

Since these things are breakable, we had to add a bit more cost for shipping material - bubble wrap and peanuts and proper-size boxes are not free.

Remember, every dime left after cost stays in the 527 to pay for radio spots and other III Liberty endeavors.

You can order at IIIGear.com, here.

Kerodin
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A flyer

OldFart built a flyer for his AO, and I've linked it here. It's in Word, so you can adjust if needed.

I bet there are some Occupy folks coming near you that could use a copy, or some college kids...

Kerodin
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WikiLeaks: Dems stuffed Ballot Boxes in 2008

To have any chance, you must understand that playing by the rules against people who think you are a sucker for playing by the rules...really does make you a sucker.

Details at Brock's place, here.

Kerodin
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The Nature or our Enemies

I think many of us agree that one of the biggest problems we face is the decline of morality and decency in our Countrymen.

The latest example of the double-standard and the true nature of the moral character of the Left is the kerfluffle with Limbaugh and Fluke, contrasted with Bill Maher and his treatment of women from the Right. Will the President return Maher's million dollar donation, in light of his indecent attacks against women?

No matter. You and I understand the problem is fundamental, and nothing will change whether the President gives the money back or not. That isn't the point.

We who believe in the ideals of the DoI and BoR have a Live & let Live disposition...but does that mean we must, or should tolerate people who have no moral code and insist on imposing their will and standards upon us? Consider the Catholic Church fight - do decent, moral Americans, who are not Catholic, have to tolerate, should we tolerate, or should we wage war against people who would use the force of Government to force Catholics to perform acts that they find morally repugnant and to be sins against their God?

The Constitution is not a suicide pact. I don't remember who wrote it. But it means that in the real world, we are not morally or Constitutionally bound to permit Bad People to use the Constitution to destroy the Constitution.

You and I are beyond the point of being fed up. Most of the people who come to III websites are disgusted with the behavior we find in people who claim to be our Countrymen and people who hide behind perverted interpretations of our Constitution to inflict moral wrongs upon us. They are murdering the republic.

We are not morally obligated to let it happen.

So, we prep. We build our ranks. We wait for our moment.

Those among us who are murdering the republic are a cancer. One excises a cancer to be rid of it. There is no other way. One can not coexist with cancer. It will kill you. You cut it out, even at the risk of dying on the table, because leaving a cancer alone is a certain death sentence. And you don't just cut out a chunk - you cut out every bit you can find, and then you hunt the wandering cells, you use deadly radiation to find and kill them, so they do not regroup and begin attacking you again.

The morally diseased in this country are intent on murdering you and destroying your principles. They intend to have your children and program them to their ends, or they will not hesitate to build a mountain of skulls with your babies.

The ideals of our Founders are already in an existential fight, the Enemies of Liberty are murdering Americans every single day, they pass more laws every day to make it 'legal' to kill or imprison more of us, and they have a plan and the resources and the will to get it done.

It is happening, right now.

Here's the piece on the Bill Maher & Limbaugh debacle. It is only a symptom. The fight is real, it is mortal, and it is engaged.

Given the field of R's, you do understand that there is no salvation for Liberty on November 6th, don't you? It will not matter a whit.

The only question that will be answered on November 6th is: How fast will we be going when we crater.

Forces are lining up right now to clash: Occupy, Tea Party, Establishment, SEIU...

The fight isn't about Liberty, at all. That is not the fight - you see, we (those who want Liberty) do not even blip on the radar. People who want Liberty are not serious players in this fight, for many reasons. The real forces that will be clashing are large and powerful groups of people, all of whom intend to be Masters - they are simply fighting to determine which group will be the ultimate Master.

Liberty has only one, slim chance - that is you and me, waiting for our moment and taking advantage of circumstances to destroy the Evil in our midst while they focus on one another, rather than us.

We will have to be perfect. We will have to be ruthless. We will have one shot at it. We will have to pick our moment, move as one with a common goal, and we will have to win.

UPDATE: Holder argued that a careful and thorough executive branch review of the facts in a case amounts to “due process” and that the Constitution’s Fifth Amendment protection against depriving a citizen of his or her life without due process of law does not mandate a “judicial process.”

Do you understand?

Kerodin
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Have we lost a step...

Here is a question that I think has merit for consideration, and I hope you serious shooters don't get all puffy-faced.

I wonder if we have lost a step from the men who fought in RevWarI partly because of the simple facts of life they faced every day.

Life was harder and more dangerous. The number of calories one needed to expend (most people) just to consume enough calories to stay healthy was real work.

If you were injured or got sick, good luck to you.

Abcessed teeth killed people.

And now the point of this piece: The pistol or rifle carried was a single shot weapon that, by today's standards, took a lifetime to reload. It wasn't accurate (again, by today's standards). Before you flintlock guys rip me a new one, yes, I do know what a skilled man can do with a Kentucky or Pennsylvania rifle, and if one was pointed at me, I'd find cover, and I would not worry about looking cool as I did it!

If you had beef and drew your weapon in RevWarI days, you needed to be a better shot than today, in a world where you can empty a magazine in seconds and reload even faster. In RevWarI days your second shot was probably often a knife or tomahawk attack, rather than reloading that beautifully crafted Kentucky.

My uncle taught me to shoot. (His brothers and cousins and friends were often around, adding to my experiences). He had me double-tapping pie plates with his .45 from Viet Nam. But he also made me learn to use a Walker. He'd often send me hunting muskrats with a single-shot .22 or a Ruger .22 single action (I loved that revolver!) And he also loved the ability of dumping 20 rounds from his Mini-14 into a spot on a cliff across the marsh as fast as he could pull the trigger. And he made me learn to shoot a bow. He made me learn to throw a knife. (I still suck at it if I throw at any range beyond about 6 feet, in case you are planning your tactics against me. ;)

The point: He made me cover a wide range of disciplines. He preached aimed fire when you only had one shot and your dinner depended on making it count. He also knew there was a place and time for laying down a wall of lead.

Look at your personal shooting skillset. Do you rely too much on the ability to pull the trigger a second time? In a real fight, your Bad Guy might be on you before you get a chance to put the front sight back where you need it.

Just a few thoughts.

Kerodin
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PATCOM: Birmingham Alabama October 13 & 14 2012

Details TBA

Radio ads to be secured.

If you want to meet Kerodin, here's your chance.

Clear your schedule, folks. This PATCOM will happen just weeks before the election.

More details soon.

Kerodin
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Obama's Remaking of America

PJB poses just three examples of how our culture is devolving from a moral republic to a joke, and a crime against humanity (my characterization, not his).

There is an answer to this...

Kerodin
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III Brand

Consider this concept, here.

Folks, I am noodling through a few concepts. It is premature for me to lay them all out right now, but I would appreciate it if you'd weigh in as I think aloud. I'll post a series of "III Brand" posts over the next week or so, and your opinion matters to me.

First, let's start with the premise: III

I am invested in the III as the fundamental "tag" for lack of a better label for what we represent, for as Mike accurately laid out the history of the III, I can not think of a label that better fits my mood, my intent, and my determination. The original III were the men and women who took arms and fought for Liberty.

The population in 1780 was about 2.7 million.

Historians estimate that through the course of the war about 250,000 fought at one point or another, roughly 10 percent of the population.

Historians also conclude that at any single moment the highest number of men under arms was about 81,000 - or just about 3% of the population.

These are the men and women who cared enough about Liberty, Freedom and the ideals of the Declaration to take up arms and go hunting to kill the Enemies of Liberty.

Do we have 3% today who would go to arms for the principles of the DoI? I don't think so. But I would have been one of the original III, and there is no better 'Tag' to wear for me today. And, if we work hard enough at it, exploit the weaknesses of the Enemies of Liberty and capitalize on their mistakes, we can get to 3% again. If and when we do, the ideals of the DoI, Constitution and BoR will reign supreme again in America, and we will return to a republic.

So - I am invested in the III.

I am equally invested in the image of John Parker. The Minuteman I have chosen for all of our logo work is The Lexington Minuteman, a tribute to John Parker, who took point on April 19 and was the impetus for that shot that was heard 'round the world.

So - I am invested in that image as a symbol of our goals.

Resist - coined by AP and a moral imperative at this stage of our Movement, in my opinion. The concept of 'Resist' is an evolutionary one. For now we must Resist, at some point we will advance our cause and some other word of defiance or action may become more appropriate for the circumstances. But for now, I think Resist is essential.

As to our logos and material we distribute, I am comfortable mixing it up - some material can have Resist and some can be without, just as some will have our web address and some will not (I'd prefer you not put a "Resist" sticker on a cop car if the sticker has IIIPercent.com on it - I just don't need the raid. ;)

That is my logic this far. Does it work for you? I know some of you insist on Resist, and some of you make excellent arguments against, but we can agree on a mix, can we not?

Now, let's consider the III Brand a bit more. As far as I am concerned, Mike Vanderboegh deserves all credit for re-introducing it to the modern vernacular, and I have said so many times. I also think the III Brand could have been executed more effectively at times. I am committed to using the Brand, and improving it, to making it a coveted association of serious Patriots. To building bridges to our natural allies in the broader gun community, the real Tea Party community, and beyond. I am committed to making it a symbol of pride, a symbol that Americans put on their hats and on their packs that says: I am serious, step away from my Liberty or else. And it can be done with class, poise and dignity. It is sound-bite in length, it has historical value, and it appeals to the pride in every Liberty-minded man and woman who is taught what it means.

Now, for a bit of real-world marketing: To build a brand we need to get out there. We need radio, t-shirts, patches, hats, blogs, websites, posters, books, and several other venues for simply letting people know we exist. We need Ambassadors - people like you who can explain what the III means to those who ask you about your coffee mug, or your patch. And such Ambassadors will reach into the "NRA" demographic by wearing bluejeans instead of cammies, by speaking about the Constitution rather than militias.

Think about this stuff. Please weigh in where and when you wish. There are no Generals or Privates. We are the III. We share one goal if none other: We want to be left alone to live in Liberty.

Give us all your 2 cents about how we get there. We need more people than we have now. We need political legitimacy. Yes, before this is over we will probably be forced to stand on a Green and earn a place in the history books with John Parker. But never forget that people like Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin had his back.

Kerodin
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What I really want to know...

...is how Zoomie got access to my FBI file to get my Slammin' Sammy The Knife AKA...

Kerodin
III

Occupy plotting spring chaos...we knew they would. Patriots are meeting at PatComs. What is next?

...what do you propose we, the III, do to respond?

Do we bother at all? Do we let them expend their energy and burn resources of the state as a prelude to imminent Implosion?

Do we show up with III Flags and patches and...

Here's the story.

What is your suggestion?

Resist, absolutely...but how?

While you contemplate, consider this from TL. These are the questions that must be asked and answered...and then enforced.

Kerodin
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