I was in Seattle last night at a swanky event full of hipsters.  They were typical lefty urban people: weak, shallow, feminized, obsessed with image, skinny, arrogant – and pretty much unhappy.  In a room of a couple hundred people, I was the only man.  There were lots of “males,” but no men.

As I met people, I kept asking myself, “Would this person be an asset out at Pierce Point when the Collapse comes?”  The answer was consistently, “No.  Hell no.”  These people were so dependent I can’t imagine them lasting more than two or three days without the internet. I’m serious.

As I was driving home, I looked out at the Seattle skyline.  I must admit that it was beautiful.  The sun was setting on the Space Needle, the mountains, the ocean, the boats, and the bustle of a thriving and highly affluent international city.   I realized that almost no one in this beautiful city will be worth a crap when the Collapse comes.  They’ll be trying to order cases of bottled water on Amazon during a riot.

I’m not sure exactly how many people live in Seattle or what percentage of them are hipsters, but I came up with 1.7 million in my head.  (I’m a fiction writer; I get to make shit up.)  I kept thinking about 1.7 million worthless hipsters.

Then I pulled into a sandwich shop to get something to eat (I couldn’t eat any of the foofy crap they had at the event).  Ahead of me in line was a mildly retarded man.

We started talking.  He told me his name was Steven.  I found it really easy to talk to him because… I had more in common with him than with anyone at that event in Seattle.

Steven was happy and humble.  He didn’t have anything to be happy about by the standards of the hipsters, but he was genuinely joyous.  I had a powerful feeling that God was very happy with Steven, who He created.  Steven was modest and content; he was the opposite of the hipsters.

I asked myself the same question about Steven that I’d been asking all night, “Would this person be an asset at Pierce Point?”

The answer was yes with Steven.  He wouldn’t complain.  He would work hard.  He would be nice to people.  He would listen.  He would try his best.

Then it hit me: I’d trade 1.7 million hipsters for one mildly retarded man.

Steven: you’re welcome out at Pierce Point, my friend.

 

 

(Look at this picture: Cliven Bundy is on stage with a black man! Gasp! The New York Times said Bundy was a hateful racist. How is it possible that Bundy would hang out with a black guy? Maybe Bundy’s not a real racist, but just a “racist” under the New York Times definition.)

This week, the New York Times reported that Cliven Bundy said some racist things. Bundy essentially said that blacks might have been happier as slaves than welfare reciepents. Bundy’s wife summed up what he really meant: “What he was saying is that there are lots of different forms of slavery.
Welfare is one kind. It’s just another way to suppress people.” I 100% agree with that.

Let’s get this out of the way quickly so it doesn’t detract from my main point: I don’t think blacks were better off as slaves or somehow want to be slaves or should be slaves or whatever the hell else people are claiming Bundy means.  People are people, no matter their color – I’m tired of having to even say this. By the way, if anyone wants to check my non-racist credentials, read my books.  Read about Pow, Bobby, Gideon, Ashur, Berkowitz, Ramirez, Vasquez, Anderson, and some more characters coming up in Book Nine.  And if you want to tell the real Pow that white people are superior, be my guest. In fact, I dare you. Oh, and I’m (proudly) an enrolled citizen of an American Indian tribe.  So don’t start with me on the race thing.  OK, back to the main point of this blog post.

Here’s what I’m saying: don’t fall into the trap of thinking you have to agree 100% with everything a Patriot says or else you need to run away from him or her and disavow them. I’m seeing some “Patriots” run fast from Bundy and it’s bullshit.  No one will every agree 100% with you. Ever. Don’t set that as the standard. You can never meet it. If 100% agreement is the standard, we’ll never agree with each other. And that’s what the Limas want. The perfect form of divide and conquer.

What if the New York Times spent its vast resources investigating the BLM agents?  What if one of them beat his kids (just an example – I’m not saying any of them have done this). Would BLM and Harry Reid issue a statement that they will never associate with that agent?  See: disavowing people on your side only works one way – against Patriots and for Limas.

Don’t play their game on their turf and expect to win. I stand by Cliven Bundy. You should too.

We’ve all seen the video of the people telling the feds to go away and the feds – with snipers and SWAT teams – retreating.  If you haven’t seen it, please watch it.  You can’t appreciate what I’m about to say without watching this short video.

This was a win.  The feds retreated.  But some of you think this is a hollow victory, a temporary win with the feds coming in in the end and snuffing out the Bundys.

You are simultaneously right and wrong.

You’re right that the feds will impose their will on the Bundys.  They’ll wait for the crowds to go down and they’ll arrest them for tax evasion or something.  I get it.  I don’t think the feds are nice people.

But you’re wrong if you think this wasn’t a win.  That is, if you define a “win” as “the Bundys live happily ever after.”  A win, in my mind, is the Patriots realizing that we CAN make the feds retreat.  It’s called energizing your base. Doing this is critical anytime you’re trying to persuade large numbers of people – gasp! “politics”: how evil, we can’t possible want to persuade people because that’s “unprincipled.”  Listen to me: we need to persuade people to join us and to not help the Loyalists.  We need the general population, or at least a good chunk of them, wanting us to win.  You and I are mad at average Americans for being sheeple.  But get over it.  Quit hating the people you need if you want to change things.

You do want to change things, don’t you?  I mean, you’re not in this Patriot thing just to be stand-off-ish and joyfully be in the minority because you’re better than everyone else, are you?  ‘Cause, with a few of you, it kinda seems that way.  Some of you are sitting around ready for a drone to shoot a missile at you instead of actually trying to change things.

Bundy Ranch was the Boston Tea Party of our time.  What did the Boston Tea Party accomplish?  It showed the Patriots that the British weren’t invincible – and it showed the general population that the British were unable to stop the Patriots.  It energized the Patriots and weakened the British in the eyes of the general population.  Now, did the Loyalists ultimately tax the tea (the replacement tea)?  Yes.  Did the British prosecute and harass some of the Patriots as a result of the Boston Tea Party?  Yes.  Was it a “everyone lives happily ever after” outcome?  Nope.

But it showed the masses that the mighty government wasn’t so mighty.  That’s the point.

That’s why Bundy Ranch – no matter what ultimately happens – was a win.

Enjoy it instead of ducking from all the drones.

We get tons  request for the Team to teach tactical classes and for people to see the real “Joe Tantori” facility.  Now we’re doing both.

We will do a limited number of two-day courses over a weekend with a Saturday night in the bunkhouse with the Team.

We limit the number of students to 10.  Our classes cover pistol, carbine, and shotgun – and a short legal class on the laws of concealed carry.  We answer gear questions and let students try different weapons and other equipment.  All food is provided.

The dates for the classes are (more to follow):

• June 14-15, 2014 (pistol)

The cost is $700 for the two-day course.  Students must bring a weapon appropriate for the course (that is, a pistol for the pistol course, carbine for the carbine course, etc.) and 500 rounds of ammunition per weapon per day.  (More details follow at the end of this page).

To contact us and sign up, send an email to defensivefirearms@yahoo.com and cc glentate123@gmail.com.

Here are some pics of trainings in the past:

 

 

  

 

Here is the flyer for the course on June 14-15:

2 Day Pistol Course

***ONLY 10 SPOTS***
First come First Serve

WHEN:

JUNE 14-15  (Saturday Sunday)

DAY 1

Defensive Handgun

There is a great difference between a gun owner and a trained defensive weapons operator!  A gun owner understands a weapon for what it is.  An operator understands the capability of the weapon and, more importantly, the limitations of the operator manipulating that weapon. This course is designed to teach shooters proper safety, an overview of self-defense law, and an introduction to defensive-style shooting.  We start by establishing confidence and instructing the core fundamentals, which leads to successfully manipulating a handgun and overcoming critical stress.

Day 2

Strategic Handgun

The environment and situation is what changes the operator’s strategies.  From mild distractions to full-on disruption and chaos, all elements of the conflicts must be accounted for. This course is tailored to place the skilled operator in real life scenarios.  You will learn to be quick and maintain accuracy by streamlining your movements.  You will remove excessive movements, exemplify weapon discipline, and reduce liabilities.  Every millisecond counts; failure is not an option.  You will live this and thoroughly understand it after Day 2.

COST: $700
(This includes shared lodging on sight.  Heated bunk house with a full size beds.)

SHOOTERS PLEASE BRING

• Handgun (semi auto or revolvers) (NO rim fire)
• Holster
• Minimum of 4 magazines
• Minimum of 6 speed loaders for revolvers
• Magazine holster
• Eye protection
• Ear protection
• Minimum of 500 rounds
• Additional sets of clothing (2)
• Personal hygiene
• Towel
• Sleeping bag

Ft. Discovery has pro-shop on site (ammo, etc.).  Price list provided upon request.