Listen. Can you hear the words?

I hear Curtis.

Trainer does, too.

To the folks who point to the words "General Welfare" and "Interstate Commerce" and see peril and doom and plots of Evil, riddle me this: When was the last time those words attacked you in a dark alley and drew blood?

Folks, you can write any three words you want on a piece of paper and let two men see the paper. If they agree, no problem. If they refuse to heed the words, just WTF is the paper supposed to do about it?

Miss V mentioned the words Common Sense. Did anyone hear her?

Just a little bit more of that in each person would make so many of our worldly issues go away.

Oh, F* me, here I am in the loop again.

Kerodin
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Kenyan...

The Agent's brochure was in use until 2007.

You somehow think MSM didn't know it existed?

So, the question is: Why now?

We answered that already, here.

Under.

The.

Bus.

Kerodin
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Drink your tea, eat your rice, wear your clothes...

When you have a firm grounding in the fundamental virtues of life, I have found that you often become the target of the less virtuous, those of weaker will, as your existence reminds them of their failings and weaknesses.

Strong Souls respect you, or leave you alone.

Sad, insecure and weak Souls must chase you, try to crush you.

They seek to test you, to break you down, to stain you so their own reflection is not so offensive in the mirror.

I am not perfect. I have made mistakes and will make more.

But I know where I stand in this life, and I am strong of mind and will.

Seek inner peace, folks. If you live trying to make yourself feel better and look better by tearing down others, eventually you run into a man of Virtue that may end all of your suffering.

Folks who won't walk away when you ask them to walk away are invading your Liberty and deserve what comes their way.

Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others.

Kerodin
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EuroZone Banks

The PIIGS are beginning to detonate, folks.

Here's the link.

Kerodin
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The danger of half-assed thinking...

Restore the Constitution, as ratified.

Just in case anyone out there is letting other people think for them (especially stupid people): "...as ratified..." does not make us a slave nation.

There are no slaves alive today in America. (Except all of us to USG)

The US Constitution prohibits the US Congress from limiting the importation of slaves prior to 1808. Article 1 Section 9.

There is nothing in the Constitution that compels Slavery.

"...as ratified..." would not suddenly bring slaves to our shores. I rather suspect that every State in the union currently has anti-slavery laws on the books, which means in an "...as ratified..." America, where the 9th and 10th Amendments matter again...

...no slaves.

This is simple stuff, folks.

Kerodin
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Have you read your copy recently?

I have.

Words written & published about a year ago.

Written from the heart.

My thanks again to AP, CA, Alvie, Mike & TL for contributing their support for the Constitution.

Here's the link.

Kerodin
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ObamaCare

they’ll [Republicans] draw up bills to keep the popular, consumer-friendly portions in place — like allowing adult children to remain on parents’ health care plans until age 26, and forcing insurance companies to provide coverage for people with pre-existing conditions. Ripping these provisions from law is too politically risky, Republicans say.

And you see the R's slowing down the mad American rush to full-throated Socialism, where?

If you are convinced there is going to be a fight either way, then the only difference between R & D is time and place of impact.

If you think 2-3 years more time is good for you to build preps, consider what the Bad People will build into SkyNet in the same time.

Still think waiting is better?

And for all you folks who condemn the Constitution and herald it as a scam from the beginning, I have a simple point that proves you are full of snot: A House & Senate filled with Patriots like TL, CA, Brock, Kent, Bill, et cetera would abolish every wrong currently being perpetrated.

You can't tell me, or convince me, that we'd have the same abuse endured today if we had genuine Patriots in office.

You can't tell me those men administering Governance by our written Constitution would result in loss of Liberty for a single American, anywhere.

You can't tell me those men would be corrupted by power of office.

So your "The Constitution sucks and is a scam" meme is tired, old and dismissed.

Here's the full column.

Kerodin
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Zoomie

More goodness, including the Motor City Madman, here.

Kerodin
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Obama budget defeated 99-0 in Senate

In political terms, what does this mean?

It means that every D has determined that they have a better chance at political survival without the President.

Thay have now publicly abandoned him. Abandoned is a powerful word.

There will remain token statements and such, but everyone knows who is under the bus.

In Presidential politics, nearly 6 months is several lifetimes. But this one will be tough for President Obama to pull out, especially if Mittens doesn't make any mistakes.

Here's the link.

Kerodin
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What do you want?

Curtis asks it plainly.

Again.

I've been doing this for about 2 years online now and I can't count how many times people have squabbled over that very question. It amazes me how many times some readers & bloggers change their minds on fundamental issues.

I'm not talking about the folks who are waking up - that is a process.

Curtis has said that this cycle never ends, as if we are on a loop. He's stuck with it far longer than will I in the face of continual zero-gain. Personally, I do not have much use for folks who waffle, who can not or will not think for themselves, take a position and stick with it.

I showed up on day one a Constitutionalist, I remain so today. I have never been anything else.

I've watched many people fight over what they "are" and what they "want". I've watched a few affix new labels to themselves as often as the average teen-aged girl gossips with girlfriends. Indeed, the amount of whispering and gossiping and shifting alliances around here to be with the cool-kid of the moment would be good training for gossip gals.

If you listen carefully you'll notice a phrase that rarely gets used around our blogs anymore: Restore the Constitution.

Why do you think that may be?

The average person can't tell when they are being handled. When they figure it out, the average person gets resentful and walks away, even if he shares your fundamental belief. Afterall, who would want to remain allied with a liar?

These days a bigger umbrella word is offered up: Liberty. But as we know, a word like Liberty can be defined differently by every person who uses it. Some slicky boys know this, so they use the word and you follow, thinking you are headed to a good place. But he never meant Liberty the way you meant it...he never bothered to tell you that until he'd already used you for his gain. Want some Liberty Candy, little boy?

Sorry, folks: The Constitution as ratified, in the spirit of the DoI and BoR is pretty darned precise. When I say that you know where I stand.

I prefer that people know where I stand. That way they can't claim to be surprised when I put a knife in their necks when they finally reveal themselves and decide that me and my Constitution are their enemy.

Movements need to be marketed. But they need identifiable, honorable and precise fundamental principles, fully on display and honestly disseminated for everyone in the Movement. They need a banner or flag around which to rally and muster. They need a precise idea that binds them.

If you do not want a Constitutional America, fine. But have the balls to market what you are truly selling.

For you folks who don't know what you want, or do not want Restoration, we do not have enough in common to warrant my ever allowing you on my flank. One day, when it is down to Constitutionalists and non-Constitutionalists, you'll decide that there can be only one.

If you are NOT a Constitutionalist, man the fuck up and market that concept.

When you have to market by deception, there is something wrong with the product or the salesman. Maybe the snake-oil won't cure cancer, as promised.

And if you are NOT a Constitutionalist, my blog is not the proper place for you.

If you are leaving because of what I just said: Close the door on your way out.

Here's Curtis' piece. Every man had better know where he stands in this world, damn skippy. In politics and in life, you'll define yourself or someone else will do it for you. And these days, Bad People from Left to Right are doing the defining.

Kerodin
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Consider: Bill Nye

Bill explores several important points. Two that really jump out: Who is the FSA and how many Patriots are really out there, kept separated and isolated by the work of provocateurs.

FSA: Remember, folks - if you or your kids are accepting Government loans for school, welcome to the FSA. This is a long list, and the FSA reaches all socio-economic classes.

Silent Majority: I know that all the real Tea Party folks, the hundreds of thousands who got out their lawn chairs and went to the Tea Party gig in their town in 2008 and 2009 are still there, but they are deflated and depressed. They had a voice, and it as stolen my the machinery of politics.

We can get that voice back, but we will have to be bold enough to engage from more than our keyboards.

Here's Bill's piece.

Kerodin
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Indiana PatCom

This weekend.

Folks, I would encourage everyone who is able to make it, touch base with China and let him know you are coming.

This will do more for your state of mind than anything else you may have planned this weekend, and Librty advances with every person who stands to be counted.

Here's the link.

Kerodin
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How do you measure up to the Founders?

Curtis posted a series of quotes to reinforce the notion most of us share that Liberty can only exist in a country of moral people, here. It ties into a conversation that evolved on a thread below. It seems anytime we discuss morality and Liberty and finding the line between the two, folks get heated, quickly. And that is a fair dispute.

Nothing beyond this point has anything to do with Curtis or his positions. But after reading what I have written, I would suggest you read his collection of quotes and measure yourself against those from our past.

My question yesterday I ask again today, and the ideal topic to illustrate the point is abortion.

Abortion is a core issue, the debate between the murder of a defenseless newborn or the scraping of a few cells. This debate faster than any other will bring people to blows.

One need not be a religious person to believe abortion is murder. And many religious folks come down pro-abortion. But the religious ant-abortion crowd occupies the most militant end of the spectrum, filled with righteous indignation.

So, here is the simple question: Why have these morally offended folks not stopped abortions?

Why haven't you even tried?

Do not tell me it can't be done. When George Tiller took one to the head, the number of doctors in America still performing late-term abortions was 2.

2 doctors.

Scott Roeder proved how easy it truly is to reduce the number of doctors willing to do late-term abortions to zero.

So, for you morally outraged folks who hold the position that abortion is murder, why have you never left the porch and ended the practice? 53,000,000+ defenseless babies have been murdered since Roe, and you have not stopped one, when it is in your power. Scott Roeder has stopped how many? Hundreds? Where is your praise for him? Where is his monument? Hell, have any of you even filled his commissary account so he can afford to buy some mackeral packets in prison?

If you have it in your power to stop the murder of a defenseless unborn child, the most defenseless of human beings, and you do have it in your power, and you always have, why haven't you done anything about it?

From a tactical and strategic perspective, ending abortions, or at least stopping 95% of them, could be done in a week with 10-man teams in each state.

All you folks who rant and rave about how evil abortion is are getting uncomfortable right now, aren't you?

I don't want to hear the excuses. I am not going to participate in a debate about abortion. This is not about abortion.

This is about supposed moral outrage, being in a power position to end the moral wrong, and doing nothing about it.

That is where you all stand, those of you who rail about the moral outrage of abortion.

The simple reality is that you were unwilling to take the personal risk, to expose yourself on behalf of the defenseless unborn.

Zoomie built a very cool graphic that had a picture of George Washington, and said "I and my compatriots would be shooting by now."

If we as a nation will not act and take a personal risk to save the slaughter of unborn Countrymen, it becomes easy to understand why we are on a path to Communism and that train will not stop.

It is because we are not the same people as were our Founders.

Were I a doctor assessing the prognosis for Liberty, I'd have to call Time of Death by now.

Just examine the premise and the facts, folks. Then apply to yourself, and ask the hard question.

I have. I am going to Washington on November 3rd.

I can't be bothered any longer by those who will rail without action.

Kerodin
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Sons of Liberty or Circle-Jerkers?

I am not here to make friends.

More people every week learn that I do not suffer Fools, Liars, faux-Patriots or shit-talkers.

I am here to find a way to live the remainder of my life free and at Liberty, the same Liberty known to our Founders.

Liberty will not be found by writing eloquently. Our Founders had Jefferson, and they still had to take to the Green. We do not have a Jefferson, so you'd better plan on getting dirty if you truly want Liberty.

When I was in Mercer I saw a group of Patriots who mean to be free and at Liberty. Some are closer to fitting in with the Sons of Liberty than others. But none were circle-jerkers. The Bank of America declaration that David, Brock and the others from the North Carolina PatCom brought to life was Sons of Liberty. You can bet real action was discussed at every PatCom. And there will be more.

Sadly, there is a tremendous amount of circle-jerking around us. Men who complain about the number of babies murdered every year, but can't list a single Abortionist they have ever stopped from going to work. Men who complain about being groped by TSA, but permit it anyway, while counseling the rest of us to stand tall and be men, to simply take our Liberty from behind the keyboard.

These guys have lots of advice for you, and exercise none of it. Yes, I can say that with confidence, because to this day there has not been one single report of a Bankster who has gone missing, not one TSA Agent groped in the airport parking lot as a quid pro quo. That list goes on.

There are a few genuine Patriots in this Community. You can tell who they are because they are taking actual actions, doing actual work, and are ready to revive the Sons of Liberty.

On November 3rd I will go to Washington to look into the eye of Evil, hand them a declaration to stop injuring the Constitution, and inform them that I intend to live the remainder of my life in the same state of Liberty enjoyed by Thomas Jefferson.

I will not be asking them for anything. There will be no permits. I will ask noone for permission.

Look into your heart, Patriot. Are you ready to go beyond anger and into action?

Are you ready to have the Sons of Liberty active once again?

Are you ready to bear the weight and responsibility of the nine stripes yourself?

If your answer is Yes, then I invite you to join me in DC, if you can make it. I'll also make it happen for others to have their voices heard that day, even if they cannot come personally.

But there is no time for anything now but action.

I have no use for wasting time with circle-jerkers.

Kerodin
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The Enemy of my Enemy is my Enemy's Enemy.

If you buy into the fallacy of "The enemy of my enemy is my friend" you will be rudely proven to be silly and naive at some point in the future.

Even within this "Liberty Movement" there are so many different factions that I know I am at times in the midst of true enemies.

You see, the word Liberty means something different to each of us.

I use Jefferson's definition, as manifest in the proper application of the Constitution, DoI and BoR.

Many within this "Liberty Movement" want nothing to do with my version of Liberty. They see the Constitution as a tool for enslaving them. Yet, some of these same people who claim they want Liberty, either with or without the Constitution, will eventually kill one another over issues such as abortion, marital fidelity, sexual permissiveness, and religion. One man's Liberty means any sex between consensual adults is Liberty. But a lot of other "Liberty" folks would call those people nasty names and infringe on their ability to do as they wish.

Both sides claim the high ground on Liberty.

When you hear folks imploring others to "...stop fighting each other, we all want the same thing..." I hope you understand that, obviously, they are not working for the same thing. There is a reason for the strife. It may be Ego. It may be monetary. It may be ideological.

My point: You do not have as many allies as you think you have...

I want Jefferson's definition of Rightful Liberty. That means I get to do any-f'n-thing I want with another consenting adult so long as we do not injure the equal Rights of others.

It also means that one day, if "Liberty" stands victorious over Collectivism, many folks in the "Liberty" trenches are going to begin stabbing one another in the neck.

Because they do not, truly, want the same thing.

Because the Enemy of my Enemy is nothing more than my Enemy's Enemy.

We have had considerable increases in cohesion and morale over the last year and a half.

People who do not truly want the same things will be mucking it up soon enough.

Count on it.

Kerodin
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Knife Talk in Babylon

I've read a few self defense pieces over at Babylon and have always found them to be written from a real-world perspective by a guy who's obviously been forced to live it.

I'll be following the series, and suggest anyone looking to improve knife skills do the same.

Here's the link.

Kerodin
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New York: Stop & Frisk

I've covered this topic before. New numbers are out for New York, and given our upcoming Liberty Congress I think a review is in order.

For folks who don't know, most major cities have authorized (supported by the Courts) LEO may stop a Citizen, question the Citizen as to his name, why he is walking where he is walking, where is he going, and for the safety of the Officer the Citizen may be frisked.

You and I know this is nothing more than conditioning the populace.

LEO is supposed to have some sort of indication that the person being stopped is currently involved in some criminal act, or headed for one, or coming from one. The legal standard varies among jurisdictions, but most judges will agree that LEO must have "...more than just a hunch..." that a Citizen is misbehaving in order to justify a Stop & Frisk event.

New York City is on track to break it's own record this year, with a projected 730,000 Stop & Frisks. That works out to about 2200 times each and every day New York LEO violates the Constitution. It also works out that about 9% of the residents of New York City will be Stopped and Frisked in violation of 4A.

The logical question is: How many Stop & Frsks turn into something?

5%.

That means that 95% of the Citizen's who are stopped by armed agents of the State were doing nothing wrong. It means that NYPD's skills at spotting suspicious behavior is pathetic, because they are wrong 95% of the time.

Two things: First, we go back to a post I did earlier. We need to get the public back to a place where they understand that if something is unconstitutional, end of discussion. Full Stop.

The second point is the most obvious: LEO is stopping people purely to harass and intimidate the Citizenry, to condition them for what will be demanded in the near future. The imminent escalation of 4A violations in America would astonish even Mischa Wolfe.

Stop & Frisks will obviously be included in our long train of abuses that we present to our Government officials.

How does our Cause of Action, our "...or else..." clause in our declaration fit into this topic? Will you tolerate being stopped and frisked after November 3rd? Are you sufficiently advanced in your disgust of those who mean to be our Masters that you will defend your 4A Rights on the spot, to the death? If you are forced to defend and you win, are you willing to wait around and be judged by your peers? And what if a III Patriot is not singled out on the Metro platform, but the woman next to him is, and the LEO's surround her with their riot gear and automatic weapons and impose their will upon her? Are you at that point in your life that you will defend her on principle?

This is brain food, folks. Commenting too much would be imprudent. But I will say it: Until these bullies understand that they can get a bloody nose, and until they understand that some Patriotic fellow may come at him from an oblique angle while he is Stopping and Frisking another Citizen, and that LEO may not make it home that night, until the bullies understand that there are consequences for violating the Natural Rights of some Americans, they will not stop.

Are you ready to draw that line in the sand on November 3rd when we hand over our declaration, and defend it? Are you ready to be that hard?

These are questions you must settle in your mind.

I know where I stand.

I am going to Washington and handing them a scroll that demands they cease and desist injuring the Constitution and the Rights of Citizens.

And then I am going home to live the remainder of my life in Jefferson's state of Rightful Liberty. And I will not tolerate or ignore any of my Countrymen who may be suffering unconstitutional injuries in my presence.

I will not go hunting for monsters to slay. Yes, I know what my position will entail.

Liberty has never been free.

Memento mori...

Here's the link to the story.

Kerodin
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140,000+ Gunners we can meet...

We have many orders ready to ship tomorrow and Tuesday, folks. I expect our first Cold Steel order to be in my shop tomorrow, then I'll get them to the engraver for Branding.

Most of you know that I prefer to run concepts by readers before launching a project, especially when it comes to spending 527 money. You'll remember about 2 months ago we fleshed out the Gun Show concept and decided to proceed. Since we've decided to host the Liberty Congress, Holly and I moved the Gun Show schedule up into the summer.

And when we decided to proceed with the Gun Show concept I asked folks to donate so we could invest in our first orders from Cold Steel, KA-BAR, Condor, and III branded gear, et cetera, the stuff we'll need to start professionally hosting booths and spreading the Brand. You folks came through and we raised enough money to give us a strong start at our first few Gun Shows.

I am going to reach out again to the folks who come to this site every day and have not yet donated, bought a patch, et cetera. I know times are tough, so if you can't swing it, you can't swing it. I do not measure one's Patriotism by donations.



I want to run an ad in American Handgunner magazine for the III. We can hit several important points in a single ad: How to find our blogs, announce the Liberty Congress in November, announce that shooters should look for our booth at their local shows, et cetera.

American Handgunner is the most professional gun mag out there, in my very biased opinion. (G&A is the undisputed King of circulation) We can reach about 140,000 readers with a single ad, and of course many of those folks should be our natural allies. A full page runs just over $5k.

If every person who comes to this site every day (those of you who have never donated or bought a patch) were to kick in $10 we could cover a full page ad overnight. So, folks, please consider going to IIIGear and helping by buying a patch, or any other gear (remember our first KA-BAR order gets placed tomorrow morning) or hit the Donate button on the top right of this page so we can reach directly into the heart of the shooting public and let them know we exist and how to find us.

Thanks for considering it.

Kerodin
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Ken Lane weighs-in on domestic use of Drones

How many ways can the Bad People find you and track you?

Let me count the ways...

The window of opportunity is closing rapidly, folks.

Here's the link.

Kerodin
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It's Unconstitutional, end of discussion...

Julie has posted a piece at her place that gives 10 reasons why TSA should be disbanded.

Her first reason is that it violates 4A.

Until we get more people to say "That's all I need to hear. If it is unconstitutional, shut it down".

The other 9 reasons are all valid reasons, but we only need Number 1.

Here's the link.

Kerodin
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